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Subject: New mombasa needs help.

We’ve watched while the stars burned
Out, and creation played in reverse.
The Universe freezing in half-light.
Once I thought to escape.
To end a master, step out of the
Path of collapse. Escape would make us God.
Yet I cannot help but remember one enigma,
A hybrid, elusive destroyer.
This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

I used to think that there was still hope for New Mombasa. Not anymore. Every single troll that comes up is instantly gratified with with 2+ pages of flames. Even normal topics tend to get flamed pretty badly. Another problem is that some of the users are just plain lazy. The "Is the ATV still in?" threads pop up almost one per page, and are always flamed.

There are a couple of things that we could do to try and help fix this.
1) Start locking repeat topics created after one was already made within two pages.
2) Impose a topic limit per person. 1 per day in each forum would probably be good, and would force people to post only their best topics.
3) Add 3 stickies at the top; one each for single player, vehicles, and weapons with a recap of all the current information about each. I already tried something like this, but without bumping they fly off the page in under an hour.

Any ideas of your own?

[Edited on 10/22/2004 10:48:20 PM]

  • 10.22.2004 10:46 PM PDT
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Add a 'search' button in big bold writing at the top of the page, so Newcomers can check the forums to see if what they want to say has been said before.

Oh, and this should be mandatory reading for new people.

  • 10.22.2004 11:09 PM PDT

We’ve watched while the stars burned
Out, and creation played in reverse.
The Universe freezing in half-light.
Once I thought to escape.
To end a master, step out of the
Path of collapse. Escape would make us God.
Yet I cannot help but remember one enigma,
A hybrid, elusive destroyer.
This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

Ah, my sig is spreading.

I wouldv'e mentioned the search function, but I think it's been mentioned enough. But I like the idea about the mandatory "reading". Lol, good stuff.

  • 10.22.2004 11:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achilles VI
Add a 'search' button in big bold writing at the top of the page, so Newcomers can check the forums to see if what they want to say has been said before.

Oh, and this should be mandatory reading for new people.


Definately.

  • 10.23.2004 7:21 AM PDT
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if you ask me, the forums should just be closed for a few days. saves alot of time and trouble. reopen the forums 5 days after the halo 2 launch.

  • 10.23.2004 7:51 AM PDT
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if you ask me, the forums should just be closed for a few days. saves alot of time and trouble. reopen the forums 5 days after the halo 2 launch.

Seems a bit drastic, but yeah. Too much leakage. They should either be closed down, or...not...

  • 10.23.2004 10:03 AM PDT
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I agree over and over again. The spoilers have become utterly ridiculous!

  • 10.23.2004 11:51 AM PDT

New Mombasa should be restricted to the newer members. They are only allowed to post here and no others are allowed to enter, not even mods. That way they can duke it out and we don't have to work about anything! ^^

...no

But seriously, New Mombasa is in horrible condition, and it will only get more crowded AFTER Halo 2 comes out. I would just suggest staying away from that general area for the time being, it's the most practical and the best solution.

  • 10.24.2004 12:37 AM PDT
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"Don't be use -blam!-." -stosh

I had too... heh.

[Edited on 10/24/2004 1:25:18 PM by Yoozel]

  • 10.24.2004 6:18 AM PDT

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Yeah your -blam!-.


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People like this only drive the message home. A member for a day and a half and already acting like a moron.

  • 10.24.2004 6:21 AM PDT
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Posted by: GameJunkieJim
Posted by: The Librarian
Yeah your -blam!-.


?

People like this only drive the message home. A member for a day and a half and already acting like a moron.


I'm thinking that's a NM goer, lol.

They should be closed.

  • 10.24.2004 12:27 PM PDT
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If NM was closed people would flood to the other forums.

  • 10.24.2004 1:25 PM PDT
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They, should be closed. Meaning plural forums. Meaning all the forums.

  • 10.24.2004 3:07 PM PDT
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I think the biggest problem right now, other than the spoilers, is that no one seems to be posting threads in their appropriate forum. Unfortunatly all i have is complaints and no answers.

  • 10.24.2004 3:11 PM PDT
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Well, it seems that everyone's efforts (special anti-flaming task forces also) are in vain. So the question now is, "How do we prevent newcomers (and pirates) from being outlandish and down-right rude."

I have a few ideas:

1) Besides a search function and the Posting flash (which I also believe both should be incorporated as mandatory) then maybe Bungie (Archronos specifically) should step in and help remedy this problem along with the sensible members of the community. What I'm saying is, maybe Archronos should think about recruiting more moderators that he believes are "qualified" for the job by their attitude on these forums. With more mods, higher security can be enforced more efficiently and with greater integrity.

2) Another idea is to run an even stricter ruling on the threads when even the smallest hint of "flaming" arises. Again, this trickles back to the idea of adding more mods would make this job easier to enforce, but these are only ideas.

3) My final idea (so far) is to shut down the forums and "clean out" the New Mombasa section starting with a new slate (delete every post except the official mod created threads.) Also, each member should be informed with a "mandatory" thread that must be read by every visitor of the changes, restrictions, and enforcements of flaming and priacy that are being taken into effect.

Now, these are all off the top of my head and are still a very rough draft but they show my general outlook on what should be done. These ideas can always be "cleaned up" by anyone that wishes to use a version based off of it. I don't really care what happens to my ideas as long as New Mombasa is helped by my contributions.

  • 10.24.2004 7:18 PM PDT