Sir Dave of the Portals
Aug. 24th, 2005 09:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twincityhackerI finally ended up joining the boards at www.sirdavesforums.com, after a only a day or two thinking about it. The reason why the boards exist is pretty intersting though.
See, G4 finally dumped the various pages dedicated to Portal at their site, after the show had been off the air several months. I could see this comming a mile away, but for some reason, this was a slight shock. I think it was the fact that the Portal fandom is so... centralized? Or at least the parts I've seen of the fandom. So when the central part of the fandom explodes, this is a problem.
So who steps in to save the day? Sir Dave himself. He puts up a link to the boards on his homepage, and Portal fans now have a shiney new home. = )
"Sir Dave" would be the seriers creator, writer, and really only flesh-and-blood actor David Meinstein.
Valuable part of the story? Centralizing your fandom, especisaly remaining centralized on the place that has already cancled your show, is a BAD IDEA.
See, G4 finally dumped the various pages dedicated to Portal at their site, after the show had been off the air several months. I could see this comming a mile away, but for some reason, this was a slight shock. I think it was the fact that the Portal fandom is so... centralized? Or at least the parts I've seen of the fandom. So when the central part of the fandom explodes, this is a problem.
So who steps in to save the day? Sir Dave himself. He puts up a link to the boards on his homepage, and Portal fans now have a shiney new home. = )
"Sir Dave" would be the seriers creator, writer, and really only flesh-and-blood actor David Meinstein.
Valuable part of the story? Centralizing your fandom, especisaly remaining centralized on the place that has already cancled your show, is a BAD IDEA.
