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[Dorkmaster]

[META] Suggestion to Admins, Moderators & others with po

[catherwood]

my humble opinion:

The chronology of the threads should follow the chronology of the game. If Phase I is complete, the threads which discuss it should drop off the bottom of the list naturally. If something important in Phase I comes into play or is revisited in Phase II, naturally it might be bumped up to the top again (altho' I would prefer to see a new thread with a summary as a launching point for new insights).

[Dorkmaster]

Here's why I didn't suggest just that:

We don't know what we will need, info wise, later in the game...

(**edit - therefore, why "drop off" items and tidbits we may need later. although I have no problems with dropping Trouted threads, since that info is already doubled or proven incorrect anyway.)

[Dorkmaster]

However, Catherwood, I apologize for so quickly shooting this down. That was not my intention, since I DID ask for other suggestions. I am truly sorry. (And especially, after reading your bio and seeing an average of just about half a post a day, I appreciate you speaking up on this thread! Thanks!)

[keybsnbits]

[aliendial]

I'm with catherwood.

Plus, sadly I'm afraid more categories would just make more places for OT posts. We've had a lot of things to look at, and frankly a proliferation of threads just due to the number of people with something to say. I think as we get more into the swing of it we'll find more focussed threads and the ability to avoid threads where random discussion has taken over (until they get locked and start falling down the list). So chin up, and let's let it run for longer.

[Roc]

no need to seperate.
besides, search and the wiki aren't going anywhere.
threads that 'fall off' due newer info aren't lost.

[GreyRoses]

I'm with aliendial.

[Dorkmaster]

I think that is my biggest fear here, that while this was started (for the general public) by a Halo 2 trailer, they weren't ready for this large of a base of players, and that they'll never be able to put out enough puzzle for us to really have a hard time figuring out*. I'm not complaining AT ALL, but I am just voicing that opinion that potentially, this was meant to be Beast-quality gaming, and that the reason we're over spec-ing and chomping at the bit, is because there's too many good minds on this one, and they're not giving out enough content to truly satisfy this large crowd. (I mean, newbies or not, I'd say a good 75% of posters here are truly the analytical type who would really give it a go anyway, and the other 25% were curious fanboys who just wanted to see when the demo comes out, or were hoping to get a better picture of the new vehicles in the game... )




*for clarification, I don't consider a puzzle that we have no way of solving without another slew of updates to be a true puzzle anyway, since it's really just someone guiding you by the hand then anyway...

[Varin]

[Dorkmaster]

Hehe... that's a good one, Varin. I can't say I wholly blame them, but I also think if we put a pimly, fat, late forty-something woman up there they'd be sayin the same things, ya know what I mean? I think that it's a woman in a game world at all that's the attraction... what a world....

[krystyn]

... full of pim?

[Dorkmaster]

sorry, I meant pimply.

(**edit - not as in full of pimp-like quality, but in the acne-ridden sense )

(**2nd edit - Was it something I said? )

[Varin]