- prometheus25
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- Exalted Mythic Member
Old school Bungie, born and raised,
In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"
I still say age/member time isn't adequate grounds to count someone as stable enough to participate in something on the lines of what you're asking. Besides, like Foman pointed out, we need to lead by example; direct example, not something regarding "Do well and you might get into this forum that you can't see right now."
That said and understood, I don't feel that a group would in any way accomplish what the poster has put forth. We need desperately some kind of standard that is officially recognized. Granted, we can't have most forms of elitism and stricter application of forum rules don't seem very popular, but if we keep putting down progressive ideas (disregarding how left-wing/right-wing they may be), we are never, as an active community, going to move on.
We'll be virtually stuck in a seemingly feudal period. People complain that they have no rights here, or that there's little to no cohesion here. Of course there isn't, very, very few people here are willing to put the community, the forums, before themselves.
We're not here to blog. We are not here to insult. We are here, regardless of what you think, to share our opinions and feelings on Halo. This is the sites purpose, this is why we joined. If we don't start actively supporting this, enforcing this, then we'll remain stagnant...for a long time.