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Subject: Can someone explain why these forums are so Awful?

When he was younger, he was the one who always had the jokes and riddles that would keep the spirits of the Spartans high. Over the years however, his lifetime of combat had hardened him, as it had all of the Spartans. Within Will, John thought, something special had been lost.
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There is a focus around here. You keep everyone on the same level as much as possible and you let real content, real discussion, real critical thinking and writing be the bread and butter.

I can't tell whether you're complaining about not having smiley's and such or whether you are complaining about the nature of these forums. In which case you have no idea what this place is about. Things are very different now then they used to be at any rate. And you have to consider that the studios main IP is now in the hands of M$. There was no transition from old to new. The studio is understandably dark about their current project, and haven't a current one to keep people occupied.

  • 12.04.2011 9:47 AM 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.

Smiley's make a forum good?

I like the clean and uncluttered look of Bungie forums.

  • 12.04.2011 9:48 AM PDT

We're concerned

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Posted by: Halo biggest fan
I don't want a smiley set.


Nor do I want custom avvies, they make everything look like a rainbow exploded on my screen. Like coup

[Edited on 12.04.2011 10:02 AM PST]

  • 12.04.2011 10:01 AM PDT

Posted by: spartain ken 15
You guys care too much.


Posted by: Xplode441
I'm not sure if OP is serious with this, but he obviously doesn't remember when people figured out the secret to posting pictures. Lots and lots of waffles of the blue persuasion.
That would pass within 2 weeks, and if it doesnt people get banned. Simple.

I dont care what people want to use as their avis and neither should you. Who cares if people wanna put ponies there, you dont see me going after everyone who uses their halo model.... Thats a very weak reason

  • 12.04.2011 10:22 AM PDT

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What's your talent?
Posted by: DabilahroNinja
I can see through windows.

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Like they always say, "You mess with the Helix Nebula, you get the WinyPit82."

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Posted by: DansWorld360
John Cena multiplied by a thousand.

That's why.
...and a LOT of other reasons

Watch this:

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  • 12.04.2011 10:33 AM PDT

',:|

We're already host to massive amounts of "John Cena" posts that take ages to scroll over to the report button and take ages to ban, only to crop up again.

Would you like these posts to be have a shock avatar, as well as be thousands of lines longer? You'd have to scroll all the way to the bottom to hit the report button, viewing those pictures all the while.

You might suggest we click a normal blue link that is replaced on click by the linked picture, but that's basically the same as it is now.

Smileys and custom avatars serve no purpose in enhancement of community interaction that can't be done without them; they just distract and clutter- spam.

  • 12.04.2011 10:44 AM PDT

NO GROUP INVITES

Jesus took 3 days to respawn, talk about lag.

7 BILLION BY 7

Just look at coup bro. I would rather not have anything like that on the forums. I also think that the BNET forums look very sharp and polished, and that Bungie has put a lot of effort into what we already have, and it looks great.

  • 12.04.2011 10:48 AM PDT

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New Flood

It's my fault, I'm dragging everyone down with my own -blam!-ness. Sorry guys. :(

  • 12.04.2011 10:48 AM PDT

Posted by: Gangster No1
Anyone who claims the AR takes skill ought to shoot himself in the head. Preferably with the AR because they'll most likely miss with any other weapon.

This thread is hilarious. BeMe raises a legitimate concern and people just ignore what he has to say and praises Bungie mindlessly.

Sounds alot like the Reach forum!

  • 12.04.2011 10:50 AM PDT

The Song Of Nephilim

Xenoblade <3


Posted by: HC Swat Is Back
Because the Bungie community is made up of immature trolls.

Until people mature, we will never be able to embed stuff.

  • 12.04.2011 10:52 AM PDT

Intolerance is the highest level of stupidity and inbred thinking.

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Posted by: Cockburnicus
It's my fault, I'm dragging everyone down with my own -blam!-ness. Sorry guys. :(
-blam!- you! It's all your fault! <3

Smiley set? I've got one. :) :( :O >.> <.< >.< :| :/ etc etc.
I even have other ones too like <(^_^<) (>^_^)>
You don't need little buttons to put little drawings into your posts to have smiles. Plus, they have a tendency of making posts look, well, not pretty.

And on a forum of this size, letting people provide their own pictures for their avatars is ridiculous. I don't know about you, but I can live without looking at -blam!-es every other post. Same for being able to embed things into posts.

