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[heckfu]

Halo 4 has 200+ GB of audio recorded so far, crazy.

jesus they're ruining the franchise. i won't be on board until i hear the word terabyte in the mix.

 

[BackdoorBeauty]

Random Reach fact for the day: Assault/Commando chest piece is the only chest piece that gives you a backpack.

Hmmm

Its more like an ass-pack. Or a reverse fanny pack. Not a backpack.

 

[Barrow Roll]

What's the best playlist these days? I always loved me some team snipes.

Personally, I say The Arena, if you can get games.

DMR/AR starts across the board, Sprint and Hologram only, 85% bloom.

 

[Plywood]

Its more like an ass-pack. Or a reverse fanny pack. Not a backpack.

whatever, manpurse total:

 

[Gui_PT]

Halo 4 has 200+ GB of audio recorded so far, crazy.

How many DVD's just for that?

And people were complaining about the game being in 2 discs the other day

 

[Overdoziz]

Personally, I say The Arena, if you can get games.

DMR/AR starts across the board, Sprint and Hologram only, 85% bloom.

Could do with less terrible maps. No Sword Base, Reflection and none of the current community Forge maps.

I miss Squad Slayer.

 

[Poker Face]

my halo 2 disk just became unreadable.

good night sweet prince.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Now I'm really curious what that Tasmenian devil sound is going to be for. I'm going to bet on it being for grunts. It suits their "scarier" look.

 

[squidhands]

jesus they're ruining the franchise. i won't be on board until i hear the word terabyte in the mix.

You're really reaching now. Gigabytes arent going anywhere so i suggest you get used to it.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Anyone want to split a hotel room to save cash?

I might be down. Gotta figure out a few things first. I'll PM ya if you still need someone to split costs.

How many DVD's just for that?

And people were complaining about the game being in 2 discs the other day

*Elite grunts* "Please swap in disc 7 to hear his death cry"

 

[Homeboyd]

my halo 2 disk just became unreadable.

good night sweet prince.

I lost my disc a long time ago when I moved...

Would love to play it again. Been so long...

 

[The Henery]

my halo 2 disk just became unreadable.

good night sweet prince.

 

[FyreWulff]

It's $2.00 for any T ride. $1.70 if you can find a free Charlie Card laying around.

Too bad we can't have cheap high speed rail because derp a herp politics

 

[Tashi]

Posting this here because it's awesome




http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/5203650/Additional_Matchmaking_Changes-4_23_2012#blog

With the launch of Season 7, we briefly relaxed matchmaking settings to occasionally match players with opponents that were slightly more or less skilled. We quickly found that these changes had undesirable consequences for players at the extreme ends of the skill range, and reverted to the previous matchmaking settings in response. After analyzing the data and reviewing player feedback, we found that the loosened matchmaking settings had a positive impact on many players that weren’t playing at those extremes.

With that in mind, we are now ready to move back to the more relaxed matchmaking system, after making some improvements to correct the issues we were seeing at the extreme ends. Players should find that a larger proportion of their matches are against opponents of similar skill, but there is some room to allow players to compete against easier and more difficult opponents. As a result of this change, players at the highest and lowest ends of the skill ranges should no longer be negatively impacted by the loosened matchmaking changes.

Matchmaking will not be more relaxed at the highest skill levels. In fact, we’ve tuned matchmaking at the very high end to favor more competitive matches over faster matchmaking. While this may have some impact on wait times, we believe that this adjustment will improve the ladder experience for high level players and make practicing on the ladder better than it has ever been.
As always, we will continue to monitor the effects of these changes and make further adjustments if necessary.

So basically if you're really amazing or amazingly bad, you'll match against similarly skilled opponents only. However, if you find yourself in the middle, the matchmaking will be a little looser letting you match against slightly better or slight worse players in addition to players of the same skill.

Bravo

 

[zap]

I'd be tempted to pick up a PAX Prime pass, but I'm not sure if its worth it to travel from NZ to the States for it (I do have access to cheaper flights potentially, but still...).

Is PAX worth the trip?

