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[Striker]

Wow, way to suck up, Dax.

When hasn't he sucked up?

 

[Oozer3993]

New map. When the video hit last night, we dubbed it The Wall.

I hereby decree that it's codename shall be "Pink Floyd."

 

[Deleted member 21120]

I hereby decree that it's codename shall be "Pink Floyd."

Done. That level is now called "Pink Floyd." :lol

 

[Ajemsuhgao]

Well, it's no AU2, playlist update, or new map news, but Publications, focusing on the art side of Halo, are the coolest.

fixed.

Fixed properly.

Seriously, I'd love to see some modeling/animation publications.

 

[gnarkill bill]

I sold my copy a few months ago but Ive been craving the Multiplayer like crazy lately...i'll be re buying this bad boy tomorrow.

 

[LAUGHTREY]

lol ok, nice joke you got me. but really, wheres the update?

 

[Shake Appeal]

Pink Floyd looks like it might have nice smooth surfaces to bounce grenades on.

 

[swander]

no autoupdate update
no new map update
no playlist update
no care

 

[Chinner]

i just read the 8 years of a.i. very interesting and quite clever as well. i still dream of the day when a a.i will be able to drive a warthog around at full speed.

 

[Blueblur1]

I wish I could go to Pax...Yo Luke, are you gonna be on the Live 1up yours at PAX?

6:30pm Friday night. You know you wanna Luke. Especially with me in the audience.

 

[RyuHayate]

6:30pm Friday night. You know you wanna Luke. Especially with me in the audience.

Yeah, Luke, do it!

 

[DancingJesus]

no autoupdate update
no new map update
no playlist update
no care

Well that's fun...I suppose more info about that stuff will come out around PAX time.

 

[The Librarian]

Okay, so I read:
Halo AI Retrospective: 8 Years of Work on 30 Seconds of Fun
The Illusion of Intelligence: The Integration of AI and Level Design in Halo


Very cool.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Hey Shiska, funny joke putting Crazy King in Team Doubles? 30 seconds! You comedian! Random hill movement! Hilarious! Why don't we just roll a dice to see who wins?

 

[GhaleonEB]

Well that's fun...I suppose more info about that stuff will come out around PAX time.

They've confirmed "new multiplayer content" at the Bungie PAX booth. I'm not expecting any announcement on b.net until around then.

 

[urk]

no autoupdate update
no new map update
no playlist update
no care

no u

 

[Striker]

Hey Shiska, funny joke putting Crazy King in Team Doubles? 30 seconds! You comedian! Random hill movement! Hilarious! Why don't we just roll a dice to see who wins?

To win it's only 30 seconds? Eeek...

 

[soldat7]

To win it's only 30 seconds? Eeek...

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=669686018&player=cherdman

It's definitely not 30 seconds and it's fun as crap. Even if we lost by 1 second.

 

[alisdair]

To win it's only 30 seconds? Eeek...

100 seconds to win, hill moves randomly every 30 seconds.

 

[Presco]

How can i get this?

Super lurker here again....and I have a crackpot theory.

So everybody has seen Bungie's acceptance speech with "The Wall", right? At the end of the video, a bunch of dudes seem to die by mysterious means and Marty says "hey, what happened". Possibly related to the classified medal?

 

[Tashi]

Hey Shiska, funny joke putting Crazy King in Team Doubles? 30 seconds! You comedian! Random hill movement! Hilarious! Why don't we just roll a dice to see who wins?

Holy crap its sooo annoying. When I die in the hill, i don't bother going back, i just wait for the new one. It's miserable

 

[alisdair]

Why the hell is Crazy King in ranked matchmaking at all? It's a joke gametype, like Rocketball.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Why the hell is Crazy King in ranked matchmaking at all?

Because it's awesome and requires a different skillset/strategy than just slayer.

 

[kylej]

Because it's awesome and requires a different skillset/strategy than just slayer.

Have you played it?

 

[GhaleonEB]

Have you played it?

I've played it in Lone Wolves a few times.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=610315698&player=GhaleonEB

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=609029838&player=GhaleonEB

One of my better gametypes, actually.

 

[alisdair]

Crazy King does not require a strategy, it requires lucky spawns. I have no problem with Team King, preferably with 2 or 3 minute hill times, and ordered hills. Even with the crappy default hill locations that would be okay.

Moving the hill to a random location every 30s or minute just leads to undeserving teams getting hill time. It's another example of unnecessary randomness making the game more frustrating for competitive play. Like removing spawn restrictions on Narrows, or having geometry edges bounce your grenades back in your face.

 

[GhaleonEB]

It's not called Sane King for a reason.

 

[MIMIC]

In Lone Wolves, Crazy King requires a LOT of strategy. And the strategy is to be inconspicuous as possible (watching everyone else kill each other). Lucky spawns help tremendously, too.

 

[t4ng0]

In Lone Wolves, Crazy King requires one strategy. And the strategy is to hide. Lucky spawns help tremendously, too.

there.

