FOX's Official Firefly Site is back up!

POSTED BY: rklenseth
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 17:45
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RKLENSETH

Monday, March 29, 2004 10:43 PM

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FOX's Official Firefly site is back up with all the original stuff intact.

http://www.fox-tv.com/firefly/

This is rather strange and theories are being tossed around on the Official Firefly Board as to why this happened.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

I know this is a dumb question, but where can I find the Official Board?

It can be found here; http://forums.prospero.com/foxfirefly/start

But be warned, it is a much more larger Browncoat community and much more rabid than Fireflyfans.net.

You can also get into political debates with Adam Baldwin and maybe read a post from the Captain (Nathan Fillion) once in a while.

Most of the people over there are old Browncoats as in they have been around since Firefly aired. Fireflyfans.net seems to get the newbies as this can be accessed from a search engine looking up Firefly while the Official Board does not.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

MISSOURIFIREFLY

Monday, March 29, 2004 10:55 PM

Thanks so much for the link and info!

SHINY

Monday, March 29, 2004 10:57 PM

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Originally posted by rklenseth:
Fireflyfans.net seems to get the newbies as this can be accessed from a search engine looking up Firefly while the Official Board does not.

Interestingly, FFF.net is the 2nd listing when you search for "Firefly Keep Flyin" on Google (this is what many of us have been writing on our bills). The 1st listing is a bit odd; anyone know what this is:

http://www.topdogcity.com/firefly.htm

Please help Haken keep this site running by occasionally clicking on some of the sponsored ad links on the side of the page!

HAKEN

Monday, March 29, 2004 11:01 PM

I recognize some of the names. Looks like a fantasy sports league for Firefly fans.

HAKEN

Monday, March 29, 2004 11:19 PM

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Originally posted by rklenseth:
Most of the people over there are old Browncoats as in they have been around since Firefly aired.

I would like to point out that FFF.NET is older than the OB and the Official Firefly Website by about a month. And I'm probably one of the oldest Browncoats there is, having been around since "before" Firefly finished filming its pilot.

If you look at the very first feature that appeared here on FFF.NET, it's dated 5.11.2002 about 13 days before the first message was ever posted on the OB.

I just wanted to mention that for the purpose of clarifying where FFF.NET fits witin the Firefly fandom, as there seems to be a small misunderstanding with some fans as to when and why FFF.NET was first constructed.

SERGEANTX

Monday, March 29, 2004 11:59 PM

Like he said.

.... and we used to have an old guard around here. But they're a shy and reclusive lot... and scared by things that go 'bump' in the night.

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

THUNDAR

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:21 AM

AFAIK, that site has remained up. I remember going to it several times over the last year or so.

RKLENSETH

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:00 AM

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Originally posted by Haken:
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Originally posted by rklenseth:
Most of the people over there are old Browncoats as in they have been around since Firefly aired.

I would like to point out that FFF.NET is older than the OB and the Official Firefly Website by about a month. And I'm probably one of the oldest Browncoats there is, having been around since "before" Firefly finished filming its pilot.

If you look at the very first feature that appeared here on FFF.NET, it's dated 5.11.2002 about 13 days before the first message was ever posted on the OB.

I just wanted to mention that for the purpose of clarifying where FFF.NET fits witin the Firefly fandom, as there seems to be a small misunderstanding with some fans as to when and why FFF.NET was first constructed.

That's not the story I heard over at the Official Board concerning the creation of FFF.net. They said that you (Haken) and some other guy named Jason or something got pissed off at something that happened over at the Official Board and created your own site being FFF.net.

So which story is true? Now I am really confused.

I also recently found another Browncoat community called Fireflyers.net ( www.fireflyers.net). Not very active though.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

HAKEN

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 2:52 AM

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Originally posted by rklenseth:
That's not the story I heard over at the Official Board concerning the creation of FFF.net. They said that you (Haken) and some other guy named Jason or something got pissed off at something that happened over at the Official Board and created your own site being FFF.net.

You heard wrong. And that story is false for the following reasons:

1. FFF.NET went online before the Official Firefly Website and Message Board, which means that I could not have gotten pissed off at anything or anyone on the OB (because it didn't exists yet) and then go and build FFF.NET as a result.

2. I rarely post on the OB except for Firefly news related items. If there was a disagreement between myself and anyone on the OB, you should be able to find those posts to support this claim of being "pissed off." I'm definately sure you're not going to find any.

3. Being pissed off is the last reason in the world I would choose as a motivating factor for me to spend huge amount of time and money to do something that many in the "real world" I know feel is a big waste of time. Just think about it. I wrote software from scratch to power a website for a TV series on FOX about space cowboys? Everyone I've ever spoken to about it in real life thinks I'm nuts. And when Firefly was cancelled, man, I had no answers then. It's one thing to love a TV series and spend your free time watching it, but when you're part of an active movement to promote and keep a TV series alive for fellow fans, it is hard work. Wanting to do something because one feels pissed off will only go so far in this world, which means that FFF.NET, now nearing its second anniversary (and have seen the Firefly Official site, the OB, and the TV series itself come and go and back again), was born out of something more.

I don't know who you heard the rumor from nor the reason why it was told to you, but just so there is no confusion on anyone's part--in the end, we're all Browncoats who love 'Firefly.' That's all that matters.

JAYSEDAI

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:00 AM

AMEN Haken!

I've been hanging out here since the beginning. I also hang out regularly on OB. I keep hearing about animosity between the various Browncoat "clans" but never actually see any.

Instead I think we should focus our energy on our grassroots promoting of the movie and DVDs. To that end may I recommend looking through some of the guerilla marketing ideas on my site: www.serenitymovie.net As soon as I get back into town I plan to add a bunch of movie specific ideas.

Keep flyin,
Jeremy

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