Buttonbasher
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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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Deleted member 21120
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Yeah, it'd be a bit of a waste of manpower to call in the techs to fix something that's only going to last a few more hours anyway.LukeSmith said:
I played a few games and it was fun. It's cool that you guys were willing to put it together for tonight.
ToyMachine228
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DoctorWho said:
Unfortunately I don't have the time to read it right now, but I'm definitely going to pick it up and hopefully read it over Christmas break.
Also, all this talk of
what planet that is at the end of the Halo 3 Legendary ending...
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DoctorWho said:
I don't know what either of you are talking about.TheWolf said:
Mr Vociferous
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Best post of the thread. We could hypothetically close this bitch up right now and all would still be well with the world.GhaleonEB said:
PS: Gave the wife my HDTV because her's was murdered by old age, so I'm playing true single-player for the first time in years. Yeah, that's right. There's no ethernet cable tied to the back of my box and I play when she's done watching whatever the hell it is that she watches. Assassin's Creed/Mass Effect en route. So, for those that do roll with me: I'll be back on later this year or early next year.
PPS: I hate what happened to Halo 2. I read the Dean Takahashi articles and I know how some of it went down, but hearing the parts of the game they cut out in the commentary and now in that interview floored me to the umpteenth degree. I'm getting 'Contact: Harvest' as soon as it comes out and I look forward to devouring that thing post haste. Staten's writing skills are pure awesome, so I'm confident to be impressed. Now if we can get that Scottish dude to use his tomfoolery for novelization.
PPS Part Deux: Anyone notice that they refer to the 'transsentients' in the Bestiarium?
Looks an awful lot like:
Maybe the Gravemind was right all along.
I'm surprised there's not any discussion about that interview; it's pretty revealing in a number of ways.Mr Vociferous said:
And yeah, it's just heartbreaking reading about the Halo 2 story that got chopped. Knowing the Chief and Arbiter would unite for a grand finale, to finish Truth together and bring their story arcs full circle...it would have been incredible. As it its, the Arbiter remains my favorite character of the trilogy. The way he develops over the course of Halo 2 is the best character writing I've seen in a game. I'm saddened he was sidelined in Halo 3, but at least he's along for the ride.
I'm also bummed that you're off Live for a while; I am *just* now ready to dip my toes in those waters again. I feel like a colossal jerk for not playing with anyone all this time, and now this.
I never did make it online tonight, either. Mutant Storm Empire was more of a pull than I am equipped to resist.
Pudding Tame
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I'd like to thank Bungie for putting this playlist up so I could finanlly get the 2 for 1 splazer achievment. I would hope that they continue to keep this playlist up untill I get a triple kill with the sword.
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I think this is just a rumour.Voltron64 said:
Digital Limit
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:lolDoctorWho said:
I thought Last Resort would make a great Infection map, and it doesn't really... not with Bungie's settings. All of the humans just line up and camp on the "sniper wall" with spartan lasers or they go as far out in the beach as they can.
I've never seen Epitaph or Snowbound in the Haloween playlist yet and it's only up for a few more hours. Hope I get to try them...
I've never seen Epitaph or Snowbound in the Haloween playlist yet and it's only up for a few more hours. Hope I get to try them...
So I know we've all run into jackasses trying to coordinate some lame way to gain achievements in ranked matches, but almost every single Infection match I played tonight had some stupid unwritten rule about giving the last man standing a killionaire. The fun part is that if you should actually try to play the game, you end up with a ton of bad feedback. It's lame that my Live rep, which I've managed to keep at 100% since launch, has been taken down to 85% preferred in one night. I was proud of that damn number!
Well, that was fun. Finally got my two for one. One down, one to go, bitches!
On a different, yet probably more interesting, note yesterday a Trick or Treater came to my house decked out in none other than the Legendary helmet. I asked him how the hell he managed to do that, and he explained to me that he had unscrewed the insides, and put a sock inside to protect his head from the pointed areas. He had also put a new visor in the middle of the helmet's visor, just under the grooves. Needless to say, it looked pretty awesome.
One down, one to go, bitches!On a different, yet probably more interesting, note yesterday a Trick or Treater came to my house decked out in none other than the Legendary helmet. I asked him how the hell he managed to do that, and he explained to me that he had unscrewed the insides, and put a sock inside to protect his head from the pointed areas. He had also put a new visor in the middle of the helmet's visor, just under the grooves. Needless to say, it looked pretty awesome.
The Lamonster
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So, I was a little disappointed with the Infection playlists.
1) What's with the Spartan Lasers in EVERY game? Long-range weapons (especially power weapons) totally change the way the game is played. Zombies is supposed to be about the close-range tension. I realize you have to balance the humans and the zombies, but instead of giving all humans Lasers, just give them more health or something.
2) All the invisible Creeping games. If we must have invisible games, they should ALL be CreepingRockets. With only shotguns with limited ammo, the zombies have too much advantage.
3) This is all moot because the playlist is over, anyway. Just venting. It could have been a bit more awesome than it was. I really liked the Pit map variant, but the other ones just seemed like they had more junk.
