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Subject: Stupidity Consumes New Mombasa

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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Scenario #3:

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what do you guys think is going to be the new weapons in halo 3?


Well, I'm glad to see the Battle rifle returning. And they need to balance the sword a bit. What do you think? Oh, and this may be a little better suited for the Halo 3 forum, hopefully a mod will move it.


Here's what a "Helpful Member" will do. They're interacting with said user, and attempting to be of assisstance along the way. Now, he does do a little Forum copping, as seen by him pointing out to the Halo 3 forum. But his intention is to contribute to thread, then try to aid the user in getting to know what goes where.


That is what I try to do most of the time. I realize that sometimes, if I'm tired, in a hurry, or I just don't feel like posting about said thread, I'll merely say "This belongs in....", but I find myself trying mostly to level with the person.

  • 11.28.2006 1:21 PM PDT

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Posted by: twinkiemaker
The moderating staff have repeatedly stated that you should PM one of them instead of correcting the user yourself. Your inability to follow the mods directions is what led to this. Informing a new member of a rule is one thing, but constantly "correcting" people just tells everyone that you are a pretentious, know-it-all forum cop and they act accordingly.


So the question is, where do you differentiate between the two? Where do you draw that fine line between a correction and... well, a different kind of correction. Becuase honestly, you listed two of the same things here, just slightly different scenarios.

I think if you want to drive your point more effectively, you need to elaborate a little.

  • 11.28.2006 1:24 PM PDT

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Posted by: Logical Thinking
Thread A. Question, how do I link my gamertag?
The post inside asks the same question, with decent grammar, and provides a thanks at the end.

Thread B: How doo i lenkz mah GTz???
The post in side asks the same question, with even worse grammar, and a bunch of !!!!!!!!1111!!11!!1!!!!!! mixed in. Also the login name is something like "Modz are teh sux"

Reply in the helpful member way to thread A, and alert a mod/let die thread B


Which is how I've been handling those kinds of threads lately. In the past, I would kind of ride the person in the latter thread, but now I just realize it's pointless and stupid because he's just doing it for attention (wow, therapy is really working out for me!)

For thread A, on the other hand, I would tell them to either use the Search Feature, or refer to section 5.1 of the Help Section.

Those threads in particular (well, the honest ones) put me in kind of a sticky situation. I have no idea on how to do that. Now after reading that last sentence, you're probably thinking:

"Then why do you even go to them?"

to which I answer: Just because I don't know how doesn't mean I can't help. I don't know how, but I know someone who does. I don't know, but I know something that can help you.

  • 11.28.2006 1:29 PM PDT

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Posted by: Mabian
Very well, you didn't call them stupid. But you were very obviously angry at them, and I wouldn't be surprised if you still are. I am simply trying to figure out what the entire episode with the regulars means if they are not part of the stupidity. In fact, you seemed almost surprised about the reactions to your behavior in your original post.


Not really, even. I was just slightly irked. The sting of those members' actions has faded, but the one thing that really set me off was how they deleted all the threads in that one group. That one that I had spent twenty minutes on was gone *snap!* like that. And they got away with it.

It's not so much the fact that they did it, it's the fact that they would have the nerve to do it. That's like walking into someone's house that they've spent months working on, and then destroying everything inside it. To quote Rodney Dangerfield, "They ain't got no respect"!

I was a little surprised by these actions. Why? Because New Mombasa, in my times here, had never been this bad, to my knowledge. Again, it was never the prime candidate for the "Best Forum Ever" contest, but it had never before (in my time) stooped so low that I didn't want to even be there, and hated the regulars.

When I first joined, New Mombasa was one of my favorite forums. That and The Library. Now, I just can't stand it. And it was such a sudden change. Just within a few weeks, it's gotten really bad. Or I'm just incredibly inattentive, which may be the case, but it's still a pretty steep parallel to its previous state.

  • 11.28.2006 1:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: Logical Thinking
Was that a posttacular? Anyways, ive youve been ignoring spammers why did you post is that linking your GT thread, which was obviously about spamming? O well, it doesnt really matter, you are going to do what you are going to do, so best of luck to you in that.

I really think someone should make a group for all of the kids trying to help the forums, as this will allow you to better organize your efforts. If someone wants me to make it let me know and i will.


I only posted in that one because I didn't know he was faking. I thought he was serious.

And there is a group for that. It's called The Bungie Good Guys. I'm a member. You should check it out if you like helping the forums.

  • 11.28.2006 1:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: Logical Thinking
WOW... matt

Im really not interested in being a mod... but thanks for the nomination i guess.


That's not me. Holy crap, we've got an Arnold Schwarzenegger clone movie here!

Seriously, that is not me. This, this is me. PM me, ask me when I joined. I know when it really was.

  • 11.28.2006 2:14 PM PDT
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I guess. I don't go there often.

Not the brightest forum, but compared to the Halo 3 Forum it's like Geniuses Anonymous.

  • 11.28.2006 2:21 PM PDT

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Do not be mistaken by this imposter.

  • 11.28.2006 2:30 PM PDT
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I like to Rollick

Wow, um spamming is bad and all, and it is a waste of time...but that's dedication right there.

On subject, when multiple people hate you I think most of the time there is a valid reason.

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  • 11.28.2006 2:40 PM PDT
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*head explodes*

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Posted by: AkJak
I'm sorry. It is just something I am inclined to do. You know, I help out 20 people just to hear that one "Thank you". I just like to help people, whether they see that's what I'm doing or not. It feels good to me. And that's probably selfish but as long as it doesn't hurt someone else, why not. I know that you are trying to help out, but I will probably continue to do what I do.

But I do think these forums could use a tad bit more attention.

-Akjak

I completely agree with you. I am with you one-hundred percent on this one. I will to help as many people as possible just to hear a "Thank you". I, like you, recieve joy when helping someone.

Posted by: Hobo GRrunt
Don't post in the threads telling them that they are wrong. That's just spam. Let the moderators do their job, and let them enforce the rules, because they actually have authority and power. Report the threads to a moderator, and move on. It's the best thing you can do. Also, it's mainly just about five people in New Mombasa that keep getting new accounts and spam a topic, thus turning it off-topic, and others decide to join in the spam to "argue" with the spammer.

I agree with Hobo on this one aswell. I have begun to help more through PM's than just posting in a forum. Even if it is PMing the thread creator just to help him out with a question he had or didn't get answered. If, however, there is not a mod online, then I simply reply to the thread saying something along the lines of,"Sorry friend, wrong forum. This type of thread doesn't belong in [insert forum] because it is not [insert why]. You might want to check out the [correct forum], [insert characteristics of the forum]." And then I add on to the post. Now, as I said above, this is only when there is not a moderator on at the time. If there is one online, I PM the moderator telling them that a thread needs to be moved with a link to that thread. And, of course, and explanation why it needs to be moved.

Now if the thread needs to be totally locked because of a spam/flame/breaking rules type of thread, than I just simply wait patiently till a moderator is online. Then simply send the moderator a link to the thread with an explanation as to why it should be locked.

  • 11.28.2006 2:42 PM PDT

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*head explodes*
Someone explain to me what happened!


Some troll made a profile that looked just like mine and went around spamming and trolling. Back on topic now, and let us NEVER speak of that again.

  • 11.28.2006 2:48 PM PDT

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