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Posted by: Helveck
The cycle of the Internet and these forums and particular work, prevent it from easily changing to something better, or more mature. Being gone for a long time, and coming back expecting some sort of miraculous change to take place that parallels your life is simply ridiculous.
Lets look at why...
A small, tight-knit community once existed here before I even signed on as a member, and was more of an observer than anything. It was a place with a small population, and people who shared common interests more than complaints were here to discuss what they loved, what they wanted, what they'd be interested in seeing or seeing changed, and and so on and so forth.
Multiply the population exponentially. Then take into account how easy it is for young, ignorant and or stupid people to access the Internet, and also the number of households that possess game consoles. After you've done that, compare this state to the state of things ten years ago when the numbers for all those things referenced above were massively reduced.
At this time, gaming forums were not massively accessed by "casual" gamers, nor were the developer forums. Now you have older gamers who still may frequent forums and Communities such as this one, on top of a new generation of gamers who think both the World and Internet is their outlet to complain and to act foolishly upon. That may be a bit of an extreme description or generalization, but it illustrates the point I hope...
Which is, this place is growing and will likely continue to. And it will grow with fans, and people who simply want to complain. It will grow with people who embrace anonymity, and others who want to know one another on some "personal level". It will grow apart before it grows tighter. It would be like filling a balloon with too much water... At first, it's small and not stretched beyond any limit. But begin to fill it, and once balloon begins to retain too much water, it becomes crowded to the point where trying to hold it together under that much weight pressure is just impossible.
The tightness can only really exist in smaller controlled areas, such as the utilization of Private Groups. People who really want to share their passion of a particular subject or area of the game are free to group together a tight-knit section of friends to enjoy things as they might have been many years ago. But to expect that from such a massive population with so many differentiating opinions and tastes now... is like I said to begin with, ridiculous.
I agree with your post, totally, but there must be some way to increase the standing of the community. I would love to see Bungie remain either the same or get closer, we need to act now before its too late.
Another response is that the Halo franchise was the type of gameplay experience that invites complaints, if it doesn't go well people complained. That was because of the sort of person Halo attracted, its simple fun gameplay meant that it was played by all ages globally, there was bound to be difference in opinion.
If the next IP is different as i suspect it will be, it will attract a new clientele, and a new ethos where the onus is on discussion not complaint.
Thats what i hope anyway.