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By tomorrow I'll be in on the Mythic goodness too...

Could be right now actually, but I'm too lazy to make a second trip to the city, and I wouldn't make it in time now anyways...
 
LunaticPuma said:
I don't feel sorry for you at all. I had one semester in college where I had 5 7:30am classes. 5! I think I only overslept once that semester too.


Good games last night to the "have nots." I still don't know how I only went up one level. It's not like I've played that much on the playlist. Whatever, I really don't care though it was nice to go positive a few games in ranked.
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I love how we win all those games and you go up one rank. Then we tie and you go down again. Fun stuff! Anyway, you going to be on tonight? Need to get some play time in before Killzone 2 tomorrow.
 
JdFoX187 said:
I love how we win all those games and you go up one rank. Then we tie and you go down again. Fun stuff! Anyway, you going to be on tonight? Need to get some play time in before Killzone 2 tomorrow.
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I'll probably be on sometime tonight assuming I don't fall asleep on the couch. I also broke down and ordered a 50'' Kuro. It should arrive sometime next week.

I hope tonight we actually get to play multi-flag on Standoff.
 
Revengeance said:
The Bungie employee I played with (Bothari?) had this to say: "Behind you! Behind you! Oh. You're bad."
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Ugh, Bothari is so bad at the game. I refuse to play against him using my regular control scheme (BJ) because it's not even a challenge. Legacy Southpaw is how I roll against him.
 
LukeSmith said:
Ugh, Bothari is so bad at the game. I refuse to play against him using my regular control scheme (BJ) because it's not even a challenge. Legacy Southpaw is how I roll against him.
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That's some funny shit right there! :lol
 
xxjuicesxx said:
You kind of forget that theres other parts of GAF, parts of GAF that dont start with the initials TJ, parts that dont have little inside jokes about odd armors we love to use because we like to be different because we only get our text in between the 3 pages discussing the best cereals.
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You shoulda picked a cooler friend while you were going up that you knew would eventually make it to Bungie and give you Halo 3 multiplayer maps 6 years down the road.

And you think you DESERVE to get these maps free? Wow... No one deserved them. They were gifts from Bungie. This is why you will never get a code for anything from Bungie. Your whining is pathetic.
 
LunaticPuma said:
I'll probably be on sometime tonight assuming I don't fall asleep on the couch. I also broke down and ordered a 50'' Kuro. It should arrive sometime next week.

I hope tonight we actually get to play multi-flag on Standoff.
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Multi Flag there would be fun. I don't know why it didn't load last night. But Avalanche was fun nonetheless.
 
Ramirez said:
Gettin' some bad lag in the Mythic list, is the game out in the UK now?
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The lag wasn't bad last night give or take a few games, but I was curious how lag would be affected by the increase in foreign gamers when HW drops.
 
Just saw a little class video for Killzone 2 saboteur, who has proximity mines. Thank you Bungie for perhaps being the only FPS developer that realizes how proximity mines/automated turrets are shitty design (Trip mines barely count, they aren't used in nearly the same way). Punishing someone for moving around the map is not the way to encourage a fun exciting experience. Drives me nuts with them popping up with more and more frequency in games.

Motion tracker I know, but it's not so bad. Not looking to start something, but it's a silly point to make without acknowledging the motion tracker.
 
It's out tomorrow in Europe, but I could easily have bought a copy today if I'd wanted to. I asked about trade-in value and the guy started ringing me up for it. I had to stop him. :P

EDIT: How are trip mines not proximity mines?
 
xxjuicesxx said:
It makes sense because I believe the actual pick of a spawn location only depends on distance and deaths and teammates and not the ACTUAL map. Meaning the spawn system has no idea what the actual map looks like. This shall be corrected eventually within spawn systems but right now I feel they are very rudimentary.

I actually have a lot of great ideas for spawn systems (Me and Deepblue had a long discussion about this in IRC, Notable point = he had a lot of awesome ideas too) and would love to be able to test them out. For all of these ideas I have basic rules and then secondary and tertiary rules to their applications but the main points to my system are listed below:
  • A Choice spawn system - Similar to but not quite PDZ MP
  • Invisible Territories - allowing the spawn system to recognize where and for how long each team has been on a map.
  • LoS being factored into the spawn system. Who wants to be spawned inside of a grenade or inside the scope of a gun?
  • A button that allows you to spawn and a leway of + - a small amount of time to choose WHEN to spawn.

Also I've always hated on Time Warner but recently I complained (it wasn't my first time I did, but this time I was much more blunt, I've been on Adelphia for years and now its Time Warner Roadrunner) but I explained I've been a customer for years. They are upgrading my line by almost 3x the speed for free and giving me a new cable modem. So fucking pumped. I'm hoping with that and with a brand new router I buy I will no longer have ~250ms of latency. So thats going to be great!