 

[Stinkles]

Posting this here because it's awesome




http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/5203650/Additional_Matchmaking_Changes-4_23_2012#blog



So basically if you're really amazing or amazingly bad, you'll match against similarly skilled opponents only. However, if you find yourself in the middle, the matchmaking will be a little looser letting you match against slightly better or slight worse players in addition to players of the same skill.

Bravo

But how will amazingly good players get to dong mercilessly on amazingly bad players. And what if the amazingly bad players get an accidental kill? (ACTUAL complaint I have read from amazingly good players)

 

[Stinkles]

I'd be tempted to pick up a PAX Prime pass, but I'm not sure if its worth it to travel from NZ to the States for it (I do have access to cheaper flights potentially, but still...).

Is PAX worth the trip?

View from your house:

View from my house:

 

[TheOddOne]

Bahahhahahahah.

 

[Hypertrooper]

I'd be tempted to pick up a PAX Prime pass, but I'm not sure if its worth it to travel from NZ to the States for it (I do have access to cheaper flights potentially, but still...).

Is PAX worth the trip?

I'd say yes. Hell I think it is worth saving every penny for the flight. Meeting the people you write with/to everyday is a pretty good reason.

 

[The Librarian]

But how will amazingly good players get to dong mercilessly on amazingly bad players. And what if the amazingly bad players get an accidental kill? (ACTUAL complaint I have read from amazingly good players)

Most of the time they're aren't entirely mine. They're usually assists.

Obviously Halo 4 needs a "no assists" playlist.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

I'd say yes. Hell I think it is worth saving every penny for the flight. Meeting the people you write with everyday is a pretty good reason.

Essentially the reason im going, think its going to be great to meet you guys and hopefully some 343 guys aswell.

Im basically putting every penny i earn into going and im already fucking excited.

How much free swag did you guys pick up last year, worth bringing extra storage for ?

 

[The Librarian]

Tashi, how's the podcast coming?

 

[Stinkles]

Essentially the reason im going, think its going to be great to meet you guys and hopefully some 343 guys aswell.

Im basically putting every penny i earn into going and im already fucking excited.

How much free swag did you guys pick up last year, worth bringing extra storage for ?

View from your house:

 

[StalkerUKCG]

View from your house:

Your jelly

 

[NullPointer]

And what if the amazingly bad players get an accidental kill? (ACTUAL complaint I have read from amazingly good players)

That never ever ever ever ever happened before bloom was introduced.

 

[Gui_PT]

Essentially the reason im going, think its going to be great to meet you guys and hopefully some 343 guys aswell.

Im basically putting every penny i earn into going and im already fucking excited.

How much free swag did you guys pick up last year, worth bringing extra storage for ?

How much for the plane ticket? Have any idea?

 

[Overdoziz]

Your jelly

His jelly?

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Quick and crappy, an update on my attempt to re-imagine a Jackal:

(crappy cellphone picture with flash. Ill put a decent copy up once I finish it)

Once again, I am looking for comments and critique.

Also, I still am not happy about how far I departed from the Jackals established skull structure.. I was using the comments describing Halo 4's Jackal as a cross between an Iguana and a Shark and kinda gave it my own twist. Im gonna finish it and then try again, this time trying to make it more alien and Jackal like.

 

[Tashi]

But how will amazingly good players get to dong mercilessly on amazingly bad players. And what if the amazingly bad players get an accidental kill? (ACTUAL complaint I have read from amazingly good players)

Those weren't amazingly good players

Spoiler

...at least I hope not lol

Tashi, how's the podcast coming?

Everyone has their own schedules and Omlet has some serious internet problems so I guess it's delayed lol. I'm not rushing though, I wanna make sure it's a good one.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

His jelly?

Yes

How much for the plane ticket? Have any idea?

About costing me about £400-£500 per person.

 

[Tunavi]

Today I learned they are reconstructing the World Trade Center

 

[Gui_PT]

About costing me about £400-£500 per person.

Ok hey bring me some swag will you? =P

 

[Fuchsdh]

How many DVD's just for that?

And people were complaining about the game being in 2 discs the other day

200GB is not a whole lot of audio when you consider they're prolly recording at something like 96kHz/24bit. That'll get downsampled to 48kHz/16bit at the very least in the final game.

