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Child's Play is an annual charity, created by Penny Arcade, that brings games, toys, books, and other gifts to sick children for Christmas. The Relic forums have an organized donation drive and tracked the forums' donations; in 2005, $1,154 was raised from 32 generous members.
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Actual sig at 1/10 scale.
ProtoNuclear was known for the massive (wallpaper sized) signature pics he would make for others featuring curious images like spaceships, lens flares, dolphins, Britney Spears and unicorns.
<soul> we so pissed him off
<soul> we would follow him to diff. forums
<soul> and get to know the staff
<soul> and then have them set sig guidelines
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frstkor13 was a founder of the
Freelance armada and an occasional
Relic Forums poster and former moderator. At his peak in Homeworld he was one of the most skilled players in the game and was a master of the default map
Talas Crossroads. He was and is however an admitted hothead and sore loser, and his hate of being defeated apparently assisted him in his drive to become one of the best.
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The
Red Flashy Thing or
RFT made an appearance in the site designs of
Taiidan.co.uk and
The Guidestone and became something of an
in-joke. Originally designed by
OneRedPanther for his website Taiidan.co.uk in late 2000, it was stolen in a midnight raid by Guidestone staff for their own use. Its eternal double flash gave rise to the enduring
#homeworld meme
*Flash* *Flash*. There is some evidence to suggest that the RFT may be a mind-control device.
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The
Community Game was a community project initiated by
Dyntheos, and was soon taken over by
Retroboy after his backstory submission emerged victorious from the genre voting. The underlying idea was to create the concept (and possibly the assets) for a computer game from the talents of the
Relic Community.
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The Homeworld universe has never had a serious merchandising effort, leaving players wanting models of their favorite ships to their own devices. A few fans created hand-built models out of wood, plastic, or even Lego blocks, but no models were ever produced that could be easily obtained by the average fan. This all changed on
5 July 2003 when
paper starships were discovered.
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Freelance is a close-knit group of friends who met playing
Homeworld. They are widely regarded as one of the most skilled groups to have played the game. For a time, Freelance maintained
The Guidestone's strategy section, as well as posting heavily in the
Relic Forums Homeworld strategy discussions. Several Freelance members were at one time (or still are) moderators on the
Relic Forums.
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The
British Empire Reclamation Force - or
BERF, as it is more commonly referred to - was created in order to return the guiding light of Her Majesty's reign to those renegade colonies which have seen fit to desert the Motherland. Avid teadrinking is a requirement of membership.
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Marweas (or
Alex Rodberg) was the community manager assigned to the
Relic Community by
Sierra Entertainment. On
29 August 2003, Marweas posted in the
Relic Forums that he would no longer be interacting with the community, saying "the effort put into keeping this miniscule community informed is not worth the aggravation or the time".
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Molle (aka
SirMolle) was the owner and administrator of
The Guidestone fansite. He now basically runs
EVE Online. A prolonged absence from the internet led to rumors of him being
stuck under a fridge, a term that is henceforth associated with him, and has spawned a smiley on the
Relic Forums. He is an avid ABBA fan, and many believe him to be among the best
Homeworld players of all time.
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RelicUniverse (formerly Homeworld Universe, Homeworld X, and Homeworld Fleet Command) was a Relic fansite that closed its doors in 2005. At its closing, RelicUniverse was administered by ceejayoz, dmille, and Sabin. (more...)
