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Posted by: mrsmiley
Well if stosh is posting stuff about his chapter, I suppose I should post about mine. :)

MSXL pretty much has went through it's "ice age". It seems that I am addicted to starting successful online projects, and with every new one I start, MSXL gets thrown on the back burner. The problem is, with MSXL, I took care of all the content, all the time. Granted, there were a few vids that people helped out with, but almost everything was done by me. I ran the contests ( anyone remember the quiz contest?!), the content, the news, etc etc.

Eventually I hired on some dedicated staff members, and it was at this point that we were at our peak. The staff was doing their job with gathering news and moderating the forum, and I was doing mine with pumping out cool/funny stuff. But eventually, when the staff got less excited, and started slacking, then I got kinda overwhelmed.

Oh yeah, and then a little think called HaloBabies.net came along.

So currently, we are not dead in the water, but we are no where near the activity level we used to be at. There will always be people that post occasionally, but I remember the days when content I posted had a big audience. Now, it's just the few loyal members. Still cool though. Who knows, maybe with Bungie's next project, I can restore MSXL to it's orignal glory.

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Maybe I could get Points of Infinity active when the next project is annouced...

  • 01.14.2006 10:55 AM PDT
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  • 01.14.2006 1:11 PM PDT

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Back on topic, I've also had another group that I inherited that I abandoned due to inactivity. I don't seem to have the greatest luck with groups, since I'm not too often and some other variables I'm too lazy to type...

  • 01.14.2006 4:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mabian
Otherwise you'd just have yourself, Toast, and TGP. That wouldn't be much fun then, would it.


They could all chill and watch Toast's corn animé collection - he knows the one I'm talking about... ;D


Anyhow, I'm glad to see Achronos' assurance that we 7th Columners are in for some treats to come.

  • 01.14.2006 6:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mabian
Otherwise you'd just have yourself, Toast, and TGP. That wouldn't be much fun then, would it.


They could all chill and watch Toast's corn animé collection - he knows the one I'm talking about... ;D


Anyhow, I'm glad to see Achronos' assurance that we 7th Columners are in for some treats to come.


I understand "corn," and I understand "animé," but if you put them together, you're just speaking gobblede-blam!-.

As for treats, I can't wait. Until then, I'm very slowly giving away cookies, so people will have to suffice for sweets until then.

  • 01.14.2006 6:57 PM PDT
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Although I should be honest and say that another big reason I'm not as active on the seventh column anymore is because of the lack of features...

We need an events calendar, better xbox intergration, custom row and column db etc...

I also really want to see a seventh column website. Place to post news about chapters and events. I think the old seventh column really brought the brought the seventh column community together. Right now we just have some ugly page with fake spotlight and a chapter directory. Sucks!!!

  • 01.14.2006 9:57 PM PDT

I'm not that active, but never dead.

Posted by: stosh
Although I should be honest and say that another big reason I'm not as active on the seventh column anymore is because of the lack of features...

We need an events calendar, better xbox intergration, custom row and column db etc...

I also really want to see a seventh column website. Place to post news about chapters and events. I think the old seventh column really brought the brought the seventh column community together. Right now we just have some ugly page with fake spotlight and a chapter directory. Sucks!!!


I agree. The 7th Column needs it's own news.

I also quoted this so we can all witness stosh's rare lack of grammar.

  • 01.14.2006 11:10 PM PDT
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The 7th Column today. Take a look a some of the stuff there, like the chapter spotlight. Its a wasteland...

  • 01.15.2006 1:20 AM PDT

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MSXL: The Last Honest Chapter

Posted by: stosh
Although I should be honest and say that another big reason I'm not as active on the seventh column anymore is because of the lack of features...

We need an events calendar, better xbox intergration, custom row and column db etc...

I also really want to see a seventh column website. Place to post news about chapters and events. I think the old seventh column really brought the brought the seventh column community together. Right now we just have some ugly page with fake spotlight and a chapter directory. Sucks!!!


Hehe, things that Achronos, Sketch, and the gang hear often I'm sure. It's a shame they don't relinquish any of those privs to some of the long standing members to control........ *cough* ;)

But anways they've known of these things pretty much since the new hotness was released, so I'm sure they'be been working on "taking care" of them.

  • 01.15.2006 1:27 AM PDT

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  • 01.15.2006 6:57 AM PDT

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I still have to say, MBT is riding the tide! Mjolnir Battle Tactics is still flying high, but our member count takes a hit everytime the bungie.net database deletes old accounts. Thankfully, we have a steady stream of new comers. 1450+ Members, there's no stopping the MBT.

