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Subject: This forum has it all wrong.
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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
This forum is perfectly functional for the purposes of finding out more about bungie.net and how things are run.

However, it should be more about the users themselves if the sub-title is "A gathering place for the Bungie Community".

So in answer to the question "What else would you add?" I would suggest things such as:

- Pinning the fan-made IRC thread so that users can chat if everyone is so against a Spam Thread of sorts that works so well in private groups.

- Creating a designated general chat thread such as the late night flood threads for those who cannot handle #bungienet

- Create some simple forum games so that users can kill some time

- Create a Member of the Month type thing where members who do awesome things for the Bungie Community can be recognised by peers and voted for (One group I know offers a custom title until the next month which is successful).

- Other things that can be taken from private groups.


  • 08.28.2012 3:27 PM PDT

>Implying I have a signature


Posted by: Coxx153
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55



Sounds awesome, Chances of this actually happening, one in a billion.

  • 08.28.2012 3:32 PM PDT
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Everything just needs to be tweaked so that it can work.

  • 08.28.2012 3:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

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Posted by: DeeJ
Posted by: Coxx153
It is in private groups that we make "friends", not here.


I agree, although the rest of your rant was a little too sweeping for me to follow. Private Groups are the best venue for lasting connections. However, you need a place to become aware of one another, and this board serves that purpose.


It doesn't seem like it at all dude. Just look at the threads that are on the front page currently. The majority of them don't consist of members getting to know each other etc.

You've got your bungie staff circle jerk threads, Your random question threads, An occasional mail sack thread, but never really anything that is the community mingling with itself, The community forum seems like it's more for questions about the community.

You're not supposed to get to know people directly via personal dialogue ("Hello." "What's your name?" "Where did you go to school?" etc.). But rather through more indirect means (posting style, mannerisms, ideals, attitude, etc.).

I just got to know you a little (and you, me) right now.


True but you can do that on any forum, Why on earth would this forum be titled "Bungie Community" when the majority of it's content isn't completely centered around the community.

Well I mean I guess it kind of is, A lot of threads ask random questions about the community.

But when I think of "Bungie Community" I think of it's user base, That make sense?
That's already an accepted topic of discussion.

  • 08.28.2012 4:11 PM 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: CrazzySnipe55
Then we'd just have a community war of sorts between floridians and community regulars

I don't think residents of Florida would be in a warring mood right now, especially against a small group of forum posters.

  • 08.28.2012 4:15 PM PDT
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Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.

Posted by: evilcam
I don't think the private group model would work very well on the public boards. Not all private groups are run the same way, by the same people. Most private boards are run on the basis that there's a core group of friends running it, and everything stems out from there. I don't think that dynamic can, nor should be captured for public boards. They're just too big and inclusive for the private model. I know there are some big private boards, possibly more active than this one, but that's still typically a core group of people running an ancillary community. I don't think its analogous.

Interestingly this forum was at one time a private board, but Bungie realized they needed some place to talk about the community itself. However, as the board changed from Chapter Founders to The Septagon, the feel, style, and of course people using it changed quite a bit. Which again I think perfectly reflects my earlier point that private dynamics are not transferable over tot he public.

So, I disagree with your suggestion, and baser assertion that this forum doesn't feel like a community. I think it feels like a community. Its true that the discussion of late has been pretty monotonous, but I don't think adopting a private board model will fix it. That doesn't address the actual problem. It just throws a sheet over the problem and calls it something else. We need content and something to talk about. Turning this into a mini Flood won't help that IMO.
As usual, evilcam pretty much hit the nail on the head. In other news, I would like to have his babies.

  • 08.28.2012 4:19 PM PDT

Posted by: borrowedchief
We aren't here to ruin your experience (Well Qbix is).

Posted by: Xplode441
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Then we'd just have a community war of sorts between floridians and community regulars

I don't think residents of Florida would be in a warring mood right now, especially against a small group of forum posters.
lolol

  • 08.28.2012 4:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: Xplode441
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Then we'd just have a community war of sorts between floridians and community regulars

I don't think residents of Florida would be in a warring mood right now, especially against a small group of forum posters.
Goddamn auto correct

  • 08.28.2012 4:28 PM PDT

I acknowledge my user name is stupid. However, I promise I'm not.

Disclaimer: The latter is a lie.

The Septagon doesn't have many issues, if i'm honest.

  • 08.28.2012 4:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: RigZ Boi
The Septagon doesn't have many issues, if i'm honest.

You seem to be missing the point of the thread then.

As I said multiple times, it is FINE as a forum for asking about the website and organising a small number of events. However, if this is the sole function then the title needs to be changed.

  • 08.28.2012 4:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: Coxx153
Posted by: RigZ Boi
The Septagon doesn't have many issues, if i'm honest.

You seem to be missing the point of the thread then.

