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Posted by: urk
Eat raw meat.
Punch a bear in the face.
If you don't know who I am, the feeling is mutual.
Posted by: Clone Outcast
I personally wish more forums acted like the Rooster Teeth forums. They have profiles with journals, friendlists, post ratings, it's pretty good. They've turned their own site into a large social network and I don't see why Bungie couldn't do it too; to some extent. Sadly, there's a difference between RT's site and Bnet.
Rooster Teeth makes funny online videos. Typically, if one joins their site, it's because a person likes RT's work. When someone starts trolling, the rest of the community (all fans of RT) are immediately against said troll. They can have the nice shiny baubles that RT provides because they won't misuse them.
Bnet is different. This is a site made to discuss a video game. This leads to critique, argument, and (in response to disagreements with said arguments) flaming. Because people naturally won't always agree with each other, people here can be bigger jerks than they would on RT. Because of all of the disagreements and flaming, this is a much more suitable place for trolling and being a dick.
It's all about the atmosphere. Despite all of the good people here, there are also a lot of jerks. RT has a much more tame community because they're all fans of RT's humour. You can't argue intensely about which jokes you like and which ones you don't, that's silly. However, here, people can argue about moderator activity, site features, and everything people have argued about in the past over Bungie's games (from the glitches from Halo 2 to the Armour Abilities in Halo: Reach) and that's the point of the forums. Arguments can turn nasty and people can be immature about it. That immaturity starts trolling. Because of that, the community can be less mature.
That's why we shouldn't get chat features and custom avatars However, if you download Coup, that's your choice. I'd prefer not to potentially see pictures of diseased wieners, thank you very much.