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Tom Achronos
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"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."

Some of you are not reading very well.

I don't want to nuke it. I never really did - as I explained, I said it once to wake you guys up to a basic lack of decency a few years ago. To your credit, most people got the message, and it was at least brought up to the level of the other forums. Goal accomplished, we moved on. Various others in several forums did not - they routinely bust out "nuking the forum" as a solution. That's kind of like breaking out a shotgun to deal with a pimple - it isn't really helping.

And I know full well that a lot of you just like chatting in there with your buddies, and you're not out to make trouble. You have to realize that I'm not talking about you. But unfortunately for you many users of that forum have a huge problem with any kind of authority and think that "offtopic" means whatever they damn well please. Combine that with a strange attitude problem some of them have (witness that "hypocrite" guy earlier) and you get my "cranky enforcer" attitude I have to take in there rather than the "benevolent overlord" attitude I try to take elsewhere.

Posted by: bergXX09

I am a member of the Flood like some people who have visited this thread and I think it is a little unjustifiable to judge us all by some troll or rather rude future delinquents. Basing it on that, I could assume (since this my first visit on the Bungie community forum) that all forumers in this area are whiny people who can't ignore other forums.

But as appealing as nuking the Flood may seem, that would cause Bungie.net to lose a large sum of people and it would be quite tragic. The Floodians can be bearable if one were to live there like I have and understood their prime motives. The Flood can engage in intelligent commentary about many topics and I have indulged myself in information from the threads.

Thanks :D

  • 07.27.2011 12:44 PM PDT

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Check out my group!

LOL, I see the duplicate thread

  • 07.27.2011 12:45 PM PDT
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Yeah. Parody threads are all too common in the Flood, really annoying if you ask me.
Posted by: ZzbubbleszZ
LOL, I see the duplicate thread

  • 07.27.2011 12:52 PM PDT

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The Satanic Church is where i belong


Posted by: Achronos

Wow this thread is still going, i guess maybe we should lock it, just stop it here :|
Destroy this post i created :|

  • 07.27.2011 12:55 PM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am

This monster you have created is on a rampage, only you may stop it.

  • 07.27.2011 1:00 PM PDT

Love you Damon Albarn, Bungie FTW
The Satanic Church is where i belong


Posted by: HeavyBlade Scar
This monster you have created is on a rampage, only you may stop it.

It's an abomination, ima put lock on the title :)

  • 07.27.2011 1:01 PM PDT
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Twitter.
WyIdfyre: 'lol, who the hell would even wear those?'
AuSam: 'lol, who the hell would even have sex with dogs?'

-K-

It has turned into a crap shoot.
It does need a tighter leash now, the freedom it was given was undeserved - and like so many, I have completely given up on it.
-K-

  • 07.27.2011 1:02 PM PDT

Hi I'm RT and I like to argue!

Posted by: Tired racoon
Posted by: HeavyBlade Scar
This monster you have created is on a rampage, only you may stop it.

It's an abomination, ima put lock on the title :)
The thread isn't yours once you create it, you know.

  • 07.27.2011 1:04 PM PDT

Love you Damon Albarn, Bungie FTW
The Satanic Church is where i belong


Posted by: Kalriq
It has turned into a crap shoot.
It does need a tighter leash now, the freedom it was given was undeserved - and like so many, I have completely given up on it.
-K-

Glad you agree, lots of hate coming at ME. :|

  • 07.27.2011 1:04 PM PDT

Love you Damon Albarn, Bungie FTW
The Satanic Church is where i belong


Posted by: RighteousTyrant
Posted by: Tired racoon
Posted by: HeavyBlade Scar
This monster you have created is on a rampage, only you may stop it.

It's an abomination, ima put lock on the title :)
The thread isn't yours once you create it, you know.

I know I can't lock it, but if i ask in the title, maybe it will be locked :)

  • 07.27.2011 1:04 PM PDT

There's a Flood coming... brace yourselves, also if you don't like the flood then why go there? seems to save some trouble.

  • 07.27.2011 1:08 PM PDT

WALL OF SHAME-Posting stupidity since 2010
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Posted by: Maximus Decimus
Agreed. All the changes are good and add variety. Do we really want another Halo 3? Just running around with one gun and no armor abilities? It's good that 343 wants to try something new. Do we really want the same thing for three more games?

This is actually the worst idea I have ever seen. Ever.

  • 07.27.2011 1:08 PM PDT

In jedem system der Macht gibt es korruption.

Det vore klokt att tro att det inte finns några undantag.

Achronos has The Flood always been the same? In the time I've been here I've enjoyed being a regular to The Flood, the worst state I've seen it in over said time is how it looked for 3 or so days last week. It was sad to think many abandoned any kind of morals and people made alternate accounts to attack the thread until they were banned. All in all though I like The Flood and while I see what problems there are with it every now and then, it is still a great place for me to visit when I'm not busy (I'm hardly busy these days thankfully). Perhaps the problem is that a few people deem to ignore the rules and make us look bad, I admit I have made a few mistakes when I was new here some three years ago but for some people it seems as though they know exactly what they are doing but go ahead with it anyway and with little motivation to do so.

