Groups

Groups are private, individualized, and discreet forums on Bungie.net that are separate from the main public forums. Groups are different from Destiny Clans.

History

Background

Groups used to be known as "Chapters" and were created on Nov. 14, 2001, when Bungie.net relaunched and introduced the Seventh Column, the “Official Bungie fan club and underground army.” It was established to help Bungie pave the way toward World Domination and foster development of the Bungie community.

As a part of the Seventh Column, members could create their own Chapters (now known as Groups). On March 12, 2002, Yeroen (Max Hoberman) created “Chapter Founders,” a gathering place for all chapter administrators. It was here where “The Septagon” was born, a forum to discuss ways to improve the Seventh Column.

To moderate this forum, Yeroen promoted a few Chapter members to become Forum Moderators (now known as Forum Ninjas). They served until the site relaunched in 2004 when The Septagon was recreated as its own forum. HFCS was also created as the new home for the moderators, and it’s been their home ever since.

From April 2004-January 2013, Groups were much like the overall Bungie website, offering a private forum with their own moderators, different members titles, a way to organize events, and the ability to post articles, news, and more.

During the 2007 Bungie.net website update, Groups were taken offline for maintenance. After being absent from the website for nearly a month and a half, Groups returned to the site on May 2, 2007, to the delight of the Bungie Community.

Throughout the various iterations of Groups, themes were created that the community could utilize.

Destiny Group Clans

On July 4, 2014, in Bungie's Weekly Update, Community Manager DeeJ told the community to claim Group names to use for Destiny Clans. On Aug. 22, 2014, after the Destiny Public Beta ended, it was confirmed that Destiny players would need to join a Group and convert it into a Clan (or create a Clan which would automatically create a Group).

These Group Clans were available from Destiny's release in 2014 to Destiny 2’s release in 2017. These Group Clans provided a place for clan members to discuss upcoming online-meetings or tournaments and/or to discuss clan-related issues, and strategies. When they were active, Group Clans could form an Alliance with another Group Clan.

When Destiny 2 released in 2017, Group Clans were abandoned and separated completely into Destiny 2 Clans.

The End of Groups

On October 12, 2023, the Bungie announced in This Week in Destiny that Groups would be shutting down due to a decrease in usage over the past decade.

“Within the past six months, out of the 5.1-million Groups that have been created, only 65 were active with at least one post in them. Breaking that down further, only 16 were active in the past month, 10 of those had over 10 posts in them, and only 3 broke over 100 posts.”

~ Bungie on Groups

Bungie said that they had been postponing the decision for several years, but with Marathon's announcement, and other IPs on the way, the website needs to be upgraded and older features that aren't being used will begin shutting down. A timeline wasn't given, but they did say that over the new few months, Groups would be set to read-only to allow users to view them and save anything they'd like.

Group Statuses

Membership Options

Groups have the options to be:

1. Open to New Members- allowing anyone to join.
2. Open to New Members with Admin Approval - restricting membership to only members who are accepted into the Group by a current member or administrator with the appropriate level of security privileges.
3. Closed to New Members - not allowing anyone to join.

Dead Group

A Dead Group is a Group on Bungie.net that has little or no "activity" (posting, content, or news updates). The term does not have a hard-and-fast definition, but rather is a matter of opinion. Although everyone would agree that a group with zero posts or other content for the last three months is dead, opinions might vary as to whether a group with only a few posts per week is actually "dead" or not. Ultimately, it is a matter of an individual's own opinion.

It is undisputed, however, that the vast majority of Groups on Bungie.net are indeed "dead," containing zero or few posts in months. This can be attributed to the ease of creating a Group and their proliferation on Bungie.net among a relatively small handful of users. As of May, 2007, only 5.68% of all active users on Bungie.net were members of a group. (this number is speculated to have increased after the popularity of Iris and CompoundIntelligence in 2007). It's unknown the number of active users is who use Groups as of 2023.

Group Themes

Group Themes were pre-made templates of images and colors that Bungie.net members could use to customize their private Group. There were many themes made for the various iterations of the website throughout the years. Some themes were created by members of the community; if their theme was implemented they were given the Theme Master title.