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  • 01.15.2006 7:09 AM PDT
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Yea yea...I know they know they know it's lame. Hehe. But that's the reason why I don't visit as often. The seventh column is missing all the addicting stuff.

  • 01.15.2006 9:07 AM PDT

Posted by: stosh
Yea yea...I know they know they know it's lame. Hehe. But that's the reason why I don't visit as often. The seventh column is missing all the addicting stuff.


Addicting is what i am going to try and bring to my groups.

I know they know they know..................ahh it's to confusing !

  • 01.15.2006 10:05 AM PDT
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Posted by: stosh
Yea yea...I know they know they know it's lame. Hehe. But that's the reason why I don't visit as often. The seventh column is missing all the addicting stuff.


Addicting is what i am going to try and bring to my groups.

I know they know they know..................ahh it's to confusing !


I'd say the addiciting stuff is stuff like the Chapter Spotlight, what happened to it!

  • 01.15.2006 11:19 AM PDT
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The most active chapter list was pretty cool for a while too...People started to really abuse it though.

[Edited on 1/15/2006]

  • 01.15.2006 12:39 PM PDT
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Thats one if the problems though, gave someone something. They will abuse it.

  • 01.15.2006 1:22 PM PDT

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Posted by: stosh
The most active chapter list was pretty cool for a while too...People started to really abuse it though.


So true... and the same goes for the activity meter (to anyone who actually remembers it). Many people thought that the activity meter was pretty much directly proportional to how good their chapter was. Obviously, this couldn't have been futher from the truth, but who's to stop them from spamming up their forum to "raise the bar"?

Well whatever things Bungie has plans, I just hope they bring back several of the older "modules" that could be activated on the side bar. I know they already have heard this from plenty of people though. Just waiting...

  • 01.15.2006 1:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: mrsmiley
Posted by: stosh
The most active chapter list was pretty cool for a while too...People started to really abuse it though.


So true... and the same goes for the activity meter (to anyone who actually remembers it). Many people thought that the activity meter was pretty much directly proportional to how good their chapter was. Obviously, this couldn't have been futher from the truth, but who's to stop them from spamming up their forum to "raise the bar"?

Well whatever things Bungie has plans, I just hope they bring back several of the older "modules" that could be activated on the side bar. I know they already have heard this from plenty of people though. Just waiting...


We have been all waiting for a while and last year I have seen not much in the column. There is alot things that could be brought back, but someone (Like a Arse Fez spammer.) will ruin these things. I am sad to say this, but I think the Column is dieing... And its not like it was... We need to rebuild the Column this year... Maybe with the new project...

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Posted by: Mabian
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Otherwise you'd just have yourself, Toast, and TGP. That wouldn't be much fun then, would it.


They could all chill and watch Toast's corn animé collection - he knows the one I'm talking about... ;D


Anyhow, I'm glad to see Achronos' assurance that we 7th Columners are in for some treats to come.


I understand "corn," and I understand "animé," but if you put them together, you're just speaking gobblede-blam!-.

As for treats, I can't wait. Until then, I'm very slowly giving away cookies, so people will have to suffice for sweets until then.


How many give Cookies?

  • 01.16.2006 8:21 AM PDT

I have never got a cookie....

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  • 01.16.2006 8:49 AM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

If it's popular enough, people will look past the occasional jerk because it's a great feature and makes the group a fun place to hang out or whatever.

  • 01.16.2006 9:53 AM PDT
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How many give Cookies?


See, there are two types of cookies.

There are the random cookies. You do something, and someone says "You get a cookie for that." They aren't much, but they're still cookies.

Then there are the cookies people give out for special members. The cookies that people have a certain number of, so these members must be very good. It's hard to get one, but as they say: "The harder you work for something, the more you appreciate it."

  • 01.16.2006 11:05 AM PDT

I'm not that active, but never dead.

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How many give Cookies?


See, there are two types of cookies.

There are the random cookies. You do something, and someone says "You get a cookie for that." They aren't much, but they're still cookies.

Then there are the cookies people give out for special members. The cookies that people have a certain number of, so these members must be very good. It's hard to get one, but as they say: "The harder you work for something, the more you appreciate it."


I have ONE ShatterStar Cookie. It is more powerful than any other Cookie ever giveth, and I will never eat it. Shatterstar was one of the coolest members ever, and no one that knew him would disagree.

  • 01.16.2006 10:41 PM PDT

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