Noted.
But a little direct communication from someone seeming to be a key player would be appreciated by many I think.
A situation report. Every now and then.
Defence of a friend is laudable, but I donāt know him so can only judge him by his public actions and track-record, which I have observed for many years, and had personal unsatisfactory dealings. So yes, I might have a bias, but try not to let that colour my judgement. Everyone deserves a second, even third chance.
It is unfair to expect e.g. TK| to step up to be the only conduit of information here, thatās even when she has some.
Fritz seems to have disappeared long ago, but was never communicative even before then.
I have no idea who is still running this thing, if anyone ?
This is not how we like to do things in the West. Straight talking is what we respect.
So, if either of you know whatās really going on, tell us, or if not, say so. You appear to have some inside knowledge. No disgrace in saying what you know, or donāt know, it would be welcomed Iām sure.
Simple stuff, how close is it, what remains to be done, what obstacles are being actively managed (procurement etc.) what plans are then in place to deliver ?
A little reliable communication can go a long way. Far better than just sitting on difficulties.
Orā¦.
You can sit back and eventually it will go on sale and then you can decide whether to buy it or not.
If you do buy it, you sit back again and it will show up.
Relax mon.
Donāt worry, be happy. :sunglasses:
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Been waiting far too long, and have others that do the same or better. Lighting up a generic triple is not difficult, nor is packaging it nicely. Off the shelf, or custom, easy.
Fancy tail e-switch with all the ensuing complications, well I wanted to be convinced, but still havenāt been yet. Particularly since it still hasnāt been delivered. Uglification of body also added. Only redeeming features keeping me here are the interesting driver and the firmware. And cheaper than making my own.
But thatās just me.
Is there a way to set my account to ignore all posts from a single user? Iām just tiredā¦ So unnecessarily toxic.
I looked around on the link to the account in question and on this page and couldnāt find an ignore style feature.
- It's probably pretty tough to post here from China, dude.
- How good is your accounting of what is Neal's fault, and what was out of his control? I wasn't there but I have a feeling you weren't really there either
- Fritz, if he's around, is probably around on the German forum, which is where this light originated. (It's probably pretty egotistical of us at BLF to act otherwise, but that's another story)
This is Fritz's light project, and Lumintop has been nice enough to build a light for enthusiasts that's actually more challenging than your average light. We can appreciate this, wait, and realize that everyone on the enthusiast side of things is not getting paid for any of this or you can continue your entitled attitude and toxic posting. If you're really so fed up with the wait and whatever details of the light and the communication, I'd be happy to consider participating in the group buy you run. I also think constructive criticism is super useful here, but you're just whining. It gold old dozens of pages ago.
Thank you. I needed a good chuckle.
Tom Tom should keep that in his signature.
That sounds like a āpersonal problemā.
If you had prepaid for the light, been promised something in a contract or otherwise made a concrete investment in it I could see you having an issue.
Iāve waited 12 years to play Halo 3 on PC and you donāt see me beating a dead horse since I have to wait a few more months.
I know just enough about whatās been going on behind the scenes to know Tom is only saying things others are too polite to say. Neal isnāt a flawless saint just because he sources flashlight discounts for BLF, and thereās no excuse for how heās handled many aspects of the FW3A development and production. Do we need regular Tom Tom misery posts to remind us? Probably not, but donāt act like heās just making it all up.
He's being a Negative Nancy over and over again.
He is someone that is excessively and disagreeably pessimistic.
BLF doesn't need any Negative Nancys, and his horrible posts should be reported.
Can Lumintop add built in USB charging to this light?
No.
User stylesheets. Slick and thanks for the link. May need to switch mobile browsers to get this to work, but Iām thinking itās worth it. Seems straightforward to nuke quoted replies as well. Just a matter of matching the nesting. Fun project for tomorrow
Thanks raccoon city!
I personally don't think the FW3A Team owes me ANYTHING - I think it is the other way around.
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.
:+1: :+1:
And besides, nobody spent money on the light yet, yes? Unless Tom Tom knows something that we donāt.
I donāt mind if he complains, but some of his complaints are filled with impatience.
I canāt find this one on Urban Dictionary: BM&C
Can anyone confirm that stands for b*hing, moaning & complaining?
lol thereās a lot of straight forward acronyms but some are quite unique
Time for everyone to take a deep breath and admire the pretty lights
Yeah, I might not even need this light if I make any more with electronic tail switches by myself