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A Message to People (Involving Events with the Social Element and FNC)
Hello Everyone! I hope your enjoying your holiday break and had a wonderful Christmas! I wanted to wait a little bit to post this in case people get a little rattled by this post, I didn’t want to ruin any Christmas’. And it’s not my intention to upset anybody at all but it’s time to clear the air regarding some recent…and ongoing events that stretch from Twitter, to the Social Element Universe and to the FNC Universe.
A couple months ago, you saw me cancel the Social Element once again. The decision for this had a number of causes. I was simply too busy with school and other work to be able to do the show WELL and I was not particularly fond of the direction that the show was going. The co-host I had brought on, ChrisPranks, was taking it in a direction that I did not agree with and when I tried to set him straight on what my intentions were for both the show, and the website, he was not happy with me, so I gave him the option to quit (not that it wasn’t there), but he quit and then I cancelled the show. Since then there has been some obvious hostility between me and him that has stretched to the FNC universe as well as on Twitter. To set the record straight, I have nothing against Chris and it was never my intention to upset him or make him mad. There were a few other events that I will not mention publicly because they happened between me and him over private messaging.
Other unnamed events also occurred between some people from the SE universe and the FNC universe that caused a lot of hostility and attacks to my friends Jared & Kristin who co-host Friday Night Cranks together.
What I’m about to say goes for everyone, not just the people involved. BULLYING PEOPLE IS NOT OK. You don’t have to like everyone in the world, you really don’t, but you have to have enough decency to treat people with respect. I’ve found that there’s been a lot of bullying towards myself and Jared & Kristin and people are ok with it. People will sit back in a chatroom and watch people talk negatively about said people and not stick up for them. If you do not stop the bully from bullying, then you yourself become the bully. Now people will come back and say, “Well we were just kidding!” But when it continues to happen, week after week, month after month, and no one does anything, and it becomes a problem in the community, yeah there is a problem. I’ve received multiple emails and messages from people complaining about harassment from people in private chats, or via Twitter, or in the FNC chatroom. Honestly I don’t know what they expect me to do, I could attempt to go talk to every single person but that means nothing if the person doesn’t listen.
To be honest with all of you, it’s gone on long enough. I know that many of you have no idea what I’m talking about, but thats ok. What I’m trying to get at is that bullying people is not ok, whether its a joke or not, people need to know when they are crossing the line and when it’s time to grow up. This post is mainly to stop the attacks to myself, Jared & Kristin. I know those two aren’t even fully aware of the attacks that are going on because most of the stuff that I hear about is going on in private chats that they, nor I participate in. Yes I have joined a couple of these private chats, but it was to clear the air. Have I made an attack on someone? Yes, and to that person, I’m sorry if you thought I was being rude, but there’s a time when enough is enough and you gotta start sticking up for people.
Now I know people are going to come at me and say, “your just causing the drama.” The truth is, I’m not. When I CONTINUE to hear negative comments weak after weak and there are people CONSTANTLY getting bullied, that’s when I have to intervene.
I’m proud to say I’m a believer in Jesus Christ and if anyone has a problem with that then they can get at me. Honestly I have no problem proclaiming my faith. You can say I’m just some religious idiot who doesn’t drink, swear or have sex, but you know what, its true because I don’t want to engage in those activities. God calls us to love one enough, not to be bullies, so lets put all this behind us and try to act mature. The petty acts are ruining communities of people and causing unwanted and unneeded drama. Its pointless, time consuming, and exhausting. For the people that are directly involved with this situation and wish to chat with me, you are free to contact me and I have no problem discussing my views with you and sorting everything out.
I know this has been long, and I thank you for reading. I’ve said everything that needed to be said.
Thanks,
Lyndon Dueck.
I should not be Allowed to Play This Game…
This is what happens when I start playing Minecraft on my own server with access to all these fancy plugins. Stuff happens.
Long Story Short, all the stone in this area disappeared. Leaving well this pretty legit looking underground thing.
Friday Night Cranks v5
Hey Everyone! This is the first official post in a series of development blogs I will be doing regarding the new Friday Night Cranks website!
This website is going to have a complete design overhaul and will contain a ton of new and updated features! I don’t want to let too much out of the bag right now, I’ll release more information as I feel it appropriate.
The timeline for this project is as follows. I plan on releasing the Updated version of the website in December of 2011. FNC Pro users will get access to an early beta asearly as next week, for sure by November. A Public Beta will begin at the end of November and will run for about a week or two before release.
To get the excitement rolling, here is the first image in a series of images to come! This screenshot covers the header area (top half of the page) as of now. Remember because this is early development, it is subject to be changed and or improved.
I’m back with a new server!!
Hey everyone, I’m back with a new server! Basically I got a new server and then was planning to move everything over and then my month on my old server ran out so I had to find some $$ to get it back. But it’s back up so I’ve been pulling all of the old files off of there and putting them on here!
This new server should run incredibly fast and have 100% better uptime compared to our last host so that’s a plus!
