The Director

This is the clan recruitment/advertising subforum. It is only for recruiting members into your clan and advertising it. This is not the proper subforum to host events. #topiclawked

Well, Socialism is a state of economy and government that is regulated by 'the people' of a community. Marxism is the theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that were eventually used to create the basis of Communism, which is a political and economic theory in which all property is publicly owned and everyone is paid based on their skills and needs in theory. In practice, a government is created to regulate the communistic that generally ignores the public 'for their own good'. It could be, but that's an over-simplification. Remember, most of what we 'know' about Black Holes and White Holes is just theory and is subject to change as we gather more data.

Ha, my child is going to be Albert Andrew Nolen III (after me) if it's a boy. If it's a girl, then my girlfriend going to name her.

Because of different societies. Humanity spread far and wide, and then became isolated from one another. Most people had to walk anywhere they went, and back when the population was under two billion that meant that any humans other than those you grew up with were very, very far away. As a result, different cultures flourished and everyone developed their own way of communicating with those that they grew up with, creating the first languages. As cultures came into contact with one another (usually via war) languages began merging together to create new languages. That was one of the main reasons, but there were a couple of factors leading into the American Civil War. There was a massive amount of animosity between 'northern' and 'southern' states at the time, and slavery became one of the main focuses of that animosity. Prior to everyone focusing on slavery, the people in the south believed that those in the north were 'posh' and looked down upon those in the south. Those in the north saw those in the south as lacking work ethic and being extremely isolationist. By you? No. That's actually a good question. What defines something as perfect? Something that is perfect must have no flaws. The thing is, a lot of this is based on individual perspective/tastes. For some people, Halo 2 had no flaws. Others see it as full of flaws. So, to a select few, Halo 2 was perfect. So yes, it can be achieved. Not on a globally accepted scale, but on an individual scale.

Of course. It's who I am and what I do.

No, not yet. And a lot of my time is going to be taken up here soon. *epic foreshadowing*

More bans for me then. Have fun not being a Mod lol Be sure to relax enough for the rest of us.

Not all of them. Thank you. I personally don't believe that success can actually be measured, and I am me.

I enjoy a variety of music. I primarily listen to Mudvayne, Slipknot, Disturbed, Eminem, Lindsey Sterling, Sugar Ray, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Ramstein, and Say Anything. If I could get one 'superpower', it would be omnipotence, and I would use it to try to make the world a better place and make life more worth living for more people.

I would terraform Venus if it were possible, as it is generally the closest planet to us and therefor would require fewer resources to travel to. Well, there are multiple. Assuming you are talking about the hairless cat owned by Dr. Evil on Austin Powers, I found it a hilarious alternative to the normal parody of the fluffy white cat owned by a villain. Assuming you are talking about the cat owned by Kel-somethingorother in World of Warcraft, I have no opinion on him. Other than it was amusing at the time. Quite the question here. Thing is though, every feature of Halo can be argued to be great features or horrible features depending on one's personal preference. Personally, I have a small list of what I consider to be the best additions to the "Halo Experience" throughout the years. 1. The Two Weapon System: Having a primary and secondary weapon was not entirely unheard of, but at the time that Halo CE came out having an assault rifle and a sniper rifle simultaneously while being able to easily switch between the two was. Halo wouldn't be Halo without this little feature, which has since become a standard in Multiplayer FPS games. 2. Online Multiplayer: In many people's opinions the ability to connect more than one console together (either via LAN or XBL) is one of the greatest things to ever happen to Halo. I agree with them. 3. Balanced Maps: Halo got a cult competitive following because of this feature. Early Halo maps tended to be very balanced, whether they were symmetrical or not. If there was an awesome weapon on one side, there was an awesome counter on the other. 4. Vehicular Gameplay: Halo was one of the first games I have seen with both vehicular and pedestrian gameplay during one match. Running around while other people were in tanks used to be a crazy thought, until Halo brought the ability to take on vehicles while on foot into the mix. They started out with Banshees and Scorpions being the primary heavy vics, and then just kept adding more awesome vehicles. 5. Sprint: This one is definitely contentious, but personally when I was playing Halo 2 and 3 all I could think about is how long it took to get from point A to point B while on foot. It was pretty common to waste a warthog just to get to the point you wanted to on the map first. Sprint allows for more fluid movement around the map, in my opinion, and also makes things more interesting with the energy sword. 6. Fileshare: In Halo 3 the fileshare had to be my favorite thing of all time. Even when matches were taking forever to connect, you still had something to do because accessing a user's fileshare was as simple as pressing a couple of buttons. In the fileshare you could view their photos and get a better picture (ha) of who you were playing with or against. It was also good for some chuckles, as many of the photos were downright hilarious. Halo 3 definitely had the best version of the Fileshare system, and I wish it would make a comeback. 7. Competitive AND Casual playlists: This was something that was most noticeable in Halo 3. Generally speaking, there are two types of Halo Online Multiplayers. Competitive players and casual players. Halo 3 did it's best to accommodate both groups without alienating anyone from either group. There was a ranked playlist specifically for competitive gameplay, and an unranked playlist specifically for teh lulz. That's something that all games need, and Halo needs to bring back.

