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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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The Librarian
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Unless you've already seen The Wire, you should be watching that instead.Domino Theory said:Why the FUCK is it that everytime someone on this board has to post a gif or ":O" picture, it's always a spoiler from LOST? Jesus H., I'm still in the middle of that shit.
EazyB said:Anyone have any experience with Amazon's launch day shipping? I wanna pre-order ODST (not at Gamestop) but wanna make sure I get it day 1.
How fitting. Real men wear rubine.
Dunno about games, but I got the BSG Bluray complete series on pre-order and it said it shipped today and arrives tomorrow [tomorrow is the retail date as well]. So I assume it ships the day before.
JPBrowncoat
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Love it. Everything I've ordered with release date delivery has come on the day as promised. Usually get a delivery email the day before. And you they may even send out the email with the Johnson code right after it's shipped.EazyB said:
Neverender
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Dax01 said:
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That guy in the video really sucks at Halo lol. At 2:07 he runs straight towards the kamikaze grunt.
Domino Theory
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Once I finish LOST S4, I'm getting The Wire: S1 from Netflix, so don't worry about that.
And I don't think I'll be able to get Sgt. Johnson for ODST. I'm going to be moving to LA this Fall and since I don't have a concrete address (aka don't know where I'm going to live there yet), I won't be able to pre-order it from anywhere.
And I don't think I'll be able to get Sgt. Johnson for ODST. I'm going to be moving to LA this Fall and since I don't have a concrete address (aka don't know where I'm going to live there yet), I won't be able to pre-order it from anywhere.
Stormtrooper30
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At 3:10 the player has 3 plasma grenades. Maybe they went back to 4 nades per slot
? Also, I think I could about kick a grenade further than the ODSTs can throw em.
Edit: Why are all of you paying so much on shipping just to get a game on launch day? I hate Gamestop, but damn, I ain't gonna pay 15 more dollars just to get it from Amazon same day.
please
Edit: Why are all of you paying so much on shipping just to get a game on launch day? I hate Gamestop, but damn, I ain't gonna pay 15 more dollars just to get it from Amazon same day.
Neverender
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Domino Theory said:Once I finish LOST S4, I'm getting The Wire: S1 from Netflix, so don't worry about that.
And I don't think I'll be able to get Sgt. Johnson for ODST. I'm going to be moving to LA this Fall and since I don't have a concrete address (aka don't know where I'm going to live there yet), I won't be able to pre-order it from anywhere.
You can have mine if you can't sort it out.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Kibbles said:
LOL that Brute at 1:47 doing a barrel roll needs to be .gif'd! :lol
@Neverender: Nah, thanks though. You keep it.
Neverender
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I'm never going to play as Johnson but whaaaaaaateever
squidhands
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Just get the cd doctor. I had a massive scratch on mine caused by my first (of three) RROD, and The Ark was the only level that wouldn't load up. CD Doctor cleared it right up.ZayneH said:
It's not really a spoiler. When have you ever seen Ben's face look like it hasn't been on the receiving end of some knuckle sammiches?Domino Theory said:Why the FUCK is it that everytime someone on this board has to post a gif or ":O" picture, it's always a spoiler from LOST? Jesus H., I'm still in the middle of that shit.
Thanks, I'mma order it tonight.JPBrowncoat said:
Even though Dax likes it and almost everything he likes is vile; The Wire is actually really good. Watch Dexter (seasons 1&2) while you're at it as well.Domino Theory said:
Yeah, we saw the grenade count go up in the E3 demo. I suppose it works for campaign and firefight but I'm glad they went with a 2 nade limit in Halo 3 MP.Stormtrooper30 said:
Shipping & Handling: $5.98Stormtrooper30 said:
And Amazon has a deal where if you pre-order the game they give you $10 of credit for a future videogame purchase. So really I'm saving $4 and not supporting Gamestop
BlindSwordsmanZ
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-The Wire is the best show ever. Just started season 5....SO AWESOMEDax01 said:
Neverender
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K2Valor said:
Yeah I remember when some guy on youtube got his copy early and everyone was sploogin' over the loading screen.
