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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part I: High Activity in the Summer of 2004
Throughout the history of the LMB and Legion World, there have been a variety of periods that have seen immense posting activity. The summer of 2004, which roughly coincides with the leadership term of Outdoor Miner and Reboot, is undoubtedly one of those time periods. The level of activity on Legion World, particularly the Mission Monitor Board section, which was usually LMB-related, was incredible, and would often fill the entire first two pages day in and day out. It became increasingly harder and harder to keep track of what was occurring.
Much of this had to do with the amount of time people were spending on the boards during the summer, as well as being a period when lots of people were around for a variety of reasons—including new posters, older posters recently returned, as well as the mainstays of Legion World and the LMB. The activity created a breeding ground for further activity as other posters who usually did not post as much were encouraged to do so.
These trends, when viewed in a historical context, usually were the result of a period of lesser activity that suddenly built into a sudden heightened sense of enthusiasm, usually triggered by a variety of reasons. One such reason that may be considered is that Legion World underwent ‘Titans’ Month’, which will receive its own section in this narrative. This event was so well-received and generated such a strong level of enthusiasm that post-counts for the early weeks of the event were double and triple what they usually were for people. Posters who traditionally were already very active on the boards had post-counts shoot through the roof.
In addition, the MMB became incredibly active during this period, and a group of posters became more and more involved in LMB neo-traditions and just general talk about their everyday personnel lives. Threads like ‘Everyday Chat Friends’ became centers for this type of activity, and recently returned posters like Loser Lad and Abin Quank mixed with newer posters like Miss Terious, [new to a lesser extent] Kent Shakespeare and KinetixZoeGreen (aka High Priestess Viviane), as well as longtime posters like MLLASH, Varalent, Eryk Davis Ester and others.
Of course, as such things go, the high level of activity would be cyclical in that it would be followed by a low one, as people became burnt out for a variety of reasons. But in terms of the summer of 2004 and the LMB leadership term of Outdoor Miner and Reboot, the high level of activity was enormous.
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part II: Life on Legion World
The Legion Forum Titans Month Although all forums felt Titans Month, it was the Legion forum that was mostly effected. During September 2004, Legion World dedicated the Legion aspects of the board to a combined Legion/Titans theme to coincide with the Titans/Legion crossover that was being produced by DC at the time. A board-wide event, the founders highly encouraged participation and the board responded in kind, as the entire LMB and Legion World populace at large participated in a plethora of Titans-related threads, changed their avatars and usernames, and had fun in a variety of other ways to celebrate the event. It was highly popular and successful, and will receive its own section later in this narrative.
Legion Love Lives Project Begun by Eryk Davis Ester in the Legion Forum, this thread set about cataloguing the various love lives of the Legionnaires, both pre-boot and post-boot. Acting as a very in depth reference tool on this subject, it was eventually added into the Encyclopedia Galactica forum.
The Mission Monitor Board Flirting Flirting on Legion World had always been incredibly common, to the point where one might even consider it a ‘cultural norm’ of the board. However, this was one of those periods were flirting was far more common and prevalent than during other periods. Flirting of all kinds, both real and in character was very common during this period.
Saturday Night Chat Friends Begun by Miss Terious, this was a thread in the Mission Monitor Board that became a long-standing part of the Summer of 2004, particularly during August 2004. Most prominent within the thread were Loser Lad (recently returned), Abin Quank, High Priestess Viviane, Miss Terious, Actor Lad, Kent Shakespeare, as well as Cobalt Kid, Eryk Davis Ester, Princess Crujectra, RTVU, MLLASH and others.
The Spaceopoly Forum During this period of time, a new forum was created entitled ‘Spaceopoly’, which housed the various ‘game’ and ‘trivia’ threads throughout Legion World. Previously, these types of threads had been in all the forums, particularly the Legion forum and MMB. They had become so numerous that Nightcrawler created a new separate forum to house them, and the Spaceopoly forum became incredibly popular for a time, and still exists to this day.
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part III: Anecdotes during Outdoor Miner’s Term
Real History—there are an incredibly amount of real anecdotes during this time period, so they’ll have to be split into a few different sections. Further, there will be ‘fake’ adventures added in, so those LMBers that weren’t as active on the anecdote side can have some spotlight time in this narrative.
In continuity
The New Government Following the elections, Sanity or Madness? was believed to be the official leader of the LMB, while Outdoor Miner was the Deputy Leader—all of the LMB were unaware that there had actually been some tampering in the polls and the real leadership should have been the other way around. Opening up the ‘The SoM/Outdoor Miner Governmental Building”, the new government filled positions with Captain Dallas as Minister of Paranoia, and positions for Actor Lad, Kent Shakespeare, Future and Frostfyre (the most distinguished Minister of Flirting).
- Very early on in Outdoor Miner’s term, KinetixZoeGreen and Future becoming extremely active within the ranks of the LMB.
- Following her run for leader in the previous election, Thora became a more public figure. She opened up a flogging chamber on Legion World, and erected a statue of herself. Surprisingly, she found some support among various sectors of the male Legion World population.
- Umber and the recently returned Space Tart moved in together following Umber’s run in the election, and Space Tart began to take on the role of a mentor to Umber.
- SHAKES remained the epicenter of the LMB social scene, and Semi-Transparent Fellow and Varalent maintained their active status among the LMB and Legion World.
Glorith A new face arrived on Legion World, named Glorith, who believed herself to be the true queen of Legion World, and demanded obedience from the LMB. Quickly, a rivalry began between Thora and Glorith, as many of the LMB found Glorith to be very distasteful. Despite herself, Thora found some unexpected support from some members of the LMB.
- Doctor One and Obadiah Oldbuck are seen less and less among the LMB and take on inactive status, although both return periodically to pitch in when needed.
The Glorith/Government Controversy Glorith’s threats and demands grow increasingly out of control, as she threatens Eryk Davis Ester. As Triumvir, he begins assembling his armies, feeling he may need them. At the same time, Faraway Lad has a passionate love affair with Glorith. Sanity or Madness?, Kent Shakespeare and other figures in the LMB government question Faraway Lad’s conduct with Glorith, causing hurt feelings and a schism. SoM? then threatens to have Faraway Lad’s title as life-long Ambassador to Faraway lands removed, causing some people to question whether he’s over-stepping his bounds as LMB leader, while others think this is a good pro-active step. Faraway Lad, now also feeling threatened, begins assembling his army. He contacts his Triumvir Cobalt Kid, as he is the Primus Pilus of Cobalt Kid’s armies, and Cobalt does nothing to curtail this activity. A growing sense of a split in the LMB begins to come to light, as the various players begin maneuvering and mobilizing their various tools, should the need arise. This effectively begins the schism between Cobalt Kid & Faraway Lad and the SoM? Government, which will lead to further divides.
- Former LMBer Snowsparkle returns to Legion World, taking the moniker Flannel Lass.
