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Posted by: Chomskyite
These poor saps who go around with their terrible spelling and obsession over the Halo 3 Beta... what a nightmare; at least to those with such an inflated sense of self-importance that such reasoning seems entirely fair.
I'm sorry, but this forum is elitist; nevermind any other (which surely are at times). Nearly every time I come in here I am confronted with threads bemoaning the standards of those 'other' forum users. Poor grammar, immaturity, obsessive and irrational bouts of wild speculation... all conduct presumably far below the irreproachable standards of those 'sensible' forum-users, those 'rational' people and those 'who care about the community'. What shallow thinking this represents, and what a torrid display of contempt for those whom dare to express their thoughts (however basic they seem) without the need to instantly reach for a thesaurus.
These 'little kids' you speak of... they are indeed often rude and frustratingly daft in their conduct. They also clearly love Bungie with all of their little hearts… the thing is, they just haven't reached a stage wherein they can express their thoughts in ways not infused with super-human levels of anticipation and glee. In fact, ironically, it is their absolute love of Halo that so drives the more unfortunate outbursts of frustration too. In short, they are fans of Bungie... like you, like me, simply 'fans'.
Are we to believe that this is not enough? We should expect more of a fan? Proper spelling and perhaps a tendency towards more 'intellectual' pursuits such as discussing the implementation of objective measurements of how good a fan of Bungie one is. Do you see where this is going?
It takes a certain mindset indeed to preside judgementally over the habits of the slobs whilst decrying the ills of elitism.
Four legs good, two legs better right?
Chomsky, I <3 you.
EDIT: I felt like I should say more.
While, in my opinion, it is perfectly okay to poke fun at some of the more outrageous things that happen in these forums (that's part of the amusement of this site), it is absolutely unacceptable to act as though others shouldn't be here or as if there should be some kind of age limit on the b.net forums.
Chomsky put it better than I could have, but simply because the discussions here in the Septagon tend to gravitate more towards the intellectual does not make anybody who posts here more of a Bungie fan or more worthy. I love reading the posts here and responding to the oft-presented brain challenges, but I throw myself into the mix of speculation, fan fiction, theories, and gameplay suggestions in the Halo 3 forum with equal excitement.
I admonish anyone who believes that they are somehow more of a Bungie fan or -- God forbid -- a better person because they haughtily abstain from any forum where spell-checker is not a prerequisite to posting to remember Chomsky's words.
Poke fun, sure.... we b.net forum users tend to poke fun at everybody, including the kinds of posts that occur in the Septagon. But do not believe that you are better. This leads exactly to the type of arrogance that (as Chomsky has yet again already said) you presume to eschew.
[Edited on 03.28.2007 12:12 PM PDT]