@ Yourrid ā¦ Nice recapā¦ :+1:
And I totally agree that without ToyKeeper we would be clueless as to what is going on with this light. She has kept us updated as best she can with the limited updates she gets.
I think a name change to fGW3A-TK would be apropiate as it would tell the story of TK for the save.
And while I appreciate the āshout outā, it is not deserved. Yes, I have read ever post & do keep up with the thread.
But it is pepinfaxera that deserves the credit. . :+1:
pepinfaxera has tirelessly kept up with & updated the list. His work has been stellar in every way!!
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Fritz got exactly what he wanted; a one of a kind mini triple. Why go any further? :weary:
I understand peopleās lives change drastically, even overnight. But for 2 separate users to vanish, yet log in every other month without a word to anyone; seems odd.
It just rubs me wrong when I see 60+ new posts on this thread and I think āFritz finally came back and gave the OK.ā Instead its more people signing up and more speculation :cry:
Certainly, there are a lot of signs that make one wonder what is going on, why, and how, or if, this will eventually work out. I canāt imagine, though, after all this time, it will just fade away. I hope Iām not wrong.
This theory has already been said multiple times. Each time, the user had to be reminded that Fritz has his own lathe and can make whatever flashlight he wants. He does not need a big company to make a one-off light just for him.
I canāt speak for everyone, but my handraise for this project has cost me absolutely nothing. Sure, I wish Iād had it in Q4 of last year, but Iāve neither put money down nor had to go without keeping the funds ready.
Not the exact word I would use, but I do not disagree with your opinion.
This is my opinion, and what I am going to say applies to anyone in any situationā¦ myself included.
When people are depending on you & your input about something, so that it may come to completionā¦ there is absolutely no excuse on earth to just ādisappear & go totally silentā unless you are dead, totally incapacited , or lost in a remote wilderness area. No excuse at all.
It makes no difference if life happens, you lose interest, you get mad, whatever.
It takes about a minute or two to make a short post or send an email saying you quit & pass the torch on to someone else.
We have seen that happen in the case of the BLF GT where the lead person just vanished at a critical time in the project. Thankfully Texas_Ace picked up the torch & straightened out the mess that project was left inā¦. seeing it through to completion. Without TA & JasonWW, who tirelessly answered an untold number of questionsā¦ over & over & over & over; the BLF GT project might well have been a disaster.
And with this project the same thing has happened to some degree. The keeper of the list disappeared first & the designer next. Toykeeper has taken up the torch as best she can to keep this project on trackā¦. which I can only imagine is totally frustrating to her as she receives little info to even give us updates about. :person_facepalming:
And pepinfaxa graciously took on the task of straightening out & keeping the list.
If they had not done what they have doneā¦ who knows where this project would be?? :person_facepalming:
Anywayā¦. except for fhe reasons mentioned above there is no excuse to not at least say āI quitā. To not do so is rude, crude, & socially unacceptableā¦ā¦ no matter who the person or what the situation.
Is the āteamā section oft the first post still up-to-date? The one with the persons involved and their role in the project.
I am fairly new to the TLF and BLF but I guess I could relay some messages if the persons involved in the production/design over here would want that.
I will ask in the TLF thread about the whereabouts of Fritz/Cawi in the meantime as I am interested on their perspective.
Edit: In the second thread for preordering on TLF I read that ToyKeeper contacted Bluzie from the TLF (Admin and part of TLF forumās team) - so I guess my help as a message broker isnāt needed after all
My opinion is that the FW3A is still a very nice flashlight and Iām still in for 4 of them, and thatās it.
Many thanks to Fritz and other people involved in designing it, even if it will never go into production, at least it was an interesting project to follow.
One thing that can be put to the credit to Fritz is to have initiate a project that generates so many interests till now.