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As I look through the different forums, I've found that there is a high percentage of Stickies. In most forums, there's a good five or six stickies. Even for me, on a 1680x1050 display, that takes up a lot of space on my screen. Now, as usual, I'm not here to just piss and moan about something, I'm here to change it or make a point. In this case, change it. Let's take a quick look at the different forums and their Stickies.

The Underground
Where to download Oldskool Bungie Games.
The Marathon Trilogy - Get It!
Old School Stickies
THIS IS NOT A HALO BOARD
Forum FAQ and Rules - Please Read

Okay, we could easily combine Oldskool games and the Marathon Trilogy into one thread. They fall under the same category. The threads of interest can stay, and possibly comine THIS IS NOT A HALO BOARD and the rules. Although in that case, we may find ourselves with more "ZOMG I LOVE HALO!!111!1!" threads.

So, how's our score here?
5-4/3. Not bad.

The Septagon
A solution to "Which moderator should I pm?"
Introduce Yourself!! (in this thread)
Fresh Bnet Feedback Thread
The long awaited, Issue 3 of The Bathroom Reader
Septagon Stickies (useful info and whatnot - read this)
Chapter Founders - Need group help?

The first one is new and definately stays, 'nuff said. As for Introduce Yourself!, we've already got a thread like that in The Flood, so we can de-stickify that. As for Fresh Bnet Feedback, it's a great idea, we need to keep it. The Bathroom Reader should stay temporarily, it shouldn't be a permanent thing. The threads of interest always have to stay. Chapter Founders should either stay here, or be moved to The Classifieds.

What about this one?
6-5/4/3. Eh, this forum is hard to slim down.

Halo 3 Forum
A Guide to Servers, Networking and Host. (v1.3)
About HALO WARS and other non-Halo 3 topics.. *read*
*** ~ Threads of Interest! ~ ***
ʘ Welcome to the Halo 3 forum! ʘ Forum Guidelines and FAQ ʘ
A warning about leaks or even potential leaks. *READ*
*NOTICE* - Read STICKIES before making new topics.

On this one, Servers, Networking and Host (oh my!) should stay, to try and keep down whining, or be converted into one rule thread, along with others. Halo Wars, Forum Guidelines, Leaks, and Read STICKIES could all be converted into one single thread. The Threads of interest of course stay.

This one?
6-3/2. Pretty damn good!

New Mombasa
New Mombasa Threads of Interest
Welcome to New Mombasa! (READ HERE BEFORE POSTING)

New Mombasa is fine, no changed to be made. Thanks, Recon.

Optimatch
Read Me First!!!
Hot Topics (subjects with dedicated threads)

Optimatch is fine as well.

The Maw
Halo Custom Edition the free download that makes Halo SOOOOOOOO much better
Halo 2 Vista FAQ
Welcome to The Maw: Rules & Regs -READ these BEFORE posting!
Threads of Interest

I don't think there's much need for change here.

The Library
How to...play Halo online
Hikaru-119's Halo 1 sniping guide, w00t pinned for 2 years!
7 Years of Halo!!!! 2 Years since its posting!!!
Worst. Gametype. Ever.
Welcome to the Library!

Halo Online can stay. I think the Sniping Guide can go now, it's not that Sticky-worthy anymore. 7 years can stay, Worst Gametype may need to go, but it could stay if it should. And of course the Welcome should stay.

Wow, it's been a while since we've changed anything.
5-4/3. Pretty good.

The Gallery
The Winners' Circle

I think this is kind of self-explanitory.

1-1. Holy crap, how do we do it?!

Voting Booth
Look Sensitivity
Look Inversion
Ranked or Unranked?
Most Satisfying Kill

Do we really even need stickies here? I don't think we do. Kind of unnecessary.

4-0. To quote Comic Book Guy (and SketchFactor), Biggest. Change. EVER.

