I think applying a candidacy for newcomers would be a good idea to avoid spams problems. I request to you, the community of "Halo" to think about this. Also thank you Dennis to consider this post. Cordialy,

Darksoldier

ok

I know how much you guys hate the CryEngine trolls, but I always hated that rule of posting after weeks or days, or I have to reply random topics to get authorization to post a topic. Some people when they´re looking for help desperatly they join the forum and create a new topic to get help immediatly.

It doesn´t matter how much strict rules dennis put on the site, while this is a public forum, those trolls will come back, soon I guess

The mission of this forum is to be inclusive and available to all. Requiring a "candidacy" makes it exclusive and is inferring that only some people are good enough. That is not the case.
Curse in your own home but not in mine. This is a public forum just like standing in a crowded church or any public place with people around you. It is NEVER acceptable to curse there.
What flaw do you refer too?
Edited by Dennis on Dec 23, 2013 at 11:45 PM

while we're on the topic of fixing the forums, do something about the page glitch on threads, there is 190 or more pages in the cmt thread and 170 or so actual pages. other threads have inaccurate page counts. driving me crazy

Not being able to Change of thread title has got to be the biggest flaw in my opinion.
It turns everything in to a mess.

Correct. This is how forums, websites and companies work. Their policies are dictated buy the owner.
You are correct that the Internet is not like a church it is even more unacceptable to use profanity here than in a church. The forum is a public place where what you write is preserved for everyone unlike a physical public place where what you say dissipates and is only heard by the people there at the time. Here it is preserved for everyone who visits at any time. A better analogy is that if it is socially unacceptable for a person to stand in a public place visited by many people like a school or subway or street corner standing there cursing all day long then is is unacceptable here were it is basically the same. Or another way to look at it is that it is not acceptable to write profanely on the wall or blacktop of you local playground so it is not acceptable to do it in a public forum, any public forum.

I make no excuses for my reasoning it is the way I and just about everyone I know was raisied. Cursing in public palaces is unacceptable.
Even if it was ONLY my opinion, and I can guarantee you it is not, the fact that I own this forum does grant me the right to control what is and is not acceptable over anyone else's opinion. This is just how it works.

Correct. We allow access to all to read the forum but only ban an IP from registration. The object is to be inclusive so those with shared college or VPN IP's can still see what it written even if their IP is banned from registration.
What type of monitoring do you suggest? We are only interested in content moderation because the content is the purpose and mission of the forum.
I do not make excuses. I will give reasons. Please, though, since it seems that you feel strongly about them list what flaws and what suggestions would fix them.

This was disabled because of abuse. People would change the thread title over and over in an attempt to elicit responses and also change the subject of the thread when they didn't like the responses causing the actual subject of the thread to differ from the actual content of the conversation. It was a mess.

Want to know why trolls keep coming back? It's because this community is so easy to troll. You guys reply and reply and even create threads on threads based around them. And it's usually the same two people trolling.

Let Dennis run the site the way he wants to run it or go somewhere else.
Edited by MatthewDratt on Dec 24, 2013 at 02:17 AM

the sad part is that its true. And ive sadly done the same thing before.

Private messages are never private.

oh n btw Marry Chritmass Dennis!
Edited by jackrabbit on Dec 24, 2013 at 03:32 AM

This.

I personally try my best to avoid posting, but sometimes... it's irresistible.
So it looks like I've already got a New Year's Resolution.

You guys throw around the term 'troll' too loosely. Just because someone is being stupid or annoying that doesn't mean they are doing it intentionally, they could just have bad social skills.

This is very true.

Troll: "I hate halo ce"
Not Troll: "I hate Halo 4 because it wasn't fun"

Troll is posting something that would get an angry response from almost everyone on this website and doesn't actually mean what he said.

Not Troll is posting an opinionated fact that some people agree with and some people don't.
Edited by Banshee64 on Dec 24, 2013 at 01:50 PM

guys, its christmas! lets go eat chicken instead of discussing trolls on a forum.

Christmas eve is christmas for me. i spend christmas day watching a christmas story, and i open my presents at midnight.
Edited by MEGASEAN2812 on Dec 24, 2013 at 02:45 PM

You seem to be under a basic misconception about how websites work. Websites run however the owner wishes them to run not how users want them to run. I could very easily ban access to the website via any number of criteria. I can restrict access by IP I can require payment for access, I can restrict people with "R" in their name. I choose not to.
Of course it is. With over 4.2 Billion possible IP numbers there is no way I or anyone can keep up with the number of proxy's out there. What would you suggest?

I can change the code I can't change how the internet works. What suggestions do you have? I am truly open to suggestions.

You are all cordially invited to the Aperture Laboratories to enjoy an Special Christmas "Party".. However, i am not sure if it will end with tragic consequences, but i do know that it will be fun... For me.

New users are guests and have to wait 24+ hours to make a post after registering?

ill go just to get away from ce3ers lol.

