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Subject: THE WEBMASTER IS COMPETANT
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HE DIDN'T ANSWER MY LETTER, has anyone else had a similar expirience, why is it such a great company, has such an incompetant person at such an important level, my letter was regarding the graphical effects of the needler (or rather lack of) in the e3 demo, in the original halo there was a 'glowing' area where the needle entered the needler, this is not present in halo 2 and adds to the lack of finish that bungie is so famous for (the good not the bad). I have written numerous letters and not one was responded to by any of the powers that be. I would like to speak to a moderator or some such entity in the hope of an explaination.

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  • 08.27.2004 6:27 AM PDT
Subject: THE WEBMASTER IS INCOMPETANT
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Maybe he doesn't want to spend his time answering thousands of Emails.

Maybe he doesn't want to answer questions about the needler.

He must be busy, you know...What do Webmasters do again? Oh wait, that's right,

Maintain the website

--If you plan on insulting someone by calling the "INCOMPETANT" you should consider spelling it properly.

[Edited on 8/27/2004 6:35:01 AM]

  • 08.27.2004 6:34 AM PDT
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oh, i'm derribly sorry for my dyslexia vella

  • 08.27.2004 6:37 AM PDT
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then why does he do letters to the webmaster, or rather not do it, maintaining the website also includes answering mail sent to that website, so if he choses to do letters to the webmaster he should do it properly, do what he gets paid for, sure he does a very good job on layout and such and I admire the wry wit of his letter responses but if the responses are selective why bother doing them at all

  • 08.27.2004 6:44 AM PDT
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I don't think you realize just how many letters are sent to this site. If you started counting now you may be halfway by November 9th.

  • 08.27.2004 6:47 AM PDT
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yes I suppose there are quite a few letters sent to the site, but then bungie is a popular producer, and yes the webmaster is a busy man but surely, a one line response to an enquiring email shouldn't take up too much of his valuable time even if it is framed as an insult, that wouldn't bother me. What does bother me is that there is no response at all

  • 08.27.2004 6:51 AM PDT
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As per your needler request, the simple answer is that it was an early build of the game with limited effects completed.

  • 08.27.2004 6:53 AM PDT
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but I still feel it warrents an answer, as it is a letter to the webmaster

  • 08.27.2004 6:56 AM PDT
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I would add something, but I think Vella has said it all. Good job dude.

  • 08.27.2004 6:56 AM PDT
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perhaps spelling incompetant wrong as an insult was a fantastically stupid boob and perhaps my phraseology was a little strong but perhaps a letter that was written three months ago would like an answer but as it stands there is none and it is annoying

  • 08.27.2004 7:02 AM PDT
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I can guarantee you that your question was probably asked by a thousand others, and was answered in a weekly update.

  • 08.27.2004 7:06 AM PDT
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OK, changed my mind.
Use full stops and capital letters. Knowing where sentences start and end makes it easier to read a post.

You could have made a post about your needler issue in New Mombasa.

Bungie are busy. They do not have time to reply to every single letter or email they recieve.

To be honest, if I recieved an email written in your peculiar style, I would not reply to it, I would delete it.

Having dyslexia is no excuse. Take your time, make your posts more coherant, and don't spam.

Keep b.net TIDY

  • 08.27.2004 7:08 AM PDT
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i checked, it wasnt

  • 08.27.2004 7:08 AM PDT
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dear stalin the 31st I HAVE made my needler post in new mombasa, several times. but met to no avail. I have sent posts to many people and once again met to no avail, when I use forums I am terribly sorry but my 'peculiar style' may not meet your needs but my formal style I do spelling and gramatiacal checks on, you may very well be the first person alive to be immune to error

  • 08.27.2004 7:13 AM PDT
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To be honest, I just don't see how responding to your gripe with a graphical element in an unfinished game would take priority.

