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Skillet was here and referred to himself in the third person.

This entire thread is rather pointless...so is every other thread created by members who want something new on Bungie.net. The only things that ever get "fixed" on this site are glitches that some people actually find usefull and fun...and they are stripped away and we are left with...nothing.

There are so many ideas that are stated on this forum...but they either never seem to be read or the people who can actually do something to incorporate these ideas just don't want to listen. It's starting to get tiresome.

  • 06.30.2006 9:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: Skillet98
This entire thread is rather pointless...so is every other thread created by members who want something new on Bungie.net. The only things that ever get "fixed" on this site are glitches that some people actually find usefull and fun...and they are stripped away and we are left with...nothing.

There are so many ideas that are stated on this forum...but they either never seem to be read or the people who can actually do something to incorporate these ideas just don't want to listen. It's starting to get tiresome.


That's because all of the "cool" ideas are either: A) Highly impractical, meaning that no one wants to use their time making something for another person's aesthetical reasons when they could better spend that time fixing problems and making practical additions. B) More likely to cause problems than to help or contribute to the community.

The point you made about "X members only" is definetly a problem I can see happening. Your comments lead me to understand that the problem isn't the idea but the way the majority might abuse it.

If an idea is flawed, I will be there to point it out. And in other forums, many people seem to think that the flaws are the end of the conversation.

No wonder some people have referred to me as the "thread killer."

sigh...If only honesty, integrity and respect were a common part of all peoples personalities. Oh well, a sad but true reality of life I guess.

You're in luck my friend. I'm looking for summer interns to help me fix the problems with humanity. That way every person will be respectful, honest, humble, kind, etc. My lab was recently destroyed in an explosion, but we can build a new one. And my notes were incinerated, so we'll have to start from scratch. But that's okay, because we will find the cure!

However, you're going to have to sign a liability waiver. After the explosion, I can't guarantee that you'll leave with your life, or even at least all of your limbs.

Oh, and there's no pay. But if we succeed, that will look damn fine on an application.

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Posted by: Skillet98
This entire thread is rather pointless...so is every other thread created by members who want something new on Bungie.net. The only things that ever get "fixed" on this site are glitches that some people actually find usefull and fun...and they are stripped away and we are left with...nothing.


Well, there used to be a post counter. It got fixed but it wasn't a glitch.

There are so many ideas that are stated on this forum...but they either never seem to be read or the people who can actually do something to incorporate these ideas just don't want to listen. It's starting to get tiresome.

I wonder why there are so any ideas in this forum.

and you do know that achronos does post alot in here right? that obviously means he reads them. so i think they do get read.

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Posted by: Mabian

sigh...If only honesty, integrity and respect were a common part of all peoples personalities. Oh well, a sad but true reality of life I guess.

You're in luck my friend. I'm looking for summer interns to help me fix the problems with humanity. That way every person will be respectful, honest, humble, kind, etc. My lab was recently destroyed in an explosion, but we can build a new one. And my notes were incinerated, so we'll have to start from scratch. But that's okay, because we will find the cure!

However, you're going to have to sign a liability waiver. After the explosion, I can't guarantee that you'll leave with your life, or even at least all of your limbs.

Oh, and there's no pay. But if we succeed, that will look damn fine on an application.


Lol...thanks bro.

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The mods and Achronos read the threads in this forum, and this is a good source for learning more about b.net and receiving feedback on ideas.

  • 07.01.2006 10:20 PM PDT

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It's true that they read them, but how much of it means anything? All of it stays right there in the forum. I love thinking of new ideas, but I've lost any hope of seeing anything new coming to this site ='[

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It's true that they read them, but how much of it means anything? All of it stays right there in the forum. I love thinking of new ideas, but I've lost any hope of seeing anything new coming to this site ='[


The general rules seem to be:

1) The idea has to be practical.

2) The idea has to improve the community (and by "community" we mean a majority of the members, not just a few people, or a small group).

3) The idea must be designed to cause as little harm as possible should it be abused (hence the problems with the karma system and such).

If your ideas follow these three rules, and aren't already on Achronos' list, I don't see why he wouldn't at least give them some serious consideration.

Then again, I don't think I've ever actually seen Achronos reply to a thread saying that he felt it was a good idea and he hadn't thought of it before. This, of course, is assuming an idea has been put forth that was good, followed the three rules, and was not one he had ever thought about.

  • 07.02.2006 4:16 PM PDT

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Why don't you go ahead and suggest these ideas to people, try and get them to put it in their signature.

My classification?

See:

  • 07.03.2006 2:47 AM PDT
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Theoretically, if you were to get a small group of members and create such a list, and let members pick their classification and put it into their signatures, I would see no problem. I don't think Bungie or the mods would allow anything like that to be put onto the main forums (in that you couldn't try to make anything official about it in the Septagon), but you could invite many different people into the group, and anyone who wants to have such a "classification" can join and choose one.

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I doubt there will ever be a classification system, just as there will never be a post count. Bigotry is all too common on the internet, and we don't want to feed the flames.

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I think it would cause alot of rivalry between members, and flame wars would just spring up everywhere, people of lower ranks would start to become jealous and feel less important than those of higher ranks(Just as there are those who are probably jealous of the mods!).

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I think it would cause alot of rivalry between members, and flame wars would just spring up everywhere, people of lower ranks would start to become jealous and feel less important than those of higher ranks(Just as there are those who are probably jealous of the mods!).


Well it wouldn't actually be a rank, per se, but rather a special name that would go under your login name that would "classify" you as a certain kind of member.

Regardless, we have been bringing up those same points (flame wars and contempt at "lesser" members), and the author (and the person who came up with the original idea) have decided that while they think it would be cool if Achronos created such a classification, it is an idea that would probably cause too much harm, and therefore will not be put into place.

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Posted by: Mabian
I'm not sure how such a system would actually contribute to the site.

  • 07.03.2006 12:07 PM PDT