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5/5/2014 6:10:02 AM
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Let's Talk About the Bad Attitudes of Offtopites

So I keep seeing this '#density' thing, and I can't help but feel it's something five year olds would persist in. It's a statement where you are calling into question the intellect of an incredibly broad group of people solely because of group-think. Group-think with each other though, not on the part of the #destiny forum. In a thread just now, I saw somebody rationalize it by saying 'well the same threads pop up a lot!' ... To this I have to ask... have any of you actually been on the internet before? Since when are repeated topics something exclusive to one particular group of people, or one game? I see the same exact topics in the #offtopic forum every single day. Yet I don't see folks going #jerkofftopic. In fact, looking at the Destiny forum right now what do I see? I see a thread comparing sales, a voice actor thread, article discussion, potential ARG discussion, community discussion, fan art discussion, RPG element discussions, Easter Egg discussions, race aesthetic discussion, Beta discussion, group searching, faction discussion, micro-transaction discussion, cross-platform discussion, additional features discussion, and more. That's a pretty large variety of discussion for one page. What do I see on #Offtopic? An 'I am leaving' post, five 'AMA' threads, two religion threads, two political threads, music threads, hypothetical scenario threads, anime thread, and a couple sports threads. While a fair number of the threads in #Offtopic are ''troll'' threads, whereas the only ones of those in #Destiny are... you guessed it- made by people that post regularly in the #Offtopic forum. I'm starting to see a pattern. What it comes down to is both, I think, stupidity and hypocrisy combined. The hypocrisy previous mentioned, and the stupidity stemming from an ignorance of how the internet actually works. Hence the feeling that these people are nearly the age of five, because I feel confident none of the intelligent Offtopites would be resorting to such things. To be blunt, #Offtopic has tons of repeat topics and terrible quality posts. And guess what? It is like any other forum around. The users there are not more intelligent, just typically longer in the community since most people go to a game developer's forum to discussion the game rather than random things, so when people do go into those random things they tend to be more invested whereas people in the gaming forums come and go. So when I see a post going just '#density' with the user thinking they're clever about it, I think to myself that is not a good user, they are not contributing to the community and, in fact, the community would be better off without their presence. For instance, if a thread is in the wrong forum, you don't just post #destiny or #gaming and leave it. Tell them what is up, and answer the question. Do you really expect people to be responsive to others being rude to them? If you do, then you lack the most basic of social skills. It's about being helpful at that point to prevent that same person from making the mistake again. And referring to a large group of people by a derogatory term is just bigoted. So yes. I'll sleep now, and I may have rambled, but feel free to discuss.

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  • [quote]#jerkofftopic[/quote]

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  • China called... They want their wall back

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    • [quote]Offtopites[/quote] That is not what we are called, it was an elaborate troll by DE4THINC4N4TE to wind up the flood, and now fools are forcing it. Besides, #Density could be referring to how densely packed #Destiny is with such active and [i]quality[/i] members, it could be an assumption on your part. Or it could be saying that they are strong as metal, which is dense Flood=Innocent until proven guilty

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    • Edited by Miles Of Blood: 5/7/2014 8:32:33 PM
      China called... They want their - [quote]HotDogMcFunkster May 6 at 6:17:57 PM Permalink China called... They want their wall back[/quote] Damn it HotDog'! :@ Ninja'd!

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      • It's always "cool" to make fun of something. That's what's happening now.

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      • Burrito, stahp wat are you doin?

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      • [quote]So I keep seeing this '#density' thing, and I can't help but feel it's something five year olds would persist in.[/quote] [quote]Offtopites[/quote] The irony.

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        • I feel free to revaluate your topic of persuasive tactics into starting arguments like a sketch of a mimic as a thin lined person waiting to pluck the strings of his harp to the age but that could just be the guy with the claymore.

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        • Pretty sure everybody on Bungie is 5.

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          • Quality discussions in a thread? What kind of black magic is this? Very rare, to be certain.

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          • Can you call a lack of an attitude a bad one? Because I just don't get riled up by...any of this.

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          • Edited by DTL: 5/6/2014 12:14:21 AM
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            As DTL, grizzled ancient of the flood legion, under the holy house of Cortana V (long may she reign), and honorary representative of the #offtopic empire, I bring forth an official apology for these actions. #Offtopic is a young and passionate bunch. We seek adventure with those who join us, and crush those who oppose us. Having such clear superiority over the rest of this land comes with a level of expected pig-headedness. Some of the more wild among us choose to express their eminence in inappropriate ways. And every once in a while, one of the common folk will get caught up in the action. And for that, I apologize to you good sir. The council is aware of the utterly heinous actions of picking on #Destiny, and plans to kiss the booboo's of each and every one of you are in action. It was never the intentions of the #Offtopic empire to sully your feelings in any way and we will gladly send a crew to assist you with the removal the panties from your buttocks. Long live Cortana V, #Offtopic empire

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            • #destiny was stupid for a while, easy to say when there was nothing to talk about #offtopic has always been a bunch of pretentious bastards. It's just in their nature, so let them have their fun. I know where you're going with this, burrito. I don't remember you ever posting something stupid, and I'm with you on a lot of this. Animosity between the forums has grown so much in the past year. Give it some time, man, and this too shall pass. Destiny will force out a lot of the negativity from these forums, I'm sure of it.

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            • The flood was never any different.

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            • Wasn't it the same throughout the years with all the subsequent Halo forums? I appreciate the post and your intent, but this isn't exactly anything new. The Flood doesn't learn all that well.

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            • Guess I don't pay enough attention No idea what you're talking about.

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              • Edited by Deleted User: 5/5/2014 9:24:53 PM
                I see no problem. Remove the flood if it becomes an issue. And we can all go back to private groups. Because there really isnt much destiny to talk about. Oh look its that same trailer for the last two years.

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              • You know as well as anyone that has been on forums for a while that this is a phase. People enjoy thinking as a group especially on the internet. For most people being an "internet cool guy" is the go to item. It's best not to worry about it and you yourself just be a good forum goer. It's always best to just not feed the trolls.

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              • Thank you for sharing these your thoughts with us. You inspire me to put some thought into this reply. Well, since I gave up my alts I really don't care anymore. The freedom of be your own mod is growing on me and I am still finding new loop holes and getting crazy ideas, mostly silly pointless stuff like one great group can own this site. But anyway, You say you don't have alts and the dark aged did leave some scars on us but that's all in the past now. We either unite and honor the old ways as much as we can mimic, reproduce or conjure. That or embrace Bnext.

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              • It may be considered rude of me to ask you this, having only read th title but, who are you calling Offtopite?

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                • U wut m8? [spoiler]I agree though[/spoiler]

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                • Edited by VIC: 5/5/2014 5:13:26 PM
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                  I agree that #density is stupid; just like offtopite, since it's mostly used to rile up a group of people. Also, didn't you used to complain about repeat topics in the Community Forum? Your justification for giving people shit was something along the lines of trying to do the community a service by making them "learn" that they shouldn't make repeat topics. Was that you or someone else? I legitimately don't remember with 100% certainty. You (the general you, not you specifically), are given the exact tools to handle the kind of dumbass posts that annoy you. It's usually the same handful of people making the crappy posts that you and others are taking issue with here. If you (specifically) and everyone else would mute them, they would be shitposting to an essentially empty room.

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                  • *copy/pastes thread* *rewords to be anti Dead Orbit rather than Offtopites* *gets 1 million likes*

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                    • I feel you're giving too much attention to something very silly. <3

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                    • Wat clas u gon be in dertinee?

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                    • Mhm, mhm and how does that make you feel?

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