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Hmm, you have a point. But how far into the future will we turn into big blue (?) circles with an animated Bungie logo flashing on it, with nothing to do but cling to the top of a browser window?

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  • 04.18.2004 11:51 PM PDT
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10 years in the future?

  • 04.19.2004 3:54 AM PDT
Subject: Welcome to the Septagon!
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* Is the navigation system intuitive? If not, then how would you improve it?

Actually, I use the side menu more than the bottom nav.. thingy... I guess I'm not used to it. Though, today, when I was heading for the forums, I reluctantly wandered about until I remembered the bottom thing actually existed.

Maybe add a few links on the left too, like.. forums... seventh collumn... like on old b.net :P

* Do you like the page layout? Can you find what you're looking for?

I love the new game pages. ´When I go to one of the halo pages, I can FAST find screens, wallpapers, art, whatever. On the old halo.bungie.net it was tricky to remember what was in the gallery and what in extras, etc. The dots and (+) icons works great!

* Are all the links working and going to their proper destination?

There were a few odd things with the comics and screens, but they seemed fixed now, nice :)

* Which avatar is your favorite?

I think.. the prophet.... still haven't changed mine though, the default melts into the forum... hehe. Makes me feel stealthy.

* Do you like the various color schemes and b.net site themes?

Very much! It's amazing how much work you have put down! Different graphics schemes for the different games and sites, all the graphical buttons, titles, fields... amazing... I love the icons in the bottom navbar, especially the tilted 343 and the seventh collumn logo. The classics scheme is wonderful :) As I'm a fan of pixelart, it melts my heart. I enjoy the bottom left graphics too, the mechanical elevator.... thingy... I love when sites seem to work mechanically.
There's too much to love about this site... another thing is all the different layers of the site that gives it depth. The buttons that seems to be on the lower layer.

* Can you easily read all the text on all the pages?

I think so.. one small detail that just pokes me in the eye is that the "Full Story" and "Continues" for the news seems to be very close to the rest of the text...

* Do you have any forum improvement suggestions?

It took me a while to notice the text markup box... a small button next to the "Quote" button that opens up some markup help would be nice, or maybe a box below the reply area.
When replying to a long message (like this one) and you have scrolled down, the Markup help is no longer visible.

The max number of characters is a little bit high, me thinks. I think this message is long, and I still haven't used half of it. 5000 should be enough for anyone... if you got more to say you might as well make a website :P But still, as long as it isn't abused, there is no real reason to lower it...

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The text size when previewing isn't the same as in the posted message... uhm... I would prefer them to be the same ;) That's just me.
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Maybe make permalink link of the post subject... that can be copied for bookmarking purposes, that goes to the forum page and to the message in question; anchors.
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* Is the text markup system easy to use?

I think so, but maybe because I'm used to html... the [ and ] characters are harder to typ one a swedish keyboard than < and >, nothing you should need to consider though ;)

* Find any bugs? Or weird glitches?

In Internet Explorer 6 (at least) the bottom navbar is 1 pixel off the bottom, leaving one row where you can see the background. I can see this even when running 1792*1344 :P
This is not the case in Mozilla 1.6 where the positioning is perfect.

And I just noticed then when writing really long messages, the background shadow in this text field repeats :) (the body text field, when replying, that is)

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Too many edits.. anyway, at least in my profile, I get two extra commas after the Bungie games I have played... also it seems to have problem saving.. as it now has removed Marathon 2 Durandal and Oni, which I added... they aren't checked anymore when lookingin the settings.. :| Added them again... might have been a cache problem, though I forced refreshes on both the profile and settings page...

And now my state/province vanished instead...
I added it, and it was visible in my profile, but when I went back to my settings it was gone there, and if I then refreshed the profile page it was gone from there too, without updating the settings... o_O And still force refreshing... (Ctrl+F5 in IE)

And now it's back again!... I'm going crazy... and now gone.
Are there several databases that are supposed to be synced or something? This is really freaking me out...
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* What do you really like about the new site?

The graphics are just astounding. I browse it just to see it all work together. Everytime I look at it I think of the humongous amount of work there has to be behind it, to get it to look the way it does. It amazes me that a game studio have time and resources to create something like this.
And I finally got arrows to navigate from content page to content page :) Joy!

* What do you really hate?

I didn't make it.


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  • 04.19.2004 4:26 PM PDT
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What do you really hate?

You know those summer nights where it's really hard to get to sleep because it's really hot? Yeah, that. ;)

  • 04.19.2004 8:56 PM PDT
Subject: Message Previews
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Awesome, you guys threw in both Preview AND Submit buttons for messages we send to other members. Now that really rocks! Not only does that allow us to preview when we want to, it doesn't Force us to preview, like in the forums. Thanks!

