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Willeth said:
It's Team Flag if I remember rightly.
This. Too bad I'm going to be completely obliterated all weekend an in no physical shape whatsoever to play Halo.

Shishka would take my personal schedule into account and put Team Flag right on the weekend when I can't play. What a turd.
 
backflip10019 said:
This. Too bad I'm going to be completely obliterated all weekend an in no physical shape whatsoever to play Halo.

Shishka would take my personal schedule into account and put Team Flag right on the weekend when I can't play. What a turd.
Wasn't it originally planned to be last week, too? With Living Dead this week? :lol

EDIT: Hah, just looked at my H2 multi stats. Didn't win a single one of the whole 23 games I played online - including customs. :lol
 
OuterWorldVoice said:
HA! You said "bad kids" rendering everything you have ever said, or done, invalid.

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Yes ignore a completely logical post because I didn't use the term bad kid in a way that suits you? What Halo nomenclature would you have liked me to use? Mind you I didn't even use BK I actually typed out bad kid which refers to a kid less skilled.

But hey as long as you post a funny picture with photoshopped words your post completely doesn't even need to make any fucking sense! So it all works out.
 
Domino Theory said:
I joined the Halo: CE party a year after it came out when I got my Xbox. Played the first mission, then said forget it and just LAN'd, split screened, etc.

Never beat CE's campaign. :( Now that I have it on Originals, I'm pushing through on completing it soon and am loving it so far. Can't believe I missed out on all of this.
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I am dumbfounded here... How do you even call yourself a Halo fan?!

Here it comes Thermite!

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backflip10019 said:
This. Too bad I'm going to be completely obliterated all weekend an in no physical shape whatsoever to play Halo.

Shishka would take my personal schedule into account and put Team Flag right on the weekend when I can't play. What a turd.
yea me too what a d-bag
 
xxjuicesxx said:
Yes ignore a completely logical post because I didn't use the term bad kid in a way that suits you? What Halo nomenclature would you have liked me to use? Mind you I didn't even use BK I actually typed out bad kid which refers to a kid less skilled.
The part you never seem to be able to get through your head (aside from the fact that your continual abrasiveness is annoying as hell - because someone doesn't play at level 45 quality, they're a 'bad kid'? grow up) is that 'balancing the map' (heh) might make it play better for you... but it would play worse for the 90% of Halo 3 players that AREN'T at level 45+.

If you want settings that work perfectly for you, and you're not in the majority - play customs. Otherwise, learn to play the settings that work well for the majority.

(How come you don't just get to the top of BR3 yourself, with the sword and BRs? Then you could USE that regen to dong on the bad kids trying to get up there!)
 
Louis Wu said:
(How come you don't just get to the top of BR3 yourself, with the sword and BRs? Then you could USE that regen to dong on the bad kids trying to get up there!)
Because the spawns are completely one-sided and one team spawns near the BR tower while the other spawns at elbow. Hence, if the team that spawns near BR tower is not made up of morons, they'll be able to take the sword, BR and regen with ease.
 
Somewhere old memories
Echoed from the street in a crying hole
Just a song from long ago
When I lost my easy gods to the Harlem insect laws

I heard your baited moans
And the passing cars and the swirling
Songs and the black man's bones
Through the walls and the stalls and the cackling calls
 
Kibbles said:
BR and plasma nade starts by default plz. kthx. Custom Games ftw. Seriously though, I don't see how equipment would fit into Heretic at all. The map is much too small.
Isolation isn't very big, but has three equipment pieces, not to mention a Sniper, Rocket, and Ghost. It's fairly pushed to its further limit in terms of power.

I hope Heretic is mainly dual weapons and BR/Carbine. Perhaps a Sword plus Shotgun on the top level and bottom level.
 
Just came in to say it looks like the ODST achievements have been leaked, if you find them there are no spoilers except for a tiny one that isn't a story spoiler, just a NPC spoiler.

