posted
Year Four: The Roman Tetrarchy Term Part VI: Ships ‘N Giggles
Real History:
Following the exodus from Rob’s Boards, the community once again was without a home. At this time things were happening fast too—people were coming and going, and it seemed that if a solution was not found quickly, too many people would be lost by the wayside. The LMB Yahoo Group served as a good forum for debate, but it was still largely used by only a handful of LMBers at this point, while a great deal of others had no idea how to follow the discussion there.
Previously, Eryk Davis Ester had been approached by Tom Feister (one half of one of the current art-teams on the Legion comic book, along with Tony Harris) who told him that it would be pretty cool if he could start one of those threads similar to “Hot Summer Nights” and “Doom of the Super-Heroes” (re: LMB Tag Threads) on their own board, called “Ships ‘N Giggles”.
Following the debacle on Rob’s Boards, EDE recalled this, and ventured over there to see how the site was. Seeing that it could act as a new home as well, he used the various channels of communication available to spread the word, and eventually many people began making it over there.
For a brief period of time, “Ships ‘N Giggles” served as the basic home for many online Legion posters, and the two comic book creator owners were very generous to have them there.
However, many people were still left with a bad taste in their mouth from Rob’s Boards, many people really were ‘lost’ in that they didn’t know where to find the other posters and some could not deal with the site because it was too graphics heavy—a recurring problem in finding websites to host message board posting over the years.
While all of this was going on, other posters were coming up with their own solutions. Nightcrawler decided that it was time to take direct control of a message board, and contacted a few others, such as Lightning Lad and Kid Prime, to save the online Legion fan community as best they could. It was at this time that the idea for Legion World was birthed into existence.
Note- the Creation of Legion World will receive its own distinct section in this timeline.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Four: The Roman Tetrarchy Term Part VII: LMB on the Run
In Continuity:
The LMB return to their positive universe to find that the universe is in more chaos than ever. The Corporations of Earth have taken over Earthgov and ceded from the UP, pitting the two against one another. Further, the Corporations have pulled the majority of their financial resources out of the rest of the universe, bringing on immense poverty and hunger.
The Barbarian Hordes continue to invade in various directions, and seem to have no uniform goal or logic—they war with one another as much as they do with the lands they are conquering.
The LMB has been disbanded and made illegal. Any LMBer, ally or super-hero caught is to be arrested on the spot. Betrayed and hunted, the LMB now goes on the run from the authorities.
The Secret Plan of Nightcrawler Nightcrawler, who had become prominent in the community for some time, including the stay in the Anti-Matter Universe, comes up with his own plan at this time to find a home. He quietly exits the group, only telling Lightning Lad his plan of action. They make secret plans to tell Kid Prime and Princess Crujectra to bring in the LMB at a later time.
On the Run The LMB and their allies escape through the universe, pursued by enemies. Attempting to maintain some degree of coherence, they follow the lead of Eryk Davis Ester, who remembers his old pirate allies from his days of travel.
The One Elected to Stay Behind The LMB decide that it is time to abandon the Outpost for the time being, and prepare to close up shop. However, a deep fear overcomes them that many of their number that are lost to them will be stuck behind enemy lines—afterall, not everyone had made it through the terrible ordeal still with the group. The logical place any LMBer would go would be the LMB Outpost. Thus, it is decided that one member should remain behind to operate the Outpost in the absence of the team. It is longtime LMB Founder and trusted member Crusader, who finally volunteers. Electing to stay behind with his boyfriend Maxx, Crusader bids his best friends and sister a sad farewell, and promises to do his best to direct those lost in their direction.
The Pirate Community of Ships ‘N Giggles After a few brief battles with the authorities, as well as with some Barbarian scavengers, the remaining LMBers and whatever allies they can find make it to the Pirate Community of Ships ‘N Giggles. Fearing what is to come and agonizing over how terrible things have gotten, they settle down for a period of dry gin and melancholy to decide what to do next.
No Leader for the LMB At this point, it became time to elect new leaders of the LMB. However, no members made mention of this at all—in fact, many did not appear to even remember. Many members had left or were lost, some had died and some were too wounded from the battle with the Anti-Moderator to function on a daily basis. The constant flux of who was around, whether official LMBer or unofficial LMB ally, made it seem that electing a leader would be an official waste of time. For the time being, the election was put on hold.
