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[Kibbles]

Same just happened to someone in the OT. They must've turned the switch back on.

Yup, banned from the game like him. I thought we were good to go. Xo

[edit] Just saw the above post. Cool. I guess I'll get back to playing Campaign. The random ban happened while I was at the end of the e3 demo level and now I can only go back and start from the last Rally Point, which is of course before some hard parts (Legendary). :'(

 

[User 73706]

Who wouldn't want to see Lasky naked tho

protip: nobody

love love love your avatar. What's it from? Looks like it could be from some spiffy Flash game or something, haha.

Guys, lay off the salt. It's starting to get pretty rank in here.

 

[Tashi]

Hahaha my name is all up in that Halo 4 opening vid. Pretty cool.

 

[TheOddOne]

Well I guess no more junior jokes! Feels like escaped death.

 

[Overdoziz]

That commentator 'booth' is just sad, haha.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Bravo in a suit. Now that's the way to do it gentlemen.

That commentator 'booth' is just sad, haha.

Yeah. It's... yeah.. yeeeessh.

 

[DopeyFish]

Now I feel bad... I just saw the biggest 7 year old halo fan walk by excited as shit because he got the game somewhere

Oh man he's gonna be soured when he gets knocked off live lol

 

[Abdozer]

Sound low on the stream for anyone else?

 

[Enfinit]

Those two booth broadcasters look so dapper.

 

[NobleGundam]

Well I guess no more junior jokes! Feels like escaped death.

OddOne is king of Juniors still, who will lead them? Who!?

 

[Tashi]

Sound low on the stream for anyone else?

Player volume defaults to 50%

 

[Account Attempt #4]

Ahh, the value of a couple lights and a proper white balance. :-/


vvv The ban hammer's gone sentient. You could be next. Top of page post has it.

 

[Devin Olsen]

uhmm what?

This just happened to my friend.

He is playing on a unmodded console so don't bother asking that.

He has a retail copy of the game, and just started playing today. What's the deal, I was under the impression that we were free to go online?

Edit: Shit i am lame and missed Frankies post.

Thanks for the response, looking forward to getting him back online.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Damn, the banhammer is comin' down left and right

 

[IHaveIce]

Random Bans Happening - Please Spread the Word:

Not us, and we are escalating it to be fixed.

Oh now I'm glad I didn't bought it earlier today or yesterday.


I have to find excuses

Well I guess no more junior jokes! Feels like escaped death.

Now you aren't special anymore

 

[Zeouterlimits]

http://i.imgur.com/LpTYnl.jpg[IMG]

uhmm what?
under the impression that we were free to go online?[/QUOTE]
Look at the top of the page. Issue just popped up.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

So why did Arena fail in Reach, and why would Halo 4's ranking system work? From what I see, it doesn't fix anything Arena did wrong and only makes it worse by hiding the main point of ranking (the actual ranks) outside of the game.

If people don't see what they get from playing ranked playlists, I don't see how Halo 4's ranking will be any better than Arena.

My proposed way to ad a decent ranking system to Halo 4 would be:
-Always show someones skill rank and tie unlocking stuff (no gameplay relates things, just armor and skins) to leveling up
-Have 3 or 4 ranked playlists: (Infinity) Slayer, Doubles, Objective (Flag, King of the Hill and Oddball) and maybe MLG/Slayer pro
-Add better ways to detect boosters and derankers and punish them really harsh. If sexism can get you perma banned, so should boosting, cheating.

This way, you concentrate the people who want to play ranked in certain playlists, add an incentive to rank up and possibly make it harder for cheaters/boosters/derankers to ruin to fun for everyone else.

I do want to know why specifically the current approach is chosen by 343. Can't the detection of cheaters etc. not be made tighter? Or would there be too many duplicate playlists?

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Random Bans Happening -

For some reason this made me think of this.

Cazic-Thule's death touch hits YOU for 9001 damage! You have been slain...

 

[TS x Massacre]

PEEEEEJAYYYY

Stream was at 10.4k viewers before offline status.

 

[TheOddOne]

Add better ways to detect boosters and derankers and punish them really harsh. If sexism can get you perma banned, so should boosting, cheating.

This is your strongest point and should be emphasised.

