Right, like Planet Tolkien did after the Silmarillion.
Joel Send a noteboard - 10/10/2010 02:28:01 AM
Who the hell will care once it's all done? It's like a lot of those stupid Harry Potter fansites.
Whatever the writing is or isn't, I think they appeal to different tastes in fans. There's enough stuff that people can what if for a good long while after the series ends, and enough of them that they will. That they weren't doing it on the wotmania WoTMB was a site problem as much as a series problem; they fed each other, but DM survived, and other sites were born. Ironically, if wotmania had held it together another half a year the buzz from and then release of TGS would have created the same resurgent activity seen at the other WoT sites (and if anyone missed it, the WoTMB is generally a lot more active than this and other boards now.
The fan base isn't going to just go re-read the last Martin book when WoT ends. When the whole series ends, it won't just be some individual theories being crushed or vindicated: It will be ALL of them. Any question not answered by that point probably never will be, but virtually all of the big questions will be answered. We'll know how Mat and Thom rescue Moiraine and what happens with the Mats eye. We'll know how Rand defeats the DO and the Forsaken. We'll know who killed Asmodean. We'll finally see Demandred. That's just the big stuff.
Once all that is known, there will be a wealth of discussion for some time. How much remains to be seen; I recently posted Michael Martinez' seminal "Do Balrogs Have Wings?" essay on this very site, in the process learning it's not only on Wikipedia, but several other sites, plus Martinez hosts it on his own dedicated fiction site. As a wotmania RAFOlk (i.e. someone who NEVER posts on the WoTMB, though I actually do) a far more immediate concern is whether the remaining WoT books generate enough traffic for THIS site that a functional core of newbs exists in the future.
'Cos the thing I keep stressing and that seems to be minimized is that one day you or I or both of us will probably get too busy, too stressed, too focused on something else or SOMETHING so we can't come here even an hour or two a day. That's life. It will keep happening to wotmaniacs one by one until none are left, even if it takes 72 odd years. Unless we give people a reason to come, and for the next few years WoT is a big one, all the domain names and servers in the world can't preserve the wotmania community we're trying to transplant. The day will most definitely come when WoT has to be almost an archive, but this is the internet; that day's not coming for at least two or three YEARS, so in the interim the WoT aspect should remain a big part of it per necessity.
Honorbound and honored to be Bonded to Mahtaliel Sedai
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
This message last edited by Joel on 10/10/2010 at 02:31:52 AM
>: [ So apparently none of us were good enough for wotmania....
09/10/2010 08:33:46 PM
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I want to know more about this!
09/10/2010 08:36:02 PM
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I know! I don't understand why they're using the wotmania domain name for this...
09/10/2010 09:45:26 PM
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I guess Jason offered a lot of money then? *NM*
09/10/2010 08:41:09 PM
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We were told it was about the "trust" that the wotmania members had put in Mike by signing up. *NM*
09/10/2010 08:46:11 PM
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Indeed. Imagine this has quashed any vestiges of good feeling towards the man. *NM*
09/10/2010 08:47:12 PM
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Yeah, I wasn't overly angry with Mike before, but that's changed *NM*
09/10/2010 08:58:51 PM
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Someone had already pointed this out in the other thread from a while back. It's bullshit.
09/10/2010 08:48:27 PM
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Huh. I completely missed that.
09/10/2010 08:49:52 PM
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I bet you say that a lot, Beks. *NM*
09/10/2010 09:01:22 PM
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nonsense. I will indulge in my internet RIGHT to nerdrage!!! *NM*
09/10/2010 08:50:46 PM
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Oh, I'm not saying don't be mad over it and don't talk about it.
09/10/2010 08:58:47 PM
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I don't know; pretty sure a redirect page isn't terribly rough on the servers. *NM*
09/10/2010 09:13:58 PM
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Of course it isn't, but he didn't have to do it.
09/10/2010 09:21:14 PM
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The dragonmount wotmania landing page with the redirect is still accesible if you google wotmania *NM*
09/10/2010 09:37:16 PM
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Truthfully (and I'm sure I've expressed some of this before at one point or another)...
11/10/2010 10:40:44 PM
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That's a little bit bum!
09/10/2010 09:01:21 PM
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For what it's worth, after A Memory of Light comes out Dragonmount will go down like a rock.
09/10/2010 09:44:27 PM
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good point, but that doesn't make me feel better about Mike being an ass *NM*
09/10/2010 09:46:18 PM
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Oddly it makes me feel better. He has a point. "Read and Find Out" is a timeless name.
10/10/2010 12:14:29 AM
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Right, like Planet Tolkien did after the Silmarillion.
10/10/2010 02:28:01 AM
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I essentially totally disagree with everything you said and its underlying premises. *NM*
10/10/2010 05:36:01 AM
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I just messaged dragonmount on twitter!
10/10/2010 12:02:56 AM
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Why would he name his movie site wotmania? *NM*
10/10/2010 12:12:09 AM
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He might have picked it as it has some recognition in the area he is making films
10/10/2010 12:25:52 AM
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He didn't, it just redirects there. And judging by the Twitter comment that wasn't on purpose. *NM*
10/10/2010 12:57:04 AM
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I'm not angry at anyone. Wotmania died aug 2009.
10/10/2010 02:04:57 AM
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It doesn't matter *why* it was wrong, it just was
10/10/2010 02:54:07 AM
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Point taken. And I am sorry for the loss of Wotmania, the way it used to be.
10/10/2010 08:15:59 AM
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*throws chocolate fudge at you*
10/10/2010 11:34:42 AM
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*returns fire w/ Marshmallow shooter!!*
10/10/2010 01:32:10 PM
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Re: >: [ So apparently none of us were good enough for wotmania....
10/10/2010 05:33:00 AM
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Too much bitterness yet.
10/10/2010 06:11:42 AM
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Well...
10/10/2010 06:47:49 AM
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I guess maybe that's fair.
10/10/2010 06:55:07 AM
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Insularity has been a problem for years now
10/10/2010 07:23:10 AM
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Re: Insularity has been a problem for years now
10/10/2010 05:44:27 PM
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I don't think most are well-versed, unfortunately
10/10/2010 06:52:49 PM
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Dear Jason:
10/10/2010 08:44:47 AM
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This.
10/10/2010 11:27:36 AM
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I don't agree.
10/10/2010 11:40:25 AM
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Re: I don't agree.
10/10/2010 11:44:05 AM
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There is email... Or the Dragonmount forums...
10/10/2010 11:53:42 AM
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Agreed.
16/10/2010 01:21:50 PM
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I agree.
10/10/2010 01:52:27 PM
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And now Jason is free to make his own choices with the domain... *NM*
12/10/2010 11:30:54 AM
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Yes.
13/10/2010 12:14:07 AM
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Hi
10/10/2010 11:38:13 AM
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Re: Hi
10/10/2010 01:29:48 PM
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Unless someone is willing to buy the domain or he's willing to sell it, it's his.
10/10/2010 03:35:23 PM
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Stupid browser cache!
11/10/2010 03:01:09 PM
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Frankly, I agree, but having heard the arguments the other way, I can see that side.
16/10/2010 02:08:08 PM
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Classy response, Jason. Thank you for taking the time to let us know what was happening.
10/10/2010 06:46:32 PM
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