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The Wispy Scoundrel said:
Anyone?
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You have to play the first "level" on Legendary. It's actually just a cutscene, but you have to watch it.
 
MaizeRage25 said:
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.
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Not to be the destroyer of all dreams, and who knows how much I can really glean from just looking at your Kp/D, but it is sub-1 in your lifetime to date Career Stats. I'm not assessing your stats like the super computers calculating your ranks are, but to be sub 1 before 30 isn't the greatest and best omen ever. Keep winning you'll move up.
 
The Wispy Scoundrel said:
I've done that, and I got the achievement after the final level too. It's just the icon is not appearing in my service record, and it still says I have only completed it on Heroic.
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I checked out your service record and I see what you're talking about. That's pretty odd, dude. I haven't heard of this happening before.
 
Far out, playing The Orange Box and Halo 3 concurrently is not good for my multiplayer Halo game. I got demolished in more than a couple of games last night for meleeing when I meant to reload, or not being able to reflexively melee (oh god where's the button i'm dead). Even the subtle difference in sensitivity is enough to screw me over.

It's brutal, but I can't stop playing either game! :|
 
zenbot said:
Far out, playing The Orange Box and Halo 3 concurrently is not good for my multiplayer Halo game. I got demolished in more than a couple of games last night for meleeing when I meant to reload, or not being able to reflexively melee (oh god where's the button i'm dead). Even the subtle difference in sensitivity is enough to screw me over.

It's brutal, but I can't stop playing either game! :|
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Before I even started any games on the OB, I customized the controls to somewhat mirror Halo 3. Hold to crouch, RB reload etc. You should do the same.
 
Cocopjojo said:
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?

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.
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IP6, we neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed you!
 
The Lamonster said:
Before I even started any games on the OB, I customized the controls to somewhat mirror Halo 3. Hold to crouch, RB reload etc. You should do the same.
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Ah, didn't even think of that! Thanks, will do just that when I get home.
 
zenbot said:
Far out, playing The Orange Box and Halo 3 concurrently is not good for my multiplayer Halo game. I got demolished in more than a couple of games last night for meleeing when I meant to reload, or not being able to reflexively melee (oh god where's the button i'm dead). Even the subtle difference in sensitivity is enough to screw me over.

It's brutal, but I can't stop playing either game! :|
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Like the Lamonster said... at the very least make reload RB instead of B. Regardless, I too had some trouble going back to H3 after much Orange Box. To my dismay I couldnt sprint while playing Infection :lol
 
The Wispy Scoundrel said:
I've done that, and I got the achievement after the final level too. It's just the icon is not appearing in my service record, and it still says I have only completed it on Heroic.
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That happened to me. I had to re-do the last level and watch ALL the credits and ending sequences and let the game by itself get back to the menu screen. Then my service record updated.
 
electricpirate said:
IP6, we neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed you!
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Fucking ++ plusity fuckplus. I don't give a crap it packet overheads are larger so long as every cell in my body can get a unique IP for every second of the remainder of the universe's life.
 
Striker said:
Yeah, it can. Remember, though, when Halo 2 shipped and for BTB, they only had Coagulation, Headlong, and Waterworks. Here we have these three.

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.
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Actually, for Halo 2 BTB, it was Coag, Headlong, Waterworks, Burial Mounds, Colossus, and Zanzibar if I remember correctly.
 
So today I put Halo 2 in for the first time since I acquired Halo 3, and it only took a few games of SWAT and Snipers and my heart was pumping. go go Halo 3 SWAT.

Also, it's shocking how bad it looks after getting used to Halo 3, really shocking.



Edit: OOPS, I thought I was posting in the multiplayer thread. :(
 
how many people played halo 2 at this time into its life?

seems like the h3 pop is declining and it'll only get worse once cod4 is released.
 
Doesn't really look like it's declining. It's always over 500,000 at the most in weekdays and close to a million in the weekends.
 
MaX_PL said:
how many people played halo 2 at this time into its life?

seems like the h3 pop is declining and it'll only get worse once cod4 is released.
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Iris update:

Server 4 prizes are going out now. Reminder Server 3 Prizes (This is how it all begins poster, and H3 Keychain) are out.

Server 4 Prizes are the poster and either Halo 3 wristbands (The same available at most EB/GS stores) or a Beanie. It seems random.

No Server 5 prizes reported yet, but I'll keep you posted (as thats the one I managed to unlock).

Heres a picture of the beanie:
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EDIT: Thank god my image is big enough to block yours out of view on my monitor The Lamonster!
 
MaX_PL said:
how many people played halo 2 at this time into its life?

seems like the h3 pop is declining and it'll only get worse once cod4 is released.
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rance said:
Doesn't really look like it's declining. It's always over 500,000 at the most in weekdays and close to a million in the weekends.
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Please just stop PL. Its like a broken record.
 
I had a strange encounter last night. I was playing Team Slayer in a party of two and was hitting a peak stride. I got 25 kills in a game on The Pit and soon enough was sent a voice message from one of the players stating that "We have you on video and we're reporting you to Bungie, enjoy having your account banned", oh and there was the average half-a-dozen profanities that voice messages seem to have. Words were exchanged, negative feedback was left, etc, etc.

One thing I've noticed is that the more and more kills I get the more people chose to ignore me? Last time I checked something like 70% of players chose to ignore me? Ouch. I dont even use a microphone either. :lol
 
Buttonbasher said:
EDIT: Thank god my image is big enough to block yours out of view on my monitor The Lamonster!
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Editor's note: That is not me. It was simply the best 'oh noes' I found on Google image search.

please I can has twunty dollars?
 
