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The Official Halo 3 Thread

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Ok, I'm not the biggest Halo fan of all time or anything, but *now* this thread hurts. I didn't think it would hurt this much, but daaaammmmnnn it does. :(

Screw you guys, the game will be even funner in 10ish days. You'll see...... you'll ALL see!
 
Bungaloo0O said:
What does the helmet do? Does it speak in MC's voice if you pull a string?

I just got the regular edition, i feel so low-budget :(
It fits over the Plinth that holds your discs.

Also You can make sexy faces into the visor.

Seriously though. Bye.
 
OMG if you have a 360 that you want to sell for whatever reason, put it up on craigslist right now. I've gotten about 30 emails in the last two hours and this is in a relatively small city.

Witness the power of Halo 3 :D
 
I regret not getting this delivered to my house. I dislike large crowds, especially when it's a crowd of 300 in an EB games that can only hold 150.
 
so would anyone be interested in a free street trace code contest

if so post any contest ideas you have

note i might not have the code until later this week, but you have halo 3 to hold you over until you get the almighty street trace
 
voltron said:
w00t!

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Nice gamerscore
 
Aleman said:
OMG if you have a 360 that you want to sell for whatever reason, put it up on craigslist right now. I've gotten about 30 emails in the last two hours and this is in a relatively small city.

Witness the power of Halo 3 :D
so glad i got my core yesterday, the store had their normal supply of 360s...i asked them if they were ready to sale out and they acted like they didnt know that people would buy a 360 for halo 3
 
Just picked it up for a total of US$38 (including tax), awesome pre-order deal EB was having.

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Now I just need to buy an Xbox 360 to play it on. Hurry up and release the HDMI Premiums over here MS. Might just buy a normal one if the wait is too long.
 
Mr.City said:
I regret not getting this delivered to my house. I dislike large crowds, especially when it's a crowd of 300 in an EB games that can only hold 150.
Going to be some aromatic gatherings tonight I think. :lol As someone who's been to a couple of mid-sized gaming gatherings I feel that we really need to start enforcing hygiene standards.
 
Havok said:
If there is any host advantage, it wasn't clear in the Beta. Which is awesome.

Yea, I remember that. It's just so sad because the only online game I've been playing is Gears and...it's pretty terrible. The host advantage and lag are near unbearable. I was joking with my friends when I said that when Halo 3 will come out, we'll forget what Gears of War was. That may not be so, as we'll probably remember how bad it was.

Ace 8095 said:
I have never played an online game with host advantage as bad as gears. You will be shocked by the lack of it in Halo 3.

That's exactly what I hope to be, shocked with joy because of the lack of host.

MaX_PL said:
gears is a bad multiplayer game with aweful netcode. dont compare any game to gears, ever when talking about multiplayer.

You're right. I'm very bad for comparing any online game to Gears. I don't even like being host because of the advantage I get. That game has made me very hot-headed because of the people who act as if host is nothing (the ones doing this are either on the host team, or are host) and that it's all skill. Trust me, whenever I was host, I was nearly invincible (not because of skill, just because of the pumped up weapons I got because of it).

Halo 3 will be a sigh of relief. I love you Bungie. I love you. :D
 
TrueReligion said:
For those of you ordering from Newegg:

I had to actually ask the rep for a tracking number, so fear not, your order WILL be here tomorrow.
165lqx

I have had my tracking number since last week, it STILL hasn't left Newegg. Screw Newegg. I am refusing the package and getting my LE at Wal-Mart tonight.
 
dskillzhtown said:
I have had my tracking number since last week, it STILL hasn't left Newegg. Screw Newegg. I am refusing the package and getting my LE at Wal-Mart tonight.


And dogtags. You get free dogtags at Wal Mart.:lol
 
Stinkles, I have a question about the calibration test.

I noticed when you setup the brightness that the blacks are crushed no matter what if you have expanded enabled in the dash. Do you guys recommend selecting normal then select low in the brightness setting in game? I'm playing in 1080p and it looks ace. :D
 
wow this thread just died down a lot, guess people are starting to get to their eb stores for the launch

for the new page, i have a street trace xbla game code to give away [ill actually have the code when my guy gets back in the office later this week] if anyone can come up with a contest idea
 
ant1532 said:
Regular :(
Guess I should just cancel my limited edition at EB
I went in and I saw it on the shelf and she asked me what I wanted and I pointed to the game and she was like "Were you the one who called about this a day ago?" I laughed and said yes and ignored the Do Not sell before 9/25/07 sticker on it and walked out lol.

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With my luck the smartest 7-11 employee ever will be working the counter when I try to pick up the game.

Me: "Hi, I'd like to get that copy of Halo 3 that you can totally sell to me legitimately without any ramifications whatsoever."
7-11 Employee: "I'm sorry, we can't sell this until midnight."
Me: "Wait, aren't you Stephen Hawking??"
Stephen Hawking: "Shhhhh."
Me: "For fuck's sake."
 
GodfatherX said:
wow this thread just died down a lot, guess people are starting to get to their eb stores for the launch

for the new page, i have a street trace xbla game code to give away [ill actually have the code when my guy gets back in the office later this week] if anyone can come up with a contest idea

How bout most badass Halo 3 saved film?
 
