Spent 15 months lurking while waiting to be approved, and once I was finally approved I didn't want to actually post here for a long time.
Zoojoo probably should have used that strategy.
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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
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Spent 15 months lurking while waiting to be approved, and once I was finally approved I didn't want to actually post here for a long time.
Zoojoo probably should have used that strategy.
Franklinator
Member
I didn't start reading this thread until I posted in it. Didn't even know there was a Halo thread until well after I had an account.
I was approved in 2 days. I was literally shaking when I pressed Reply and the reply page showed up for the first time.
Yeah your first post was something like "fracas told me to post here, so hi guys"
Reagan's BR
Banned
Wow. I'm a huge sports fan but I tend to stay out of the sports threads just because I assumed they moved quickly and tempers could get high. The fact that you had to get a new account is funny.
I've only been here a little over a year. I lurked for a month or so and it only took me a week or so to get approved. That all happened sometime around that awesome EazyB/Starwolf match.
My first post was in the Halo 3 thread asking if anybody wanted to play on the new Legendary Map Pack on the day they came out. I don't remember registering, but when the Ascendant Justice guys pointed me here, my browser automatically filled in my details.
Aww that's adorable lol
In other news, I just out br'd the fucking shit out of someone. Felt so good.
neoism
Member
same lol start lurking in 06 and got in 07 right before the H3 beta... I fucking died with I got my email for it I felt like I won the loto,... how many betas testers were in 3... it wasn't many right.. can't remember.
Reagan's BR
Banned
I remember when people figured out how to do customs in the Beta that was crazy. I think that beta was pretty small but it wasn't too limited.
I think the Reach Beta had more players than Reach does today.
Those poor plebeians who needed the Crackdown disc to get in. All us cool kids got a code for it and could launch it from the dashboard. And laughed as the "button" to make it live for the Crackdown masses malfunctioned for most of the day.
On a quasi-related note, will we be able to fly the Banshee into space on Ragnarok? I remember getting into a custom game in the beta just to try that out.
Steelyuhas
Member
Agreed. A HUD warning would help the global ordnance system a lot.
Pretty sure that times are static.
Times: static
Weapon: randomly selected from a list for the map and gametype
Location: randomly selected from a set number of locations for the map and gametype
Reagan's BR
Banned
Oh gosh I forgot about that. I actually ended up buying Crackdown a year or two ago few bucks because the demo was kind of fun. I don't remember how I got in. Wasn't there a play so many hours of Halo 2 lottery to get in?
Also the Halo 3 Beta felt more balanced than the actual retail release.
Nothing will ever top the Halo3Beta gamefuel commercial.
That ad still hypes me >to this day<.
I honestly didn't come to gaf much until the first mention of reach. started lurking, then figured i could actually get an account.
By the way, what's the average age around here?
That ad still hypes me >to this day<.
I honestly didn't come to gaf much until the first mention of reach. started lurking, then figured i could actually get an account.
By the way, what's the average age around here?
Luke hangs out often with a good friend of mine in Dota2. My friend is a big deal in the dota2 community so I guess Luke wanted to be in with the cool people there lol.
hehe 3 years of reading but without being able to post was no joke
Reagan's BR
Banned
I would guess somewhere in the mid twenties.
Vire
Member
He's still alive?
I thought he died from all the worldwide trips doing press for Halo.
Found it...
Man that was right when Frankie left, dark days indeed.
Deputy Moonman
Member
I don't remember how or when I found neogaf and became a registered member. I do remember getting a lengthy ban from Luke Smith on the bungie.net forums and coming over to neogaf asking if what I had said really deserved a ban. I think I called bungie a bunch of liars or something right before or sometime right after halo3 came out. I'm surprised people received me as well as they did, because I used to complain about halo3 non-stop. I was always a little sad that I didn't find neogaf sooner and get to know people during halo2 when i had much less to complain about. I seem to remember posting some moronic poem on here apologizing for the bungie.net incident... Hopefully that never comes to light again.
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Personally the halo starry night comercial gets me pumped!
GodlyPerfection
Member
I remember when I tried to get approved for NeoGAF. I setup with my work email at first. I waited like a year to get approved. And then when I finally got approved it was after I had separated from the Air Force so I changed it to my email at my blog and it put me back into the approval process for 6 more months. I was sad. 
Deputy Moonman
Member
Yes, that was an amazing commercial. Loved it.
They mini mates? I have a set, they are pretty cool.
neoism
Member
wow I totally forgot about that....
Haha I watched that comercial 50 times before the release! Not to mention all the vidocs I would rewatch.
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I found GAF through some source citation on a gaming blog, I think. Before GAF, I posted in a few Livejournal gaming communities (lol) and Bungie.net, and I read 4 Color Rebellion a lot, too. GAF was cooler and considerably funnier. I didn't play games or read GAF consistently for my first several years on here, but since Reach came out, I've been doing both A LOT more. I'm pretty sure my posts per day has increased ten fold, haha.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Wow, that video brought back some memories. I remember doing that in the Beta as well. Also, I realized I was listening to Taylor Swift the whole time I have been reading this. Subliminal something or another.
