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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm

Carrying Bobs' is poop.

You hear me Bobs?!

:p

It was my first game, I expected you to carry me!

You did not carry me :(

Now you owe me a piggy back in real life.


Game is weird but I played a little after you left and kinda got into the swing of things. Will need to check it out more tomorrow.

Really looking forward to getting to play Halo 4 tomorrow. I'll try to test out some things I can being abused but I'll also try to have some fun along the way :p

I am really scared though, that I'll become a part op team SLRP. Just look at what happened to Bobs...

Team SLRP all the way. I have a Team SLRP briefing packet waiting for you.


I still dont know whats in it :p ...
 
Google says its pronounced "Fig", so Fig 20 in your pic. I can't find the abbreviation meaning. One common theme that comes up is "guided missile frigate".



Oh wow, I did not pick up on that but I think you are likely right. I liked that part, its something we haven't really seen in Halo before and it conveyed way more personality and emotion than all of Reach did IMO.



We asked about seeing the first episode early after we interviewed Daniel Cudmore about his part. I only saw the first episode exactly as you saw it, and I think it had only been finished with its edits that day.

Stewart Hendler replied to a tweet of mine though and said the Cadets helmets were actually from the ODST commercials. He agreed with me that they could have been better. Cool little bit of trivia.

https://twitter.com/stewarthendler/status/254132371941646336
Hah, thats pretty awesome! Its also great to see someone who can accept and acknowledge criticism, most would usually just ignore something like that. Its interesting that they were from the ODST commercials, maybe thats why the Cadets look a little mismatched. Did MC look as awkward as he did in the trailer or did he look a little better? I think part of the issue was basing the armor off of the set from the anime, stylistically its out of place. Also, the visor looks super plasticy, but maybe if they tweaked it with CG to add a bit of texture or depth it would look better.

Nice catch here. I like the explanation.

The other option is
his brother is still alive, but is a red herring whom we are supposed to believe is dead (and then have him drop in with some ODSTs) and its actually his father who was killed by them. One way or another I am betting that he lost someone close to the Insurrectionists.
I like all the little subtle hints in the episode that point to bigger things, if the series keeps it up I will continue to like it.
 
Bad opinion is bad.

Yeah. The Sticky Detonator still strikes me as being a extremely poor replacement for the nade launcher. It didnt even seem possible to blow it up midair manually. :( I tried but perhaps was using the controls wrong? Someone try at NYCC please.

It gets a lot of hype considering it was the first thing shown in the reveal trailer - but out of all the weapons it actually seems the least interesting. I would rather have a Incinerator/ Sniper/ etc Thats probably testament to how good the rest of the sandbox is more than anything though.
 

Slightly Live

Dirty tag dodger
I'm down for sure. Hopefully the ban doesn't last too long so people can get their maps tested for the first Halo 4 Forge Challenge launching tomorrow. :)

Don't worry too much about the Forge ban. Reach's original map lineup and the sheer weight of Forge maps just left a bad taste in some people's mouths. It gives us time to see how Halo 4's Forge is taken up by the community. I'm really excited to get back into the Community Cartographer habit, HaloGAF has some awesome map makers it should be delightful to see what they come up with in future.

But for HaloGAF Customs, they won't be a grey block in sight for quite some time. And when, eventually, down the line, we do have Forge maps, we'll make sure the quality bar is the highest it can be.

I'm excited to get to map making too, but I really want to immerse myself in the combat sandbox to get a proper understand of the combat flow before I can start crafting.
 
Don't worry too much about the Forge ban. Reach's original map lineup and the sheer weight of Forge maps just left a bad taste in some people's mouths. It gives us time to see how Halo 4's Forge is taken up by the community. I'm really excited to get back into the Community Cartographer habit, HaloGAF has some awesome map makers it should be delightful to see what they come up with in future.

But for HaloGAF Customs, they won't be a grey block in sight for quite some time. And when, eventually, down the line, we do have Forge maps, we'll make sure the quality bar is the highest it can be.

The forge ban is the reason im so excited for Halo 4 customs. (Well that and the gameplay) - so good call on that!

What day are you planning to run customs?
 
Yeah. The Sticky Detonator still strikes me as being a extremely poor replacement for the nade launcher. It didnt even seem possible to blow it up midair manually. :( I tried but perhaps was using the controls wrong? Someone try at NYCC please.

It gets a lot of hype considering it was the first thing shown in the reveal trailer - but out of all the weapons it actually seems the least interesting. I would rather have a Incinerator/ Sniper/ etc Thats probably testament to how good the rest of the sandbox is more than anything though.

You cannot detonate mid-air as far as I'm aware. It's called the Sticky Detonator for a reason, you have to stick it to something in order to detonate it.
 
You cannot detonate mid-air as far as I'm aware. It's called the Sticky Detonator for a reason, you have to stick it to something in order to detonate it.

Yeah that felt like a shame - initially I was trying to use it aggressively - blow it up as I send it past people. Once I couldn't do that I started using it much more defensively.

It can still be used well aggressively, guess you just have to aim it at the wall next to someone rather than blow it up midair - but its a LOT less interesting than the pro-pipe and I can imagine people camping corners and lifts with it with Prom Vision. :( Saw that a whole lot on the day I played.

We're doing launch night for sure. And then every Saturday night afterwards as per tradition.

Awesome - I will be there, especially for the euro customs.
 

feel

Member
Is there any Warthog driving footage at all??? In those IGN videos I keep getting pissed off at the guy for always walking past the warthogs.
 
The lack of Euro folks pretty much killed off Euro Customs in Halo 3 and Reach.

