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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm

Look where I was on Saturday :)

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No one was there. Not even Frankles.
 
I have been wondering this as well since I first saw it, lol. WOULD BE AWESOME.
That would have to be running real time on the 360 to handle customized armor permutations. I don't think that's possible in this space time continuum.

What I'm loving in these small cinematic bits are the faces and the camera work. Its miles beyond everything I would have expected.
 

Beckx

Member
They're probably just running a script at this point that looks for keywords.

Watermarking & ACR, almost assuredly (which is why it won't hit FUD - there's no footage of H4 in those videos). What's fascinating is the idea that it's effective enough to catch video recorded on a cam.
 

TCKaos

Member
Mailing mine out soon. Different candidates though.

Blarg, wasn't even thinking. Sorry, man.

Going to go to Walmart either today or tomorrow, check for some Gamefuel. I wonder how long it takes to hit level 50? I could easily see some gaffers hitting 50 by November 7th.

Didn't someone say that it took around 20 games to get to level 21 (which is how we started bitching about emblems)? If we stock up now then we should be able to get there by the end of the week, provided we don't have Warrant Officer Grade 3 to work through again.

And I think the Dew XP website is dying. It's not loading half of the content for me.
 

MrDaravon

Member
Have they said anything about all of the different pre-order skins being made available down the road in some fashion or another? The sheer volume of different ones from different retailers is absurd. Keeping the LE and Halo 360 bundle ones exclusive is fine, but the pre-order ones should be made available at some point. And someone said something about you getting a different one if you buy the season pass separately as opposed to what you get with the LE? Jesus. Is there a site or listing anywhere of the different skins and how to get them? Also aren't some UK only or something?

Picked up a case of regular Mtn Dew today at Walmart, they had a few Halo 4 ones but most of them were still regular. Didn't see any Gamefuel there, haven't gone out of my way to look for it at gas stations or anything though. Also haven't seen any of the XP Doritos anywhere yet either.
 
Yet another thing that 343 failed to adequately explain until everyone bitched about it. And we still dont know reasoning behind the LE not getting the Helmets from the Season Pass

It's probably extra incentive to buy the season pass for those who didn't go with the LE at launch. Not to say that it makes sense, though.
 
K

kittens

Unconfirmed Member
Didn't someone say that it took around 20 games to get to level 21 (which is how we started bitching about emblems)?
I'd be shocked if that's true. That's way too fast. I expect it to be more like 100 games to level 21. Or even more.
 

TCKaos

Member
not 343's decision most likely, but it definitely falls on them to explain that sort of thing.

They have different SKUs and were apparently limited to one set of bonuses per SKU or some such. It was a tweet from bsangel a while back.

Have they said anything about all of the different pre-order skins being made available down the road in some fashion or another?

Ellis and Frankie have mentioned a few times that they have a plan to make the retailer-specific camo available to others but not for a long while. They want to make sure that the retailers get more than enough breathing room with this kind of thing.
 

MrDaravon

Member
People trying to figure out the leveling system also need realize that most (all?) of the MP livestreams we've seen have been people playing through tunneling and not Xbox Live. I would assume Halo 4 works like Reach where when you're playing "offline" you level up much faster to make up the difference. So I don't think we can take how fast people are leveling up in the livestreams as an indication of anything.

Ellis and Frankie have mentioned a few times that they have a plan to make the retailer-specific camo available to others but not for a long while. They want to make sure that the retailers get more than enough breathing room with this kind of thing.

Thanks. That's fair enough.
 
Didn't someone say that it took around 20 games to get to level 21 (which is how we started bitching about emblems)? If we stock up now then we should be able to get there by the end of the week, provided we don't have Warrant Officer Grade 3 to work through again.

And I think the Dew XP website is dying. It's not loading half of the content for me.

it could be like halo: Reach. when you play the game offline you rank up way faster than if you play online. this was so players who never play online can still reach the highest rank.

would also help for game events, where players are on lan and can see how progression works at an accelerated rate.
 
Was your Dad with you?
Lol yeah and he took a picture of me touching the handle.

Nah my wife and I visited Seattle this weekend on a spur of the moment vacation. On our way north we saw the signs for Kirkland and I couldn't pass the chance haha

Some dude walked out while I was taking a pic in front of the door and gave me a 'dude get out of the way' look. I laughed.
 
Dear GAF:
Please don't take pictures of the codes and not buy the bags.
It's insanely annoying when actually purchasing an XL bag of doritos only to find the code on the back has been used.

im just gonna have it open on my phone and redeem the code before i buy it. so i dont end up with duds

does anyone know the cheapest way to get the most amount of time/raffle tokens?
 

nillapuddin

Member
im going to have my phone and type in the code on the bag to make sure its legit, then put it in my cart.

I dont want to be buying defunct codes, and I dont want to cheat anyone out of their code

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Lol yeah and he took a picture of me touching the handle.

Nah my wife and I visited Seattle this weekend on a spur of the moment vacation. On our way north we saw the signs for Kirkland and I couldn't pass the chance haha

Some dude walked out while I was taking a pic in front of the door and gave me a 'dude get out of the way' look. I laughed. And followed him home...
Oh nice. Dayum, I want a spur of the moment vacation.
 

dmg04

#DEADWRONG
Or the ink that it's printed with could cause problems?

There are ways of putting codes in bags/boxes of things.

It's almost like putting the 'surprise inside' on the outside of the cereal box, expecting children to not just rip the stupid thing off and go on with their day
 
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