At this point along the timeline, the story continues directly into the next section, as the LMB and their allies come together on Legion World.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Four: The Roman Tetrarchy Term Part VIII: The LMB under the Roman Tetrarchy
Here is the LMB roster at the exact time that the Roman Tetrarchy term of leadership came to an end:
Lucien Lad (co-leader) Iron Rat (aka Stu) (co-leader) Poverty Lad (co-deputy leader) Freekinos (co-deputy leader) Lash Lad LardLad Mystery Lad Princess Crujectra* Grey Birdboy Rhino Beagle Boy Loser Lad Sketch Lad Looks that Kill Lad Faraway Lad The Boy with Ultra Powers Duplicate Man Leap Year Lass (aka Thriftshop Debutante) Eryk Davis Ester Kid Prime Quislet, Esq. Fat Cramer
*With the decision of Cru to use his Princess Crujectra ID more than his Crusader ID, I’ve replaced Crusader’s ‘spot’ on the roster with Princess Crujectra, to signify the time period in which he joined (this will remain this way throughout the rest of this narrative).
**LMB Continuity at this point would infer that there were no members of the active reserve, as there was no official way to contact them.
At this point, it’s really impossible to differentiate when other posters became ‘official members’ of the LMB, since such an actual event never happened. Therefore, I plan to do this in the next section, even though there is no real date for when this happened, other the arguement that it is the day that Legion World first opened.
Nonetheless, here is a rough estimate of who the ‘Allies of the LMB’ were at this point (re: those who were at the various boards).
Nightcrawler Matlock Man from Cargg Minesurfer (aka Peg of Legs) He Who Wanders Lightning Lad Sanity or Madness A Jar of Cardinals (aka Fiery Jack, Outdoor Miner) Sonnie Bloke Googoomuck Lancerealm Rickshaw White Raven (aka Kat) Tromium Crystal NumberoneLegionfan DrakeB3001 Omni Craig Star Boy LoneWolfLondo
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Four: The Roman Tetrarchy Term Part IX: Summary of Year Four
The LMB at the beginning of their Year Four Continuity was vastly different from the LMB at the end of it. This is by far the year with the greatest amount of change in LMB history. It must also be noted that Year Four in LMB Continuity was actually a year and three months in real time, when most other ‘years’ in LMB continuity were really not even a year at all.
From the onset of Cobalt Kid’s term to the close of the “Roman Tetrarchy” term, change remained constant. Cobalt Kid’s term marked the close of a period that can really be lumped together with Seahorse, Stu and Faraway Lad’s terms, which had seen the reemergence of a reenergized LMB. Towards the close of Cobalt Kid’s term and throughout Ultra Matt’s, the roster of the LMB continued to change as some members became more prominent and other decreased their activity. Many longtime posters, such as Kid Therod, Dedman, Yellow Kid, Cobalt Kid, eventually Shady and particularly Seahorse took a leave of absence from the LMB. Thriftshop Debutante became notably active, as did Eryk Davis Ester and Kid Prime, who were prominent members toward the close of this year.
Although the roster continued to change, however, the spirit of the LMB did not. In fact, the idea of maintaining a large group of friends that enjoyed talking about the same hobby (among other things) began to incorporate the idea that it would work even better with a much larger, expanded community.
The gradual combining of the LMB and the larger online Legion fan community had begun on the old DCMBs, but had truly accelerated when the crossover from boards began to occur during the final months of this year. By the time Legion World was created, one larger community had emerged. The gift of Legion World would further serve to make this a true community.
The LMB, coming out of Year Four, had seen an increased amount of change in appearance although little in spirit. This LMB at the end of Year Four was among the very first posters to enter Legion World.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Five: Legion World Part I: The Creation of Legion World
Real History
After a tumultuous period of a few months bouncing from message board to message board, many posters had become disenchanted with message board posting in general, especially in light of the recent events on Rob’s Board. Some posters had made their way to “Ships ‘N Giggles” and were glad to have found a community again, although this message board did not have the feel of the old Legion DCMB that many posters were nostalgic for. Likewise, many of the LMB regrouped at the LMB Yahoo Group, as they had always done in the past, to try and figure where they could find another home. This time, however, the focus shifted to the idea of finding a message board for the online Legion fan community at large, not just an LMB-centric MB.
