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Subject: Remove the Rules from the Reach Forum

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

I'm being absolutely serious.

What's the point of having the rules if they aren't enforced? I can understand that no ninja would want to go into the moshpit known as the Reach forum to deal with it, but then just take away the rules. I mean, the community forum, the Flood, and the Universe all have stickied rule threads which people must follow or their threads will be locked and/or they will be banned.

The Reach forum has devolved into stat flaming, name calling, and idiocy ever since September 14, 2010.

I am particularly asking the ninjas this question: why are the rules in that forum if no one enforces them? I am by no means placing blame on the ninjas here, but I'm honestly curious as a community member on the website.

  • 07.04.2011 11:38 AM PDT

It's too fast to keep up with. Destroying the rules would be pointless; even less people would follow good posting guidelines if there were no rules to start with. Also, Reach's forums are going to be migrating for the most part to 343 Industries' halo.xbox forums.

  • 07.04.2011 11:41 AM PDT

-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.

I feel like there's some sort of Judge Dredd joke to be made somewhere here, but I can't for the life of me get it out.

Anyway, I don't see how that would ameliorate the situation at all. It would only make it worse. So there's something to think about. As bad as it can be now, it can always be worse.

Unless that's exactly what you're going for! Take away all rules and let some real havoc set in, then reinstate the rules the show how much order they managed to keep! I like the way you think!

  • 07.04.2011 11:43 AM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein


Posted by: dahuterschuter
I feel like there's some sort of Judge Dredd joke to be made somewhere here, but I can't for the life of me get it out.

Anyway, I don't see how that would ameliorate the situation at all. It would only make it worse. So there's something to think about. As bad as it can be now, it can always be worse.

Unless that's exactly what you're going for! Take away all rules and let some real havoc set in, then reinstate the rules the show how much order they managed to keep! I like the way you think!

Let the forum devolve into mindless idiots for a week, and then bring in the hammer. I am really against zero tolerance policies in general, but I think the Reach forum could benefit from a week of just such order.

  • 07.04.2011 11:45 AM PDT

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We call that The Flood

  • 07.04.2011 11:53 AM PDT


Posted by: xSgtSilverx
We call that The Flood
No. Not even the flood gets as bad as the reach forum.

  • 07.04.2011 11:55 AM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

The Flood gets called out often, but the Flood is an order of magnitude better than the Reach forum.

  • 07.04.2011 11:56 AM PDT

cars, girls & cake all day everyday

This is what needs to happen:

Posted by: Recon Number 54
I am...the law!
Drop...your stat flaming!
These threads...are under...arrest!
THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING!


I tried. :<
But anyways, yeah, terrible idea. If you were to ever pose a "ZOMG NO MORE RULES??!!" kind of vibe in the Reach forum? You'd get straight-up spam for weeks, and it would probably take more moderators than we have active to keep it under control effectively.

  • 07.04.2011 12:00 PM PDT

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Yours in _Kai_

Do you realize what would happen if the rules were removed from that forum?

  • 07.04.2011 12:03 PM PDT

Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all become one. One moment left. One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.

Just delete the forum = problem solved.

I bet it will happen soon, anyway. I'm very excited.

  • 07.04.2011 12:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
LOL, real rap is not made for you, white people.

We don't expect you to "get it." And you don't, as you've made abundantly clear through your numerous embarrassing dances, karaoke performances, ignorant haters, and pitiful imitators.

You giving your opinion on rap is like a dog watching TV. It's kind of cute because it LOOKS like he knows what's going on, but you know he really has no actual ability to comprehend it.

Did I make you mad? lol

  • 07.04.2011 12:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: arch4ng13
Do you realize what would happen if the rules were removed from that forum?



Erm, a thread would be deleted?

I say just destroy the forum come 7/7.

343 is in control from then on, no point having the forum here.

  • 07.04.2011 12:39 PM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

Posted by: arch4ng13
Do you realize what would happen if the rules were removed from that forum?

The flamers wouldn't have to hide their posts?

  • 07.04.2011 1:06 PM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

Posted by: irie II
Did I make you mad? lol

You are a classic example of what I hate in the Reach forum, yes. Very interesting how you change your tone so abruptly when you come into a forum where the rules are enforced.

  • 07.04.2011 1:07 PM PDT

Posted by: WolfmanMaverick
You people have just sent my sides into orbit. A bunch of MLG try hards sucking the dick of some supposed pro half the thread hasn't even heard of. Classic.

