It certainly does get old. But itās not just ādozens of pages agoā; itās now over three years. Despite appearences, heās well aware of how these things work, and even attempted a group buy in the past. So thereās history. The condensed version is: There was a lot of complaining and drama, a lot of āput up or shut upā responses, and some attempts to āput upā. But it didnāt go well. Threads were closed by the admin. A rude point system was added. Some extremely inappropriate private messages were sent. Then the posts and account were deleted, though Iām not sure if it was a ban or a quit. I assumed it was a ban, but I could be wrong. Things were quiet for a while. Eventually a new account showed up with similar behavior, but nobody knew for sure until last October when he revealed he was the same person.
Soā¦ thereās a lot of background involved. Sometimes he has useful and constructive things to say, though that can be hard to see when itās so often cloaked in negativity. Sometimes itās just angry rambling. Sometimes false or made-up stuff. Sometimes FUD. Sometimes I canāt even figure out what heās talking aboutā¦ like coded messages or something. And sometimes heās helpful.
Itās not an easy thing to deal with. Responding tends to turn threads into flame wars, but the common wisdom of ignoring it is often harmful in other ways. So BLF has a button for it which attempts to avoid both failure modes. Regardless though, the action recommended by our admin is to click the button instead of responding, and otherwise generally try to stay on topics which are relevant or enjoyable.
ā¦ and on that note:
This is Fritzā design; he and Cawi started the project on TLF. However, every original team member has left the project. As far as Iām aware, no one has heard from Fritz or Cawi since late 2018. They seem too busy these days to be involved. So Bluzie took over duties on TLF, and Iām helping with stuff here.
The āBLF after darkā link in my signature has some useful stylesheets for this.
Itās not ruled out entirely. Weāre mostly just trying to make what people voted for first, before possibly venturing into other options. The flavors which got the most votes were:
- XP-L HI ~4900K
- LH351D hi-CRI ~4000K
But I personally wouldnāt mind if Lumintop decided to make a full spread of XP-L HI versions. Like, 3300K, 4100K, 4900K, 5700K, all in rosy āAā or āDā tint bins. We even have enough poll data to determine approximate quantities of each, if they want to try that sort of thing. But I think the actual plan is to do ~4900K first, then try to do LH351D as soon as emitters can be obtained, and then maybe try other tints later if they think itās worthwhile.
This sums things up well:
The plan is to try to cover a variety of different preferences. But thatās pretty much up to Neal and Lumintop.