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It’s not true..., like the Germans are just a “new” group, so it’s normal that there are more new members at the beginning.
But I think it’s at his max now, because to get new members, you need to get the youths, and no one of them know Alien or Aliens..., because there are just slow and boring movies..., maybe u get a couple new members if u go more into Prometheus or Covenant.., (I Personal love those movies, way better then Alien...), but there are just crap movies for the most in this forum here, so no one of the jounger generation would be interessted to join..
That’s one of the reasons I stop going to cons, I love it, but it’s just like living allways in the past, and who is living in the past has no future...

Just my 50Cent..., that is just my opinion...

new film or a good game would do alot of good

more of a general response to the overall thread. I really think A videogame staring colonial marines that had lots of support and updates and multiplayer would be the best possible way to get people into the groups. Also i definitely agree with prop-forge. this community is tight and awesome. The things that i imagine disney doing are terrifying. They have zero interest in source material or loyalty to a fanbase.
For what its worth theres always someone at a con who ill bump into thats totally unaware of the Legacy or that people even dress as colonial marines. Their jaws deop and they wanna know how to get started. granted their never younger then 25. Maybe we just need to show our kids, nephews ect. raise the next generation to keep it alive and keep the community honest and tight knit. If suddenly a flood of new members joined based on some new Disney transgender illegal immigrant character named prince Leebo, its gonna cause oldschool members to just leave. I already can see which members here are the facebook addicts, always having to be contrarian or high-roading eachother, playing moral superiority ect. Maybe staying small, exclusive and badass is what made this group last so long and attract the right people.

think we need to make a crap load of fan short films on youtube to show Disney people still want aliens films lol

There is no magic behind it, just a bunch of "Maniacs" and being present at certain events and more to come on working with other groups.

Those who joined “BremenCon 2003” and/or “BremenCon2019”, "Marco Con 2017", ... will know how great it is to join outside the Con/Event schedule.

Author:	knoxvilles_joker [ Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:56 am ]
Post subject:	Question on getting more sign ups and enlistments
I am noticing that our UK and Germany branches appear to be very active and getting more members to get service numbers. Are there any tricks beyond just doing events? I can get some interest, but I am not getting more than that.

Author:	Corp Hicks [ Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:37 am ]
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It’s not true..., like the Germans are just a “new” group, so it’s normal that there are more new members at the beginning. But I think it’s at his max now, because to get new members, you need to get the youths, and no one of them know Alien or Aliens..., because there are just slow and boring movies..., maybe u get a couple new members if u go more into Prometheus or Covenant.., (I Personal love those movies, way better then Alien...), but there are just crap movies for the most in this forum here, so no one of the jounger generation would be interessted to join.. That’s one of the reasons I stop going to cons, I love it, but it’s just like living allways in the past, and who is living in the past has no future... Just my 50Cent..., that is just my opinion...

Author:	knoxvilles_joker [ Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:10 pm ]
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Corp Hicks wrote: It’s not true..., like the Germans are just a “new” group, so it’s normal that there are more new members at the beginning. But I think it’s at his max now, because to get new members, you need to get the youths, and no one of them know Alien or Aliens..., because there are just slow and boring movies..., maybe u get a couple new members if u go more into Prometheus or Covenant.., (I Personal love those movies, way better then Alien...), but there are just crap movies for the most in this forum here, so no one of the jounger generation would be interessted to join.. That’s one of the reasons I stop going to cons, I love it, but it’s just like living allways in the past, and who is living in the past has no future... Just my 50Cent..., that is just my opinion... I am hoping Disney breathes some life into things. I am finding that some of the younger folks are interested. I think it is more of a case I need to get something personalized that they can take with them, but the registry piece will be a stickler as it is a manual process...

Author:	577_ops [ Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:10 pm ]
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Well in Germany it’s a rather small prop/costume scene, so getting new members in the beginning was “easy”. In the long run getting others interested will be a challenge, that we happily accept. There is no magic behind it, just a bunch of "Maniacs" and being present at certain events and more to come on working with other groups. From movies (Alien to Covenant) or the books, games etc. the franchise is quite known even among young Con visitors, but there isn’t much real interest in doing costumes or prop building for that franchise here. So it is always great here when someone did an (Xeno) costume. Those who joined “BremenCon 2003” and/or “BremenCon2019”, "Marco Con 2017", ... will know how great it is to join outside the Con/Event schedule.

Author:	Big Stew [ Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:51 pm ]
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UK is not so hot either we have a few clusters of active members but we are not getting many new members.

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Author:	agg cook [ Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:47 pm ]
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think its just the fact the aliens series needs a serious kick up the ass its a small market for fans 90% of people see a colonial marine and think you are mobile infantry from starship troopers lol

Author:	Big Stew [ Sun Aug 18, 2019 7:27 pm ]
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new film or a good game would do alot of good

Author:	knoxvilles_joker [ Sun Aug 18, 2019 8:37 pm ]
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Big Stew wrote: new film or a good game would do alot of good That is why I am trying to keep chipping away at my builds as this stuff will start to make a huge come back and soon. Disney has an entire dairy farm of franchise they can milk between Aliens AND Predator...

