- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Dear Bungie (Especially the moderators and Weekly Update writers.),
I have been a loyal subject to your quest for world domination for 6 years now. (Almost seven.) I have read all the books, paid extra money so Version could wire the cables up to my house so I could play XBL, which has been only for Halo 2. One month ago all of that was shattered with one simple act that your moderator did to me, and then followed up by Frankie’s rude behavior to his fans and the world.
*Note, it is very positive near the end, Big time for Frankie to. Sorry if I was angry at first, its how I feel.)
I would first like to point out, that Bungie has made it very clear not to post FIRST POST, or FIRST PAGE. Even to the extent of having a person say it once, but have 22+ lines talking about the update itself. For the 2nd time in a row, I was actually on the first page of Bungie! Dude, that’s so cool! I just have to bloat to all by other friends that I made it on the first page! (This is how us fans think.) I then said my things about what I thought on the weekly update and the occasional spelling corrections after I post it. (I never seen to check before hand. Weird eh?) Well, to get to the point, I got BANNED for 14 days. Not seven, but 14 DAYS. It was By Shishkia or what ever the weird name is. For what, saying this exact line: “Sweet, looks like I made it again on the first page again.” I then added a 22 line paragraph talking about specific things in the update. Bungie, I come here before you today, to tell you that in my opinion, and MANY other peoples opinions, banning folks who say “first page,” is absurd, and as a company your size, should take a look at it again. As long as the people speak 90% of the time about the update, then why bother banning the fans for something that may seem silly to you, but meaningful to others? It made me so mad, I never replied to the update after I got banned. I almost even called Microsoft Customer Support on it. Then I saw what Frankie did last week.
Last week was absolutely appalling for the Bungie fan base, and absolutely unprofessional of Bunge’s employees. (excluding Achronos, who handled the situation much better.) For those who don’t remember, last week, one of the fans of Bungie was… “aggravated,” by the lack of Intel on Bungie’s latest project. He was absolutely rude by degrading a wonderful idea of Bungie’s. I think the weekly Updates are one of those things that separates Bungie from other game developers. Frankie stepped out of line as an employee of Microsoft.
Do I care?
Apparently you don’t Frankie, but some of us do. As a working man myself, I would have never said such a thing as that. If you feel because you are the update master that you are compelled to say what you feel to anyone at any time, then I suggest you either take some lessons from Achronos, or some classes of Customer Support. You may be a person with feelings, but when representing a Company, you must control your emotions. To add to the disgrace to Bungie, Game Junky Jim, a Bungie moderator, said this:
OMGFANKIEPWND
This dude NEEDS to take some moderator classes, as for this line was absolutely unnecessary, and completely unorthodox. How can a person like him be hired, if he can’t even do his job right? How rude.
But alas, I guess Bungie is not all about customer support, as Frankie said in this line later on:
We don't do PR here, we do world domination.
Well Frankie, let me remind you that Bungie never can accomplish its goal of world domination, unless Microsoft does. With that being said, you also have to treat people here with respect and act like a professional. It’s your job, and when you don’t, you only hurt Bungie’s dream. And that is not good at all now is it? Here are some more wonderful things our Bungie spokesperson who works for Microsoft said as well:
After that you can either put up or shut up.
If it sounds like I'm in a bad mood, you're wrong, it only seems like I am because YOU care more about whatever miniscule detail you're PO'd about than I do.
…..Huh… Well I think I have made my point. Props to Arcronos for not being the same. I am telling you Frankie all of this not because I don’t like you, but because what you are doing hurts me as a fan, and it is wrong. I never went to Customer Support. Instead I went strait to you. It is sad to see people diss you and insult your very good weekly updates. I can understand your frustration. But don’t you realize? People look up to you! You and the rest of Bungie are considered heroes in some people’s minds. What you say and do will reflect on them. If you want proof, look what happened to Escape after you flamed him. Even the Moderators followed. You have a lot of power, use it to your advantage, and not to hurt people. There are 10 and 11 year old kids who my have bad parents, who escape there normal lives to live in the world of Bungie. If you add to hurt in there life, what will become of them? Remember that, because that’s what I am really concerned about Frankie, is that you will hurt the wrong kids. I have let go on this issue, just like the Bible says, which is to turn the other cheek, and forgive. Please don’t take what I say as personal or offensive, but mere criticism and grave concern. Thank you for fully reading this Bungie, and as always, I will be watching and reading…
Now to the Update to stay on task!
"tested out some new AI"-- This I am dieing to know about. One thing that always bugs me is how dumb the ai is. Although halo 2's was actually pretty good. Especially for the elites.
"I PROMISE this is the last week I will tease you with Pimps at Sea fakery, but most of what I just said is true."--- so then Frankie... what wasn’t true that you have told us? :P
"It's also officially Bungie Summertime, as of today. We've switched to iced coffee drinks from Starbucks, fully switched to shirts and flip flops (yeah, calm down ladies) and started BBQ-ing in the Bungie backyard. True, a bee came, but we just hid 'til it left. No doubt it will rain next week to remind us who's really in charge of when Summertime starts." Bad move Bungie. In the Everett Harold the other day, environmentalists claim that this is a false spring. And even warn people how will go hiking wearing just t-shirts and shorts. It can be dangerous!
http://www.bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/gamevariants.x ls
^^^^ Thank you, thank you, thank you again! A lot of times i would just play team training for practice on game types that were similar in TS. This is tight. THANKS NINGA!
*Oh, and Frankie, I promise to buy something from the Bungie store by the end of the summer, but right now, I gotta save up for the 360 and SPORE, and of corse, Pimps at sea.*
Un finished MC? You could have at least colored him in pink!
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