- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Reiginko
...I would consider the statement "Halo 2 sucks" in your post mildly inflammatory, especially since you were saying it merely to provoke a response, and because you didn't attempt to expand on your comment. Furthermore, merely stating your opinion, without giving reasons for your opinion, doesn't actually add to any discussion, and is therefore essentially spam....
Agreed. However every case is different and in this case the statement was not one needed to backed up with reasons. It was merely an example.
Those who agree with you don't really care about your opinion, since your opinion of a game should have no bearing on their own opinion of that game. Those who disagree with you also probably don't care about your opinion, because their own opinion of the game is probably based upon whether they enjoy it, and people who attempt to convince people who enjoy a certain activity that said activity is not enjoyable are generally referred to as "party poopers".
I have nothing much to say on this statement other then it's somewhat, well..... nevermind. A banning I would get for sure.
In closing, the main reason "Halo 2 sucks" threads and their ilk is that everyone's heard the arguments for or against already (about six thousand times), and making a new thread about it isn't a contribution to this community. Online communities like this one are based upon discussion, and if the topics of discussion remain the same all the time, the community condemns itself to irrelevance. Perhaps the most important goal of the forum moderator is to prevent the community from stagnating like this, and so it is his job to lock and delete threads which contribute to stagnation.
- Reiginko
I don't really think that explanation cuts it. I really hope I don't sound too harsh. I am trying to keep a mature and respectful approach to this subject. However, forums are indeed about discussion and I have seen great threads time and time again locked because of the topic. When indeed they did contribute worthwhile discussion to the forum. Thats the thing. I believe there is a general acceptance among the mods to lock negative posts about Bungies products simply because it's the easiest and best thing (in Bungies interest) to do so. Just my observations.