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Scarecrow said:
Sweet. I can be around by 8 EST tomorrow.
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Want to do Level Seven?

Then TGS: Are we able to do Saturday Night around like 6PM EST on or something? Times can change. Just if we start late on Friday, I can't do an all nighter as I have to work Saturday morning.

Good on both parties?
 
Scarecrow said:
I wonder how long the single player game is going to last, realisticly. I wouldn't be surprised if people just go on and forget about the meta-game soon and just focus on the multiplayer matches.
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i think after most have the achievements it will die down a lot, but i will still play it, co op legendary with skulls on with the meta game is the most fun ive had in years

im really not too found of the mp map selection at this point, love guardian though
 
GodfatherX said:
i think after most have the achievements it will die down a lot, but i will still play it, co op legendary with skulls on with the meta game is the most fun ive had in years

im really not too found of the mp map selection at this point, love guardian though
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Guardian and Last Resort are my two favorite maps. It's strange, I hated Zanzibar in Halo 2.

I hope future maps are outdoor maps; I growing tired of all the forerunner maps.
 
All of the terminals appear on every difficulty. I got a few on Heroic and the rest on Normal.
 
Buttonbasher said:
Want to do Level Seven?

Then TGS: Are we able to do Saturday Night around like 6PM EST on or something? Times can change. Just if we start late on Friday, I can't do an all nighter as I have to work Saturday morning.

Good on both parties?
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Level seven sounds great. I'm there.
 
zam said:
You are :P, I got my Marathon Man by getting them all on Normal. However, there is different text in them on Legendary
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:lol I figured I was. I knew something changed when you went to Legendary, I just didn't know what.

Buttonbasher said:
Want to do Level Seven?

Then TGS: Are we able to do Saturday Night around like 6PM EST on or something? Times can change. Just if we start late on Friday, I can't do an all nighter as I have to work Saturday morning.

Good on both parties?
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I should be able to do that.
 
Buttonbasher said:
But don't you need to do the same run for the achievement?
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Nope, I kept thinking the same thing, but then I realized there's a whole new series of text for every terminal after the whole thing goes weird that you have to read.
 
Buttonbasher said:
But don't you need to do the same run for the achievement?
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You mean get them all in one session? No. I got some on my very first playthrough (Heroic), and then later, when I went back to collect them all (on Normal), I started them collecting them in order (even ones I had gotten, just to be sure). As I reached the second-to-last one, the achievement unlocked, verifying that they don't have to be collected in one run. So, if you aren't sure which ones you've gotten, it probably won't take long to just get them all anyway. But if you do know which ones you've read, and are sure you read them all the way to the end, then you don't need to get those again.
 
I must of had a run of bad luck on the Chinese side of things.

Just got done playing 5 matches and not a single one had any people trying to get achievements. Most weren't even using mics.
 
traveler said:
Nope, I kept thinking the same thing, but then I realized there's a whole new series of text for every terminal after the whole thing goes weird that you have to read.
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I missed one during my campaign run. Didn't get it when I went back picking the individual level. And yes I read of all of it...
 
Buttonbasher said:
For those who don't have them in Team TGS, on our terminal run do we need to be on legendary to get the Marathon Man Achievement?

Cause I don't have the Meta achievements, and I don't think Armubaba does either.

EDIT: Looks like he's doing it now. Guess I'll be doing this on my own.
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they can be on any difficulty (i suppose, i'd not do easy just to be safe)
you just have to read everything on the terminal, not just access them and leave
i'm going to look like a jackass if this has already been answered D:
 
I'm doing the asian tag thing, but we keep getting in matches with only 3 or 4 of us, and pretty much everyone seems to only need overkill and triple sword :(
 
SailorDaravon said:
I'm doing the asian tag thing, but we keep getting in matches with only 3 or 4 of us, and pretty much everyone seems to only need overkill and triple sword :(
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Is it true that every single match with Asians, they're trying to get achievements? :lol
 
Cocopjojo said:
Is it true that every single match with Asians, they're trying to get achievements? :lol
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It has to be frustrating for legit Chinese players to be in matches with all the goons trying to putz around for achievements.
 
guys im leaving work, have to stop off at my parents house and then the long drive home

should be on around 2 am est or shortly there after

ill hop on gaf to see if anyone else is trying the chinesse thing
 
Another quick question: A few months back there was some hulabaloo about Master Chief's face being shown in some beta code. Could someone point the way to that info?
 
Scarecrow said:
It has to be frustrating for legit Chinese players to be in matches with all the goons trying to putz around for achievements.
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I just got my last two achievements along with 2 others this same game (just waiting for the game to end actually). In about 6 or 7 games played, I never encountered someone who WASN'T english trying to get achievements :lol
 
Cross-posting this from bnet:

The word "team" is used a lot these days, but most Team Slayer games end up as everyone just shooting the hell out of the other side. There's not much actual teamwork. If your side is marginally better than the other, you'll hit the kill limit faster and you win.

I wanted to create a game type that had a pressing need to work together; a sense that the team would win or lose based on that teamwork.

So here's what Dead Weight entails:

- Games are to 25 points or 12 minutes.
- Team Slayer is on.
- The team score is that of the lowest score on the team.
- Kills are worth two points, assists are worth one. (One major incentive to work together as a team: your team score rises quicker if you all take a piece out of the enemy.)
- No shields, 110% damage resistance. This is to just slightly speed up the KPM rate, in theory.
- Regular weapon set.
- Respawn time starts at 3 seconds but will increase by 2 seconds every time you die. (Another major incentive for teamwork: if one team member starts getting pounded, they respawn less and will drag your team score down.)
- Betrayals are penalized 5 points and a 15 second spawn time.
- Friendly fire is on.
- Team changing is off.
- Betrayal booting is on.

