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Subject: A few suggestions for the forums
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ok ill try to make this short and to the point:
1. Add a counter to track the cumalitive number of posts someone has
2. Add a quick link under each person's screen name to the groups they are affiliated with and to the clans they areinvolved with as well
3. Be able to use custom avatars and picture signatures.. i know this site gets a ton of traffic but man i want my xfire miniprofile enabled on here
4. Add the ability to delete flammatory or just plain insipid remarks on a topic of your creation because mods arent always on their toes even tho some should be
5. Enforce the rules a little more, im really tired of seeing the same topic 30-40 times in one day
6. Maybe add subcatagories to the subcatagories, ie in New Zanzibar, have a subcat all about strategies, one about ideas for future d/ls, and another for complaints or something like that, plus etc.
then those subcats can be policed a bit better as to pertaining to relevancy and so forth and lastly number 7
7. If you add the number of posts of each user feature, just keep that data logged because you should really delete all of the really really old posts because that would make the site a whole lot faster, just like when you guys claner up the game stats
an idea for the game stats would be a game search for each user, ie they log on to look at their stats and they want to see the game that they got the most kills in or the most medals or the most # of consecutive kills within the 4 sec time limit between each one or etc....
because i searched the freaking thing for one specific game where i had gotten a kill frenzy with the sword for 3 days and couldnt find it then when i had pinpointed it, you guys had removed the medal viewing feature....
if some of these could be implemented that would rock, if not whatever

[Edited on 12/11/2004 11:16:23 PM]

  • 12.11.2004 11:15 PM PDT

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Forum Tutorials --- WATCH THEM AND LEARN

1. No post counter. People like me got carried away with it and starting so called 'spamming' the forums. Not a good thing
2. This is related to cheap advertising. Advertising for groups/clans is unfortunantly unaccepted in all forums except The Classifieds, or in your personal signiture.
3. Custom avatars would be a hazard. Stupid people would use stupid pictures, which may offend some or most of forum goers.
4. Again, stupid people would use it improperly
5. Now that's a problem, but meh, no rule can stop them unfortunantly.
6. The forums are fine the way they are.
7. But we like to see how many pages of non-deleted threads we have [=
8. I see there's no 8...

I have no idea... AHH THUNDER!!... ahem, sorry for that, That game search idea is pretty good actually. I could really see it being implemented.

  • 12.11.2004 11:23 PM PDT
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1. You mean add a spam generation bot?
2. You can already do this. Click on their name, and either go to Groups or click on their gamertag and it'll show their clan.
3. Picture signatures are horrible, I'd like to actually load the page, and the first avatar uploaded would be obscene.
4. Report it to the mods.
5. People are allowed to post topics that someone else already has, it's just annoying.
6. That'd make things all complicated and lame.
7 is darker
8. A game search would be neat.

[Edited on 12/12/2004 1:04:50 AM]

  • 12.12.2004 1:04 AM PDT

1. No. What's the point?
2. It's not that hard to click on someone's name and then Groups.
3. No. Morons would abuse it. Do something for the community and you'll get one.
4. Why should we be? We're volunteers with real lives.
5. What rule says you can't post about the same thing as someone else?
6. Maybe. But people would still mispost.
7. Old topics don't affect the speed of the site very much.

  • 12.12.2004 3:16 AM PDT
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i have somthing to say

how about just a button that says

View New Post

when on the forums i often see the exact same topic as the page before...

we have some new1s in the front in the back..we have old ones

i mean 50% of the time the nxt page is prtty much the same as before

navigating in here is confusing

so plz..thats the only thing this site needs
i really belive it would help people

  • 12.12.2004 8:15 AM PDT
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Posted by: SovietValor
ok ill try to make this short and to the point:
1. Add a counter to track the cumalitive number of posts someone has
2. Add a quick link under each person's screen name to the groups they are affiliated with and to the clans they areinvolved with as well
3. Be able to use custom avatars and picture signatures.. i know this site gets a ton of traffic but man i want my xfire miniprofile enabled on here
4. Add the ability to delete flammatory or just plain insipid remarks on a topic of your creation because mods arent always on their toes even tho some should be
5. Enforce the rules a little more, im really tired of seeing the same topic 30-40 times in one day
6. Maybe add subcatagories to the subcatagories, ie in New Zanzibar, have a subcat all about strategies, one about ideas for future d/ls, and another for complaints or something like that, plus etc.
then those subcats can be policed a bit better as to pertaining to relevancy and so forth and lastly number 7
7. If you add the number of posts of each user feature, just keep that data logged because you should really delete all of the really really old posts because that would make the site a whole lot faster, just like when you guys claner up the game stats
an idea for the game stats would be a game search for each user, ie they log on to look at their stats and they want to see the game that they got the most kills in or the most medals or the most # of consecutive kills within the 4 sec time limit between each one or etc....
because i searched the freaking thing for one specific game where i had gotten a kill frenzy with the sword for 3 days and couldnt find it then when i had pinpointed it, you guys had removed the medal viewing feature....
if some of these could be implemented that would rock, if not whatever


I disagree totally.