The list looks real but could be fake, threads have been closed on BNET about it and the people who have posted it have been banned.
 
backflip10019 said:
Because the spawns are completely one-sided and one team spawns near the BR tower while the other spawns at elbow. Hence, if the team that spawns near BR tower is not made up of morons, they'll be able to take the sword, BR and regen with ease.
You have nearly 7000 games under your belt. Are you telling me that you get the raw end of those 'one-sided spawns' in a majority of those games?

If that's true, you must have done something AWFUL in a past life - and karma's paying you back in bad Halo 3 spawns.

(If it's not true, what the hell is anyone bitching about? Half the time you get bad spawns, and have to fight your way to the top. Some of those times you'll be matched against 'morons' (I guess that's your term for 'bad kids'), and you'll be able to take it from them. The other half of the time, YOU'LL get the good spawns, and (not being morons) will win handily. You're pretty much guaranteed wins, then, more than half the time!)
 
Louis Wu said:
You have nearly 7000 games under your belt. Are you telling me that you get the raw end of those 'one-sided spawns' in a majority of those games?

If that's true, you must have done something AWFUL in a past life - and karma's paying you back in bad Halo 3 spawns.

(If it's not true, what the hell is anyone bitching about? Half the time you get bad spawns, and have to fight your way to the top. Some of those times you'll be matched against 'morons' (I guess that's your term for 'bad kids'), and you'll be able to take it from them. The other half of the time, YOU'LL get the good spawns, and (not being morons) will win handily. You're pretty much guaranteed wins, then, more than half the time!)

Wtf? Since when is that a good way to make a multiplayer game, basing a win on a luck?

The spawns in Halo 3 are atrocious, as you admit. Pretending that the game is alright the way it is and that complaints about it are unfounded is even stupider than the original complaint.
 
FunkyMunkey said:
Wtf? Since when is that a good way to make a multiplayer game, basing a win on a luck?

The spawns in Halo 3 are atrocious, as you admit. Pretending that the game is alright the way it is and that complaints about it are unfounded is even stupider than the original complaint.
You are stepping in on a conversation that goes back a ways. The real topic Wu is getting at is not the spawning issues - they are real and we all know it - but the vitriol, condescension and general contempt for Bungie and any player below their rank being spewed in the guise of "logical post".
 
xxjuicesxx said:
Yes ignore a completely logical post because I didn't use the term bad kid in a way that suits you? What Halo nomenclature would you have liked me to use? Mind you I didn't even use BK I actually typed out bad kid which refers to a kid less skilled.

But hey as long as you post a funny picture with photoshopped words your post completely doesn't even need to make any fucking sense! So it all works out.

What, ur a junior? That means ur not loser enough to post here 40 hours a week. Come on man, get some posts and gain some internet respect!
 
Silly.Mikey said:
What, ur a junior? That means ur not loser enough to post here 40 hours a week. Come on man, get some posts and gain some internet respect!
No, you must earn a goofy and nonsensical tag before you can haz teh respex.
 
Louis Wu said:
You have nearly 7000 games under your belt. Are you telling me that you get the raw end of those 'one-sided spawns' in a majority of those games?

If that's true, you must have done something AWFUL in a past life - and karma's paying you back in bad Halo 3 spawns.

(If it's not true, what the hell is anyone bitching about? Half the time you get bad spawns, and have to fight your way to the top. Some of those times you'll be matched against 'morons' (I guess that's your term for 'bad kids'), and you'll be able to take it from them. The other half of the time, YOU'LL get the good spawns, and (not being morons) will win handily. You're pretty much guaranteed wins, then, more than half the time!)

Wu, I don't think you really "get" matchmaking. Honestly, this was one of the most unintelligent posts I think I've ever read, especially coming from someone who sits on such a high horse. Essentially you're justifying terrible spawns that place one team with the power weapons at the highest point on the map by saying that I'll spawn as that team roughly 50% of the time that I play that map? Really? You think that this is ok?