Caboose, the banhammer isn't a real thing bro... it's just a metaphor. Assuming the banhammer were similar to a muscle (gets bigger with more use) then mine would be the biggest because Twam rarely takes the time to ban someone and Azaxx isn't as ban-happy as I am.

To mess with Self Destruct and make a few jokes.

Text is data in the form of words or alphabetic characters. Font is a set of type of one particular face and size. So basically text is the letters you see that form the words you read, while font is the way those letters are shaped. Probably in a few months. Gotta find something to rant about first. Creation is the action or process of bringing something into existence. Update is to make something more modern or up to date. In other words, creating something means that the something you're making didn't previously exist. Updating something means that you are taking the original object and either adding to it, removing from it, or both.

I want an updated version of my current signature which is: I'd also like to see how you can add this into it: Text should stay the same, but you can change fonts if it better suits the signature. Let's see whatcha got Art Department.

Bans handed out by the Bungie/MS staff for Halo 3 don't get overturned, ever. I have an account which is banned, and it has been banned since the middle of 2008. I had to start a whole new account to play Halo 3, which was console banned in 2009. Which meant I had to get another new account and a whole new console to even play on XBL. Neither of these bans have been lifted. If you are talking about the Xbox 360 version of Halo 3, then my suggestion would be to try using a friend's account on your xbox to make sure you aren't console banned and if you can use their account to play, then get yourself another XBL profile. If you are console banned (which you can tell by the inability to play H3 on any account on your X-Box) then I would suggest getting an Xbox One, a new XBL profile, and MCC. That will ensure your ability to play Halo 3 (as well as Halo CE, H2, and H4) on multiplayer. Also, the most common reason for a permanent account ban on Halo 3 would be deranking/boosting. Some people got banhammered even though they weren't doing it intentionally, they just made the mistake of remaining in the party with a booster for one game too long.

Umbreon's looks with Espeon's stats and attacks.

I do not view it as a brand, but as a highly detailed story with tons of possibilities. It started out with a story centered around Master Chief, but quickly evolved into a story about the struggle humanity faced against an extraterrestrial threat as well as a rebellion happening just prior to said threat. While the majority of the story still revolves around John, there are several different stories that add to the main storyline in a wonderful way. Providing context to John's actions as well as the events happening around him. This story has been told over the last decade or so, but seems to be nowhere near over. There are still many of the minor stories that can continue, such as the fate of the Spirit of Fire, Grey Team, and the survivors of Blue Team. There are also stories being added, such as the adventures of Kilo Five and the betrayal of Dr. Halsey. Even when these stories are finished being told, there is still the potential for many, many more. That's my perception of Halo.

I agree. Adding vehicles to the games also adds variance in gameplay, which is something that 343i has been trying hard to do.

Sure. But only if the report is on someone actually breaking the rules.

That's more of a joke than anything. But it could happen.

If you suspect them of being a spambot but they haven't spammed yet? No. We have tools to determine if accounts are spambots and Azaxx and I are kind of compulsive in using them. You won't get in trouble for it, but why waste your time with it?

It literally doesn't say that anywhere in the topic. I can see how you'd get confused though, with the "report filed AS a joke" bit, but that means a report on someone who hasn't broken any rules for the purpose of humor, and it is also followed by "there's some leniency in this case, but please try to avoid it". Filing a report WITH a joke in it is fine and dandy, which I thought would be obvious considering the second sentence of the topic is "Those who break the rules are informed without being punished the first time" and you oh so obviously have not been informed of that, considering your question. tl;dr No. And start reading stuff newb.