Finally thanks Tashi. The Inner GAF (Reminds me of C Lewis's Inner Ring) all received codes that's great that's super awesome and I'm sure you guys feel real warm on the insides. But you guys kinda left out a huge chunk of regulars here. The Others... me storm deepblue are sitting in IRC wanting the maps. Tashi, Bladed, Backflip the GAF MLG (lol) representatives. You kind of forget that theres other parts of GAF, parts of GAF that dont start with the initials TJ, parts that dont have little inside jokes about odd armors we love to use because we like to be different because we only get our text in between the 3 pages discussing the best cereals. Which is and forever will be Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
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Juices, you're a jerk. Mostly you present reasonable ideas in unreasonable, e-rage-filled fashions that make it pretty easy to file you neatly under "Static and Noise." (Before you cry too hard about folks here getting codes from Bungie, I actually gave my personal codes - not from Bungie's Community bucket to Trasher and Ramirez, so they weren't part of Bungie's warm hug)

There will always be sour grapes when some Have and Some Have-Not, we get that and we wish we had mountains of codes to hand out.

But if we did, you're incessant malice probably would've kept you in the same place you are now. It's not necessarily what you say (your ideas are sometimes interesting), but how you say it.
 
LukeSmith said:
Ugh, Bothari is so bad at the game. I refuse to play against him using my regular control scheme (BJ) because it's not even a challenge. Legacy Southpaw is how I roll against him.
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And he insulted me. A sad day. True, I went -2 that game, but he and his girl combined for a -20.

1. 'I'm gonna be sneaky, like a ninja.' Flameyhead has just died, and is watching from his death screen
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2. Get eagle on.
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3. Target selection fail.
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Ramirez said:
Gettin' some bad lag in the Mythic list, is the game out in the UK now?
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Yeah... I dunno if we will have as good a night as we had last night ever again. :(

Bungie should have small playlists you can subscribe to that only hold up to a population of like 500. That would be sweet. :)
 
Captain Blood said:
The lag wasn't bad last night give or take a few games, but I was curious how lag would be affected by the increase in foreign gamers when HW drops.
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I think the only games I had that were laggy (really bad) were against a group of French speaking guys. After the 2nd time of unbeable lag against them I had to put them as avoided players. All was pretty good after that.
 
Willeth said:
EDIT: How are trip mines not proximity mines?
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It's in their effect on how the game balance plays out.

Have you played BF2? If so, think of a BF2 claymore compared to a Halo trip mine.

If not, well they affect the game in very different ways.
 
Trasher said:
Yeah... I dunno if we will have as good a night as we had last night ever again. :(

Bungie should have small playlists you can subscribe to that only hold up to a population of like 500. That would be sweet. :)
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Your "good night" is my "inbox full of complaints about long matching times and lobby recycling." =P
 
LukeSmith said:
Juices, you're a jerk. Mostly you present reasonable ideas in unreasonable, e-rage-filled fashions that make it pretty easy to file you neatly under "Static and Noise." (Before you cry too hard about folks here getting codes from Bungie, I actually gave my personal codes - not from Bungie's Community bucket to Trasher and Ramirez, so they weren't part of Bungie's warm hug)

There will always be sour grapes when some Have and Some Have-Not, we get that and we wish we had mountains of codes to hand out.

But if we did, you're incessant malice probably would've kept you in the same place you are now. It's not necessarily what you say (your ideas are sometimes interesting), but how you say it.
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I'm blunt. Sue me.
 
Shishka said:
Your "good night" is my "inbox full of complaints about long matching times and lobby recycling." =P
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MM times seemed to be good for me. I did experience a "lobby recycle" a couple times but nothing I was concerned about.
 
I'm surprised that there wasn't more begging for map codes once Luke announced that he would be giving some away here on GAF.

Yes there are lots of great Halo community members here on GAF but there are also other Halo fans/communities out there outside of GAF that deserve and have gotten the codes as a gift. I know plenty of people who play Halo on a nightly basis, addicted to this game, and made their fair share contributions to the Halo community but do not have the maps. Are they complaining? No. Are they sad with envy? More than likely.

The difference between these guys and the Juices of the world is that they have enough self control to not come off like a blunt jerk when they weren't chosen to be given a gift (
which today retails for $80 :D
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FourDoor said:
I'm surprised that there wasn't more begging for map codes once Luke announced that he would be giving some away here on GAF.

Yes there are lots of great Halo community members here on GAF but there are also other Halo fans/communities out there outside of GAF that deserve and have gotten the codes as a gift. I know plenty of people who play Halo on a nightly basis, addicted to this game, and made their fair share contributions to the Halo community but do not have the maps. Are they complaining? No. Are they sad with envy? More than likely.

The difference between these guys and the Juices of the world is that they have enough self control to not come off like a blunt jerk when they weren't chosen to be given a gift (
which today retails for $80 :D
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I think people would just like them to be mixed round a little more each time.
 
