hooliganpgh

I've told my story before over with protoculture times,, but for the sake of discussion and keeping momentum alive.. one more time won't hurt. I LOVED Robotech when I was a kid... it set alot of gears in motion for who I would end up being one day. Watching Robotech inspired me to go into engineering from the time i was 9 years old. After the show was no longer on the air in Pittsburgh I came across the Jack McKinney novels and worked my way through the entire series... they reinforced my love for Robotech... the stories, the characters... books 1-12... then the Sentinels... and then when I was in HS and i finally got my hands on End of the Circle... it was a great day,, it was the completion of a process that started when I was in 4th grade. So... when I was a freshman in college and Robotech was on Cartoon Network in the afternoons I was giddy... the show of my youth was back! I could watch the episodes that I had read about in the books.. life was good! And then the DVDs started to come out.. and new toys.. and Battlecry... and It was like,, Hell Ya,, Robotech is back baby.... I can finally catch up on everything I was missing from my youth. Then I hear about this new movie, "the Shadow Chronicles" and I buy it day one... and I rush home and i pop it in the DVD player and I am like... wow... that CGI looks kinda dated... ummmm thats Rick Hunter? WTF do you mean its not a real ending, its a setup for the next film... nooooo!!! Oh.. ok..there is gonna be a sequel movie and an animated series? cool... this will be great. Then I made a mistake.. an epic mistake... I went to Robotech.com to learn about the next movie, cause surely this fan site... oh wait.. no.. this old school site is the OFFICIAL site? wow.. um.. ok... so ya... lets check the forums and merch.... ok.. those shirts are lame... all of that merch is sold out..... um... it never restocks... ok thats wierd.... ok so the Forums.... wow... those two guys are realy intense! They are shooting down everything anyone says negative... oh, this PR guy Kevin.. I will email him and try to make sense of all of this... reply.. "Memo and Mav are moderators"... wait.. i thought moderators were supposed to moderate... wtf... ok, so lets get proactive and make some suggestions.. ways of improving the state of things... "you are a liar" ... well damn... why the hell am I even bothering here?? So around that point.. i became pretty disenfranchised.... this show that I had been so excited about for years was in the hands of jerks and meanies and liars and con artists.... the Three Stooges were running things, and i lost interest. I sold off all of my Robotech DVDs... I am still debating selling off my Masterpiece Max Sterling Veritech.... and I avoid my local con because I know that if i ever saw Kevin Mckeever, security would need to be called in to restrain me. I went from a massive fan of great stories and concepts and characters that I had come to know through the Jack McKinney novels that were my only connection to Robotech for many years since the VHS tapes were completely out of reach to me.... to not even being interested in watching it anymore... all thanks to the machinations of 3 clowns that control the fandom. Honestly, the only bright spot for me in the last few years was the Protoculture times... hearing someone else vent the same frustrations i had... meeting other fans via the associated forums and chat rooms... it reminded me that there was something positive about the property,, even if it had been ruined for me.... and that is my Robotech story. oh.. and if anyone wants a good laugh..... http://www.ripoffreport.com/Search/harmony-gold.aspx