- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Hmm...that seems far more fair then I would have been, but I guess that's why you're the Overlord and I'm just a bill on capital hill. I'm surprised that the join date requirement is still in '07, because I see an older profile as someone that obviously is not trying to by-pass the "warning" system. But I guess since you said that the 'trust rating' plays a part, it would counter-balance that issue.
Hmmm....so I only have to assassinate 34,999 other people...delightful! I love the threads talking about which members should get in...it's like they are making my hit-list for me!! Sorry Foman & Iceman, it appears you're both fighting for numero uno with a bullet.
And I apologize for suggesting that you are a "grudge-holder" Tom, I understand that you can take your opinion out of the equation when picking. Although I guess I don't have to apologize since you don't hold grudges!! Irony FTW!
Posted by: Achronos
People were selected from here based on algorithim that I wrote. While people who were banned were automatically excluded, that's pretty much the extent of the moderators' involvement. And the length of time you've been here didn't have much to do with it - as long as you had an account created by a certain cutoff date (this date was in 2007, so don't worry much about this). Actually, this was one of the first real uses of the "trust rating" you might have heard mentioned a few times - one of the criteria there was that you had to be slightly above the average rating to qualify for the random selection.
Oh, and I should mention that while we did pick about 30000 Bungie.net accounts (out of half a million active ones) that qualified for our random selection of people to get codes, we also added in about 5000 people who were selected because of some criteria based on their Halo 2 playing.
In all cases, though, if you didn't have a linked gamertag, you weren't selected.
And I didn't have any "manual" overrides added in - I figure if you're not banned, then I don't care. I'm not one to hold grudges - that's childish.
Posted by: ProjctGILGAMESH
Yeah...the mods veto people everytime they warn them, or blacklist them. I'm sure the biggest thing that will make sure you DON'T get in the F&F is if you've ever been warned or blacklisted, or are on the *hit-list* is HFCS. And I'm sure that if the mods really had to veto someone, Tom would already know about it. Like the update said, it is semi-random, but I'm sure Tom had a lot of feedback into who gets it and who doesn't. Oh, and this deals with B.net, so how many games you've played on Halo 2 means jack. Here are my predictors:
* Length of profile (profile join date): Don't change profiles, because that could be seen as trying to get around the "warn" system.
* Do you have an attached XBL GT: It's just another level of validation because it shows you're willing to volunteer information.
* Do you post in the forums (without getting warned): If you're a fairly active member, while not getting in trouble, you'll probably be considered.
* Does Tom *not* hate you: I'm sure the "buck" stops with him, and any person he wants to veto is going to be.
Those are my criterion...but who knows, your guess is as good as mine.