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[wwm0nkey]

We need to start planning the HaloGaf PAX meet-up. Get 343 there. Preferably at night for drinks this time instead of breakfast (or both!).

EDIT: HaloGaf meet-up at 343 studios for Halo 4 play night. (In my dreams).

I'm not 21, am I allowed to join? lol

 

[The Henery]

Seconded. Playing pro variants is my favorite gametype that comes up in Reach. Natural selection tells me to learn situational awareness or die trying.

Also, SWAT. Can we get a tiny, insignificant, baby hint if SWAT will be making an appearance?

It'll be in the launch Team Slayer playlist then will get its own playlist within 3 months. These things are cyclical schee.


Good God Countdown is a horrifying map. Played a game earlier: a morass of double beatdowns, sword deaths, shotgun deaths and grenade deaths. Literally all my deaths were from one of those listed; not a single player bothered to use a precision weapon against me. Fucking toxic smog from satan's bumhoop. One of the worst MM maps in Halo history. On a different level of evil that The Cage could ever hope to be.

Also

>7777 credits for a weekly nearly two years into the games lifespan.

 

[GhaleonEB]

:lol fuck. I was really excited to hop on the twitter and see the tweets....Then I read it lol

<3

Dave Ellis lost a lot of weight.

He's been talking about his workout on Twitter for a while, and yeah, it really shows. Good for him, losing weight is very tough.

 

[daedalius]

One that's up now, might be new. About SpOps mostly.

13 or 14?

Or give me a link

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I'm not 21, am I allowed to join? lol

Of course. We could do it at a restaurant. Drinks for those of age. Bottled water for you!.

13 or 14?

Or give me a link

No idea, I listened to the direct link. Whatever the newest one is, I'd say 14 then. Specializations are just a blurb at the very end.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Which sparkast is this in?

I swear I listened to the one where Frank talks about Spongebob.



Me too.

If you want to download the sparkast without using itunes or other programs.

btw. it is completely new and about Spartan Ops:
"Here's the second of our kinda sorta Comic Con-themed Sparkast. In this episode, David Ellis and Frank O'Connor welcome Chris Haluke, Greg Murphy and Josh Holmes on to talk about the past, present and future of Spartan Ops, our ongoing episode co-operative campaign launching as part of Halo 4."

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[wwm0nkey]

Of course. We could do it at a restaurant. Drinks for those of age. Bottled water for you!.

Was making a joke about me getting kicked out of the SDCC Halo after party lol

But yeah HaloGAF/343 PAX meet up would be beyond awesome

 

[daedalius]

.

I have definitely not listened to this one; apparently isn't on itunes. Listening now!

 

[darthbob]

Dave Ellis lost a lot of weight.

Awww yeaah, big sexy with glasses.

 

[Mister Negative]

Which sparkast is this in?

I swear I listened to the one where Frank talks about Spongebob.



Me too.

They only talk about it very briefly, but in a way that makes it seem like less of a grind.

Also, where did Frank call out Over? I didn't hear it. I heard him call out those of us complaining about bumper jumper.

 

[Im_So_Pringles]

Holy shit it sucks living in the Midwest. Nothing ever happens here. If I want to go to one of these events I have to travel and shit. ugh lol.

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I still don't have it as bad as Aussies

 

[thezerofire]

It'll be in the launch Team Slayer playlist then will get its own playlist within 3 months. These things are cyclical schee.


Good God Countdown is a horrifying map. Played a game earlier: a morass of double beatdowns, sword deaths, shotgun deaths and grenade deaths. Literally all my deaths were from one of those listed; not a single player bothered to use a precision weapon against me. Fucking toxic smog from satan's bumhoop. One of the worst MM maps in Halo history. On a different level of evil that The Cage could ever hope to be.

Also

>7777 credits for a weekly nearly two years into the games lifespan.

agreed. it's such a clusterfuck.

 

[The Henery]

It was actually really depressing when I went to the midnight release of Mortal Kombat. They had a little tent setup inside with the game on display, and literally one person was playing it, and they weren't even there to buy the game. I waited 10 minutes for them to place the copies on shelves, picked up the first one, and paid for it all alone. The cashier was like "Here is a poster for being one of the first to purchase. :_\" My guess is they were giving those posters out throughout the next 24 hours based on how few people seemed to care about the game.

Mass Effect 3, same exact thing except no display, and no poster.

Shitty town, shitty release nights.

I went to the midnight release of Reach and it was bustling, the anticipation in the air palpable. 45 minute wait. Your Mortal Kombat story does indeed sound pretty depressing, I can't imagine how lonely I'd feel buying a game at midnight, alone, which nobody cares about. Have to say I lol'd.

 

[Aggrotek]

Guys I suck at Halo 3 bad. Anyone wanna play with me?

 

[Nutduster]

Holy shit it sucks living in the Midwest. Nothing ever happens here. If I want to go to one of these events I have to travel and shit. ugh lol.

