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

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Achronos, when you fix up the notification system, it would be sweet if we were notified somewhere when someone quoted us or even maybe "tagged" us in a post.

Thoughts?

  • 12.06.2011 9:41 PM PDT
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  • 12.06.2011 9:46 PM PDT

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I prefer the best layout on the web. I can sacrifice emoticons and picture embedding. I despise picture embedding on other forums anyway.

  • 12.06.2011 10:25 PM PDT

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Beside, the layout is great compared to other forums. If all you have to complain about is no custom avvies (which is not true) I see no merit in this argument.

  • 12.06.2011 11:23 PM PDT

Posted by: Dustin 6047
Troll confirmed. I never even insulted you

Posted by: Dustin 6047
OP - You're a dumbass with the reading comprehension skills of a second grader.


Can someone tell me what's wrong with these two, this made me LOL hard.

When did they even have those things btw? If the answer is never, why complain that the site got lamer for things that were never here?

  • 12.06.2011 11:26 PM PDT

ooga booga boooh


Posted by: CheckedBRUTES
The Forums are not awful.

Yes they are. The Flood is the only really active forum. Many of the "mature" members will say it is reduced to spam. And what is this forum? Spam, really. The same thing over and over again. The same anniversary threads. The same "I want this feature". The same Bungie employee joke threads.

OP is correct about the awfulness. The rest is just trollin'.

[Edited on 12.07.2011 12:46 AM PST]

  • 12.06.2011 11:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: antidope671
Why do we have avatars? Theyre just clutter on the page. Why do we have colored text? People with gold text do nothing but draw attention to themselves and away from the topics. Why does this place have colors at all?

  • 12.07.2011 12:40 AM PDT

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I agree with Achronos, things like email subscriptions, sorting, and some more useful BBCode to help with large posts would be great, some BBCode I would love:
[s] (strikethrough)
[h1] (Header 1)
[h2] (Header 2)
[h3] (Header 3)

And buttons to add BBCodes to the text box would be great.

  • 12.07.2011 3:19 AM PDT

"Wake me...when you need me."

If you don't like it, don't use it. I like the order within the chaos.

  • 12.07.2011 5:36 AM PDT

From an amateur web designers perspective the forum layout and functionality on Bungie is better than most. The only thing that makes these forums awful are the kids with an overbearing sense of self-entitlement.

  • 12.07.2011 5:40 AM PDT

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Posted by: antidope671
Actual Signatures? I almost forgot about those. I dont get why this place is set up like its 1998


Nobody wants that crap.

  • 12.07.2011 6:12 AM PDT

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Posted by: Count Blinkula
I've always wanted a reason to use this image.
Posted by: antidope671
Why do we have avatars? Theyre just clutter on the page. Why do we have colored text? People with gold text do nothing but draw attention to themselves and away from the topics. Why does this place have colors at all?

That about explains this thread.

  • 12.07.2011 6:45 AM PDT

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The Christmas season of 2007 is a really really good reason. Also the massive spamming of meatspin accounts a couple months ago, it would require active full time moderators all the time, and would need to be payed taking monetary resources from the games that bring us here.

  • 12.07.2011 9:35 AM PDT

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eventually ill be back on Reach and CEA. i enjoy gaming for fun, im a great player and i enjoy smoking while i play. so any chill players feel free to add me. I in NO way support halocharts; old username.

i enjoy the simplicity of it. it avoids the cluttered mess featured on other forums.

  • 12.07.2011 10:43 AM PDT

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Posted by: FALSE R3ALITYx
And Cobravert is absolutely correct.

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"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and Cobra."
- Der

Posted by: jacob crawford
And what is this forum? Spam, really. The same thing over and over again. The same anniversary threads. The same "I want this feature". The same Bungie employee joke threads.

Head of nail - HIT!

You forgot to mention the obligatory and continual sack riding that takes place as well.

  • 12.07.2011 10:47 AM PDT

You.

  • 12.07.2011 10:50 AM PDT

Tej~

The only thing this site actually needs is notifications, everything else is non-essential, and i like it that way.

  • 12.07.2011 11:46 AM PDT

Halo 3: ReV Eskimo

eventually ill be back on Reach and CEA. i enjoy gaming for fun, im a great player and i enjoy smoking while i play. so any chill players feel free to add me. I in NO way support halocharts; old username.


Posted by: SunGlassed Skunk
The only thing this site actually needs is notifications, everything else is non-essential, and i like it that way.


see OP, so the only thing WRONG is that these forums dont match your PREFERENCE for what you expect and enjoy in a forum. so, your subjective persepctive is whats wrong. im not being condescending, just throwing it out there man.

  • 12.07.2011 11:48 AM PDT

ooga booga boooh


Posted by: Cobravert
Posted by: jacob crawford
And what is this forum? Spam, really. The same thing over and over again. The same anniversary threads. The same "I want this feature". The same Bungie employee joke threads.

Head of nail - HIT!

You forgot to mention the obligatory and continual sack riding that takes place as well.

Do I even need to mention the sack riding? This little diddy is what comes to mind first thing when I hit up the Community forum. Sure, there are some really cool people here who've done some awesome things. Apart from that, it's "Well, I've been here for 5 years and I think I know it better than you do". No, OP did get it right when he said the forums were awful. It's not like back when H2 and H3 came out, there was a lot to discuss. There were really great, new site features being released and a lot of things were actually happening. Now that Bungie has gone dark for a while, it seems like the forums been reduced to really crappy jokes, join my clan spamming, and sack riding beyond belief.

The thing I guess that keeps me coming back here is the Flood and private groups. They're the only ones doing it right, in my opinion. And I'm sure a lot of other people can relate to that as well. It's not even so much about the moderation, it's the content that occurs. People can freely discuss matters, post the images they please to, and over all have a better experience than they would find on the mains.

  • 12.07.2011 11:52 AM PDT

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

Man dont even get me started on the actual content of this place, this forum in particular....... It would need its own separate thread. I mean you guys have all seen these features work on countless other forums, but just because Acrhonos doesnt like it you all blindly agree. Sadness

  • 12.11.2011 12:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: antidope671
Man dont even get me started on the actual content of this place, this forum in particular....... It would need its own separate thread. I mean you guys have all seen these features work on countless other forums, but just because Acrhonos doesnt like it you all blindly agree. Sadness
Define "work" for us, if you would.

  • 12.11.2011 2:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: antidope671
Man dont even get me started on the actual content of this place, this forum in particular....... It would need its own separate thread. I mean you guys have all seen these features work on countless other forums, but just because Acrhonos doesnt like it you all blindly agree. Sadness
Define "work" for us, if you would.


http://www.minetown.net/forum

These forums are ran by Enjin, which is a web host for gamers. They continue to add to their forums without cluttering everything up.

  • 12.11.2011 2:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: Tom T
I moderate for the custom avatar.
4 pages later and hardly anyone noticed it's a stock avatar... Good one.

  • 12.11.2011 2:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: antidope671
SO yeah, Custom avis for everyone, post embedding, and smiley sets....
I feel like maybe the title of this thread is a bit exaggerated...

Honestly all of the things you named off are things I like about this site. The mods get a small perk of custom avatars for their hard work, and smileys look trashy imo.

  • 12.11.2011 3:21 PM PDT