One thing about the insta-kill barriers in H3 and the soft kill zones in Reach that I didn't like was how it limited map "exploration". I spent a ton of time breaking the invisible walls in Halo 2.
ncsuDuncan
Member
What is with all this Halo talk in here? Haven't you been out celebrating the NCSU victory?
Or was that just me?
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I've been toying with the idea of a "HaloGAF History" page at the website for a while. I think it's time to bring that to fruition. Tomorrow, perhaps.
Or was that just me?
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I've been toying with the idea of a "HaloGAF History" page at the website for a while. I think it's time to bring that to fruition. Tomorrow, perhaps.
Make sure you say that when I joined HaloGAF grew some credibility as a skilled group of players.
Congrats to your Wolfpack, we played a debacle of a game. Unbelievable.
Steelyuhas
Member
Ads featuring in-game footage plz.
Halo 2 ads >>>>>
Seriously, it would be a damn crime to not do in-game ads for Halo 4 for a couple of reasons. First, the game is just damn gorgeous, so why not show it off in your ads. Most people that buy the game aren't scrounging GAF for footage, they don't know what the game looks like or why they should give a shit. Second, which plays into the first reason quite a bit, is that Halo simply isn't the "it" game anymore, and if you make a live action ad, all it states is "Halo", and someone that hasn't touched Halo in 5 years isn't given a reason why they should consider getting the game.
Halo 2 ads >>>>>
Seriously, it would be a damn crime to not do in-game ads for Halo 4 for a couple of reasons. First, the game is just damn gorgeous, so why not show it off in your ads. Most people that buy the game aren't scrounging GAF for footage, they don't know what the game looks like or why they should give a shit. Second, which plays into the first reason quite a bit, is that Halo simply isn't the "it" game anymore, and if you make a live action ad, all it states is "Halo", and someone that hasn't touched Halo in 5 years isn't given a reason why they should consider getting the game.
nillapuddin
Member
We didnt deserve to win with that atrocious second half
credit to the pack for sure
luckily my boys pulled off a great win tonight to save me from despair
Reagan's BR
Banned
The Halo 2 did you know box was funny when they updated it after 6 years before they took down OXBL.
Is there going to be one? Halo 3's ads were awesome. I've given up hope for good marketing like that.
Make sure there's a huge portion on the greatest junior wave of all time.
ncsuDuncan
Member
Imagine a slow zoom-in on a picture of a ceiling tile. Ken Burns style.
Thanks!
Really wish I had been at the stadium. Instead, I was watching on TV with some Virginia Tech friends - they got most of their entertainment from watching my despair turn into a nervous, cautious optimism that culminated in me leaping out of my chair.
You all can blame Sai Kun that I'm here. It was the advent of twitter and right when vidmasters released that I needed help and upon searching the trending topics found that kid, asked for help, and we finished it. Shortly after he would invite me to games and there were gaffers often sprinkled in (I remember Barrow specifically).
And also related, my buddies and I all lived in the fraternity house (surprise!) when Halo 3 was released and we watched all the ads on repeat the entire day leading us up to getting in line to wait. The consensus was that the Believe diorama ad was the best. of. all. time.
And also related, my buddies and I all lived in the fraternity house (surprise!) when Halo 3 was released and we watched all the ads on repeat the entire day leading us up to getting in line to wait. The consensus was that the Believe diorama ad was the best. of. all. time.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Include the great junior war or 2012 and the resulting bans.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Where did you preorder Halo 4 from?
Mister Negative
Member
i came because i sensed that people were saying something negative about Crackdown
I will end you
I will end you
Amazon for LE and Best Buy for regular. Should I switch? I could meet you somewhere in town to wait in line together!
Steelyuhas
Member
Hmm, I should do that.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Best Buy on 280 for the LE. Same one?
I haven't seen you on/played any games with you in forever.
Oh yeah, I also got friends and family beta for 3. That was a lot of fun.
Also got the Mythic maps a couple days early from Vic so I got to play with a lot of the press people and met a LOT of cool folks that way.
Also got the Mythic maps a couple days early from Vic so I got to play with a lot of the press people and met a LOT of cool folks that way.
Yuuuuup.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
I remember my first interaction with Frank back in early '07 when the Halo 3 F&F Beta was going on. I was lurking HaloGAF at the time and sent him a PM on Bnet that went something like this:
"fuck you bitch for giving gaf early access to the beta why do you give them so much credit and love them more there's more people on the internet than gaf you bitch"
"fuck you bitch for giving gaf early access to the beta why do you give them so much credit and love them more there's more people on the internet than gaf you bitch"
Reagan's BR
Banned
Done.
K