We need to make sure that doesn't happen with Halo 4. :D

Yeah, hopefully in 4 the largest issue will be times to play as opposed to too much lag or an all too obvious host. Plus, the more people to hear our fine accents, the better (I don't think I posess much of an accent).
 
oh awesome, we have customs scheduled now? ooooh and spartan ops playthroughs as well.

won't join on launch day though, but definitely down for Saturdays.
 

IHaveIce

Banned
The lack of Euro folks pretty much killed off Euro Customs in Halo 3 and Reach.

We need to make sure that doesn't happen with Halo 4. :D

I think we have some new Euros, I will try to be there most of the nights.



I'm sure we will, hell, I consistently play with anywhere between 4-10 Euro Halogaffers on a nightly basis.
Elzar do you play Reach Customs or Halo 3 Customs most of the time? Maybe I have to try this 2 Forts which you love so much
 

Abdozer

Member
Any details on whether or not the FUD digital copy on the LE will have closed-captioning/subtitles of any kind? Being hard-of-hearing sucks :/
 
The lack of Euro folks pretty much killed off Euro Customs in Halo 3 and Reach.

We need to make sure that doesn't happen with Halo 4. :D

Yeah, it always seems to fizzle out.

But, I'm sure H4 will bring a lot of people back and keep them playing in the long run.

: )

Furthermore, I usually have people like Neo and Kittens and a whole bunch of others on at a very euro friendly time. Should add to the custom numbers.

That sounds dirty coming from you.

I included you in that list.

I think we have some new Euros, I will try to be there most of the nights.

Elzar do you play Reach Customs or Halo 3 Customs most of the time? Maybe I have to try this 2 Forts which you love so much

Reach, and sure, join us one day, bring Semmy!
 

ZalinKrow

Member
The lack of Euro folks pretty much killed off Euro Customs in Halo 3 and Reach.

We need to make sure that doesn't happen with Halo 4. :D

I'm really looking forward to gaf customs coming back :) It's something I really miss from before, and it's one of the main reasons I joined here in the first place. I'd say it'll be easy enough to fill a lobby or two when the game comes out. Seems like there's loads of active enough members now, and I'm sure a few will buy it anyway lol
 
I hope to remake this map (but make it a lot better...

Funny thing is, that map was "featured" before it was even finished. You'll notice tons of blocks with wrong colors and crap >.<

...top page get...

Looks interesting dmg... definitely want to see what you do with it, just avoid the long strings of bridges/inclines and it should do fine. Man those first few months of Reach forge were a nightmare... so many bridge/incline type maps. lol...


Don't worry too much about the Forge ban. Reach's original map lineup and the sheer weight of Forge maps just left a bad taste in some people's mouths. It gives us time to see how Halo 4's Forge is taken up by the community. I'm really excited to get back into the Community Cartographer habit, HaloGAF has some awesome map makers it should be delightful to see what they come up with in future.

But for HaloGAF Customs, they won't be a grey block in sight for quite some time. And when, eventually, down the line, we do have Forge maps, we'll make sure the quality bar is the highest it can be.

I'm excited to get to map making too, but I really want to immerse myself in the combat sandbox to get a proper understand of the combat flow before I can start crafting.

Completely agree. I'm very happy about the forge ban mainly because IMO this looks like the best selection of launch maps I've seen. Definitely excited. And I'm looking forward to seeing what GAF has to bring to the MM table. :) And the forge challenges.
 
Depending on the time of EuroGAF customs I might be able to show up... lol. I like waking up and staying up early in the morning.

EDIT: Wow, 20 minutes between posts. This is unheard of HaloGAF.
 

Woorloog

Banned
Fridays are slow days, especially for USGaf in the fall. College football is tomorrow!

Fridays are always slow in HaloGAF.
Hmm. An activity chart would be interesting.
It peaks in Wednesday/Thursday night (my time), i think, and Friday/Saturday night (again, my time) is slowest.
 

dmg04

#DEADWRONG
Fridays are always slow in HaloGAF.
Hmm. An activity chart would be interesting.
It peaks in Wednesday/Thursday night (my time), i think, and Friday/Saturday night (again, my time) is slowest.

What's funny is the fact that it's pretty active here on Sunday nights/Monday early mornings.

Gotta love it.
 

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
Dammit my nieces were there last week!! If they were still there I could've made them track you down for some swag or something.

edit- Is there a Caracas stop on that tour??
lolol

Dude I would be on that like Blanco en Arroz. I want to go to Venezuela so bad.
 
I'm worried that the Halo 4 Remix contest is just going to end up being the same guy getting all the favorites because he's stuck at the top on the community remixes section. People are too ADD to check all of the remixes.
 

feel

Member
Dude I would be on that like Blanco en Arroz. I want to go to Venezuela so bad.
It really pains me to say this, but without going into depressing details let me just tell you that things have gotten extremely dangerous for tourists around these parts lately. I wouldn't recommend the visit, not in the near future at least.
 
It really pains me to say this, but without going into depressing details let me just tell you that things have gotten extremely dangerous for tourists around these parts lately. I wouldn't recommend the visit, not in the near future at least.

One of the perks of life under Chavez?
 

Korosenai

Member
What is this I don't even...
I don't remember which vid it was (it was on haven, recent, he used a zoomed in camera only showing about 2/3 of the screen, and the guy was very good at the game).

But the guy was using a sticky designator and it just looked like a lot of fun to use. He was also using it very well combined with promethean vision.

Idk, maybe it is just me, but I think I'll enjoy it more than the grenade launcher just from the potential I see out of it from the few times ive seen it used.
 
Mexico City gaf. Is that a thing?

EGS Mexicoooooo, I wonder if they will make a bigger stand this year the last one was a little small.

EDIT:eek:h yeah I forgot this

egs2011_halo_09-470x314.jpg
 
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