- icefirei
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With that already possibly in the works, what about a "report" thread button? I haven't seen any mention of it in this thread, and I think it could be an efficient tool to help the mods keep up.
Posted by: evilcam
What a spectacular topic all in all. This really helped re-invigorate my fervor for this community. Nicely done.
On topic, I think that limiting the posting privileges in the Optimatch to only Gold-linked accounts is a step in the right direction. I honestly thought that was going to happen in the last major update to be honest. Temper that position though. The Optimatch means something different to me than it does to most of you. I don't really have much interest in suggesting changes to the playlists, so I only really moderate in that forum. I rarely ever contribute anything. Being that I only view it through a moderator's eyes, I think its a mess, in dire need of fixing. But as I said, that's just my selfish reasoning.
The "ban on b.net=ban on xbox-live" issue seems moot, since Achronos already told us that Bungie themselves will never let it happen. That's a good thing in my opinion, because I honestly don't want to be responsible for xbox live issues on top of bungie.net issues. The very idea made me cringe a little bit. I think it would be effective if done correctly, but I don't think the rewards outweigh the risks in the long run. However, perhaps users who are known spammers/trolls who's GTs we know about could be banned.
In addendum to that, perhaps banning users who constantly play with known spammers could be looked at too. Say, you play more than 10 games a week regularly with a known spammer, and you're banned from the forums and from live for 48 hours or something. It may take away some of the reason as to why spammers spam, in that they won't have friends who the can brag about their exploits to. Although, doing that may just make more spammers, who are angry about their arguably unjustified bans. Banning someone when they did not do anything wrong themselves is probably not the best method. I think that the risks outweigh the rewards there too. Though I'm just throwing it out there.
As for everything else; I don't think the Halo 3 forum nor the Halo 2 forum should be restricted to Gold or Silver accounts. I think that those forums should be open to all who are willing to make an account here. The only problem is the gigantic mess that the Halo 3 forum is right now. I can't put into words the frustration that the Halo 3 forum insists I experience and pass on to some of you from time to time. I don't know what can be done to fix it though. Its frequently too busy to even keep up with, much less moderate. Trying to put the fear of being banned into them isn't working that well, because they see so many other misbehaving users get away with murder. I guess that's a different topic though.
To surmise, Optimatch & Gold accounts = win! Halo 3 & Halo 2 Forums, I don't know; and banning spammers GTs = win!!!!