It was Nightcrawler who offered everyone the best alternative ever put forth before them. Nightcrawler approached Lightning Lad, with his own idea of how to get back the feeling of community, and this time, to actually have an active hand in controlling it. Previously, Lightning Lad's own website "Lightning Lad's Legion" had become popular among the online fan community (it also incorporated Legion reviews by Mystery Lad and later He Who Wanders). And so Legion World was purchased and created, as a new website to act as a message board for the community at large. This time, it would be run by the posters, who could have an active say in what they wanted on their message board, and would be moderated by posters that had come to earn the trust of the community over the years. Legion World held the old format of the DCMBs, but was immensely expanded upon to be something truly special. Nightcrawler and Lightning Lad truly saved the online community and gave it the best gift they could ever have received—there is truly no way that this can be overstated. As months have come and gone in the days since, the posters of Legion World have continued to thank them for this, and will continue to do so, as no amount of thanks will ever be enough.
Nightcrawler and Lightning Lad soon brought on a few others to help get the website together. They brought in Kid Prime, an LMBer and prominent member of the general community and he and Saturn Girl rounded out the original Legion World Founders. Cru (aka Newcru/Princess Crujectra/Crusader), one of the most prominent LMBers and often times ‘spiritual leader of the LMB’ was also brought in immediately, and they soon opened up Legion World to everyone. To say the reaction was that people were literally blown away is a vast understatement. Legion World quickly became a new home. It was fresh and it was new, and it was absolutely more than anyone could have ever wished for.
The LMB and the general online community flooded into Legion World, quickly registering and joining up.
In Continuity
With the LMB on the Run, and now joined by a wide variety of allies and friends, they attempted to find some way to regroup at Ships ‘N Giggles. A large portion of their membership had been lost to them, and it had become hard for any real ‘regrouping’ to occur.
It was Nightcrawler who offered them salvation. Previously, he had left the group upon the return from the Anti-Matter Universe and had developed his own plan of action. Contacting fellow hero Lightning Lad, they purchased a backwater planet in a slightly remote section of the universe, knowing full well the potential that this planet could have. Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad’s wife, quickly joined them, rounding out the group and they dubbed the planet Legion World. Their plan was heroic: to offer a sanctuary to the larger community and to anyone seeking a place for friendly conduct, to escape the daily spite and negativity that the universe seemed to be producing at the time. This place could act as a home that all would have a hand in running, with the founders guiding the way.
Upon the creation of Legion World, they soon opened their gates to those they knew were in trouble, and spread word. Kid Prime and Princess Crujectra, two members of the LMB, were contacted immediately and told of this new sanctuary, and the two quickly passed word to the LMB. The LMB bid farewell to the pirate community of Ships ‘N Giggles, and ventured to Legion World to finally find a home once more.
Other members of the community that had become disheveled throughout the previous months were informed of this new place, and quickly made their way to Legion World for a chance to live in peace once more.
Legion World had opened, and the founders guided the membership at large to come join them.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Five: Legion World Part II: The Great Migrations
Real History
Quickly word spread of Legion World and the new message board. People had become so enthusiastic and so happy with the website that it became an immediate mission to try and bring people in that were missing.
As word spread, more people made it a mission to go to the various websites, Yahoo Groups, and message boards (including the new DCMBs) to inform them of the new home. It often took awhile for people to become aware of Legion World, but once they did, most did not hesitate in coming over to explore the website—and were blown away by the amount of fun it was.
A gradual flow of old posters and new posters began immediately and people continued to come over. Old posters that had not been seen in a longtime were among them, such as Shark Lad. Lurkers that had never really actively gotten involved soon de-lurked and joined in, such as Semi Transparent Fellow and Super Lad Kid. Eventually, most of the online Legion fan community at large was able to make its way to Legion World.
As people were converted from the DCMBs, the Legion message board there began to fall by the wayside. The old board, which had been bursting with energy and a large community truly did cease to exist on the DCMBs—as those posters could largely be found now on Legion World.
The LMB Yahoo Group, which had always been the true ‘home base’ for the LMB throughout its history and indeed in its darkest times, saw a gradual decrease in activity. The LMB largely posted on Legion World, and most of LMB business could be talked about there. Further, the Yahoo Groups had initiated a policy that did not allow members to post artwork any longer. Essentially, this was the hardest blow to the activity on the Yahoo Groups, because it was largely one of the main reasons people posted on those sites. With Legion World offering this as well, the Yahoo Group became less and less active. However, it remains open to this day, and continues to serve as a place to escape to when Legion World is down. Further, it remains the ‘home base’ for the LMB, and is always there for discussions and a place of refuge.