I'm sure the moderators and Bungie.net employee's love The Flood really, right? (Please)

  • 07.27.2011 1:12 PM PDT

<3

It's your fault. The idea of nuking a thread you don't have to go to had to be the most idiotic idea ever Tired Raccoon.

  • 07.27.2011 1:13 PM PDT
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Furthermore, everyone needs to learn to take the Flood with a grain of salt and some good grace.

The truth is, you're in the wrong if you go to the Flood with the expectations of holding a fully serious conversation. It's an off-topic forum on a video game website. It's not meant for serious discussion. That's why relationship advice or political threads are against the rules. Not because it's "inappropriate conduct" or something, but because given the nature of the forum goers (as well as the majority of the internet itself), the results aren't going to be ideal.

But that's not to say no conversation can be taken seriously. You can start a thread about some hypothetical scenario, a question about games, a music poll and so forth and get largely genuine responses. And yes, you will inevitably get trolls who decide to post "lol creed rulez" (well, it's debatable whether or not they're trolls or if that's just the vernacular of the typical Creed fan), but that's all expected and part of the experience. Doesn't the description for the Flood say "approach with caution" or something? Seems that's all you really need to know. Would you criticize McDonalds for not selling sushi? Would you criticize Bob Dylan for not having a voice like Freddie Mercury?

And come on, would you really want McDonalds to sell sushi?

[Edited on 07.27.2011 1:14 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2011 1:13 PM PDT
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The End

‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

Posted by: Tired racoon
I know I can't lock it, but if i ask in the title, maybe it will be locked :)
Sorry but that isn't your call to make.

  • 07.27.2011 1:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tom T
Posted by: Tired racoon
I know I can't lock it, but if i ask in the title, maybe it will be locked :)
Sorry but that isn't your call to make.

Its his thread tho, so don't act like a hot shot now.

  • 07.27.2011 1:16 PM PDT

Love you Damon Albarn, Bungie FTW
The Satanic Church is where i belong


Posted by: Tom T
Posted by: Tired racoon
I know I can't lock it, but if i ask in the title, maybe it will be locked :)
Sorry but that isn't your call to make.

Ok :)
Let it carry on.

  • 07.27.2011 1:16 PM PDT

Hi I'm RT and I like to argue!

Posted by: stepheng0228
Posted by: Tom T
Posted by: Tired racoon
I know I can't lock it, but if i ask in the title, maybe it will be locked :)
Sorry but that isn't your call to make.

Its his thread tho, so don't act like a hot shot now.
It isn't his thread. It's our thread. There's more than just his participation here and he's hardly the only interested party or stakeholder here.

  • 07.27.2011 1:17 PM PDT

In jedem system der Macht gibt es korruption.

Det vore klokt att tro att det inte finns några undantag.

Sushi at Mcdonalds sounds ok...

  • 07.27.2011 1:18 PM PDT

If this is the state of my art, then I secede.


Posted by: stepheng0228

Posted by: Tom T
Posted by: Tired racoon
I know I can't lock it, but if i ask in the title, maybe it will be locked :)
Sorry but that isn't your call to make.

Its his thread tho, so don't act like a hot shot now.
Once he posts it, it's no longer his thread, so don't act like a smartass :)

  • 07.27.2011 1:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: UnderTheKnif3

Posted by: stepheng0228

Posted by: Tom T
Posted by: Tired racoon
I know I can't lock it, but if i ask in the title, maybe it will be locked :)
Sorry but that isn't your call to make.

Its his thread tho, so don't act like a hot shot now.
Once he posts it, it's no longer his thread, so don't act like a smartass :)


Don't be a ass kisser.

[Edited on 07.27.2011 1:25 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2011 1:25 PM PDT

Hi I'm RT and I like to argue!

Posted by: stepheng0228
Posted by: UnderTheKnif3
Posted by: stepheng0228
Posted by: Tom T
Posted by: Tired racoon
I know I can't lock it, but if i ask in the title, maybe it will be locked :)
Sorry but that isn't your call to make.

Its his thread tho, so don't act like a hot shot now.
Once he posts it, it's no longer his thread, so don't act like a smartass :)


Don't be a ass kisser.
Don't you mean "an" ass kisser?

If you're going to edit your post, you shouldn't edit it to be more wrong.

Don't be a dumbass. :-)

[Edited on 07.27.2011 1:27 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2011 1:27 PM PDT

If this is the state of my art, then I secede.

Posted by: stepheng0228
Don't be a ass kisser.
But then how will all the mods like me? :(

Don't be naive.

  • 07.27.2011 1:28 PM PDT
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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-

I believe it's a fault in itself to view The Flood as a legitimate area to hold a discussion. It's always had some sort of problem with trolls, in fact every one of these forums has, it's just The Flood has the most amount. The users on The Flood seem to think that just because it's the Off Topic forum that the rules don't abide there.

You can't compare the The Flood and the other forums at all, it serves a different purpose than the other forums. Anyone that even attempts to compare The Flood to The Community is just making a fool of themselves.

  • 07.27.2011 1:35 PM PDT