GodfatherX said:
wow this thread just died down a lot, guess people are starting to get to their eb stores for the launch

for the new page, i have a street trace xbla game code to give away [ill actually have the code when my guy gets back in the office later this week] if anyone can come up with a contest idea

Contest: Winner is the first person who can convince the salesperson that DO NOT SELL BEFORE 9/25 means you can't sell the game until 9:25 p.m.

First up: Wal-mart.
 
professor_t said:
Contest: Winner is the first person who can convince the salesperson that DO NOT SELL BEFORE 9/25 means you can't sell the game until 9:25 p.m.

First up: Wal-mart.
that great but how would we prove it just wasnt someone ignoring the date altogether

btw walmart should have a lock in the register saying to not sale until 9/25 anything going through the POS system [that acronym isnt what you think but it should be] with a restricted release date should not be able to be sold

it was like this when i worked there a few years back...yes i was there forever and have a lot of useless wm knowledge...mgmt ftl
 
So what's the deal with Gamestop and 9 PM? I've been calling my local GS and they don't seem to know shit...

Are they doing separate lines for people who've pre-ordered/paid in full? I don't feel like waiting 3 or 4 hours... was hoping to leave at like 11:30.
 
Sean said:
So what's the deal with Gamestop and 9 PM? I've been calling my local GS and they don't seem to know shit...

Are they doing separate lines for people who've pre-ordered/paid in full? I don't feel like waiting 3 or 4 hours... was hoping to leave at like 11:30.
pretty sure there isnt a company wide policy regarding launch operations, and even if there were there are plenty of store and district managers who make up their own rules
 
Buttonbasher said:
It fits over the Plinth that holds your discs.

Also You can make sexy faces into the visor.

Seriously though. Bye.

It was a legitimate question dude, relax.

I'm all over Halo 3, not here trying to sabotage the discussion....
 
Sean said:
So what's the deal with Gamestop and 9 PM? I've been calling my local GS and they don't seem to know shit...

Are they doing separate lines for people who've pre-ordered/paid in full? I don't feel like waiting 3 or 4 hours... was hoping to leave at like 11:30.


This is what i was told. So i said screw it, i want some extra stuff anyways so payign just for the game to leave early is silly might as well be there longer. :lol
 
MechDX said:
Which WM you going to? I am about 50 miles outside of Houston.


I-45 North, near Spring. I am going to have to chill there until midnight.


BTW, I was on the phone with Newegg and it appears that my LE is now "missing", meaning that it was packed up, Fedex did all the pick-ups, but they never scanned my box, but the box is not at Newegg. So someone stole it.

I swear, I am never dealing with Newegg again.
 
GodfatherX said:
that great but how would we prove it just wasnt someone ignoring the date altogether

btw walmart should have a lock in the register saying to not sale until 9/25 anything going through the POS system [that acronym isnt what you think but it should be] with a restricted release date should not be able to be sold

it was like this when i worked there a few years back...yes i was there forever and have a lot of useless wm knowledge...mgmt ftl

I know, I was just having fun with it. A true contest might involve the first person to get a certain meta-score once the game has launched in all territories (but it wouldn't be easy, because a lot of bastards have had the game for a few days already).
 
Cornballer said:
Anyone watching the G4 of SpikeTV stuff? I'll just probably stick w/ MNF but check over every once in a while.

Im watching G4.. they have some cool real halo armor videos and some lame skits. lol
 
The Halo 3 Effect

This Is Big Business

The Halo franchise is already one of the most valuable in the games business. "It's one of gaming's elite properties," says NPD Group analyst Anita Frazier. The first two titles have sold a combined 14.8 million copies worldwide. In November, 2004, Halo 2 broke records by bringing in $125 million in the first 24 hours of sale. With 6.3 million copies sold, it has become the fifth-best-selling game ever, according to Frazier. Microsoft estimates fans will have spent more than $1 billion on Halo games and related merchandise by the end of 2007.

Halo 3 could sell as many as 3 million copies in its first two weeks on the market, prompting some 400,000 additional game systems to fly off store shelves at the same time, according to Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities. By July, the game, which costs $60 (but is also available in limited-edition packages for $70 and $130), had already banked a million preorders from eager fans. When the game's developer, Bungie Studios in Kirkland, Wash., previewed Halo 3 in beta earlier this year for registered fans, some 820,000 players logged a collective 12 million hours of online play in just three weeks.

In the fiercely competitive $12.5 billion console market, game developers have shifted from a focus on ultrarealistic graphics to new types of gameplay, much of it cooperative and social. Nintendo's (NTDOY) Wii console, for example, eschewed the more robust (and costly) hardware of systems offered by Sony (SNE) and Microsoft, focusing instead on a motion-sensing control scheme and emphasizing casual, social gaming. It has sold briskly as a consequence, topping the charts this August with 403,600 units sold, compared to Sony's sale of 130,600 PlayStation 3 consoles and Microsoft's 276,700 Xbox 360 units sold.

Click the link for more
 
Just picked it up on my lunch break, only have to wait until work finishes. It was only $79AU for the regular edition which was great (normal prices for new games are $100)
 
voltron said:
w00t!

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The helmet looks rad and is way bigger than I thought. Im a little disappointed there is no tin but ah well.

That's actually the first time I've seen Legendary, we were given Regular Editions last week, with Legendary Editions to follow. It looks so rad, I can't wait to get it.
 
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