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[-Ryn]

The MCC OT should have a list of all our tags.

Right Mix?

Right?



Remember the 360 UI from a year after release? It was pretty trash compared to what it became.
Just a matter of time. The UI devs seem to be really, really invested in creating a great experience for the One.

Weren't we supposed to PM him our tags or something?

I still remember the original 360 UI. Such organization. Much perfection.

 

[kittens]

How many of you guys and gals that digitally preordered the MCC have been able to 100% fully complete the initial download of 45.6 GB of data?

Nine days after preordering and I am still having issues with the download. I have tried all the various suggested remedies from Xbox support and elsewhere.

I had a lot of issues, but leaving my Xbox on all day did the trick.

 

[Ein Bear]

Probably been posted already, but the Giant Bomb guys are carrying on their yearly Halo play throughs for the Extra Life Charity event.

This year it's ODST, Reach and 4. They're just about to finish ODST.

For those interested - http://www.giantbomb.com/

Man, ODST was so great. Really disappointed it isn't part of the MCC, it's got an outstanding campaign.

 

[HunRevan]

...


*jealousy intensifies*

Wait what? How and where?

At a friend who received the game for reviewing purposes.

Dude! rEALLY?

 

[Granadier]

Weren't we supposed to PM him our tags or something?

Yeah, he said a ways back to PM him your tag if you wanted to be included in the OP.

 

[Diablohead]

I miss this game :'(

Sold my copy about a month ago.

Great game, even better when you play it along with friends and plan your attacks, something like this on next gen hardware would be great, all those extra troopers and vehicles.

 

[Japarican]

If headset...


I want this. But...300 USD??!!

Astro A50 Halo Wireless 7.1 Headset

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Astro-Gaming-A50-Wireless-Headset-Halo-Edition-for-Xbox-One/productID.307247300

Yeah...they need to make the $100 version

 

[Akai__]

Remember the 360 UI from a year after release? It was pretty trash compared to what it became.
Just a matter of time. The UI devs seem to be really, really invested in creating a great experience for the One.

It just doesn't make sense to me. They invested so much time and effort for all those 360 dashboard betas and still gave us a complicated UI for the Xbox One. Should have just copied the last build and go with that, until they come up with a better one.

Why even make things like messages, friends list and achievements seperated apps?

 

[IHaveIce]

Is the giantbomb thing still going? I am home in like 35 mins, would love to watch some halo

 

[Poodlestrike]

It just doesn't make sense to me. They invested so much time and effort for all those 360 dashboard betas and still gave us a complicated UI for the Xbox One. Should have just copied the last build and go with that, until they come up with a better one.

Why even make things like messages, friends list and achievements seperated apps?

Because they switched to an entirely different architecture. Making the new UI was always going to be rather more involved than ctrl+c, ctrl+v. The X1's OS actually offers it a number of interesting advantages in terms of development, actually.

 

[Granadier]

Is the giantbomb thing still going? I am home in like 35 mins, would love to watch some halo

Still going.

http://www.giantbomb.com/chat/

Spoiler

if that link doesn't work just go to their homepage or twitch

 

[rrc1594]

I miss this game :'(

I want Halo Wars 2 so baddddd.

 

[IHaveIce]

Still going.

http://www.giantbomb.com/chat/

Spoiler

if that link doesn't work just go to their homepage or twitch

Yeah thanks, though I just read they play Halo 4 now, my interest faded away

 

[danwarb]

It just doesn't make sense to me. They invested so much time and effort for all those 360 dashboard betas and still gave us a complicated UI for the Xbox One. Should have just copied the last build and go with that, until they come up with a better one.

Why even make things like messages, friends list and achievements seperated apps?

It was much worse. Double tap the xbox button and push up, and there are shortcuts to all of that.

It used to take a while to get to anything without voice commands, but now snap is snappy enough.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Still going.

http://www.giantbomb.com/chat/

Spoiler

if that link doesn't work just go to their homepage or twitch

God damn H4 is pretty, and that's on the 360. Hyped to have it on my TV at 1080/60.

 

[m23]

Watching them play Halo 4 makes me want to go and play it. Just 2 weeks to go!!

 

[-Ryn]

Halo 4 looks pretty nice. Still not going to play it much but it'll be nice when I do.

Yeah, he said a ways back to PM him your tag if you wanted to be included in the OP.

Oh yeah. I wonder how far he's gotten on his OT.

 

[The Flash]

I've always wanted to be an OP OG

 

[-Ryn]

I've always wanted to be an OP OG

OG?

 

[Poodlestrike]

OG?

Original Grapefruit.

No, I don't understand either.

 

[The Flash]

OG?

An original gangsta, dawg

 

[ViewtifulJC]

OG?

how white are you

 

[GringoSuave89]

OG?

Original Grapefruit.

No, I don't understand either.

And I thought I was suburban.

 

[-Ryn]

An original gangsta, dawg

Them's some rad aspirations, yo

Original Grapefruit.

No, I don't understand either.

Fruity and delicious. I can relate with that.

 

[The Flash]

Them's some rad aspirations, yo

Get to the first page or die tryin', you know what I'm saying?

 

[gAg CruSh3r]

If headset...


I want this. But...300 USD??!!

