The writing was on the wall when RedLetterMedia’s reviews were “broadcast” and it split people up (IMO I think Attack of the Clones was the real problem in the PT and it’s telling that SD.Net’s birth was tied into that comparative dud). And SD.Net being virtually abandoned in the last three years has exacerbated its slow death spiral (with the tiny gene pool of regular posters overseen by Dr. Raymond Cocteau style moderators making it a very stagnant place these days).xon wrote: The ending of several major sci-fi series all at once (stargate, nbsg, etc) the community slow and painful realisation that the Starwars pre-sequals really just wheren't that good, and the Startrek they grew up with being functionally dead basicly cut out of a lot of the reason for the forums founding purpose.
With the Galactic Empire worshiping bullcrap and how it ties into SD.Net’s fundamental tastelessness is in how this vile sci-fi regime (that has overt similarities with Nazism, Stalinism, North Korea, and the worst aspects of European Imperialism) is a faction that should, at all costs according to SD.Net dogma, completely crush the United Federation of Planets, a fairly democratic political entity that aims to explore and invite other cultures into fold, not going out of its way to ruthlessly conquer and crush people like ants (unlike the Galactic Empire). Despite its faults (like the Prime Directive) it looks like you’re much more likely to have a wonderful life as an UFP citizen, as opposed to toiling under the yoke of the Galactic Empire where there’s generally a lower quality of life and it could get violently shortened to satisfy the egos of the Empire’s megalomaniacal rulers who rule through fear. Why the heck should the UFP lose to those pathetic creeps?!
