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Posted by: stosh
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.


Thank god somebody finally started doing something about it. Locking sucky threads is something I'm for all the way.

  • 12.30.2005 9:57 PM PDT
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It's starting to look a little bit better...i think...

  • 12.30.2005 10:30 PM PDT

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If you want to read almost completly unmoderated junk, then come to my forum. Ofcourse, I can't stick a link to it, since that would be against the rules =[.

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  • 12.30.2005 10:45 PM PDT
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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.

You've defined the IRC channel whenever annoying people aren't running about shouting "no u" at each other.

Thats what the Underground and chapters were for me two years ago, just a place to hang out and talk about whatever. Unfortunately, people tend to be more annoying than they were two years ago.

  • 12.31.2005 12:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: Code Zero
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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

But even if it DOES have a friendly environment, her threads are huge! And do you know why they are huge? Because like one of moderators said (Yoozel or Stosh) that they are almost like chatrooms. If she posts a topic in two mintues it gets 5 pages long. It gets fairly annoying even though i don't go to the Flood much i still visit it every now and then. But her topics aren't even on something definite. Most of them are just pointless things that have nothing to do with anything, unless ofcourse it's about love.

I haven't been around long enough to see the change but i can see from other people's thoughts and my personaly experience of crappy threads that it should be changed and i think that you guys are right in doing what you moderators are doing.

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So what if her threads are huge. Isn't that a good thing? It attracts more people to the flood.

  • 12.31.2005 10:31 AM PDT

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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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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

But even if it DOES have a friendly environment, her threads are huge! And do you know why they are huge? Because like one of moderators said (Yoozel or Stosh) that they are almost like chatrooms. If she posts a topic in two mintues it gets 5 pages long. It gets fairly annoying even though i don't go to the Flood much i still visit it every now and then. But her topics aren't even on something definite. Most of them are just pointless things that have nothing to do with anything, unless ofcourse it's about love.

I haven't been around long enough to see the change but i can see from other people's thoughts and my personaly experience of crappy threads that it should be changed and i think that you guys are right in doing what you moderators are doing.


So what, people get off topic once in a while...big deal

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The Flood isn't going anywhere. Sure, it has a bad side. But, would you prefer to see people vent said bad side in the regular forums? And, it can be quite useful. I didn't know how to delete files off of my iPod, so I made a thread about it. It didn't take long to discover the solution to my problem.

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The Flood isn't going anywhere. Sure, it has a bad side. But, would you prefer to see people vent said bad side in the regular forums? And, it can be quite useful. I didn't know how to delete files off of my iPod, so I made a thread about it. It didn't take long to discover the solution to my problem.


I'd say the only bad things about the flood are there is a scary thread 7 toast made and threads die out quickly.

  • 12.31.2005 12:58 PM PDT

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Well i'm glad the moderators and al are taking a hard fist with that forum. It's not bad, infact it brings together community pretty well. But the main reason i never go there is because of the stupid topics that pop-up all the time.

I'd like to thank Stosh and the others for finally deciding to say " no more." Who knows? I may even visit once or twice in the future.

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Question for stosh and moderators:

Will "game" threads still be allowed? You know, like describe something in three words or other such variants.



If it is still allowed, may we advocate against it being allowed?

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It would be nice to have a littile explanation. I mean, your addition to the rules is very vague. I'm not sure I understand them. It seems like you can't say anything personal there at all. So, take this hypothetical situation:

I am hanging out at my friends house. My house explodes. All my family, all my possessions gone.

So, I wouldn't be able to make a thread about that(obviously on my friend's comp)?

And also. It would be nice to know what sparked this movement. Especially on one of the less active moderators. I apologize if this seems like an attack on your goal. It's not meant to be. I'm just not fully understanding.

  • 12.31.2005 2:24 PM PDT

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Posted by: Excalibur
Question for stosh and moderators:

Will "game" threads still be allowed? You know, like describe something in three words or other such variants.



If it is still allowed, may we advocate against it being allowed?


Yeah, those are annoying as hell. That one week where everyone just kept posting them was just a pain in the ass too.

