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Mourne not your comrades who must dwell / too strong to strive -
Within each steel-bound coffin of a cell, / Buried alive;
But rather mourne the apathetic throng / The cowed, and the meek -
Who see the world’s great anguish and its wrong / And dare not speak.
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Posted by: Recon Number 54
That is one direction, and not necessarily a bad one;
* The Underground = Bungie Discussion
* The Septagon = Bungie.Net Discussion
* Halo 3 = Halo 3
* New Mombasa = Halo 2
* Optimatch = Optimatch
* The Maw = Halo for PC
* The Library = Halo 1
* The Flood = Off-Topic Forum
or,
* The Underground = The Underground
* The Septagon = The Septagon
* Halo 3 = The Ark
* New Mombasa = New Mombasa
* Optimatch = Optimatch
* The Maw = The Maw
* The Library = The Library
* The Flood = The Flood
I'm not taking sides. I don't know which would be better or even if such changes are possible/likely.
I'm just piecing this together from different comments made by Achronos, but I believe that his idea might look something like this:
* The Underground = The Underground (I could guess either way on this one)
* The Septagon = The Septagon
* Halo 3 = Halo 3
* New Mombasa = Halo 2 General
* Optimatch = Matchmaking Discussion
* The Maw = Halo PC/ H2 Vista
* The Library = Halo Xbox
* The Flood = The Flood
In other words, change the titles of the forums that many new members would want to visit, in order to direct traffic. I'm almost sure I remember him saying that the Septagon would retain its name. The others are just guesses.
I'm a little split on the issue. On the one hand, I prefer the slighty cryptic, more... fun titles. I think they add the the general atmosphere of this being a community site, and not something more generic.
However, I did notice that the amount of misplaced topics about Halo 3 in the Underground seemed to be quite a bit smaller than I had remembered for Halo 2. Of course, that may be because I am remembering the release of Halo 2, and the announcement of Halo 3, but I can't help but think that the name change really did help the situation.
So I would love to have all the forums have a slightly obscure name. But in reality, I would say that I think the Halo 3 forums should keep its name, at least until after the release. (I know that's a while. By that time, it may be better just to leave it.) About the other forums, I'm not really sure.