- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
How wil it affect the forums? Here is my honest weather forecast...
Stage 1: Halo 3 forum inflation
The threads in halo 3 forum will triple in both number and length....more blacklistings will be handed out, more locked threads, easter egg threads...this goes for both Halo 3 forums (assuming there will be a Playlist Halo 3 forum)...it will be out of control...
Stage 2: Halo 2 Wastelands
Halo 2's Optimatch forum? It will become a barren wasteland...nobody cares about Halo 2 playlists when they have Halo 3 playlists, right?
New Mombasa? Similar symptoms as Optimatch, but on a slightly smaller scale...it will be alive, but barely...
The Halo 2 Optimatch forum will have to be removed...
Stage 3: Goodbye sweet Halo 1...
The Library will die off as if it had suffered from cardiac arrest: instantly...it will be 2 games behind, you honestly think anybody will post in the Library, despite the amazing quality of the game itself?
the Maw forum will remain in a neutral state, since half of its discussions are fueled by the idea of Halo 2 Vista...
Stage 4: Other forums
The Classifieds will receive a short but strong skyrocket of popularity....like a flash of lightning...more people will advertise their Halo 3 clans and b.net chapters...
The Flood will become mass-spammed with Halo 3 topics...after some users discover the sheer hectic state of the Halo 3 forums, they'll greedily look to the Flood to post their Halo 3 topic, hoping that maybe, just maybe their topic won't be trampled on...the Flood will then gain its share of spammers and will have to go through yet another disinfectant state like it did over the summer...
The Voting booth and Gallery will receive a little more attention, like the classifieds...and the news will also receive a similar popularity boost...
The Underground will receive dozens of topics per day, second in popularity to the Halo 3 forums, because everyone will be excited about Bungie's next game...but this popularity spike will happen circa 6 months after the release of Halo 3...