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Halo |OT5| Believe, Again
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Can we just play customs all the time from now on?
I am so tired of matchmaking; awful teammates, awful settings/gametypes (2 flag slayer wat, Slayer on Countdown), etc.
Although I think I'd prefer 110% speed/sprint ZB rather than 125%/NS, as 125% feels a bit too skatey for me; but its either way really. I know Over will hate me.
Or maybe I'll just play Warhammer 40k 6th edition all the time until Halo 4 comes out.
Man I was going to send you an invite after the game we got locked into, before the MLG hotness... because we were 5 at the time and with you, I had two others to send invites to.
We got out and you were offline
Man I was going to send you an invite after the game we got locked into, before the MLG hotness... because we were 5 at the time and with you, I had two others to send invites to.
We got out and you were offline
It's straight, I was playing with some old teammates.
Point is... you DO need to get in on these. It's more fun getting slapped by and slapping friends than general match making kids.
Truth
2 Flag Slayer is GENIUS.
You're bad.
I could make a montage about how bad Halo 3's netcode is. Playing MLG against americans with this connection and I still have a yellow bar ping and guys are shooting me through walls.
lol
here's mine
and halo 3 netcode is still poop.
Slapped by? Not sure that would happen
Play on my host scrub - you cry.
Don't make me post that exterm on Pit.
<3
I'll still play whatever, even with the iceskate feel its loads better than regular movement in Reach. And ZB is amazing.
I could make a montage about how bad Halo 3's netcode is. Playing MLG against americans with this connection and I still have a yellow bar ping and guys are shooting me through walls.
lol
You know distance still matters right? You can have all the bandwidth you want, but it takes time for information to travel halfway around the world... no matter the netcode.
I could make a montage about how bad Halo 3's netcode is. Playing MLG against americans with this connection and I still have a yellow bar ping and guys are shooting me through walls.
lol
I used to play Halo 3 on 2Mb Download. That was painful, no idea how I put up with people just sponging that much for 2 years. But now with 20DL/20UL I always pull host and it can be slightly enjoyable.
OverHeat
« generous god »
So true...Im getting my ass kick those days since I started playing with players from the US west coast. Still fun but Im sure Im gonna have to buy a new controller by the end of next week
No matter the netcode? Of course it matters, in Halo Reach I never have laggs, still get sometimes shooted through walls, but it's way better.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Let's not post download/upload speed again.
We should do an MLG Gaf night soon.
We should do an MLG Gaf night soon.
Stop it!I could make a montage about how bad Halo 3's netcode is. Playing MLG against americans with this connection and I still have a yellow bar ping and guys are shooting me through walls.
lol
The next 83747373758 pages will be filled with people posting their speedtest results.
Let's not post download/upload speed again.
We should do an MLG Gaf night soon.
I would like to join this. Maybe you guys could do a H2V night also.
Play on my host scrub - you cry.
Don't make me post that exterm on Pit.
I don't know what you're talking about lol
Let's not post download/upload speed again.
We should do an MLG Gaf night soon.
I agree, when i don't go into MLG as a random, my team always kicks ass.
doesn't happen too often though
I slightly agree, but there were a few couple epic parts to the campaign, like that final battle on The Covenant, and the Warthog Run at the end of Halo. Those were fun times.
It was pretty boring save for two levels. The final few levels were atrocious, and left a bad taste in my mouth.
H3 BR had severe bullet travel time... Reach and the DMR is nowhere near the same thing. Couple that with better prediction software... and boom. Better experience.
I think you read what I typed wrong... netcode and amount of bandwidth does not change the fact that distance matters. Place a hit scan BR in H3 and I bet you have a much better experience playing Americans.
squidhands
Member
Tell Frankie I said hi.
At least you're not a Hobbit, so there's that.
Sweet, I was hoping for some good Spidey action finally.
you talking in terms of how it looks, how it plays, or both?
Story-wise, maybe. In terms of gameplay, hell no. Playing it with Dax recently reminded me how much fun the campaign is to play; so many different ways to approach everything.