As FunkyMunkey so wonderfully articulated, the spawns on Blackout are completely based on luck, and whoever controls BR in the beginning of the game can usually jump out to an early lead and perhaps even secure a possible win early on. And this is based on nothing but luck of the spawn. The other team is left with a sniper and maybe a shotgun (although being in the center of the map, that weapon is essentially up for grabs as well). It would take a particularly adept sniper to take down the BR guy or sword guy off of BR3 (I'm guessing that nobody who plays at your level would be able to do this).

Oh and by the way, these "morons" that I'm talking about are not "bad kids" as Juices was talking about. I'm talking about anyone who is dumb enough not to understand that getting to the high point of a map is the easiest way to win. I would like to think that most people understand the concept of "high ground = larger line of sight = higher ability to make shots," but I don't think I can be so lucky.

So, returning to my example, it is much easier for the team up on BR3 to take control of the game. I don't care if I get the spawn half the time. It's unfair. I'm all for equality and Blackout's default spawns in TS (especially ARs) have none of it. If I had it my way, I would spawn one team at top lift and the other in the side of library closest to top middle. This would allow for each team to fight for control of the tower and would pretty much secure a sword for one team and a shotgun for the other. But then again I would also litter the map with more BRs, something which a player of your caliber may not understand.

And I don't really understand what your personal problem is with me. You've said in the past that you don't like me (why? because I see flaws in the game and am vocal about them because they affect my experience of the game? I am a Halo player, too. Just because I don't immediately run to the center of the map with an AR blaring doesn't mean I can't play MY way). And I thought old people were supposed to be more understanding and less judgmental considering their wisdom and ... old age. And honestly, I'm beginning to strongly dislike you too. You're a grumpy, senile old badger who speaks condescendingly towards people with different viewpoints than your own. I bet you voted Republican.
 
backflip10019 said:
Wu, I don't think you really "get" matchmaking. Honestly, this was one of the most unintelligent posts I think I've ever read, especially coming from someone who sits on such a high horse. Essentially you're justifying terrible spawns that place one team with the power weapons at the highest point on the map by saying that I'll spawn as that team roughly 50% of the time that I play that map? Really? You think that this is ok?

As FunkyMunkey so wonderfully articulated, the spawns on Blackout are completely based on luck, and whoever controls BR in the beginning of the game can usually jump out to an early lead and perhaps even secure a possible win early on. And this is based on nothing but luck of the spawn. The other team is left with a sniper and maybe a shotgun (although being in the center of the map, that weapon is essentially up for grabs as well). It would take a particularly adept sniper to take down the BR guy or sword guy off of BR3 (I'm guessing that nobody who plays at your level would be able to do this).

Oh and by the way, these "morons" that I'm talking about are not "bad kids" as Juices was talking about. I'm talking about anyone who is dumb enough not to understand that getting to the high point of a map is the easiest way to win. I would like to think that most people understand the concept of "high ground = larger line of sight = higher ability to make shots," but I don't think I can be so lucky.

So, returning to my example, it is much easier for the team up on BR3 to take control of the game. I don't care if I get the spawn half the time. It's unfair. I'm all for equality and Blackout's default spawns in TS (especially ARs) have none of it. If I had it my way, I would spawn one team at top lift and the other in the side of library closest to top middle. This would allow for each team to fight for control of the tower and would pretty much secure a sword for one team and a shotgun for the other. But then again I would also litter the map with more BRs, something which a player of your caliber may not understand.

And I don't really understand what your personal problem is with me. You've said in the past that you don't like me (why? because I see flaws in the game and am vocal about them because they affect my experience of the game? I am a Halo player, too. Just because I don't immediately run to the center of the map with an AR blaring doesn't mean I can't play MY way). And I thought old people were supposed to be more understanding and less judgmental considering their wisdom and ... old age. And honestly, I'm beginning to strongly dislike you too. You're a grumpy, senile old badger who speaks condescendingly towards people with different viewpoints than your own. I bet you voted Republican.