The Classified
Clan Directory.
looking for local gamers? post here!!!
Group Directory.
Accepting ads for the Bathroom Reader Newsletter
Recommendation: Make your posts like, "Extra, extra, read all about...
NOTICE: "New" policy in The Classifieds
Cannon's guide to making your own clan
Need Help?
Classifieds Rules, READ THESE. (updated)

Wow. There's a lot here. As there should be, but that doesn't mean it could lose weight. Group and Clan Directories can merge together. Local Gamers can stay, Bathroom Reader ads, Reccomendation can stay, the "New" Policy and the Rules should merge, and possibly we could merge the Clan-Making Guide and Need Help?.

How we doin'?
9-7/6. Pretty good.

The Flood

I don't think we need any changes here.

Well, that kind of sums things up for this. Less Stickies would be a good thing to implement, or in this case, de-implement. I need to stop de-ifying things. Why do I feel like I'm tilted backwards? I have no clue, I'm rambling. Anyway, mind the aimless ramblings, I'm tired.

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It really is a pretty little collage of information you have here, though I know I won't be spending the time to read through it.

Anyhow, to quote myself, "There can never be too many stickies". (Whether they be stickied posts, or sticky grenades.)

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Well, l actually read all that, and l agree. l've thought about this before, l just never said anything and if l did, it wasn't up to this standard. You really put some thought into this.

But, yeah, stickies take up way to much space. Some of them are pretty useless too.

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I disagree about the Underground, the Septagon, and the Halo 3 Forum. Here's my rationale:

The Underground:

1) "Downloading Oldskool games" and the guide to getting Marathon are completely seperate. However, the larger reason is that it makes things easier for people who want to get Marathon to have a thread with a very detailed guide telling them how to get it. If you tell people "Where to download oldskool games," they'll only check the first post, and there will no longer be a guide. Likewise, the oldskool games thread is about more than simply Marathon.

2) It's always better when you have a specifically important rule that you give it a seperate thread. I can see the argument to combine the FAQ with that sticky, but in the end it would seem better to have something a bit more obvious to help Joe Forum-Goer.

The Septagon

I don't so much disagree with anything except that I think it should be pointed out that the Bathroom Reader (the specific issue) is temporary. Eventually that sticky will most likely be taken down to be replaced with the next issue, or the thread itself will be edited (I'm going with the former). I also think the CF thread stays, since chapter help is still pretty important.

Halo 3 Forum

As I said before, specific rules that are very important do deserve their own sticky. In this case, those two threads (off-topic and leaks) should stay.

In the end, cutting down on one or two stickies won't make much difference. Practically everyone ignores the threads at the bottom of the first page, and people who believe certain threads are important enough should be willing to go back a page to find them.

  • 11.13.2006 5:59 AM PDT

Looks like someone...... is sticky phobic.

Stickies are good for the forums. They keep spam down to a low roar and help out the new people. Embrace the sticky, live the sticky....love the sticky.

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Some good ideas there Matt. Bravo.

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I like stickies, but that is just me. Some people never read them.

  • 11.15.2006 7:18 AM PDT

Good thread. This should be stickied.

  • 11.15.2006 7:34 AM PDT

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Posted by: RhythmKiller
Good thread. This should be stickied.


Irony at its best.

  • 11.15.2006 3:10 PM PDT
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There's bigger problems with this site than "Too many stickies."

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New Mombasa Needs An Update!

  • 11.15.2006 8:32 PM PDT

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Posted by: lolzhockeyman7
Yeah matt, YOU FORGET TGP'S STICKY.


I posted this before that was made.

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Recon fixed up the Maw a while ago.

  • 11.16.2006 1:08 AM PDT

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Dont worry about it, the amount of stickies are fine

  • 11.16.2006 5:17 AM PDT

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Dont worry about it, the amount of stickies are fine


Whoever said I was worrying? I just think there should be less.

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True about the Less Stickies but stickies are not always threads that help members you know. That can play the role of the interesting threads.

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O RLY?

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Man, you really thought that through......

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I agree with all of that stuff. I think that Chapter Founders should go in the Classifieds especially, though I'm not completely sure about it because we get so many complaints about groups here anyway.

  • 11.18.2006 12:10 PM PDT

I think the stickies are fine as is.

  • 11.18.2006 12:44 PM PDT