Post by KllyTheAnn on Jul 14, 2017 20:50:28 GMT
Welp, as of sometime in late February, I have been in this community for 5 years (well, over 5 years now since it's currently July) and I must say that it's been great getting to know all of you since you all are such an awesome community compared to most of the online "communities" out there. I must also say I regret not getting to know a lot of the 99% of users we lost since the closure of the message boards (we dropped from way over 40,000 to just over 300), but I guess that's life.
*The song "Soft Light" from Super Paper Mario begins playing in the background.*
Anyways, in the time since the closure of the boards was announced, I've come to realize something: This community may have come together because of the LEGO Message Boards, but as long as we love this community and care for it, we can not only survive, but thrive in any corner of cyberspace for a very long time to come for the purist of hearts are capable of forming adamantine bonds that can withstand anything. I mean, look at LEGO Universe for example: Fans groups have been working reviving it since nearly the day that it was shut down. Look it Bionicle: It's been gone for over 7 years and yet it's still very popular. Look at Chima, or Rock Raiders, or just about anything else LEGO has "shut down": They've all continued in the hearts of fans because of love; Nothing built can last forever, so build it with love to stand the test of time.
Sadly, that's something LEGO has not seem to realize and they have taken all for granted...
*The song "Soft Light" from Super Paper Mario begins playing in the background.*
Anyways, in the time since the closure of the boards was announced, I've come to realize something: This community may have come together because of the LEGO Message Boards, but as long as we love this community and care for it, we can not only survive, but thrive in any corner of cyberspace for a very long time to come for the purist of hearts are capable of forming adamantine bonds that can withstand anything. I mean, look at LEGO Universe for example: Fans groups have been working reviving it since nearly the day that it was shut down. Look it Bionicle: It's been gone for over 7 years and yet it's still very popular. Look at Chima, or Rock Raiders, or just about anything else LEGO has "shut down": They've all continued in the hearts of fans because of love; Nothing built can last forever, so build it with love to stand the test of time.
Sadly, that's something LEGO has not seem to realize and they have taken all for granted...
kllyann from the orignal LEGO Message Boards
). It's our job as LEGO fans to build the things we love and, referring back to the second sentence of this post, keep building them even when they no longer exist. 