Welcome to my ignore list. Enjoy your stay.
 
backflip10019 said:
But then again I would also litter the map with more BRs, something which a player of your caliber may not understand.
You're a grumpy, senile old badger who speaks condescendingly towards people with different viewpoints than your own. I bet you voted Republican.
:lol So you finally show your true colors. You're not meaning to be a dick, right? Can't go back on it now, not this time. I link you to a previous post I made today.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15643882&postcount=94655
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15177634&postcount=90354
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15947201&postcount=96351

I made sure to include "fix this shit" and "dick." Did I do good?

And to the rest of your post: it's a videogame. You need to relax. Really.

Botolf said:
No, you must earn a goofy and nonsensical tag before you can haz teh respex.
So that mean I haz teh respex? :p

Nice tag, Botolf. Welcome to the club. What did you in?
 
Dax01 said:
:lol So you finally show your true colors. You're not meaning to be a dick, right? Can't go back on it now, not this time. I link you to a previous post I made today.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15643882&postcount=94655
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15177634&postcount=90354
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15947201&postcount=96351

I made sure to include "fix this shit" and "dick." Did I do good?

And to the rest of your post: it's a videogame. You need to relax. Really.
:lol :lol

And I can't be cynical and sarcastic anymore can I? I know that I'm coming off as a dick. That's the point. If he wants to be a jerk to me, I can do the same back. If you want respect, you have to give it back in return. If you really read that last sentence as being completely serious then I pity you. I called him a badger. Come on.
 
1. backflip you need to chill. youre getting into juices territory of angry and offensive posts that no one but yourself (and maybe 1 or 2 others) care for. i dont really think wu disrespected you and you most definitely disrespected him.

2. yes the beginning spawns in blackout kinda suck but how long does that last. so one team gets sword regen and control of br tower bug deal. the other team if they were smart would get bubble and shotgun (and possibly snipes if they aren't blow off their perch). now do i think there should be 3 pieces of equipment on that map? no i dont, in fact on a map that is so easy to camp like blackout i think they should get rid of bubble and regen.

3. but the truth is bungie makes maps for the majority and as much as we may hate it that is not going to change
 
Domino Theory said:
Truth and Reconciliation suite, holy crap.

Can't believe I've been missing out on all this awesomeness this whole time. :(
I literally cannot believe you haven't played through CE. Even if you missed its initial release I'd assumed you'd go back and play through it at some point in the last few years.

I booted up my copy last night after I read your previous post and played through Reconciliation and part of Cartographer. There's some things I still love about the game like its openness. It's fairly dated in its other gameplay aspects though. At the time it was fucking groundbreaking and there was nothing cooler than running around with the AR's 60 bullets slowly mowing Covenant down alongside a buddy. But you can't always find a pistol and even then I still think the pistol isn't all that great at taking covenant down compared to the BR. I enjoyed CE like someone who jumps into matchmaking for the first time and vetos BRs so that they can have something they don't want to aim with. Now with more than Goldeneye and Perfect Dark under my belt it's harder to go back. It's still filled to the brim with nostalgia and other attractie quirks but it's kinda cool to see how my FPS tastes have evolved alongside the Halo trilogy.

tl;dr hope you have fun. Assault on the Control Room is a fucking masterpiece. I wanna hear what you think about it after playing it for the first time.
 
EazyB said:
I literally cannot believe you haven't played through CE. Even if you missed its initial release I'd assumed you'd go back and play through it at some point in the last few years.

I am, too, haha. Once Halo 2 released, it was straight to customs with friends and more LANing in my buddy's garage. A couple days in, one of my friends brought up campaign and said "Yeah man, I thought the part where you played that Elite, Arbitray or something? was pretty cool" and I said "uh, WHAT THE FUCK, you play as an Elite in campaign?" and that's when they found out about my lack of campaigning and that's when they made me play campaign. So when I got home I played through it and fell in love, but by the time I finally finished Halo 2's campaign, I told myself "well I just played and finished the story arc for the sequel to CE, is there any point to playing through its campaign since I know what happens next?".

tl;dr: I'm fucking retarded.

