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Okay this post will clear it up for people who don't know...
If the moderators will allow my saying of "Noob" in just this post alone I would appreciate it.
If you ever hear a reference to the "N" word it is referring to the word noob/newb/ any derrogatory form of "new guy." Saying it will consequently get you banned.
The reason I started this thread was to throw the Idea of blamming the word, just as a topic to debate and maybe consider. For those of you who don't know, -blam!- is bungie's way of censoring inappropriate material. So if the N word was blammed, people would use it less and it would start less flame wars because people wouldn't knwo what was under the blam.
People shouldnt be using the N word anyway, but people dont always follwo the rules, so this is just an idea on how to control it more.
The rules for forums are shown below; bold-faced and in red are the rules on the n word. These rules apply to all forums....
Posted By Shishka on 7/2/2004 5:40 PM
Forum Rules:
1. Please DO NOT advertise your chapter here. You can use The Classifieds for that.
2. No petitions.
3. Do not link to adult content or to sites that contain information on any type of software piracy. Do not discuss these topics, either.
4. No spam. No discussions about spam. Read on through this thread for more information about spam.
5. Impersonating forum moderators and/or bungie employees is strictly prohibited. Do not break this rule. You will be banned. No warning will be issued.
6. No bad jokes.
7. Seven is darker.
8. Bumping is illegal. Breaking this law has high consequences. Such as but not limited to: assignation by ninja, hippo licking, and/or complete forum thread annihilation. Or we will most likely just lock your topic. Don't bump!
9. Xbox hacking/modding discussions will not be permitted on any of the bungie.net forums.
10. Don't Flame each other. Use your manners and common sense. If you disagree with someone, do so gracefully.
[color=red] 11. Noob, Newbie, N00b, and any other variants on the word newb are hereby banned from use on this forum. Any user who violates this rule will be put to death. [/color]
12. No political commentary of any kind will be tolerated on the forums. These kinds of conversations almost always devolve into insult contests.
13. In the course of the large beta test program Bungie is conducting on Halo 2, it is inevitable that some jerk will take pictures of the game and sneak them onto the internet. Considering that these images, or any information that is released with Bungie's expressed consent is considered a breach of the responsible party's nondisclosure agreement, users found discussing these materials may find their posts deleted without warning. Further incursions, such as the posting of or linking to these pieces of information may result in that user's account being blacklisted. To make it simple: Do not post links to or discuss leaked beta information and images.
14. Do not create threads directed at single users. This is what the PM system is for. On a similar note, do not create threads to express your dislike of other users, even if they are spammers or flamers. This breaks both this rule and rule #10, which means double trouble for the person that does it. If you believe a user is a problem for the forums, message a moderator.
There are plenty of more rules I could list, but I mean only a brain damaged monkey would break them. Use common sense and your very best online etiquette. Read the Bungie.net term s of use and code of conduct for more specific bungie.net dos and donts.
Suggestions:
Use a spell checker to check your posts for misspellings. There's no point in making a forum topic if we can't understand it because of multiple spelling errors.
Don't use stupid abbreviations. (Example: Your = ur, You = u, Are = r, I = EYE, one = 1)
note that Shishka stated that any user who violates the N word rule will be put to death. If you don't know what a flaming Ninja is... saying the N word will be your ticket to finding out. Being executed by a ninja is NOT a good thing.
I hope this clears up the topic a little bit. The debate is still open to whether or not it is a good Idea to blam the N word, though I don't think it will happen...
You never know. A man can dream ;-)