- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Recon Number 54
It can get you a seat at that table where they offer ideas, tear them apart, rebuild them, discard them, and recycle them (all while waiting for Skip to bring the damned donuts).
As to Democracy? No, the community is not that. We are anarchy, with a benevolent dictator acting as host, who allows us to act as we will, unless and until things get out of hand.
If this mob could run itself (what a laugh), even then it would have no rights and no privileges to anything within Bungie, their games, their processes and their business. But since this community is incapable of respecting its fellow members (in either direction it appears, just look at your "intelligent people made your game, this government..." and tell me that doesn't sound snobbish and judgmental), it certainly doesn't get to self-rule when it comes to these forums.
Lol, I may be snobish, but I don't want to be
-The only reason why I do think I'm better is because I don't "need" to be a jerk, I just become one when necessary, but what I like to be is just a kid with an ideas, most of them probably need work.
-I'm not necessarilly smart, perhaps the ones that call everyone n00bs truely are the 1337s but decide to be such flamers to everyone they never develop their inner creative genius, but i know the difference between a flamer and a person looking for change
It's clear why I cut and pasted parts of what you said,
-Destroy rebuild it, whats to say that the fans can't do that also, that the Bungie team would see if a idea is good or not and scrap it. There is an awesome quote that was in a bungie update "We are not stupid ya know."
If we can't handle watching our idea get scrapped, its because we put far too much emotion into it. We should not care, as a part of the community we should be willing to watch ideas die, but remember them if ever the chance comes up that it can actually be used.
There comes a point where anarchy becomes hurtfull, and when that starts to happen thats when people stop getting creative.
The last part, we have no rights to any of our ideas, none of them are patented,
Bungie has a choice right now between making this game a work of art made by the people but give Bungie money or Bungie can remain the "benevolent dictator"
Theres other Benevolent dictators, they just don't seem as accessible, as human as bungie. Bungie seems like a group of guys that made it big, every other company is just a corperate made game that uses a team of 1337 game developers and thats it.
The people are never involved, I've tried going to college, flunked out
I've tried learning Computer Programming on my own. I bought books, online tutorials, Didn't work out
At least I know that My ideas won't go to waste, because besides me being fodder for the army or being the construction worker that works on your house. I am squat except my ideas, they're all i have left.
My ideas, My thoughts, And my brute strength is all i have left.
I'm sure you won't regret allowing the community at least feel like they're opinion might be looked at, like its own forum.
You guys can pick and choose, its all patent free. While we try and perfect the ideas that are created or you perfect them.
I'm sure you won't regret it