[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] VII Toast Alrighty, alrighty don't move this post! It's not really Halo 2 related. It's more on the fact of Bungie... From what I have seen, once Halo 2 comes out EVERYONE (or a great deal of you) will buy it that week, go home and play it. I'm not too sure about the mods, where they live and when H2 comes out to their country, but it's on the same line..that's the problem. With most (or all) of the moderators out, who will protect these happy little fourms? Even if 1 or 2 mods come on that day the spam arrives. It's not a promise that they will be on all day (or night) to protect it. I know the trolls aren't the smartest thing in the world, but they have teamed up before...who's to say they won't do it again? I think to protect Bungie on that is to lock it down for a few days. Or get some "Mini-Mods" that could stand guard...etc. etc. etc. Keeping b.net safe, (with warnings!) VII Toast[/quote] We could hire some more mods! [i]Like that's giong to happen.[/i] Alright, I'll cut right to the point. The entire mod system is flawed. An attack in November 10 would be no worse than the almost weekly attacks we receive on the weekends. Once the weekend begins spammers know that they cannot be banned until the Bungie Employees return. Simply said, the mods need banning powers to fix the problem. Ah yes, recent developments at the Flood have left me with something more to say. There is another reincarnation of davestar over there (says so in his sig), even after the old one has been banned at least once. He is once again being an immature ass and troll, and yet he was not banned, and his spam topics have not been deleted. You know what this teaches spammers? That if they make a new name they get off the hook. [Edited on 7/20/2004 11:50:16 AM]