Hrun the Barbarian One of the most dynamic personalities the LMB has encountered in years arrives on Legion World in the form of an invading conqueror: Hrun the Barbarian! His presence is immediately felt, as he begins wreaking all kinds of havoc, the least of which is the constant pillaging and looting of the various treasures of Legion World. It soon becomes apparent that something will need to be done, especially after Hrun robs the magnificent statue of Lash Lad, and then proceeds to do the same to all the other fine jewels embedded in other LMB statues. As luck would have it, Hrun begins to worship the statue of the legendary poster known as Cobalt Kid like a religious idol, since Cobalt Kid is known throughout the cosmos as a great warrior and general. Thus, Cobalt Kid is able to become quick friends with Hrun, and accepts worship of a fellow warrior in the form of the missing jewels—thus securing them for Legion World. However, Hrun’s inclination to loot and enslave others leads to other LMBers stepping in, such as Varalent, whose holds the likeness of a senatorial rank on Legion World. Varalent then invites Hrun to his Villa and in response Faraway Lad dispatches a squadron of Varangian Spearmen to serve and protect Varalent in anything he may need. These Varangian Spearmen continue to serve Varalent at his Villa to this day. Varalent and Hrun become quick friends, and it is hoped that between he and Cobalt Kid, the two can help calm Hrun (it is also feared that Hrun might have more of the opposite effect on Cobalt Kid). Varalent continues to regain any items stolen by Hrun and return them to the general populace.
A Question of Mobilization Faraway Lad, Sanity or Madness? and Kent Shakespeare all work to iron out their problems so that the government can function normally again. As an act of good faith, Faraway demobilizes his armies, and Eryk Davis Ester does the same for the good of Legion World. Ironically enough, the culprit to start all the schisms, Glorith, disappears from Legion World. Cobalt Kid's armies remain mobilized, as he had turned his attention to Hrun the Barbarian, and begins formulating a plan to use his army to win Hrun over.
- Gina Robotgirl journeys to Legion World and joins the LMB, using the moniker Continuity Cop.
- Bicycle Repair Man opens up a Bicycle Repair Shop. He asks that this not be a place with constant comings and goings. Naturally, everyone on Legion World showed up.
The Body Switching Madness of the LMBP Craziness ensues one night on Legion World, as rumors of gender-reversal germs continued to grow through the grapevine, and the new influx of wenches and warriors brought by Hrun create worry of new STDs. Suddenly, Cobalt Kid somehow found himself in the body of Eryk Davis Ester. Previously, EDE once found himself in the body of Lard Lad--now it seemed an even deeper mystery began. EDE suddenly found himself with no body, becoming "The Spirit of EDE". The madness spread as Kid Prime became "Kid Prime in Lash's Body" and Pov became "Poverty Lad in Nightcrawler's body", where he was unable to stop bamfing around. Cobalt Kid next became "Cobalt in Faraway Lad's body" and Varalent, arriving on the scene, quickly became "Vee in Cobalt's body". The madness raged on. Varalent immediately went to SHAKES, where he and Semi threw a huge pool party. Using Cobalt's body, Varalent made sure to have a blast. Poverty Lad continued to bamf uncontrollably. Cobalt suddenly ended up in the body of a brunette woman he had never known, although he found it to be very hot. Kid Prime in Lash's body found this hysterical and made sure to get Space Tart on the scene. After a minute of awkwardness, Space Tart and Kid Cobalt in ?'s Body (a girl) experimented in lesbian love. While Space Tart was asleep, Cobalt suddenly changed into Outdoor Miner's body. Fearing she would freak out when awaking next to a large bug, he fled. Finally, everyone was restored to their old bodies, although Cobalt's had gone threw the ringer so much under Varalent’s control, that he had to go to the sick-bay. Then Outdoor Miner found himself in Liza Minelli's body. Note- these events actually happened one crazy night on the MMB in the Summer of 2004
Hrun Versus Lash Lad Hrun opens up his Hall of Vallhalla, inviting guests. He brings in a massive amount of slaves, wenches, bards and hordes of gold. Many are invited there, and some are specifically honored, including Arachne, Fat Cramer, Varalent and Cobalt Kid, who also brings in many of his top lieutenants. Meanwhile, Lash Lad finds out what Hrun did to his statue, and immediately looks for revenge. Dressing in only a loincloth, he challenges Hrun to a duel. All of Legion World prepared for...Lash unleashed! A dual ensues between Lash and Hrun although somehow Hrun slips a mechanical collar on Lash's neck. Instantly, Lash becomes Hrun's slave! Hrun returned to his Hall of Valhalla with Lash as his slave. EDE and Cobalt looked on, unsure why Lash would submit so easily. Eventually, Lash had a moment of breaking control of the collar and yelled for help from EDE and Cobalt. Cobalt ripped off the collar and carried Lash safely away, leaving Eryk Davis Ester to fight Hrun alone. Hrun immediately put a collar on him, and captured him as his slave. Because of EDE's funny hat and good singing voice, Hrun made him his Bard. While he was supposed to be recuperating, Lash seemed to get jealous of EDE and Hrun's new found relationship. EDE eventually said "Jeepers", summoning the luck-lord of Earth-4 that mysteriously serves him, which allows him to free himself. Lash entered Hrun's Hall and the two embraced as old friends. They were on much better terms now. Cobalt Kid called in a thousand wenches (male and female) to serve them all, and the party echoed throughout Hrun's hall, until carrying over to Vee's Villa. Using this opportunity to build a better relationship between Hrun and the LMB, Cobalt Kid takes his army to join Hrun and his army, and they go on a viking expedition. After, Fat Cramer, Future, Cobalt, EDE and others offer Hrun membership to the LMB, as long as he did not continue his inclination toward slavery. He accepts, and Hrun the Barbarian becomes the newest member of the LMB.
-During all this madness, Quislet, Esq. contacted a bad case of gender-reversal germs and became Quiselette, Esq.
Hrun and The Tiger God Avatar Although Hrun now served as an active LMBer, he proves to be more wild than LMB had expected. He begins a large 'pussy hunt', attempting to capture various felines on Legion World, with Stoopid Cat seeming to be his primary target. During the course of this, Hrun also damages Cafe Cramer, much to Kent Shakespeare's chagrin. He also damaged SHAKES, although the Emerald Empress fixed it for Semi-Transparent Fellow before he could see it. Joined by Queen Connie and Jinx, Stoopid Cat then undergoes a huge transformation into The Tiger God Avatar, to gain more power to battle Hrun—a huge fight then ensues, as Cobalt Kid and the Security Office attempt to break it up (after some serious urging by Harbinger to create peace on Legion World). Cobalt Kid offers Hrun and Stoopid Cat jobs at the Security Office, even attempting to draft them as partners. While Hrun accepts this new found glory, Stoopid Cat, using his feline power to not have to ever do anything he doesn’t want, declines. However, during this crisis, Cobalt Kid, seeing the lack of current staff at the Secuity Office, asks legendary crime-fighter Matlock for assistance. Matlock agrees and the two work so well together, that Cobalt Kid invites Matlock to be Senior Security Officer in the Security Office, and the two often work together from there on.
