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Subject: Halo Forums = Too Hard to Get to = More Spam in Other Forums

For some reason,people keep posting Reach-related topics in the Flood and it's getting pretty annoying. I get the feeling that this is because you have to actually click Halo Forums and then Reach forum, which I feel people must be either too stupid or too lazy to do. The Mods never lock these threads, and it's just spamming up the forum.

The forum list not popping out of a sidebar seems to be a large inconvenience for some people.

[Edited on 08.07.2011 8:38 PM PDT]

  • 08.07.2011 7:30 PM PDT
Subject: Make The Halo Forums Easier To Access, Please.

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." -Johnny Cash

I agree, but only because people are posting in the wrong forum/s.

  • 08.07.2011 7:31 PM PDT

i c u thar c' ing my signiture

Yours in _Kai_

You could always bookmark the forums you want. You all just have to look where it says "Halo Forums", that's just being lazy on the person's part; and if that's the case, then maybe a warning/ban isn't that bad.

[Edited on 08.07.2011 7:33 PM PDT]

  • 08.07.2011 7:31 PM PDT

Except take a peek, that thread is still not locked. They never get locked.
Posted by: arch4ng13
You could always bookmark the forums you want. You all just have to look where it says "Halo Forums", that's just being lazy on the person's part; and if that's the case, then maybe a warning/ban isn't that bad.

  • 08.07.2011 7:36 PM PDT

This is probably Bungies way of trying to push the remaining Halo fans to the 343 forums. I cant tell you how many times I've had to direct people to their forums since the 2nd.

  • 08.07.2011 7:37 PM PDT
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"Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.” - Albert Schweitzer

If making the Halo Forums easier to access is not possible, the best idea would be to find each forum and add them to your bookmarks.

Other than that, I really don't know how to help.

As for preventing people from discussing Halo in the Flood Forum, I don't see how that would be possible, unless-of course-Bungie added the Halo Forums to the drop down menu again.

But, I'm guessing they removed them for a reason.

:)

  • 08.07.2011 7:40 PM PDT

Yes, most likely. I just want the forum as spam-free as possible.
Posted by: Raaascal
If making the Halo Forums easier to access is not possible, the best idea would be to find each forum and add them to your bookmarks.

Other than that, I really don't know how to help.

As for preventing people from discussing Halo in the Flood Forum, I don't see how that would be possible, unless-of course-Bungie added the Halo Forums to the drop down menu again.

But, I'm guessing they removed them for a reason.

:)

  • 08.07.2011 7:42 PM PDT

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." -Johnny Cash


Posted by: arch4ng13
You could always bookmark the forums you want. You all just have to look where it says "Halo Forums", that's just being lazy on the person's part; and if that's the case, then maybe a warning/ban isn't that bad.

Indeed. Ignorance or laziness should warrent a warning or a ban in order to "fix" it.

  • 08.07.2011 7:43 PM PDT
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"Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.” - Albert Schweitzer

In all honesty, the best thing you can do in this kind of situation is ignore it.

;)

Posted by: ctjl96
Yes, most likely. I just want the forum as spam-free as possible.
Posted by: Raaascal
If making the Halo Forums easier to access is not possible, the best idea would be to find each forum and add them to your bookmarks.

Other than that, I really don't know how to help.

As for preventing people from discussing Halo in the Flood Forum, I don't see how that would be possible, unless-of course-Bungie added the Halo Forums to the drop down menu again.

But, I'm guessing they removed them for a reason.

:)

  • 08.07.2011 7:45 PM PDT

Oh hey there

Posted by: petarded2
It's a metaphor for the 07s' lack of identity. too old to be newfa­g, yet too new to be oldfa­g, we wander b.net in search of a home, forever trying to be something we are not.

I say they just start handing out bans for wrong forum posts. Extra long bans if it's posted in the Universe forum incorrectly.

Yeah I said it!

[Edited on 08.07.2011 7:50 PM PDT]

  • 08.07.2011 7:50 PM PDT
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Boomer.
Best. Ship. Ever!

Even though it has gotten bad, even to the point of one person not even realizing there was a Reach forum, it should be kept the way it is. Eventually most people will get where to go.

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The least used spices always end up in the back of the cupboard.

  • 08.07.2011 8:09 PM PDT

I disagree because Bungie's trying to emphasize that they are no longer a Halo studio and have responsibilities towards the franchise. Them keeping the forums is a gift enough to the fans.

I think the solution to your problem is the mods honestly. Just report and try to ignore it.

  • 08.07.2011 8:09 PM PDT

Oh hey there

Posted by: petarded2
It's a metaphor for the 07s' lack of identity. too old to be newfa­g, yet too new to be oldfa­g, we wander b.net in search of a home, forever trying to be something we are not.

Posted by: Salazar14
I disagree because Bungie's trying to emphasize that they are no longer a Halo studio and have responsibilities towards the franchise. Them keeping the forums is a gift enough to the fans.
I was surprised that they were still here at all.

  • 08.07.2011 8:12 PM PDT
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A warning should be issued the first time someone creates a Halo-related thread in a wrong forum. Like someone said, it will emphasize that Bungie's no longer in charge of Halo.

And to be honest, I don't even like that the Halo forums are still accessible on this site because the majority of threads deal with, "WHY WAZ I BAN 4 NO REESON?!".

  • 08.07.2011 8:19 PM PDT

I don't care about bans, I just want the damn threads locked.

[Edited on 08.07.2011 8:24 PM PDT]

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Posted by: ctjl96
I don't care about bans, I just want the damn threads locked.

Yeah, where is housekeeping? Don't they know that a cluttered forum is a bad forum?

  • 08.07.2011 8:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: ctjl96
I don't care about bans, I just want the damn threads locked.

Then PM a moderator with a link to the thread(s).

  • 08.07.2011 8:26 PM PDT

Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth, you'd get a lot of free games.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

It's two clicks...

  • 08.07.2011 8:27 PM PDT

I dot this every time.
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Posted by: ctjl96
I don't care about bans, I just want the damn threads locked.

Then PM a moderator with a link to the thread(s).

  • 08.07.2011 8:29 PM PDT

Sigh.
I know, man. I know.
Posted by: Top_Gun_2021
It's two clicks...

  • 08.07.2011 8:30 PM PDT

SIGNATURE

I don't even think those forums should be here anymore. I can see why they moved them.

  • 08.07.2011 8:35 PM PDT
Subject: Halo Forums = Too Hard to Get to = More Spam in Other Forums

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

I don't really use the flood forum, so i wouldn't know, whenever i go there, it's all music bars...

  • 08.07.2011 8:36 PM PDT
Subject: Make The Halo Forums Easier To Access, Please.

I agree, there should be a news story or a permanent notification being all like "Yo, Community. Wanna chat about Halo? Go here. Seeya."
Posted by: dfisch5
I don't even think those forums should be here anymore. I can see why they moved them.

  • 08.07.2011 8:36 PM PDT

Foman took care of the aforementioned Reach-related thread.

  • 08.07.2011 8:37 PM PDT

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