MLN Blog



Summary
Created in December of 2008, the MLN Help Blog was designed to keep readers up to date on news from the free, LEGO online game, My LEGO Network. After about half a year, however, it expanded to cover all of LEGO.com. This includes My LEGO Network, LEGO Universe, Bionicle, and many other things from LEGO.com, especially their games section. The success of this blog has been in large part due to high diligence, and the devotion of our followers, who take advantage of our "news bounty", which can go as high as 200 clicks for vital news.

Staff
There are 10 bloggers on this blog.

Vanderdecken12 (creator and owner) - Vanderdecken12 is the creator of this blog and the owner. Originally responsible for getting it off the ground, he is now in charge of moderating comments for relevance, decency, and secrecy, as well as making executive decisions, and posting when possible.

Sim533 (Admin) - Sim533 is responsible for almost all of the formatting of the blog, adding the creative touches with imaginative source code. Sim533 also makes the majority of the posts on the blog, and has been referred to as the 'night-guard'. He can post news and moderate comments when Vanderdecken12, and the rest of the USA, sleeps.

Authors -

Ekingsley - Made an author at the same time as Sim533, Ekingsley no longer comments on the blog. However, his work in the beginning was deemed invaluable by Vanderdecken12.

Bugefun - A frequent commenter on the LEGO Message Boards.

Gatanui - A blogger with plenty of past experience from the BZPower Bionicle Blog.

Berrykit - A very good user which has made a lot of good posts in the history.

Cheshirecat150 - An admin of our MLN Market site, CheshireCat150 provides users with a place to bargain for valuable items, and produces some posts at the MLN Blog.

Legodac - A fellow blogger who loves LEGO already since he was young, Legodac would present you the some MOC's of his choice.

EragonSaphira - A unique user because of her geographical location.

Superben21 - A trustworthy user who will often notice otherwise-unnoticed stuff.

Spider880 - This user is another fellow user or our blog and is good at posting stuff.

History
Created in December of 2008, the MLN Blog was originally designed just to blog on My LEGO Network. A few months after it began, Sim533 and Ekingsley were added as authors to provide for a backup when Vanderdecken12 was unavailable. Realizing their value, both were soon made permanent authors. Sim533's first post was on February 26th. In March, it began to expand to include things from LEGO Universe as well. Over time, more authors were added and Sim533 was promoted to Admin to fully maximize his contributions.

MLN Blog Philosophy
Their philosophy has been to provide a safe site that can be trusted for its content, and rely on a combination of high-quality stewardship and the devotion of LEGO's fans.

Safety
All comments from non-authors go through moderation before they are approved. This ensures
 * 1) that nothing inappropriate ever gets through
 * 2) nothing that LEGO wants to keep a secret is exposed.

We hope you can join our blog and visit often!