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Subject: Courteous and polite posting.
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Ah, The Halo Movie Discussion Thread. I have been there for a little while, fighting valiantly for the anti-Halo movie.... thingy.

Any road, my time there has pointed out some glaringly rude conduct regarding posting. This is prob. falling on well behaved ears, but what the hell. Here are a few useful tips that will help you gain acceptance and maybe a little respect.

1. Read the previous posts. Is not that much hard work. If the thread is only a few pages long, it doesn't take too long to have (at the very least) a quick skim throught the previous pages to see what has or has not been discussed, who the main posters are, to look for quotes you might like to use and to generally see how the post has gone. Posts flow like a river, and you must be in the boat of knowledge.

2. Use the [q ] [/q ] function. It is VERY basic, and it makes it clear what points you are addressing.

3. Use correct grammar and spelling (a point mentioned many times before)

4. Respect other peoples point of view. Your opinion is not the only opinion in the entire world on any given subject.

5. Point, counterpoint. Makes for interesting debates.

6. Use the edit button! It's right next to the 'Reply to' button. It's not that difficult. ( There we go goweb, just for you ;-) )
Follow these tips, and you shall be loved. Or, at the very least, not get beaten up so much.



[Edited on 9/30/2004 12:36:07 PM]

  • 09.28.2004 12:12 PM PDT

We’ve watched while the stars burned
Out, and creation played in reverse.
The Universe freezing in half-light.
Once I thought to escape.
To end a master, step out of the
Path of collapse. Escape would make us God.
Yet I cannot help but remember one enigma,
A hybrid, elusive destroyer.
This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

I think what he was trying to say was
We all know that Halo 2 is coming out in November. But if they made a movie, it would help to add to it's reputation, as well as help the movie industry at the same time.
And I absolutely agree with you that he's trying to sound smart. Especially with the "it's holding consequent" part.

[Edited on 9/28/2004 4:41:53 PM]

  • 09.28.2004 4:19 PM PDT

We’ve watched while the stars burned
Out, and creation played in reverse.
The Universe freezing in half-light.
Once I thought to escape.
To end a master, step out of the
Path of collapse. Escape would make us God.
Yet I cannot help but remember one enigma,
A hybrid, elusive destroyer.
This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: un gato
I think what he was trying to say was
[q] We all know that Halo 2 is coming out in November. But if they made a movie, it would help to add to it's reputation, as well as help the movie industry at the same time. [/q]
And I absolutely agree with you that he's trying to sound smart. Especially with the "it's holding consequent" part.

Well done! Much more meaning than I was getting out of it.

I could still be wrong, though, so if anyone else has an interpretation?

  • 09.28.2004 4:42 PM PDT
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I too saw this post.

I commented on it in the thread. or the 'Froum' as some members have called it (The idea that a thread is a forum is ridiculous enough, but 'Froum'? Please....)
Any road, I too tried to make some sense, but I found it difficult. Hang on...

Heres my reply.

Posted by Stalin the 31st
How would it evolve the graphic movie industry? How do YOU know? Are you a movie producer? Nyet.

How would a Halo movie 'up' the industry 'soci-economically'? What industry? Do you even know that you have used this phrase in the wrong context? And that you have spelt it incorrectly? And that your sentence makes no sense?

Bah. HUMBUG.

EDIT: Ahh, Stalin came down quite hard on poor tdj_fmc. *Pats tdj_fmc on head* Run along, ya little scamp.


Yes, there we go. At first, I tore him down, but it wasn't meant to be a nasty tearing down. Hence the edit. But I hope you can see why Stalin was angry. Nothing irritates me more than people who attempt to look intelligent by using words that they have made up, or created by crudley shoving together two other words. Also, people who use words they clearly dont know the meaning of irritates me as well. But, thats just me.

(Dang.... this quote kind of goes against the 'Being courteous' thing......) *Stalin stabs himself in the belly with a small knife*

  • 09.29.2004 11:42 AM PDT

Then there's this example, from New Mombasa.
Subject: Deeper Topic: Christianity in Halo and Halo 2

Hello guys, for you who are imediatly about to posting stupid things, please just press back now, I appreciate it, I need a real thought about the subject here.
Anyway, I was wondering on your opinions about Christianity in the Halo Series.
A few points and connections made so far are as follows:
1) The prolouge to the game:
The Prophets (Isrealites - or Jews) had much power and respect from the Elites (The People of the land) through thier direct connection to Forerunner (God). The Prophets meet direct decendants of the Forerunner (God), they are called humans (Jesus Christ.. more specifically Master Cheif who plays a double role with the name John 117, John the Baptist, Revalations 1:17. "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.") The Prophets (Isrealites) attempt to turn the Elites (People of the Land) against the human (Jesus). The Elites should be worshiping the humans rightfully, and the Prophets know they will lose everything if this happens.
2) The Flood:
We arn't talking literal flood like that of Noah's Ark, it's the connection to water. Water = purity, clensing, renewing (Hence Baptism in water). The Flood purate (eliminate) the universe of life, they sweep across the land and clear away all in its path. The flood sweep across the land, much like a flood of water.
Revalations 16:1-2
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels (Another point, Bungie frequently uses the number 7 such as does the Bible to represent things of extreme, completeness, or fullness), "Go, pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth."
The first angel went and poured (poured, verb connected to a liquid, aka, a flood) out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores broke out on the people (Hence the disformed looking flood)..
ex: of Bungie and 7... 343 Guilty Sparks. Important Biblical Numbers: 3 and 7. 3 sevens, 7 x 7 x 7 = 343
Is there anything anyone would like to add or argue with in these cases? I have to confront a priest with this information soon (Getting the church to sponser a halo league and team) so someone with a good knowledge of the Bible would help with his/her opinion.
Thanks in advance.

