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cool story bro

  • 07.03.2011 9:56 PM PDT

Lol some of the mods are a little pissy. Durado, recon, lord reaven are the best.


Sorry if I misspelled names.

  • 07.03.2011 9:59 PM PDT


Posted by: Donovan McNabb

Posted by: Skibur
Posted by: SonicJohn
if you think everyone else is out to get you, it's very likely the problem is your own.
Well sometimes it doesn't help to see yourself, or others like you (older, usually Mythic members) being banned exclusively, when you know that there are a hundred people trolling and posting shock sites and bumping repeatedly all over the forums, and yet they will most often be overlooked.

Our posts and threads get more attention and scrutiny, and we suffer for it, imo.


"Respected" or "veteran" members don't get the benefit of the doubt over the frequent trouble makers? Seriously? Achronos himself said in one of my private groups that proven members get more "leeway" than known trolls and trouble makers. It's common knowledge that mythic/well respected members get away with more than others. Obviously not every single ban worthy action is going to get reprimanded. The mods can't be everywhere at once, you should know that as well as anyone.


This.

You've got it ass backwards, Skibur.

[Edited on 07.03.2011 10:01 PM PDT]

  • 07.03.2011 10:01 PM PDT


Posted by: Skibur
Mythic Members, you're awesome.


Yeah, but you seem mad

  • 07.03.2011 10:03 PM PDT

Posted by: Donovan McNabb
Posted by: Skibur
Posted by: SonicJohn
if you think everyone else is out to get you, it's very likely the problem is your own.
Well sometimes it doesn't help to see yourself, or others like you (older, usually Mythic members) being banned exclusively, when you know that there are a hundred people trolling and posting shock sites and bumping repeatedly all over the forums, and yet they will most often be overlooked.

Our posts and threads get more attention and scrutiny, and we suffer for it, imo.


"Respected" or "veteran" members don't get the benefit of the doubt over the frequent trouble makers? Seriously? Achronos himself said in one of my private groups that proven members get more "leeway" than known trolls and trouble makers. It's common knowledge that mythic/well respected members get away with more than others. Obviously not every single ban worthy action is going to get reprimanded. The mods can't be everywhere at once, you should know that as well as anyone.
On the other hand, I recall several occasions where there have been ban messages that supposedly said something along the lines of 'you should know better than this'.

Of course you also seem to be implying that respected=veteran=not frequent trouble makers which is lol.

  • 07.03.2011 10:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Donovan McNabb
"Respected" or "veteran" members don't get the benefit of the doubt over the frequent trouble makers? Seriously? Achronos himself said in one of my private groups that proven members get more "leeway" than known trolls and trouble makers. It's common knowledge that mythic/well respected members get away with more than others.
Achronos can say whatever he likes, but the moderators don't neccessarily think the same way.
I can find you ten more quotes from mods saying that they don't look at titles or join dates when moderating, but they totally do, and they will tend to be harsher on an older member, imo.

[Edited on 07.03.2011 10:06 PM PDT]

  • 07.03.2011 10:04 PM PDT

Posted by: militaryguns (Hunler116)
Shut the hell up, Halo is my world


Posted by: Skibur
Posted by: Donovan McNabb
"Respected" or "veteran" members don't get the benefit of the doubt over the frequent trouble makers? Seriously? Achronos himself said in one of my private groups that proven members get more "leeway" than known trolls and trouble makers. It's common knowledge that mythic/well respected members get away with more than others.
Achronos can say whatever he likes, but the moderators don't neccessarily think the same way.
I can find you ten more quotes from mods saying that they don't look at titles or join dates when moderating, but they totally do, and they will tend to be harsher on an older member, imo.


I guess it depends on the situation and the moderator, and goes both ways. I've seen members get banned for literally no reason other than a moderator thinking their account was an alt of someone else's based on the name. On the other hand I've seen a mythic member's post get collapsed for flat out referring to a group of players as "retards", and he got off without even a warning when a mod had posted in the thread.

[Edited on 07.03.2011 10:11 PM PDT]

  • 07.03.2011 10:10 PM PDT

Lol get over yourselves, nerds.

  • 07.03.2011 10:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: SonicJohn
If anyone can figure out something for the post-4 bnetters to do other than feeling depressed that they can't do anything, then please feel free to say howdy and figure that out.
I've brought it up in a thread before... It's Drama.

Older members need drama to keep them coming back.

The only time I ever look forward to checking in on Bungie.net is when I know there's some drama going on. All other times I'm just looking for some, and if I can't find any, well then I will start some.

