how do you contribute to the fandom?

Discussion in 'Creative General Discussion' started by Bass X0, Feb 9, 2015.

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how do u contribute?

  1. fanart

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  2. fanfic

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  3. review

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  4. photography

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  5. services/media (news, moderate/admin forums, etc.)

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  6. custom/kitbash

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  7. music/video

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  8. funnies

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  9. Owner/designer/works with a 3rd party company

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  10. I don't

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  1. Bass X0

    Bass X0 Captain Commando

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    i don't. i just comment on things other people have done.

    well. i do sometimes contribute photos to tfu.info but not for a while now.
     
  2. Inferno

    Inferno Kidult TFW2005 Supporter

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    Neither I. Giving more money to Hasbro counts?
     
  3. moreprimeland

    moreprimeland Optimus told me to do it!

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    This thread is more of a Creative Discussion thread... sending it there.

    From the Forum Description for TFGD.


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    Talk about Transformers! Discuss your favorite series, from G1 to Animated, to anything from Japan! Transformers toy specific discussion goes in the Transformers Toy forum.
     
  4. Eric

    Eric VOTE.

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    Might as well repost what I said in the zombie thread before it got locked.

    I used to make a photocomic in the Funnies way back in 2004, called Funny Transformers Adventures. So many memories; so many hours spent "filming" with my dad's floppy disk camera and editing them in MS Paint and Paint Shop Pro 9. Unfortunately, three years worth of the 138 episodes and 1 Christmas special were deleted from my Photobucket account, because I thought I had outgrown making comics. However, I DID manage to get the first comic I ever made back, through the magic that is the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. BEHOLD, MY FIRST EVER ATTEMPT AT A PHOTOCOMIC, FROM THE YEAR 2004!

    [​IMG]

    It has not aged well. :lol  Looking back at my old comic and reading through the episode titles (as they are the only things I have to go on as far as the stories go) and numerous replies, I was a HUGE dork back then. My writing style was just bad.

    However, I've been thinking maybe Funny Transformers Adventures should make a comeback. Of course, it'd have to be in a brand new continuity, so there wouldn't be any of my old comic's horrendous plot holes and anticlimaxes. I do want to revisit some of the old stories and improve upon them. Thanks to Combiner Wars Alpha Bravo, looks like the spark that I had lost a few years ago in collecting Transformers has finally reignited.

    I'm thinking the first episode should be a parody of the Star Wars Episode VII trailer, what do you guys think?
     
  5. Asher Tye

    Asher Tye Cassetticon

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    By writing Fanfic and making fanart, mayhaps you've seen me on DeviantArt. I also have been known to send specific sums of money to Hasbro (bribes if you will) to convince them the franchise is still viable for profit. In exchange they have been known to order several retailers to allow me to take home certain quantities of plastic molded into particularly pleasing shapes to add to my collection.

    This is what I do for the franchise.
     
  6. BScorpinok75

    BScorpinok75 Squadron X #1 Consultant

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    Pretty much this...
     
  7. Chopperface

    Chopperface Chadwick Forever

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    I've become a frequent TF Wiki editor. I wrote up the AOE sections for the majority of the robot cast, uploaded a bunch of images. I've also been infrequently cleaning up some of the Prime episode articles, namely in terms of screen caps. TF Wiki is the best source of Transformers info on the web, I'm proud to be a part of it.

    I was the one who wrote the "You have no soul!" "That is why I make a great lawyer" gag on Galvatron's page, and it got copied to another page, so I must be doing a little something right.
     
  8. marvel b

    marvel b Bearer of the Matrix of Smash

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    i don't really contribute, but i wish i could.
     
  9. Superquad7

    Superquad7 OCP Police Crime Prevention Unit 001 Super Content Contributor

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    I do customs and other artwork from time to time :)  That's in addition to my regular duties here. I've done some fanfic stuff and even some photography/review types of things, but time and resources only allow for so much.

    For those looking to contribute to the fandom in some way, pro tip: be a good, reasonable poster here. You'd be surprised just how far you can go and how much you can just by being a regular contributor to our forums with level-headed, polite posts. People appreciate it, especially if you build a consistent habit of it. Seriously, I've talked to a lot of fans and read a lot of things critiquing fandoms. Ours can be drastically changed for the better with people simply sharing what they can as positively as they can. People notice.
     
  10. TF Cagle

    TF Cagle The Prime of Reviews

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    I personally do reviews on a couple of channels, and I also customize figures. And I'm in an RP forum, and on here. I'm everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  11. Gingerchris

    Gingerchris Telly-headed Tyrant

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    As I said in the other thread before it got locked:

    I bring joy to the world because I have such a beautiful ass.

    Plus, my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.

    Beyond that, just buying toys, I guess. And posting here. Although if it's with regards to vaguely notable stuff then I've contributed a handful of photos and scans to blogs and reviews. A few of my scans are in the TF Classics UK Vol 4 book.

    I also got a letter printed in the old UK Marvel Transformers comic.

    I'm everywhere. I'm a ghost in the machine, an assassin in your attic, that nasty rash you visited your doctor about.

    Or as Moss would put it:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU4RHfjeE8w
     
  12. Prime Wylde

    Prime Wylde Candy Coated

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    I'm a retailer but hope to launch my fanfic this year on here. my brother and wife finally badgered me into it.