Buttonbasher said:
Iris update:

Server 4 prizes are going out now. Reminder Server 3 Prizes (This is how it all begins poster, and H3 Keychain) are out.
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Indeed, I got my Server 3 prizes a few weeks ago. Have yet to see them (away at uni) but...
 
rance said:
Actually, for Halo 2 BTB, it was Coag, Headlong, Waterworks, Burial Mounds, Colossus, and Zanzibar if I remember correctly.
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Burial Mounds, Colossus, and Zanzibar came up after the other maps came out.

Initially when the game released, it was only those three maps in Big Team Battle.

Also, 6v6, how I miss thee.

It combined BTB along with maps like you mentioned.
 
The opening cinematic of Cortana gave me a bit of deja vu the first time I saw it, but I couldn't figure out why. It was unusual to use a painting for the main backdrop, but I didn't make the connection until just now, watching the cinematic again. The scene is very similar in composition as the painting shown at the X03 documentary for Halo 2. Pardon the lousy print screen shots, but I don't know how to do captures in another form.

Here's the X03 painting:

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And the Cortana scene:

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Not identical, and probably not even showing the same scene, but I found the similarity striking.
 
godhandiscen said:
I usually capture the whole screen frame and then edit it in mspaint.
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I've had people use those exact words to me before, but I don't know what they mean. :lol

I use paint, but whenever I crop an image, it leaves white space around it, which saves with the image.
 
clashfan said:
There is rumor of a MMO FPS...
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Origin of the rumor:
The newest rumor flies

I find this more interesting more for how rumors get started than for the actual news... but let's break it down: Gaming Target noticed a two-sentence comment in December's EGM that contains, on its surface, some basic info about a new game coming out of Microsoft in the near-to-middlin' future, along with some speculation about which studio might be involved. They expanded the speculation considerably by suggesting that Peter Jackson might be involved, and that the whole thing might be Halo-based. Xbox 360 Fanboy picked up on this - they counsel caution, but still, the rumor chain grows. By the time the story makes it over to 2old2play, the focus has shifted from the fact that it's a Microsoft-driven MMO to "The latest rumor surrounding the unrevealed Peter Jackson game is that it will be an MMOFPS." How did this become about the Peter Jackson game? That was pure speculation on the part of the first reporting site! Thanks to Wires, who found it at 2o2p. (If we learn anything that definitively ties the EGM rumor to Halo, we'll certainly let you know.)
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http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=20729
 
GhaleonEB said:
I've had people use those exact words to me before, but I don't know what they mean. :lol

I use paint, but whenever I crop an image, it leaves white space around it, which saves with the image.
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Use the navigation bars to go to the bottom left corner, then using the select tool pick on that corner and then resize the space.
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Back to the images: Well, knowing that all this amazing stuff was cut from Halo 2 makes me really sad, like there is this other dimension where people get to experience this wonderful version of Halo 2 I never got, and I get to live in the shitty dimension.
 
When I tried to take a screenshot of the Cortana opening art (I wanted it as my desktop wallpaper because it is so awesome), this happens:
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any idea why?
 
See said:
When I tried to take a screenshot of the Cortana opening art (I wanted it as my desktop wallpaper because it is so awesome), this happens:
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any idea why?
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Its a clue left by Bungie, call Buttonbasher, he will get to the bottom of this.

edit: hey Ghaleon, whats under "fun stuff"?
 
Syb said:
One thing I've noticed is that the more and more kills I get the more people chose to ignore me? Last time I checked something like 70% of players chose to ignore me? Ouch. I dont even use a microphone either. :lol
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Halo is a game that ignites this i feel, just because it sooo competitive. I don't really have the feeling in any other game where when somebody keeps killing me i just fucking hate them.

I don't ignore people unless they are completely obnoxious about it though.
 
GhaleonEB said:
The opening cinematic of Cortana gave me a bit of deja vu the first time I saw it, but I couldn't figure out why. It was unusual to use a painting for the main backdrop, but I didn't make the connection until just now, watching the cinematic again. The scene is very similar in composition as the painting shown at the X03 documentary for Halo 2. Pardon the lousy print screen shots, but I don't know how to do captures in another form.
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That kid is freaking adorable man. Yours?

I hope mine (in the future!) takes after his or her mom :D .
 
Ramirez said:
One game isn't going to move you up if you don't do it consistently...
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Rameriz, Get back to playing this game and actually trying !!! :p

*need a team to play TS and i have got no one :(

BTW Halo Tourney NEEDS to happen.
 
To celebrate my 1000th post, I proudly debut Halo 3's FIRST Tower of Power!

It's a mad dash to be the first team to reach the tower and defend it for as long as possible. Fans of Halo 2's Ascension-based Tower of Power should love this updated version, now with Mongeese for added shenanigans!

Tower of Power
Team Slayer
200 kills to win
No shields
Shotguns start
Maulers, SMGs on map
1 turret to rule them all
Lots of equipment and explosives

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Please download the map and gametype and join me this evening to playtest my latest creation! I need lots of feedback as I want this to be the definitive Halo 3 Tower of Power experience.

P.S. The Target Practice map on my file share is also good fun (it's a modified version of somebody else's creation...but mine's better), and Leaps 'n Bounds is balls-out non-stop action.
 
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