  • 07.03.2011 10:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: dibbs089
As for the community involvement, do you think that's more of a failing on the part of Bungie to make this site interesting for those that have been here "forever" or is it more the failings of individual members to find the appropriate avenues (if those avenues even exist) to become more involved?
I blame Bungie for making us feel like this is a magical and infinite place of wonder and joy to match Zombocom, but I also think that the 4-years thing is a lot to do with breaking of member's own expectations and illusions.

I'm not sure what else this site could use with having, since it already has so much, though all of those features feed right back into Bungie instead of back into the community. I know that this is a game company's website and that is important, but ensuring the community is satisfied seems very important to me. Average Joe, Bungie All-Stars and all the cool spotlight stuff is great, and there simply can not be enough of that sort of thing.

I don't think there is a solution to this. I think it's just something inevitable for people to find themselves involved in.

The Bungie Beta tester thing should help, especially if it means that we'll be able to playtest the games being fed through Aerospace. That should help a lot.

(I feel as though I'm taking this thread in a direction that wasn't intended. If that's the case Skibur feel free to tell me to stop).Lol, I don't think Skibur had anything in mind other than just saying he was seven as well as getting a couple stabs in at certain Mods.


Posted by: Skibur
Posted by: SonicJohn
If anyone can figure out something for the post-4 bnetters to do other than feeling depressed that they can't do anything, then please feel free to say howdy and figure that out.
I've brought it up in a thread before... It's Drama.

Older members need drama to keep them coming back.

The only time I ever look forward to checking in on Bungie.net is when I know there's some drama going on. All other times I'm just looking for some, and if I can't find any, well then I will start some.
Sure, but drama doesn't always have to be bad. Take, for example, "I'm doing free art commissions for Bungie employees!". What started as a strangely unorthodox request turned into something pretty amusing. Positive drama. Community interaction.

Or remember back when someone posted that picture of Marty with Foman and Jen Taylor in the foreground and massive amounts of shoops and lulz were had? More positive drama. Something to get involved with. Heck, the whole Webcam Games of '07 could be considered drama.

I get what you're saying though. I recall many occasions of dramatic crap, and I remember causing or being a part of a few of them, and I suppose I agree with that. But I want to stress that I feel it's not difficult to create a positive dramatic scenario; they're not hard to come by.

[Edited on 07.03.2011 10:33 PM PDT]

  • 07.03.2011 10:29 PM PDT

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I work for the Department of Defense.

Unfortunately, I feel most things that go on here are not worth trying to argue, or protest. All the politics and semantics of our time here, I used to try to care, but I gave up some time ago.

It's unfortunate that I can't say the things that should be said in fear of being banned by some power-hungry mod, but that's the game I suppose.

I don't have any achievements here, well, I suppose I started and perpetuated a load of crap with Gamerz back in the day...

And I met my girlfriend in #MOAP (Pissing off a lot of nerds in said process). I guess I'm on that list of rare people who has met someone through Halo. Guess that's really the only reason. Most of where I am in life is all based on my love for gaming.

Anyways, totally bed time.

PS. thanks for calling me awesome Skibur ;)

  • 07.03.2011 10:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: SonicJohn
(I feel as though I'm taking this thread in a direction that wasn't intended. If that's the case Skibur feel free to tell me to stop).Lol, I don't think Skibur had anything in mind other than just saying he was seven as well as getting a couple stabs in at certain Mods.
There's plenty of things to discuss in this thread, so just take your pick.

SonicJohn, here's the difference between you and me. I know what I want from this community, and I get it.
You are waiting for the community to show you what you want, and then you'll wait for it to give it to you. Forever unfulfilled.

  • 07.03.2011 10:35 PM PDT

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  • 07.03.2011 10:38 PM PDT

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  • 07.03.2011 10:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lies
The Yankees have almost as many bandwagon fans as God

Posted by: Th1ckestSausag3
Get ya popcorn and eat the thickest dick if you think I would waste time lyin to any of u.

Guys, it really shouldn't be that hard to find out why we're here. At one point or another in our lives, we played copious amounts of Halo and decided it would be cool to check out the community website to see what Bungie was going to do next, and maybe even to pitch in our $0.02. Now, for me, it's about sitting around in a private group (not going to name b/c I'll get verbally slaughtered if I do) and talking to the group of people I played with for a few years. You probably do the same.

  • 07.03.2011 10:42 PM PDT

Posted by: militaryguns
I'm sorry America is busy helping others in the world and actually making a difference.

Something Canada will never do.


