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I am a Floodian

Posted by: MURDUR 587
Posted by: squirrel dude
Hell no you wouldn't get many members. You're hardly popular, and after this thread. More members would join to be hostile than to have enjoyable discussion with you. Not all members are equal, and the greater the member the greater the chance of a group succeeding in the long term.

Put nuking The Flood on hold, and go learn more about it.

I was using "Me" as a ... hmmm ... a "placeholder"(?), assuming any random member made the thread I'd expect the same result.

What is there to learn? It's like the Reach forum without a topic and generally more hostile to outside sources, probably due to it's off-topic nature.
That's why you need to learn more about it. The Flood is more than the Reach forum because it has 7 years, and over 25000 pages of history that has developed it into a community unique on this forum. By no means is it paradise, but I do believe that its best moments are the best moments of this website.

That doesn't excuse it's worse actions, and I think that the worse parts of Floodian culture(?)/society(?) need to be fixed, but it's not The Reach forum.

  • 07.04.2011 9:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: ZetsuSensei
I completely disagree.

  • 07.04.2011 9:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: squirrel dude
That's why you need to learn more about it. The Flood is more than the Reach forum because it has 7 years, and over 25000 pages of history that has developed it into a community unique on this forum. By no means is it paradise, but I do believe that its best moments are the best moments of this website.

That doesn't excuse it's worse actions, and I think that the worse parts of Floodian culture(?)/society(?) need to be fixed, but it's not The Reach forum.
I was more commenting on the way it's posters are act in general, and possibly the way they always act, the flood's general quality of posts is hardly award winning novel worthy is what I'm saying.

Much like the Reach forum.

Not to say that the rest of the forums are really the epitome of greatness either, it's just the flood forum and the Reach forum are really the "-blam!- pits" of it all and they don't need to be, not to mention that a forum of such magnitude effects all the others and I don't want Bungie's next franchise/Bungie Aerospace to be influenced by the general -blam!-ity going on in there.

  • 07.04.2011 9:27 PM PDT

I am a Floodian

Posted by: MURDUR 587
Posted by: squirrel dude
That's why you need to learn more about it. The Flood is more than the Reach forum because it has 7 years, and over 25000 pages of history that has developed it into a community unique on this forum. By no means is it paradise, but I do believe that its best moments are the best moments of this website.

That doesn't excuse it's worse actions, and I think that the worse parts of Floodian culture(?)/society(?) need to be fixed, but it's not The Reach forum.
I was more commenting on the way it's posters are act in general, and possibly the way they always act, the flood's general quality of posts is hardly award winning novel worthy is what I'm saying.

Much like the Reach forum.

Not to say that the rest of the forums are really the epitome of greatness either, it's just the flood forum and the Reach forum are really the "-blam!- pits" of it all and they don't need to be, not to mention that a forum of such magnitude effects all the others and I don't want Bungie's next franchise/Bungie Aerospace to be influenced by the general -blam!-ity going on in there.
Sidenote: I normally would just not post, but I wanted to get my point across first.


I quit
*throws his arms over his own head, and walks out exasperated*

  • 07.04.2011 9:35 PM PDT

Posted by: Baph117
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Posted by: MURDUR 587
Posted by: squirrel dude
That's why you need to learn more about it. The Flood is more than the Reach forum because it has 7 years, and over 25000 pages of history that has developed it into a community unique on this forum. By no means is it paradise, but I do believe that its best moments are the best moments of this website.

That doesn't excuse it's worse actions, and I think that the worse parts of Floodian culture(?)/society(?) need to be fixed, but it's not The Reach forum.
I was more commenting on the way it's posters are act in general, and possibly the way they always act, the flood's general quality of posts is hardly award winning novel worthy is what I'm saying.

Much like the Reach forum.

Not to say that the rest of the forums are really the epitome of greatness either, it's just the flood forum and the Reach forum are really the "-blam!- pits" of it all and they don't need to be, not to mention that a forum of such magnitude effects all the others and I don't want Bungie's next franchise/Bungie Aerospace to be influenced by the general -blam!-ity going on in there.


They wouldn't be. If you want less crap in The Flood, report the crap you see. There's your easy and simple solution, and it requires no 'nuking'.

  • 07.04.2011 9:36 PM PDT

*reminisces when the Bungie/Halo community wasn't made up of CoD kids*
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*activates time-machine and sets the clock back to Nov. 9, 2004*
glory days here I come..
*vanishes*

The Flood is just a broken shadow of it's former self. Many of it's most prominent posters are gone and it's now just full of immature kids that only talk about mlp and Pokemon . I say nuke it.

  • 07.05.2011 2:49 AM PDT

The Flood is no different than it ever was. The subject matter may change, but nothing else. Anyone who thinks otherwise is simply looking at it from a different perspective than they did when it was "cool".

Case in point: Just about everyone will have a different definition of when The Flood was "cool". Typically, this is about the same time when they first joined the site.

In fact, the only time The Flood was ever any different was when the "Play Nice" rule was in effect. That was the worst The Flood has ever been, because anybody who gave a damn was actually scared to post anything interesting.

Back to the original point, though... Getting rid of The Flood is a horrible idea. Clearly there is a place for it on this site. Sure, you may get rid of a few trouble-makers, but what about all the people who post legitimate topics there? More likely, they will be the ones to leave and you will simply be left with a bunch of displaced trouble-makers who will start to pollute the other forums.

  • 07.05.2011 4:46 AM PDT

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In the entire life of being on bungie.net i have seen only a very very very very small hand full of useful topics to talk about in the flood that contain info and convos that are useful and helpful and in as many ways to being in the same category as good or close to it.

