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US only
and I know there won't be enough interest for an Aussie/NZ one.Looks good tho Ram.
Zeouterlimits
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U.S. only? That's a shame, I think there's a way of getting it to work. 2 v 2 is a good idea though.
May volunteer to organise a non-US one, if someone already hasn't?
May volunteer to organise a non-US one, if someone already hasn't?
What is the typical time difference for someone in the US & someone in Ireland? Seems like it was always like 8 AM or something crazy when I would play with Dani @ 12-1 AM my time.
Deputy Moonman
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Oh by the way, you east coasters may get another round of crap weather Nor'easter looks to come through Tuesday night into Wednesday. Gonna move from the Virginia coast right up into Long Island. It's probably going to complicate clean up efforts from Sandy and more people are going to lose power due to strong winds. Plus snow...
Nor'easter looks to come through Tuesday night into Wednesday. Gonna move from the Virginia coast right up into Long Island. It's probably going to complicate clean up efforts from Sandy and more people are going to lose power due to strong winds. Plus snow...Oh by the way, you east coasters may get another round of crap weather
FUCK MY BALLS!
lol I'll probably lose power the night I get Halo 4 hahahaha
Zeouterlimits
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West Coast to Ireland is 8 hours, yup yup.
My idea was localising all but the semis and final, which is still possible.
Although that's faulty because a US versus the world setup will likely be unbalanced because of the number of players in the U.S.. You should proceed as normal, perhaps we can think about a testimonial when things are a bit more underway.
Ranking up is very quick. I think I'm SR-19 and I don't feel like I've played online that much, probably about 20-25 matches. I don't have any of that DubXP stuff either.
Barrow Roll
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I bet it's Bravo.I already have a partner so don't bother asking
Deputy Moonman
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You can always crash at my place, but it'd be a long drive, roughly 1320 miles
That's Wednesday afternoon according to the latest run of the WRF, assuming it even has a grasp on the setup. Could be some 50-60 mile per hour winds with it or worse, and temps will probably be at or below zero. Sorry for the OT. I'm done!
JimiNutz
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I've only ever really dabbled in Halo mp and am an average (at best) player with maybe a 1.1 k/d ratio on Reach.
Anyway, will Halo 4 on the way I decided to jump back into mp.
Been playing the Anniversary playlist and am having so much fun.
I never played any CE mp but this mode is by far my favourite version of Halo mp. The movement speed is so much better, there are no annoying AA and the pistol is amazing. So much more fun for me with some epic magnum shoot outs.
Are there going to be any modes in Halo 4 that are similar to this?
Are any weapons similar in power to the pistol? I also like the DMR in normal Reach mp. Is the Halo 4 DMR any different? More/less powerful?
Anyway, will Halo 4 on the way I decided to jump back into mp.
Been playing the Anniversary playlist and am having so much fun.
I never played any CE mp but this mode is by far my favourite version of Halo mp. The movement speed is so much better, there are no annoying AA and the pistol is amazing. So much more fun for me with some epic magnum shoot outs.
Are there going to be any modes in Halo 4 that are similar to this?
Are any weapons similar in power to the pistol? I also like the DMR in normal Reach mp. Is the Halo 4 DMR any different? More/less powerful?
Nope, but you're close.
MrGreencastle
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Brova?
Deputy Moonman
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u4ix?
Deputy Moonman
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MaximumFlipFlop
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Sorry for posting that shit here guys, you don't need to know that.
Der Flatulator
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Am I the only guy on HaloGAF that hasn't played Halo 4 yet?
:/
:/
Barrow Roll
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Ryaaan?
Yup!
I haven't.
Deputy Moonman
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Eh I think everyone is glad to know you're alright.
I've played Halo4... in my dreams.
Pop
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Barrow Roll
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You're gonna need a bigger backpack.
I have to say, sooo many people have the game already. Worst launch ever.
