So how were the last four days for you? Good? My X-Box broke and then came partially back from the dead, and I’m still coming to grips with being a quarter-century old on Sunday . . . so it’s likely your week was better than mine. Let’s see what the community has been up to.

Misty Waters

Proudfoot has posted the third installment of his popular LRR Community Profile series. This episode, he and Misty prove that she is an interesting person, and have a very insightful discussion.

Listen to it here.

Backwards LRRies

For some reason, Lord Crusher has decided that we (and our videos) need to be awarded, and has thus started scheming the first ever LRR Fan Awards (which presumably he plans to hold in association with the still-hypothetical LRRCon). He’s emailing deets to those who would like to be involved and while I – as a member of the crew – might be a bit biased (weighting the procedure towards my opus, Vietnam) you, the casual LRR fan, might want to be involved.
LRR Fan Awards

Uncle Graham Wants You!

Or at least he wants to know what you think about the site. The recent controversy over the content and style of Skeletor’s Dick has prompted Graham to post a survey asking what you (the LRR fan) would like to see more of. If you want your voice heard, know that we are listening, and that this could be a good venue to post your thoughts.

Why LRR? (feedback survey)

What’s In Store . . .

2Stepz has started a thread soliciting items folks would like to see added to the store. She points out that polo shirts should be easy, while others have pointed to hoodies and girl shirts as obvious additions.

Unfortunately, while such things may seem simple to produce, they have a tendency to cost a lot of money. A run of a couple hundred T-shirts costs a couple thousand dollars, and that just isn’t feasible when you’re not already selling a lot of merch. The more we sell of our current stuff, the more new stuff we will be able to produce, so if you want to see more products added, the best thing you can do is buy what’s available.

That said, it’s good to dream big, so let’s hear what other ideas you folks have for merch.

Store Suggestions

Creepy CrawLRRs

In probably the creepiest thread I’ve seen in a while, masamune wants to hear about dreams involving the LRR cast. I have personally had a number of dreams about the cast, including one last weekend where Mega64 beat us to the punch on a video concept we’ve been planning. I also had one where Paul shot me in the back in a dirigible hangar and I had to go to a party with blood spewing out of my chest without staining anything . . . and then there was the one where we were all in Vegas: Paul shot someone in the stairwell of our hotel, and be had to bury the body in a watermelon stand down the road.

My dreams are weird.

If yours are too, you can post them here: Dreams Including the LRR Cast

15 Seconds of Fame

As I mentioned on this week’s podcast, we are starting a new segment called 15 Seconds of Fame. Each week on the blog, I will be asking for your opinions on something we discussed. This could be as trivial as Matt’s “problems” with Gears of War, or as important as the askLRR questions you folks often throw to us.

If you have and opinion, you can save it as a 15-second sound file and email it to James (subject: 15 SECONDS OF FAME). We will choose the one we like the most, play it on the podcast for all to hear, and respond to it, giving YOU 15 seconds of fame (or more if you count our responses). Entries of more than 15 seconds will be disqualified.

This week’s topic: what do you think of the new site design?

Email responses here.

And that’s all for this week more next week, and another 15 seconds of fame!

Cheers, folks!

–Jer