Where do you live exactly? I'm in Indianapolis and it seems like a few places around here do midnight releases and whatnot, though I don't bother with them.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Holy shit it sucks living in the Midwest. Nothing ever happens here. If I want to go to one of these events I have to travel and shit. ugh lol.

Spoiler

I still don't have it as bad as Aussies

I agree, as I'm in the Midwest. Thus why I travel to PAX when I actually have some cash.

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Until 343 hires me, come on Frank.

 

[heckfu]

Monkey, PMs please.

 

[Mister Negative]

It'll be in the launch Team Slayer playlist then will get its own playlist within 3 months. These things are cyclical schee.


Good God Countdown is a horrifying map. Played a game earlier: a morass of double beatdowns, sword deaths, shotgun deaths and grenade deaths. Literally all my deaths were from one of those listed; not a single player bothered to use a precision weapon against me. Fucking toxic smog from satan's bumhoop. One of the worst MM maps in Halo history. On a different level of evil that The Cage could ever hope to be.

Also

>7777 credits for a weekly nearly two years into the games lifespan.

Countdown is all like, "Hey, remember Construct?!" and you're like, "YEAH!! Good map!" and then Countdown is like, "AWESOME, because I'm a worse version of it!" and you're like, "Oh."

 

[daedalius]

Holy shit it sucks living in the Midwest. Nothing ever happens here. If I want to go to one of these events I have to travel and shit. ugh lol.

Spoiler

I still don't have it as bad as Aussies

Yea, it is very shitty.

Kansas City for the lose.

Where do you live exactly? I'm in Indianapolis and it seems like a few places around here do midnight releases and whatnot, though I don't bother with them.

At least you live where Gencon is

 

[YourExWife]

Holy shit it sucks living in the Midwest. Nothing ever happens here. If I want to go to one of these events I have to travel and shit. ugh lol.

Spoiler

I still don't have it as bad as Aussies

Dude.

<--------New Mexico :/

 

[CyReN]

Dude.

<--------New Mexico :/

You are states away from Comic-Con and RTX..

Closest for me is a 15 hour drive from Michigan.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Yea, it is very shitty.

Kansas City for the lose.

But... Jack Stack...

 

[Louis Wu]

It's really hard to read scores from Bravo's video of the HBO/GAF vs 343 game... but as far as I can tell, he (Bravo) pulled more than 300 of the 600 winning points in the second game. (21 kills, at least 8 more than ANYONE else in the game.)

That is: there wouldn't have BEEN a third game without the pro ringer.

 

[wwm0nkey]

I live in Cincinnati, going to these events kill my wallet

(hoping to move soon)

 

[NobleGundam]

What if I throw an EMP grenade/ Pro. nade at PV users, will that cause Distortion to their AA?

Or even using PP charge against PV users.

Probably would look cool when your under water.

Edits and more edits.

 

[Tawpgun]

We know regular slayer has random weapon drops (still mad) but will it have point scoring too?

Point scoring is just kinda cloudy, a team isn't just 3 kills away from victory, they could be 1 assisted assassination away etc.

 

[lybertyboy]

It's really hard to read scores from Bravo's video of the HBO/GAF vs 343 game... but as far as I can tell, he (Bravo) pulled more than 300 of the 600 winning points in the second game. (21 kills, at least 8 more than ANYONE else in the game.)

That is: there wouldn't have BEEN a third game without the pro ringer.

Nope, that was me.

 

[Stinkles]

It's really hard to read scores from Bravo's video of the HBO/GAF vs 343 game... but as far as I can tell, he (Bravo) pulled more than 300 of the 600 winning points in the second game. (21 kills, at least 8 more than ANYONE else in the game.)

That is: there wouldn't have BEEN a third game without the pro ringer.

Everything is proceeding exactly as I have foreseen.

 

[Hypertrooper]

You guys with your travel problem. tztztz. You know what's frustrating? To pay for a trip and later finding out that you could have won the trip in a contest with only ~7 participants.

And I learnt that I never will trust a travel agent anymore.

 

[YourExWife]

You are states away from Comic-Con and RTX..

Closest for me is a 15 hour drive from Michigan.

I love how no one realizes how big Texas and New Mexico actually are.

I just looked. 10 hours from here to Dallas (remember this is without delays/traffic issues) and 11 (minimum) from here to San Diego. Might as well be 15 hours (not that much more) especially when you consider that I have one of these job things and would have to take multiple days of leave just for the travel alone. Flying would be a bit faster, but still...

To give some perspective, in both scenarios, 4-ish hours at the beginning of each trip, I'm *still in the same state*. AND, if I do fly, the nearest airport is 1.5 hours away anyway.

Shit sucks, man.

 

[Risen]

You are states away from Comic-Con and RTX..