What follows is the poster's signature. Does it make sense, given the topic posted?
Covenant don't literally watch -blam!-. Their civilization is so advanced that they actually smell -blam!-. Or have it communicated to them in degrees of heat. This hot, malodorous form of -blam!- is naturally a very private matter, best enjoyed in the privacy of a ceramic Covenant Pornhole.

I'm all for intelligent reasoning. Heck, I'm in favor of just about any kind of reasoning, as long as it's well written and provides examples, and doesn't contradict itself. So I should like this based on it having one of the three covered, right? (It is reasoning, isn't it?) But, alas, I cannot.
It was the flood of posts akin to this one that has kept me from visiting more frequently in the last month (well, I was also living what some might call a life--not to be derogatory to anyone here--and life has been a bit hectic of late), aside from checking out the Weekly Updates.
I thought, based on the thread title, that the topic might be worth a look. It does say "Deeper Topic" in the title line, doesn't it? Putting aside the obvious, that religion (nor politics) isn't supposed to be discussed in the forums, what I found, as you have read, appears to be a jumbled, thrown together mess of misspelled words and half-baked stabs at connectivity between a video game that couldn't have less to do with Christ and his followers than my fingernail shavings do.
Maybe I just hope too much when I visit here. Hope that more folks like Stalin the 31st, Recon Number 54 and Eagle 117 (just three of many others) are online posting good conversational topics (every time I've tried posting one it's on page two before you can blink--or maybe I'm not trying hard enough?).
Rant over.

  • 09.29.2004 2:35 PM PDT

Add "use the edit button" to that list.

  • 09.30.2004 4:47 AM PDT

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Forum Tutorials --- WATCH THEM AND LEARN

Maybe shorter posts - unless explaining a theory, rules, or threads with this topic - may be a help too. I normally can't be bothered to read long posts. They just make me tired. And i'm lazy enough as it is.

No offence

  • 09.30.2004 4:56 AM PDT

Only Becausae I'm Awesome

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lol. That's the way. Just don't think...

littlerat collapses

... as much.

[Edited on 9/30/2004 5:35:18 AM]

  • 09.30.2004 5:34 AM PDT

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In defense of the poster using the CovenantPorn signature.

His signature is just that, a silly expression of form, it shouldn't be directly compared to the post to "authenticate" his thoughts or opinions. The signature line is just for thoughts or links that you want someone else to see.

It would seem to be short-sighted to discount the validity of anyones post based on the signature (within reason), because even the silliest people have moments of clarity and depth that deserve to be read just as much as the poster with the somber and serious signature.

-JIM

  • 09.30.2004 5:44 AM PDT

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Posted by: Recon Number 54
I may be mistaken, but I think that the Covenant -blam!- exerpt is a quote from Letters to the Webmaster. I'd check and verify but I am at work at the moment and just got swamped.


Either way, it's imaginative.

  • 09.30.2004 8:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: littlerat
Maybe shorter posts


Long posts are fine, as long as they are paragraphed well.

Recon's posts are always easy on the eye. As are pretty much everyone else who posts on The Septagon.

This thread is definately reaching the wrong audience. Its like showing a training video to the manager of a company.

EDIT- Damn you GJJ.... Same Avatar After Posting (SAAP, or 'Sap') is '-blam!-'. Sure, I could blame myself, but why bother when I can blame you? *BLAME*

[Edited on 9/30/2004 12:48:16 PM]

  • 09.30.2004 12:46 PM PDT

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:p

Banshee Told me to use this Avatar -- Blame him...

But alas -- This is the only place for the thread really -- If it had been posted anywhere else, it would have just been rejected by the automatons therin.

It's a hive mind out there Stalin -- stay away for your sanity depends on it.

  • 09.30.2004 1:35 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: GameJunkieJim
In defense of the poster using the CovenantPorn signature.

His signature is just that, a silly expression of form, it shouldn't be directly compared to the post to "authenticate" his thoughts or opinions. The signature line is just for thoughts or links that you want someone else to see.

It would seem to be short-sighted to discount the validity of anyones post based on the signature (within reason), because even the silliest people have moments of clarity and depth that deserve to be read just as much as the poster with the somber and serious signature.

-JIM

I may be mistaken, but I think that the Covenant -blam!- exerpt is a quote from Letters to the Webmaster. I'd check and verify but I am at work at the moment and just got swamped.

Good points, Jim, Recon.
As my sig is a quote from the Webmaster, I feel foolish for the judgment I made. I was reacting and writing before really thinking about what the second or third level below the surface of the post might have been.
I'll be keeping Jim's comment in mind when I view sigs from now on.
Thanks, guys.

  • 10.01.2004 11:01 PM PDT