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  • Poll [10 votes]: Good idea?
Subject: Halo forums

The point of war is not to die for your country.

Its to make the other bastard die for his.

Poll: Good idea?  [closed]
yes no:  100%
(10 Votes)
Total Votes: 10

I had an idea for the forum. Why don't we get a rating system for topics. Like having 1 star for something retarded and 5 for a new find, that way we don't waste time reading something old and outdated.

I cant believe I did that lol. just discuss

[Edited on 06.24.2007 3:09 PM PDT]

  • 06.24.2007 3:07 PM PDT

You messed up your poll options. lol

  • 06.24.2007 3:09 PM PDT

"That's about all that can be said for plots, which anyway are just one thing after another, a what and a what and a what.

Now try how and why."

It might be abused, not a good idea.

  • 06.24.2007 3:47 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

There are downsides and no real upsides. It would be abused; users would one-star things of importance and five-star impy's polls that he makes while intoxicated. You should be able to tell if a thread is worthwhile or not by its subject and creator.

  • 06.24.2007 4:04 PM PDT


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Oh yeah BTW...... WHERES'S MY GIGGITY COOKIE!!!

Posted by: homocidalham
It might be abused, not a good idea.


I see where you're coming from, but...well.......I guess it's a good idea. But I guess I wouldn't be thrilled if it came on.

  • 06.24.2007 4:20 PM PDT
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My friend, you would not tell with ſuch high zeſt
To children ardent for ſome deſperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum eſt
Pro patria mori.

See, if I were in charge of electronic voting in a first world democracy... that's the kind of poll I'd use.

Anyhow, ratings are fine to the extent that the people doing the rating are honest. Which usually isn't much of an extent.

  • 06.24.2007 4:37 PM PDT

July 15, 2008... The day the timer stood still.

Well, first of all, the author would automatically give themselves 5-stars (assuming it's out of 5). Then, to get more people to come to their own thread, they will give all the other threads 1/5 stars.

Or... One user is unhappy with another, so he goes searching for all of his threads using the search feature and 1-stars it.

It would be really hard to moderate this since votes would probably be anonymous. Oh, and keep in mind, most people don't believe you when you say there's the 2,3, and 4 option. It's usually just good or bad (1 star or 5 stars).

  • 06.24.2007 5:14 PM PDT

Bad idea, this is implemented on another forum i visit for an online game, people rate threads bad because of what alliance your with or because of who you are, this system would be abused

  • 06.24.2007 5:17 PM PDT

"I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use caps lock as my "run" key, and to never, ever, leave a single BoB alive."

2B || !2B - Why don't you look Inside the Machine?

The great thing is that if a topic is really great and people want to discuss it, well it'll stay at the top of the forum list. If not the thread will die like they all do eventually.

  • 06.24.2007 7:32 PM PDT
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You think it got what it takes to be..?.


God forbid you send me one of those I was checking for cool gamers and saw you messages too, I will scream to the top of my lungs and smash this damn screen/BlackBerry to pieces! You've been warned -_-

Think of XBL. People having the ability to rate you. Would you like that?

  • 06.24.2007 7:59 PM PDT

"I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use caps lock as my "run" key, and to never, ever, leave a single BoB alive."

2B || !2B - Why don't you look Inside the Machine?

There is already the Reputation System.

Posted by: BMW
Think of XBL. People having the ability to rate you. Would you like that?

  • 06.24.2007 8:01 PM PDT

Posted by: Rainman89
There are downsides and no real upsides. It would be abused; users would one-star things of importance and five-star impy's polls that he makes while intoxicated. You should be able to tell if a thread is worthwhile or not by its subject and creator.


impy's drunken poles are highly entertaining, therefore worthy of five stars. Which is why subjectivity should not be the benchmark for whether a thread is worthy of a set amount of stars.

Bad idea.

  • 06.25.2007 10:52 AM 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

Doesnt the burning monkey icon pretty much satisfy this?

Its not really a rating, but tells you which threads are more active. Besides, a rating system is completely useless and would take too long to implement.

Seeing as I have no choice, I'm going to have to vote yes no.

  • 06.25.2007 12:12 PM PDT