Ok, I'm going to make a serious post for once. The reason I dislike halo waypoint is not because I got banned, (all the bans I got were warranted, lol.)it's because the community and the moderators take themselves way too seriously and enforce way too many rules. While this has the benefit of swiftly getting rid of trolls, they also discourage other potential users from posting. Because of this, you do not get to hear many opinions, or diversity. People get banned for making "unconstructive posts" such as "lol" or "Dude, you are so wrong.", etc. It just feels oppressive. Yes I know it's their website, their rules. But is it really in the best interest of 343 to have such a strict website with banhappy moderators?
One of the reasons I love bungie.net is because Achronos and the other admins let us have more free reign and let us develop our own culture. Sometimes, they even join in on some of the shenanigans that we partake in. Because of this, people fall in love with them and their website and they keep coming back. That's exactly what you want your fans to do, because not only will you get feedback from them, but they'll also tell all their friends about bungie's games. Bungie has a reputation for fun. Waypoint has a reputation for oppression. I think this is sad, because I think the new halo series has a lot of potential, but I don't feel like I can voice my opinion on the official forums without getting banned making the vague "unconstuctive post".
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The Waypoint mods provide reasoning too. I will admit that it is an inconvenience the way the reasoning is delivered after a ban expires via PM, but that is the sites fault and not the mods. Twitter works pretty well to get into contact with them too.