 

[L1NETT]

The MLG stream not working for anyone else?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Stream a hour late, gets started, goes down in 10 minutes

MLG™

Fix this shit, CyRen

 

[Garrett 2U]

The MLG stream not working for anyone else?

It just stopped for me too

 

[YourExWife]

Stream a hour late, gets started, goes down in 10 minutes

MLG™

Fix this shit, CyRen

At this point, MLG has literally never had a flawless streaming weekend since '10.

 

[TS x Massacre]

At this point, MLG has literally never had a flawless streaming weekend since '10.

Blame Halo (Since '10 they have been for anyways )

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Well I guess no more junior jokes! Feels like escaped death.

I don't even know you anymore.

 

[Enfinit]

Stream a hour late, gets started, goes down in 10 minutes

MLG™

Fix this shit, CyRen

 

[Korosenai]

MLG stream is crap.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Your second point i gather will have less impact as you progress in your ranks, by the time you are 40+ you should only be matched against people who care about the W.

Im guessing some playlist wont have join in progress, the community will only care about ranks in these playlists, you could say this will be untainted ranks.

your points are valid, but I also understand the situation about booster and cheaters, and ways to fight them, from my experience is really hard to come up with an automated software that can deal with this problem.

But if I want to play socially in that playlist, there is a chance I still would have to play really competitively to not lose my rank even though I wouldn't really feel like doing so.

 

[Homeboyd]

Does Halo 4 have GonD codes yet?

 

[Gr1mLock]

Worst stream ever. In every way conceivable.

 

[Voltron64]

Random Bans Happening - Please Spread the Word:

Not us, and we are escalating it to be fixed.

NOOOOO!!!

I just got home with these.

 

[TheOddOne]

I don't even know you anymore.

You have to pick from the new crop. My lawyer will be sending you the divorce papers tomorrow.

 

[Caja 117]

So why did Arena fail in Reach, and why would Halo 4's ranking system work? From what I see, it doesn't fix anything Arena did wrong and only makes it worse by hiding the main point of ranking (the actual ranks) outside of the game.

IMO, I think the main problem with Arena was that your rank got restarted every new season add to that that your rank was based on individual performance.

 

[The Librarian]

The announcement says they've yet to figure out which it'll be I believe.

Oh okay. I mean, even the competitive ones may not end up being competitive given the implementation, but I'd rather stick to social playlists just to be safe.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Twitch Stream for MLG.

 

[MrGreencastle]

But if I want to play socially in that playlist, there is a chance I still would have to play really competitively to not lose my rank even though I wouldn't really feel like doing so.

That's why the rank is displayed outside of the game. Rank every playlist. No point in having two of each, in my opinion. As long as I get matched with people of similar skill - I don't care. The ranks are there if you want them.

 

[Poker Face]

so mlg stream is dead.

cool

Twitch Stream for MLG.

THANK YOU

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

http://www.twitch.tv/event/mlg

Working for me.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

You have to pick from the new crop. My lawyer will be sending you the divorce papers tomorrow.

Is your lawyer Beckx? That backstabber.

 

[blinkz]

Yeah I just got banned from h4 MM with a legit copy, hopefully this is fixed soon

 

[Account Attempt #4]

1st match on a Forge map. Looks like MLG.

 

[kylej]

tune in to my first match of Halo 4 MLG and all I see are grey blocks

gg Certain Affinity

 

[MrGreencastle]

Wow... It feels strange to say it, but Relay looks really fun.

Well I guess no more junior jokes! Feels like escaped death.

Huzzah!

 

[kittens]

Well I guess no more junior jokes! Feels like escaped death.

Finally!

 

[TS x Massacre]

Ninja hitting the Tashi Ceiling like a boss.

 

[Overdoziz]

Opening with a FFA Fiesta game on Regray.
smh

 

[Poker Face]

tune in to my first match of Halo 4 MLG and all I see are grey blocks

gg Certain Affinity

greylo 4

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Seeing Pros play FFA Fiesta is bizarre. So hectic.
It's the kind of thing I really only see at customs (rarely) and at lan parties, because the casuals LOVE it.

Not necessary against it happening as a once off in the tourney, for a silly distraction.

 

[Voltron64]

Which disc am I supposed to install?