Rant time!

[rossmum]

drama queens, its a forum, its here to talk about stuff which we do - alot - theres always bound to be "noobs", it happens but crying about it only screws things up worse, this needs a lock IMO. And flaws in moderation are bound to happen seeing as we are all human, nobody is perfect.

Oh sorry for pointing out that the way the staff are doing absolutely nothing to stop it, I'll be sure to keep my head down next time and not point out that which needs fixing just to avoid any possible drama

And infrations such as '"Noob" Posting Fashion' are absolutely ridiculous.

Are you on crack? I, for one, like to be able to actually read a post and understand what it's meant to say...

I was suggesting an easy beginning to the solution.

Oh right, let's delete the most popular section of the site, rule out the possibility of discussing anything aside from CE, H2V, H3 and tech, and lose a good portion of the members who only come here for the community!

Be realistic, please.

[Classicthunder]

Are you on crack? I, for one, like to be able to actually read a post and understand what it's meant to say...

Unbelievably intelligent post, it's amazing wow many people can confuse intelligent thought with being on crack. Methods such as PMing the poster asking him to fix the post and locking it if things get out of hand don't scare people away and are more effective.

Oh right, let's delete the most popular section of the site, rule out the possibility of discussing anything aside from CE, H2V, H3 and tech, and lose a good portion of the members who only come here for the community!

Be realistic, please.

Is this website about chatting or Halo mapping?

Does it make since for the most popular part of a website to be devoted to casual talk? AIM and many other apps or websites are dedicated to chatting. Members who come here only for the community are the people who cause the most problems and don't contribute anything.

Such free riders and distract people from viewing the forums based upon modding and mapping. Hurting the modding and mapping community and stretching the moderators too thin.

[Dr Nick]

Is this website about chatting or Halo mapping?

Does it make since for the most popular part of a website to be devoted to casual talk? AIM and many other apps or websites are dedicated to chatting. Members who come here only for the community are the people who cause the most problems and don't contribute anything.

Such free riders and distract people from viewing the forums based upon modding and mapping. Hurting the modding and mapping community and stretching the moderators too thin.

Ya know, people like to communicate with people they're working with.

It helps to relieve tension between them.

[p0lar_bear]

Classic, there are some things that we don't sugarcoat anymore. If someone is posting li3kj a fukkn REETURRD wif no splel chik n punctuatn n LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL OMG OLOLROFLCOKS, then we tell them so.

If that's not what you're talking about, and you feel that the whole "type correctly or gtfo" rule is bullshit, then what the fuck. Halo 2 Vista is rated M for Mature (Ages 17+) by the ESRB. That said, it's not asking much for the players in that age range to put their 12+ years of schooling to use and actually type a readable post. If you want to argue that not everyone who plays the game is over 17 years old, then that point is moot; twelve year old kids shouldn't be playing this game. But if they are, and they're good at it, it makes no sense as to why these kids are intelligent enough to go 50-0 in a slayer match, but is somehow not intelligent enough to spell out "you[r/'re]."

Getting rid of offtopic is a bad idea, too. This is a full-blown COMMUNITY WEBSITE that caters to players of Halo Custom Edition, Halo 2 Vista, and Halo 3. A community site is meant to offer a place to discuss topics relevant to its target audiences, yes, but in order to retain a userbase, it has to offer more. O/T is a good place for us h2v.net-ers to go to hear about the latest news, see the latest/funniest videos, etc etc without leaving the site.

[Classicthunder]

Ya know, people like to communicate with people they're working with.

It helps to relieve tension between them.

If its not halo related take it to AIM. If its halo related then go ahead and post it. Thats what the little AIM icons are for.

Classic, there are some things that we don't sugarcoat anymore. If someone is posting li3kj a fukkn REETURRD wif no splel chik n punctuatn n LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL OMG OLOLROFLCOKS, then we tell them so.

If that's not what you're talking about, and you feel that the whole "type correctly or gtfo" rule is bullshit, then what the fuck. Halo 2 Vista is rated M for Mature (Ages 17+) by the ESRB. That said, it's not asking much for the players in that age range to put their 12+ years of schooling to use and actually type a readable post. If you want to argue that not everyone who plays the game is over 17 years old, then that point is moot; twelve year old kids shouldn't be playing this game. But if they are, and they're good at it, it makes no sense as to why these kids are intelligent enough to go 50-0 in a slayer match, but is somehow not intelligent enough to spell out "you[r/'re]."

Thats fine tell them so, if they fix it end of story, if they don't then lock the topic. Public humiliation is usually a heavy punishment and should be reserved for things worse than bad grammar. I never said it was bullshit I said there are better ways of dealing with it. There are other options beside saying gtfo and ignoring it.

[Dr Nick]

Way to pay attention.

[Classicthunder]

Way to elaborate. That sentence can be taken many ways.

[Rob Oplawar]

The first step to fixing things would be to get rid of this off topic forum.

are you kidding me? I judge by your post count that you haven't been here long. The offtopic forum is this community. Take it away, and I'm gone.

Look, I've taken away my rep. You happy? I don't care one way or the other. Now I can ignore that part of it and agree: we need some more mods. Where the hell is JCap? has he even posted at all in this thread? I didn't see him anywhere. There needs to be less talk and more doing something about this.

[Emmzee]

There are other options beside saying gtfo and ignoring it.

GTFO I'M IGNORING YOU NOW <>

[Dr Nick]