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Posted by: Primum Agmen
A tosser is the same as a wanker. To toss oneself off is to fondle the trouser weasel.


Achronos

Joe Staten

I don't mean to be a killjoy or an ungrateful -blam!-, but is the message really necessary? I think all the threads asking things about Halo (past, present and future) on this forum, are an example of people not reading this message.

You could replace the message with a lame joke or some mother-insulting message and most people wouldn't even notice.

So, should it say or should it go? Should the text be in bright red, all-caps, font 98 style?

  • 09.23.2011 12:52 PM PDT

Key

You have no way of measuring how many thread's it's stopped from being created and so your argument about how much it hasn't helped is invalid, in my opinion.

[Edited on 09.23.2011 12:53 PM PDT]

  • 09.23.2011 12:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: Primum Agmen
A tosser is the same as a wanker. To toss oneself off is to fondle the trouser weasel.


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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
You have no way of measuring how many thread's it's stopped from being created and so your argument about how much it hasn't helped is invalid, in my opinion.
However, threads about Halo keep popping-up. It doesn't really bother me, I'm barely active on the site. I'm just throwing the question out there.

  • 09.23.2011 12:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: Yuke
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
You have no way of measuring how many thread's it's stopped from being created and so your argument about how much it hasn't helped is invalid, in my opinion.
However, threads about Halo keep popping-up. It doesn't really bother me, I'm barely active on the site. I'm just throwing the question out there.

Barely active...
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Are you serious?

  • 09.23.2011 12:57 PM PDT

Key


Posted by: Yuke
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
You have no way of measuring how many thread's it's stopped from being created and so your argument about how much it hasn't helped is invalid, in my opinion.
However, threads about Halo keep popping-up. It doesn't really bother me, I'm barely active on the site. I'm just throwing the question out there.
I think there would have been a lot more without that message. With the amount of confusion around the time of the reorganization of the site post tradeoff of the franchise, I'd hazard a guess that threads about Reach in the wrong forums probably would have gone from a frequency of something like "x" to "2x" or at least "1.5x".

But, because of that message, the number of wrong forum threads seems to have stayed at a constant, meaning that that extra leftover is being taken care of by that message.

  • 09.23.2011 12:59 PM PDT

Key


Posted by: Mr Snippy
Posted by: Yuke
Barely active...
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Are you serious?


He is barely active. Last 10 posts not in this thread:
9/20
9/19
9/13
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9/13
9/13
9/9
9/1
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8/19

  • 09.23.2011 1:01 PM PDT

Posted by: Mr Snippy
Posted by: Yuke
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
You have no way of measuring how many thread's it's stopped from being created and so your argument about how much it hasn't helped is invalid, in my opinion.
However, threads about Halo keep popping-up. It doesn't really bother me, I'm barely active on the site. I'm just throwing the question out there.

Barely active...
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Are you serious?

Looks like it.

  • 09.23.2011 1:02 PM PDT

I spend too much time here.. too much time indeed.

I tweet?

This thread is now about Yuke's activity level...




But really, I don't think it was put there to actively ward off Halo topics being posted. More likely just for something to post to while clearing your throat with a disapproving glare at the person who just made said Halo related topic.

  • 09.23.2011 1:08 PM PDT
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  • 09.23.2011 1:16 PM PDT

Key


Posted by: Specter Wolf
This thread is now about Yuke's activity level...




But really, I don't think it was put there to actively ward off Halo topics being posted. More likely just for something to post to while clearing your throat with a disapproving glare at the person who just made said Halo related topic.
Before you posted the thread was at a 4:3 on topic to off topic posts. Hardly a derailed thread.

OT: I may have exaggerated the number of posts that the notice has stopped from being created but I do believe its helped quite a bit.

  • 09.23.2011 1:17 PM PDT

I spend too much time here.. too much time indeed.

I tweet?

I wasn't serious...
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Before you posted the thread was at a 4:3 on topic to off topic posts. Hardly a derailed thread.

  • 09.23.2011 1:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: drummer0702
It's better than nothing...

This.

You know what I find funny? The Septagon has come up with this type of awareness feature before, and it seemed to be a great idea. Now that we actually have it though, it doesn't even seem to work - not as well as I had hoped it would anyway.

It just goes to show, even if you put something in front of someones face, you can't force them to read it. Take the CoC and ToU of just about any company for example, those are terms that you agree to abide by. I'd say about 3/4 of the people that agree to them would have unknowingly signed away their first born.

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  • 09.23.2011 1:49 PM PDT

Key

Neither was I.

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Posted by: Specter Wolf
I wasn't serious...
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Before you posted the thread was at a 4:3 on topic to off topic posts. Hardly a derailed thread.

  • 09.23.2011 1:52 PM PDT
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I understand nothing because my life is a conspiracy.

I can quick quote it when reporting someone who is breaking the rules.

  • 09.23.2011 2:36 PM PDT

"We live in a special time; the only time where we can observationally verify that we live in a very special time" - Lawrence Krauss.

I was a finalist :P

I am sure that that statement does stop some threads from being submitted. We just look at the negative because that is all we can see.

  • 09.23.2011 3:00 PM PDT

PEANUT-BUTTER SLAP!

Posted by: Yuke
Should the text be in bright red, all-caps, font 98 style?
Maybe. It's not too bad now, but I'm sure it'll get worse once info on Halo 4 starts seeping to the surface.

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SHOVE IT UP YOURASS BUNGIE & 343i!!!!!!!

GOOD Riddance

  • 09.23.2011 8:00 PM PDT

Let it stay. It's not like it's an annoyance, and it's not like it really works either.

  • 09.23.2011 8:01 PM PDT
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SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

I'd rather it stuck around for awhile.

Though I am all for it becoming some kind of lame joke after all this Halo stuff dies down.

  • 09.23.2011 8:22 PM PDT

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Posted by: Agustus
I lol'd at the absurd miscommunication that occurs whenever dibbs post something. Perhaps his brain is so highly evolved that he can no longer clearly communicate with lesser life forms, even among his own species.

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Posted by: drummer0702
It's better than nothing...

This.

You know what I find funny? The Septagon has come up with this type of awareness feature before, and it seemed to be a great idea. Now that we actually have it though, it doesn't even seem to work - not as well as I had hoped it would anyway.

It just goes to show, even if you put something in front of someones face, you can't force them to read it. Take the CoC and ToU of just about any company for example, those are terms that you agree to abide by. I'd say about 3/4 of the people that agree to them would have unknowingly signed away their first born.
Bungie should really put their collective knowledge to use. With Myth they found a way to erase your hard drive if you attempted to uninstall the game. The text boxes should say "Click this box before posting" (showing that you've actually read it). If you don't click; instant BSoD.

  • 09.23.2011 8:27 PM PDT

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I think it is, but I think it should only show up when your posting in Halo forums.

  • 09.23.2011 9:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: Yuke
Should the text be in bright red, all-caps, font 98 style?
Maybe. It's not too bad now, but I'm sure it'll get worse once info on Halo 4 starts seeping to the surface.


I'm betting on this to happen. I also look forward to the lame jokes.

  • 09.23.2011 9:11 PM PDT

and "pro" is a term used for people who make money at what they do like a professional baseball player like albert pujols

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I'm all about on topic discussions, but Bungie created Halo. We don't know what the next game is. And Myth and Marathon aren't exactly the most exciting topics compared to Halo. We need to let this Halo stuff go on until we get a new game announced so we can go on for years about it.

  • 09.23.2011 9:22 PM PDT

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I see no reason to remove im sure its stopped at least one person from posting incorrectly.

  • 09.23.2011 9:39 PM PDT