 

[alisdair]

Crazy King can be fun in social or customs (although not as much fun as Mosh Pit), but it's not a competitive experience and so shouldn't be in a ranked playlist. That is all.

 

[The Librarian]

Eh, Crazy King is alright, though, I haven't played Lone Wolves sine I have gotten all the achievements.

Oh, and I'm finally over 9,000

Spoiler

in Gamerscore

.

 

[MIMIC]

there.

It's not really "hiding". Sometimes I'll stay out in the open (being careful not to move) and no one will shoot me because they don't expect me to be there.

Hiding in plain sight, maybe

 

[Insaniac]

played some mosh pit on standoff in legendary brawl. That was..... lame.

 

[MIMIC]

played some mosh pit on standoff in legendary brawl. That was..... lame.

:lol I don't really like Mosh Pit. I'll usually win by spending the entire game in one spot. Not exactly what I'd consider "fun"

 

[Insaniac]

:lol I don't really like Mosh Pit. I'll usually win by spending the entire game in one spot.

half the game consisted of either luckily spawning right next to the bubble shield and getting some easy points, or respawning, huffing it to the hill, only to be killed from behind by players spawning behind me, re-huffing it to the hill and then realizing the hill is going to move in about 5 seconds.

Not that king of the hill is necessarily bad, but respawns, weapon placements need to be adjusted, and FFA king is pointless imo.

 

[TDG]

Crazy King can be fun in social or customs (although not as much fun as Mosh Pit), but it's not a competitive experience and so shouldn't be in a ranked playlist. That is all.

I agree, it's occasionally fun (it usually isn't, though), but it shouldn't be in ranked playlists, and I doubt that it's good for doubles. It's the only one of the Doubles additions I object to, but I haven't played any of them. Oddball came up once, but the other team quit before the match started because we didn't veto.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

The name pretty much gives it away that it shouldn't be in Ranked gametypes.

CRAZY KING, crazy means insane in this context. Insane because it moves every 30 seconds to a RANDOM (Randomness = bad ...Tyson Green quote paraphrased) spot.

Especially in the incredibly competitive playlist that is Team Doubles.

But it would have gone good in a Social Doubles, a great playlist that was removed...

 

[spermatic cord]

land grab is terrible

 

[Blueblur1]

all the gametypes mentioned above are not my favorites

 

[Numbers]

land grab is terrible

The only time I notice you posting is when you're complaining about something.

 

[Brainboy]

Hey Shiska, funny joke putting Crazy King in Team Doubles? 30 seconds! You comedian! Random hill movement! Hilarious! Why don't we just roll a dice to see who wins?

The real problem was the 30-second timer for changing where the hill is. It takes longer than 30 seconds to cross The Pit!

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Now everyone name a gametype they like, I'll start!


Multi-Flag BR's

 

[The Librarian]

Now everyone name a gametype they like, I'll start!


Multi-Flag BR's

Depends on what map.

One-sided bomb on Avalanche.

 

[Domino Theory]

Now everyone name a gametype they like, I'll start!


Multi-Flag BR's

(insert gametype here) BRs

 

[mood]

The only time I notice you posting is when you're complaining about something.

I think Bungie can handle some criticism toward its critically acclaimed game that has won numerous awards.

The name pretty much gives it away that it shouldn't be in Ranked
gametypes.

CRAZY KING, crazy means insane in this context. Insane because it moves every 30 seconds to a RANDOM (Randomness = bad ...Tyson Green quote paraphrased) spot.

Yeah, King is a great competitive gametype but Crazy King is a great game of Bingo.

 

[fin]

Now everyone name a gametype they like, I'll start!


Multi-Flag BR's

I'm going to admit a guilty pleasure of mine.

One-Side Territories on Last Resort.

 

[TDG]

land grab is terrible

where are you playing Land Grab? Team Objective? I can't remember ever playing Land Grab.

 

[Nutter]

Just a sample of excellent Posts by our resident Cord.

land grab is terrible

grifball is retarded stop bringing that back also legendary brawl gets pretty old so what the fuck bungie how about something new and exciting

Default foundry is a stupid map.

shield doors are apart of the halo 3 TRUE GAMING experience

bungie no one likes land grab it sucks it's terrible take it out everyone would be happy

17-2 in team slayer and still a 49

because when i play social i love being split up.

Default Foundry is ugly and terrible and should be taken out of Ranked Team Slayer. Same for Last Resort because it's not even a slayer map.

And people call foul over a discussion of AR vs. BR.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

where are you playing Land Grab? Team Objective? I can't remember ever playing Land Grab.

I think Social Skirmish has territory stuff like land grab.

and fin I actually like one-sided territories on Last Resort. I'm not a huge fan of slayer last resort just because its set up in a way that makes it much better for objective games like stealing the flag from the base or assaulting the base.

 

[TDG]

Just a sample of excellent Posts by our resident Cord.










And people call foul over a discussion of AR vs. BR.

You forgot the best part of Cord's posts:

Yum.