DuxBellorum wrote: ↑05 Sep 2017, 16:44
Greetings All!
We are
TWO DAYS away from the 30th anniversary of Knightmare!
There seems to have been very little talk about it on the forums, apart from one or two vague comments.
Yes, that's pretty much the shape of things.
As always seems to be the way, people have politely pointed to this date for the last year or two, and there's been lots of enthusiasm for doing
something. Unfortunately, nobody has actually pushed forward a suggestion, started the ball rolling on anything, or shown any particular enthusiasm for any specific idea that has been put forward.
Therefore nothing happens.
DuxBellorum wrote: ↑05 Sep 2017, 16:44
There doesn't seem to have been much buzz about it online either - Even the Knightmare Twitter account and Facebook page have been very quiet on the upcoming 3-0.
Probably because, again, there's nothing to say.
DuxBellorum wrote: ↑05 Sep 2017, 16:44
Is there anything special planned?
Depends what you mean by special.
I'm sure we'll get out an article or make a post about how it's been 30 years.
I have a couple of projects bubbling along where I might be able to get something out tomorrow. But they all rely on other people giving up their free time to send me missing pieces.
DuxBellorum wrote: ↑05 Sep 2017, 16:44
Is there anything special left?
I'm aware of eight projects on the go at the moment, from the small to the monumental, all at varying levels of completeness. At least some of those would be considered "special", I think most would be considered to be "pretty cool".
DuxBellorum wrote: ↑05 Sep 2017, 16:44
There is, unless I've missed it, no big talk about a 2nd convention, seemingly no DVD release forthcoming, Knightmare isn't currently on Challenge and forum activity seems to be down.
Second convention - Has been investigated over the last three months. We're going to visit a potential venue this Saturday. If it's suitable and we can get costings, we can talk to Tim about it when he has some spare time. However, from a financial perspective, things don't look good and from a legal perspective, there are other things that might get in the way.
DVD release - TV networks aren't interested. To be done privately needs a lot of money. I've told the community what they need to do in order to make this happen. Ball's in your (plural) court.
Challenge - Beyond our control.
DuxBellorum wrote: ↑05 Sep 2017, 16:44
Has Lord Fear finally won?
I don't write this to appear negative, but I thought that now would have been the perfect time to get Knightmare back in peoples minds and really celebrate the Greater Game.
Barring something major like a new episode/series, a DVD release or a 2nd Convention, the 30th anniversary could well be the last "big" moment Knightmare has.
I'm just rather sad it all seems to be a little too quiet!
So why not organise something? The examples you've given above are ridiculously complex, but even if we consider only those, any individual could have:
- Drummed up support for another convention
- Written to the networks to ask them to consider a DVD release and/or gather the required support we need as I've mentioned elsewhere for us to do this privately
- Written to challenge and asked when Knightmare is returning
After all, if you don't do it, who will?
At a more manageable level, why not organise a meetup?
Or participate in or start a project?