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11/29/2006 12:54:20 AM
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Community Spotlight: LordGideon

This week we have a chance to talk to LordGideon, leader of PraetoriaGuard. Read on to get the scoop on what they're all about, their many endeavors and what's coming up for him and his partners.

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  • Every cell in my body is telling me to jump in and defend the modders. The only reason I'm not doing it is I remember seeing a YouTube video of someone riding an invisible ghost in Halo 2, and I thought, "That's not fun, it's just stupid. Why do people waste time modding?" So, because of that one example of previously having an opinion on modding I'm not getting involved. But, otherwise, my instincts are totally telling me to defend the modders. Why do I bore you with this tale of my emotions? The answer is because if one person feels it many people feel it. However, logically, we all seem to understand that modding is bad. So, why the instinctual pressure to jump on the side of the modders? I think the anti-modding squad has made some mistakes in their propaganda. For example, you should hate the crime, but don't make it personal with the criminal. When a phrase is used like, "jerks stop being jerks," it causes a reaction in people. Because the phrase "jerk" is so all consuming. There is this reaction to languague that makes a person feel like everything good they did in their life is going to be disregarded, and they will be classified as jerks, because they made the mistake of modding. No-one wants to see one mistake ruin someone's life. Thus we want to offer the chance of redemption to modders. We want to do that in a way, without putting a label on them, that they now need to work to get off of them. Am I making any sense? I'm not sure. All I know is, if I never read these forums, didn't know modding was bad, just knew this is how my friends played Halo, then if they invited me to join them in modding, I might. I mean, ignorance is no excuse for the crime. But, it may be an excuse for the criminal. Maybe they didn't know what they were doing. I think we need to focus our arguments on the details of what modding is and why it has a negative effect on the Halo experience. I think that would be useful. But this heavy-handed, and judgemental tactic of just abusing modders is not the answer. Because the innate human instincts inside each member of the population won't let it be. (DISCLAIMER: Anyway, that's just my two cents. I'm a jerk. I suck at Halo. I'm not an elder. I'm not a nice person. I pick my nose, when no-one is looking, sometimes even when they are looking. I don't change the oil on my car myself, because I'm barely half a man. Plus, I've been told, that I have bad breathe.)

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