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Subject: Seventh Column Council
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From time to time I've heard speak on the forums of this 'Seventh Column Council.' My question to you is, what is it? What do they do, and by what means do they reach their ends?

Also, I just realized this. Isn't a seven-sided figure a heptagon, not a septagon?

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  • 12.31.2005 2:50 PM PDT

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The 7th Column Council never existed. It has been an idea since the New Hotness to have a group of members do things to help the Column, like change the Chapter Spotlight, write the Weekly Column in Review, and other things like that. There has been renewed interest on Bungie's part (especially by a new Staff Member called Kuniklo), so I and others are hopeful that the Council will come to exist Soon™.

  • 12.31.2005 3:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: Ghandi 2
(especially by a new Staff Member called Kuniklo)


Sorry to be nit-picky, but we don't actually know if he's new to Bungie. All we know is that his accounts fairly new.

And yes. The Council seems to have failed in it's endeavour. But, that is merely because what it can do is very limited without Bungie's support in it.

  • 12.31.2005 3:42 PM PDT

Well we have been waiting for a long time . and still nothing . i havent been to the group for a coupple days though

  • 12.31.2005 4:08 PM PDT
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Ghandi is correct. It never actually existed a bunch of members were nominated by other members but without support form Bungie, it never got off the ground and just kind of faded away.

  • 01.01.2006 10:45 AM PDT

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I dont know why we need a SCC in the first place. We as a community can help. Why select few members to do that when we as a community can do it.

  • 01.01.2006 11:27 AM PDT

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Posted by: prospartan7
Also, I just realized this. Isn't a seven-sided figure a heptagon, not a septagon?


It could be called a heptagon, I suppose, but septagon works as well. Septa and Hepta are both prefixes for seven. You'll see hepta more often in naming of polygons or in chemistry (molecules with non-polar covalent bonds, I believe) and you'll see septa more with numbers. IE: million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion...

Oh, and the Septagon figure isn't really a seven sided figure. It has seven columns coming out of it, but it really has 21 sides.

Sept is also the French word for seven.

  • 01.01.2006 12:23 PM PDT
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True. Would be a good name for a group though... hmmm. 'The Heptagon' anyone?

  • 01.01.2006 12:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: ODST1125
I dont know why we need a SCC in the first place. We as a community can help. Why select few members to do that when we as a community can do it.


Simple, not the entire community can be handling the Chapter spotlight, you can't have the entire community write the Week in review, You can't have the entire to go trough tons of news items, just to find those worthy enough. Nor can you expect the entire community to do all that.

The idea of the council is that it's a group of dedicated members that are willing to take some pressure of the Bungie Community team, by helping them out with the 7th Column.


Woohoo! just found out that Kuniklo joined the Council Chambers, Bungie is really showing interest!

  • 01.01.2006 12:39 PM PDT
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Only the paranoid will survive!

JAF- he really joined! Awesome!!!

The Council's Fan Group =P

  • 01.01.2006 1:59 PM PDT

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. And it is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag, whose coffin is draped in the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag.Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

There is no real council, but many groups dedicated to seeing it established.

Perhaps if these groups comined, maybe something would happen.

  • 01.01.2006 3:16 PM PDT

I'm not that active, but never dead.

There is only one chapter that I know of. It is still pretty active. We haven't given up hope.

What I would like to know is why the original thread has been locked.

Here it is in all it's locked glory.

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  • 01.01.2006 5:25 PM PDT
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lala

  • 01.01.2006 5:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: EzK BlaSToiSe
lala


When nothing to say, it's best to shut your noisehole.
Anyway, can't wait for Kuniklo (sp?0 to give us some feedback about the council. But i wouldn't be suprised if things kick into a higher gear, soon.

And i do mean Soon™, take that anyway you want it.

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  • 01.01.2006 5:32 PM PDT
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Only the paranoid will survive!

Heh. I think it's best to hope for little but be prepared. That way if something does happen we're prepared, but if nothing happens we aren't too let down.

Anyway, he could have joined and forgot about it. I know I do that in some groups, and I'm sure there are others. I jsut wouldn't hope for too much.

EDIT: EAGLES5- I wasn't aware of any other groups. Links would be appreciated- I'm sureww everyone at TCC would love to get new ideas and share our own.

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  • 01.01.2006 5:46 PM PDT
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Hmmm... I'm now a member of the council chambers, and would like a bit of info on it. I've replied to a few threads, but I'm not quite sure what the group is about yet.

  • 01.02.2006 1:07 PM PDT