Most media that gets recorded is never going to be used, unless you're doing an animated feature, in which case if you've got shots you aren't going to use you're failing at your job.

 

[MrGreencastle]

Quick and crappy, an update on my attempt to re-imagine a Jackal:

(crappy cellphone picture with flash. Ill put a decent copy up once I finish it)

Once again, I am looking for comments and critique.

Also, I still am not happy about how far I departed from the Jackals established skull structure.. I was using the comments describing Halo 4's Jackal as a cross between an Iguana and a Shark and kinda gave it my own twist. Im gonna finish it and then try again, this time trying to make it more alien and Jackal like.

That's really cool looking. Man, I wish I could draw

 

[Gui_PT]

200GB is not a whole lot of audio when you consider they're prolly recording at something like 96kHz/24bit. That'll get downsampled to 48kHz/16bit at the very least in the final game.

Most media that gets recorded is never going to be used, unless you're doing an animated feature, in which case if you've got shots you aren't going to use you're failing at your job.

It was a joke =(

A bad one, but still a joke

 

[Hypertrooper]

What do you still want to know about Halo 4? We'll be talking with 343 Industries for an upcoming podcast, and we'll ask the developer your questions.

We've spent the month laying out all the details about Halo 4 that we gleaned from our visit to 343 Industries. But what features about the game are you still excited to learn more about?

Write your question into the Comments thread below, and we'll gather a random assortment of questions to ask 343.

For all our coverage of Halo 4, click on the banner below.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/25/calling-all-questions-halo-4.aspx

 

[The Librarian]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/25/calling-all-questions-halo-4.aspx

I don't feel like signing up for GI's website, so I'll ask here what I would've asked there:

Will the pro-pipe return for Halo 4?

 

[Barrow Roll]

Could do with less terrible maps. No Sword Base, Reflection and none of the current community Forge maps.

I miss Squad Slayer.

Yeah, but I sure don't miss people jetpacking to ring 2 on Asylum, and camo snipers, or having to group vote so we don't get stuck with Pistol/AR starts. Plus not being able to see the other team in the pre-game lobby really helps against quitting. Too many times the opposing team would see they're facing a full party and immediately quit. Not being able to see other votes also helps deter "strategic" voting and encourages you to just vote for what you or your team wants to play.

 

[Striker]

Ask about the Spartan Laser.

 

[Homeboyd]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/25/calling-all-questions-halo-4.aspx

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[Gui_PT]

finaloblivion13 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 04:22 PM
Will there be dual wielding?

Waste of a question

 

[zap]

View from your house:

View from my house:

So much more badass. Plus Hobbits? I heard Seattle just rains.

You can't compete with our ugly parliament buildings though!

 

[ElzarTheBam]

View from your house:

You love northern lasses, don't you lie.

 

[The Librarian]

Waste of a question

Yeah? What would you ask, Gui?

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Waste of a question

Ugh i hate these public QandA type things, the uninformed masses ask already answered questions and those questions get picked via the sorting team and answered.

A dream question list would be


Is The Grenade Launcher Returning?

Does Forge have terrain altering properties?

Is the game built with Customization DLC as an option from day 1?

What maps are returning?

Is spartan ops limited to only S IV away missions or could the delivery method also give the user short stories ala playable "another day at the beach".

ect

 

[Gui_PT]

Yeah? What would you ask, Gui?

Something they might actually answer?

Hmm.. Any new human vehicles?

 

[NullPointer]

How many points are needed to unlock the BR?

Will Halo 4 include daily and weekly challenges?

When is the PC version release date?

 

[Steelyuhas]

Happy Birthday Therms!

Seattle, Washington. $65 for the 3-day pass.

Oh Shit!

I thought it was way more expensive than that. I think I'll be punching a ticket to PAX this year in that case.

Also, tried Trials Evolution, bought the full game 5 seconds later. This is awesome!

 

[StalkerUKCG]

More PAX people makes me a happy Stalker

 

[FyreWulff]

How many points are needed to unlock the BR?

eleventy billion

When is the PC version release date?

Same day Reach 1.2 comes out