- The LMB welcome the newest addition to their ranks, Miss Terious who quickly becomes a very prominent member of the group. Miss Terious soon opens her Dreamataria, which receives rave reviews. She's also 'captures' Kent Shakespeare for his part in Hrun's 'pussy hunt'.
-Wondering about such a large influx of Legion World ladies (Miss Terious, Infectuous Drura, Flannel Lass, etc.), Eryk Davis Ester and others wondered if there would be another Revolt of the Girl Legion Worlders. Quickly, Thora announced that she was willing to lead another one. While Pagan Lass and Arachne denounced this, Leap Year Lass and Miss Terious did not object to the idea... It also becomes public knowledge that Thora seems very taken with Outdoor Miner's green bulbous eyes.
- A renewed focus on the Legendary Statue known as Cobalt Kid occurs following Hrun’s worship of the idol, causing Abin Quank and Sanity or Madness? to continue to destroy it, and Emerald Empress to continue to fix it. Miss Terious commissions a new statue built, which is wrecked, then causing her to build another—this time one of her and Cobalt Kid, which ends up in a volcano in the middle of Legion World via Sanity or Madness?
The Return of the Ratmage Iron Rat returns to the LMB, although he does so with the new moniker ‘UTS’. Many fear this bizarro change might be related to the ‘Dark Stu Saga’, and become suspicious.
The Stinging Newcomer of the LMB! The LMB meet a self-proclaimed Lurker, who tells them they inspired him to de-lurk. He quickly impresses them and they offer him membership, thus The Red Bee becomes the newest member of the LMB!
-Dr. Mayavale announces he'd like Acolytes for unspeakable evil. The citizens of Legion World, many of whom have grown fond of the doctor hope this evil does not happen.
Return of the LMB’s First Lady The LMB are beyond delighted and overjoyed when a longtime member returns to their ranks: Shadowplay in Candlelight Lass. Although not becoming an active member again, Shady returns and the LMB are overjoyed to see their former founder.
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part IV: Adventures during Outdoor Miner’s Term
Real History Note – these adventures take place in tandem with the previous section’s anecdotes and the following sections adventures & anecdotes.
The Plight of Chivas Regal The Royal Family of Scotchland apparently becomes extremely ill, and the LMB are called in to investigate, as Scotchland is technically still within the Kathar Empire. Semi-Transparent Fellow, Varalent and Arachne use their espionage skills to uncover the plot, while Quislet, Esq., Abin Quank and Pagan Lass act as ambassadors during this time. It is soon found out that Chivas Regal, a Kathrian Diplomat, is the one responsible.
The Katharization of Space With the Triumvirs attention on Legion World and the plight of Chivas Regal revealed, the Kathar Empire hopes to make intrusions into UP space. The LMB respond in kind, as an away team of Actor Lad, Poverty Lad, Space Tart, Lightning Lad, the Red Bee and Lash Lad answer the call. Eventually, a space-wide war breaks out, as the Kathars use their natural powers of Katharization against the heroes. A surprise appearance by Grey Birdboy and his army help even the odds.
The Winter Soljer The Super Red Army of Space uses this open warfare in space to reemerge as a power on the galactic radar, hoping to have one final charge. Being an army with no planet, they invade the planet Cuddle, under the leadership of Soljer, a quasi-dictator. Once more, it falls to a team of LMBers—Lucien Lad, Beagle Boy, Kid Vudoo, Invisible Brainiac, Princess Crujectra and Sketch Lad—to answer the call and defend the planet. Soljer eventually proves to be too dictatorial for the Super Red Army of Space, who after countless defeats, begin to question their beliefs. The battle ends with the army so enamored with Princess Crujectra that they change their names to the ‘Super Absolute Monarchist Army of Space’, and vow to be peaceful after a direct order from Crujectra.
The President of the Cutelings Following the LMB leaving Cuddle, the resident race there, the Cutelings, decide that they need to reformat their government, and thus wish to elect an LMBer as their president. Using the random chance machine, they elect Numf-El to be their president, and request that the join them. Numf, seeing this as an amusing way to spend the weekend, agrees, and it falls to various LMBers to persuade the Cutelings that this is a bad idea, including Captain Dallas, Iron Rat, Stoopid Cat, Kent Shakespeare, and of course, Harbinger.
The Day Legion World Stood Still This adventure slowly unravels involving Cobalt Kid, Eryk Davis Ester, Future, Miss Terious, Lucien Lad, Dollyputo, Loser Lad and others, as Poverty Lad apparently goes evil, the Hostess Fruit Pie Deity is attacked, and it becomes increasingly apparent that this is all the work of Middlefinger VI! Cher introduces herself to the LMB, who discover she is a hero from the past who can teleport and use a soulsword, taking on the moniker ‘Magik’…and she is indeed the famous singer of the 20th Century! Middlefinger’s plot, in addition to killing the previous Middlefinger (of course) is actually a cover for a massive alien invasion, of tiny little creatures that sucked the life-force out of people through their fingers. Their plan is foiled once it is apparent that they were using the famous moniker of Middlefinger as nothing more than a cover, although it is the alien that actually was disguised as Middlefinger that does them in, unable to control his desire for substance and thus sucking the life-force out of his allies/fellow invaders. He is sent to prison. Note- this was an actual Tag Team Thread entitled “The Day Legion World Stood Still”.
As the Legion World Turns Given current events on Legion World, drama becomes increasingly real, as Miss Terious, Cobalt Kid and the general population have to deal with the knowledge that another child is on the way—and Miss Terious must face the horror of what has gone before. Soon, the Arch Duke of Time, one of Cobalt’s children, journeys backward into Legion World to kill them all in response to their being yet another progeny of Cobalt Kid, although he is ultimately beat by Outdoor Miner, Stoopid Cat and the various Alt ID children of Miss Terious. Note- this was an actual Onevision entitled “As the Legion World Turns”
Unwanted Applicant A new applicant journeys to Legion World to try out for the LMB, by the name of Polymer Shield Lad. Unfortunately, Nightcrawler does not wish to erect a polymer shield over Legion World, much to the applicant’s chagrin, who decides to proceed anyway. Nightcrawler, Leap Year Lass, Umber, Saturn Girl, Kid Prime and surprisingly Doctor Mayavale help stop the insane youngster from completing his quest.
The Talking Gorilla Tribe of Legion World While exploring the outer boundaries of Legion World, which is actually an entire planet, a team of special tunnel diggers led by Rhino and Lash Lad discover the lost gorilla city! Soon, the gorillas attack outwardly, causing whatever LMBers that are on Legion World to come help them—which includes Fat Cramer, Ultra Matt and Senior Widebottom, and because of the need for special help, Thora and Mekt Ranzz! Soon, the LMB bring their trump card, Monkey-Eater Lad, who becomes similar to a deity to them, and he encourages them to settle and live in the old Statue of Large Handsome, Middlefinger II, which the LMB had brought to Legion World when they moved there, although the statue accidentally broke off and landed in the outer jungles.