Posted by: Skibur
Posted by: Donovan McNabb
"Respected" or "veteran" members don't get the benefit of the doubt over the frequent trouble makers? Seriously? Achronos himself said in one of my private groups that proven members get more "leeway" than known trolls and trouble makers. It's common knowledge that mythic/well respected members get away with more than others.
Achronos can say whatever he likes, but the moderators don't neccessarily think the same way.
I can find you ten more quotes from mods saying that they don't look at titles or join dates when moderating, but they totally do, and they will tend to be harsher on an older member, imo.


i've had other moderators tell me the exact same thing, almost all the moderators show far more leeway towards older members, or members with higher "titles".


if you don't think so then you're delusional.

[Edited on 07.03.2011 10:43 PM PDT]

  • 07.03.2011 10:42 PM PDT

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Posted by: Skibur
SonicJohn, here's the difference between you and me. I know what I want from this community, and I get it.
You are waiting for the community to show you what you want, and then you'll wait for it to give it to you. Forever unfulfilled.
You misread me, sir.

I said that that was how I felt between my 4th and 6th Bnet birthdays. What I failed to mention was how awful and depressing my real life was around that time and how I mistakenly mistook Bnet as a sort of calling. Then when that backfired on me, I felt like I had really nothing to rely on.

What I failed to realize was that I shouldn't have put my faith in a website community like that. You're right, I was being unfulfilled, but I've now come to terms with that, and I expect nothing more out of this site than what I've already gotten.

I get any other fulfillment out of my career aspirations, my fiancée and my friends (now that I actually find myself in a decent life environment).

Bnet's just a game-developer's site, so you should only expect to talk to other gamers about the company and games themselves. Really nothing else. I realize that now (and for the past year or so). I just think people like me, in my younger years, see the Community and Gallery forums, see the amount of awesome stuff people pump into it, and start wondering what their "legacy" will be (as I saw a thread ask earlier) and set out to do something, or find themselves, as you said, forever unfulfilled.

  • 07.03.2011 10:44 PM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
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I think moderators should ban everyone with a title under mythic*, that would solve all problems.
*After I become a mythic which will probably take a couple years.

  • 07.03.2011 10:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lies
The Yankees have almost as many bandwagon fans as God

Posted by: Th1ckestSausag3
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Posted by: SonicJohn
Bnet's just a game-developer's site, so you should only expect to talk to other gamers about the company and games themselves. Really nothing else.


In my opinion, you couldn't be more off with this statement. For the most part, the people that I interact with on this website aren't afraid to post their real life stories, where they work, what they do, where they go to school, their pictures, videos, etc, etc. The list goes on. Knowing what someone is like gives you a better impression of the person rather than just knowing that they exist somewhere on the planet and have a username on the same website that you do. However I would not consider these people anywhere near the same level of 'friends' as I would the people that I know in real life, for obvious reasons; and even some of them I wouldn't consider friends even in the smallest degree.

I know I went a little past what you were intending so don't feel the need to respond to this post, I just thought I'd share my experience.

  • 07.03.2011 10:54 PM PDT

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Posted by: Ryno3
I know I went a little past what you were intending so don't feel the need to respond to this post, I just thought I'd share my experience.
I know, I'm just saying you shouldn't expect anything additional. That stuff is what is both surprising and enjoyable about being here. Expecting it though? Bad idea.

I'd also like to point out that all of the friends I have, I met through Bnet. I even made a game-development team out of mostly bnetters, and through that team, I met my girlfriend who also has a connection back to here once again. We're now happily engaged. So yeah, you're right. You do encounter that stuff, and you do find yourself experiencing things in this community that you don't anticipate.

But that's my point. You don't expect it. My entire point resolves around this expectation factor :)

Also, responded anyway.

  • 07.03.2011 10:58 PM PDT

And on the seven7h day......

Congrats, i wish i was here to see you as a mod.

  • 07.03.2011 10:59 PM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

Posted by: SpazticWonder
Congrats, i wish i was here to see you as a mod.

Twas a glorious time. Every member got free ice cream, and the roads were paved with gold.

I have to ask you Skibur though, did you really record all those things throughout your time on B.net or are you just pulling through memory?

  • 07.03.2011 11:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: Alights
Lol get over yourselves, nerds.

Hey! That's offensive you ass.

Being on this site since 07 (this is my 2nd BNet account) feels like I was here for about a billion years!

  • 07.03.2011 11:04 PM PDT

Greatest of all time

Congratulations Skibur!

Can you please unban me from the mythic group so when I get my blue bar back I can rejoin?

Thanks!

  • 07.03.2011 11:07 PM PDT


Posted by: Monkeylizard
Damn right I'm awesome.

  • 07.03.2011 11:09 PM PDT