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10/7/2012 11:47:56 AM
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What have you done for the community?
(Ninjas and employees, this question isn't really about you. :P)
So you love Bungie, right? You love the games, you love the people, you queued up at midnight for your copy of Halo 3 and then wrote several angry threads about Reach when it wasn't exactly the same game with better guns. You've been here for years, squealed like a girl that one time an employee posted in your thread, thought about starting a private group that you thought could be "like the Flood but more chill and relaxed and we can cuss and stuff". You've seen big names come and go, and voted in at least one popularity thread per month, as is mandated under the ToS as a condition of your membership.
But what have you actually [i]done[/i] for this community?
The Septagon is a beautiful perfect circle of ass-kissing and repeat threads, and I realise that's why some people love it. People post with authority despite the fact that they don't have any, and people flock to their posts for no reason other than to keep the machine going. But what have any of you actually [i]done[/i]? How have you made the community better? How do you think your contributions, either on an individual scale or as part of something bigger, have left their mark on this site, no matter how big or small?
This isn't a criticism, or a demand for credentials. I just want to know how you see yourselves and your place here. I want to know whether or not you think your voice matters, and why. More than anything, I want to get a sense of what you think it takes to make a difference, and how far you'd be willing to go to do it.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jaythenerdkid But what have you actually [i]done[/i] for this community?[/quote]Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
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I don't think I've done anything for this place.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dmg04 The entire OP is laced with this awkwardly rude crap that really sounds like a "floodian" trying to get quick insults in on the septagon. Why can't we all just get along? [/quote] Why does someone who doesn't like the Septagon automatically have to come from the Flood? Have you ever considered that maybe forum preference has nothing to do with an opinion? I post more here than I do in the Flood and yet I can acknowledge that this "circle-jerking" goes on a lot more than most of you like to admit.
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I don't know, I don't like being one of those people who have to talk about what I've done. One of the things I hate about applying for jobs is that you have to "toot" your own horn, I prefer to let other people speak out for me. [Edited on 10.07.2012 7:25 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ChorrizoTapatio [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dmg04[/quote] I also gave dmg a cookie and he is part of the community so therefore I have contributed to our community by making dmg happy with a delicious treat. -blam!- yeah. [/quote]That was both the most humbling and terrifying moment i've experienced in 2012. A random stranger - from the internet - giving me a cookie. <3
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dmg04[/quote] I also gave dmg a cookie and he is part of the community so therefore I have contributed to our community by making dmg happy with a delicious treat. -blam!- yeah.
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I don't know exactly what to say. I've contributed to the positive and negative experiences of many members over my time here. As well, I've done give aways and contests and assortments of playdates through chapters and other sub-communities found on this website. While I haven't posted any MegaThreads (see cortana 5s' Destiny Thread), I've just done a lot of actual posting, wether it be participating in random conversations, helping members find resources for things, answering the questions i can answer, attempting to help people with mailsack challenges, blah blah blah blah blah. All in all, What have I really done? I've been myself, I've grown, I've watched the community grow, and i've attempted to give back the awesomeness that i've been honored to receive over the past near 8 years. I've met other members at events (ODST Truck Tour, PAX), even just had random dinners (SoCal meet ups with Ibmeubu, NTP, Madman redux, PsychoTex). Hell, I've even been on the receiving end of the love/support this community has to offer when my daughter was born. As for making a "difference", I don't exactly know how to interpret that. As i said above, i've contributed to members experiences positively and negatively. I'm not any more special than someone who joined the website two days ago, and i'm in love with that fact. We all have voices, and they all come together as a full community rather than a few loud voices trying to overshadow the rest (Or at least that's all i care to think, because i try to ignore the people who speak over others). I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, OP. It was nice to think about all of these things. But... [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jaythenerdkid The Septagon is a beautiful perfect circle of ass-kissing and repeat threads,[/quote]This is where you lost me. I was trying to read your thread in a positive lighthearted manner, but sometimes sarcasm doesn't communicate well via text. The entire OP is laced with this awkwardly rude crap that really sounds like a "floodian" trying to get quick insults in on the septagon. Why can't we all just get along? :P I'll just hammer it into my brain that you were joking.
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I haven't done anything really.
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I'm working on something secret.
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Not a single -blam!- thing. [Edited on 10.07.2012 6:27 PM PDT]
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I've helped many users, created a couple of groups, and I helped create the Bungie.net FAQ.
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I was able to run a pretty decent minecraft server for the community for about a year, with some help of course.
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So far, I've given it seven years of my time. I've befriended some of it's members and hopefully, shared memories with others that are as important to them as they are me. I've never organized events, or created epic threads. I don't spend my time in the septagon voicing my vision of the perfect site, or critique Bungie's latest offering. But I hope that my presence on this site is helpful in it's own right in some way.
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I've created a group about exercising and working out which now has over 500 members. Just the fact that it's inspired a few to live a healthier and more fit life is good enough for me. I always considered making a lame group that could get a few thousand members where I could attention whore myself and make self religious threads on the public forums since I'm friendless in real life, but I never got around to doing so, unfortunately.
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Nothing, and I'd like to keep it that way
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I help people out when I can, that should be enough.
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I help in whatever way I can to users. I have provided useful information to the community in the past. I guess that's something.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jaythenerdkid [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Cobravert [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Helveck [/quote] ^^^^ I'm not him. ^^^^ You're welcome![/quote]I like Helveck. :( [/quote] It's ok, he's my boy, but I'm still not him.
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I made cupcakes for everybody, but then i got hungry and ate them. Sorry.
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I come here every day, enjoy my time, and contribute/help in any way that I can when the opportunity arises. The breaching of the walls between Flood and Community forum is fun. Welcome.
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Absolutely nothing.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jaythenerdkid The Septagon is a beautiful perfect circle of ass-kissing and repeat threads, and I realise that's why some people love it. People post with authority despite the fact that they don't have any, and people flock to their posts for no reason other than to keep the machine going.[/quote] This sounds so much like a criticism I hear of another place...
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I will deny my non-existent ego what it wants. I'll just say we all contribute to the community in our own way. Whether it's noticed or not is not important. It's the thought that counts.
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Gave people muffins. [Edited on 10.07.2012 2:43 PM PDT]
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Nothing :D
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I've cuddled it's various members innumerable times.