Still, very glad Bungie is into festive fun and I look forward to more playlist hijinks and calamity in the future.
1) What's with the Spartan Lasers in EVERY game? Long-range weapons (especially power weapons) totally change the way the game is played. Zombies is supposed to be about the close-range tension. I realize you have to balance the humans and the zombies, but instead of giving all humans Lasers, just give them more health or something.
2) All the invisible Creeping games. If we must have invisible games, they should ALL be CreepingRockets. With only shotguns with limited ammo, the zombies have too much advantage.
3) This is all moot because the playlist is over, anyway. Just venting. It could have been a bit more awesome than it was. I really liked the Pit map variant, but the other ones just seemed like they had more junk.
Still, very glad Bungie is into festive fun and I look forward to more playlist hijinks and calamity in the future.
Went back home this weekend from Uni and took my 360 and Halo 3 to have a go at the online side of it. Played about 30 games in all and it was brilliant! Felt like a few new maps were needed, and sometimes lag really bothered me, I had a lot of fun.
Now I'm back at Uni, where they block the ports my 360 needs to get on Live. =(
Now I'm back at Uni, where they block the ports my 360 needs to get on Live. =(
Super Johnson
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zam said:Dammit, got an Infection Spree but it isn't showing up in my medal chest
Teh game: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=103783697&player=z4m
Teh medal chest: http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/CareerStats.aspx?player=z4m
Thats too bad. I think it isn't showing up because your game ended at 3:08am "Halo time" (the playlist went offline at 3:00am). You probably should have been given the benefit of the doubt, but because the playlist didn't technically exist when you finished the game the medal was trapped in limbo.
The Lamonster
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Just as you are proud of your rep, those kids were proud of their gamerscore/achievements. Sometimes you should just go with the flow.Riptwo said:
I can relate with them because I really need the Overkill achievement and it's really killing me that I don't have it yet. If only I were in your shoes last night.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
WTF? and I decided to do only TS yesterday, crap.TheWolf said:
The Lamonster
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Just a bullshit rumor. DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!godhandiscen said:
Q F TTiman said:
all of it
Yeah, it can. Remember, though, when Halo 2 shipped and for BTB, they only had Coagulation, Headlong, and Waterworks. Here we have these three.rance said:
I hope Bungie releases at least two more huge maps (Sandtrap size, maybe less vehicle oriented, but still enough vehicles on the map). BTB does need ranked and should replace Team Tactical, which is rarely played.
Last time I was in BTB with my friends, there was over 50,000 playing it.
electricpirate
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FFchris, have you tried just plugging into the LAN and looking for a local game? Our (small, 2500 people) campus network always had a halo game going. Some of my best Halo memoris are from those games with people who might have been across campus or next door to me 
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The Lamonster
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It was fun to have a change of pace and more matchmaking options...but it could have been better. I think the best is yet to come. And by that time, you'll have your 360 back!SpudBud said:
MaizeRage25
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Damn, I hate the numerical rank system.
I have been sitting at 27 forever and then last night have a game like this: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=105508897&player=MaizeRage25 and I don't move up.
I have been sitting at 27 forever and then last night have a game like this: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=105508897&player=MaizeRage25 and I don't move up.
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It's definately not a mass problem. It's likely that it has something to do with your router.TommyT said:
I know there's nothing that Bungie, or any game company, can do about router settings, but I'm ready for us to get past all this. I suppose it will take a major reimagining of networking as a whole, which is probably tens of years down the road, but... I wish there was something that could be done sooner.
MaizeRage25
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Ramirez said:
Including that game, I had won 4 of the past 5, being MVP twice. I don't know but to me that would seem sufficient to move you up, but I guess it is not good enough.
MaizeRage25 said:
Yeah, when the system becomes unrewarding and downright unfun to deal with the game loses a bit of its appeal. And to say that its a tool and only a tool is ridiculous, because if that was the case it wouldn't have the weight it does in your military rank and wouldn't be displayed prominently on your Service Record, on Bnet and everywhere else.
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If it's not on your end, then it's on Bungie's end. And if it's on Bungie's end, then don't you think it would be affecting more than just you?TommyT said:
I've gone through four routers, trying to find one that will work with all of my consoles. My 360 works fine with my Linksys WRT54G, but I can't use my DS online without major problems - I can log on, but I often have problems connecting with other people. I bought a Nintendo-recommended Netgear router that alleviates some of the problems with my DS, but not ALL of them. However, I can't use my 360 with it because it won't save any of my DMZ settings (I haven't been able to figure this out - it says "saving settings and restarting device, but when it reboots, the settings are gone).
And I hear lots of stories like yours - not stories of "I can't connect," but stories of "I can connect, but odd things happen."
Heck, it seems pretty odd to me that NAT settings can cause players to be able to play together, but not hear each other.
In other words, it's possible that it's on Bungie's end, or a problem with your Xbox, or with your ISP. But it seems most likely that it's with your router.
MaizeRage25
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Eric WK said:
This is what I liked about the COD4 beta, the fact that you could see where you stood as far as moving up to the next numerical rank. It was all determined by the points you received (IIRC) at the end of each game you were actually being rewarded with new things as you moved up.
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