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Self Induced said:
If any of you guys still have GoW2 I could really use some help in Horde :(
You can hold out with only two people if you do it right on Security. If you need my saw, I might be able to jump on in half an hour.
 
EazyB said:
Entrenched in BTB :D Ghaleon, I wanna storyboard of your MM games on your map.
I'm on it.

It's going to be a very, very strange feeling running into that map in Matchmaking. :D

(Watch it get vetoed. :lol )
 
Oh hai, that means the explosive barrels are gone from Valhalla. :|

Off on Friday, though, so should be able to get to play some of the Sandbox varianted maps.
 
GhaleonEB said:
(Watch it get vetoed. :lol )

And get replaced with Rats Nest/Sandtrap Team Splockets. :lol

Seriously, the one game I had on Entrenched(on Custom Game Night) was awesome. Though, that might be because I somehow scored two flags(even though I believe Juices got the second one that I scored pretty far) :lol
 
GhaleonEB said:
I'm on it.

It's going to be a very, very strange feeling running into that map in Matchmaking. :D

(Watch it get vetoed. :lol )


If by strange you mean Awesome, than yes :D Congrats again! I look forward to playing on it.
 
Falt said:
Great news! Grats, Ghaleon! Jumping in now.

Is the MM update up anywhere?
I'll just paste it here for quick reference:
Hardcore
The hardcore category is being retired. Its playlists (Team SWAT, Team Snipers, MLG) are being moved over to Ranked. This will not affect TrueSkill or EXP in these playlists.

Ranked
All custom Sandbox and Foundry variants have been set to skip after veto.
Certain fusion cores have been removed from the default and heavy variants of Valhalla.
Team SWAT, Team Snipers, and MLG are now listed in the Ranked category.

Team Slayer – Sandbox variants “Borderline,” “Reminiscent” added to Slayer, “Pantheon” added to Slayer BRs.
Squad Battle – “Workplace Bravo” added to Slayer BRs, “Eighty Grit” added to 1 Flag CTF. Both maps are optional.

Social
All custom Sandbox and Foundry variants have been set to skip after veto
Certain fusion cores have been removed from the default and heavy variants of Valhalla.

Social Big Team – “Workplace Bravo” added to Slayer BRs, “Eighty Grit” added to 1 Flag CTF. Community variant “Entrenched” debuts in Multi Flag and Neutral Assault.
Social Team DLC – “Borderline,” “Reminiscent” added to Slayer. “Pantheon” added to Slayer BRs. “Cryptic Fate” added to Multi Flag. “Neosho” Added to Multi-Flag BRs.
Action Sack – “Mayan Grifball” on Sandbox map “Chichen Itza” added. “Scuds,” a Team Rockets variant with low speed and lower gravity added to Isolation, Blackout, and Sandbox.

Double XP Weekends (Listed in order)

Grifball – Updated to include Mayan Grifball, Grifball Up There, and Aerial Grifball on Sandbox map variants (Optional)
Team Flag
Social Living Dead
Mythic Brawl

7 on the 7th
August’s 7 on the 7th will be a 4v4 collection of maps on Sandbox and foundry. All of the maps from Bungie vs The World, as well as 10 new comers:

1. Battle Dome
2. Ber Ber Creek
3. Bridgeo’s
4. Cryptic
5. Deity
6. The Kingdom
7. Pilaster
8. Skystation
9. Solarium
10. Vengeance
 
Played two games trying to find Neosho in DLC.

Got default Foundry and Sandbox, and it affirms that I still can't stand going into team playlists by my self.
 
Halo 3 PC had better happen some time in the future. I have all sorts of wonderful ideas for a modified "The Covenant".

- Replace the Warthog with a Gauss Warthog
- A chopper or two
- A secret Rocket stash somewhere
- Drop two Banshees next to the Hornets
- The Flood incursion involving many more combat forms
- Hunters versus Sentinel Enforcers
- Final battle has three Scarabs, and a horde of friendly and hostile armor/infantry units thrown into the mix
- Flood pods in the final battle
 
EazyB said:
Entrenched added to XBL and now I can't connect...
Whoops, meant to fix that before it went live. My bad. I'll fix it in next month's update.
Dax01 said:
Went into BTB to see if I could get Entrenched and instead I got Eighty Grit.