The Librarian
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Domino Theory said:
Good. But yeah, it sucks to have shows spoiled through .gifs. Luckily there aren't any good The Wire .gifs floating around.:lol
And I don't think I'll be able to get Sgt. Johnson for ODST. I'm going to be moving to LA this Fall and since I don't have a concrete address (aka don't know where I'm going to live there yet), I won't be able to pre-order it from anywhere.
You know, Sgt. Johnson really isn't that big of a deal for me. Yeah, sure, it'd be nice to play as him but it's not anything I can't part with. If you can't get a hold of one, I'd be willing to give you mine. Seriously.
The maximum an ODST can hold is three grenades. I think I learned that from one of the ODST videos from E3 (they started off with three grenades).Stormtrooper30 said:
Neverender
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Dax01 said:
The Librarian
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Neverender said:
Graphics seem pretty bad in that video, hopefully as a result of offscreen.
Also don't like the whole screen going red as you get damaged thing, Halo was like the one shooter that didn't do this.
Other than that, it looks really fun. Also seems pretty difficult, people in the video seemed to be struggling on a lower difficulty.
Also don't like the whole screen going red as you get damaged thing, Halo was like the one shooter that didn't do this.
Other than that, it looks really fun. Also seems pretty difficult, people in the video seemed to be struggling on a lower difficulty.
Neverender
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Dax01 said:
Spoilers jeez.
Edit: Damn you and your edits.
I really don't know how I'm going to find the health system in ODST. I really do prefer the regenerating health deal in games these days so hopefully it's not too grating taking a step back
That's next on my list of shows, right after Dollhouse and the State of Play miniseries.Dax01 said:
Don't worry, it's not that big of a spoiler. Well, the image isn't.Domino Theory said:Why the FUCK is it that everytime someone on this board has to post a gif or ":O" picture, it's always a spoiler from LOST? Jesus H., I'm still in the middle of that shit.
A video clip of that would really piss you off.
What I was gonna say.squidhands said:
I just finished Dexter season 2, that show is peculiarly addictive. It's so strange, but soooo good.EazyB said:Even though Dax likes it and almost everything he likes is vile; The Wire is actually really good. Watch Dexter (seasons 1&2) while you're at it as well.
Yeah, we saw the grenade count go up in the E3 demo. I suppose it works for campaign and firefight but I'm glad they went with a 2 nade limit in Halo 3 MP.
Shipping & Handling: $5.98
And Amazon has a deal where if you pre-order the game they give you $10 of credit for a future videogame purchase. So really I'm saving $4 and not supporting Gamestop
And I've just got my preorder in at my local Gamestop. Sorry for not going with the cause, but I can just drive by on 9/22 and pick it up.
On the topic of control schemes, I use Bumper Jumper.
Neverender
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I try to get down with the Bumper Jumper occasionally but I always get too frustrated and switch back to Default. I'm just too used to it to switch D:
Captain Blood
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The little man in the boat. He's up here!EazyB said:
CrazedArabMan
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Gotta love the comments on that video at gametrailers, so much Halo hate over there.
Doesn't the person playing also realize you can't hurt invincible brutes.
Doesn't the person playing also realize you can't hurt invincible brutes.
Stormtrooper30
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Oh wow, I didn't know about that. Is the 10$ rebateon all preorders, or just the first one? If it does actually arrive on release date, then it's a great deal.EazyB said:Shipping & Handling: $5.98
And Amazon has a deal where if you pre-order the game they give you $10 of credit for a future videogame purchase. So really I'm saving $4 and not supporting Gamestop
I saw the first episode of Lost and was not impressed by the rotary airplane sawing a person in half thing. Cliche.
This makes sense. It's been a while since I played more than one game on it (I missed several weeks of game nights) so I'd forgotten how the caps worked once it was out of the base.EazyB said:
Oh yes. I have this pent up desire to talk about every permutation I've ever done - for every block I've placed on a map, I tried three others in that spot - so by all means.
Yup, all true.
My suggestion is to put it on top of the large flat area above the ramp, pushed over to the defense side. That way it's in a visible location, so an alert defense can see it get picked up if not neccesarrily stop it. It was a tactic I used on Entrenched, which was partly build around the idea of an active camo on each side; by placing it where the other team could see the camo on the other team spawn and get picked up, they know to watch for someone using it to approach. And on Bruhaha, it would be a natural balancer on the more open side.
