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Subject: "Witty" banter in the Flood.
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You do bring up a good point though. Perfectly good threads that are actual discussion get derailed by the same members posting their jokes.

I'm all for fun and games. Heck, I enjoy humor on this site. But when it's the same people posting the same tired jokes over and over again, and the thread gets derailed, that's more or less spammin'....

  • 02.12.2007 9:52 AM PDT

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And since they're always these long time members making the jokes, they always get away with it.. I think the Flood forum could use a bit more whip-cracking.

Of course, I avoid the place almost entirely, so whatever happens in the Flood, as long as it stays in the Flood, is fine with me.

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  • 02.12.2007 9:56 AM PDT

Posted by: KlLLA CAM
Oh and look at his signature...
Posted by: shiv master
(_._) - Regular ass
(_o_) - JAVA's ass

Is this what you want (As you said) 15 year olds to see on a video game forum?

Why don't you report him? Because he makes you laugh? Awww how cute.


Did you ever stop to think that Shiv and JAVA know each other? Cause they do, so what's wrong with their inside joke?

If Shiv didn't know JAVA and was being mean spirited, then I'd have a problem with his sig, but he's not.

This forum has too many people running around crying foul at every little so-called injustice. Any person with a good sense of humor should be able to handle someone's sig with a few parentheses.

  • 02.12.2007 9:57 AM PDT
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Posted by: SS_Zag1
Of course, I avoid the place almost entirely, so whatever happens in the Flood, as long as it stays in the Flood, is fine with me.

I wish. I am beginning to see more and more threads in my favorite forum, New Mombasa filled with "in b4 teh lock" links and "no u" all over the place now. That's why I want a rule enforced all over.

  • 02.12.2007 9:59 AM PDT

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Atomic Weggie, if anything, the signature is just offensive to people who read it.. It's kind of rude to people who don't find it funny, but kind of gross. Of course, I am talking to the wrong guy about being gross, morals, and rudeness...

>_>

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Well, KILLA, then that's a whole other issue about New Mombassa.. :P I have loads of complaints about that one, myself, but I've learned protesting doesn't seem to do much around here..


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  • 02.12.2007 9:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: atomic weggie
Posted by: KlLLA CAM
Oh and look at his signature...
Posted by: shiv master
(_._) - Regular ass
(_o_) - JAVA's ass

Is this what you want (As you said) 15 year olds to see on a video game forum?

Why don't you report him? Because he makes you laugh? Awww how cute.


Did you ever stop to think that Shiv and JAVA know each other? Cause they do, so what's wrong with their inside joke?

If Shiv didn't know JAVA and was being mean spirited, then I'd have a problem with his sig, but he's not.

This forum has too many people running around crying foul at every little so-called injustice. Any person with a good sense of humor should be able to handle someone's sig with a few parentheses.

It shows sexu4l ideas. Hell even the word sexu4l is banned so imaging it should be too.

I think I would be banned if I put
(_(__)==D (_(__)=D all over my sig.

(Mods, if that is truly against the rules edit it out please.)

  • 02.12.2007 10:01 AM PDT
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But y'all gotta admit though, that "in b4 teh lock" stuff needs to be dealt with.

  • 02.12.2007 10:02 AM PDT
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  • 02.12.2007 10:14 AM PDT

Posted by: KlLLA CAM

It shows sexu4l ideas. Hell even the word sexu4l is banned so imaging it should be too.

I think I would be banned if I put
(_(__)==D (_(__)=D all over my sig.

(Mods, if that is truly against the rules edit it out please.)


People type what Shiv has and you just did here in their posts all the time. How is that different from someone's sig? If it's allowed in posts, why isn't it allowed in sigs?

I just think we need to lighten up a little, that's all. Yes, a 12 year old might see someone's sig that looks like a butt, but it's nothing worse than what they see on my space or countless other forums like this one. It's just not as offensive as you're making it out to be IMO.

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Posted by: gnome13
I feel that the main problem with The Flood is that people respond to trolls and spam instead of telling a mod.


I agree. There is a difference between fun banter and spam, trolling, and flaming. If Bungie has rules about the blam! filter, then it would make sense for them to enforce them; however, the "your mom" stuff may be annoying but it isn't bad enough to lock every thread with "your mom" jokes or blacklisting everyone who uses that humor. The other forums are much more strict, so the Flood does give people an opportunity to relax and have fun. We have to take the good with the bad. Also. the Flood concentrates most of these kinds of posts in one place. Would you prefer for B.net to lose a lot of members and Flood conversation to spread to every forum?

  • 02.12.2007 10:15 AM PDT
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Posted by: atomic weggie
Posted by: KlLLA CAM

It shows sexu4l ideas. Hell even the word sexu4l is banned so imaging it should be too.

I think I would be banned if I put
(_(__)==D (_(__)=D all over my sig.

(Mods, if that is truly against the rules edit it out please.)


People type what Shiv has and you just did here in their posts all the time. How is that different from someone's sig? If it's allowed in posts, why isn't it allowed in sigs?

