- Shai Hulud
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With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.
Posted by: Rainman89
again. I think you guys are wrong. This is all symbiotic. Take Major League Baseball. The fans pay to see the players play, and the players get payed to play, so that the fans can see them. Bungie gets payed to make games, which we buy, which gives them money to make games. Sure, we don't need Baseball, or Bungie, but we want it, and they want to give it. Everyone needs to realise, bungie isn't our slave, and we aren't required to lick Frankie's feet. Part of the problem, granted, is the new members who are too immature or stupid to post and be responsible, I know we would all love to have more bungie interaction.
But take what Achronos said at Face Value.
Bungie is Busy
They are working hard to get you the game you want. They produced a comic book, because they thought you wanted it. They are busy. As much as we would like them to post they are working on Halo 3. For several hours a day. who would want to do som,ething for hours, and then go check this site to see people making ridiculous, crackpot, poorly structured theories about it. It would be frustrating and boring.
It's not as simple as that. Sure, Bungie makes their games. It's their job. But they also hire people to make this website for a reason. It's for us, not for them! Why make a community-based website if you don't care about your fans? Part of what Jim and dmbfan are saying is that Bungie doesn't seem to care enough anymore. Sure, they make this website, but where's their interaction with the fans? Where's the new informations? People don't really join this site just to see a bunch of other random people, they join to get first-hand information on upcoming developments and to see how cool this company really is.
Now I know Bungie is busy, and I know full well that coding things, no matter how seemingly simplistic, can take a really long time. But like Rip Saw said... what are they without their fans? To me, it always seemed like Bungie wanted their a respectful community as their fans. To me, that's why the site was created in the first place. But now it just seems like Bungie isn't caring as much as it used to be, and for that matter, the community is starting to shed off in splinter factions, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
I'm not asking Bungie for anything for my sake. I'm not selfish... But I do remember a time where you could see Bungie employees actually interact with the fans. I'm sure Jim, Barron, Tex Mex Matt, and Rip Saw (to name a few) remember how frequently Matt Soell used to post before he left (I apologize if I spelled his name wrong. My member isn't that great). SketchFactor also did the same shortly after the new hotness launched.
And where's the updates? Frankie's Weekly Updates are nice to read. They're light-hearted and often funny... but they don't tell us anything.
I will, however, admit that there's not a complete lack of interaction between Bungie and the fans. The Halo Humpday Challenges are a fantastic idea, and it's great to see that they've returned to a more weekly thing. And the formal introductions to new staff members are nice, as well. But I just think there needs to be more in order to bring the community back together, if Bungie, as well as the fans, want it that way.