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Subject: Ever join a group...

I'm not in any groups.

  • 12.15.2011 10:42 PM PDT
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R.I.P. DeathPimp. Never Ending Respect.

"Posted by: Kickimanjaro
I'm trying to become an '04, but it's not working too well."

Yeah, i pretty much carry the Mythic Members group. Every thread is posted by me, but each has a healthy 100-160 replies within two or three days.

I guess i'm the only one with the mental capacity to post good threads in there, aside from Big Black Bear, Primo, or TopGun. Those three post threads every so often.

  • 12.16.2011 9:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: Cobravert
I just saw a green monkey nut shot a small tan lizard(?) in a gunny sack.

Nope. The private groups I'm in are pretty good. One is kinda on life support, but the members are on XBL more than B.net so we hang out on there.

  • 12.16.2011 9:16 AM PDT

I'm an Anarchist. I don't need a government to be a good person, but I'm glad it's here because some of you clearly do.

It's unavoidable unless you have a large group of people involved in the actual creation of the group.

I joined a 50-member Forge-group back in 08 and helped take it up over 1000 members and at one point we had over 50 active members with an easy 100+ lurkers. One of the rare instances in which "we have a very active forum" is not total BS. Our private forum was on par in activity with the public forums.

Unfortunately it died when the new File-share system came to town because nobody needs to use Bungie.net to find good custom content files anymore.

On the other end of the spectrum, I've been in 15-member groups in which 12 were active, but that was kind of a spin-off group of users who didn't approve of their group leader being an Absent Member and wanted some changes.

Almost all of the custom-content based groups that were successful are no longer due to the Reach file share system, but retain their member count because most of the member either forgot, don't care to leave, or just want to keep their groups list full for whatever reason.

[Edited on 12.16.2011 9:20 AM PST]

  • 12.16.2011 9:18 AM PDT

Posted by: natedogr
I have seen this happen far too often. Groups rise and then fall. Few groups stay popular and active in the long run.

That's the case with any online social cluster, be it a Bungie.net social group or an independent community of gamers that hosts its club house off-world. I have seen illustrious virtual movements build themselves up, only to cave in like ancient rome. Some were allies. Some were rivals. All were sincere about wanting to create action for themselves.

Starting a group is easy. Longevity is the real challenge. It's a marathon, not a sprint. I think it helps to form a group that is based on something specific, like a shared passion or a unique approach to playing the game. Some groups share art. Some groups play games competitively. Some groups build better worlds as venues for new kinds of gameplay.

The groups that I have seen survive usually have the following in common...

1. A strong staff of leaders who put the health of the group first.
2. Predictable shedules of planned activities that keep members coming back.
3. Some sort of expressed mission, statement of purpose, or code of conduct that unifies the membership around a common goal.
4. Strategies for outreach and hospitality. You gotta recruit!

  • 12.16.2011 9:29 AM PDT

Posted by:ScubaToaster
Posted by: HipiO7
This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

I'm on four groups, but I dont post on any of them.

One of them is dead, the other is more symbolic than anything, the other is with a friend to draft threads pertaining the Haloverse and the other I cant remember which one it is.

  • 12.16.2011 9:41 AM PDT

Last group I joined was 2 years ago and I've never needed to join any more!

  • 12.16.2011 9:42 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.

I had a group that was active until I left BNet. The group died with my activity.

  • 12.16.2011 9:43 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.

Posted by: DeeJ
You gotta recruit!
I think I've been in the Classifieds maybe three times in my time on Bungie.net. First when I originally joined and was perusing the forums. Second, I can't remember but I assume I dropped in there at some point or another for some reason. Now when I clicked your link is the third time.

  • 12.16.2011 10:17 AM PDT

Igni Ferroque is coming back! slowly...

Just me agruing with myself for the last 4 years.

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  • 12.16.2011 10:47 AM PDT

Few groups are all that active anymore. My favorite two groups have dropped very much in activity in the last few months.

We're essentially waiting patiently until things are interesting around here again, hoping enough people care about the community we've built to stick around. Considering what has happened both in and out of the group, we're doing pretty darned well methinks.

  • 12.16.2011 10:50 AM PDT

I only post in groups that I like that aren't dead.

Which means I'm basically limited to KOTOR.

[Edited on 12.16.2011 11:00 AM PST]

  • 12.16.2011 10:57 AM PDT

cars, girls & cake all day everyday

Well maybe if you freakin' posted in SCT, I'd give you a custom title or something! We're dying now after a steady 5 years of awesomeness, man. You could have helped ;_;
Posted by: evilcam

  • 12.16.2011 11:12 AM PDT

@spawn031

"So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories." John Williams

Groups I'm in have more lurkers than posters. It's fun.

  • 12.16.2011 11:32 AM PDT

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In wine there's truth but in silence there's surrender.

Yeah that's usually when I end up leaving.

  • 12.16.2011 11:58 AM 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.


Posted by: Breadisgood91
I'm not in any groups.
*clicks group link in profile*

LIAR

  • 12.16.2011 12:09 PM PDT
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Guess who.