In addition to the LMB Yahoo Groups, other Yahoo Groups lost the majority of there activity because of the change in policy. LegionPics, the group with the most artwork on it, was filled with a tremendous amount of beautiful artwork that needed to be saved. Nine posters, headed by Greybird, volunteered to save as much as they could and store it elsewhere, and began this process. This noble act has served to keep as much artwork alive as possible.
In Continuity
Throughout the universe, word spread. There was a sanctuary for anyone that could get to it, although the journey would often be rough. With Barbarian Hordes invading everywhere throughout the universe and Earthgov’s refusal to cooperate with the UP, it had become very unsafe to journey.
Many LMBers and other members of the community remained lost for a time, not hearing about Legion World for the first few months of its existence, although actively trying to get their once they did. Crusader remained at the Outpost to help guide journeymen onward and other LMBers tried to visit him from time to time to help.
As LMBers and others became members of the Legion World community, it became highly important to find all the lost friends over the years and bring them over. Many members had left in the recent months, but there were many others that had been gone for even longer.
This process of migration was gradual with brief explosions of activity, as Legion Worlders continued to search for past friends and welcome new ones.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Five: Legion World Part III: The Blurring of the LMB and Legion World
Real History
The LMB largely began posting on Legion World, where they were joined by the other members of the online Legion community that they had come to know so well. Essentially, it had truly become one larger community, especially in light of the changes in boards from the DCMBs to Rob’s Boards to Ships ‘N Giggles and now to Legion World. Upon posting at Legion World, there was no real way to see any split between the two groups, as they had begun to be essentially the same thing (there really would be no way for any new member to be able to tell differently).
This blurring of the lines between the LMB and the rest of Legion World occurred gradually in the months leading up to the creation of Legion World, and really happened overnight in the early days of its creation. There never was an official ‘induction’ of these members, and there never really needed to be. They were by no means ‘new’ members, as most had been posting aside the ‘official’ LMB for some time.
Thus, the LMB proper and Legion World melded into one coherent group. For the duration of this narrative from the point forward, any reference to the LMB will refer to the entire group, which includes all of the Legion Worlders that participate.
In Continuity
Upon the settling of Legion World, the new focus of the LMB and the Legion Worlders was the further creation of the planet they were residing on. Buildings had to be built, infrastructure needed to be established and a government needed to be structured. Basically, all of the key components of a society needed to be put in place.
Princess Crujectra (with her brother Crusader’s consent) donated a large sum of money to be used for this venture, taken from the Royal Heirloom of the House of Jectra. With this currency available to them, the Legion Worlders began putting in place the building blocks of the community.
Many LMBers that had been badly hurt in the battle with the Anti-Moderator, as well as others that were just completely exhausted, settled on Legion World, but then took a brief period of absenteeism from the LMB. Looking to get healthy and regain some structure in their lives, they dedicated their time to the continual structuring of Legion World. Thus, LardLad, Loser Lad, Beagle Boy, Duplicate Man and Freekinos, while making it to Legion World, took some brief time off from the daily battles of the LMB.
However, the greatly thinned ranks of the LMB did not suffer from a lack of members, for they had a vast array of allies and friends that basically served the same purpose as ‘official’ members. The LMB, smaller than it had ever been and with no official leader, realized that there was little point in not including all of these allies among the official roster, since they had been virtually members for some time now anyway.
At this point, this was the active membership of the LMB:
Lash Lad Mystery Lad Princess Crujectra Grey Birdboy Rhino Sketch Lad Looks that Kill Lad Lucien Lad Faraway Lad Iron Rat (aka Stu) The Boy with Ultra Powers Poverty Lad Leap Year Lass (aka Thriftshop Debutante) Eryk Davis Ester Kid Prime Quislet, Esq. Fat Cramer
The Induction in one big ceremony, this small group of LMBers made official the induction of their allies and friends, including the founders of Legion World into their membership. Laughing at the idea of being ‘new’, these longtime allies filled out the ranks of a depleted LMB.
