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Since it seems highly inevitable that people will refrain from posting tech supportish thing, not pertaining to "Bungie selection," how about a sub-forum for the flood for support? (assuming you can do sub-forums on here)

  • 02.05.2007 5:23 PM PDT

Not really a point, this is pretty much what this is for.

  • 02.05.2007 5:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: hunter0293
Not really a point, this is pretty much what this is for.
It may seem like it, but this thread doesn't belong in this forum.
Another example

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  • 02.05.2007 5:25 PM PDT
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I think we need a Bungie General forum more, but we could combine the two.
The Chop Shop: Bungie General and Tech Support.

  • 02.05.2007 5:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: dalmedya
I think we need a Bungie General forum more, but we could combine the two.
The Chop Shop: Bungie General and Tech Support.
No, that is a bad idea. Once a peaceful place would become havoc. If anything I say just let there be a sub-forum for tech support. And have a few members that will watch and help others. But either way, I am against having a tech support forum. People with tech support threads does not last very long, nor are there very many. It would more or less be useless. I say that one should just let them say and just keep them where they are, if anything send the tech support threads to the flood. Even though there are very few people that would be of any help.

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  • 02.05.2007 5:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: M3 Roki7
Posted by: dalmedya
I think we need a Bungie General forum more, but we could combine the two.
The Chop Shop: Bungie General and Tech Support.
No, that is a bad idea. Once a peaceful place would become havoc. If anything I say just let there be a sub-forum for tech support.
*snipped*.

Maybe I should describe it in detail.
The 'Bungie General' part would be only for topics that don't fit anywhere else, IE too off topic for the H3 forum, too on topic for The Flood.
The closest thing this site currently has to tech support is The Maw, and that's only for PC and minor Xbox things. Other than that, there's only the help pages, and we all know how useful those are.

  • 02.05.2007 5:45 PM PDT
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Now I may be thinking crazy here, but aren't there sites for such tech support questions?

  • 02.05.2007 7:16 PM PDT

Even if there was one, people wouldn't use it. They'd still use other forums for it. Take The Classifieds for example.

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It would not work because to add a forum, one must be removed. Take Zanzibar for example, it was removed for Halo 3. I think the forums are good the way they are for now.

  • 02.05.2007 7:26 PM PDT
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There's no law that says we can't have more than 7 main forums, and we could always make it a minor one. We only have 5 of those.

  • 02.05.2007 7:42 PM PDT
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But aren't there other places for threads like that?

If you need help with your iPod, shouldn't you go to Apple.com? If you're having trouble with your Xbox or Xbox Live, shouldn't you contact support or try Xbox.com? Why should Achronos make a forum for people who don't want to seek an answer through the proper channels?

  • 02.05.2007 7:53 PM PDT
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Oh, sometimes I hate my brain. I meant Halo General.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.

  • 02.05.2007 8:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: dalmedya
Oh, sometimes I hate my brain. I meant Halo General.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.


Okay...aren't there 5 forums devoted to Halo? Surely there isn't a topic that does not fit in one of them.

But when it comes to Bungie General, we have the Underground, which I hear has not been having much on-topic discussion as of late. What topics are you thinking of that require the creation of a brand new forum?

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Oh, sometimes I hate my brain. I meant Halo General.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.


Okay...aren't there 5 forums devoted to Halo? Surely there isn't a topic that does not fit in one of them.


Halo books, Halo movie. Both currently go in the underground. Also, Halo fanfics are pretty much at the author's discresion, since they don't really have a specific place.

Personally, I like the idea of a Halo General forum. But only as part of a consolidation. Or maybe they could just scratch the Voting Booth or the Gallery. Despite the recent boost, I don't think both are needed. Maybe make it one forum?

  • 02.05.2007 9:39 PM PDT
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You can't really combine polls and art. It's just... wrong.
I think the Halo General forum would encompass topics that involve more than one of the Halo games, for example, discussion of architecture. That isn't specific to Halo 1, 2 or 3, yet even with 4 forums dedicated to Halo (Optimatch is for playlists, which are part of multiplayer, not Halo per se), a poster would have to take a chance on one of them, or try The Flood. Anywhere they put it, they would most likely be flamed for being off topic.

  • 02.06.2007 2:42 AM PDT