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I think we should delete you.
Posted by: Lokistaman
With the coming of Halo 3, there will likely be a new forum made here at the Bungie.net forums. Therefore, another forum will have to go.
No.
The Maw: Face it: Bungie doesn't care about its PC gamers. It's sad but it's true. Bungie has already given The Maw a big FU by taking "The Maw" off of the forum banner.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't that happen to every forum (save the Underground and the Flood)?
Be up front with them about their priority level, Bungie, and delete The Maw.
So I guess then we move all of the topics from the Maw into the Underground. *That'll* solve the problem. People need a place to talk about Halo for the PC. What does it matter when the game comes out; they still want to talk about it.
The Underground: The number one reason for deleting The Underground is: surprise! ...Spam. I honestly believe that The Underground has surpassed every other forum (including the flood) in terms of the amount of spam. When you say "discuss all things Bungie here", but don't include Halo, that's sort of a contradiction. But that's only one reason that The Underground has so much spam. The Underground, being the "Bungie General" discussion forum, gives the forums a bad look when it has so much spam and locked threads.
Bad look? Sorry, I find this excuse to be really stupid. Who are we trying to impress? Who does this look bad to? There is still discussion in there, that isn't about Halo. In fact, a majority of it isn't about Halo. You're asking us to give up on the Underground, when good discussion goes on there. This is as bad as that thread suggesting we ignore the Halo 3 forum a few days ago.
Or instantly perma-ban anyone who posts off topic in The Underground. Those are the only two solutions, no amount of warning stickies or threats will decrease the amount of spam in The Underground.
You're so optimistic! Instantly banning people from the site FOREVER is not good business if they just joined and neglected to pay attention to the rules. I reckon a large majority of the active members of the community (when they first joined) made a few mistakes. I know I did! With your policy, I wouldn't be here today. Thanks!
If The Underground were to be deleted, then you could integrate general Bungie discussion into this forum, the Bungie Community forum, but don't explicitly state that and the new members will stay away for the most part and go off to New Mombassa or The Flood.
First forum in the list = cannon fodder. It doesn't matter what it says, if idiots won't read the forum description of the Underground, they won't read the forum description of the Septagon either.
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