So tomorrow Halo Wars with the Mythic Map Pack.... NICE :D
But my friends aren't buying Halo Wars, so how long do they have to wait for normal map pack release?
 
Mr. Durden said:
So tomorrow Halo Wars with the Mythic Map Pack.... NICE :D
But my friends aren't buying Halo Wars, so how long do they have to wait for normal map pack release?
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Purportedly, at least a month to 5 weeks.
 
Mr. Durden said:
So tomorrow Halo Wars with the Mythic Map Pack.... NICE :D
But my friends aren't buying Halo Wars, so how long do they have to wait for normal map pack release?
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Nothing official buts signs point to 5+ weeks...
cjelly said:
I think people would just like to get the maps themselves.
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Fixed. A ton of gaffers got codes. Many of whom, like myself never got the into the friends and family or the received any of the previous packs early, and there also people that got things previously but didn't this time around.
 
Dani said:
Know what sucks harder than not having new map? A broken useless 360 shaped door stopper.

*Goes back to playing Halo PC with the 360 controller*
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:( Sorry to hear about that, Dani.

It's sounds like Orbital is going to be confusing. For those of you who have the maps, have you gotten the hang of Orbital's layout yet?
 
cjelly said:
I think people would just like them to be mixed round a little more each time.
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This, just spread it around.

If I knew map codes were handed out I would have guessed everyone who got one did. Because its a little inner GAF circle jerk. Always has been always will be.
 
xxjuicesxx said:
This, just spread it around.

If I knew map codes were handed out I would have guessed everyone who got one did. Because its a little inner GAF circle jerk. Always has been always will be.
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Juices, you are your own circle jerk.
 
xxjuicesxx said:
This, just spread it around.

If I knew map codes were handed out I would have guessed everyone who got one did. Because its a little inner GAF circle jerk. Always has been always will be.
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You sound bitter.

Picked last too many times syndrome?
 
xxjuicesxx said:
This, just spread it around.

If I knew map codes were handed out I would have guessed everyone who got one did. Because its a little inner GAF circle jerk. Always has been always will be.
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Throw me into the "just got a code for the first time" pile.
 
xxjuicesxx said:
This, just spread it around.

If I knew map codes were handed out I would have guessed everyone who got one did. Because its a little inner GAF circle jerk. Always has been always will be.
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Jesus dude, all you have to do is settle down and play nice.
 
xxjuicesxx said:
This, just spread it around.

If I knew map codes were handed out I would have guessed everyone who got one did. Because its a little inner GAF circle jerk. Always has been always will be.
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Eh. There's plenty of criticism in this thread. Many of the critical voices now hold MMP codes. The difference between those folks and you is hostility. So basically, you are angry because we are also not (generaly) angry. What you need is a hug.
 
Dax01 said:
It's sounds like Orbital is going to be confusing. For those of you who have the maps, have you gotten the hang of Orbital's layout yet?
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The layout is actually very simple, overly simple, boringly simple. It's unique and that's why there is initial confusion but after you realize it's just two long u bends with little to no crossovers you'll understand all there is to understand about the map.
 
EazyB said:
The layout is actually very simple, overly simple, boringly simple. It's unique and that's why there is initial confusion but after you realize it's just two long u bends with little to no crossovers you'll understand all there is to understand about the map.
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Mhm. Ok. Thanks, Eazy.

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Metroidvania said:
What really matters, layout wise, is knowing which base you're spawning in, because each side has two different exits, which take you to either the lower or higher level, depending on which base you start at. Once you know which leads to which, it's not so bad.
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Gotcha.
 
Dax01 said:
It's sounds like Orbital is going to be confusing. For those of you who have the maps, have you gotten the hang of Orbital's layout yet?
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What really matters, layout wise, is knowing which base you're spawning in, because each side has two different exits, which take you to either the lower or higher level, depending on which base you start at. Once you know which leads to which, it's not so bad.

edit: lol, beated by Eazy.
 
I think the idea is that the only reason you are getting the maps is because a) you post on GAF and b) you suck up to Bungie employees.

There are thousands of players who deserve it more than any of you, who would appreciate it more, and who would do more with it. Mainly, people who play the game more than they post about it.
 
sixthsubset said:
I think the idea is that the only reason you are getting the maps is because a) you post on GAF and b) you suck up to Bungie employees.

There are thousands of players who deserve it more than any of you, who would appreciate it more, and who would do more with it. Mainly, people who play the game more than they post about it.
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And then won't talk about it?
 
Chernobyled said:
Assembly looks like one of the greatest maps Bungie has ever made.

To those who have played it, well, how is it?
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I think it's great for AR starts.

Orbital still confuses me, and there's like, four corners.

What I like about both is their visual style - they are both unique in the Halo 3 map set. Bungie strayed elsewhere in the fiction for the locations and I think it paid off.
 
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