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NJ x Falkor said:
Blood is Blood. No matter where it's from.
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I think I pushed too hard this afternoon. There was a spot of blood on the toilet paper. I did not do an earnest circuit around the grounds. I did what anyone should do when they draw blood from an ass: I pulled my pants up and moved on with my life.
 
urk said:
I think I pushed too hard this afternoon. There was a spot of blood on the toilet paper. I did not do an earnest circuit around the grounds. I did what anyone should do when they draw blood from an ass: I pulled my pants up and moved on with my life.
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I came into this thread at the wrong time.
 
A team on Guardian lead early in a Team Doubles match because of some fine use of the Sniper rifle and Shotgun. My partner and I switched strategy, defended against this, and got within one kill with two minutes left.

So the leading team suicided by jumping to their deaths.

Over. And over. And over. For two damn minutes to take the win.

I've had teams hide on me before, but never like this. How common is it?
 
urk said:
I think I pushed too hard this afternoon. There was a spot of blood on the toilet paper. I did not do an earnest circuit around the grounds. I did what anyone should do when they draw blood from an ass: I pulled my pants up and moved on with my life.
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A little dollop of A&D ointment goes a long ways, BTW.
 
+147 K/D
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=230499540&player=SharpeWolfe

These are images from actual Big Team Battle Games:

The Victory Parade:
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We also do "stationary victory laps," known as "grinder mode."
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Probably 95% of our victory laps occur on Valhalla. We do laps around the map in a Warthog, with the flag guy in the passenger seat, while the rest of the team does their thing (gets their Perfections, Exterminations, Splatter Sprees or whatever).

The best ones are when we cap the first two flags within a few minutes so the rest of the game lasts 12 minutes. And then, when the other team thinks it's over, we hold on to the flag so it goes into sudden death for one more minute.

Typically, we score it with one second left.

We've probably done this two dozen times.
 
Cocopjojo said:
Probably 95% of our victory laps occur on Valhalla. We do laps around the map in a Warthog, with the flag guy in the passenger seat, while the rest of the team does their thing (gets their Perfections, Exterminations, Splatter Sprees or whatever).

The best ones are when we cap the first two flags within a few minutes so the rest of the game lasts 12 minutes. And then, when the other team thinks it's over, we hold on to the flag so it goes into sudden death for one more minute.

Typically, we score it with one second left.

We've probably done this two dozen times.
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Wow. Lame.

Note to self: Do not play BTB
 
And on the opposide side of the cowardace spectrum, I just played CTF on Rat's Nest. For some reason it started as a 2 vs. 3 game. I was on the team with 2.

We won.
 
Have to agree the whole victory lap thing is pretty lame.

The way I see it those weaker players were being nice and doing you guys a favor by sticking around and letting your team finish the game and win. Most people in that situation would just quit out. And that's how you repay them, by dragging out the game to the last possible second and trying to frustrate them? Not cool.

I usually send those players positive feedback for sticking in there.
 
You've been a dick probably two dozen times. Great, must be a blast to play with you guys. It's losers like you who ruin XBL.
 
You have to experience it to understand, guys. Look at those pictures. Look at the first one. Take a moment to think about the fact that those pictures are from real games played in Matchmaking. It's like a work of art, guys. It transcends lameness. Doing laps around the map - and taking time to stop, get out, and walk back up to the flag spawn point at the enemy base to do a little dance - it's not something that can be classified as lame or mean. Every lap completed is like a brushstroke in a gorgeous painting. Every ally taking up a position at our base is like a brick in a beautiful cathedral.

Anyway, it leads to some awesome moments for the other team every once in a while. One time, on Sandtrap, we were all lined up on that high ridge and an enemy hit us with a rocket and killed all of us. He got a Killtrocity or whatever comes with killing eight people.
 
Cocopjojo said:
You have to experience it to understand, guys. Look at those pictures. Look at the first one. Take a moment to think about the fact that those pictures are from real games played in Matchmaking. It's like a work of art, guys. It transcends lameness. Doing laps around the map - and taking time to stop, get out, and walk back up to the flag spawn point at the enemy base to do a little dance - it's not something that can be classified as lame or mean. Every lap completed is like a brushstroke in a gorgeous painting. Every ally taking up a position at our base is like a brick in a beautiful cathedral.