I just think we need to lighten up a little, that's all. Yes, a 12 year old might see someone's sig that looks like a butt, but it's nothing worse than what they see on my space or countless other forums like this one. It's just not as offensive as you're making it out to be IMO.

The fact of the matter is is that it's NOT allowed in posts. I know.

  • 02.12.2007 10:17 AM PDT

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That we are it's greatest achievement
We're barely, we're just a collection of cells
Overrating themselves

KILLA, you come in a want change to things that you do yourself. I dont care about what you post or why, or if it breaks this rule or that rule. When you come here and say people should be banned, etc for the same exact things that you do, its just being a hypocrite.

I dont care how many excuses you can come up with for your actions.

Even if the mods decided to act upon your suggestions, the only way for them to do so is to allow you to be the sole moral compass of Bungie.net since doing something one time is ok, but not another time.

To be perfectly honest, its people like Impy and his drunken posts and AtomicWeggie with his taking life with a grain of salt attitude that I am still here. I can go anywhere and find 15 years olds having poorly written pissing contests.

  • 02.12.2007 12:19 PM PDT
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I don't even do those things you idiot. Why should we listed to you? You're in a group called THE TROLLS!

  • 02.12.2007 12:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: twinkiemaker
To be perfectly honest, its people like Impy and his drunken posts and AtomicWeggie with his taking life with a grain of salt attitude that I am still here. I can go anywhere and find 15 years olds having poorly written pissing contests.

I completely agree.

KILLA, you're being pretty combative. The Flood isn't for everyone; you might be one of those people.

  • 02.12.2007 12:57 PM PDT

Strange evolution how people have come to believe
That we are it's greatest achievement
We're barely, we're just a collection of cells
Overrating themselves

Posted by: KlLLA CAM
Why should we listed to you? You're in a group called THE TROLLS!


If you know of another group where I can speak Giant and worship Vaprak the Destroyer I'm all ears.

  • 02.12.2007 12:57 PM PDT

Posted by: KlLLA CAM
I don't even do those things you idiot. Why should we listed to you? You're in a group called THE TROLLS!


So what? You're in a group founded by someone named "BXR 4tha WiN." Should we hold that against you? No, we shouldn't. We should formulate our opinions on your posting merits.

My advice on your topic Killa is this. The Flood is full of immature people who push the boundries of what is acceptible on this forum. That's why it's the off topic forum, so people can be stupid. If you're easily offended, I would advise you to not post there.

  • 02.12.2007 12:57 PM PDT
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We are aware. A lot of times something is worth banning someone for. Unfortunately, at the moment, a lot of times we don't know if someone is doing something repeatedly, or if it was just a one time violation of the rules.

  • 02.12.2007 1:07 PM PDT
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I've been around these parts for almost eight years now...wow! Maybe I should be concerned about that...

Posted by: KlLLA CAM
I know the Flood is an off-topic forum and all but it's too chaotic and filled with spam flooded nonsense that something needs to be done.
When ever I enter that forum there are posts to very thought out threads saying nothing but rubbish like "your mom" or "kills kitten" and all the other members encourage them and continue to laugh along with them afraid that they may feel "left out". Also when new members join they tell them to go away or "go back to the Halo 3 Forum". It's just stupid.

...You bein racist, son?! -_O

*Nibbles on kitten*

  • 02.12.2007 1:28 PM PDT
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I've been around these parts for almost eight years now...wow! Maybe I should be concerned about that...

Posted by: SexyBanannaGirl
See JAF? Bad overly used joke, also found in sig, when in flood, ban.
Hm? Are you talking about me? I'm sorry if I upset you, but isn't the flood the place for posting bad, overly used jokes? ;)

Anyways...I don't state my fetish for kittens to be funny, really. It's just my thing. A sort of signature, I guess.

*Nibbles on kitten*

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  • 02.12.2007 1:39 PM PDT

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No, I don't find anything wrong with ending your posts with a, as Darkness Howls has it,

*nibbles kitten*

That's kind of how I identify him from anyone else.
You know, that's fine. But sometimes it does get out of hand.. Especially when others start doing it, just to be funny as well. If anyone else starts ending their post with *nibbles kitten*, then it just gets obnoxious. Especially when that members is posting a lot, and in short sentences. You keep seeing the same repeated, usually silly, verb every post. If it's in the signature, then it's not really spam. Otherwise, it pretty much is.

I would also suggest you put it in your signature, Darkness. If you guys notice, (one of the few people I can think of, and yes, I'm calling him out again) Shishka has

-S

in his signature. That's your signature, and how you sign off your posts. It seems now that

[edit: Oh. Haha, I haven't read that part of my signature for a long time. I also have my signature in there...]

*signaturing* at the end of your posts has become a fad, and it gets more and more spam-tastic by the week. I'd have to agree with SexyBanannaGirl, what you call a signature, should actually stay in your signature..

And it all happens with the Flood members.. :\ That forum starts very obnoxious forum 'trends'.

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  • 02.12.2007 1:57 PM PDT