Good map. Didn't get a chance to play in in the BvW playlist.
I think we played it in customs once or twice; in any event I was really glad to see it get added. Love one-flag CTF.
 
Speaking about maps, for anyone that played my abomination of a map called Barracks, do you think I should open the map up to include the area that the Sniper usually spawns at? Or is it good(very loose interpretation there) the way it is, with obvious tweaks to the middle?

Think I fell into the "but it's my baby, it's perfect!" trap with the map. :lol
 
Botolf said:
Halo 3 PC had better happen some time in the future. I have all sorts of wonderful ideas for a modified "The Covenant".

- Replace the Warthog with a Gauss Warthog
- A chopper or two
- A secret Rocket stash somewhere
- Drop two Banshees next to the Hornets
- The Flood incursion involving many more combat forms
- Hunters versus Sentinel Enforcers
- Final battle has three Scarabs, and a horde of friendly and hostile armor/infantry units thrown into the mix
- Flood pods in the final battle

Every level would be better with Sentinel Enforcers. Even Pillar of Autumn and Rat's Nest.
 
Butane123 said:
Played two games trying to find Neosho in DLC.

Got default Foundry and Sandbox, and it affirms that I still can't stand going into team playlists by my self.

Shoot me a FR or look me up through the H3ITWP gamertag. I'm a lowly Lightswitch as well since I don't normally play a whole lot of MM, but I'd definitely play some rounds if you wanted.
 
Ok, anyone going to PAX that has room for another GAFer in your hotel room, send me a PM with the details. I have no problem sharing the bill.
 
Botolf said:
Halo 3 PC had better happen some time in the future. I have all sorts of wonderful ideas for a modified "The Covenant".

- Replace the Warthog with a Gauss Warthog
- A chopper or two
- A secret Rocket stash somewhere
- Drop two Banshees next to the Hornets
- The Flood incursion involving many more combat forms
- Hunters versus Sentinel Enforcers
- Final battle has three Scarabs, and a horde of friendly and hostile armor/infantry units thrown into the mix
- Flood pods in the final battle
All of those would be awesome.
I can also imagine the possibilities of a Super-Forge.
Too bad I probably won't be able to run a Halo 3 PC.
 
Ok so Dual has reserved a room for himself and I in a hotel 2.5 blocks away from the convention. If anyone needs a place to stay and doesn't mind sleeping on the floor or anything like that then send a PM to Dual for details.
 
Botolf said:
Halo 3 PC had better happen some time in the future. I have all sorts of wonderful ideas for a modified "The Covenant".

- Replace the Warthog with a Gauss Warthog
- A chopper or two
- A secret Rocket stash somewhere
- Drop two Banshees next to the Hornets
- The Flood incursion involving many more combat forms
- Hunters versus Sentinel Enforcers
- Final battle has three Scarabs, and a horde of friendly and hostile armor/infantry units thrown into the mix
- Flood pods in the final battle

Has anything whatsoever been mentioned about a PC version recently ? Ive always played the Halo's via PC, makes sense to go through the 3rd one on PC :).
 
Self Induced said:
Ok so Dual has reserved a room for himself and I in a hotel 2.5 blocks away from the convention. If anyone needs a place to stay and doesn't mind sleeping on the floor or anything like that then send a PM to Dual for details.
Yeah, hotel choices are going fast so I had to make that call, glad I did. Let me know.
 
I've asked this before, and I'm starting to think it's not possible.

My daughter has her own profile on my Xbox. But she can't connect to Xbox Live with it - can't download updates, etc. Do I have to sign her up for own Xbox Live subscription to make that happen? Every time I try to take her profile on online it asks for my credit card information. Half an hour of digging around online has gotten me nowhere.
 
GhaleonEB said:
I've asked this before, and I'm starting to think it's not possible.