Posted by: Exalted Kezia
Yeah that's usually when I end up leaving.
Yup.

  • 12.16.2011 12:10 PM PDT

The Risk Is Worth The Reward.
Cry Havoc And Let Slip The Dogs Of War.

We both know I do all the work in that group.
Posted by: dmg04
Yeah, i pretty much carry the Mythic Members group. Every thread is posted by me, but each has a healthy 100-160 replies within two or three days.

I guess i'm the only one with the mental capacity to post good threads in there, aside from Big Black Bear, Primo, or TopGun. Those three post threads every so often.


[Edited on 12.16.2011 12:34 PM PST]

  • 12.16.2011 12:34 PM PDT
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Why hello there.


Posted by: DeeJ
Posted by: natedogr
I have seen this happen far too often. Groups rise and then fall. Few groups stay popular and active in the long run.

That's the case with any online social cluster, be it a Bungie.net social group or an independent community of gamers that hosts its club house off-world. I have seen illustrious virtual movements build themselves up, only to cave in like ancient rome. Some were allies. Some were rivals. All were sincere about wanting to create action for themselves.

Starting a group is easy. Longevity is the real challenge. It's a marathon, not a sprint. I think it helps to form a group that is based on something specific, like a shared passion or a unique approach to playing the game. Some groups share art. Some groups play games competitively. Some groups build better worlds as venues for new kinds of gameplay.

The groups that I have seen survive usually have the following in common...

1. A strong staff of leaders who put the health of the group first.
2. Predictable shedules of planned activities that keep members coming back.
3. Some sort of expressed mission, statement of purpose, or code of conduct that unifies the membership around a common goal.
4. Strategies for outreach and hospitality. You gotta recruit!


He speaks the Truth. Just look at the MLP group.

  • 12.16.2011 12:38 PM PDT

Join Mythic Photographers We are amazing at taking screenshots.

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Posted by: dmg04
Yeah, i pretty much carry the Mythic Members group. Every thread is posted by me, but each has a healthy 100-160 replies within two or three days.

I guess i'm the only one with the mental capacity to post good threads in there, aside from Big Black Bear, Primo, or TopGun. Those three post threads every so often.


What u talkin bout willis?

There was a time in my B.net career when I was very active in groups because of the screenshot purposes. Screenshots in halo 3 were huge, So Me and several others started a group. It was very active until Reach hit, when Bungie took a crap on the screenshot artist out there and ever since then no one has wanted to take them or be apart of a screenshot community.

  • 12.16.2011 12:48 PM PDT

Niche Audiences are the best audiences.


Posted by: Assault

Posted by: DeeJ
Posted by: natedogr
I have seen this happen far too often. Groups rise and then fall. Few groups stay popular and active in the long run.

That's the case with any online social cluster, be it a Bungie.net social group or an independent community of gamers that hosts its club house off-world. I have seen illustrious virtual movements build themselves up, only to cave in like ancient rome. Some were allies. Some were rivals. All were sincere about wanting to create action for themselves.

Starting a group is easy. Longevity is the real challenge. It's a marathon, not a sprint. I think it helps to form a group that is based on something specific, like a shared passion or a unique approach to playing the game. Some groups share art. Some groups play games competitively. Some groups build better worlds as venues for new kinds of gameplay.

The groups that I have seen survive usually have the following in common...

1. A strong staff of leaders who put the health of the group first.
2. Predictable shedules of planned activities that keep members coming back.
3. Some sort of expressed mission, statement of purpose, or code of conduct that unifies the membership around a common goal.
4. Strategies for outreach and hospitality. You gotta recruit!


He speaks the Truth. Just look at the MLP group.

  • 12.16.2011 12:49 PM PDT

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It's as if this dark phase is also sort of cleaning house. I mean as a secondary result.

~Delta

  • 12.16.2011 1:24 PM PDT

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Yes.

  • 12.16.2011 1:45 PM PDT

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." -Johnny Cash

If I join a group and it's dead, I just leave. I don't really give it a lot of thought.

  • 12.16.2011 1:59 PM PDT

Tru7h. C4RN4GE. Bungie.

Yeah, I usually leave right away if that is the case. I find myself joining less groups these days. Most groups are relatively similar and don't have a strong core that makes them last.

My experience with groups has been great. I started BMO after being inspired by OTK and got almost 1000 members at our peak with at least 100 of them really active. We even had the honor of being spotlighted in Bungie Favorites at one point (Thanks again, Urk). That spawned the creation of 'Best of Bungie Favorites' and me working with some of the final groups assisting them with their own Faves. I even organized OTK's favorites, which turned out to be the last Bungie Favorites for Halo 3 ever. It was great being able to work with the community in such a prominent way.

More on topic, these groups lasted because the staff in each group worked together to make it great. They also decreased in activity as time went on and people's lives changed. I look forward to Bungie's next project so we can see a new community grow.

  • 12.16.2011 3:22 PM PDT

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