Notable Groups

Name	Mission Statement	Founder	Founded Year or Date	ID
Albuquerque Sucks	I'm not much for gaming anymore, let's go hiking instead	Ape ManCaptain K Mart	November 15, 2001	10 on old site, 4 on new
Ask Your Ninja	Simple. This is a place to ask your Ninjas questions. On rules, what it's like to be one, anything.	ImTriForceGuy	March 20, 2010	10888
Atlas	Official Bungie Group for Community Forge Variant Submissions for Halo 3 Matchmaking. We deliver!	Shishka	August 29, 2008	5151
Art and Stuff	A place for anyone and everyone who loves, creates, or follows art here on Bungie.net. Come and share your own art or comment on others. Lets inspire each other! Painters, writers, musicians, photographers, all artists are welcome! Please read the Guidelines before posting.	Calcarlson	January 20, 2013	39813
Aurora Project	Forging a new era. There are a lot of varying opinions and feelings on Bungie, Destiny, and the 7th Column as a whole; the one consistency is that a lot of the cool projects and the culture of the 7th Column have drowned under the flood of new users. The Aurora Project (AP) seeks to recruit the best users the 7th Column has to offer to help carry it's legacy into these new times.	LordRollin	October 9, 2014	486093
Average Joes	Carefully selected by the tender hands of Bungie... or just randomly drawn from a hat.	Borrowedchief	November 3, 2009	9816
Best of Bungie Favorites	Best of Bungie Favorites is intended to serve as a place exclusively for favorite authors. Here we can share our stories about how we got on Bungie Favorites and meet other favorite authors throughout the Bungie community. Our members all come from different groups and backgrounds, but all of us are etched into Bungie Favorites forever.	Carnage	November 28, 2009	8177
The Bathroom Reader	A weekly Seventh Column update	ash55	July 10, 2011	17132
The Black Chapter	Formed so that you may discuss the topics forbidden in the main forums. Politics, religion, all that good stuff. Then they done gone and legalised all the topics, so I guess this place is just a meeting ground for people who like to discuss that stuff.	Eagle 117	February 4, 2005	280
Black Water Ops	B.W.O. - One of Bungie.net's most active and fun organization's in the world has now ventured onto it's own site. From game nights & contests to special ranks and clan matches, we got it all! Enlist today and we'll .... "See you on the Battlefield!"	Mister Magoo	April 30, 2009	4086
Bnet Regulars	Hideout for older community members on bungie.net. You will only find musings and bickering beyond this endless hallway of endless doors. Community is only as strong as its weakest member, so naturally Dunbar's number applies.	Spawn	April 21, 2011	16071
Bungie Jumpers	Lasciate Ogne Speranza, Voi Ch'Intrate	GameJunkieJim	October 20, 2004	160
Bungie Mail Sack	Welcome to the Post Office. Every week, these doors open so that the #Community can submit questions to be answered by #Bungie. Follow this group to get in on the action and be a part of the conversation.	DeeJ	March 3, 2013	39699
The Bungie Podcast	The Official Group for the now hibernating Bungie podcast.	lukems	January 18, 2008	2442
Bungie Sightings	The official, hairy, muscular Seventh Column arm of Bungie Sightings (bs.bungie.org).	MiguelLouis Wu	November 15, 2001 Nov. 5, 2004	7 on old site, 3 on new
BungieNet IRC	An alternate meeting place for the unofficial Bungie.net IRC channel.	Primo84	April 10, 2009	7725
Bungiepedia	@BpediaTeam | Made by the Community for the Community!	SS_Zag1	May 6, 2007	1343
BUNGLE	Bungie Ultimate Ninja Gaming League EXTREME	Killane	April 1, 2009	6989
Cake Bakers Anonymous	Tears filled the eyes of the hearers, and the stone walls shook with cries of victory.	urk	August 24, 2010	12820
Chapter Founders	A gathering place for all chapter administrators. Learn from the accumulated wisdom of other founders and discuss ways to make the Seventh Column a better place.	Evil Otto	March 12, 2002	21