My daughter has her own profile on my Xbox. But she can't connect to Xbox Live with it - can't download updates, etc. Do I have to sign her up for own Xbox Live subscription to make that happen? Every time I try to take her profile on online it asks for my credit card information. Half an hour of digging around online has gotten me nowhere.

Yea i am guessing that is just the way it is. Could you imagine all the alt accounts if all you had to do was make another profile on your xbox. :lol
 
Captain Blood said:
Yea i am guessing that is just the way it is. Could you imagine all the alt accounts if all you had to do was make another profile on your xbox. :lol
Right, it would be unlimited free accounts. But that's not what I'm trying to do. I was trying to get her a silver account - not play online, but at least be able to download updates for games using her profile. But I can't even find THAT option. :\
 
GhaleonEB said:
Well, I was trying to get her a silver account - not play online, but at least be able to download updates for games using her profile. But I can't even find THAT option. :\

It's the same process as establishing a Gold account, only after you LIVE enable it you don't upgrade to Gold (they'll offer you a free month).
 
urk said:
It's the same process as establishing a Gold account, only after you LIVE enable it you don't upgrade to Gold (they'll offer you a free month).
Hmm. I always bail when it asks for my credit card infos. I don't wanna give out the new one.

I'll push a bit deeper next time.
 
neoism said:
So, you goina hunt down Micheal Emerson! :lol Lost starts filming the 24th!
Speaking of which, I just started watching Lost since its streaming on netflix.

I'm only 14 episodes deep though, so no massive revelations have occured yet.

But it's been awesome so far so I can't wait for it to get crazy.
 
GhaleonEB said:
It's going to be a very, very strange feeling running into that map in Matchmaking. :D

(Watch it get vetoed. :lol )
A very strange feeling indeed.

I have not run into the other maps yet, but my map finally came up and my heart jumped a beat when i saw the name.
considering i had heart surgery last October that might have not been a good thing

No one vetoed, the settings were perfect (no Mongeeses on the court and 7-Woods were grabbed), i scored the first goal, and so far no one has bitched about it in the Bnet forums.

All is good in the world. :D
 
tried playing social dlc in hopes of getting some of the new maps instead i got foundry then punishment both with obnoxious teammates. decided to play splosion man instead turned out to be a better idea.
 
Self Induced said:
Speaking of which, I just started watching Lost since its streaming on netflix.

I'm only 14 episodes deep though, so no massive revelations have occured yet.

But it's been awesome so far so I can't wait for it to get crazy.

YES. Right when I finish watching the first 4 seasons of LOST, it shows up on Netflix Instant. :( All that mail-to-me-mail-it-back bullshit for nothing.

In the middle of season 5 right now. You'll love the later seasons.

Hope to hop on Halos soon to check out the MM changes and play some BTB Entrenched.
 
BTB last night was a mixed bag. Just myself and a buddy so it was pretty much a coin toss each game team wise. Fun prevailed, if only just.

We got horribly griefed in a Multiflag game on Sandbox by the BPK clan
who?
. Half my team quit before the game starts leaving us 4 on 8. We got muscled hard. They ran the flag twice in quick secession which led to the other 2 teammates dropping out. The good ol' BPK decide it's time to play slayer. I put the pad down, lit a cigarette and started browsing the web as they continued to kill my lifeless spartan over and over again. With about 7 minutes left on the clock and no sign of them finishing up I was bored and in need of an actual game so I quit out, for shame. -13 k/d in the end. I think I played all of 2 minutes in total. Griefing, I can't see the appeal first off but what's completely beyond me is when the team you're griefing is afc. What's the point? I'm sure there are better ways to waste time.

/cliche MM rant

I only played 6 or so games. Workplace Bravo being the only user map to come up. I hadn't played on the map before. Big Team Slayer there was a lot of fun. A shaky start led to a solid finish 100-99. Tight game was tight! Big Team Slayer on Avalanche Heavies came up twice. More weighting? It was enjoyable although heavies>vehicle control> spawn rape can be a little aggravating. Fun games overall. Looking forward to hitting more user maps.
 
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