The part that bugged me the most about Halo 3, is that 3/5 of the campaign took place on earth. I want my Halo to take me to the edges of the galaxy and to places that couldn't possibly exist. That's what bugged me about 3 and Reach, they felt bland to me. I am excluding ODST because the Noire atmosphere of the game made up for the setting.
lol, Assault on the Control Room and The Library. Much rage came of that level. Anniversary made it prettier though and not as rage inducing.
Definitely. The fact that you're completely lost and don't know what's going on most of the time helps a lot
ElzarTheBam
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Both IMO, but you have to understand, I had the lowest expectations going into it. : )
Der Flatulator
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He's right. Gameplay and encounter wise it was good. But shit was the story boring.
Thagomizer
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Hooray Hickville ISPs!
squidhands
Member
Well I have none, so it might be worth it for me, woohoo!
You are probably right, but I doubt it's only because of hitscan. There are other factors that are playing a huge role, too.
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Sorry, I didn't realize this.
Edit 2: If somebody wants to hop onto Halo 3 or Reach, add me. GT same as username.
The Librarian
Banned
Heresy. Who said this and in what thread?
Change your ugly avatar and we might tell you.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
There's no time table yet because out of all the scheduling feedback I've received, there's only ONE time when two teams' schedules match up. I'm working on getting some basic tournament info up on HaloGAF.com this weekend. I'll be adding more matches up on that page as they're scheduled.
You make it sound so easy. How do captains just magically pick a time that works for everyone? Cause I could use some of that magic right now.
Honestly, if we were to do this all over (which I totally want to do after Halo 4 comes out), there's a lot of things I'd do differently. I like Booties' suggestion:
Start by picking a day and seeing who's available, and THEN making teams from those available people. But for better or for worse, we picked teams first, which now makes scheduling much more difficult. So, either we power through the process we're in now, or hit the reset button on the tournament entirely, or use some of that magic captain clairvoyance Karl's talking about (but for reals Karl, if you have a process that you think would work better, I want to hear it).
I think everyone was a fan of the Halo 3 DLC implementation. Then Microsoft decided it was too well done so they had to shoot Reach in the knees.
Also, just got back from buying my first eyeglasses. Know how they give you that test with the 7 rows of letters? My left eye can only make out the top 2. Had no idea it was that bad.
70$ for two pairs.
ElzarTheBam
Member
I think you'll like it, but I would also say rent it, rather than buy.
The Librarian
Banned
No need. I found it.
"Hey guys, here are the match-ups, you gotta play against each other before this deadline, if the match doesn't happen a coin-flip will decide the outcome. Go figure it out"
Done.
Also, this is why I thought a 4v4 tournament wouldn't work. Way too many people that have to get online at the same time.
I feel like the only way you would ever have this work is people pick their own teams and make a flex schedule. It wouldn't be single elimination, you would need to come up with a point system or something. Hyper lives in Germany, I don't see me and him being on at the same time for this. You might also want to look into doing seperate US/Euro comps and then the best from each region could play in the final.
I do find that bandwidth plays a much bigger role in Reach than it does with Halo 3, I felt that bloom behaved different when you are host than when you are offhost.
Halo 3 DLC implementation was fucking terrible. Locked out of most playlists if you don't buy these crappy maps. Yeah, I sure want to spend 10 bucks on Sandtrap 2.0 Forge version to get to play BTB again. Having to spend nearly $100 to get access to all the playlists? Terrible. Not again.
I don't know what's the solution other than a games/server list. Apparently that's way too above people's heads. Way too complicated even though these same people can operate computers and smartphones and other technologies. Oh games/server list... That's like fucking rocket science to some.
I don't know what's the solution other than a games/server list. Apparently that's way too above people's heads. Way too complicated even though these same people can operate computers and smartphones and other technologies. Oh games/server list... That's like fucking rocket science to some.
Its easy. You/fracas say have the games played by xx/xx/xxxx and post the bracket. Then let's say Karl v. Wu is one of the matchups. Then we message each other with possible times. If there's no good times then you guys can either rematch the bracket or throw in alternates.
The way it's set up right now makes you a largely redundant step.
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