Droids approved on their own

AhsokaFreakingTano (Kelly Hawthorne) · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:42 am Post subject: Droids approved on their own

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
thanks in advanced

DroidWelder () · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:34 am Post subject:

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.

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Ritin Kornas () · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:10 pm Post subject:

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 Sad

Styrofoam_Guy (Alex Kung) · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:34 am Post subject:

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.
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GotWookiee (Matt Pfingsten) · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:40 pm Post subject:

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:

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Amalphiea (Kellie) · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 3:58 pm Post subject:

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.
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Rikh-Tar (Marcus) · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:29 pm Post subject:

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?
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