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Subject: The Flood will fall

I wanted to see the universe, so I stole a Time Lord and I ran away.

So I am posting in the Flood today, trying my best to be good and save my home when I discovered that allot of topics are being locked I mean allot! Now new rules have been added saying something along the lines of no personal stories. The mods have been more active then I have ever seen and it’s leading me to this theory: B.net is going to take out the Flood. Seriously why should they keep it? The flood is one of the only forums that does not have a definite topic. Granted b.net said anything goes but, the anything has become everything for most people. That place has become spam central and I’m not saying that it was better in the good old days. According to the rules most of the topics from then and now are considered wrong or spam..

Don’t get me wrong I don’t want to see the Flood go I’m just being realistic here. Why keep something that’s a bother to the mods and takes up bandwidth.

  • 12.30.2005 1:26 PM PDT
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Sigh...

This happens, its life...

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I have full support for stosh's mission, The Flood definitely needs to be cleaned up. The Flood's going to stay because it's the only b.net forum for non Bungie talk, ie a normal forum. It's just that alot of idiots seem to post there.

  • 12.30.2005 1:30 PM PDT

"I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use caps lock as my "run" key, and to never, ever, leave a single BoB alive."

2B || !2B - Why don't you look Inside the Machine?

Well I can probably account for more than 90% of the reasons the Flood will perish...

  • 12.30.2005 1:35 PM PDT
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Only the paranoid will survive!

I think the Flood is fine. It gives people a place to be stupid. I see no reason to throw it out- a bit of extra work on the mods shouldn't be too much trouble.

  • 12.30.2005 1:36 PM PDT

I hate everything, but it's not my fault.

The Flood is a necessary outlet for all the off-topic things people want to talk about. It is infected with bad posts some of the time, but good discussion does occur. A crackdown on the spam in The Flood would be good, but I really doubt that Achronos will remove it. If he did, people would start talking about random crap in The Underground (well more than they do now).

  • 12.30.2005 1:45 PM PDT

"I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use caps lock as my "run" key, and to never, ever, leave a single BoB alive."

2B || !2B - Why don't you look Inside the Machine?

Well true...the Flood is a great place to just chill. Like the B.net BBQ I had on X-mas. But sometimes people just get carried away...and that is when you here the monotone, soft *Swoosh* of them being carried away by a monkey and a forum ninja. The only thing you do not here is the screams....

  • 12.30.2005 2:01 PM PDT
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The Flood will stay because people need a place to talk about non-bunige related things. Certain people go to far at some points and they need to read the rules and follow them.

Stosh and all the other mods have done a great job today and I beleive after 2-3 weeks the flood will know what to and what not to do.

  • 12.30.2005 2:46 PM PDT
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My idea is that the flood should be a place where people can go and discuss topics that aren't directly related to bungie. You know stuff like games, sports, movies, technology...mario kart ds.

BUT every time I check that forum the only thing I see people discussing are lame-ass topics about absolutely nothing or even worse a lot of the time the majority of the topics on the flood index just don't make any sense at all.

Anyway I think we could make the flood forum a pretty cool place to hang out...We just need to get rid of the idiots and bad comedians. I have NO problem with people having fun but jeeze you have to use your brain and think before you type.

[Edited on 12/30/2005]

  • 12.30.2005 2:55 PM PDT

Amen, well said stosh.

  • 12.30.2005 3:00 PM PDT
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Only the paranoid will survive!

Heh. Those topics get boring though. I mean, debating philosophy and politics never bore me, but the ones about games and such tend to get repettive. I can see how it degrades.

  • 12.30.2005 3:03 PM PDT

Dude... did you know that your reading my sig?

Yeah its wasting space on the forums and pushing the good topis back.

  • 12.30.2005 3:11 PM PDT
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I dont think they should take out the flood.

  • 12.30.2005 3:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: Pimp at Sea
Heh. Those topics get boring though. I mean, debating philosophy and politics never bore me, but the ones about games and such tend to get repettive. I can see how it degrades.


Yea well I'm just throwing out some examples. I just really don't want to see anymore two sentence long topics about some guy whining about being banned off his xbox because he ate his sisters donuts or something like that.

  • 12.30.2005 3:25 PM PDT

2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Posted by: stosh
My idea is that the flood should be a place where people can go and discuss topics that aren't directly related to bungie. You know stuff like games, sports, movies, technology...mario kart ds.

BUT every time I check that forum the only thing I see people discussing are lame-ass topics about absolutely nothing or even worse a lot of the time the majority of the topics on the flood index just don't make any sense at all.

Anyway I think we could make the flood forum a pretty cool place to hang out...We just need to get rid of the idiots and bad comedians. I have NO problem with people having fun but jeeze you have to use your brain and think before you type.


