[The Starport News]Acquisition of an old domain
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Sizer wrote:
What a triumph for the Freelancer Community this is!Indeed. Whoever was responsible for the generous donation - should be warmly thanked and congratulated
Such news should surely be spread amongst the community. People often say there is a lack of Freelancer related news - here is possibly one of the most unexpected ones in the past year
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So amazing new! LancersReactor can also sleep great tonight! Realy Happy to learn to learn it! FL community will apreciat it! 8-) Iām so GLAD here!
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Quite apparently OP thinks otherwise. Thatās rather unfortunate.
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It was still owned by that random Jason guy who tried to use it to promote some kind of online browser game. Then it fell into disuse before being put back on availability, as far as I know through an auction.
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But the current isnāt ? As from my point of view, the only Lancerās Reactor will remain the existent one, and not the new (well old) domain you acquired. It might be a great achievement though, but think about thisā¦ do you really expect TLR members to come to join the ānewā one that is hosted by TSP ?
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Dave.Synk wrote:
But the current isnāt ? As from my point of view, the only Lancerās Reactor will remain the existent one, and not the new (well old) domain you acquired. It might be a great achievement though, but think about thisā¦ do you really expect TLR members to come to join the ānewā one that is hosted by TSP ?Why do people assume it is only to try and steal members? Utterly baffled by this perception. Members post on places they want to. If people want to post on a site, they post on a site. If they donāt, they donāt. You canāt āstealā membersā¦ so where is this perception coming from? :roll:
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Look, the TLR should be viewed in this way: It holds the archive and any news that gets posted. This is how it is and how it should be. It will serve the global FL community at largeā¦ even if its not as big as it once was.
Let the TLR rest finally, the community that it once held has dispersed and is mixed into other communitiesā¦
The perception that TLR has a community still is sillyā¦ TLR.org has old members from TLR.com But SO does this site. Does that mean we are BOTH TLR Communities? No. It simply means we all found a different āhomeā
You can think what you like, about us having āhiddenā motives etcā¦ You can bet your best sunday dress and a packet of minstrels that we are being as transparent about everything as possible. You may think this was only done for membersā¦ Um hello? What part of āWe are doing this as a service to everyone because we feel its right to do soā If we get members out of itā¦ so what! Its a GOOD THING if we do, it shows us that there are STILL people out there that are interested in the same thing we areā¦ Freelancer.
/2 cents
Dave.Synk wrote:
By the simple fact that there canāt exist two domains having the same name. In our case, we will have TLR.com and TLR.orgā¦ what point exists in this ?Why does it HAVE to be the same website? Just because it shares a name does NOT mean its the same website. by ANY stretch of the imagination.
Itās like looking at two cups that are identical but different in colour, you may or may not prefer one over the other, or you might like them just the same, either way, they are different.
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So youāve heard reasons, but I dont necessarily agree they are the primary reasons why we wanted to secure the TLR.com domain and not have it direct to TLR.org:
I think the primary reason for doing so is that users coming to TLR.org get a filtered view on the Freelancer community. Not only is TLR.org heavily biased towards Swat/Crossfire, it also actually censors our site. I can also name a lot of other reasons but they would be more on a personal level.
Now, I think that with TLR.com being with us, we can give old returning as well as new visitors a very open minded view on the FL community. The richly filled community bar links to almost any FL site, and the news are the latest in Freelancer development. Iād hate seeing all these users lost to a community that is run by a person that thinks we want to destroy FL.
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Indeed. People can arrive on the TLR.com landing page and go anywhere from there. Itās their decision. They can go to TLR.org if they want, or FLC, or here, or Discovery, or SWAT-Portal or anywhere really. It gives them the choice and lets them know the community is widespread and still very much alive. We donāt censor site names on bullshit accusations - I thought weād went past this after the AzzA days.
TLR.org is free to continue to exist as they already were. To them, nothing has changed. I can also guarantee you that we wonāt try to transform TSP in TLR.com or something; the domain will remain a gateway to access the rest of the community and the archives. To find answers, friends, and servers.
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So pure, untainted, and equal function for all - even better than I thought and sounding about as fair as it can be
So Lancersreactor.com wonāt be āthe centre of the Freelancer universeā - which seemed to annoy people with the really old version of it (and I assume people thought it would try to be again), and it wonāt have direct community of itās own to get embroiled in issues either.
It will simply be a landing and linking place for all Freelancer communities, providing a centralised repository and news location.
Link to ModDB too?
Or was it more a āIād like to get you the domainā 
in right hands! 