Hunters and Hunted On Legion World, Deathstroke Kid still remains at large, following the adventure in Universe Aflame. As Deathstroke Kid gets further and further out of Legion World and into space, the Security Officers of Legion World attempt to hunt him down before he can escape. A team of Matlock, High Priestess Viviane, Future and the newly reinstated Space Ranger use various means to stop him at every turn, until finally they are led to a secret hideaway for galactic pirates, which they are forced to bring down, allowing Deathstroke Kid to escape.
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part V: The First Anniversary of Legion World
July 4, 2004
During the term of Oudtoor Miner and Reboot, a Major anniversary was celebrated by the LMB: The First Anniversary of Legion World
On July 4, 2004, it had been exactly one year since Legion World opened its doors, and the LMB and Legion World celebrated as much have they could, taking in the notion that they had been on Legion World for a full year. Lots of memories were brought back, and the same sense of pride and relief that they had finally had found a true home came rushing back all over again.
Once more, thanks were exchanged to Nightcrawler and Lightning Lad, as well as Saturn Girl, Crusader/Princess Crujectra and Kid Prime. The founders had given a gift like none other before or most likely ever after, and smiles and laughs were felt extra hearty that day.
Legion World had come at a time when the community was in dire need of a home. A year later, it was with them still, and a true home it had become. It was now a matter of delight and easy amusement to consider where it was going next.
In Continuity
The one year anniversary of Legion World kicked off, and the LMB celebrated as joyfully as they had ever done. All LMBers were called in from their missions for the ceremony, and the love of one another was felt stronger than ever.
As a gift, the Triumvirate revealed their gifts to Legion World: Statues of Nightcrawler, Lightning Lad, and Lash Lad—the former two the Legion World founders and the latter one of the most prominent of all the posters ever in the history of the LMB (and Legion World).
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part VI: Titans Month
September 1, 2004 – September 29, 2004
Real History
In September of 2004, DC had followed the cancellation of their Legion of Super-Heroes comic book with a Teen Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes crossover One-Shot special, which would lead the launching of a new three-booted Legion of Super-Heroes in the following months.
To coincide with these happenings at DC and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Nightcrawler considered using the Legion World website to celebrate this Titans/Legion crossover event, by having a Titans-themed month during that September. The idea was matched with enormous enthusiasm as the LMB and Legion World population at large seemed to be very in tune with the idea.
Thus, on September 1, 2004, Legion World underwent ‘Titans Month’, an event that allowed the entire website to also celebrate the Titans and Titan-history, along with the history of the Legion of Super-Heroes. The Reaction was over-whelming. Scores of Legion World posters, which included the active LMB, participated in a plethora of topics and threads in the Legion forum, celebrating all eras of Titans history, as well as how those eras related to Legion history.
Many posters took this opportunity to change their usernames to a more ‘Titans-esque’ type of name (for example, Nightcrawler was ‘Nightchangeling’, Numf-El was ‘Numfwing’, etc.). In addition, other posters changed their avatars to Titans related avatars, so that the images of Speedy, Changeling, Deathstroke and nearly every other Titans character could be seen. Other posters did not actively make those changes, but made their presence felt in the plethora of active Titans threads.
Over all, the event was a smashing success, in that it was met with high approval and enormous amount of fun ensued. Further, it bred such an incredible level of activity that the enthusiasm and sheer quantity of posts spilled into all the other forums of the board. Undoubtedly, part of the reason for the immense amount of activity during this era stems directly from Titans Month.
In Continuity
Universe Aflame Archeologists on Earth discover an ancient pyramid with the bodies of the legendary Olympians, heroes of old. Soon, a variety of drugs and illusions draw the LMB in and give them the sense that some of them are these heroes of old, or even an amalgam between the two groups. Eventually, the effect begins to fade away, although it is impossible to tell if the Olympians actually survived to the present day because of this. One side effect, however, is that the old Olympian’s enemy Deathstroke Kid somehow is able to survive to the present day, and becomes a new enemy for the LMB. Note- this is an actual tag team thread, although it never made it past a few posts
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part VII: More Anecdotes during Outdoor Miner’s Term
-Faraway Lad continues to have problems with Sanity or Madness? and his government, and is eventually ‘forced’ out of his position as Ambassador to Faraway Places. He then publicly stands in opposition to SoM’s leadership.
-Blockade Boy takes a leave of absence from Legion World and the LMB for a time.
-Minesurfer opens up his ‘Workbench’, a place to talk shop on Legion World.
- Flannel Lass, Continuity Cop (aka Gina Robotgirl), Bicycle Repair Man and Queen Connie become less active in the LMB, and prefer to be taken off the 'active roster'.
An Old Friend’s Return Longtime LMBer and former *major* poster Loser Lad returns to Legion World and rejoins the fold of the LMB. The returns of both Shady and Loser Lad cannot be emphasized enough, since both were prominent LMBers for so long.
-Icefyre returns to Legion World, once more with the moniker Icefyre, where he sees newcomer Miss Terious engaged in all kinds of flirting. Hearing stories about her amazing flirting abilities (since he, himself is the most legendary of all flirts), he confronts her in the streets of Legion World. A major misunderstanding occurs and a battle rages on for days on end as other LMBers such as Eryk Davis Ester, Kent Shakespeare, Cobalt Kid and Outdoor Miner are caught in the middle of this furious battle.
-Miss Terious becomes enamored with Security Chief Cobalt Kid and the two date for a brief period, resulting in her announcing her pregnancy to Legion World. Much later, she would claim that she had a chip in her head (per the Reboot scheme), but this has largely been disproved. Cobalt Kid, famous for his children being demons, robots and future world conquerors does not react in the same way as Miss Terious. Outdoor Miner enacts the “Cobalt’s Children Protocols” as established by StuRat and Poverty Lad years earlier.
-Harbinger uses the LMB Mission Monitor Board for the funniest shout of all time, begging the question: ‘Sonnie, got milk?’
Miss T’s Legion of Alt ID’s Miss Terious’ pregnancy ends, as she suddenly gives birth to a huge amount of children, all becoming full-grown very quickly. Apparently, her connection to her dead sister Mysa, who was preordained to come back to life, combined with the demon-seed of Cobalt Kid (the curse by the Time Mouse Trapper and Dr. Albert Hoffman) led to this explosion of children onto Legion World. These children soon became dubbed “Miss T’s Legion of Alt ID’s”.
Doctoral Advice Attempting to learn the nature of these events, Miss T journeys to the realm of Dr. Mayavale for assistance. She asks that Cobalt take care of the children, but he fears his track record with children is too poor for such a responsibility (in light of Elagabolus and his own kids) and he puts them in the hands of the [perceived] deputy leader, Outdoor Miner. OM maintains that while Cobalt Kid stated he would give him the kids to watch, he never actually dropped them off.
