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I know that ,but what i mean is why dont they just say:

The Underground
The Septagon
Halo 3
Halo 2
Xbox live (instead of optimatch)
Halo (pc forum)
Halo:ce
Pictures
News
Voting Booth
Classifides
Miscellaneous (spelling)

  • 11.05.2006 1:43 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

Good point impy, the forum names themselves give us our own identity.

  • 11.05.2006 5:01 PM PDT
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I recall Achronos once saying that sometime, all the forum names will change to instantly let anyone know what they're topic is, ex. Halo 3.

  • 11.05.2006 8:20 PM PDT
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I actually like Achronos' forum names better than the current ones.

  • 11.05.2006 8:39 PM PDT
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While I like having these fancy names, (which give the forums some speck of creativity) some people just don't get the descriptions, or they don't care. I've seen less off topic threads about Halo 3 compared to any other, though, so that might be an indication.

-TGP-

  • 11.05.2006 11:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: Great_Pretender
While I like having these fancy names, (which give the forums some speck of creativity) some people just don't get the descriptions, or they don't care. I've seen less off topic threads about Halo 3 compared to any other, though, so that might be an indication.

-TGP-


You've got a point there. But, there is the short description of the forum below it. I think it's just impulse. People need to stop being so impulsive about it, and take some time. I never did the whole "Halo 3 thread in Septagon" thing. I looked through all the forums and read the stickies before posting. When I started SPARTAN-III, I wasn't sure if you were allowed to post group ads in the forum they're based on, so I PMed Shishka, he told me, and I didn't do it. If I can do it, others can too.

  • 11.05.2006 11:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: Rainman89
I think this works best...

The Mancanon

Granted the header is just concept art...

Excellent concept art. The only way I can describe it is Hawtness V. 3

MANCANNON FTW!

  • 11.06.2006 12:30 AM PDT
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Yup. Without even reading the thread I was going to go for "Man Cannon".

MC FTW.

  • 11.06.2006 8:29 AM PDT
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I say we should name it....

"HELLO KITTEN"

it could be a story about not taking candy from strangers and giving hugs, not drugs

  • 11.06.2006 1:43 PM PDT
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I actually really like the sound of calling the Halo 3 forum "The Ark."

EDIT: What about a name mentioning something about the Forerunner, none of the forums have that. Something like... Forerunner's Homeland, but better.

[Edited on 11/6/2006]

  • 11.06.2006 8:25 PM PDT

I'm not that active, but never dead.

I say switch the titles and subtitles.
So it would be like this:
Bungie General
The Underground

Bungie Community
The Septagon

Halo 3
The Ark?

Halo 2 Xbox
New Mombassa

Live Playlists
Optimatch

HaloPC/Vista
The Maw

Halo Xbox
The Library


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  • 11.06.2006 11:28 PM PDT
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Good plan, Alex. If Achronos does go ahead and change the names to be more indicative of the forum's content, I'd like to see him keep the old names as subtitles as you've suggested.

Alternatively the bar could be laid out like this:
Forums

The Underground for
Bungie General and Oldschool Games

The Septagon for
7th Column and Community

The Ark for
Halo 3 General

Something as simple as re-arranging the order the forums appear on the bar, with the most frequented at the top, might help... For instance, putting Halo 3, Optimatch and New Mombasa nearer the top may help stop people just clicking the first link and posting their thread...

An idea I briefly entertained was to have the "Make New Thread" button open a post window that contained a drop down list... You select the forum description that most suits your post and it puts it in the right place and takes you to it when you press "submit". A selection must be made or it'll return an error, much as having a blank title on a new thread returns an error. This would reduce spam considerably, I think.

  • 11.07.2006 3:43 AM PDT

It was a cold day near the southern base in Blood Gulch. Cortana and I were relaxing over a game of Go Fish, WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE 700 BANSHEES CAME FLYING IN!!! I GRABED MY SPARTAN LASER AND LET HELL REIGN DOWN UPON THEM. I HOPPED IN THE NEAREST WARTHOG AND TOLD CORTANA TO GET IN.

Oooh. I like Saint's idea. Don't get rid of the names though. Mabye leave Halo 3, because that's where most of the newer members want to go anyway. They go there for awhile, and during their time there they learn the other forums. It's not like these forums are being plauged by spam and off-topic posts, either.

  • 11.07.2006 3:50 AM PDT

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That sounds pretty good recon

  • 11.07.2006 11:23 AM PDT

We also know about it from Ghosts of Onyx and the HGN too. Seems fair enough.

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  • 11.07.2006 12:18 PM PDT
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I say we change it to "The End"

but the ark sounds good

  • 11.07.2006 12:57 PM PDT
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I do not want them to change it to "simpler" names. It's the names that help give this site it's own flair. And if they're too stupid to read the description right below it then they shouldn't be posting anything on these forums anyways.

I like the Ark as the forum name.

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  • 11.07.2006 2:54 PM PDT

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I agree with Recon that as of now, "The Ark" would be an ideal name for the Halo 3 thread.


All the forum names are great because they give a subtle touch of Bungie's persona to this website.

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  • 11.07.2006 3:35 PM PDT
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SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

I like it Saint. BTW, the Underground forum should never be changed. Did you know that the word "underground" is the only word in the english language that starts with the letters "und" and ends with the letters "und"? Making it unique.

  • 11.07.2006 6:41 PM PDT
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Oh, I have a good one.

"The Short Bus"

  • 11.07.2006 8:03 PM PDT
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IMO NOPE. New users want to talk about halo 3 and they need to be able to find the halo 3 forum easily.

  • 11.07.2006 8:50 PM PDT

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