Not really... a lot less people are playing the game due to the changed...so what they actually did was change the game to appeal to a smaller audience.
The original poster is correct, the Halo way point monitors need to be monitored...I was banned after I had been in an ongoing debate with one of them. After they went down a certain path, I came to the conclusion that this monitor was actually trolling the board. Numerous others agreed with me right off the bat. I was not crude, I did not use any foul language, all I did was point out that the monitor was trolling the boards.
What did that monitor do? They said that my post was "spam". Obviously nothing I posted was spam so this leads me to believe that they removed the post for their own personal reasons....as they had to make up a reason to remove it.
This is 343 Industries. As I believe they do run that website correct? Hopefull the good parts of 343 Industries will notice the emmence failure and abuse of power of those that monitor that website and will them removed from their duties.
Here is the trolls reply to banning my posts and calling them spam. They are now in the business of deciding whether your contrubutions to the chat are relevant enough to their specific topic. It's laughable really. The trolls name on halowaypoint is tsassi. I've currently emailed the people that run the website domain and in addition I will try to seek legal advice as to whether it is ok for people to limit your freedom of speech. I suspect that I cna't however...so with that being said, we can simpy say that Halo waypoint is run by monitors that ban people for poor reasons...which is an unethical practice. I like to compare this to cheating on your husband/wife...it isn't against the law but it's shameful and wrong and unethical.
"I sent the PM to you because it was off-topic in terms of the discussion. Now, I'm fine with keeping the discussion here in the population thread. But discussing it here means we will stay on topic. We will not resort to ad hominem arguments and we will not bicker about the validity of each other's arguments."
Now note what the troll tsassi is saying. First off, he/she tries to make it sound like my posts were off topic when reality I was pointing out a troll on the boards after making numerous posts about the population in the halo waypoint population thread. Then the troll monitor refers to my post about his trolling (that numerous others agreed with with likes and replies), as an ad hominem argument. This is also laughable and if we're talking about facts...is not true. Then the troll talks about bickering as if the post that I put up was in some way a childish/name calling type of post...which it was not.
Monitors such as this trollish one needs to be reigned in. One thing if sure, this tsassi is free from common sense, ethical practices, and non-trollish behavior.
343 industries needs to pick their helpers a little better. Please do read through the vast posts on halo waypoint population thread. At first glance, the trolling monitor seems like a perfectly fine poster...but when you take everything into context, you know he is doing something that I like to call "subtle trolling". One that tries to hide the fact that he/she's trolling...but in fact they are. They are sneaky and the worst kind. So sad. It really is.