The Return of Space Ranger Freeing himself from the dimension Stoopid Cat trapped him in, Space Ranger returns to Legion World after a long period of time away. He is welcomed by his friends, who want to trust him but are wary. He is placed on a probation period at the Security Office. Also, he begins a relationship with Trysexual Girl, one of the Legion of Miss T’s Alt IDs.
One Vu for You A young hero named RTVU ventures to Legion World and to join the LMB, and quickly impresses them. He takes on the moniker Kid Vudoo
-Cobalt Kid uses his Triumvir funds to erect the “Statue of the Random Lurker” as a tribute to the lurking class of Legion World.
-Vee’s Villa is hit by a hurricane, and many Legion Worlders pitch in to help keep the Villa restored and repaired.
-Many posters see a large increase in their activity and begin chatting at the same time every night. Dubbed the “Every Night Chat Friends”, these posters consisted of Miss Terious, Loser Lad, KinetixZoeGreen, Abin Quank, Actor Lad, RTVU, Kent Shakespeare, with others joining in, such as Lash Lad, Eryk Davis Ester and Cobalt Kid to name a few.
-Future begins a Legion World marketing campaign by producing some of the most ingenious Bumper Stickers ever seen.
Priestess KinetixZoeGreen retires from the LMB and Legion World. To fill her spot on the roster, she contacts an old friend, the High Priestess Viviane to take her place. Living on the Holy Isle of Avalon, the High Priestess Viviane agrees to help the LMB, and in doing so, she moves her floating Holy Isle of Avalon from its former dimension, so that is floats over Legion World. NOTE- KinetixZoeGreen and the High Priestess Viviane are the same person in real life, and are also known as ‘Luna’
-Rhino begins the new slogan “Feh! To Fataphobia!” to counter rampant discrimination against the obese.
-Dr. Gimlet, a new arrival on Legion World, opens up Medicus One to help the sick. Dr. One, the LMBer who is more a scientist than a doctor, had previously been on a leave of absence, so this role is filled nicely.
Miss T’s Alt ID Conundrum Miss Terious’s Dreamataria is destroyed by a bombing, while she is away. It becomes clear that she is in danger. Because of this, High Priestess Viviane joins the Security Office as an officer to help hunt down the culprit alongside Cobalt Kid, Matlock, Future and the newly returned Space Ranger. Outdoor Miner and Miss T’s Legion of Alt ID’s also pitch in. Finally, Miss Terious returns to Legion World, with a clearer understanding of her Legion of Alt IDs, which she learns are not her children at all, but an extension of herself. With this newfound understanding of the connection, she learns that she is able to tap into each ID and use that body when she needs to. Thus, she has a legion of over a dozen ‘bodies’ that she can use in battle, although only one at a time. She then changes her moniker and takes the name Myriad.
The Growing Schism of the LMB During a minor altercation that began as playful joking but turned into wild accusations, Sanity or Madness? threatens to kick out Cobalt Kid from his position as Security Chief, which is a position that he holds for life, causing Cobalt Kid to point out that he does not have the power to do so. Soon, SoM? begins manipulating the Legion World treasury to hurt the Security Office’s budget. Cobalt then uses his own funds as Triumvir to supply it. SoM? then tells Legion World that he found a chip in his head, with “Cobalt Kid” written on it, claiming that the Security Chief tried to control him. Cobalt, outraged, denies this ever happened and points to his heroic resume as proof he’d never do such a thing. Eventually, SoM? claims that Princess Crujectra also has a chip in her head for supporting Cobalt Kid, and this takes away a lot of the legitimacy of the claim. It becomes apparent that Cobalt Kid did no such thing, although SoM? still claimed to have a chip in his head, although he did not know who placed it there. Seeing an opportunity, Myriad uses this scandal to explain her previous relations with Cobalt Kid, which had become public knowledge, by saying she had a ‘Chip in the Head’. This latter claim was subsequently proved false. At this point, there is a definitive schism between the Security Office and the Government, stemming particularly between Cobalt Kid and Sanity or Madness?, as well as one between Myriad and the Triumvirate.
- Thora’s influence continues to grow, as she begins attracting more followers. Her most loyal followers remain Icefyre and Rokk Steady.
-Eryk Davis Ester, an authority on famous lurkers, erects a statue of the lurker Grendel on Legion World with Triumvir funds, in hopes to draw the notorious lurker out.
The Infamous Lurker called Grendel For quite awhile, rumors had circulated about the legendary lurker called Grendel, who was said to stalk the streets of Legion World. During this period, he became of special interest, and many LMBers wanted to draw him out. Led by Eryk Davis Ester especially, as well as High Priestess Viviane and Lash Lad, a new focus was put forth on Grendel.
-Loser Lad and Princess Crujectra re-spark the old flame and ‘enjoy each other’s company’ again.
-There is an even greater increase in flirting than ever before on Legion World, as desire and jealousy run deep. Priestess, Loser Lad, Future, Myriad and Kent Shakespeare all flirt a great deal, although Myriad also flirts with Cobalt Kid, Eryk Davis Ester, Numf-El and others. Rumors of Eryk Davis Ester and Leap Year Lass’s romance remain rumors, while it is clear that Cobalt Kid was romantically linked to Thora, Tiffany Spiffany and Myriad in addition to his wife Space Tart. Space Tart responded by flirting with Faraway Lad and Eryk Davis Ester. None of these affairs can be either confirmed or proven as not happening. Not to let the strait community out do them, a renewed gay flirting on Legion World ensued, as Lash, Quislet, Kid Prime, Semi-Transparent Fellow, Kid Vudoo, CJ Taylor, Ultra Matt and others showed Legion World how flirting was really done. Throughout this period of immense flirting, many wondered if Lash Lad, forever sought after by lustful men and women, truly had a crush on his good friend, Eryk Davis Ester.
-The Red Bee begins posting more, and becomes more actively involved in the LMB.
- For reasons that remain unexplained, Kid Prime, Lash Lad and Cobalt Kid all ended up in a bathtub together.
- Medicus One is destroyed as a result of gross negligence on the part of the employees there.
- After a brief probationary period, Space Ranger is reinstated as Deputy Chief of Security on Legion World, after regaining the trust of the LMB and the Security Office. A remaining animosity exists between him and Stoopid Cat.
- At this point, the growing animosity on Legion World between the various factions begins to build to a boiling point.
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part VIII: The Legion World Civil War and the Great Compromise
- Following their recent social scandal in the public, Myriad begins an anti-Cobalt Kid propaganda campaign. Most believed it to be for reasons that were more personnel than anything.
-Sanity or Madness? allies with Miss T during this campaign, following his own ongoing grudge with Cobalt Kid which involves whole other separate issues, including the Government, the Triumvirate, and a possible ‘Chip in the Head?’ scheme which SoM? blames on Cobalt Kid.
