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Subject: Flood Forum??? Why the change in name?
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Posted by: stosh
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It's personally not a huge deal to me but why deface The Flood community? Flood Forum just sounds really bad and the font used also looks bad. Anyone else agree wih me?

[Edited on 01.30.2008 2:24 PM PST]

  • 01.30.2008 2:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: hamdog
It's personally not a huge deal to me but why deface The Flood community? Flood Forum just sounds really bad and the font used also looks bad. Anyone else agree wih me?

Because it had Community in it, and well, it wasn't applicable. All jokes aside I have no clue why it isn't the Flood Community. Sounds a bit better but may get confused with this forum.

  • 01.30.2008 2:25 PM PDT

I actually do agree with you.
But I'm willing to hear Achronos state why he made it lke that.

  • 01.30.2008 2:26 PM PDT

I never did mind chaning The Septagon, and The Maw to "Community Forum" and "Halo 1 & 2 for PC Forum" that much. But having it say "Flood Forum" just feels wrong... I want "The Flood" back!

The two said forum-name changes were OK, because there was a reason, and helped clarify their purposes. But what does changing it to "Flood Forum" do?

  • 01.30.2008 2:32 PM PDT

Even if it isn't necessarily The Flood in forum title, it will still be known as The Flood by the people who spend a lot of time there. In character, it will always be The Flood -- it's still an off-topic forum, and the same kinds of people still hang out there.

It's the same with Maw, Septagon, Library, New Mombasa -- all of those names were scrapped, but the forums still retained their distinctive personalities. Some of them are still known as those old names, for old times' sake and because it's easier to type "Septagon" than "Bungie.net Community Forum", for example.

I do agree that "Flood Forum" is a little monotonous, but it will still be The Flood in character, if that's any consolation.

  • 01.30.2008 2:58 PM PDT

I am a Floodian

Yeah. What is the point of making it "Flood Forum" it's sound terrible

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  • 01.30.2008 2:59 PM PDT

I agree. I still continue to refer to a couple of the forums by their previous names. In fact, I just confused my friend by doing that =X I also never did post in the Halo 2 forum, or Zanzibar. So I don't really care about those two.

And yes, The Flood will always be The Flood. But something just doesn't feel right about that name up in the title bar.

Also, the subtitle for The Maw (or Halo 1 & 2 for PC forum...) seems kinda wonky: "Discuss Halo 2 and Halo for the PC". Err... shouldn't it be the other way 'round?

  • 01.30.2008 3:02 PM PDT
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I'll fix this.

Oh yeah and Stosh caused this. :)

[Edited on 01.30.2008 5:07 PM PST by nuchie]

  • 01.30.2008 3:46 PM PDT

Posted by: stosh
I'll fix this.
Thank you, Stosh =]

That will not go on unappreciated.

[Edited on 01.30.2008 3:51 PM PST]

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Posted by: stosh
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  • 01.30.2008 4:07 PM PDT

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I'll fix this.

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  • 01.30.2008 4:11 PM PDT

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I'll fix this.

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Posted by: hamdog
It's personally not a huge deal to me but why deface The Flood community? Flood Forum just sounds really bad and the font used also looks bad. Anyone else agree with me?
I think it offends a lot of floodians as well with the new name :/ But then again a lot of people in here don't like how they call their selfs floodians. Man thats weird.

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I am confused by this thread. What name change? I alway thought it was the "Off topic Forum: The Flood". What was it before?
Help?

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  • 01.30.2008 4:35 PM PDT

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Its always been "The Flood" for me....I still don't see the change. Tell me what it was before and what they changed it to. Maybe than I will see it.

  • 01.30.2008 4:40 PM PDT

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Posted by: Styles P
"Deface the flood community" dude... it's just a sub-forum on bungie.net. Stop trying to fraction the community, all the flood forum is, is a forum for non-Bungie topics. It isn't a place for "floodians" or whatever you call yourselves.

I don't know if you have had accounts before your current one or not, but The Flood is practically a complete sub community of B.net.

  • 01.30.2008 5:03 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

If I were in charge, and I'd have known it would have pissed off so many "Floodians", I'd have done it anyway.

Get over it, it's the off topic forum. They could have called it The Cesspit, and it would still be pretty descriptive.

  • 01.31.2008 1:33 AM PDT

Rabble, rabble, rabble!

  • 01.31.2008 1:47 AM PDT

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Thanks stosh, I was just on my way over here to make a thread about that too.
And while your at it, maybe a bit of Septagon love for the community forum too? Pwease?


Also, I wish people would get over the need to use the term "Floodian" at every opportunity. I don't mind it occasionally. I also wish all the people who make the term out to be some kind of taboo word which is running rampant and must be stopped because of its highly elitist connotations would take some of their own advice and "get over what people call each other or others". The number of times I have heard that statement or a variation of it is staggering. Seriously, who cares what terms people use to describe those who regularly participate in a specific forum?
Basically, I would like the use of the term to be reduced to occasional "Flood based events" and whatnot and the propagation of the belief that the term is elitist or somehow degeneration the community to stop.

Nevermind that mini-rant though, that's not what this thread is about and seeing as it directly conflicts with the views of many people here I think we best just leave it for another day.
And yes, I am a Floodian.

[Edited on 01.31.2008 2:03 AM PST]

  • 01.31.2008 1:52 AM PDT
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I hate the name "Flood forum" it just sounds to sophisticated and proper to be associated with those miscreants and hooligans. For god's sake you are talking about people that eat Kittens*ummm...Kittens* Please put It back to normal before these people break out of their cages and start raising holy hell!!

P.S I love the flood and it is my favorite Forum

  • 01.31.2008 1:53 AM PDT

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