[Edited on 12/31/2005]

  • 12.31.2005 2:29 PM PDT

Why not make it a General Chat forum and remove the 'Say your stupid things here' subtitle. It could possibly be misleading members.

[Edited on 12/31/2005]

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Posted by: NationalSWAT991
The only reason Lilshorty is getting such big replies whenever that user posts a topic is because those members actually worship (gasp) her. They made a fanclub for her and all those members WILL reply anything to her threads even they have no idea what's going on.

They'll still post something meaningless like "BURP!!!!!" or "OMG SHORTY!!!! I LEIK U SO MUCH!!!!". I just don't understand why people are so committed to her. Either way, Lilshorty claims she's "changed" and doesn't tolerate spammers anymore.....

It could be a ploy for us to assume she's a mature member....

Hmph. My fanclub never does anything for me.

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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

But even if it DOES have a friendly environment, her threads are huge! And do you know why they are huge? Because like one of moderators said (Yoozel or Stosh) that they are almost like chatrooms. If she posts a topic in two mintues it gets 5 pages long. It gets fairly annoying even though i don't go to the Flood much i still visit it every now and then. But her topics aren't even on something definite. Most of them are just pointless things that have nothing to do with anything, unless ofcourse it's about love.

I haven't been around long enough to see the change but i can see from other people's thoughts and my personaly experience of crappy threads that it should be changed and i think that you guys are right in doing what you moderators are doing.


So what, people get off topic once in a while...big deal

This isn't once in a while mate, this is like every 3 days. And frankly, i've been sick of it. I'm seriously glad that the moderators are doing what they are doing, because they know its for the good of the forum and community.

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The only reason Lilshorty is getting such big replies whenever that user posts a topic is because those members actually worship (gasp) her. They made a fanclub for her and all those members WILL reply anything to her threads even they have no idea what's going on.

They'll still post something meaningless like "BURP!!!!!" or "OMG SHORTY!!!! I LEIK U SO MUCH!!!!". I just don't understand why people are so committed to her. Either way, Lilshorty claims she's "changed" and doesn't tolerate spammers anymore.....

It could be a ploy for us to assume she's a mature member....

Hmph. My fanclub never does anything for me.


You on the other hand will have to contribute here. Remember Halifax, this isn't the flood forum. It's the Septagon ;)

Oh I see, and I guess in the Septagon, joking is not allowed. Ya...right. Some of the Mods are worse than me in this Forum.

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I'm a pretty nonchalant person, so I don't really care too much about how a forum is. But I will have to agree on most of what you all said. There is a plethora amount of spam that gets started in The Flood everyday. I clearly recall one week where everyone was creating threads titled "how popular am I?"

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Posted by: Halifax
Posted by: NationalSWAT991
You on the other hand will have to contribute here. Remember Halifax, this isn't the flood forum. It's the Septagon ;)

Oh I see, and I guess in the Septagon, joking is not allowed. Ya...right. Some of the Mods are worse than me in this Forum.


Note the wink in his smiley. lol

And guys, watch the quote pyramids. You can delete some of the quotes, ya know.

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What I miss is the 'old flood'. I guess it was pre holiday flood. There were no topics about Halo or peoples love life. It was good.

Now I rarely visit the flood becuase odds are I will see a page of Xbox 360 problem threads. That place was ONCE a community in itself, almost like a forum chapter but not anymore... the Zanzibarbarians overtook it.

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Posted by: NationalSWAT991
The only reason Lilshorty is getting such big replies whenever that user posts a topic is because those members actually worship (gasp) her. They made a fanclub for her and all those members WILL reply anything to her threads even they have no idea what's going on.

They'll still post something meaningless like "BURP!!!!!" or "OMG SHORTY!!!! I LEIK U SO MUCH!!!!". I just don't understand why people are so committed to her. Either way, Lilshorty claims she's "changed" and doesn't tolerate spammers anymore.....

It could be a ploy for us to assume she's a mature member....

This is exactly what goes on in almost every single thread. And one time she even IMed me to go and bump her thread for her...

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