- Myriad threatens to overthrow Eryk Davis Ester and threatens his life. This causes Chief of Security, Cobalt Kid to warn her to stop, because it’s against the law. Believing this to be some sort of show of Triumvir unity, Myriad accuses them of being an oligarchy and threatens to overthrow them. Eryk Davis Ester and Cobalt Kid reply that there is nothing to overthrow, since they are not in an elected position and their functions as Triumvirs do not relate to daily life on Legion World.
-SoM? sees this as an opportunity to put a stop to the Triumvirate, a function he has never agreed with and joins in on this campaign and even begins threatening his own violence.
- Myriad begins dividing Legion World down the middle into a potential Civil War, continuing to prepare for a violent revolt. Eryk Davis Ester and Cobalt Kid continue to broker for peace, although Eryk Davis Ester is forced to defend himself. SoM? accuses the Triumvirs of oligarchy, and EDE and Cobalt reply that they have done more for Legion World than he ever has, and that he has acted as a tyrant. They make mention that many LMBers have waited for his term to end quietly, fearing his insanity. Now accusations of tyranny and oligarchy begin to run rampant.
-Abin Quank joins Myriad’s group and has a violent confrontation with various Security Officers. He and Cobalt Kid duke it out over the skies, with the full use of their powers.
- More violence and battles begin to break out over Legion World, as the LMB becomes increasingly split down the middle. LMB officials, such as Actor Lad and Kent Shakespeare, prefer to side with SoM?, while others, including long-time LMBers like Faraway Lad, prefer to side with Eryk Davis Ester and Cobalt Kid.
-Space Ranger opts to sit this Civil War out, since on one side he would be opposing his brother, Trysexual Girl and Myriad’s Legion of Alt IDs, which he could not do as spiritual leader of alt Ids. On the other side, he would be opposing the Security Office, which he himself helped form.
- Myriad’s use of her alt ID’s then brings into question the Alt ID/Legion World split, which still had many tensions left over from the short-lived, but never resolved ‘Alt ID Rebellion’. The feline community quickly joined Eryk Davis Ester’s side, as the previous tensions there were brought up. Thus, the feline/Alt ID split becomes apparent again.
-Kid Prime, a front-running candidate to win the next leadership elections, asks Legion World for peace.
-To learn more about SoM?, Cobalt Kid initiates a Security investigation into his election as Leader, which reveals surprising information: there was tampering in the last election by an unknown source to spread disunity among the LMB (this would later be revealed to be the enemy in “The Good, The Dark, and the Dead” saga, nearly eight months later). Thus, Outdoor Miner is the real leader, and SoM? is the deputy leader.
- The two Triumvirs call upon their third Triumvir, Grey Birdboy, who joins them. They prepare to confront SoM? and depose if possible.
- During this time, SoM? finds the specimen “Glitch”, which still remains somewhat of a mystery. This ‘Glitch’ joins SoM? in a symbiotic way, that totally ‘reboots’ SoM? into a different being, with new powers. The “Sanity” side of SoM? remains, and with the new changes, SoM? takes on the name Reboot. The Madness side is finally released from him, which runs rampant on Legion World. Thus, the three Triumvirs, now joined by Reboot, take down the madness side, although it is able to somehow escape through means that are quite mad. Reboot then defers from his position of leader of the LMB and elevate the true leader, Outdoor Miner to that position. The record books now show that Outdoor Miner was leader all along, since he won the election through fair means. Outdoor Miner is thus LMB leader, and Reboot is Deputy Leader.
- Seeing the Triumvirs willingness to use violence against him, however, does nothing to hinder the hard feelings felt between the two. Reboot and Cobalt Kid continue to have strict animosity towards one another.
- Meanwhile, Cobalt Kid and Eryk Davis Ester, who remained true to their guns and never stopped brokering for peace, continue to push Myriad to do the same. Cobalt Kid then suggests that Myriad, who feels like she has no power in the LMB or on Legion World, could become the next leaders liaisons to Alt ID’s, since she has so many. Further, Cobalt Kid proposes that they open up an Alt ID Cultural Center to do so. Eryk Davis Ester, impressed with his friend’s idea, immediately ends his role in the Civil War. Outdoor Miner suggests that they use the old blown up Dreamataria, and, as his first act as leader, signs the papers needed to create such a center and position for Myriad in the government. With peace so close in reach, Myriad compromises and agrees to the terms, seeing the benefits of the Alt ID Center.
“The Great Compromise” takes place, as Eryk Davis Ester, Cobalt Kid and the High Priestess Viviane use their funds and Eryk Davis Ester’s Construction company to build the Alt ID Center, dubbed ‘The Giant Squid Memorial Center for Alt ID Culture”, in honor of the alt ID who fought and died in the Dark Stu Saga. The long time tensions of the Alt ID Rebellion are finally laid to rest. Even further, Cobalt Kid uses his money to build Medicus Two, on the suggestion of Myriad. Also, Myriad is named official Alt ID Liaison.
- Finally, Eryk Davis Ester and Cobalt Kid agree to a nude Greco-Roman style wrestling match per the final terms with the Compromise with Myriad for the good of Legion World. In a strange twist of events, Eryk Davis Ester picks up a strange lavender kryptonite that gives him super-strength and speed, and wins. This lavender kryptonite becomes a very large mystery, that remains open-ended, and Cobalt Kid assigns Matlock to try and uncover its secrets.
- The Giant Squid Memorial Center for Alt ID Culture opens as a smashing success, and Space Ranger becomes part of the three major advisors there, which greatly pleases the Alt ID community. The third advisor (in addition to Myriad and Space Ranger) is a surprise and shock to all, as Lucifer Lass, longtime LMB villain, enters Legion World and assumes this role. Her true intentions remain unrevealed, despite speculation that she may have villainous plans. Surprise guest Stoopid Cat, the first Alt ID Deputy Leader, gave a memorable speech on the day of the opening.
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part XI: Final Anecdotes and Adventures During Outdoor Miner’s Term
- Loser Lad begins training with the High Priestess Viviane on the Holy Isle of Avalon. They also appeared to be enamored with one another.
- Hrun the Barbarian returns to Legion World from his Viking Campaign, and Cobalt Kid and Hrun make a public promise to capture Glorith should she reappear again.
-CJ Taylor pledges his allegiance to the Triumvirs as their Bard, although this appears to be suspect.
Thora’s Sadie Hawkins Dance To promote herself, Thora hosts a ‘Sadie Hawkins Dance’, which turns out to be a smash-success. Many attend and have a great time, and Thora earns lots of respect and support among LMBers who never had it for her before. Various LMBers attend, including Loser Lad, Myriad, Future, Eryk Davis Ester, High Priestess Viviane, Abin Quank, Policy Pam, Lash Lad, Cobalt Kid, Icefyre, Kent Shakespeare, Kid Vudoo, Space Ranger, and others. After the dance, the High Priestess Viviane and Abin Quank, both a little tipsy, hook up and engage in a sexual encounter. Viviane’s goddess channels through her, and passion follows. That night, Viviane’s daughter, Opal Jannel, is conceived (Abin Quank’s daughter).