It's really critical that the teams are balanced - smaller teams have an inate advantage. Wish I could force that in the rules, but whatever.

Let me know what you think - I'm not against further fine-tuning if it needs it.
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You can grab it from my file share:
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=RemyVJA
 
Scarecrow said:
It has to be frustrating for legit Chinese players to be in matches with all the goons trying to putz around for achievements.
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I wonder if there's a forum somewhere named... like... "NeosuGaffen" where a bunch of Chinese gamers are talking about how if you want to play serious games you have to create an English account and log onto Live that way. And they're arranging times to create English accounts and meet online to play competitive games of Halo 3.
 
FUCK

playing through alone on legendary on tsavo. went back a bit to see if i could find some more ammo/new weapons and on the way i decided to jump to some wreckage and see if there were any eggs/skulls. instead, i got stuck between two rocks and i cant get out.... but even worse, after screwing around for a minute or two trying to crouch and jump my way out of this tiny crevice i'm stuck in, the game checkpointed. god damnit! :lol
 
op_ivy said:
FUCK

playing through alone on legendary on tsavo. went back a bit to see if i could find some more ammo/new weapons and on the way i decided to jump to some wreckage and see if there were any eggs/skulls. instead, i got stuck between two rocks and i cant get out.... but even worse, after screwing around for a minute or two trying to crouch and jump my way out of this tiny crevice i'm stuck in, the game checkpointed. god damnit! :lol
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Happened to me twice on my first run through. Just like respawning off a cliff in Co-op.
 
op_ivy said:
FUCK

playing through alone on legendary on tsavo. went back a bit to see if i could find some more ammo/new weapons and on the way i decided to jump to some wreckage and see if there were any eggs/skulls. instead, i got stuck between two rocks and i cant get out.... but even worse, after screwing around for a minute or two trying to crouch and jump my way out of this tiny crevice i'm stuck in, the game checkpointed. god damnit! :lol
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If you can kill yourself a lot after immediately spawning, it should realize you're in a bad checkpoint and send you back to the previous one.
 
op_ivy said:
FUCK

playing through alone on legendary on tsavo. went back a bit to see if i could find some more ammo/new weapons and on the way i decided to jump to some wreckage and see if there were any eggs/skulls. instead, i got stuck between two rocks and i cant get out.... but even worse, after screwing around for a minute or two trying to crouch and jump my way out of this tiny crevice i'm stuck in, the game checkpointed. god damnit! :lol
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:lol That sucks balls man!
 
Remy: We used to play something i Halo 2 that we called "Team Slayer Minimum", where the team's score is the score of the lowest scoring member of the team (e.g if Player 1 has 10 kills, Player 2 10, Player 3 7 and Player 4 has 5, than the team's score is 5).

That way everyone on the team needs to get 10 kills, and you need to help the worst player on the team get his 10 kills.

Was a great equalizer if one team had one great guy carrying a bunch of not-so-good players.
 
Cocopjojo said:
If you can kill yourself a lot after immediately spawning, it should realize you're in a bad checkpoint and send you back to the previous one.
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I got out of a bad checkpoint the other day doing just that - plasma grenade FTW.

I must say, by and large the checkpoints in this game are pretty good, but there are some finicky or downright nasty ones at times. I just did an EPIC fight on mission six, clearing out two large areas, and never got one. Then I get toasted, start back over. Clear out area one, get the checkpoint. :\
 
GhaleonEB said:
I just did an EPIC fight on mission six, clearing out two large areas, and never got one. Then I get toasted, start back over. Clear out area one, get the checkpoint. :\
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I've had that a lot.
 
I remember that BWU a while ago about looking at a toned down graphical version of Halo was like it being displayed in wire frame graphics. I was hoping one of the skulls would've unlocked that effect.
 
GhaleonEB said:
This week's Humpday Challenge went up at bungie.net, with saved films. :D
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Bungle, what have you done. I can't believe I just queued up a video of this week's humpday challenge, to be downloaded to my 360 next time I turn it on. Wait, not a video - an actual recreation of the match, within which I can follow any player's actions, detach the camera and free-roam, fast forward, rewind, take screenshots, or cut out clips.
 
Scarecrow said:
I remember that BWU a while ago about looking at a toned down graphical version of Halo was like it being displayed in wire frame graphics. I was hoping one of the skulls would've unlocked that effect.
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I was hoping for more skulls like that too. My dream would be to have a system similar to Golden 007, I loved how you unlocked various fun modifiers.
 
plaidtopia said:
Good. God.

Let's be nice and assume each of these games took about 10 minutes. That's 8,500 minutes, which is 141 hours, which is NEARLY 6 STRAIGHT DAYS in just over a week.

... which is sick.

/jealousy
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I wished I had that kind of time to dedicate to the game. :(
 
GhaleonEB said:
Which is why I didn't find it when I searched for "humpday" on the last three pages. Let that be a lesson to you, mr. brimley.

Which reminds me, I need to check out disk two of the Legendary extras.
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The cinematic commentary is awesome in parts.
 
Just noticed that Ram's "Perfection" game is on Bungie Favorites. Probably older than Jesus riding a dinosaur, but hey, new to me. Good job man! :lol
 
Got all the FFA achievements and I don't feel guilty about it.

Some of those would have basically been impossible.

I only have to get the officer and MVP achievement to knock out all the multiplayer ones. Those will come with time.
 
tak said:
The cinematic commentary is awesome in parts.
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Oh no, good sir. The whole commentary is awesome. Every second is filled with win, especially actually hearing Jason confess his feelings about Halo: CE, a few years after it was made, during the credits. /creepy Halo fanatic #22546
 
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