- Cockburnicus
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Posted by: Sanjeev
Posted by: Cockburnicus
We need to get more people to use the classifieds I think. We already have a forum which has the functionality the OP wants, it's just that nobody uses it. We need to stimulate interest in that forum and get more people checking it and using it when they need a partner or want a game. I honestly can't think of a way of doing that though, because even when you direct someone to the classifieds they always respond with something along the lines of: "but it's always dead".
Well, I was thinking about that. If we can get the Classifieds up and running... again?... then, there wouldn't be a need for stuff like this idea. But that's the thing: We can't do it. Unless, someone from Bungie (Looking at you, Urk :D) comes out in a News Post or even in a Weekly Update and says "Hey guys. There's this forum. And you can do this, this, this, this in it.", it's going to remain dead.
Surely you see that your firefight forum would suffer the same fate as the classifieds?
I honestly believe the best solution to your problem would be to create a group dedicated to the Firefight mode. Because to be honest I think the classifieds is such that, with the way that it is organised and the rules are in that forum, coupled with the way that the users use the forum, it always appears to be dead.
The groups dedicated to screenshots, montages, Halo theories, fanfics, other games, groups that play campaign are all usually filled with some pretty decent regulars and fill a nice little niche. The existence of these groups also mean that I have something to link to when someone posts in the wrong forum, rather than just being a twat and flaming them. I personally think that you should be the one that steps in and fills the role of the functionality you don't see with the site. And with groups it's really easy to do.