Author:	Prop-Forge [ Mon Aug 19, 2019 4:26 am ]
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Let's just hope Disney does the ALIENS franchise right, though. I personally would rather be around a small population of diehards than a large population of people who are only into it because it's the flavor of the month from Disney.

Author:	seven [ Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:49 pm ]
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more of a general response to the overall thread. I really think A videogame staring colonial marines that had lots of support and updates and multiplayer would be the best possible way to get people into the groups. Also i definitely agree with prop-forge. this community is tight and awesome. The things that i imagine disney doing are terrifying. They have zero interest in source material or loyalty to a fanbase. For what its worth theres always someone at a con who ill bump into thats totally unaware of the Legacy or that people even dress as colonial marines. Their jaws deop and they wanna know how to get started. granted their never younger then 25. Maybe we just need to show our kids, nephews ect. raise the next generation to keep it alive and keep the community honest and tight knit. If suddenly a flood of new members joined based on some new Disney transgender illegal immigrant character named prince Leebo, its gonna cause oldschool members to just leave. I already can see which members here are the facebook addicts, always having to be contrarian or high-roading eachother, playing moral superiority ect. Maybe staying small, exclusive and badass is what made this group last so long and attract the right people.

Author:	knoxvilles_joker [ Sun Nov 03, 2019 10:09 pm ]
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seven wrote: more of a general response to the overall thread. I really think A videogame staring colonial marines that had lots of support and updates and multiplayer would be the best possible way to get people into the groups. Also i definitely agree with prop-forge. this community is tight and awesome. The things that i imagine disney doing are terrifying. They have zero interest in source material or loyalty to a fanbase. For what its worth theres always someone at a con who ill bump into thats totally unaware of the Legacy or that people even dress as colonial marines. Their jaws deop and they wanna know how to get started. granted their never younger then 25. Maybe we just need to show our kids, nephews ect. raise the next generation to keep it alive and keep the community honest and tight knit. If suddenly a flood of new members joined based on some new Disney transgender illegal immigrant character named prince Leebo, its gonna cause oldschool members to just leave. I already can see which members here are the facebook addicts, always having to be contrarian or high-roading eachother, playing moral superiority ect. Maybe staying small, exclusive and badass is what made this group last so long and attract the right people. One of the forums I frequent, timebomb2000.com started as a y2k prepper forum. It eventually involved into a real world events focus group and they keep on top of all happenings internationally. The site gets over a million hits a day. The problem they faced a while back was an infestation of radical folks that were destroying the positive community. There was a purge, but everything was calculated and documented so that only the trouble makers were first contained, then removed if they proved to be too troublesome. It eventually came to a point with the 2016 election that they had to create a sub forum just for all the politics to keep it off the main page as it was creating too much strife within the community. The issue we have to be careful on is to try and keep the social media drek from creating excessive drama on the board. We have that well in hand here and I do not think that will ever be a concern here. I am working on a radio script that is almost done and I will see if radio spots are an effective recruitment mechanism. As it stands with conventions, too many markets are over saturated. There is a literal collapse and stigma associated with some of the conventions now. Some convention properties(names) literally owe large sums of money to cities and actors. I forsee that it will come back to having a few mega conventions, and not much else in a few years. Until that scene gets completely ruined our best bet is to attend as many conventions as possible in uniform and in costume and try to spread the word and hand out cards and information. The other thing I have started doing at the end of a convention is to get everyone's business card and then compile a massive list of folks to make connections with, connect with them, and the more interesting ones I message to thank and others to see about collaborating with. That is how you make longer term friends and future convention buddies. The other thing I have been looking at as a cheaper costume upgrade is a business card holder and a qrcode patch and a badge that says free pictures, not need to ask. The key is to make it easier to approach us and get conversations started that will enable us to encourage more recruits. The other problem we face is that there are too many cosplay groups trying to recruit folks to their clique and that creates its own set of problems. cliques and mini fiefdoms need to be avoided when possible. They create their own set of baggage and issues when personality clashes occur.

Author:	agg cook [ Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:14 pm ]
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think we need to make a crap load of fan short films on youtube to show Disney people still want aliens films lol

Author:	Dropshipbob [ Mon Nov 04, 2019 5:26 pm ]
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I wish that Dropzone Copernicus movie would have seen the light of day.

Author:	knoxvilles_joker [ Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:13 am ]
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agg cook wrote: think we need to make a crap load of fan short films on youtube to show Disney people still want aliens films lol Working on it. If anyone wants to easily contribute, film short videos with your aliens action figures.

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Author:	Moloch [ Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:38 am ]
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577_ops wrote: There is no magic behind it, just a bunch of "Maniacs" and being present at certain events and more to come on working with other groups. Those who joined “BremenCon 2003” and/or “BremenCon2019”, "Marco Con 2017", ... will know how great it is to join outside the Con/Event schedule. Second that. It`s not that we have that many recruits, but we are pretty active and have a great camaraderie. That seems to radiate pretty well making us look bigger than we actually are.