Hello, drama and forum over-reaction.
Yeah, way to show that kid a lesson. he won't ever do that again, I'm sure.
You know, it's stuff like this that makes me sick, and that's why you're gonna have one of Uncle Primmie's rants. Sit down and grab a soda, this one's gonna be beautiful.
Alright. So, you got a kid trying to pass Belakor's work off as his own. That is bad, yes. I won't ever deny that plagiarism sucks major, sweaty dong and the people who do it need to be hung by their nuts until they squeal out Rule Britannia. What this kid did was wrong and he deserves punishment for it - I fully expect that the Bungie staff will remove this member to prevent him from being a cheat again.
But what about us?
I read through this topic, then I read through the ones he'd posted.... and damn, don't you all make the 405th sound so rosy and nice? Here, guys, I'll hold the chains, you grab his nuts, OK? I want the British National Anthem squealing out all over the 405th.
NO HOUSE FOR HIM! OLOLOLOL BAN HIM! TAKE HIM AWAY, TASER HIS NUTS SO HARD HIS TONSILS GLOW! SPAM HIM NEGATIVE REVIEWS OLOLOLOL
Yeah, way to be mature there, guys.
I'm not complaining about you guys wanting to defend a 405th member who worked hard to get what he did - no way in hell. Keep doing it, OK? Keep enforcing the spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood this site has going, because that is the strongest thing we have right now. We have a community spirit that's forming here and I love every second of it, but you guys are going way too far with the defensiveness thing.
It's OK to step up to the plate and say 'hey, that's not yours, stop being stupid'. But what a lot of you guys were doing was trolling, and that doesn't represent very well on you OR the 405th. I'm not complaining that you defended Belakor, I'm complaining about the manner in which you did it.
Next time someone pops up trying to plagiarise the 405th's work, here's what I suggest you do.
Sit for a second. Don't angrily rush in making threats. Calm yourself. Then once you're calm, go in and take mature action. Inform the member he's plagiarising, and then report him to the staff - they WILL take action. Show some responsibility, because if you don't you're no better than the one who was doing it, OK? And I'm not gonna watch as 405th members troll, no matter what the circumstance.
Other than that - well done keeping your eye on the ball there. I'm happy this got resolved.