  • 04.20.2004 12:12 PM PDT
Subject: Welcome to the Septagon!
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Hi im new the the septagon and wanted to say what a nice new site this is nice work.
Ive ben playing halo as of the secound day it was out and ben playing xbc for years. I have ben moding halo xbox ever scence dmauro created 8 hogs in bg. Hola

  • 04.20.2004 12:38 PM PDT
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Hey stosh i'm a new member shape shifter and i need some help getting around so i thought to ask you. I'm sorry for asking. It may not be surious but please help me!!

  • 04.20.2004 2:08 PM PDT
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Sure you want stosh's help? haha, anyway, if you need help, there are dozens of people to ask for help, and they will actually help! so drop me a message if you need help (no spam please).

  • 04.21.2004 3:49 AM PDT
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Sure you want stosh's help? haha, anyway, if you need help, there are dozens of people to ask for help, and they will actually help! so drop me a message if you need help (no spam please).


Um...NOT FUNNY. Helping people out on bungie is pretty much all I've done for the past 3 years.

  • 04.25.2004 1:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: stosh
Posted by: just another fan
Sure you want stosh's help? haha, anyway, if you need help, there are dozens of people to ask for help, and they will actually help! so drop me a message if you need help (no spam please).


Um...NOT FUNNY. Helping people out on bungie is pretty much all I've done for the past 3 years.


Ahhh poor stosh, i didn't mean to hurt your feelings. For all your "great help" you get a cookie.

  • 04.25.2004 1:43 PM PDT
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stosh's going to send ninjas to your door.

  • 04.27.2004 7:56 AM PDT
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Yeah, you know we're just fooling with ya stosh. We know your supreme and almighty and stuff. [whisper]Truth be told, stosh says his ninja's suck and can't catch on fire! Hah![/whisper]

  • 04.27.2004 6:16 PM PDT
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just a suggestion - I was wondering if after replying to a topic the screen could be made to go to the last page of the topic rather than the first...

  • 04.30.2004 1:37 AM PDT
Subject: I have a question
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where do i post stuff about camping, and tactics or gameplay?

  • 05.01.2004 6:15 PM PDT
Subject: Welcome to the Septagon!
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I don't like the games, stats, community directery it tends to get in the way sometimes. the rest is good though.

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  • 05.02.2004 3:35 AM PDT
Subject: I have a question
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Posted by: Peasant
where do i post stuff about camping, and tactics or gameplay?

Those are all subjects for the Underground.

  • 05.02.2004 5:50 AM PDT
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The new b.net is utterly lickable! Avatarwise, I would like some more avatars from the classic games.

  • 05.02.2004 12:24 PM PDT

I really like the new site. Its a WHOLE lot better than the old one.The only problem i have is in the forums.When i start a thread and then i come back a day or so later its hard to find. are you going to make a thread search?(if you have then dont worry i must be blind if i missed it)

  • 05.04.2004 2:06 PM PDT
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You cant tell the diferens between I and l but That don't matter. I want to Know just how serious bungie is about taking over the world because I already have a "Master Plan" I don't want to talk about it because who knows who might be reading this

  • 05.04.2004 2:58 PM PDT
Subject: I have a question
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if you post anything can you send it to me please id like to hear about your tactics or anyones realy??
Posted by: Peasant
where do i post stuff about camping, and tactics or gameplay?

  • 05.05.2004 6:15 AM PDT
Subject: Welcome to the Septagon!
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Posted by: Sigma
Yeah, you know we're just fooling with ya stosh. We know your supreme and almighty and stuff. [whisper]Truth be told, stosh says his ninja's suck and can't catch on fire! Hah![/whisper]


Yea stosh, I mean bungie wouldn't make you the "god of all mods" if you didn't help people.

  • 05.08.2004 8:04 PM PDT
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Well, I wish it was possible to choose your own avatar from your own computer. That would be well cool. But anyway...the site looks greatlookin'. Oh, and I wish that the chapters could be accepted faster. Takes forever to find out if it's yes or no

  • 05.09.2004 5:35 AM PDT
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Yo Halo53, I'm real happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best bungie.net profiles of all time. OF ALL TIME!

I love the forums. My favorite avatar is the one I have (obviously) and I only have one complaint which is the lack of a search button of some sort to see if a topic has been made already etc. but the search option has been adressed already many times so there is really nothing else wrong with the forums.

  • 05.09.2004 6:37 PM PDT
Subject: Minor Bugs
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I've noticed just a few minor bugs. Sometimes when I look at my settings or profile after I've logged in, it will log me out when I go back to the main page. Also, there is a large amount of black space next to the scroll bar. I'm sorry if any of this is redundant.

  • 05.27.2004 9:40 PM PDT
Subject: Welcome to the Septagon!
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weeelllll the only problem i have with the new site would be the fact that i can't use the scrolling wheel on my mous. It gets a bit annoying having to drag the page down.

uther than that this site kicks ass!

  • 06.12.2004 7:56 AM PDT