Message to All Members from 343 Industries Community Forum

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Message to all Members

 

The administrators of 343 Industries Community Forum would like to thank all of you who have joined our community and for being part of this informative, helpful and friendly membership. From our very humble beginning to what we are now and will grow into in the future we have, and always will, strive to offer a warm and inviting forum for the fans of Halo to discuss the various areas of the game and community that interest you. The staff of this site is made up of members from our community which have been offered the opportunity to assist us in furthering the experience.

 

The varying interests and opinions of all gathered here are part of what allows for such a well-rounded series of discussions and informative topics. Our staff encourages the healthy, friendly and robust exchange of ideas and also offers a number of ways for our community to interact. We provide the Shout Box for a direct exchange between the members, a comprehensive series of forums, status updates, play dates, contests and events. We manage additional resources on our Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Channel with additional ones soon to follow. These are resources were encourage members to post messages, videos and responses and reward subscribing or liking with awards.

 

Part of providing a quality experience for all members is ensuring the rules of this site are enforced in a manner that benefits all of the members. The use of explicit language or content, actively disrupting the membership or management of this site and attempting to draw traffic away from here to another site are just a few of the rules we actively enforce with varying types of moderation. Please refrain from backseat moderating and use the report system to bring issues to our attention. When in the Shout Box allow any moderator present to handle whatever issue may arise.

 

Members may at times find that their content, including shouts, status updates or posts, does not receive the attention of others members. This may be for various reasons. You may choose to attempt different styles of posting to attract the attention of others. This is especially true when presenting an OP, or Original Post, to the forum about an idea or opinion that you wish to share. Take the time to properly express yourself in a way that will best encourage feedback from the community. You may choose to research other threads in the forum that have received a lot of feedback to aid you with ideas. In the end though, realize that we are a diverse community and that not all members may share the same opinions as you.

 

A vast majority of the members of 343 Industries Community Forum never, or rarely, use the Shout Box and may seldom post in the forums. Some may only be active for our contests or events and have little or no contact with fellow members even on XBOX Live. These are still valued members to us and are deserving of the same respect and warmth that you may share with those you know well. Newer members may sometimes fell lost in or overwhelmed by the size of the forum, its membership or the techniques of properly posting in the forum. It is also true new members may enter the site very concerned about issues the feel very strongly about. The best policy is to either try to help relax excited conversation in a mature manner, attempt to find some common ground and/or refrain from encouraging a more heated exchange between members. We have noted that some members who spend too much time on site tend to feel a sense of entitlement, superior to other members or become jaded since they feel they have heard and seen it all. Please balance your time on site with other activities.

 

We allow members to express their individuality in a number of ways. Our Art Department accepts requests for unique signatures in the Signature Shop which are seen every time you post. The importing of images to be used for your member photo, background for your profile and your ‘About Me’ area additional ways to customize your account with us. There is a file share area of the forum that lets you share your images with the community. There will soon be a gallery for members to present their Halo related works of art for the members and for related types of shows and events. This gallery will house all forms of media including member’s paintings and drawings, photos of sculpture and recreations of game armors, weaponry and vehicles, video art, short film, machinima and literary creations from our community.

 

Finally, we expect all members to adhere to the site rules and to show respect when interacting with the moderation team. Though you personally may not agree with or be happy with the way you or another is being moderated, do not make public displays in the forum. Simply engage the moderation team via PM, Private Message, to discuss the matter. If you feel it necessary contact the Site/Administrative Moderator with your concerns. The Community Moderators work with the community directly to assist with information, maintain the quality and integrity of the posting in the forums, Shout Box and status updates, review the entire forum for content and links that are either inappropriate or of a spamming nature, and various other community areas of interest. The Community Staff manage the various areas and interests of the forum both on site and off. The positions of all Staff Members and Community Moderators are selected by the Site/Administrative Moderator. Please do not attempt to curry or gain favor with the Community Staff or Moderators in an attempt to be a member of the staff. They do not select staff members and attempts to do so may only in up resulting in being ignored. Allow the staff to focus on the responsibilities they have accepted to perform and not draw them personal position of discomfort.

 

Thank you…..343 Industries Community Forum