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Halo |OT18| We're Back Baby!
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aHebrewMenagerie
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TIE? WHAT?
Treythalomew
Member
First kill wins? Mannnnn that sucks.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
T-T-Tie Breaker
YourExWife
Member
Tiebreaker is first kill?
BlueScrote
Member
This has been way more entertaining than I imagined it would have been.
Syphon Filter
Member
They had a halo 3 one earlier first.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
A.. SUDDEN DEATH.. for 200 GRAND..
Crazy.
Crazy.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Yep, 343i/MS you sly dogs you. Damn even my heart rate jumped just watching that last match!
Treythalomew
Member
I wonder what the time limit will be because I can't imagine even leaving my spawn side knowing it's one kill.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
I was thinking they were just going to split the Prize Money between the two. 
$200,000+$70,000 split between the two would have been $135,000. I wouldn't have minded that if I was either of them.
$200,000+$70,000 split between the two would have been $135,000. I wouldn't have minded that if I was either of them.
Treythalomew
Member
I was thinking they were just going to split the Prize Money between the two.
$200,000+$70,000 split between the two would have been $135,000. I wouldn't have minded that if I was either of them.
But who gets trophy? THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Just confirmed, one kill $200K. Imagine the rage/excitement bubbling...
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
Poker Face
Member
noooooo
Syphon Filter
Member
Ace wins!!!!!!!!!!
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
HOLY SHIT!!! that last kill encounter.
HALO IS ALIVE AND WELL!
HALO IS ALIVE AND WELL!
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Pistola is going to beat himself up over challenging Legit with a one kill lead lol
BlueScrote
Member
Great end to the tournament, especially considering I came in with zero hype.
Don't get too crazy now.
Poker Face
Member
let's not get carried away
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Cheering Frenzy
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
The ending was beautiful. Seriously the sportsmanship was outstanding. As soon as the game over the first thing they do is go in for a hug. Beautiful.
The Halo fanbase is incredible. CHEERPOCALYPSE!
The Halo fanbase is incredible. CHEERPOCALYPSE!
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
HALO CHANT OMG
:')
:')
Syphon Filter
Member
Told yall ace will win. Also he should have had it when he tossed a nade and the other dude had low health.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Damn that was some hype shit. Now give me more of it a i might get back into halo
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Pffft. Equal to any MLG I've watched in the last 10+ years. Better than most MLG I've watched. Far better than the sledging at COD tournies.
Shit guys, this was awesome!
YourExWife
Member
lolwut?
Poker Face
Member
I agree it was awesome, but it doesn't mean Halo's back
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Props to 343 for hosting this, that was a great tournament.
All we need now is a solid Halo game to play and we might be getting somewhere.
That tiebreaker round was insane
All we need now is a solid Halo game to play and we might be getting somewhere.
That tiebreaker round was insane
Syphon Filter
Member
What happened with the Halo 5 trailer , i thought they would reveal it here.
False hope.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
What are you talking about? The maps used were great, the settings used were great, the players and community was great, the feed was great, the hype was great.
I'm now positive that HaloGAF doesn't know what good to great Halo is. Oh but let's let Flinch ruin what was a top shelf global tournament and finals/stream event.
Seriously fucking fantastic and some of the best Halo I've seen in a looong time.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
To be honest this was better than any MLG I'm recent memory that Virgin partnership has been great. I would be behind more content like this streaming to my Xbox. Even for a weak title like Halo 4 the hype was strong. If this was H2 or H3 at peak population the viewer figures would be astronomical.
With a partnership than can poney up $300,000 prize money if 343i could deliver an exceptional Halo title then I can see it pulling huge numbers daily. Maybe even the highest it's ever had. Gaming is bigger than ever, give it Super Bowl hype levels and instill In kids heads that they are in with a chance to win $200K and you have a recipe for success
With a partnership than can poney up $300,000 prize money if 343i could deliver an exceptional Halo title then I can see it pulling huge numbers daily. Maybe even the highest it's ever had. Gaming is bigger than ever, give it Super Bowl hype levels and instill In kids heads that they are in with a chance to win $200K and you have a recipe for success
I don't know why anyone would believe this when you more or less work for them. The game itself still sucks.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
I don't get these 343 guys. This is REAL Halo yet not representative of the game they made. Get it together and make Halo like this again.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Legit would've missed that shot with a single shot weapon lol; caught Pistola with the BR sweep. It breaks my heart that this is still the weapon of competitive Halo.
When Legit tied the game, Pistola jumped over the wall to drop down and challenge even though he had a one kill lead.
When Legit tied the game, Pistola jumped over the wall to drop down and challenge even though he had a one kill lead.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Wrong. I'm a volunteer moderator, that's it. I'm a day one CE fan and I've had my criticisms of Halo 4, Reach, 3, 2 and even CE. I don't let it taint my overall satisfaction with the franchise.
Oh man all this GC combined with X1 Halo, 60fps + regional dedicated servers and I'm seriously excited for the next title(s) and media.
If you are sucking lemons right now then I don't know what to say, there was nothing bad about the finals at all. Pure Halo from the best around the world and delivered in format with all the bells and whistles from the franchise. What more could you ask for?
Poker Face
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I'm not saying the settings were bad. I'm saying that just because we had a night that felt like the good old days, doesn't mean tomorrow will feel the same. Ordnance is still shitty. Perks still suck. Jetpack still exists on the Pit. Oh and to top it all off the game will probably fall off the top 10 before it's 1 year anniversary.
Halo isn't fucking back, and it won't be until 343 releases a good/innovative Halo game that people want to play.
That was a great tournament but let's not kid ourselves Halo still has some major problems. Skyline is a pretty mediocre-bad map by small Halo map standards, for example. A lot of good those two BTB map packs are doing right now, hmm?
The championships shows that there's a great framework for Halo to succeed in but they need to try to fill it from the start. If multiplayer had had better direction from early on in development we wouldn't have a lot of the problems we're stuck with today and it's maybe we wouldn't have such trouble getting 30k people to play the game at once.
Halo 5 has a great opportunity to regain some of the success of 2, 3, and even Reach, but it's up to 343 to not waste it at this point. If they can return to the roots of why Halo was fun, and get the game out early enough in the generation to gain the strong foothold Halo had before CoD became the juggernaut it is now, they'll be able to build up a strong playerbase again and we won't have to post charts bar graphs showing just how dire things are.
The championships shows that there's a great framework for Halo to succeed in but they need to try to fill it from the start. If multiplayer had had better direction from early on in development we wouldn't have a lot of the problems we're stuck with today and it's maybe we wouldn't have such trouble getting 30k people to play the game at once.
Halo 5 has a great opportunity to regain some of the success of 2, 3, and even Reach, but it's up to 343 to not waste it at this point. If they can return to the roots of why Halo was fun, and get the game out early enough in the generation to gain the strong foothold Halo had before CoD became the juggernaut it is now, they'll be able to build up a strong playerbase again and we won't have to post charts bar graphs showing just how dire things are.
Nah, the tourney itself was good. And I know you're a volunteer. But you don't have to market the game to us. It took a year of patches, tweaks, DLC, whining, a million mistakes, and plenty of pain to get to this point. A couple good matches doesn't make me want to resub to xbl or buy an xbone.
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