- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Well this is truly meant as a shining beacon of light in a darken age filled with ummmm, darkness. So, as many of the good denizens of b.net have seen in the past few weeks the amount of spam & unhappy posting has exponentially increased, in EVERY forum now spamming and pointless insults are abounding.
I am a member of The maw, a regular if you may say, and in the past few weeks I have seen changes that frighten and astound me. There are maybe 2-3 on-topic threads on the main page of that forum, and of those, some are pointless gibbering on the prospect of Halo 2 PC.
As always a standard of order & prestige The Septagon remained a hope for the other b.net forums, hardly has spam ever graced this forum, but even now as Marinelever quaintly put the flood has arrived. and not the kind, explodey flood we've all come to know, the evil lurking kind....the bad kind.
I fear that the glory days of b.net have come and gone. Frankly, I'm afraid to admit that they've long passed before my arrival. And even know, when the spam fills the brink of our vision I can only wonder if this situation will improve. I know some forums, especially the Maw, have not been as "lively" as they've used to be, most of the regulars of each forum which by nature, hold the very skeleton that supports each forum are leaving. I fear that the current situations are scaring away long-time members and these people are invaluable.
I do not blame the mods. It is a problem of the entire populace. We CANNOT let these spammers, these cheaters, these Bungie hatez, to propagate their misguided arguments. As a community the best of us must stand forward and make the most, no scratch that, THE BEST, the best threads, the best interesting discussion, the best Halo analysis that has ever been witnessed...it is only by fighting fire with fire that we will succeed. We must drown out the hate, the spam, and the flood, if we fight the fire with our powerful fire we can finally retake the front-page greatness from these spammers, DO not respond to their pointless threads, that is simply a means to further their thread position on any forum. By making our OWN threads, and providing our own fire we can successfully take back the views of the true fans.
It is the forum regulars, the casual viewers, the unfailing moderators, and the steadfast bungie workers that will ensure these forums will flourish. I call upon a time when we can make these forums the BEST they can be, the best. And maybe, just maybe, we can relive, and retake those wonderful glory days.....