Ultimately, these forums are good the way they are because they are clean and pleasant on the eyes. Install Coup if you want to have some more fun, or just find another website with it's own forums to visit. Bnet is fine the way it is: pretty.

  • 12.04.2011 10:54 AM PDT

Mythical Group

There is no greater catharsis than arguing on the Flood.

I love the lack of custom avatars just based on what people use in other forums and coup. The forum layout is supreme, as you said. Also I hate custom smilies.

[Edited on 12.04.2011 10:57 AM PST]

  • 12.04.2011 10:56 AM PDT

Key

Custom Avis for everyone: The mods would complain for years to come.

Embed links in your post? Um... maybe I'm just stupid but could you explain how that isn't hyperlinking?

Smileys I could live with I guess...

[Edited on 12.04.2011 11:08 AM PST]

  • 12.04.2011 11:08 AM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

Posted by: antidope671
That would pass within 2 weeks, and if it doesnt people get banned. Simple.

I dont care what people want to use as their avis and neither should you. Who cares if people wanna put ponies there, you dont see me going after everyone who uses their halo model.... Thats a very weak reason

Oh really? How long was that John Cena thing? Trolls don't have a sense of time, they keep going as long as they're causing mischief and it's kind of hard to avoid seeing things that should never be seen while browsing through your favorite thread. It's better to just avoid embedding pictures as far as this community goes.
As far as banning them goes, if this were to happen then we'd either need more moderators to handle the amount of disgusting pictures or we'd need special moderators to handle only picture embedding. That or we start paying the moderators with donations to keep our eyes clean.

As far as avatars go, yes I do care what they use for their avatars. This is a game developer site, I don't want it being overrun with stupid meme pictures and .gif pictures.

  • 12.04.2011 11:11 AM PDT
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13.72 billion years in the making.

On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

The trolling is strong in this one...

  • 12.04.2011 11:15 AM PDT

Didact's Reprisal -
Now is the time of our unworlding
One final effort is all that remains
And I am not afraid
We shall fulfill our promise
We fight for the grace of the Mantle
And this time none of you will be left behind

I could care less for any of those features.

I don't want to spend 2 hours every day customizing my profile, ensuring that I'm more unique than everyone else. I came here to talk and listen in these forums, and if the lack of customization pushes everyone to do that, then Bungie's doing a great job.

Oh, and [Alt +1]

That's how I've smiled in these forums the past few years. And I'm perfectly fine with that.

[Edited on 12.04.2011 11:17 AM PST]

  • 12.04.2011 11:15 AM PDT


Posted by: RigZ Boi
I lol'd, OP.

  • 12.04.2011 11:18 AM PDT

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I'm so glad signatures are no longer visible on every post. They were an eyesore.

  • 12.04.2011 11:18 AM PDT
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Why are you reading my signature? Who actually opens these things and reads them!

And as always, SEND ME A PM. Please. Or really bad things will happen to you.

Custom smiley set:

:)
:D
:P
:O
:/
-_-
:|

You're welcome.

  • 12.04.2011 11:25 AM PDT

@trueunderdog

Chapter

Narwhallace Smithington: Gone, but not forgotten. Never approve of anything lil guy. <3
Furious George: The new -blam!-

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Custom Avis for everyone: The mods would complain for years to come.


We would?

If you think the reason we moderate is for the custom avatar, you're beyond insane.

  • 12.04.2011 11:25 AM PDT
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The End

‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

I moderate for the custom avatar.

  • 12.04.2011 11:26 AM PDT

In a time long past, the armies of the dark came again to the lands of men. Their leaders became known as the fallen lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the west.
In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten


Posted by: True Underdog
If you think the reason we moderate is for the custom avatar, you're beyond insane.

Posted by: Tom T
I moderate for the custom avatar.


mmmmmm....

I think coup is less of a hassle.

  • 12.04.2011 11:29 AM PDT

The beta is super awesome. RogueAssassin27 is now the person who got my Totodile's nickname. Hoo-hah! Relevant.inb4lock

Skyrim, it's all their fault. Damn you Bethseda.....

  • 12.04.2011 11:30 AM PDT

What's up with all the -blam!-ing negativity?
Stop it.

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Keer-Meet
God of Destruction

Because you're picky.

  • 12.04.2011 11:32 AM PDT

In a time long past, the armies of the dark came again to the lands of men. Their leaders became known as the fallen lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the west.
In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten


Posted by: Leprechaun209
Because you're picky.


No, I think it is becuase we have squeezed out about every possible community/website related topic we could.

  • 12.04.2011 11:33 AM PDT