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Okay, let's not turn this into a flame war.

  • 09.24.2006 2:48 PM PDT
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I think mods should start banning people for just being stupid in the flood.

put out a message to stop posting crap all the time.

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Seriously, don't take me seriously.

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Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
Okay, let's not turn this into a flame war.

Who's flaming?


Posted by: pillage is back
WhaT cHu tAL KIN BOUT I anT NO fORUM TrOLL.

No...you're just an idiot.

  • 09.24.2006 2:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: lilshorty6478
Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
Okay, let's not turn this into a flame war.

Who's flaming?


Posted by: pillage is back
WhaT cHu tAL KIN BOUT I anT NO fORUM TrOLL.

No...you're just an idiot.


No one was flaming, but I saw an iminent flame war.

  • 09.24.2006 3:58 PM PDT

Posted by: WolfmanMaverick
You people have just sent my sides into orbit. A bunch of MLG try hards sucking the dick of some supposed pro half the thread hasn't even heard of. Classic.

I say when you get banned it downloads a clone of The Soul into their comp. That way you might learn your lesson from screwing up the forums.

  • 09.24.2006 4:34 PM PDT

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I work at Microsoft. I have nothing to do with Halo and nothing I say is "the official word".

It seems to me that either there are quite a few trolls in the halo 3 forum, or the wealth of human intelligence has failed.
Just yesterday I read a thread asking for magma-filled water balloons.

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Posted by: Gendo
I think mods should start banning people for just being stupid in the flood.

put out a message to stop posting crap all the time.


The Flood is often stupid and that is not a bannable offense. The mods are busy enough with looking out for spam, flaming, and lemon parties.

  • 09.24.2006 5:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: cortana 5
I've reported some people. From what I know, people just make more accounts.
The incident from yesterday, the guy went into the Marty Army and did some horrible things.

The IP ban should be used more often. I'm not sure how the system works, but if that IP ban was used more, they could reduce people making more accounts.

People need to learn not to feed the trolls and to report them to a moderator though gmail, the private messaging system, or though im systems like AIM or MSN.


Why on earth would Bungie.net use an IP ban? IP bans are so easy to get around. Just unplug your modem and plug it back in and you have yourself a brandy new IP address.

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Posted by: The Rizza
I personally think the post assholian of the trolls was ALLCAPS.

For the record Iceman,Most trolls are spammers, but not all spammers are trolls. Sometimes they think that the best way to get their point out is to write it everywhere, which of course is not right, but excusable in some cases. Trolls want to shock and anger people with things like meatspin and other shockers, or try to upset somebody with profanity.


I thought about it.....and I agree, somewhat. A lot of the spammers I've seen just spam the Forums with inappropiate posts, but some of them just spam by constantly posting "one-liners."

However, Trolls will always spam. Why wouldn't they? They're going to get banned anyway, so they just spam it up by posting a lot.

At least, this is the way I see it.

  • 09.24.2006 5:32 PM PDT

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Posted by: The Rizza
I personally think the post assholian of the trolls was ALLCAPS.

For the record Iceman,Most trolls are spammers, but not all spammers are trolls. Sometimes they think that the best way to get their point out is to write it everywhere, which of course is not right, but excusable in some cases. Trolls want to shock and anger people with things like meatspin and other shockers, or try to upset somebody with profanity.


ALLCAPS has been reincarnated, and he is sending me, very stange PMs. Like an idiot who's trying to argue, but can't think of anything, so they start screaming incoherent things. That's what he's doing.

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With more people you get more -blam!-s.

It's a common trade you make.

  • 09.24.2006 5:49 PM PDT

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Well, New Mombasa got a new troll. Dreammonster, I believe. He wants his account deleted, so fe feels the need to post flames, spam, and dodge the -blam!- filter.

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Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
Posted by: Captain K Mart
The trolls will continue to troll so long as people feed them. If they post, ignore them and report them. I can't stress how often I've seen people feed them to no avail.


You're missing the point here.

1. What if no mods are on?
2. They go EVERYWHERE. They go to every forum, every thread, and spam it. They'll hunt you down too, if they don't like you. Telling someone to ignore them is like telling someone to ignore the grass.