These members were formally inducted:
Nightcrawler Matlock Man from Cargg Minesurfer He Who Wanders Lightning Lad Saturn Girl Sanity or Madness Outdoor Miner (who was formally known as Fiery Jack and A Jar of Cardinals, but had taken on a new moniker) Arachne Sonnie Googoomuck Lancerealm Rickshaw Juan White Raven Tromium Crystal NumberoneLegionfan DrakeB3001 Omni Craig Star Boy LoneWolfLondo Rokk steady Italian Boy Awkward Pause Boy Caleb Bubble Wrap Boy Superboymddjr Portfolio Boy
Note- from this point forward, I will continue to end each section with “The LMB Under…” However, this will not be all those who were registered during this period at Legion World, but rather, those that were actively posting during this period to be considered an ‘active member’. For instance, some posters signed up at one time but truly began posting at another. Granted, this is a hard line to follow and ambiguous, which is why I will rely on others to help make sure I have things right.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Five: Legion World Part IV: The Early Days of Legion World (Real History)
With Legion World established and the LMB (both old and new) settled in, the place exploded with enthusiasm and energy. These earliest days of Legion World saw the further development of the website, mainly carried out by Nightcrawler and the other founders, as it became structured in the same manner that it is today. Also, a variety of other traditions began on the website that are still relevant.
A New Home Above all else, Legion World quickly became the new home for everyone. Moreso than the old DCMB Legion Forum, it really felt like Legion World was a place for the posters. For old time LMBers, Legion World seemed to fit much like the old L* Board and Emessage forum did, but even more so. It was apparent from the onset that the opinion was the same across the board: this was truly our new home. For that alone, every poster to have journeyed to Legion World has always, and will always, pay thanks to Nightcrawler and Lightning Lad and the rest.
Everyone’s Own Room At the beginning, new posters quickly jumped into the craziness of filling Legion World up with threads, and it became enjoyably hectic to figure out where everyone was throughout the boards. One thread, the Mission Monitor Board, became central to keeping track of this.
A new tradition began with the creation of new threads by posters that essentially created their ‘own room’, or rather, their own thread that welcomed posts by others. These threads more often than not had a central theme to them, such as “Kid Prime's Room” centering on Transformers in addition to casual fun posting and “Lardy's Lair” centered on sex-filled antics. There were a great many of these rooms, some still remaining active to this day, many largely abandoned although occasionally bumped to bring some enjoyable nostalgia.
Splitting Legion World into Forums Early on, Nightcrawler began splitting Legion World into different forums based on the content of the topics. In doing so, he choose trusted long-time posters to act as moderators in these various forums. To this day, the split in forums continues to be honed to suit the needs of the website as Nightcrawler sees fit (with the advice of the Legion World population in general).
Some changes have been made since the beginning, including the deletion of the “Trophy Room”, which used to house the “The Secret Trophy Room Thread” for a time and “Calling the Roll” which featured excellent and much loved reviews of current Legion issues by Mystery Lad, which are now seen and highlighted in the Legion Forum.
In the beginning, each creator was also given their own forum, such as Dave Cockrum and Steve Lightle, two of the Legion greats to have made it to Legion World. However, over time more and more creators would journey to Legion World and a new forum was created to house all of them, “Visionaries of Tomorrow”.
On Legion World, the majority of LMB history takes place exclusively on “The Mission Monitor Board” (which is highly similar to the old L* Board) and “Bits O’ Legionnaire Business” which is home to fiction and artwork done by fans, and is where most Onevisions, Tag Threads and LMB art can be found.
There are many posters on Legion World, and many of them do not venture into these two forums as much, focusing specifically on the comic book related forums. However, this does not make them any less of an LMBer, as their contribution to the fun of Legion World is greatly and widely appreciated.
The Founders From the onset, the role of the founders has been understood, although no discussion has ever been held on it. Where issues concerning the collective LMB are settled by the collective LMB, larger issues concerning Legion World as a website, whether a technical issue or something more serious, are the domain of Nightcrawler, the owner of the website, and his fellow founders Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Kid Prime and Cru (Princess Crujectra). Although they do not have to, the founders have always encouraged other points of view to be expressed in these matters anyway.
Despite this large responsibility, these members are of course beloved members of the LMB.
Welcome Threads From the onset, another Legion World tradition was begun on the Mission Monitor Board, the tradition of a welcome thread. Begun initially by Eryk Davis Ester, these threads were personnel welcomes to new members and encouraged them to participate. Other members have taken a cue from Eryk Davis Ester in subsequent months and have continued this tradition since, giving a refreshing reminder that all posters are welcome on Legion World.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Five: Legion World Part V: The Early Days of Legion World (In Continuity)
The Problems Facing Legion World: There was still much to do in establishing Legion World. The infrastructure needed to be worked out, the city needed to be completed and an active bureaucracy needed to be created to solve a large variety of problems. How would the population be fed? How would the economy run? How much of Legion World should be dedicated strictly to farming and feeding the population, and how much should be industrialized for the economy. Many LMBers were still scattered throughout the galaxy, and needed to be found and told of this new safe-haven, so they could rejoin their comrades.
