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Old 1st December 2007, 08:22 AM   #1
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Default Sheer dumb luck

I thought that it was amusing that I happened to first see the Foundation 3D countdown page when it was at this point. I was lucky I had time to realize what I was looking at and take a screenshot before it changed to a less funny number.

I think it's a good omen.
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Old 1st December 2007, 09:46 AM   #2
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LOL, good catch. That was a quickly created stop gap when the LWG server took a complete nose dive and ruined our pre-release plans. I had planned to post a complete spoiler the day before opening but we had to find a plan b.
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Old 1st December 2007, 11:51 AM   #3
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good job, I like it
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Old 1st December 2007, 03:36 PM   #4
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LOL, good catch. That was a quickly created stop gap when the LWG server took a complete nose dive and ruined our pre-release plans. I had planned to post a complete spoiler the day before opening but we had to find a plan b.
what a total scamble that must have been.

must say though that you and the teams' decisions were spot-on, even being on-the-fly.
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Old 1st December 2007, 08:00 PM   #5
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Yeah, I logged on on Weds to find the site had died. The forum showed threads but nothing else. Then I get the email saying we're at the new site . Nice job guys!
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It was sad to find out that LWG had suddenly blown up and died, but the poor thing was infected with a terrible cancer and just couldn't hold it together any longer.

R.I.P.

Viva la F3D!
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Dear God....

I just realized my LWG3D shirt is now a collector's item....

*runs to check eBay*
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Old 1st December 2007, 09:16 PM   #8
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Dear God....

I just realized my LWG3D shirt is now a collector's item....

*runs to check eBay*
I'm Framing mine. Hey Bob if we send it to ya will ya autograph it?
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