No offence to you Stosh, but I am a Flood-goer. And I for one am a very bored individual. I come to the Flood each day about 30-40 times. I look forward to seeing spam, really I do. Not the kind of spam that says, ''OMG THIS PLACE IS TEH ROXKCSSARFRZXZZ" but the kind of ''spam'' (as some call it) that Shorty makes, the kind of spam that has freestyle just hanging out kind of mood. The Flood is a place that us Flood-goers like to go to hang out and not stay on a direct topic like Halo 2. We go to get rid of our boredom, get to know eachother, help eachother with personal problems. I understand you're mission but it seems to me that you are trying to make the Flood into an all formal place where you really cant be an idiot anymore (as the Flood caption says). Now im coming to the Flood today and seeing every other post locked. I mean come in, this is out of hand. Please re-consider locking all these threads because I like to read and comment on a lot of them as im sure a lot of others do. Why do you care if the Flood is full of morons, which it is? Just stating my opinion, with all due respect

-Code Zero

  • 12.30.2005 3:37 PM PDT

yoo•zel- ('yoo-zhul): slang: vb.

Officium quod Fidelitas.

The fact of the matter is that the Flood and other forums are in a constant state of deterioration. Though I disagree with Stosh on a few fronts I do find that he makes a strikingly good point. The Flood does need cleaned up, I’ve noticed I’ve had to spend an increased amount of time dealing with the Flood than I normally have. I don’t know if it’s the holidays or what, but things are going to have to change. We cannot force people to discuss the latest update to technology or the latest breakthrough on the medical front… or Mariokart DS…

Recently there is a massive influx “game” threads which is relativity unchecked by the Moderators and are basically chat threads. If you want to chat, use an IRC channel or something, a forum is for discussion not instantaneous communication. It’s all a matter of people adjusting to the learning curve and if increased blacklistings and threads being closed/deleted, then it’s best to get with the program and fast.

And despite the fact that the Flood has a description for “say your stupid stuff here” we will continue to monitor and crack down on “stupid stuff” for the improvement of Bungie.net… I guess you can call this the winds of change.

  • 12.30.2005 3:38 PM PDT

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You people have just sent my sides into orbit. A bunch of MLG try hards sucking the dick of some supposed pro half the thread hasn't even heard of. Classic.

I agree whole-heartedly. Just for that you get another shot Yoozel.

  • 12.30.2005 3:41 PM PDT
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What people need to learn about the Flood is that it's description says "Say your stupid things here", not do stupid things here.

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The funny thing is...I've been playing MarioKart DS all day...

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Posted by: Code Zero
No offence to you Stosh, but I am a Flood-goer. And I for one am a very bored individual. I come to the Flood each day about 30-40 times. I look forward to seeing spam, really I do. Not the kind of spam that says, ''OMG THIS PLACE IS TEH ROXKCSSARFRZXZZ" but the kind of ''spam'' (as some call it) that Shorty makes, the kind of spam that has freestyle just hanging out kind of mood. The Flood is a place that us Flood-goers like to go to hang out and not stay on a direct topic like Halo 2. We go to get rid of our boredom, get to know eachother, help eachother with personal problems. I understand you're mission but it seems to me that you are trying to make the Flood into an all formal place where you really cant be an idiot anymore (as the Flood caption says). Now im coming to the Flood today and seeing every other post locked. I mean come in, this is out of hand. Please re-consider locking all these threads because I like to read and comment on a lot of them as im sure a lot of others do. Why do you care if the Flood is full of morons, which it is? Just stating my opinion, with all due respect

-Code Zero

Shorty makes spam? And what's the difference between her spam and regular spam? What's so special about it?

[Edited on 12/30/2005]

  • 12.30.2005 3:59 PM PDT
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Only the paranoid will survive!

I'm not sure. It seems to me that the people who use it, and the people who don't use it don't really mind. I think the saying "Don't fix it if it isn't broken" would go well. It may not follow the rules, but I see no way that it is bad. That's just my opinion, though. The mods ultimately will always have the final rule, and rightfully so.

  • 12.30.2005 4:15 PM PDT

2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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Posted by: Code Zero
No offence to you Stosh, but I am a Flood-goer. And I for one am a very bored individual. I come to the Flood each day about 30-40 times. I look forward to seeing spam, really I do. Not the kind of spam that says, ''OMG THIS PLACE IS TEH ROXKCSSARFRZXZZ" but the kind of ''spam'' (as some call it) that Shorty makes, the kind of spam that has freestyle just hanging out kind of mood. The Flood is a place that us Flood-goers like to go to hang out and not stay on a direct topic like Halo 2. We go to get rid of our boredom, get to know eachother, help eachother with personal problems. I understand you're mission but it seems to me that you are trying to make the Flood into an all formal place where you really cant be an idiot anymore (as the Flood caption says). Now im coming to the Flood today and seeing every other post locked. I mean come in, this is out of hand. Please re-consider locking all these threads because I like to read and comment on a lot of them as im sure a lot of others do. Why do you care if the Flood is full of morons, which it is? Just stating my opinion, with all due respect

-Code Zero

Shorty makes spam? And what's the difference between her spam and regular spam? What's so special about it?


Well, I wouldnt call Shortys stuff spam, but other people do thats why I quoted it. But the stuff she makes has a topic and a friendly environment. Thats what I meant

  • 12.30.2005 8:23 PM PDT

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