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Subject: The Underground should be Shut Down
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Everyday when I go there its just closed topics, full of spam and stupids who don't look before they post. Sooner ir later its going to be hell on earth. I think Bungie should do the right thing and shut down The Underground, even though it hurts.

  • 02.05.2007 7:22 PM PDT
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I disagree. The Underground is one of the forums worth going to. It should not be closed down due to some misplaced posts. We have moderators for that. Other than that, it's a rather nice forum.

  • 02.05.2007 7:24 PM PDT

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Maybe we should shut you down.

The Underground is the last place that old skool Bungie games are discussed and talked about. Some great guides and discussions about Marathon, Oni, Myth, ect. have taken place. Most of them are stickied and help "newcomers" each and every day.

Bungie general is the topic too. Topics that don't really fit into the other boards go in the Underground.

I'll admit the population usage has declined slightly over the years, but I remembered when it shined a few years back. You can never remove the Underground, or the last known discussions about old skool Bungie games will be lost forever.


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  • 02.05.2007 7:27 PM PDT
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Location: Outlaws' Summit.

The first 18 pages are dominated by locked threads LOL

Regardless, just because a wave of off-topic threads hit a forum doesn't mean it should be suddenly shut down.

  • 02.05.2007 7:30 PM PDT

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I agree that the underground has gone in a bad direction ever since more and more people have come to this site and don't now what to post where but occassionally their are still quality posts in the underground which make it worth the while.

  • 02.05.2007 7:31 PM PDT

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Meh. Just a retarded age for the forums at the time. That or people love -blam!-ing about the forums.

  • 02.05.2007 7:32 PM PDT
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Maybe we should shut you down.

I think many OldSkoolers would agree with that. I know I do.
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  • 02.05.2007 7:48 PM PDT

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  • 02.05.2007 7:52 PM PDT
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The Underground is full of nothing but spam nowadays. I wouldn't shed a tear if it were trashed.

  • 02.05.2007 8:18 PM PDT
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You just used the Underground to make a thread...

  • 02.05.2007 8:23 PM PDT
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The Underground is full of nothing but spam nowadays. I wouldn't shed a tear if it were trashed.

You may not, but us old skool gamers would. Just because you do not discuss in there that much does not really give you the right to even speak like that. That is like me saying that the Halo 3 forum should be removed because I don't go there. Now, you and I both know that type of discussion wouldn't work for you, nor many others.


Sorry about that little outburst everyone. That last part just got to me a bit. Now, back on topic.

I do not believe that the underground should not be removed just because of a few pages of wrong forum topics. I must admit, the underground has seen better days. But that really is no excuse just to remove it, there are still plenty of good discussions that go on. There is also alot of information about the old skool bungi games. As in where you could download them and such. Odd, this topic kind of reminds me of this thread.

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  • 02.05.2007 8:30 PM PDT
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Well, if it does (which it won't), the idiots will just spam another forum they see.

The reason The Underground is spammed so much is because it's the first forum they see on the Community section.

Next comes Halo 3, because "OMG HALO 3 LOL", then New Mombassa.

  • 02.05.2007 8:32 PM PDT
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If you strip the Underground to its bare components, it has the same amount of traffic that the Septagon has. But it just happens to attract a lot of spam because people can't fathom the meaning of "Bungie General".

-TGP-

  • 02.05.2007 10:38 PM PDT

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Did my eyes deceive me? Shut down the Underground?

*rubs eyes*

Good God, it is true.

Ahem, no. The Underground (aside from the spam and signs of people who failed to read the rules) is one of the best forums here. It serves a good purpose, and most of the time produced intelligent debate and/or conversation.

It would be a massive folly to shut it down. It serves a purpose unused by the other forums. Discussion of Bungie, and old Bungie games. Do you see that anywhere else? No. And I sure love to have a little chat about Marathon.

So, let me ask you something. Why should a forum, and its loyal patrons, be punished for acts of underrehearsed users?

  • 02.05.2007 10:44 PM PDT

I'm going to simply say no.

  • 02.05.2007 10:49 PM PDT
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Of all the forums to complain about, you choose The Underground?

  • 02.05.2007 10:59 PM PDT
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turuly the undergroned must have the most "hard core" fan base. now befor you right somthing about how you played halo for 2 months straight just listen. many of the people that post on the undergroned have played many of the erlyer bungie games and they are offtan a grate sorce for a topic. and even if it where closed down all of the oldschool bungie nerds would just spam an othere foorum untill the undergrond got put back up.


  • 02.06.2007 1:01 AM PDT
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Seriously... If people just read the forum descriptions there wouldn't be these problems...


...as often...

  • 02.06.2007 1:05 AM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

That's a heavy-handed solution to spam, don't you think? If you think the Underground should be shut down for spam, then the Flood should have been shut down 2 years ago.

  • 02.06.2007 1:20 AM PDT
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I would pay money to have the Underground shut down.

  • 02.06.2007 9:29 AM PDT

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  • 02.06.2007 9:37 AM PDT

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The Underground is fine,

  • 02.06.2007 10:15 AM PDT

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Hold on a sec, you think the forum is bad now?

I feel sorry for you, for you will have the chance of seeing something far worse than this upon the launch of Halo 3.

I find the Underground to be positively benign at the moment.

  • 02.06.2007 10:17 AM PDT

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