As I said multiple times, it is FINE as a forum for asking about the website and organising a small number of events. However, if this is the sole function then the title needs to be changed.
You've clearly never read the Forum Description have you? Here's a list of things you can discuss in the Community Forum:

The website:
--bugs
--feature suggestions
--Bungie.next general discussion
--login issues

Titles:
--contained in one thread
--includes when you'll get one, why you don't have a specific one, why yours is fluctuating, etc.

Destiny:
--any announcements that happen
--general speculation

Bungie.net Community:
--community dynamics
--member behaviors
--PGs in a nonadvertisey way
--ninjas
--members
--community issues
--community events

Of those four sections, you named one and a part of another.

  • 08.28.2012 5:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Coxx153
Posted by: RigZ Boi
The Septagon doesn't have many issues, if i'm honest.

You seem to be missing the point of the thread then.

As I said multiple times, it is FINE as a forum for asking about the website and organising a small number of events. However, if this is the sole function then the title needs to be changed.
You've clearly never read the Forum Description have you? Here's a list of things you can discuss in the Community Forum:

The website:
--bugs
--feature suggestions
--Bungie.next general discussion
--login issues

Titles:
--contained in one thread
--includes when you'll get one, why you don't have a specific one, why yours is fluctuating, etc.

Destiny:
--any announcements that happen
--general speculation

Bungie.net Community:
--community dynamics
--member behaviors
--PGs in a nonadvertisey way
--ninjas
--members
--community issues
--community events

Of those four sections, you named one and a part of another.

And how many out of that list promotes a community feel?

  • 08.28.2012 7:42 PM PDT

While there may be other secondary purposes of specific forums, at its core all forums ultimately are intended to serve one thing, that is, discussion. You are free to make friends here, but that is by no means the direct purpose of the forum.

When the tagline says a gathering place for the bungie community, it says nothing about it being about camaraderie. While friendships may be created, which, by the way, is a great thing, the forum is here for our discussion. And if you actually think about it, the tag line fits perfectly, this forum is a place for fans of Bungie to gather and discuss Bungie.

You are more than welcome to classify the entire site, including the public and private forums, and everything else as a social network intended to bring people together and create camaraderie, but to classify a single forum as such would be a mistake.

[Edited on 08.28.2012 8:07 PM PDT]

  • 08.28.2012 8:05 PM PDT

Key

Anything in the "discussing Bungie.net" category.
Posted by: Coxx153
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Coxx153
Posted by: RigZ Boi
The Septagon doesn't have many issues, if i'm honest.

You seem to be missing the point of the thread then.

As I said multiple times, it is FINE as a forum for asking about the website and organising a small number of events. However, if this is the sole function then the title needs to be changed.
You've clearly never read the Forum Description have you? Here's a list of things you can discuss in the Community Forum:

The website:
--bugs
--feature suggestions
--Bungie.next general discussion
--login issues

Titles:
--contained in one thread
--includes when you'll get one, why you don't have a specific one, why yours is fluctuating, etc.

Destiny:
--any announcements that happen
--general speculation

Bungie.net Community:
--community dynamics
--member behaviors
--PGs in a nonadvertisey way
--ninjas
--members
--community issues
--community events

Of those four sections, you named one and a part of another.

And how many out of that list promotes a community feel?

  • 08.28.2012 8:07 PM PDT

Break down, every single one of you.


Posted by: DeeJ
Posted by: Coxx153
It is in private groups that we make "friends", not here.


I agree, although the rest of your rant was a little too sweeping for me to follow. Private Groups are the best venue for lasting connections. However, you need a place to become aware of one another, and this board serves that purpose.
I have to disagree with the two of you. Most all the groups I know of came from people who interacted with each other regularly on the forums and then decided to make a group and invite all their other friends there as well. I believe most people become friends on the forums, but get to know each other better in the groups. Most people only join a group because a friend in the group told them about it. Groups are made of pre-existing friends. At least, this is my experience.

  • 08.28.2012 8:10 PM PDT

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

That sounds like a Flood version 2.

  • 08.28.2012 8:31 PM PDT

Jazzer008

Its just hard to make friends and play nice in the dark. :P

  • 08.28.2012 11:59 PM PDT

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I agree with Hylebos, EvilCam, and DeeJ.

The Septagon is serving its purpose and changing it right now wouldn't provide a lasting solution to the recent dry-spell.

Patience. The flower that blossoms last is the most beautiful of them all.

  • 08.29.2012 1:12 AM PDT

I used to be indecisive, but now i'm not sure.


Posted by: Coxx153
so that it's flooded with random garbage

  • 08.29.2012 1:14 AM PDT

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I feel like your points are valid. It just wouldn't work because Floodians will catch the scent and infect this pure part of Bungie with the Flood. lol jk.

But in all seriousness it would end up being another Flood forum at the end.

  • 08.29.2012 7:44 AM PDT

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