How to kill a community

One of the greatest things about the interwebz is its ability to bring together groups of people from all across the world to share their experiences and ideas on any given subject. At some point, these groups and discussions become so large and complex that relationships and communities start to form to hold things together. Within that, people will eventually either step up, or by virtue of their contribution, be considered responsible enough, to take on a role of leadership or authority. It’s just the natural order of things.

These are things I learned long ago. These are things that I know aren’t easy to manage or maintain, but they are a necessity.

What makes a community successful is when everyone, no matter their role or place in the scheme of things, can respect and abide by the order set in place. There will be conflict and there will be strife, but the one thing that remains is that we have to believe that it works. When that is lost, then things can rapidly take a turn for the worse.
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Pod TV: Floodgate


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How cool is this? Kiaffex and the Pod TV team have put together a Floodgate show to coincide with this week’s audio podcast. Check it out!

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Episode 147: Floodgate Campaign Show

This week we’re joined by Lancelot59, Halo PC fanatic and Halo 3 campaign aficionado. We read off the Halo Nation’s tips on how to hold the flood at bay in Halo 3’s campaign level floodgate. There’s also some stimulating discussion about important topics such as Tom Selleck’s mustache. Pod Art is by me this week as I wanted to explain just where those two pesky flood are that apparently have the coveted skull in this level. Show’s about 1:03.

Also quick note, I’ll be out of town for the next two weeks but JVB and Dialpex will keep the show going in my absence. Keep on fraggin’ trucks!

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Episode 146: Customs and Creations with ForgeHub

This week JVB and I are joined by TrueDarkFusion, one of the masterminds behind Forge Hub. Forge Hub is a really cool site, group of leaders, and community that’s all about forge. They have tutorial videos, detailed articles and instructions, the best custom maps with detailed descriptions, screenshots, and videos, friday night forge matches and more. I can’t say enough great things about these guys, they’re truly there to help the Halo Nation enjoy forge and make cool things with it. This week’s Pod Art is from ManOfPopsicle14. You can send in pod art too, just send it in to podtacular at gmail dot com. Even if it’s not used in the next show it might be used in future ones. Shows about an hour long and it’s really good, so start listening!

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Guest Hosting On Sarcastic Gamer

I recently had the pleasure of guest hosting on Sarcastic Gamer and the show turned out really good. We talk about why I was playing campaign on easy, the Fox News fiasco, my unpopular opinion on Gamespot-gate, and other important topics like pizza delivery tipping. If you haven’t heard them before, Sarcastic Gamer puts on a really great half-hour weekly show with some great comedy.

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Episode 145: Multiplayer Tips and Map of the Month: Foundry

Finally this episode comes out. This show we have SF Zervon, staff member at Second Foundation where you can hear The Riot, a Halo community podcast. We talk about how to level up and stay there with a focus on Foundry. Pod art this week comes from Woof. You can send in pod art too, just send it to podtacular at gmail dot com. Show’s about an hour long. Enjoy!

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Podtacular All Stars Strike Again

The Podtacular all stars strike again, and this time against the competitive guys over at Outcast Reborn.

A tough set of matches was the battle field for these two competitive groups to claim one winner spot in this challenge.
MaesterGXL has written a detailed write up of the match so go ahead and read on…

Click on the link below to check out the whole write up of the match.
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