Astro A50 Halo Wireless 7.1 Headset

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Astro-Gaming-A50-Wireless-Headset-Halo-Edition-for-Xbox-One/productID.307247300

My a50s works like a charm but I would love to get my hands on one of these ...

 

[Syphon Filter]

Watching them play Halo 4 makes me want to go and play it. Just 2 weeks to go!!

 

[-Ryn]

Get to the first page or die tryin', you know what I'm saying?

Fo' sho mah brutha. That be some serious biz.

how white are you

According to this:

How Stereotypically White Are You?

You checked off 11 out of 100 possible white people scenarios.
Congratulations, you are NOT white! You’re the first of your friends to perfect a new dance move and never have to worry about what level of SPF you should use. Heck, you might not even know what SPF stands for and that’s OK because the sun is your friend and that’s cool as shit.

I could probably blind people if put in direct sunlight however.

 

[m23]

I enjoyed the Halo 4 campaign. Sorry.

 

[NobleGundam]

how white are you

Racist!

 

[Welfare]

According to this:



I could probably blind people if put in direct sunlight however.

18/100 Not white.

Even though I'm a fucking ghost, alright.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

What's the next best Xboner equivalent to this?

 

[GringoSuave89]

13/100 for me.

Hell yeah.

 

[AlStrong]

I just realized there's probably not going to be cardboard Jason Jones in the Blur cinematic.

 

[IHaveIce]

Guys If you do a test to find out how white you are, you are 100% white.

Here I said it.

 

[MORTALIS]

I just realized there's probably not going to be cardboard Jason Jones in the Blur cinematic.

It's the one piece of the IP Bungie lawyers negotiated for. It was in the loot cave pre-nerf and only visible at level 20 and above, you know, when the real game starts.

 

[-Ryn]

I didn't know HGS had an ice cream.

So salty

Guys If you do a test to find out how white you are, you are 100% white.

Here I said it.

Someone had to

 

[Mix]

OT is completely done, independent of Gamertags. Please PM them to me if you want them in. Really excited about everyone seeing it soon!

Also, here's the list of tags and GAF usernames I have. Please if you see your name on here PM me your region as well!

GAMERTAGS:
MIXMASTERCHlEF (Mix)
BigSolar (Antigoon)
Welfare Queen I (Welfare)
Ninjarage93 (Ryn)
Vin FTW (VinFTW)
Ragnarok Flames (Ragnarok Flames)
xGranadier (Granadier)
Poodlestrike (Poodlestrike)
wwm0nkey (wwm0nkey)
ArchedThunder (ArchedThunder)
BlueNinja BE (Blue Ninja)
Deer Man 420 (MasterChef420)
IHaveAnIce (IHaveIce)
a zoojoo (aHebrewMenagerie

 

[The Flash]

OT is completely done, independent of Gamertags. Please PM them to me if you want them in. Really excited about everyone seeing it soon!

Also, here's the list of tags and GAF usernames I have. Please if you see your name on here PM me your region as well!

 

[Fracas]

put me in there nerd

 

[GringoSuave89]

Guys If you do a test to find out how white you are, you are 100% white.

Here I said it.

#nofunallowed

Spoiler

if you use hashtags on Gaf, you're 100% white

 

[IHaveIce]

put me in there nerd

was your tag xX 360 NoScope Fracas Pro Xx ?

 

[-Ryn]

OT is completely done, independent of Gamertags. Please PM them to me if you want them in. Really excited about everyone seeing it soon!

Also, here's the list of tags and GAF usernames I have. Please if you see your name on here PM me your region as well!

Looking forward to it dude. Nice job on the list.

#nofunallowed

Spoiler

if you use hashtags on Gaf, you're 100% white

#butts

 

[Mix]

put me in there nerd

Yes, daddy

 

[HTupolev]

I just realized there's probably not going to be cardboard Jason Jones in the Blur cinematic.

They should use a hyper-realistic animated 3D Jason Jones model instead.

The power of CGI.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

a zoojoo (aHebrewMenagerie

Hey... Wait a second...

 

[Mix]

Hey... Wait a second...

MIB flashy thing

 

[willow ve]

Hey... Wait a second...

MIB flashy thing

What's going on now?

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

Hey... Wait a second...

must be a typo

 

[TCKaos]

OT is completely done, independent of Gamertags. Please PM them to me if you want them in. Really excited about everyone seeing it soon!

Also, here's the list of tags and GAF usernames I have. Please if you see your name on here PM me your region as well!

Still just TCKaos. Put me in there, bro. North America/The Boonies.

In other news, Fyrewulff just ran some numbers and came to the conclusion that Reach has triple 4's playerbase at the moment.

Link

Just remembered to actually note down the numbers again. Reach is sitting at 32,000 players on a Sunday, which is much higher than what it's population was staying around before GwG.
This is fairly good retention almost a month and a half after the day it went free, considering two free games have now come out since then, one of them being multiplayer.

Most population is still in Vanilla, same as before. Grifball's population is still high, MLG's is still the same, showing that continued DLC requirements hamstrung Anniversary and MLG from gaining any bumps from the free release. The highest population TU playlist by a country mile is Big Team Battle.

For comparison, Halo 4 is sitting at 9,500 players or so. It's hovered around that, so it seems the people playing Halo 4 right now are dedicated to Halo 4, even with Reach going free and Destiny releasing.