I don't know what you're trying to tell me here, but I'll repeat what I said, "Ignore them." You'd be surprised at the results. In fact, this thread is a great example of what not to do. You're just giving them attention, and that's all they want.

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Posted by: lilshorty6478
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You guys can look at the trolls whichever way you want. I will respect the ones I know. Once you find yourself an intelligent one...you will learn..and you will respect.

I flame people all the time; I'm not stupid.
:'(

What does that have to do with anything?
You're just a flamer then.



You said flamers were stupid. I flame people. I'm not stupid.

Therefore the statement "flamers are stupid" isn't true.


Posted by: lilshorty6478
Yes. Have you ever seen an intelligent troll? Probably not.


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Posted by: lilshorty6478
Posted by: Piggyfool1
Posted by: lilshorty6478
You guys can look at the trolls whichever way you want. I will respect the ones I know. Once you find yourself an intelligent one...you will learn..and you will respect.

I flame people all the time; I'm not stupid.
:'(

What does that have to do with anything?
You're just a flamer then.


You said flamers were stupid. I flame people. I'm not stupid.

Therefore the statement "flamers are stupid" isn't true.


Posted by: lilshorty6478
Yes. Have you ever seen an intelligent troll? Probably not.


Flamers can be very intelligent. It is problem with conduct and not one with intelligence.



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Posted by: Captain K Mart
I don't know what you're trying to tell me here, but I'll repeat what I said, "Ignore them." You'd be surprised at the results. In fact, this thread is a great example of what not to do. You're just giving them attention, and that's all they want.


I found that odd as well. Everyone agrees to ignore the trolls, but it seems few people actually do it.

And I will agree with Shorty on the intelligent trolls part. I have mixed feelings about some of them.

So what are we doing? We want to ignore these trouble makers, and we have the ability to, and I'm positive we have the will to do so. Is there a reason why we're moving so slowly towards our goal?

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The most effective strategy is to:

1. ignore the trolls
2. pm Ninjas with a link to the thread in question

That deals with the problem and it keeps it from spreading

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Posted by: Captain K Mart
I don't know what you're trying to tell me here, but I'll repeat what I said, "Ignore them." You'd be surprised at the results. In fact, this thread is a great example of what not to do. You're just giving them attention, and that's all they want.


I found that odd as well. Everyone agrees to ignore the trolls, but it seems few people actually do it.

And I will agree with Shorty on the intelligent trolls part. I have mixed feelings about some of them.

So what are we doing? We want to ignore these trouble makers, and we have the ability to, and I'm positive we have the will to do so. Is there a reason why we're moving so slowly towards our goal?


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  • 09.24.2006 9:56 PM PDT

Posted by: natedogr
The most effective strategy is to:

1. ignore the trolls
2. pm Ninjas with a link to the thread in question

That deals with the problem and it keeps it from spreading


But if people were actually reasonable enough to do that, I doubt we'd have any trolls.

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Posted by: natedogr
The most effective strategy is to:

1. ignore the trolls
2. pm Ninjas with a link to the thread in question

That deals with the problem and it keeps it from spreading


But if people were actually reasonable enough to do that, I doubt we'd have any trolls.


Well, if we can at least get the people who don't like trolls to do it, that would be a start. Sometimes, I think you just have to do something. Maybe it won't work like you hope, but if you never do anything, nothing will ever happen.

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Posted by: aku
Posted by: Hobo GRrunt
Posted by: natedogr
The most effective strategy is to:

1. ignore the trolls
2. pm Ninjas with a link to the thread in question

That deals with the problem and it keeps it from spreading


But if people were actually reasonable enough to do that, I doubt we'd have any trolls.


Well, if we can at least get the people who don't like trolls to do it, that would be a start. Sometimes, I think you just have to do something. Maybe it won't work like you hope, but if you never do anything, nothing will ever happen.


I agree, better to do something about it then to watch it unfold repeatedly. Although if we did know which mod was on, then it would work faster and better.

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  • 09.24.2006 11:06 PM PDT