Anyway, it leads to some awesome moments for the other team every once in a while. One time, on Sandtrap, we were all lined up on that high ridge and an enemy hit us with a rocket and killed all of us. He got a Killtrocity or whatever comes with killing eight people.
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I can't believe you're trying to defend this. Do you expect us to high five you and tell you how awesome you are. You're a prick, and ruining the fun for the other team.
 
Cocopjojo said:
You have to experience it to understand, guys. Look at those pictures. Look at the first one. Take a moment to think about the fact that those pictures are from real games played in Matchmaking. It's like a work of art, guys. It transcends lameness. Doing laps around the map - and taking time to stop, get out, and walk back up to the flag spawn point at the enemy base to do a little dance - it's not something that can be classified as lame or mean. Every lap completed is like a brushstroke in a gorgeous painting. Every ally taking up a position at our base is like a brick in a beautiful cathedral.

Anyway, it leads to some awesome moments for the other team every once in a while. One time, on Sandtrap, we were all lined up on that high ridge and an enemy hit us with a rocket and killed all of us. He got a Killtrocity or whatever comes with killing eight people.
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I thought you already maxed out the lameness scale, but the fact that you're trying to defend your actions makes you a lot more lame.
 
Goreomedy said:
A team on Guardian lead early in a Team Doubles match because of some fine use of the Sniper rifle and Shotgun. My partner and I switched strategy, defended against this, and got within one kill with two minutes left.

So the leading team suicided by jumping to their deaths.

Over. And over. And over. For two damn minutes to take the win.

I've had teams hide on me before, but never like this. How common is it?
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Man that sucks. I had a game once in doubles where the other team hid to preserve their one point win. I just think it's probably a gametype that encourages jerkiness, but seeing these BTB pics, it may be more internet fuckwad theory.
 
SharpeWolfe said:
Meh, it's a part of the game. These things happen, and it depends on your point of view as to how you feel about it.
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Poor sportsmanship isn't part of the game. Yes, these things happen on XBL, and if you are an immature jackass then your point of view is that it's funny and a great thing to do and brag about.

I completely agree with your post. Good job.
 
SharpeWolfe said:
Meh, it's a part of the game. These things happen, and it depends on your point of view as to how you feel about it.
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If your point of view is the giving end, I'm sure it's delightful. If you are on the receiving end, it sucks.

Paging Urk, isle 9 please.
 
SharpeWolfe said:
Meh, it's a part of the game. These things happen, and it depends on your point of view as to how you feel about it.
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It is better to give than receive, rite?

edit: get out of my brain ghaleon!!
 
GhaleonEB said:
If your point of view is the giving end, I'm sure it's delightful. If you are on the receiving end, it sucks.
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It's not like we're hiding, corpse humping, trash talking, or glitching. The other team could, at any given time, kill us. Heck, we even drive right up into their base. We spend the entire time traveling the exact same path.

They can also, of course, quit out at any time they wish.

And during games like the Victory Parade game, there is no way, upon seeing the opposing team doing this

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that you wouldn't laugh.
 
Cap7ain Blood said:
even on the giving end i would think victory laps to that extent would be nothing but very very boring
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Its sort of like in Team Fortress 2 when your entire team goes Medic, and are healing eachother in a circle. It's so out of the ordinary, you can't help but laugh.
 
I think the reason why it this "victory lap" idea sucks is because you have only been able to pull it off on BTB, and unranked playlist where the average players feels like a god. If you were able to do this against people who actually play the game as much as you do then it would be a real feat worth posting, until then its just "noob abuse".
 
Eteric Rice said:
Would be even funnier if the guy with the flag got sniped and ran over by his friends. :D
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Trust me, that's happened many times.
 
Cocopjojo said:
It's not like we're hiding, corpse humping, trash talking, or glitching. The other team could, at any given time, kill us. Heck, we even drive right up into their base. We spend the entire time traveling the exact same path.

They can also, of course, quit out at any time they wish.

And during games like the Victory Parade game, there is no way, upon seeing the opposing team doing this

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that you wouldn't laugh.
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I would put down my controller and wait for the game to end. Probably read GAF while I waited.
 
What a bunch of negative nancys.

Parades are A-OK with me. If I saw that parade in the picture, I would laugh, and then contemplate the most ridiculous way to ruin it.

