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AhsokaFreakingTano (Kelly Hawthorne) Detachment XO


Joined: 14 Oct 2015 Posts: 429 Location: Utah Medals: None
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:42 am Post subject: Droids approved on their own
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Can astromechs like r2-d2, bb-8, and others be approved on their own fully? I know they aren't sentient but I'm wondering if you can still have them RL approved like any other face character/generic Jedi
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DroidWelder () Active Legion Member

Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Posts: 997 Location: Arizona Medals: 2 (View more...)
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:34 am Post subject:
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Basically, it is only for members or prospective members to submit a wearable costume for approval, so it must be a person submitting an appropriate costume.
If it is a Droid costume that is being submitted, the person must be able to completely fit inside the Droid so that it looks like it does in the films or other canon sources.
(For an Astromech, you would need to be the size of Kenny Baker, Jimmy Vee, Warwick Davis, ect..., or be someone that is an amputee or was born without legs that could fit inside of the Droid.)
It is highly unlikely that Droids on their own (such as ones operated by remote control) will ever be granted approval for membership.
Even allowing us Astromech operators to have access to the event planning threads (restricted areas) on the forums here was met with a lot of resistance and debate about approving droids for membership.
All I ever wanted was access to the event threads so I didn't have to constantly bother other members to get up-to-date info on the events.
It took years for the powers that be to grant me that request.
David L.
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Ritin Kornas () Active Legion Member

Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 643 Location: Switzerland Medals: None
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:10 pm Post subject:
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Yup, it's a debate that come back form time to time, and unfortunately, there are still people saying it's not a real costume so don't want to allow it :s
I personally find that stupid, as it would benefit greatly to get them with us :s
And as I will never join R2 builders in their currently super closed club for example. And I know lot don't join them so we tend to loose those people would could bring a lot to the club  |
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Styrofoam_Guy (Alex Kung) Active Legion Member

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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:34 am Post subject:
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As a long time member of the R2 Builders I find it sad that some people are considering it a super closed club. That is not the intention of the club. It is supposed to be welcoming to all to help them build their own droid.
I am not involved with the approval process so I don't know how many people are trying to join at one point or another or who approves people.
As to the debate of a droid builder not being allowed to be a full member I find that a bit sad. We all love Star Wars and want to promote it. By not allowing us access to all the forums afforded a full member, it feels like being a second class citizen.
I was lucky that the local 501st were more open minded and allowed me access to their forums so I could tell when events were coming out so I would hang out with them. _________________ Alex
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GotWookiee (Matt Pfingsten) Active Legion Member

Joined: 30 Mar 2001 Posts: 4321 Location: Nashville, TN, USA Medals: 2 (View more...)
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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:40 pm Post subject:
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This topic comes up on a regular basis. In past discussions, it became readily apparent that what most everyone wanted was Artoo and other droids at events. The primary argument in favor of membership during all previous discussions was that "everybody loves Artoo and we want them at our events."
However, allowing droids as members would create a bunch of bureaucratic headaches like needing LCJ's and CRL's for droids. More trouble than its worth if all we want is events access.
The solution was to simply grant events access to Artoo builders that requested it. Here is the R2 Builders User Group.
Unfortunately, as DroidWelder has mentioned now and in the past, there are some fools in both groups that create all kinds of problems due to an obsession with the rules/charter and their interpretation of it.
If you actually wanted to allow droids as members, you would need to work on the details, write some CRL's, and create a charter amendment to make it happen. None of the proponents of allowing droids into the club have ever done this.
Here are some of the past discussions on the topic: _________________ Chewbacca Costuming Resources | Chewbacca Costume Guide (under construction)
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Amalphiea (Kellie) Assistant Legion Membership Officer


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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 3:58 pm Post subject:
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There are also many approvable costumes that they can make to join which is what some builders in our area have done. We also give them access to event forums. _________________ Kellie Hendley
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GotWookiee (Matt Pfingsten) Active Legion Member

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Ritin Kornas () Active Legion Member

Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 643 Location: Switzerland Medals: None
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:01 pm Post subject:
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GotWookiee wrote: | Ritin Kornas wrote: | And as I will never join R2 builders in their currently super closed club for example.( |
How is the Artoo Builders Club a "super closed club?" |
In very short, just have a look to their website and try to get any infos... you can't even see a gallery of the R2 unit. You don't even have a basic contact info available on main page...
The members I know are all nice and always kind, that I don't deny. It's just as a club. The remark is also true for some parts of the 501st (and I'm member of the 501st) where you need to register to get basic infos on some costume, and given the exploded way of 501st in multiple forums... you need 20 different accounts to get infos on the 20 costumes you can be interested in...
Also the same regarding the 501st forum (main one) where you HAVE to be 501st member to join it. _________________ Member of the RL Galactic Senate Council |
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GotWookiee (Matt Pfingsten) Active Legion Member

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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:24 am Post subject:
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Ritin Kornas wrote: | In very short, just have a look to their website and try to get any infos... you can't even see a gallery of the R2 unit. You don't even have a basic contact info available on main page... | I have. There is an extensive wiki and forum and tons of information. The BB-8 groups is also the same way. Tons of info. All for free.
Yes, you have to register in order to get that info, but that's free, too.
Ritin Kornas wrote: | The remark is also true for some parts of the 501st (and I'm member of the 501st) where you need to register to get basic infos on some costume, and given the exploded way of 501st in multiple forums... you need 20 different accounts to get infos on the 20 costumes you can be interested in... | The Artoo Builder's forums were hacked a number of years ago and like most forums they have an ongoing problem with spammers. Sites like these are also costly to run and restricting dynamic, database-drive content (i.e. forums and wikis) helps reduce the load on the server.
Perhaps there is a language barrier problem here, but you sound like you think there is malicious or selfish reasons behind being required to register to access some info. Please clarify if that is is what you meant or not.
No one is closing things off to you or withholding any information. The sites you have mentioned are filled with helpful people and useful information that is available to you for free, put together during people's spare time simply to help other people. _________________ Chewbacca Costuming Resources | Chewbacca Costume Guide (under construction)
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K-2SO (Darren Moser) Active Legion Member

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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:32 am Post subject:
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DroidWelder wrote: | Basically, it is only for members or prospective members to submit a wearable costume for approval, so it must be a person submitting an appropriate costume.
If it is a Droid costume that is being submitted, the person must be able to completely fit inside the Droid so that it looks like it does in the films or other canon sources.
(For an Astromech, you would need to be the size of Kenny Baker, Jimmy Vee, Warwick Davis, ect..., or be someone that is an amputee or was born without legs that could fit inside of the Droid.)
David L. |
I've been navigating these waters for the past year. I submitted my K-2SO puppet to see if he could be an RL costume but as it is a puppet he did not qualify. I understand and accept this judgment, but it didn't hurt to ask.
Now that I've finished my L3-37 "costume" I'll be writing up a tutorial and standards draft to try to start the process of making it an approvable costume. Why do I keep making characters that use lots of CGI and practically didn't exist in real life.... we'll never know. _________________ K-2S0 and L3-37 builder |
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Rikh-Tar (Marcus) Active Legion Member

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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:29 pm Post subject:
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Hello there,
we got our base's first droid approved, a GONK, in which the member is actually wearing the costume:
http://www.forum.rebellegion.com/forum/costume.php?mode=view&a=20703
In which detachment should she report to? _________________ The politics of war are not as black and white as I once thought they were. - Ahsoka Tano.
This war represents a failure to listen. - Padme Skywalker.
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