I think it would be cool to change our names.
Wait... what? No! Surprisingly, I do NOT mean usernames!
What I mean... is that it would be nice to be able to change group names.
A thread in a private group I am in inspired me. I don't mean to make this advertising, but I want to explain my reasoning in full so please understand, moderators.
I am in a group 'Owner of the Katana.' It was founded on the principle that members that obtained the Katana in Halo 3 could join. This instantly gives us something in common. But... Halo 3 is the past. Bungie has released two games since then. Each time, we have expanded our criteria for joining to make room for these new games and new people coming to this website. It has, somewhat, worked.
But Bungie.net is in a lull. Halo is moving away. And groups made in such a time? We are becoming relics of the past. People will just make new groups that are relevant to the new crowd.
But we have members that love this group. We want it to continue to flourish. I've been in it for over four years. And if we are stuck in a situation where we have to compromise the thing that founded us (namely: A reasonable criteria to give us a common starting point rather than accepting anybody that wants to come in), while the Community wouldn't suffer, I feel it would be incredibly inferior to being able to keep up with the times and keep our core.
We are not the only group started in the Halo era, obviously. And we are not the only group focused on Halo. But our history is in this group. We do not want to leave it. I do not want my name as the 'group creator' for a new group we could make. We do not want to forsake what started it all.
If we had the ability to change group names, even once, we would be able to redo our image to better fit the future, while keeping everything that is important to our members. We can change descriptions and group addresses and titles as we please. But while the title remains rooted in the past, new members will not understand who or what we are at a glance like we will most likely need them to.
There is a large site update coming up as we all know. It is my hope such a feature or opportunity were granted to us or groups in general to let those of us here for years continue to prosper, unless by some miracle we were granted this privileged sooner. I think this would be a fine feature for groups as a whole, even if there were limitations. We're a relatively old group. And when the Great Journey begins, we do not want to be left behind.
Thank you.