But then what if the new user makes several accounts in that time frame, and then they're all ready to post twenty-four hours later?

Speaking of posts, though... there's a short time limit before you can post again, correct? Maybe there could be a time limit for a user to create threads. One a day, perhaps.

No, more like one every 5 minutes atleast for a thread. Plz? :D

ROTFL !! I wished I looked that good.

uhhh dennis... did you just "ROFL"?

Dennis has all his rules and policies and stuff set up great as they are now in my opinion.

The imperfections on that wrecking ball look pretty.
Edited by gruntfromhalo on Dec 24, 2013 at 11:42 PM

Changing the top banner once in a while would be nice... Some other aesthetic updates such as a more appealing front page and improved page navigation would also be good. You could even ask forum members for submissions if that's what you wanted to do.

Not gonna lie the website looks awful dated but I like it this way its nostalgic.

Mix a Little bit of www.xda-developers.com with a little www.halomods.com.

More professionals. would flock in and Halo CE would probably be the best game In the world.

Life is only what we make of it. & life is for living!

Dennis Your website would be much easier to manage if your website system was updated! Please don't think this is just my opinion.

The internet has evolved and changed sense this last template was put in to play.
Everything including the game it self had changed.

HTML5 & SILVERLIGHT have been invented. There are so many great website systems out there. I Know you must have friends in high places that are dieing to help you with this?

But I don't see how one person can manage a web site unless they are keeping the userbase low for the simple reason that one person can only do so much.

take XDA for example this is a large website they support development for almost every mobile device there is with well over 10.000 members.

It's simply not even possible for one person to moderate 10.000 people.

Halo mods looks nice and is easy to use but I have friends who cant even get a validation email.

Halo is a Microsoft game. These are Microsoft technologies That you can use to your advantage. They where invented to make life easy.

Halo has a style like no other video game does that is specific to Halo. maybe it's not easy to explain but we all know what it looks like. Every other Halo website I have ever seen online has this style. bungie had it. 343i has it waypoint has it.
gearbox did not but at least it was green at one point lol.

I'm not going to question what you want to do with your website I understand it's yours.
My guess is you are very happy with the way things are now and it's taken a lot of work to get there.

But hear me out. I'm just trying to offer advice as to what I honestly believe.
That is that if you do this You will be happy about it. And be very glad you did it.

People today are using devices that did not even exist when this template was established.

We are on tablets Android Devices Windows 8.1 tablets & desktops. Apple I phones.
Desktop pc's are not main stream anymore. infact we are well into the dawn of the tablet age.

Maybe you all ready know all of this?
I don't really see anything nostalgic about this website. What I do see is a website with a huge fan base that does not function as Proper and as professional as it could. trolls? porno epidemics ? we have the technology. today these things simply should not be happening. Honestly the word broken comes to mind.

Halo CE can be played on tablets now. We have tournaments at Starbucks occasionally.
Now maybe it's just my opinion. but Halo CE is where everything starts. This is the hart of Halo and Halo CE is the best halo game there is.

We first saw the rail gun in 2004 & then it's commercialized in Halo 4.

You are the king you have the power this is not a super power this is a REAL power.
this is your land you rule it and you are the only one. You are the one person in the world that can make this happen and I don't think there is one user on this web site that would disagree with me on this.

We need an update!

And that fact alone turns new comers away all to quickly do they move on to another website that is much more Graphicly appealing.

I know for a fact that Halo CE would not be as available today as it was when it came out if it was not for all your work and preservations.

I remember when GBX forms basically. shut down and stoped being used.

As an artist I remember when there was so much inspiration in this form. I loved it. I love this place. It was my home it was my friends It's where I leaned things.

I don't see that any more. Mind you I have been gone for some time but still.
Development continues on Halo CE Soly because of you Dennis!

I just want to see this website stay healthy and live I know times are about to get tough.
Noone can do it like you do Dennis.

I don't know if you are a gamer Dennis but I will close with this...
Because this is the future of video games and this is what HEK developers are up against..

Battlefield 4: Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4 Frame-Rate Tests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWzkw32amOM#t=0

and on top of this you can expect controller to become obsolete
VR Headsets.

Head mounded displays

3D Tv's

I'll just stop there. I think you get the picture.
Edited by jackrabbit on Dec 25, 2013 at 09:36 AM

I have an idea, just a suggestion. it is possible to limited number of post per day ? trolls post many topics but if they can't post more than 2 topic it will be easier to stop them. regular user post 1 or 2 topic per day.

This website make halo ce alive. The greater part of users have good intentions to this forum and want to keep it in good condition.

oh and just a last question, i don't seen new maps to download from months ? halo is dying ?

That is the most absolutely horrible suggestion ever!

Please, as I have asked you before, enlighten me with constructive criticism. In detail how do you suggest I keep the forum open to everyone and still prevent spamming and trolling by those who misbehave?