But that's me. You know what you're doing.
The camo spot would be a good one, I think. I used the grav lift several times to get into the base, but I don't know if everyone else knew it was there. And by placing it back under cover, attackers can grab it and move to different sides of the base to use it. Where it is now, you basically have to grab it and use it right away because it's so exposed.As for the grav lift, in our games there was always one there and they were used pretty frequently. I suppose after more games though the defense could learn to grab it and hold it just so offense doesn't get it. I reduced the timer down a bit too so that could make it harder for them too. Maybe I'll put it where camo was originally. That way defense can still get it but won't be able to bring it back to their base unless no one tries to kill him. That and I wanna use my green room for something
Two thoughts on spawns. First, think of each plausible spawn location as having a specific purpose. Ask yourself, when the attackers are in the base and have cleared it out, where should the defenders respawn? Somewhere near the base, but not in a place where they can just start firing and take the enemy down. Right now I can't tell where that is, as the spawns are sprinkled around, never more than two side by side. A few clusters of spawns - a half dozen locations or so - might bring more order to the spawning (see next point).
One thing I noticed when playing is it can take me a few moments to orient myself after spawning on the defense if I'm outside the base. I think the reason is that there's so many different locations, and they face many different directions. Mind you, I get lost in department stores and parking lots, so the fact that I get disoriented when respawning might say more about me than the map.
I think the map is big enough that there can be spawns inside. In theory if there are enough of them, defenders won't be spawning inside the base when the flag is under attack. My suggestion is to move the spawns a bit closer to the flag. That way, when defenders near the flag are killed, there's no chance of the spawns inside the base getting reused - the system should push them outside the base.
I have no idea if this helps. I'm mostly agreeing with you because, as I expected, you thought the map design through better than I could have. But I think the small tweaks you mentioned and some small spawn tweaks will make a big difference.
I think your map is right about where Entrenched was before you nerfed it - it worked, but just needed a little tweaking to go up a notch.
greenmatter
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wow what a post
Nice, symmetrical ground Sandbox map called Shakedown. Ran through it and looks pretty damn amazing. I wonder how it plays. Seems to support 5v5, and honestly I don't think 6v6 would be bad, either.
http://www.forgehub.com/forum/competitive-maps/79790-shakedown.html
http://www.forgehub.com/forum/competitive-maps/79790-shakedown.html
Current map update:
Outside
Inside
And a (progressing) base
Now, I need some opinions.
If you remember, I posted this image of it about 2 weeks ago.
Now, I still want to do the walkways off the side with the teleporters, but I can't decide if I want to leave the walkway the same length or double it.
Well, what do you guys think?
Also, I plan on having this thing done by Wednesday.
Outside
Inside
And a (progressing) base
Now, I need some opinions.
If you remember, I posted this image of it about 2 weeks ago.
Now, I still want to do the walkways off the side with the teleporters, but I can't decide if I want to leave the walkway the same length or double it.
Well, what do you guys think?
Also, I plan on having this thing done by Wednesday.
Ajemsuhgao
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EazyB said:
My girlfriend plays inverted too
EDIT: Nevermind, she plays Green Thumb.
Botolf said:
Not trying to promote my map here, but I created a "remake" of Blood Gulch using Valhalla(prefer Blood Gulch's openness with vehicles, but Valhalla is still better than it on foot battles), and it played pretty well when I played it with friends. Though, the bases had to be changed(Lake base is now blue base, and Waterfall base is now Red base), and the hill still makes the map revolve around it. Maybe I will link to it when I get around to finishing it(same with my other maps).
I'd go for wider rather than longer, Butane. The map looks like it's long enough, but a little too narrow for when there's a lot of action.
Edit: put the finishing touches on my tweaks of Slingshot. I have enough budget to toss some lights on each end, but other than that I think it's all done. Man cannons removed, weapons tweaked, some geometry added and some yanked. I think it's just okay, but I'm definately done with it.
Edit: put the finishing touches on my tweaks of Slingshot. I have enough budget to toss some lights on each end, but other than that I think it's all done. Man cannons removed, weapons tweaked, some geometry added and some yanked. I think it's just okay, but I'm definately done with it.
Self Induced
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