Few things that comes to mind are: kamikaze warthog, getting in the passenger seat and throwing a sticky grenade at the driver, getting the enemy flag and having a fight to the death with the flag carrier.
 
Cocopjojo said:
It's not like we're hiding, corpse humping, trash talking, or glitching. The other team could, at any given time, kill us. Heck, we even drive right up into their base. We spend the entire time traveling the exact same path.

They can also, of course, quit out at any time they wish.
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You're still griefing, dude. Holding onto the final flag in CTF for 15 minutes is even WORSE than trash talking or corpse humping. Obviously the opponents aren't anywhere near as skilled as your party otherwise you wouldn't even be able to do a parade around like that. You're forcing those weaker players to either sit around and waste 15 minutes (just to lose anyway) or to quit out and be penalized with a loss of EXP. Neither situation is any fun at all. These are the kind of horror stories and crappy experiences that scare people off from playing online.

I admit the pictures are funny, my only problem with it is that it's being done inside real matchmaking games. Keep those kind of antics in custom games with your buddies.
 
Cocopjojo said:
It's not like we're hiding, corpse humping, trash talking, or glitching. The other team could, at any given time, kill us. Heck, we even drive right up into their base. We spend the entire time traveling the exact same path.

They can also, of course, quit out at any time they wish.

And during games like the Victory Parade game, there is no way, upon seeing the opposing team doing this

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that you wouldn't laugh.
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Imagine doing this to a party full of Bungie Employe :lol
 
Buttonbasher said:
Its sort of like in Team Fortress 2 when your entire team goes Medic, and are healing eachother in a circle. It's so out of the ordinary, you can't help but laugh.
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Or like everybody going Spy disguised as enemy Spies and bumrushing the bridge at 2Fort at the very beginning of the game, amirite? ;)
 
alexh said:
What a bunch of negative nancys.

Parades are A-OK with me. If I saw that parade in the picture, I would laugh, and then contemplate the most ridiculous way to ruin it.

Few things that comes to mind are: kamikaze warthog, getting in the passenger seat and throwing a sticky grenade at the driver, getting the enemy flag and having a fight to the death with the flag carrier.
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And when you are no where near the skill level to pull any of that off? These guys are playing on the social play list, essentially exploiting weaker players. It's like going to a public school playground and dunking on preschoolers.
 
If I was on the opposite team, and defeat was inevitable, I'd just walk by the blues and join them in their parade.

Unforunately, the majority of Halo players don't have that type of sense of humor, and if one pixel of my Spartan showed up, they'd start shooting at me.
 
DD-11 said:
And when you are no where near the skill level to pull any of that off? These guys are playing on the social play list, essentially exploiting weaker players. It's like going to a public school playground and dunking on preschoolers.
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It's like paying money for a "playground pass" and finding out that you can't go to any playground in the world except a preschool one.

We play on the social playlists because we literally cannot get into matches in any ranked playlists - because we all have different ranks. It tells us "you have a mixed party, searching for other mixed parties" and then we sit in that screen forever.

That's how victory laps originated. We couldn't get into ranked matches and we had to do something to make the social games fun.

Trust me, we're very excited about ranked BTB. We speculate every night about when it'll be out.
 
godhandiscen said:
I think the reason why it this "victory lap" idea sucks is because you have only been able to pull it off on BTB, and unranked playlist where the average players feels like a god. If you were able to do this against people who actually play the game as much as you do then it would be a real feat worth posting, until then its just "noob abuse".
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This is noob abuse in a ranked playlist
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=115612611&player=OverHeat
 
Cocopjojo said:
It's like paying money for a "playground pass" and finding out that you can't go to any playground in the world except a preschool one.

We play on the social playlists because we literally cannot get into matches in any ranked playlists - because we all have different ranks. It tells us "you have a mixed party, searching for other mixed parties" and then we sit in that screen forever.

That's how victory laps originated. We couldn't get into ranked matches and we had to do something to make the social games fun.

Trust me, we're very excited about ranked BTB. We speculate every night about when it'll be out.
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That doesn't give you permission to be a dick.
 
OMFG this is like everything everyone tried to convince me Red vs Blue was, only this thing is actually incredibly funny. The Arbiter is urk. He has to be. So freaking awesome. Thanks for the link
I think the map pack was worth $10

its takticul, n00b

Edit: Don't leave this work of genius buried in this thread. Someone make a new one!
 
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