These were some of the problems facing Legion World early on. The Legion World founders, with the LMB assisting them, worked hard to come up with solutions to these problems. It was decided that a vast majority of the country-side would be dedicated to farming, to ensure that the population of Legion World was well-fed. Farming then became an important and heralded occupation, as farmers were central to maintaining Legion World. The LMB itself helped the founders create a bureaucratic and industrial infrastructure, using ages old philosophies, as well as newer ones, to begin this process. To facilitate the process of getting this started, Princess Crujectra donated an enormous amount of the Psyonion Royal fortune to give Legion World a stable supply of revenue.
Most importantly, the universe was unsafe. Alien hordes still spread their armies, hoping to conquer large portions of the universe. The Naturals, the army from the anti-matter universe, targeted the LMB and had followed them into the positive matter universe to gain their revenge.
Earth’s corporations still wanted the LMB for their own devious ends. And millions were still being displaced and persecuted brutally for evil reasons—millions that the LMB had sworn an oath to protect. Legion World was a target, and it would not be long before it was attacked. The LMB was in a rough state to protect it, and too much needed to be done on Legion World to fend off so many problems. It became apparent immediately, that the LMB itself would not be enough to defend Legion World from so many numerous threats. They were spread too thin, and too many were lost or feared dead. Even more, there was too much to do on Legion World in the early days, to worry about these potential threats.
These were the problems facing Legion World during its early days. A shining new colony, its growth was vast and extremely quick, although it was a complicated process that involved a great deal of extraneous thinking and sacrifice.
Further, word had spread throughout the universe, almost immediately, that there was a safe haven open to all refugees that could house and protect them, and provide food and healthcare for any who needed it. Immediately, large caravans of refugees began coming to Legion World by the droves, hoping to become a part of this growing community. This created more problems than it solved. There was plenty of work to be done, and plenty of jobs to be filled. The majority of the planet-side was for farming, and farmers were needed by the thousands. To the shock of everyone, thousands of farmers soon arrived. Positions for technicians, clerical workers, laborers and a variety of infrastructure jobs were open—and these two were filled. Although it was a logistical nightmare, the incoming refugees were helping get Legion World on its feet quicker than it was previously thought possible. This unnamed class of people, often left out when discussion of Legion World and the LMB took place, was dubbed the ages old title ‘the lurking class’.
These problems would continue to haunt Legion World throughout the early period of its existence, and would lead to many ingenious solutions along the way.
The Construction of the Great City: With these initiatives taking place and equally important task fell to building the great city that would be the capital of Legion World. Almost immediately, it became common place for anyone with anything resembling money to start this process, as it was encouraged to further the new economy. Thus, new housing developments centered on specific LMBers were quickly put into place, such as the infamous “Kid Prime’s Room”, “Matlock’s Attic”, “Outdoor Miner’s Offhand Manor”, etc. While many of these would be later set aside as large projects so those controlling them could have more time for other things, many of them remain central parts of the center of the city. For instance, “Kid Prime’s Room” and The Psyonion Embassy are located directly in the center of Legion World Way, one of the two most famous streets in Legion World.
All in all, Legion World quickly proved to be the perfect fit for the LMB. LMBers old and new felt the common bond that some had known before—of being part of something much bigger than themselves. A family united in a new place that was above all else home, the LMB looked forward once more to a bold, shining new era.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Five: Legion World Part VI: The Election of Princess Crujectra and Eryk Davis Ester
Real History
With Legion World exploding with activity and revitalizing the online Legion Community, the LMB quickly settled into place as some sense of structure began to take place. For some time, the LMB had largely been leaderless and the idea of falling back on old traditions began to set in.
Further, Kid Prime, a Legion World Founder, major LMBer and very prominent poster put forth the idea that there should be a Legion World Leader elected in the tradition of the old Legion elections. The LMB, who had been doing this, decided to return to this tradition also, and use these elections on Legion World as the elections for LMB leader. Thus, the leader did not have to be ‘Legion World Leader’ (which might make it awkward for Nightcrawler and Lightning Lad), but was LMB leader.