  • 08.27.2004 7:16 AM PDT
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dear stalin the 31st I HAVE made my needler post in new mombasa, several times. but met to no avail. I have sent posts to many people and once again met to no avail, when I use forums I am terribly sorry but my 'peculiar style' may not meet your needs but my formal style I do spelling and gramatiacal checks on, you may very well be the first person alive to be immune to error


Dear Cat.

I am not immune to error. I just take my time, and check that my posts are correct. You should do the same. You see the preview button? You click on that, you can check your post before you submit it.

I ask you kindly, in future, to use your formal style. Do not worry too much about spelling every single word correctly... The odd error here and there is acceptable, but a post full of errors is not. Help make Bungie a better place.

  • 08.27.2004 7:20 AM PDT

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Posted by: the cat
yes I suppose there are quite a few letters sent to the site, but then bungie is a popular producer, and yes the webmaster is a busy man but surely, a one line response to an enquiring email shouldn't take up too much of his valuable time even if it is framed as an insult, that wouldn't bother me. What does bother me is that there is no response at all

I don't understand the idea that insulting the person whom you're asking for a favour is going to get a faster response, or even any response.

A "one line response" takes longer than you might think.

Say it takes about two minutes to read a letter, draft an answer, and send it out. (A little low for some, a little high for others... this is a rough average.)

Now let's say that they get, oh, a hundred letters a day. (That's assuming we've reached 50,000 users, and that about 0.2% of them draft a letter to the webmaster every day.)

That's two hundred minutes a day. More than three hours. A DAY. During crunch time.

Not going to happen.

Of course, using non-standard spelling/grammar/punctuation increases the reading time, making it harder. Add in the repetition and the sheer neediness of many of the letters (and the necessary shots of Wild Turkey between to numb the pain) and I could understand if the Webmaster just ignores the in-box. And yet we do sometimes get answers.

If I may channel for the Webmaster (as he appears to be rather busy) it's a frikin' beta. It's not finished yet, so quit whining about a damned pretty-in-pink glow whose temporary loss is only a major disaster to the Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy set.

-- Steve points out that you said you didn't mind insults in the answer. He's taking you at your word.

  • 08.27.2004 7:48 AM PDT
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Oh Steve.

You always know what to say.

  • 08.27.2004 7:57 AM PDT
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after careful consideration of all your points, I must say I am completely in the wrong, firing myself off in a forum is unacceptable and I would like to withdraw all of my above statements, however having a go at me because of my temper is not what makes people shut up and although I am concerned for the graphical welfare of the neeler I would not consider myself part of the 'raggidy andy set'
my apologies once again
the cat

  • 08.27.2004 8:00 AM PDT
Subject: THE WEBMASTER IS NOT INCOMPETANT
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Dear Recon No. 54 I refer you to my above statement your response is much appreciated and I now accept that I was completely in the wrong, and that my adress of the webmaster was livid beyond reason, and should he find this thread I offer my full apology to him and his big blue monkey suit. I try hard to sound reasonable at most times but stalin's anger on the subject of my punctuation skills was (and I stress that this is my opinion) did not aid my state of mind but I can see that you (all) were right and that I was wrong,
in closing my hopes were not to be flown to redmond or to talk to a personell in hope of an 'apologies' card or other such greeting, merely to raise with an authority why letters are not answered (rather than being given a stern shouting at by bungie users) I also find the tone of your use 'dissed' unneccesary and condecending

  • 08.27.2004 8:16 AM PDT
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Just so you know Cat, my point about your pumctuation was not intended to be an angry one. My apologies if it was taken in that way.

Heres a smiley :-)

  • 08.27.2004 8:19 AM PDT
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hehee stalin made a smelling mishpake :P

  • 08.27.2004 8:21 AM PDT
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Try attaching some beer or other alcoholic substance next time you send an email. That might get the Webmaster's attention. I mean, who doesn't like free booze?

  • 08.27.2004 8:31 AM PDT

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