Community Carnage	The Community Carnage is a Seventh Column tradition of public game nights on bungie.net. For over a decade! TRU7H. CARNAGE. BUNGIE.	stosh	February 13, 2011	15287
Community Cartographers	This group represents major Halo community entities who are committed to contributing awesome Forge World content to Reach matchmaking.	urk	September 27, 2010	13449
Community Joes	Since Bungie's Average Joes are few and far between this group is dedicated to the community running their own version. Members will be interviewed by designated members of the group staff and hopefully we can make it to the homepage.	Clone Outcast	March 28, 2011	15804
CompoundIntelligence	Solving and unraveling the mysteries of the Superintendent, and archiving vast amounts of information about the IRIS ARG and the Halo Universe.	x FoMan123 x	June 11, 2007	1422
Council of Spartans	Our goal is to create a strong, active, and fun group with great leadership, government, and history. We've got 4 out of the 6 nailed so... we need to come up with a new list.	Peacemaker777	November 8, 2006	1172
Coup D Bungie	This group is home to the largest customization community on bungie.net!	CAVX	June 10, 2008	8263
The Cutting Edge	Custom Content creators unite! This group is the ONLY place you can find the latest and greatest custom content created by Halo 3 players. Members get access to our in-depth Forge, Screenshot, Film, and Gametype guides. Learn from the Pros! Join today.	Debo37	December 30, 2008	6101
Dead Mans Hand	A group of awesome PAX-going people who play everything, from forum games, to game nights, and more! DMH is just bunch of friends that play Destiny, discuss events, and ride dinosaurs. 18+	DMHCook	September 10, 2010	13082
Destinypedia	Welcome to the official group for Destinypedia, we're the first and original destiny wiki. Feel free to help this awesome community project. http://destiny.wikia.com	Azelote	December 27, 2011	18278
DO NOT JOIN THIS GROUP	I BEG OF YOU, THIS GROUP IS NOT TO BE JOINED! THERE ISN'T EVEN ANYTHING IN IT. PLEASE!	CAVX	June 29, 2008	4311
Facility B5D	Named after the ONI Ordnance Testing Facility B5D that designed and tested the Mark VI MJOLNIR Powered Assault Recon for the Spartan-IIs, B5D is a community for those who won Recon armor in Halo 3. The group then opened to everyone when ODST came out.	teck	March 2, 2008	2812
Flood V2	Old members and new alike, enjoy your stay.	Dojoe89	June 30, 2009	4762
Fomans Mom	Doing Foman's mom, one thread at a time. This group is here to talk about Foman's mom, and the wonderful pleasures she gives all of us.	Duardo	July 1, 2008	4463
For Carnage Apply Within	Weekly Myth and Marathon games since 2008	GameJunkieJim	August 6, 2007	1535
Forever Forgers	Forge the Future	JPeloquin218	May 8, 2009	7472
ForgeWorld	Guides for setting up gametypes, general info, etc.	JonnyOThan	October 8, 2010	13684
The Friends List	TFL's goal is to give regulars of #Offtopic a safe haven for posting, and to maintain the culture of The Flood Forum, changing into an open, yet slightly selective, community for posting about anything.	El Burninator	June 9, 2014	99465
Greasemonkeys	Greasemonkeys started as a center for users of the Coup d'Bungie script written by CAVX. Now, this group is home to anything involving current Bungie.net userscripts, in addition to interests in developing any other scripts that might aid the Bungie.net experience.	CAVX	June 15, 2008	4123
The Grizzled Ancients	A place for veteran and new community members alike.	Matty McDee	July 21, 2015	1128196
Halo 3 Academy	The Halo 3 Academy is a place where both experienced and new players come together to try and learn from each other, we aim to teach the new guys and help them along rather than crushing them under our boots. You do not need to be MLG Pro in order to instruct other players, we just ask that you're mature enough and have a good amount of knowledge about what you intend to teach. Welcome to the Halo 3 Academy.	Lord Vardel	January 27, 2008	2540