Further, Kid Prime’s enthusiasm for the elections was highlighted by making the leadership elections an enormous amount of fun again and more of a game than ever before. Different rounds of nominations, campaigning and the like ensued, and the election was bigger than any other in the past.
Nominees were put in place and the final nominees were*:
Eryk Davis Ester Danny Blane He Who Wanders Princess Crujectra Portfolio Boy Poverty Lad Semi Transparent Fellow Sonnie Boy Suddenly Seymour Varalent
The Election took place, a smashing success, with Kid Prime running things behind the scenes. 50 people voted, the biggest turnout ever in a LMB election. The leaders were announced as Princess Crujectra as Leader and Eryk Davis Ester as Deputy Leader. Cru (Crujectra/Crusader), the longest standing member of the LMB to have an uninterrupted membership (along with Lash) was a natural leader, as a more often than not ‘spiritual leader for the LMB’. Eryk Davis Ester also seemed to fit naturally as deputy given the flow of recent events, as he had rose to major prominence in light of the transition to boards as leader of the community.
*please note, the introduction of Semi Transparent Fellow, Danny Blaine and the return of Varalent will be covered in the next section
In Continuity
With the construction of Legion World well underway and some semblance of structure and order falling back into the lives of the LMB, it was decided, on the recommendation of Kid Prime, to once more resume the LMB Leadership Elections. Heartened by the recent positive turn of events, the elections were fresh and fun. Princess Crujectra was elected as leader of the LMB, with Eryk Davis Ester as Deputy Leader.
With a new home, a solid roster and a leadership once more, it felt like things had finally gotten back to normal (as normal as they could when it concerned the LMB).
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Five: Legion World Part VII: The LMB at the End of the Early Days of Legion World
Here is the LMB roster at the close of the early days of the Legion World. Please note, that this is not an exact date, as it is hard to gage what the “Early Days of Legion World” truly are (re: ten years from now, right now might be considered part of the “Early Days”):
Lash Lad Mystery Lad Princess Crujectra Grey Birdboy Rhino Sketch Lad Looks that Kill Lad Lucien Lad Faraway Lad Iron Rat (aka Stu) The Boy with Ultra Powers Poverty Lad Leap Year Lass (aka Thriftshop Debutante) Eryk Davis Ester Kid Prime Quislet, Esq. Fat Cramer Nightcrawler Matlock Man from Cargg Minesurfer He Who Wanders Lightning Lad Saturn Girl Sanity or Madness? Outdoor Miner Arachne Sonnie Googoomuck Lancerealm Rickshaw Tromium Crystal White Raven Omni Craig Juan DrakeB3001 Star Boy LoneWolfLondo Rokk steady Italian Boy Awkward Pause Boy Caleb Bubble Wrap Boy Superboymddjr Portfolio Boy
What is an active member of the LMB? On Legion World, it is often hard to judge who is an active member of the LMB. Some posters have registered but do not post until a few months later, and it won’t be until that period of posting that they would be considered an active member.
Likewise, the majority of LMB continuity related activity goes on in the Mission Monitor Board and Bits O’ Legionnaire Business Forums, although that is not the full essence of what the LMB is. Thus, it will be harder to judge who is an active LMBer concerning posters who do not post much, and only do so in the other forums, like the Legion Forum, Dr. Gym’ll’s, or Anywhere Machine Forums.
In the future sections of this narrative, I will try to do my best to keep those on these chapter ending rosters who were truly ‘active LMBers’ at that time. Since this will be more of a judgment call by this author, any insight or opinions on this are always appreciated.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Five: Princess Crujectra’s Term Part I: Anything but Routine
With Princess Crujectra and Eryk Davis Ester officially elected at leaders of the LMB, old traditions were brought back in a new way to the LMB and Legion World. However, life on Legion World has never been close to routine. In these days especially, there was a continued craziness on Legion World and an onslaught of topics, events and creativity to always keep the place moving.
Throughout this term, there was a continued explosion of activity as the site was still very new and people couldn’t wait to start posting. This is arguably the most active time ever in the history of the LMB for ideas, topics, stories, etc., and it is very hard to keep track of everything.
The LMB had officially planted itself on Legion World, and pretty much most of the active posters on LW were admitted to the LMB by osmosis, although there was never any firm moment or ceremony for this. As the lines continued to blur, new and old posters immersed themselves in the daily craziness of Legion World and new friendships were constantly struck up. Many posters who had grown tired of internet posting in general suddenly found themselves rejuvenated by the fresh feel of Legion World.
