by the fans for the fans

When you started this site did you expect it to get this popular with the fanbase? Also what kind of things do you think could improve the main RT.com site?

FOR ME, I GO WITH GUT FEELING. I ALSO PLAY THE MARKET AS WELL AND ON TOP OF NEWS.

SO WHEN MANY FRIENDS FROM ROBOTECH FANDOM WHO NOT ONLY WERE AT THE RT.PAGE, WE ALSO HANGED AT CONS.

SINCE I WENT TO MANNY CONS ALL OVER U.S.A AND MEET MANY FANS (WHY I AM ALSO KNOWNED) I ASKED THEIR OPINIONS AND TALKED OVER IDEAS WITH THEM.

I THINK ONE SHOULD NOT JUST BUILD FORHIMSLEF. ITS NOT LIKE A HOUSE.. YOU BUILD AND YOU LIVE IN IT. BUT MORE LIKE A COMMUNITY. WHAT WILL OTHERS LIKE AND WANT. CONSIDERING THAT I EARN GOOD MONEY AT MY NORMAL JOB OF 15 YEARS, I WAS ABLE TO AFORD MUCH OF THE GROUND WORK FOR THESE PROJECTS. AND TO TARVEL AND HANG WITH THE FANS.

AND THERE WAS THE MODING IN THE SPANISH FORUMS. I MEET SO MANNY PEOPLE AND ITS A DIFFERENT WORLD THERE. HECK, THANKS TO THEM FANEXPO IS SUCCESFULL. AND THAT FANDOM IS EQUALLY AS HUGE. THEY EXPANDED INTO NEW FORUMS, CONVENTION GATHERINGS AND ROBOTECH SPANISH BOOTHS AND EVEN REPLAYING ROBOTECH SERIES MORE THAN THE U.S.A.


TO IMPROVE...

WOW.. WOULD BE TO LISTEN ACROSS THE BOARD. KINDA LIKE HEAR.

Do you think a facelift of the site with a more modern look and flash content, web comics, fan submitted web comics type enviroemt would be more appealing to a larger audience beyond hardcore RT'ers?

Do you think a facelift of the site with a more modern look and flash content, web comics, fan submitted web comics type enviroemt would be more appealing to a larger audience beyond hardcore RT'ers?

ONE THING YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT IS FIRSTMOST A CORPERATE SITE. ITS BOUND BY LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

FANS WOULD ASK FOR SO MUCH CHANGE THAT YOU WILL HAVE HG LAWYERS LOOKING AT THESE IDEAS. KEEPING IT SIMPLE IS THE WAY TO GO. JUST THAT.

LETS SEE HOW RTX WILL PLAY OUT. SEE WHAT IDEAS ARE BORN HERE AND TRIED HERE. WE ARE MORE OPEN FOR THESE OPTIONS AND WE HAVE NOT JUST ME AND DAVID OUT THERE.. BUT MANNY FANS THAT ARE OUT THERE WITH IDEAS HELPING OUT.

INFOPIDIA IS WORKING ITS WAY TO THE ROBOTECH CODEX WE ARE DOING

POINTS SYSTEM THAT IS TAKING OVER KARMA.

INSTEAD OF BANNING WE THINKING OF FORUM RESTRICTIONS.

AWARDS IN A GRANDER SCALE. SINCE 2 YEARS RUNNING, WE BEEN GETTING THE ATTENTION OF CON ORGANIZERS AND TRYING TO WORK ON OUR OWN ROBOTECH FANDOM PANEL.
FANFILM AWARDS, ART AWARDS, WRITTING AWARDS FAN ART AND ETC. ETC.

When you started this site did you expect it to get this popular with the fanbase?

I REALLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS EXPECTING.. REALLY.

I KNEW WHAT THE GROUP OF FANS I WAS WITH WANTED. WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE. AND WHAT WE WANTED TO REPRESENT. HECK, WE HAVE THESE IDEAS SINCE 2002 WHEN WE ALL FIRST MEET AT THE FIRST ROBOTECH PANEL AT AX LONG BEACH.

SINCE THEN FANS HAVE MOVED ON AND WITH THE FANDOM POLITICS WHEN TOM BATEMAN GOT CANNED, SOME FANS WENT WITH HIM. I WAS LEFT ALONE WITH MOVING WITH THE FANDOM IDEAS. MY HEART WAS THERE AND I GUESS DAVID SAW THAT AND HE WANTED TO GET INVOLVED. AS SOON AS THE MOTION PROGRESSES, OTHERS JUMPED ONBOARD. AND NOW YOU SEE HOW BIG THIS THING GOT.

ALSO TO ADD, FANS DONT LIKE FIGHTING FORUMS, FANS GIVE UP ON THAT QUICKLY. ONE OF THE FAILURES OF A ROBOTECH FORUM OR IDEA THAT DIES FAST BECOUSE ONE MAKES IT TO PERSONAL.

YEAH, WE ARE EAGER FOR MORE AND WANT CHAANGES.. BUT LETS TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME. AND THEN YOU SEE THE PAYOFF.