Halo 3 in the Work PLace	We at Halo 3 in The Work Place seek to provide a shelter from the young whippersnappers that overrun Halo 3 match making. We of the Work Place take pride in being able to work a full day and have our nights to play with players of a finer vintage. The Work Place is a group for seriously fun gaming as there’s too much crap to be stressed out about.	VENOM MDK	January 4, 2008	2378
HBO Junkies	Bungie addicts, all - south central Connecticut (New Haven to Waterbury, and all points nearby) center for Bungie insanity. House is wired, and TVs are ready...	Louis Wu	November 16, 2001	20
HFCS	The exclusive dark lair of the Ninjas who moderate Bungie.net. We are somewhat evil.	stosh	September 23, 2004	121
HLG	Welcome to the Official HLG Group of Bungie.net. We are the original HLG (Hidden League Gaming) group of Bungie.net. This group is different from most because, unlike most people, we tactically conceal our locations in matchmaking. © 2008 Hidden League Gaming	Lord Durandal	April 11, 2008	3338
KOTOR	Welcome to KOTOR! Join us and participate in one of the largest and most active Off-topic/Science fiction groups on Bungie.net!	Muno	September 3, 2005	602
Laid Back Gamers	Laid Back Gamers (LBG) is a clan devoted to enjoyment of every match, win or lose. Always give it your all and play to win, as long as you're having fun.	General Yayap	August 13, 2007	1544
Last Refuge	Welcome to Last Refuge.	PFDRINSTR_117	May 5, 2008	3643
[Lettuce]	This is a PRIVATE chapter for specially invited members. If you have not been specifically, specially, or spectacularly invited, you will not be accepted.	Sketch	October 4, 2004	88
The Marty Army	Welcome to the Marty Army. Please chop your mullet at the door.	Yeroen	October 12, 2001	1
Mehves Aerie	(woops, we lost the apostrophe in "Mehve's Aerie") We're all about art. Art in games, in comics... anime... stuff. Plus, I need a way to test this part of the site anyways. :)	mehve	October 5, 2004	82
Minecrafters	Welcome to Minecrafters; Bungie.net's place for all things Minecraft, and home of Bnet Minecrafters.	All of humanity	September 27, 2010	13461
Mjolnir Battle Tactics	Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small people who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing. Know your Weapons. Know your Enemy. Know the Combat Zone.	Guardian Hunter	January 28, 2005	293
Mob of Angry Peasants	We play a lot of Halo and some Myth when we're not busy overthrowing outdated imperialistic repressive governments... Our area of operation is Western North Carolina. Our headquarters for launching attacks is a place we call the "Needmore Shack." There is nothing worse than to oppose a Mob of Angry Peasants! Poor and freedomless, we have nothing to lose in our quest.	Chris547	January 12, 2002
Muintir Irish Pub	A cold pint in your hand, the company of friends, and good times to be had. This is a gathering place for all of the Community which mirrors the vibe you may find at any fine Irish Pub.	Helveck	July 6, 2010	11986
Myth@Bungie.Org	Myth players and Myth@Bungie.Org readers.	forrest	November 16, 2001	11
Mythic Members	Mythic Members is the cool place to hang out. You can find most of the cool people there. In Mythic Members you can just chill and do whatever and totally relax. "Take it easy" is the Mythic Members motto, for example, that's how laid back it is there. Show up if you want to have a good time. Another good reason to show up is if you want to hang out with friends. 04 or Bust	Halo53	April 23, 2008	3493
New Flood	This an off-topic Group and Forum. It's kind of like the Flood, sometimes with less moderation and sometimes with more. We're super cool, but you might hate us. So come in at your own risk. All your Flood are belong to us.	I WILL KILL YOU	June 4, 2007	1410
Northwest Halo Players	Coalition of Halo players in the Seattle area, for the purposes of LAN parties,	mordia	November 14, 2001	2
NYC Bungie-holics	Local NYC chapter of the Seventh Column. Get together and hang with fellow Bungie gamers	haveblue	November 16, 2001 Nov. 13, 2004	6 old site, 2 on new