Closest for me is a 15 hour drive from Michigan.

lol Albuquerque to Austin pushes 12 hours

 

[daedalius]

But... Jack Stack...

The BBQ makes it more tolerable, yes

I love how no one realizes how big Texas and New Mexico actually are.

I just looked. 10 hours from here to Dallas (remember this is without delays/traffic issues) and 11 (minimum) from here to San Diego. Might as well be 15 hours (not that much more) especially when you consider that I have one of these job things and would have to take multiple days of leave just for the travel alone. Flying would be a bit faster, but still...

To give some perspective, in both scenarios, 4-ish hours at the beginning of each trip, I'm *still in the same state*. AND, if I do fly, the nearest airport is 1.5 hours away anyway.

Shit sucks, man.

Wow I'm closer to Dallas than you, and I'm 2 states away

 

[User 73932]

Nope, that was me.

You surprised me, I didn't think you were a competitive player. You were aggressive, calculated and making call outs. Probably one the best matches of Halo 4 I've played. Also dat carbine!

 

[Steelyuhas]

It's really hard to read scores from Bravo's video of the HBO/GAF vs 343 game... but as far as I can tell, he (Bravo) pulled more than 300 of the 600 winning points in the second game. (21 kills, at least 8 more than ANYONE else in the game.)

That is: there wouldn't have BEEN a third game without the pro ringer.

Well if he had 21 kills, he would have been responsible for 210 points of the team score.

We know regular slayer has random weapon drops (still mad) but will it have point scoring too?

Point scoring is just kinda cloudy, a team isn't just 3 kills away from victory, they could be 1 assisted assassination away etc.

Again, Halo 4 as a seperation of team and individual scoring (COD is a perfect example). The only thing that impacts team score in both infinity slayer and regular slayer is kills. 10 points for a kill, that's it. Individually you get points for all sorts of shit, which gives you an individual score, and obviously impacts the amount of xp/points/cr/spartan points/space bucks you get in the investment system.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Nope, that was me.

I just remembered we have to do that 1vs1 thing at PAX prime what we originally wanted to do last year. And no, we did not play and you did not win.

 

[Plywood]

Favorite Halogaffer, and least favorite (besides Dax).
Well every Halogaffer is awesome.

Spoiler

Plywood

There is no least favorite Halogaffer.

Sucking up will get you everywhere with me.

 

[CyReN]

Well everything is bigger in Texas..

..besides Romo playoff wins

 

[Zoso Achilles]

We know regular slayer has random weapon drops (still mad) but will it have point scoring too?

Point scoring is just kinda cloudy, a team isn't just 3 kills away from victory, they could be 1 assisted assassination away etc.

Except the team scoring system only counts kills. That was basically team slayer to 60 kills.

EDIT: aaaand beaten.

 

[OverHeat]

Sucking up will get you everywhere with me.

Sudden urge to juggle rising :s

 

[daedalius]

Except the team scoring system only counts kills. That was basically team slayer to 60 kills.

Didn't actually realize this; thought your points added up for the team score.

Interesting.

 

[Fracas]

http://www.abload.de/img/711103imoliviawildeanx0k7d.gif

Sucking up will get you everywhere with me.

What is she saying?

edit: Also, in case anyone's interested, frys.com has the Borderlands 2 super special $150 edition in stock now. Sort of want.

 

[Zoso Achilles]

jiggle.gif

Why am I trying to figure out what she's saying?

 

[kylej]

What is she saying?

"Veto Isolation"

 

[lybertyboy]

You surprised me, I didn't think you were a competitive player. You were aggressive, calculated and making call outs. Probably one the best matches of Halo 4 I've played. Also dat carbine!

That's my Achilles heal. I'm usually TOO aggressive.

You can witness my stupidity in action starting at 4:08 in this video if you can get it to play. I'm the red guy dropping down.

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/15688

 

[JonCha]

David Ellis: unexpectedly good

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unless I'm 1v1ing him

.

Not that I thought you were bad or anything.

 

[lybertyboy]

David Ellis: unexpectedly good.

Not that I thought you were bad or anything.

Let's be honest here, I'm average at best. I have good games here and there, sure, but over the long run, I don't hold a candle to the best* here on NeoGAF.

*You know who you are.

 

[Poker Face]

Calling out Over on the podcast. Fantastic.

which podcast?

edit: found it

 

[Fracas]

Let's be honest here, I'm average at best. I have good games here and there, sure, but over the long run, I don't hold a candle to the best* here on NeoGAF.

*You know who you are.

Aw, shucks.

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jk jk

 

[L1NETT]

Let's be honest here, I'm average at best. I have good games here and there, sure, but over the long run, I don't hold a candle to the best* here on NeoGAF.

*You know who you are.

Tier 7 confirmed.

which podcast?

http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_015.mp3

 

[Overdoziz]

2 more for MLG customs. Everyone can join, even those average at best.