I’ll be posting a blog post soon about some other stuff that’s been happening, including a possible return of the Social Element? WHAT????????
Stay Tuned 
Social Element Live Offline
For those of you who haven’t already heard, the Social Element Live is currently Offline. What does this mean exactly? Well the website is closed and all live shows conducted on that website will not be airing for the time being. (This includes, Monday Night Music, Wednesday Social Element Live, and Friday Night Countdown).
The reasoning behind this is more personal and I’m not gonna dive to much into it but basically some things came up really quickly and I just have no desire to do the show right now. Along with the fact that my co-host has not been on a show in months… Some people may think that this is petty or a stupid reason but I have no desire to do a show that wasn’t going anywhere at the time and where I have no desire to be broadcasting myself in public during this time.
The show may or may not be returning. I would for sure like to do the music streams at least later this year but there’s no guarantee on what’s going to happen. For now there probably won’t be any shows until at least september, probably longer. I had a lot of plans and ideas but those can’t happen until I figure a ton of stuff out for myself. Both technical and personal.
I love the idea of hosting a web show but I believe that we started out completely wrong and thus I need to re-think what I am doing with this show and give it an actual purpose as opposed to me just talking every wednesday which is something I will be figuring out during this downtime.
You can still communicate with us on twitter if you wish but we will not be answering any more questions about the show or when/if we are returning. So don’t even bother getting those types of questions together. Thanks
@lyndondueck, @socialelement13
Minecraft Server
Hey Everyone!
So I discovered this game called Minecraft, you may of heard of it… /sarcasm
Anyway I’ve basically gotten hooked on the game and have opened up my own server! There are some forum to go along with it so you can check it out by going to the website at http://www.landofminecraft.com
Come and Join in on the fun and Happy Building!
We have some awesome structures so far and are working on the Waterpark + Amusement Park which should be opening in a few weeks! Gonna be Rad!
Return of the Stone Movement
Hey Everybody just wanted to let you know that Stu Stone’s new album, return of the Stone Movement is now available! You can check it out on the new site that I designed for him at http://www.thestonemovement.com
Moose Lake Youth Camp 2011
So this past week I was out in the great Moose Lake which is located about 10 minutes from Bonneyville, Alberta. It’s a great place to be in the summer, beautiful lake. Anyway, I was there attending the Youth Camp. It was a pretty amazing week overall from just great connections with God to some awesome activities that went on throughout the week. We did team games the first couple of days, there was paintball, capture the flag, and various other games that went on throughout the rest of the week.
I, being the tech guy that I am, did all the videos and media for this week and you’ll see me posting a bunch of stuff online and some funny videos on my webshow in the coming weeks. (You can catch the Social Element live 7:30 on Wednesdays). The chapel services were different for me as I took a different approach to them this year. Being that there has been a lot of personal stuff going on in my life I was seeking some answers. I didn’t really get much but I did get something, Peace. Something that I haven’t felt in a long time. It’s been go go go with non stop events and projects and things to do and work and school and life. It’s just been crazy and I never took the time to just chill and say Hey God what’s going on. The first day I was there, i remember going to the dock, sitting down and not knowing what to do with myself because I wasn’t super busy in front of a computer doing work. I made an effort to let everyone know I would be MIA for a week. But there was something about just not doing anything and patiently waiting that felt right. Taking the time to slow down and notice what’s going on and just enjoy life. I guess I haven’t really been enjoying life lately with moving to a new school and town this past year, especially so close to grad. But I guess even more importantly I was looking for answers about my future considering that I have no freaking clue what I’m doing or where I’m going. All I know is that our house is up for sale right now and the plan is to move, again. This time I don’t think it matters because it’s not like I made any really good friends here anyway, as much as they would like to believe otherwise, they really only want to use me. :sigh:
This is turning into a depressing post, let’s make it positive again.
So my team won team games because we are just so skilled at that. I don’t really know how we did though considering that all of our team was short. When I say short I mean like 5 feet and shorter. I am 6’2″ approximately and our counsellor is like 6’4″ and we were the tallest so we were at a disadvantage. Luckily I put my football skills to use and was able to help our team pull out a win. It was really fun. Though some of the events kinda sucked…lol
So yeah overall it was a great week. Next week I’ll be premiering the sports centre video we shot out at Moose Lake. We showed a shortened version of it on the final day of camp but this version contains extra footage that could not make it into that version. It’s going to be roughly half an hour. Probably more. So when you come to the stream next week, bring a bucket of popcorn.
You can look for some videos and stuff soon. We are in the works of setting up an official YouTube channel for all this stuff so I will post about that once it is up because I have about 30 videos I want to upload.
See you guys Wednesday
The Social Element – Tomorrow
The firstepisode of the Social Element premieres tomorrow. The Social Element is the successor of the Social Disease. We’ll have a wide range of topics tomorrow and some awesome videos and music. You can catch the show at 7:30 PM MST at http://www.socialelementlive.com Tomorrow night.