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** One of the most interesting was April Fools 2010, where it was apparent that the staff had split, and were fighting over who would take control of the forums. One of the Administrators was banned, and the discussion topic [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|turned into a roleplay thread as different subforums and groups of members announced their allegiance to one administrator or another.]] It could be pretty well compared to the War Of The Roses, but with raving fanboys instead of knights.
** One of the most interesting was April Fools 2010, where it was apparent that the staff had split, and were fighting over who would take control of the forums. One of the Administrators was banned, and the discussion topic [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|turned into a roleplay thread as different subforums and groups of members announced their allegiance to one administrator or another.]] It could be pretty well compared to the War Of The Roses, but with raving fanboys instead of knights.
** It was made even better by the fact that after 2 days and nights of an intense forum-wide civil war, one of the admins put a stop to it with an amazing speech and turned the entire thread into a hippie-filled, sandbox-sitting, enemies-turned-friends singalong of Let it Be.
** It was made even better by the fact that after 2 days and nights of an intense forum-wide civil war, one of the admins put a stop to it with an amazing speech and turned the entire thread into a hippie-filled, sandbox-sitting, enemies-turned-friends singalong of Let it Be.
* [[Ban On Politics]]: Any topics remotely relating to politics or religion are always locked, reasoning that it's a kids' forum. This also applies to some subjects that aren't overtly political or religious, [[Flame War|as the result is usually the same]].
* [[Ban on Politics]]: Any topics remotely relating to politics or religion are always locked, reasoning that it's a kids' forum. This also applies to some subjects that aren't overtly political or religious, [[Flame War|as the result is usually the same]].
** [[Double Standard|Except when the mods do it,]] of course.
** [[Double Standard|Except when the mods do it,]] of course.
* [[Contest Winner Cameo]]: There have been lots of contests concerning minor aspects of canon, from designs for minor characters to weapon designs.
* [[Contest Winner Cameo]]: There have been lots of contests concerning minor aspects of canon, from designs for minor characters to weapon designs.
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* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Kelly Mc Kiernan, once an administrator/webmaster for the site, was temporarily hired by [[LEGO]] (the makers of ''BIONICLE'') in 2007 to serve as webmaster for the official ''BIONICLE'' site while the then-current webmaster was on maternity leave. Even after the main webmaster returned to work in 2009, he stayed on at LEGO as the toy line's co-webmaster. Has since been moved to other projects, away from ''BIONICLE''.
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Kelly Mc Kiernan, once an administrator/webmaster for the site, was temporarily hired by [[LEGO]] (the makers of ''BIONICLE'') in 2007 to serve as webmaster for the official ''BIONICLE'' site while the then-current webmaster was on maternity leave. Even after the main webmaster returned to work in 2009, he stayed on at LEGO as the toy line's co-webmaster. Has since been moved to other projects, away from ''BIONICLE''.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Purple is a very popular color. When polled on whether or not they'd buy a purple ''[[Hero Factory]]'' set, 95% of the voters, nearly 600 members, said "yes".
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Purple is a very popular color. When polled on whether or not they'd buy a purple ''[[Hero Factory]]'' set, 95% of the voters, nearly 600 members, said "yes".
* [[RPG]]: The [[BZPRPG (Fanfic)|BZPRPG]] is one of the largest and longest running RPGs on the web. There is also a full forum of user-created RPGs.
* [[RPG]]: The [[BZPRPG]] is one of the largest and longest running RPGs on the web. There is also a full forum of user-created RPGs.
* [[Sailor Earth]]: Making a [[Fan Character]]/Fan Location is made incredibly easy by the fact that most of the Matoran Universe/Bara Magna has been described ''just'' enough, by the fact that very little has been seen in story, and by the fact that the world's internal laws are very well defined.
* [[Sailor Earth]]: Making a [[Fan Character]]/Fan Location is made incredibly easy by the fact that most of the Matoran Universe/Bara Magna has been described ''just'' enough, by the fact that very little has been seen in story, and by the fact that the world's internal laws are very well defined.
* [[There Should Be a Law]]: 50% of the members gave themselves signatures of gay kissing to [[Troll|annoy the other 50]]%. The 50% who didn't assumed there was a rule against it. There wasn't.
* [[There Should Be a Law]]: 50% of the members gave themselves signatures of gay kissing to [[Troll|annoy the other 50]]%. The 50% who didn't assumed there was a rule against it. There wasn't.
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** In the Storyline and Theories forum, bonesiii, the forum leader, will occasionally drop into a topic with an incredibly logical (if [[Exposition Break|long-winded]]) post that will often put any flaming to a rather abrupt halt.
** In the Storyline and Theories forum, bonesiii, the forum leader, will occasionally drop into a topic with an incredibly logical (if [[Exposition Break|long-winded]]) post that will often put any flaming to a rather abrupt halt.
* [[Sure Why Not]]: A surprising amount of [[Canon]] has come from suggestions made by BZPower members.
* [[Sure Why Not]]: A surprising amount of [[Canon]] has come from suggestions made by BZPower members.
** However, some fans complain about this, reason being how [[Pandering to The Base|the author does nothing but please the fans instead of writing a story on his own]].
** However, some fans complain about this, reason being how [[Pandering to the Base|the author does nothing but please the fans instead of writing a story on his own]].
* [[Squee]]: The reaction at large when it was announced Michael Dorn, [[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|a.k.a. Worf]] would be voicing Mata Nui in ''The Legend Reborn''.
* [[Squee]]: The reaction at large when it was announced Michael Dorn, [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|a.k.a. Worf]] would be voicing Mata Nui in ''The Legend Reborn''.
* [[Troll]]: An incredible amount, although it does take more effort to do so here thanks to the heavy word filter.
* [[Troll]]: An incredible amount, although it does take more effort to do so here thanks to the heavy word filter.
* [[Word of God]]: Greg Farshtey kept in close contact with the fandom via BZPower's PM system. Members could ask him questions about pretty much anything, and sometimes he would reveal tidbits of info there before they were made public. He hasn't posted for a very long time now, though.
* [[Word of God]]: Greg Farshtey kept in close contact with the fandom via BZPower's PM system. Members could ask him questions about pretty much anything, and sometimes he would reveal tidbits of info there before they were made public. He hasn't posted for a very long time now, though.
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