Going to boot up some more CE nao.
 
Domino Theory said:
I am, too, haha. Once Halo 2 released, it was straight to customs with friends and more LANing in my buddy's garage. A couple days in, one of my friends brought up campaign and said "Yeah man, I thought the part where you played that Elite, Arbitray or something? was pretty cool" and I said "uh, WHAT THE FUCK, you play as an Elite in campaign?" and that's when they found out about my lack of campaigning and that's when they made me play campaign. So when I got home I played through it and fell in love, but by the time I finally finished Halo 2's campaign, I told myself "well I just played and finished the story arc for the sequel to CE, is there any point to playing through its campaign since I know what happens next?".

tl;dr: I'm fucking retarded.

Going to boot up some more CE nao.
You're in for a treat. CE's campaign/co-op owned my soul for many years. Can't remember how many full playthroughs my buds and I have done through ridiculously late nights trying not laugh when a gold sword elite chases us down through an entire level.


Moved hardware bitching to this post:
Edit: Got my old Xbox back. Well actually they sent me a new xbox. Now it's time to redownload everything to transfer the license over. Hurray.

Edit 2: While playing an arcade game my brand new 360's fan went into overdrive all the sudden and stayed that way for about a minute before seemingly turning off and flashing the two left red lights. Seems to be overheating. This is after a full hour of transferring down my download licenses to the new system. If this shit happens again tomorrow I suppose I have to send this one back.


Bungie, please make your post-MS contracted Halo games on the Playstation so I don't have to bother with any more piece of shit MS consoles.
 
This render to video beta is really awesome; wish I still played a lot but haven't had the time lately.

Invis
^ I'v always wanted this on youtube, thanks Bungie.
 
Ssparks said:
This render to video beta is really awesome; wish I still played a lot but haven't had the time lately.

Invis
^ I'v always wanted this on youtube, thanks Bungie.
holy crap - awesome reflexes. Or you're just way the hell better at using that motion tracker than I am. :D (I had to step through it frame by frame to see the shimmer of his invisible body.)
 
Ssparks said:
This render to video beta is really awesome; wish I still played a lot but haven't had the time lately.

Invis
^ I'v always wanted this on youtube, thanks Bungie.

When you get it on youtube ... post the link so I can watch it at work. :D
 
backflip10019 said:
Impressive. I love it when you get a sick random no scope like that.

Louis Wu said:
holy crap - awesome reflexes. Or you're just way the hell better at using that motion tracker than I am. :D (I had to step through it frame by frame to see the shimmer of his invisible body.)
Thanks guys! Yeah, I randomly saw red on motion then that weird water-like outline of the invis man and figured I'd take a shot at it, pretty much all luck but just the fact I can render the film is so awesome. Thanks for watching it!

alisdair said:

Wow, that's really cool. Hitting the fusion cores gave it extra awesomeness too, nice shot.
 
Louis Wu said:
holy crap - awesome reflexes. Or you're just way the hell better at using that motion tracker than I am. :D (I had to step through it frame by frame to see the shimmer of his invisible body.)
Hey, Wu, did you see Rainin' Goose? :D
 
Ssparks said:
This render to video beta is really awesome; wish I still played a lot but haven't had the time lately.

Invis
^ I'v always wanted this on youtube, thanks Bungie.

hahaha nice bro. Were you running up to teabag him after you killed him?


Also, more cheaters in MLG last night. Host booted one of my teammates out in 2 games back to back.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=1200026607&player=NYSTOFMIND23

The 2nd game was actually embarrassingly close. We out slayed them but just couldn't get enough hill time.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=1200057143&player=NYSTOFMIND23

They just booted him out right away in the match. Also, I know he didn't lag out because we went into another match afterward against different people and his connection was great.
 
Ssparks said:
Absolutely. I don't think its rude or unsportsmanlike, just really funny. He deserved it.

Neither do I, that's actually the perfect situation to do it. You gotta do it, sometimes even if it means that you'll die because of it. lol
 
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