Bungie have been through most of these and rightly dismissed them.

And the rules can't be enforced any more. Mods are "too harsh" as many say, they deal with whatever comes up, but there's no way to control EVERYTHING that comes up.

  • 12.12.2004 10:31 AM PDT
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7. That wouldn't make the site any faster. What slows down the site are the popular topics people actually reply to...Old unused topics just take up space.

  • 12.12.2004 12:57 PM PDT
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But isn't it a good idea to atleast delete all spam/flame/useless topics? The kinds that get locked?

-Gnorn

  • 12.12.2004 1:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gnorn
But isn't it a good idea to atleast delete all spam/flame/useless topics? The kinds that get locked?

-Gnorn


It's like hanging someone on the gallows then leaving them there, it shows what can happen to you.

  • 12.12.2004 1:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tanikaze
It's like hanging someone on the gallows then leaving them there, it shows what can happen to you.


I understand that, but there are tons of them at the bottom of the forums. They can purge those, no?

  • 12.12.2004 1:37 PM PDT
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No! That's the dungeon. It's also a very important part of the terror.

  • 12.12.2004 1:41 PM PDT
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ok that post was late last night and i guess i didnt get the whole point of it articulated as well as i hoped
i really want to the last thing i mentioned to be put into effect on the game stats because it can get really tiring looking thru that stuff
another hopeful feature liek that could be used on the forums. for example say i really like how "jimbob" comes across on certain topics and one day he mentions something that im not sure about yet he doesnt explain it. how about a relevant topic search bar since you dont want to erase the oldies yet goodies as you call them.
this bar could help new members with certain areas of gameplay like if they didnt understand some things, just type it in the bar and voila! they now will stop pestering you with questions that you felt most people already knew
the thing about the forum orginizer would help many with the influx of the many new members because it could help many of them understand common subjects and topics faster.
Say they need help in Mp strategy; instead of having to sift thru the many many, countless pages of posts about hackers, cussers and the likes, they would instantly have all the resources at their fingertips to elevate their gaming.
i could see just making a general discussion under some or not even breaking down any of the forums at all but many relevant topics are often buried by clone posts everyday.. i know there isnt a rule about making the same post as those guys over there but it is just in bad taste to do so

  • 12.12.2004 4:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: SovietValor
how about a relevant topic search bar since you dont want to erase the oldies yet goodies as you call them.
this bar could help new members with certain areas of gameplay like if they didnt understand some things, just type it in the bar and voila! they now will stop pestering you with questions that you felt most people already knew
the thing about the forum orginizer would help many with the influx of the many new members because it could help many of them understand common subjects and topics faster.
Say they need help in Mp strategy; instead of having to sift thru the many many, countless pages of posts about hackers, cussers and the likes, they would instantly have all the resources at their fingertips to elevate their gaming.
i could see just making a general discussion under some or not even breaking down any of the forums at all but many relevant topics are often buried by clone posts everyday.. i know there isnt a rule about making the same post as those guys over there but it is just in bad taste to do so

Coming to bungie forums in early 2005! A search feature so big it can handle these forums with ease.
The next major update should be a search bar.

  • 12.12.2004 4:24 PM PDT
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i would love to see a search bar for the forums then you really wouldnt have to make subcats at all...
a cool thing for us lazy people would be a newest post feature either next to the hyperlink of the post name or something that would take the user to the bottom of the last page of that topic, so you wouldnt have to scroll btw did i mention im lazy?

  • 12.12.2004 4:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: TexanMan
i have somthing to say

how about just a button that says

View New Post

when on the forums i often see the exact same topic as the page before...

we have some new1s in the front in the back..we have old ones

i mean 50% of the time the nxt page is prtty much the same as before

navigating in here is confusing

so plz..thats the only thing this site needs
i really belive it would help people


how about what i said..instaed of seching,,what if you forget the name

trust me guys..i was in a call of duty clan(nvrmind that) and the had forums that were messy..just like this...once they put in the view new post it was a dream come true

how it works is they icons to the left..after you read it it turns grey
when it has a new post it is bright,

it counts everything posted after you logged out, and displays it whn you come in the nxt time
plz guys we really need it!

  • 12.12.2004 4:35 PM PDT
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Sheesh people! Bungie is working on a search feature, how many times does someone have to say "I wish we had a search feature"

  • 12.12.2004 4:36 PM PDT
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until they add the search feature, hmm i wish i could search for all the topics about wishing for a search feature

  • 12.12.2004 4:46 PM PDT