- The following day, Pagan Lass goes on a tear through Legion World, demanding she find her husband Abin and Viviane. Viviane explains that it was the will of the goddess and Pagan Lass grudgingly admits she understands. Abin hides out at the Loser Cave with Loser Lad, while Pagan Lass recruits Cobalt Kid to help her. Knowing it would get on Abin’s nerves, she erected the ‘Second Great Statue of Cobalt Kid’, and used her feminine charms on him to get him to help her. Eventually Pagan Lass finds Abin Quank and the two have a ‘long talk’. Abin’s closest confidants, Stoopid Cat and Space Ranger, wish him luck.
- With the approaching elections, Café Cramer becomes a center for Legion World politics, as Kent Shakespeare, Semi-Transparent Fellow, Space Ranger, Future, Fat Cramer, Matlock and others wondered what was in store next for them.
- Winema Wazzo briefly returns to the scene, to the dismay of Varalent, Kid Prime, Reboot and others.
- Matlock continues the investigation of the Lavender Kryptonite and its origins, which is still an open case. He begins to wonder if this is related to a recent case—that of missing gender reversal germs, and even the case of the election tampering.
- Once more, the LMB has to get accustomed to daily interaction with Hrun the Barbarian. At SHAKES, Semi-Transparent Fellow relies on his wit and Giant Robotic Lesbian to deal with Hrun, while Fat Cramer and Matlock also try to figure out how best to interact with the Barbarian.
- The Sorceress Morgause enters Legion World and begins plotting against the High Priestess Viviane. The Woods of Lothian magically become part of the surrounding areas of Legion World. StuRat, Loser Lad and Cobalt Kid venture into them one day but are forced out, although Loser Lad and Morgause have some strange connection.
-The annual LW Homecoming Dance occurs, although it is not as popular as Thora’s Sadie Hawkins Dance. However, the dating to prepare for the dance becomes very interesting: Myriad tried to get both Eryk Davis Ester and Kent Shakespeare to take her. Pagan Lass, still mad at Abin went with Cobalt Kid, his known rival. Space Tart, reacting to Cobalt’s decision, then went with Faraway Lad, while Lucien Lad, Princess Crujectra and CJ Taylor all attended together. New LMBers Eiishuu and Mearl Dox went together and Dr. Mayavale showed up, as Future and High Priestess Viviane double dated with Loser Lad and Thora. To prepare for the dance, Bevis re-opens his old Boutique (which may or may not have been a center for the anti-Stu resistance), and shows off his designer skills.
- The Homecoming Dance marks the entrance of two new members to the LMB: Mearl Dox and Eishuu . While the latter remains relatively inactive, but there in times of need, the former, Mearl Dox, quickly becomes a prominent member of the LMB and Legion World.
- The High Priestess Viviane gives birth to her daughter, Divine Opal Janell. It becomes apparent that the child is a nexus for magical energy. The LMB and Legion World celebrate this event, especially those who had grown very close to the High Priestess. In the Woods of Lothian, the Sorceress Morgause prepares a dark plot.
- Outdoor Miner finishes out his term as leader in relative peace and quiet, an absolute first for this entire term. In doing so, he announces that he'd embezzled everything from LW in an effort to save it. In typical Legion World fashion, nobody picked up on that.
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part X: The Election of Kid Prime and the Boy with Ultra Powers
Real History
Keeping up with getting the elections back on track, the next election process began at the end of September 2004, as a nomination period began, and then a campaigning period with the usual amounts of creativity and threads.
With the new trend of ‘self-nominations’, other things directly resulted: first, many newer posters (and even lurkers) were encouraged to nominate themselves, which led to RTVU2, Creativity Kid, Valor the M’Onel and others getting involved. Also, self-nominations ensured that the Alt ID section of Legion World maintained a large presence in the elections, which led to some lesser known Alt IDs, like Bizarro No.1 and Computo Jr. running, as well as Thora, although she maintained a support base that was unusual for Alt IDs. It also meant that there was a plethora of candidates, instead of a small amount.
Some prominent LMBers also nominated themselves but dropped out of the election race early on, including Lash Lad, Eryk Davis Ester and Myriad.
As the voting turned out, Kid Prime was elected the Leader of the LMB, and Ultra Matt the Deputy Leader. As Kid Prime was essentially the poster responsible for bringing the election process to Legion World, this was a fitting tribute to him.
One damper on the situation was that once again, a poster was caught cheating in the elections by using multiple Alt IDs—although this did not change the results significantly. However, this revealed that there were now two times that tampering occurred, leaving many posters feeling dismayed with the entire notion of an LMB Leader, which is why there would not be an election for over a year.
The following nominated themselves for leadership:
RTVU2 High Priestess Viviane Actor Lad Thora Kid Prime The Boy with Ultra Powers Valor the M’Onel Creativity Kid Comet King Portfolio Boy Koko Computo Jr. Bizarro No.1 Tijulk MrAsz
In Continuity
The LMBP enjoyed another round of elections, including a second nomination period where self-nominations are the only ones accepted and a campaigning period where the various nominees set up a variety of ways to encourage votes. Other members became involved by seeing what the various nominees could offer them.
The elections closed and Kid Prime was elected leader of the LMB and Ultra Matt was elected Deputy Leader.
A second instance of vote tampering, however, came to light, and once more the LMB considered whether leadership elections should be continued.
