After reviewing your list of rules, I'd like to know one thing. Will theories (hypotheses) be permitted? Other members in the past sometimes got a wee bit angry at theories being posted on the Underground. Some people post dumb theories that have been brushed upon thousands of times, I know, but others post things that haven't been touched, or modify current ones with useful and often interesting information.
I usually post most of my theories on the Halo National Index, but sometimes interesting things come up that might lead to findings in-game, like "easter eggs" (but not often). Or, theories found might lead to discoveries of second and hidden meanings within the books might help us come closer to cracking the intricate Halo storyline (simply for fun). Since Halo National is relatively small, more... exclusive (maybe not the right word) finds might be better shared here.
If you'd prefer not to have theories here, I understand. I just wanted to get this cleared up so I, and other people as well, won't unintentionally start hateful posts and what-not in the future.
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What we need on these forums is something similar to [url=http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive7.pl?read=182595]Shishka's Guide for Newcomers[/url] over at HBO so that new people don't make these sorts of simple mistakes and can become part of the community easily. I suppose the "ground rules" that have been stickied sort of do that, but it's not as in-depth as Shishka's guide. - Reiginko