- Yoozel
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- Master Forum Ninja
A community that is what we claim we are. But do we act that way? No as said above, we fight each other to be cooler, total anarchy does rule, (I myself am a true anarchist) in the 7th Column. Sketch tried to help organize us by opening up the 7th Main page, but what did that turn into? A spam pit, it had the best intentions, but really, I think we need to limit chapters and cut off the ‘fat’ (i.e. old in active chapters) to help free up members. Not that I’m saying everyone should join one chapter, but if members were moved to chapters and were made members, these multi-chapter events could go off so much better. They’d have a great mix of people and though not everyone can fly, XBL opens up new possibilities for a massive community event. I know Brian has always wanted a FanFest for the 7th Column, because not everyone of the 10,000 members of the 7th Column can fit in the L.A. convention center, I think it’d be great if everyone got to gather and meet each other once in for all. (We also have a moral factor here, a lot of people would need a parent’s permission, the typical response would you’ll get abducted and blah blah blah. But really, is anyone here a stalker? Not that I’ve heard, this is a good, no great group of people that I feel honored to be around. So we could run into a little trouble here and location…) Back on subject.
A 7th Column council would not be a place where they just do management jobs, though it should be a part of it, the Council should work closely with the Web Team to offer fan suggestions on reasonable updates for the 7th Column. Surely changing the Chapter Spot Light isn’t that hard, but someone’s gotta do it, that is one of the biggest complaints I hear about. A council should and will be picked by the web team, because they know who is trustworthy and who will abuse the power. But this is going to hit a lot of snags, the Council would have to have a group of people that can fill in incase someone leaves for a vacation (people do have lives) or something like that. One thing it needs to be is flexible, being able to change when the Column changes. When we get a new influx of members from Halo2, it will be total CHAOS! Like the end of the world in some of the veterans’ eyes. But the Council number one, trait is that is has to be, willing to listen to the concerns of the column goers. People shouldn’t fear the Council, they should look to them for support and guidance, if they have a problem, for example, they should feel free to come and talk to one of the members and not be terrified to talk to them. I’m just trying to say the Council should not be looked at as a terrifying body of ‘elite’ members that even the newest member can’t talk to.
And for publicity, maybe we should petition Brain for a bigger mention in the Halo 2 manual and possibly somewhere on the box of Halo 2, a little mention on the back or something?
P.S. I already think most other developers loath Bungie for having the best damn fan community on the planet!