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Year Six: Outdoor Miner’s Term Part XI: The LMB at the End of Outdoor Miner’s Term
Here is the active LMB roster at roughly exact time that Outdoor Miner’s term as leader came to an end:
Outdoor Miner (Leader) Reboot (Deputy Leader) Lash Lad Cobalt Kid Mystery Lad Princess Crujectra (aka Spellbinder) Grey Birdboy Rhino Beagle Boy Loser Lad Sketch Lad Lucien Lad Space Tart Faraway Lad Iron Rat (aka Stu) The Boy with Ultra Powers Poverty Lad Umber Leap Year Lass (aka Thriftshop Debutante) Kid Prime Eryk Davis Ester Quislet, Esq. Varalent Fat Cramer Nightcrawler Matlock Minesurfer He Who Wanders Lightning Lad Saturn Girl Arachne Rickshaw DrakeB3001 Tromium Crystal Star Boy Portfolio Boy Semi-Transparent Fellow Icefyre Abin Quank Harbinger Numf-El Invisible Brainiac Monkey-Eater Lad Captain Dallas Kent Shakespeare Actor Lad Stoopid Cat Pagan Lass CJ Taylor Probability Pete Gigglebot Girl High Priestess Viviane (aka Luna) Future Hrun the Barbarian Myriad The Red Bee Kid Vudoo (aka RTVU2) Mearl Dox
LMB Reservists Crusader Maxx Grendel Senior Widebottom Triad Nuetral, Triad Orange, Triad Purple LMB Spectre Kid Gender Reversal Stereotype II Marvin of the Brood
Honorary LMBers The SMB of Earth-4 Hummer Lass The Phantom Stranger Santa Claus Everyday Girl Something Amazing
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part I: Changing of the Times
During the previous two administrations, from roughly April 2004 to the end of September 2004, Legion World and the LMB saw a time of such immense activity that it can generally be remembered as the most active posting either has ever seen in their history, at least at this date of August, 2007. There were so many posts each day on the MMB, that entire new threads would be pushed to page two, so that a poster looking to catch up would have to reread all the last posts on page two and page one in order to do so. There was also a variety of different posters that had become active on the Mission Monitor Board, and thus directly to the LMB mythos, including relatively new posters that were quickly becoming so immersed in the LMB mythos that they were hardly new (Future, Kent Shakespeare, High Priestess Viviane, RTVU, etc.), older posters from past LMB years (Princess Crujectra, Cobalt Kid, Poverty Lad, etc.) and then the Legion World mainstays that helped initially give Legion World’s MMB so much traffic. There were no less than 30 very active posters on the Mission Monitor Board at any given day during this time, with a handful of about a dozen with immense posts. As previously mentioned, a few examples are Abin Quank, Loser Lad and the High Priestess Viviane’s post counts soaring up by 3,000 or 4,000 posts within a matter of two months. MLLASH and Lightning Lad were hitting astronomical numbers at the time, approaching 10,000, which was previously unheard of. These were also not due to threads were rampant posting was being done for the sake of post-counts, which had long been turned off, but just normal examples of how the sheer amount of posting was reflected by the large post counts of the active posters of this era. Much more obvious was the fact that the previous month, September 2004, was Titans Month, a time when Legion World celebrated the Titans/Legion crossover by having a variety of Titans inspired threads, avatars and usernames, which created an amazing amount of posting and activity on both the Legion forum and the MMB. This event was so successful that the sheer traffic in September 2004 was astounding at the time, and the enthusiasm for Legion World itself hitting a tremendous high.
However, around November 2004, this would all begin to change. Proving once again that there is a cyclical nature to posting activity on message boards, the incredible explosion of posts during this time was naturally followed by a lull for quite a few months thereafter. While November showed a steady decline, December was even more so, and then the early months of 2005 hit an all time low of posting activity on quite a lot of Legion World forums, but particularly the MMB. There are many reasons for this, the most obvious being the notion that there is almost always an annual slowing down of posting during the Winter months though the exact reasons of that aren’t one hundred percent clear. Also, after such a period of immense posting, there would naturally be an inclination to slow down, as not everyone could keep up such a rabid pace, and some might be slightly burnt out. Most likely, quite a lot of Legion World mainstays within the LMB shifted there interest towards the variety of other forums on Legion World, which often happens after a period of such activity, shifting back towards analyzing and discussing the actual Legion comic books or other hobbies. There also appears to be some truth in the notion that people became genuinely busy with other things at relatively the same time. It also should be mentioned that during this time, there were two unfortunate incidents where some posters became problematic or some posters had problems with one another, both resulting in moderator involvement. The goal of this narrative is not to discuss the awful aspects of the past but to move on, and they hardly relate to LMB history at all, so I see no reason to focus on them. The immediate side effect, however, was a decrease in posting activity among specific posters on Legion World who were temporarily dismayed by this. Whatever the case, a very acute trend of a slow-down in posting began to occur during this time period, though not quite apparent at the beginning of Kid Prime’s run, but definitely there by its end.
One of the most obvious characteristics of this trend was a decrease in posting by quite a lot of mainstay LMB posters on the LMB (and I generally refer to the ones that continually contribute to the LMB mythos). While there was still a steady influx of new blood, many of the major posters of the previous half year decreased their time on the MMB and Legion World significantly. Two to do so, were actual the LMB deputy leader, Ultra Matt (the Boy with Ultra Powers), and then later, Kid Prime, the LMB leader. By far not the first to ever do so, this happened at a time however, when the general posting among the LMB was down anyway, combined with the fact that there had been some trouble on the previous three LMB elections (which will be covered later in this narrative). The effect was that there was not another election and the precise date for the end of this term becomes murky. All of that will be dealt with at the end of this section. But it further underlines a changing of the times.
It should be noted, however, that a decrease in LMB activity did not necessarily mean a decrease in Legion World activity. If anything, the Legion forum saw an increase of activity during this time, as many posters that previously had been a major presence on the MMB began posting there more often. This shift in interest, of course, generally meant new posters on Legion World would be more inclined to go there first rather than the MMB, which meant less emphasis on LMB-type matters. Similar things happened in Dr. Gym’lls and the Anywhere Machine. Such shifts remain interesting to see trends on posting activity in the forums over the years.
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Year Six: Kid Prime’s Term Part II: Life on Legion World
The Legion Forum The Threeboot Legion During this time, in the Fall of 2004, the first solicitations for the new Legion comic began to come out, and then the series itself first appeared. Of course rampant speculation and then reviews ensued, as Legion World geared up to see what the new Legion was all about. Immediately, the moniker ‘threeboot’ came into use, following the previous internet creation of ‘reboot’. Also, the term ‘WaK’, implying ‘Waid/Kitson’ was created by Legion World, similar to how the old DCMBs (and the very first LMBers) created the term ‘DnA’ to infer ‘Dan Abbet and Andy Lanning’.
The Mission Monitor Board MMB Directory Though she left soon after its creation, the poster Myriad began a thread attempting to be a directory for the Mission Monitor Board. This thread serves as a good way to navigate some of the active threads during 2004 on the MMB, though it remains relatively incomplete.
Discontinuation of old trends and decrease in posting - As mentioned previously, there was a high decrease in posting in the MMB during this time period. It should also be noted that there was a decrease in various trends as well. For example, statue threads were discontinued (as mentioned below) and also during this time welcome threads became less prevalent. Other threads continued in the MMB, some even being replicated, such as ‘Inane Type’ threads and ‘Supergirl Robot’ threads, but none were common enough to be labeled a ‘trend’.
Bits O’ Legionnaire Business Future's Bumper Stickers – Though it began roughly at the end of Outdoor Miner’s term, the beginning of Kid Prime’s term saw one of the most creative onslaughts of genius in the Bits section of Legion World, begun by Future. Throughout a very long thread, Future created a series of marketing bumper stickers that highlighted various LMBers, LMB events, Legion World aspects, Alt IDs and other things, each more ingenious than the next.
The LMB in Comic Book Form – During this time, Faraway Lad commissioned a brilliant LMB comic featuring Faraway Lad, Lard Lad and Cobalt Kid, and Legion World was able to see what an LMB comic book might look like.
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