The rest has been nothing more then repeated threads, Insulting views, violation works, non legal discussions, overwritten views on every little thing in the world that has done nothing more then make people pissed off at each other.

The flood has been the starting point of fights and wars and flame sessions that has never ended and when the ban does nothing to the members they just create a new account to come back and talk like nothing happend.

I say that Achronos does what he said he would do. NUKE THE FORUM.

  • 07.05.2011 4:58 AM PDT

Tin shacks and catfish bones.

Where will I get my flawless advice on females if The Flood is gone?

  • 07.05.2011 5:05 AM PDT

Posted by: HANTER 03
In the entire life of being on bungie.net i have seen only a very very very very small hand full of useful topics to talk about in the flood that contain info and convos that are useful and helpful and in as many ways to being in the same category as good or close to it.
You are either not looking hard enough, or you have a different definition of a useful topic than I do.

Posted by: HANTER 03
The flood has been the starting point of fights and wars and flame sessions that has never ended and when the ban does nothing to the members they just create a new account to come back and talk like nothing happend.
I think you're talking about the Community forum.

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Posted by: bobcast
I hate you unless I'm drunk.

Restricted rules; 7-14 day bans.

imo.

I don't think it needs to be nuked; I think the population of the flood needs a wake-up call.

[Edited on 07.05.2011 5:38 AM PDT]

  • 07.05.2011 5:38 AM PDT

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Nuking the flood from b.net is like trying to nuke /b/ from 4chan, it never ends well, or they just migrate and retroll the other forums.

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Posted by: ZetsuSensei
I completely agree.

  • 07.05.2011 5:51 AM PDT

Hmmm, I don't know what to say...

It's been a good place for me, actually. While I will admit there is a strong sense of "Forum Nationalism," the Flood has actually introduced me and many of my friends to great things on the internet.

For example, I don't know if any of you know about the Slender Man. The Flood introduced me to the legend, and I introduced my friends to it. Ever since, we've been hooked on MarbleHornets.

If you took away "The Flood" name, the "Nationalist" movement may go away. But who's to say that the "Off Topic" people wouldn't follow the same actions as their predecessors did? I think taking away The Flood would have a catastrophic effect and wouldn't work. Eventually it will have to happen as Bungie moves on, but we should postpone that as long as possible.

  • 07.05.2011 6:11 AM PDT

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Where would they go?

People need a general discussion forum.

  • 07.05.2011 6:16 AM PDT

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You are overreacting. Nuking is not the answer and will make little to nothing better if it is done.

What you should do is report the offending members and PM moderators so they can lock and ban where needed.


This problem is not as widespread as you make it sound and there are many interesting things on the flood if you want to find them.

It's like panning for gold. A lot of what you find is useless silt, but every now and then you find something beautiful.

  • 07.05.2011 7:06 AM PDT
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My problem with nuking the Flood is that, once nuked where will it's regulars go?
Reach forum? Universe forum? Community forum?

My point is that if it is nuked, we will be seeing an increase of stupidity/trolling in other forums which were somewhat "nice" before. People from the Flood won't just leave, they will relocate to a new forum and take it over. All of the moderating/banning in the world won't do much good once that happens.

I say leave it as it is now, at least we know where to avoid posting.

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Posted by: Kretos
My problem with nuking the Flood is that, once nuked where will it's regulars go?
Reach forum? Universe forum? Community forum?

My point is that if it is nuked, we will be seeing an increase of stupidity/trolling in other forums which were somewhat "nice" before. People from the Flood won't just leave, they will relocate to a new forum and take it over. All of the moderating/banning in the world won't do much good once that happens.

I say leave it as it is now, at least we know where to avoid posting.

They'd just move to private groups, floodians have already been doing that, for reasons like "The flood is not the same anymore!" and stuff like that.

Even though I suspect the flood is always pretty much the same.

  • 07.05.2011 7:23 AM PDT

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Edit: And no, I don't think it needs nuking.

[Edited on 07.05.2011 9:08 AM PDT]

  • 07.05.2011 9:08 AM PDT

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  • 07.05.2011 9:09 AM PDT

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

Don't make me tell the others...
*sends a phone call to Flood High Command*

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Posted by: Big Black Bear
The Flood is no different than it ever was. The subject matter may change, but nothing else. Anyone who thinks otherwise is simply looking at it from a different perspective than they did when it was "cool".

Case in point: Just about everyone will have a different definition of when The Flood was "cool". Typically, this is about the same time when they first joined the site.

In fact, the only time The Flood was ever any different was when the "Play Nice" rule was in effect. That was the worst The Flood has ever been, because anybody who gave a damn was actually scared to post anything interesting.

Back to the original point, though... Getting rid of The Flood is a horrible idea. Clearly there is a place for it on this site. Sure, you may get rid of a few trouble-makers, but what about all the people who post legitimate topics there? More likely, they will be the ones to leave and you will simply be left with a bunch of displaced trouble-makers who will start to pollute the other forums.


I agree with this guy. I know my account doesn't prove it, but I was around when the "Play Nice" rule was in effect, and it was no fun, and it really killed the point of the flood in some ways.

I'm on the flood a good bit, and I see nothing that constitutes such a draconian measure. I don't recall seeing any planned attacks, and I really don't see anything outside of the norm for a forum of that nature.

It's a brilliant place to chill and throw around some sarcasm from time to time. Whatever grievances you have with that forum, it's caused from individuals, not the forum itself.

  • 07.05.2011 9:53 AM PDT