I was going to not say anything in this, But...
OP: The reason why you have that domain is because next to no one uses it. A handful of people used it in the first year and that is it.
I did not want to pay for a domain that did not have a purpose any more, its widely recognized that the .net domain is one to go too... besides, as was said from the get go, the-starport.net had a bit of a ring too it
It's pretty obvious that losing the lancersreactor.com domain has hit you pretty hard, as you said "A slap in the face" But by now using the pretty much defunct tsp link as a bargaining chip, its pretty clear that you are on the premise of "If I can't have it no one can" Which is... sad. Honestly, and shows a slight scent of desperation on your part. Its more confirmed by when you say this
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I could even name the amount that the domain in the end has cost. Huor and I were going to return it to the TLR community which now doesn't seem to be possible anymore.
It amuses me to a degree, that you wish to build upon the success of a now dead website, to clarify here, I mean dead from a community point of view, this community has since spread out and moved to different websites. Saying your returning it to the TLR community is just another way of saying "mine and no one else's" You want it for yourself. We want it for ALL FREELANCERS. That includes everyone, every site, every clan, person, community and so forth, Shit, Even YOU. Take that as you will, I take it with 3 sugars and milk
The be all and end all is, You should be happy that its back in the Freelancer's part of the internet. Sure, the result is not what you wanted, but as has been said, its not in the hands of some company that buys anything, from which all hope would be lost of us getting it back... Ever.
If your not happy, for the domain being kept in the FL Community, your simply showing everyone how shallow minded you are and how much you actually care for the community on the whole. In my opinion at least.
For arguments sake lets say you did acquire the domain, then what? You would simply redirect the TLR URL to the .org or move the entire contents of the .org one to the .com... That achieves... nothing.. for the aforementioned lack of actual content. Sure you would get the traffic, but traffic is nothing unless you have a means of keeping it, at this point in time, TLR.org, Does not, Work on getting that content etc.. Not to point out the obvious but to everyone outside of TLR you appear to do more moaning than you do Administration.
These are my thoughts, no one else's, I would think this even if I wasn't an Admin, So please, don't frame this as what we all think... This is what I think, and me alone.
/2 cents
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Soupman, Thank you for actually trying at least, I'm a firm believer of try and try again, maybe something can be reached in the future, but not now. and being honest, It will happen once either party stops. I feel.
Thank you anyway Soupman Imma go eat foodz!!
