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Wow, i'm not on B.net for 2 days and i miss all the great conversations :(
Well, i read most of all the replies, and there was quite alot to quote, so instead of just blending in (yes, i did buy a new blender), i'll just throw in my opinions (regarding original post, mostly).
I used to like B.net alot, more than that actually. yes, it was indeed like a small town and i like simply like that better than big city's.
One of the reasons are the members, back in the ol' days, most members were mature (not in ages). Sure there were a few nutcases hanging around, but you will always have them.
Anyway, like i said most members were mature, the reason for this is: in those days all Bungie games pretty required some form of intelligence (not counting gnop), and Bungie simply was a small company.
With Halo and Halo 2 however, Bungie joined with the big boys. And when you're being hyped up , well you are going to attract people, and people who are attracted by hypes.... sigh.
Anyway, all these people that came to B.net are less mature (most of them), heck, halo and halo 2 don't really require intelligence, just great reflexes. i don't like Bungie.net tat much anymore, too much spam, too many flames, repeating topics, full of idiots etc, etc, etc.
But Bungie.net isn't a small town anymore, it's a big city. Some people like to live in a small town, other in the city.
So how do we operate this big city? More mods would be welcome, better guidelines for the mods(?), less forums etc etc. Well, i'm not sure if that will work. You can't turn this place into a brainless dictatorship. this is a community site, and that means community stuff is required, that means many forums, not too strict rules etc.
One thing that we ofcourse could have is the rumoured karma sytem (as long as it can't be abused), or some system that will reward all those brilliant members out there. but where do we draw the line? Will everything become elitists, not giving new members a chance? you know what i mean.
This isn't the old B.net anymore, it's something new, this indeed means new sytems to run it, but it does have to work, and it still got to have that Bungie feeling to it, and not some EA or Xbox.com feeling.
ps. at time of writing i'm a little drunk, sort of , so neglect all the Bullcrap in it.
[Edited on 8/19/2005]