I know if I were still in orange you would probably be on a month long ban by now.
Posted by: irie II
Did I make you mad? lol

  • 07.04.2011 1:18 PM PDT

I don't always ban people but when I do I laugh uncontrollably...that's if I was a Forum Ninja.

Truth is a matter of perception.

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Posted by: Achilles1108
I know if I were still in orange you would probably be on a month long ban by now.
Posted by: irie II
Did I make you mad? lol


You were never in orange, what are you talking about?

OT: The Reach forum is bad enough if you remove the rules Achronos would HAVE to nuke the forum.

  • 07.04.2011 1:26 PM PDT

The rules are enforced in every forum. This is really ridiculous.

It's just a matter of more traffic to the Reach forum, which means threads move down the line at a much faster pace. I would assume it's incredibly hard and time consuming to monitor every thread that is made.

More emphasis needs to be put on getting people to use the report button. That way more stuff will show up in the moderators' report queue, and threads like this won't need to be made anymore.

  • 07.04.2011 1:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: acnboy34
Just delete the forum = problem solved.

I bet it will happen soon, anyway. I'm very excited.

Same here but as soon as they delete that forum, if they do, those trolls will migrate over to a different forum...

  • 07.04.2011 1:34 PM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

Posted by: IHaveTURRETS JR
The rules are enforced in every forum. This is really ridiculous.

It's just a matter of more traffic to the Reach forum, which means threads move down the line at a much faster pace. I would assume it's incredibly hard and time consuming to monitor every thread that is made.

More emphasis needs to be put on getting people to use the report button. That way more stuff will show up in the moderators' report queue, and threads like this won't need to be made anymore.

I'm sorry, but the rules are not enforced in the Reach forum as they are in the other forums.

Yes, I understand increased traffic makes maintenance of the forum more difficult, but there's hardly any difference between no enforcement and the amount of enforcement presently.

I don't blame the ninjas for not wanting to deal with it, but someone has to. Either get new ninjas who may be willing to and are viable candidates.

However, the most viable solution would be just to instill a one week zero tolerance policy. Flaming on grounds of stats will be met with an instant 7 day ban, and spamming memes (umad, no u, bad kid) will also be met with the same consequence.

Or just move the forsaken forum to the Waypoint website.

  • 07.04.2011 1:35 PM PDT
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Whoo.

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Posted by: Achilles1108
I know if I were still in orange you would probably be on a month long ban by now.
Posted by: irie II
Did I make you mad? lol


You were never in orange, what are you talking about?

OT: The Reach forum is bad enough if you remove the rules Achronos would HAVE to nuke the forum.

He sorta, was.

  • 07.04.2011 1:36 PM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein


Posted by: QuirkyNate

Posted by: Achilles1108
I know if I were still in orange you would probably be on a month long ban by now.
Posted by: irie II
Did I make you mad? lol


You were never in orange, what are you talking about?

OT: The Reach forum is bad enough if you remove the rules Achronos would HAVE to nuke the forum.

Really? I seem to remember Achilles being a ninja at one point. I may be wrong though.

  • 07.04.2011 1:36 PM PDT
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Whoo.

Posted by: Plasma Prestige
Posted by: irie II
Did I make you mad? lol

You are a classic example of what I hate in the Reach forum, yes. Very interesting how you change your tone so abruptly when you come into a forum where the rules are enforced.

I don't see how a rephrased "U mad, bro?" is any more tame than what he usually posts.

In fact I think that is the most common type of post I see by Irie.


The problem is the mods don't go into the Reach forum, mods go where they want and the Reach forum is well ... a cesspool. This isn't remedied by people who don't use the report button either.

  • 07.04.2011 1:43 PM PDT

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It wouldn't solve anything, so whats the point? i get where your coming from though, but hopefully they situation will solve itself.

  • 07.04.2011 1:56 PM PDT

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Posted by: xSgtSilverx
We call that The Flood
No. Not even the flood gets as bad as the reach forum.


I'm a regular in the Flood, but I go insane from spending even a minute inside the Reach forum.

  • 07.04.2011 1:59 PM PDT

Posted by: FALSE R3ALITYx
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Posted by: True Underdog
Only after we ban Bricypoo.

The rules are enforced it is just impossible to control. Tom was talking about back during E3 he had to have locked over 50 threads then he stopped checking it for 10 minutes and it looked like he didn't do a thing. It has gotten to the point where it is 24/7 of rule breakings which makes it impossible to control. (Mods have lives too!)

  • 07.04.2011 2:03 PM PDT

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