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It was a cold day near the southern base in Blood Gulch. Cortana and I were relaxing over a game of Go Fish, WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE 700 BANSHEES CAME FLYING IN!!! I GRABED MY SPARTAN LASER AND LET HELL REIGN DOWN UPON THEM. I HOPPED IN THE NEAREST WARTHOG AND TOLD CORTANA TO GET IN.
Posted by: Rokit
Mainly, because they are rather annoying, and for the most part serve no purpose. Other than a bunch of one line posts that go absolutely no where. Granted, they are rather entertaining for a short time, but by the time people start wanting attention and create a Forum Game themselves, it's old. Honestly though, they are, indirectly, spam. It's a legitimate post, but what the original poster is asking for is pretty much spam. These have been my experiences over the years anyway.
As for the rules, I think it's one of those temporary rules, kind of like the rule about 'Rate the users______ above you' threads a while back. It will probably stay in place till they die down a bit, since there is still a few popping up here and there.
Ah. Well in the many seasons I've been here, they're perfectly fine. Some of the best threads I've ever seen on this site have been forum games. And to address the "they serve no purpose" bit: nothing here serves a purpose. Do you think that a thread asking what football team your school has serves any purpose other than giving the OP attention? Nope. Should they be banned? Nope. It's a legit thread, and a lot of people enjoy it. Just since it pisses off three people who happen to post a thread in the Flood doesn't mean they should be blacklisted.
In my humble, humble opinion, I think that an even bigger stunt is trying to get them banned. Think about it- there's no reason to. It's an off topic thread in an off topic forum- it's exactly where it belongs. It entertains a lot of people. Not all, sure, but you can't please everyone. The majority really don't give a damn. So it's doing its job there, too. There's absolutely no logical reason to want these threads gone other than simply being a selfish jerk who want to get his way, or wanting your name to be known. You're that guy who got those threads banned.
And no, they aren't "legitimate spam". In no way are those threads any more spam than any other threads on this site. They aren't put there just to take up space and bump other threads off the front page. They aren't there to insult anyone. They're there for a purpose, and they entertain.
EDIT: fix't
[Edited on 03.17.2008 2:28 PM PDT]