Owners of the Katana	Welcome to Owners of the Katana, or OTK! This is a Private Group for those that have achieved recognizable feats in Bungie titles, from unlocking the Halo 3 Katana to having perfect gamerscore in Halo: Reach. If you have a positive attitude and enjoy a friendly, active forum then OTK is right up your alley!	XIX Goodeye XIX	December 21, 2007	2302
Penny Arcade Expo	Where the Bungie community plans gatherings for PAX events. Feel free to plan for other events such as E3, Magfest, ComicCon, or RTX! PAX West: Seattle, WA (around Labor Day weekend) 1-4 September PAX Aus: Melbourne, AUS (Fall/Winter) PAX South: San Antonio, TX (late January) PAX East: Boston, MA (late winter, early spring)	Cortana Five	February 10, 2014	64934
Pimps at Sea RPG	A chapter dedicated to the RPG fan game Pimps at Sea	SS_Zag1	March 4, 2007	1321
PM Duardo	Have questions? Make sure to PM Duardo.	x FoMan123 x	July 2, 2008	4385
Sapphire	Sapphire is one of the longest-living and most famous communities on Bungie, with a history spanning over six years (this is not our first forum!), millions of posts, and so many in-jokes we had to create our own history archive to help us remember them all. Then we got tired of Bungie mistreating private groups and made our own website.	Valery	July 29, 2010	12337
SAS Halo3	Pain is just weakness leaving the body.	Mullink	September 27, 2008	4621
Seasoned Veterans	life check, randal	Boost Deuce	August 13, 2009	8697
Seventh Column Troopers	If you are looking for old posts, no one to talk to, and lots of dust... then look no further! SCT has been long deceased. The memories will live on though!	American Recoil	December 15, 2006	1229
Seventh Conflux	The Seventh Column has a rich history of game nights and community projects stretching back farther than many can recall. While the times have changed, and will always continue to, the Seventh Conflux (7CX) stands as a Vanguard, bringing forward the history of old with our rich traditions and culture into this new era.	LordRollin	February 25, 2015	520845
The Spartan I Project	Make friends, unlock achievements and blow stuff up!	Mahdi	May 8, 2008	3656
Team Mythic	Team Mythic is a chapter that consists of an actively participating community and supports nearly all of your interests. Above all, jump feet first into hell in our daily discussions and meet some new friends in our community.	vanert	February 19, 2009	6518
Thee Warriors	Bungie.net's local symposium.	MADBALL	January 7, 2006	775
Theme Builders	The function of Theme Builders is to offer insight and output for those seeking to become Theme Masters. We submit Themes to the Webteam and offer 7th Column members more diversity in their group Themes.	SniperStealth	July 2, 2008	4352
Theme Masters	Offering advice for aspiring theme artists, and leading the theme-building revolution for the new 7th Column!	Sir Fragula	July 6, 2005	498
Waaahmbulance	A Collection of the Hall-of-Fame Greatest PMs Ever Sent to Moderators! WARNING: Profanity and graphic language	x FoMan123 x	July 10, 2008
We Blame stosh	We blame stosh for everything wrong in the world. He's responsible for all of it. And we won't stop until the whole world blames him. DAMN YOU STOSH!	halo2mnky	August 24, 2007	1571
Welcoming Committee	Community Volunteers dedicated to providing assistance in the #Help forum, providing Help Articles or Troubleshooting Documents to players experiencing issues with Destiny or Destiny 2. White Gloves, Gold Standards: All Mentors have been appointed by Destiny Player Support at Bungie.	DeeJ	January 15, 2013	18405
The WorkPLace	We seek to provide a shelter from the young whippersnappers that overrun online gaming. We take pride in being able to work a full day and have our nights to play with players of a finer vintage. The WorkPLace is a group for seriously fun gaming. (Formerly "Halo 3 in The WorkPLace")	JoeSki73	August 30, 2010	12839

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