The migrations to Legion World continued throughout the end of the summer months of 2003 and the fall of 2003, as more posters arrived on Legion World and a surprising amount leaped right into the fray. Many new posters quickly became prominent, and many old posters, such as Varalent were able to find their way over. Also, many longtime lurkers, such as Super Lad Kid and Semi-Transparent Fellow ‘de-lurked’ and began posting more often, becoming a big part of the community. Even more, longtime LMBers that had been missing in action for years returned to the fold, some becoming active, some just making sure they were registered. Kid Psychout was one of these, and one of the most surprising of all was Shark Lad, who returned after a lengthy absence from way back during the second year.
To say there was a lot going on is an understatement. There was always (and still is) something going on at Legion World with the LMB and the excitement remained very high. Things were anything but routine.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Year Five: Princess Crujectra’s Term Part II: Life on Legion World
As the months have now turned well beyond a year, certain trends have become noticeable in terms of life on Legion World. Activity on forums has increased and decreased, events have happened and natural thread ideas and topics have peaked at certain points and become more prominent at others. For the duration of this narrative, I will dedicate a section to each leader’s term titled “Life on Legion World” to discuss some of these trends. This will include things from each forum, although the Mission Monitor Board will receive a higher degree of speculation.
I highly encourage people’s thoughts and opinions on this and any additional insight they can bring. As I’ve said numerous times, my memory isn’t always spot-on and I haven’t been active in all forums all the time.
The Mission Monitor Board Flirting One trend that sticks out above all others during the early days of Princess Crujectra and Eryk Davis Ester’s term is the incredible amount of flirting going on in the MMB. This has always remained constant on LW, but at one point it was so noticeable that people were saying (in jest) that ‘gay flirting was taking over Legion World!’. It appeared that every thread was becoming consumed by an enormous amount of flirting, as LMBers were enjoying each other’s company so much that the flirting symbolized the fresh excitement on LW. Gay flirting was joined by strait flirting soon after and both have remained constant since—but it was a considerable trend at this point.
Alt IDs At the onset of Cru and EDE’s term Alt IDs became a major part of life on LW. Many old LMB alt IDs returned and a plethora of new ones emerged on the scene. Many of these Alt IDs remain a solid part of the LW community to this day, and Alt IDs have always had a strong presence on Legion World. At this particular time, however, the Alt IDs were literally exploding onto the scene and many LWers were left confused at who was who and what was going on by the sheer density of Alt ID craziness. This will be covered more in depth in future sections.
Conspiracy The other great trend of this era was the enormous amount of conspiracy threads that became prominent on the MMB. Rising out of the influx of alt IDs, they began when Tarik the Mute and his android began recruiting for his academy and Winema Wazzo accused Eryk Davis Ester and Princess Crujectra of being fascists. The later arrival of Space Ranger and his investigations into LW conspiracies furthered this. This will be covered in depth in the following section.
Legion Forum It is also very noteworthy to refer to the Legion forum during this period (and the periods thereafter) and make mention of the onslaught of topics often started by Thriftshop Debutante, MLLASH and Eryk Davis Ester. Often joined by others (Fat Cramer, Nightcrawler, etc.), the Legion Forum has continually gone through periods of many topics begun by these three.
Legion Memories He Who Wanders, who had been giving excellent reviews of old Legion stories on Lightning Lad’s forum (and could be seen at the DCMBs also) began doing his Legion reviews on the Legion forum, to the delight of the posters there.
Calling the Roll Mystery Lad had been doing his “Calling the Roll” threads on Legion stories for many years on the DCMBs, and continued to do so after the move to Legion World. Another literal fan favorite, these were given their own forum on Legion World during this time.
The Trophy Room Secret Trophy Room Thread Although the Trophy Room had little activity compared to the other forums, it became the home of a thread towards the end of Cru and EDE’s term, “The Secret Trophy Room Hideout”, which was a fun hideout for some posters, since most posters did not venture to the Trophy Room.
Encyclopedia Galactica It was during this period that the excellent collection of Legion indexes was assembled in the Encyclopedia Galactica forum by Nightcrawler, Lightning Lad, Kid Prime and Portfolio Boy.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
| IP: Logged |
Hyperpath: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic | Subscribe To Topic