Deputy Moonman
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Ramirez, you're avatar makes me laugh every single time I see it. I'm not much of a Steelers fan though. Troy seems pretty down to earth, but I always wonder how people really are in real life, like all the celebrities that you find out are d-bags.
I kind of agree, but I don't think it can really be helped. That doesn't stop me from throwing a hissy fit about it.
Hypertrooper
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I wish I'd live in the US. But I hope every US Gaffer with streaming option is going to stream their games.
But I hope every US Gaffer with streaming option is going to stream their games.
Deputy Moonman
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Chatter has died down
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...igital-music&field-keywords=halo+4+soundtrack
I don't know if this is what you're looking for or not, but amazon already has the individual songs and albums I believe for download:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...igital-music&field-keywords=halo+4+soundtrack
Thanks, that's what I'm looking for.
Zeouterlimits
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Yeah, I'm going to pop up a non-US thread Tourney Thread!
Need a non-US Commissioner to be my wing-man.
Ram, your tourney covers South America too, yes?
Need a non-US Commissioner to be my wing-man.
Ram, your tourney covers South America too, yes?
Would love to have a Euro version, but are there enough of us?
Tha Robbertster
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I'd be in for it!
Zeouterlimits
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Not for 32 teams, unless General-GAF hype was huge, and even then we'd lose a lot of those people over time.
Hypertrooper
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I heard Xand lives in Europe now...
The Henery
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Good shit, monkey.
This is great. Can't wait to play this game.
Did anyone truly expect anything else? If the co-op netcode had seen a radical improvement over its previous iterations 343 would have been shouting it from the rooftops early on. There was no reason or indication to believe that it would be significantly improved.
That's good. Hopefully they go the whole hog and hide other players votes too; without the ability to change your vote, you lose the ability to switch to the 'lesser of two evils' if you see your choice will not win. This will instill an overly cautious voting style where players will wait until the last second to cast their vote.
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RE: HAVOK'S REVIEW
Good writeup, I certainly didn't feel it was overly negative, it was a very optimistic and bright piece with the inevitable caveats thrown in. It's also difficult to rave positively about the Campaign when you can't refer to its story or gameplay segments.
The only point among the ire that really, really concerns me is the description of JIP and more specifically its horror story of the team of eight flattening an endless stream of randoms in MM.
Let me be clear: being pitted against communicative teams of 8 when I'm playing alone or with one other has completely ruined more games of Halo for me than any cheating/boosting/standbying in ranked playlist games EVER did. I reached the upper echelons of most of Halo 3's ranked playlists and was standby-ed no more than a handfull of times, if that and I played thousands of ranked games.
This notion from 343 (and Bungie before them) that 1-50 skill ranks damaged games of Halo whilst simultaneously presiding over a system that routinely matches you and cobbled together players against pre-formed teams of eight (often of a significantly higher skill sum total), in which you are there only to be the one-way pleasure receptacle of all power weapons and vehicles on the map until you quit or hide in an obscure corner and go away from their videogame for ten minutes... it is a pretty shameful hypocrisy but one that is so easily remedied too.
343 likes to talk the talk on more stringent skill matching and 'improved matchmaking' in Halo 4 but will they actually walk the walk? The trimming down of the playlist count means higher playlist populations. Higher playlist populations mean party-size matching is as entirely possible as it is necessary.
Basically I never, ever want to come up against a full party when I'm playing with anything less, and the low playlist count means 343 has no excuse to not implement party-size matching. Do not let this shit mar Halo MM yet again.
ElzarTheBam
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I also heard he LOVES reach, and T Squared.
I am Xand
Well eh... why would you spend so many resources on a 4-player co-op mode if co-op doesn't even work properly?
Deputy Moonman
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I know that feel. For me, playing solo in Reach and running into partied up players was far worse than anything ever experienced in Halo2 and 3 matchmaking, period. Hoping beyond hope that what you bring up in this post doesn't become the norm in Halo 4. I still want a mercs playlist, personally.
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