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Posted by: x Foman123 x
EDIT: I have answered the primary questions that I felt were pertinent to the Bungie.net and Flood community, but I won't be posting in this thread again. I'll ensure that all of us Forum Ninjas discuss this in HFCS and if we reach a different consensus, obviously we will correct it.
So, on the one hand you're assuring us there are unseen processes going on behind the scenes to ensure you don't overstep the boundaries of acceptable behaviour, and on the other you've yet to establish a consensus? Pull the other one.

  • 06.28.2011 1:26 PM PDT

Money, Money, Money, It's Loads a Money


Posted by: x Foman123 x
EDIT: I have answered the primary questions that I felt were pertinent to the Bungie.net and Flood community, but I won't be posting in this thread again. I'll ensure that all of us Forum Ninjas discuss this in HFCS and if we reach a different consensus, obviously we will correct it.



There's only 2 days left :/

  • 06.28.2011 1:28 PM PDT

Suck it Red!

On page 5 Recon said the reason the thread wasn't locked initially was because Urk made it to the thread before him.

Edit: looks like I should have read the whole thread first, I'll probably be banned for that.

[Edited on 06.28.2011 1:39 PM PDT]

  • 06.28.2011 1:34 PM PDT

Haha, look at Foman dance his dance. This is why NF made an offsite.

  • 06.28.2011 2:40 PM PDT

XBL: l Sonic l
PSN: Sonic_343

If the OP was warned about bumping, as stated, then continued to do it, they brought it upon them self. Yes, it sucks that the thread was locked, but it IS the OP's fault.

  • 06.28.2011 2:52 PM PDT


Posted by: Sonic343
If the OP was warned about bumping, as stated, then continued to do it, they brought it upon them self. Yes, it sucks that the thread was locked, but it IS the OP's fault.


He wanted to keep the thread alive in order to keep collecting votes. There's only two days left. I don't see how it should have made any more of a distance

  • 06.28.2011 5:30 PM PDT
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Yo Halo53, I'm real happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best bungie.net profiles of all time. OF ALL TIME!


Posted by: Silent Dreamer15
He wanted to keep the thread alive in order to keep collecting votes. There's only two days left. I don't see how it should have made any more of a distance


Exactly. The entire purpose of that thread, generating attention for a good cause, was very front-page centric. If the thread falls to the 2nd page, people do not see it, people do not vote, therefore a charity that is closely related to a member of this website is ignored. This could have been easily avoided had a temporary sticky been made.

And even if you could somehow convince me that everything I just said is wrong, nothing can defend locking a remake of the thread. The thread literally allowed users on this website to do something good and productive with their time here. Instead, a decision was made that the flood would be better off with pointless arguments about politics and justin bieber.

It really is the equivalent of a police officer giving you a ticket for jay walking to assist an elderly lady who had fallen down in a city like Detroit or Baltimore while drug deals and violent crimes are happening all around you. A minor rule was broken with good intentions. The bumping rule is created to stop people from posting in their own pointless threads 3, 4, 5 times in a row when no one else believes their topic is worth discussing.

These forums exist through the discussions that take place, so bumping threads that were deemed "Not discussion worthy" by the lack of posts by others messes with that fabric. When you contribute to an existing thread, you essentially "vote" to move that topic to the top of the front page. However, the thread discussed here was not built around discussion and would naturally fall off the first page once the initial wave of users had voted, not because the masses believed it was not a valuable thread but because of the nature of the topic, and therefore the bumping was not only harmless, but necessary.

Ironically enough, I feel like more attention has been brought to the thread because of the banning, so maybe in the long run this can be twisted into a good thing.

  • 06.28.2011 7:11 PM PDT

Don't send me group invites.

*sigh* this is why we can't have nice things.

Lord Acton was right.

  • 06.28.2011 9:07 PM PDT

In the end, simple forum rules have been put ahead of helping those in need. Sure, there is nothing wrong with that. It just shows the priorities of those who have the power to do something about it.
Sure, you can criticize the ninja's decision, but it was there choice to show what they care about. And this decision certainly reflects just that. We should respect their decision, but also keep in mind the sort of mentality that the ninja's have towards charity.

  • 06.29.2011 11:21 AM PDT


Posted by: Halo53

Posted by: Silent Dreamer15
He wanted to keep the thread alive in order to keep collecting votes. There's only two days left. I don't see how it should have made any more of a distance


Exactly. The entire purpose of that thread, generating attention for a good cause, was very front-page centric. If the thread falls to the 2nd page, people do not see it, people do not vote, therefore a charity that is closely related to a member of this website is ignored. This could have been easily avoided had a temporary sticky been made.

And even if you could somehow convince me that everything I just said is wrong, nothing can defend locking a remake of the thread. The thread literally allowed users on this website to do something good and productive with their time here. Instead, a decision was made that the flood would be better off with pointless arguments about politics and justin bieber.

It really is the equivalent of a police officer giving you a ticket for jay walking to assist an elderly lady who had fallen down in a city like Detroit or Baltimore while drug deals and violent crimes are happening all around you. A minor rule was broken with good intentions. The bumping rule is created to stop people from posting in their own pointless threads 3, 4, 5 times in a row when no one else believes their topic is worth discussing.

These forums exist through the discussions that take place, so bumping threads that were deemed "Not discussion worthy" by the lack of posts by others messes with that fabric. When you contribute to an existing thread, you essentially "vote" to move that topic to the top of the front page. However, the thread discussed here was not built around discussion and would naturally fall off the first page once the initial wave of users had voted, not because the masses believed it was not a valuable thread but because of the nature of the topic, and therefore the bumping was not only harmless, but necessary.

Ironically enough, I feel like more attention has been brought to the thread because of the banning, so maybe in the long run this can be twisted into a good thing.
I like you.

  • 06.29.2011 2:22 PM PDT

Challenge me to a Hawaiian Punch chugging contest. I dare you.


Posted by: mubox47
$.50 in store credit.

The way i understand it, Moderators are allowed to interpret the rules in their own way. A thread one might find offensive may not be to another. So while some may say a thread is fine for a good cause, the others may still see it as just advertising.

  • 06.29.2011 2:24 PM PDT

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