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[The Librarian]

YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH

On-rails sections are something I hope to never, ever see in a Halo game again.

Come now. Those on-rails sections bring gamers closer together through their rage. <3

I'd be fine with ranks.
0. DopeyFish
1. Karl
2. Starwulff(Starwolf and Fyrewulff spawn)
3. The rest of HaloGAF.

100% serious.

You hate me!

 

[ElzarTheBam]

yours truly, johnny dollar?

Can you sell me a boat?

Way off topic, but me and Myyke have been emailing this guy all morning, he's selling his boat, and we're being stupid, but the guy is totally ace.

Mine is here.

Myyke's is here.

 

[Stinkles]

Why has the new pelican two side-mounted turrets? Is it drivable? Pelican rail segment?

What's a anything?

 

[too much eslim]

Halo gaf moves to fast, and i have no motivation to read what I missed so I'll tag along for the ride.

 

[Der Flatulator]

Halo gaf moves to fast, and i have no motivation to read what I missed so I'll tag along for the ride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9jDOnLgnY4

 

[Bregmann Roche]

Marcel is in for a world of pain come Nov 6th lol, hope your paying him enough.

 

[Karl2177]

Can you sell me a boat?

Way off topic, but me and Myyke have been emailing this guy all morning, he's selling his boat, and we're being stupid, but the guy is totally ace.

Mine is here.

Myyke's is here.

Oh my god, this is golden. Also, shadow I'm gonna send a pm when I get home. If you could post in the tourney thread your available times from now until the 25th.

 

[thezerofire]

btw. Happy Birthday thezerofire!

happy birthday zerofire and heckfu!

So did I miss anything big in the last 2 days?

We had a power shortage in the area where our hotel was that took 9 hours to fix and when I woke up the next day, there were 20 pages to catch up to.

Oh, and happy birthday Heckfu and Zero

Happy birthday Heckfu and Zerofire!

Anyone know whats up with halocouncil.com?

I can't seem to connect due to some "service unavailable error" :/

edit: happy birthday heckfu and zerofire!

thanks guys

also if you guys are planning on staying up really late (or are in europe somewhere) it's my 21st so there's a high chance of really drunk halo in the early hours pdt

 

[Aggrotek]

Halo 3 anyone?

 

[Bregmann Roche]

I'm actually 99 percent fine with this.

Except for the lack of Johnny dollar.

Johnny dollar has made my day, nay, my life!

Pantaloon Pontoon Saloon second-Moon!

 

[Franklinator]

Happy birthday zerofire! Would of said it earlier but I wasn't sure if Tunavi was making it up or not.

 

[Der Flatulator]

Here they come, I knew it wouldn't take long...

 

[CyReN]

Happy B-Day Zero.

 

[Akai__]

Happy birthday zerofire! Would of said it earlier but I wasn't sure if Tunavi was making it up or not.

I second that. Heckfu got trolled two times.

So, happy birthday.

 

[Garrett 2U]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9jDOnLgnY4

It took 10 years, but we finally got the evolution we deserve:

Spoiler

button pressing animations.

Happy birthday

 

[Bregmann Roche]

I second that. Heckfu got trolled two times.

So, happy birthday.

Triple that, was holding off until I knew for sure it was legit: happy bday 0fire. May you spend tonight vomiting only as many times as you would like.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I want to ask you all a question.

How would you make BTB fun again?

• Tether vehicle health to player health once again, as with Halo 2/3/ODST. Make them less fragile.
• Reign in the Banshee's agility, tether jukes and spins to the boost meter; one move takes up half the meter.
• Back the DMR down to 2x zoom, to improve player mobility routes.
• Only include BTB maps in BTB.
• Put game types on maps suitable for them. No 1-flag on Hemorrhage, for instance - just one-side maps such as Breakpoint.
• Delete Heavies game types. Never put them back into matchmaking in any future Halo game ever.

Chad hasn't worked at 343 for some months. But Kyle still needs a name to pin on someone not making the precise thing he likes, so he can post enthralling inflammatory posts, because they are the only things that spark discussion (which finally explains those little kids in high school who would sit in puddles or act out in the cafeteria) so I have invented a fake playlist manager named 'Marcel.'

Marcel likes plasma weapons exclusively and his favorite historical game type is 1:1 CTF on Blood Gulch with 50% speed and full invis for both 'teams'

Marcel L'Adapteur.

I see what you did there. And it will work.

Halo 4 Spartan Ops Full Mission HD Gameplay [SDCC]

Watched the first half. I like the changing mission objectives, even though they're all essentially the same (Clear the Area; Clear the Base; Explore the Area). It provides a feeling of progress from point to point. The level was smallish which led to intense combat, but I saw a fair number of ways for players to fan out, with multiple approaches to most encounters. Looked like they were playing on Normal, and enemies were still overwhelming.

Visually, there's not as much feedback and clarity in the combat loop as there is in Reach. It might be the off-screen nature of it, but exactly where shots land and their effect seems murkier than in Reach, which I think really nailed a strong visual feedback loop to combat. I'd really like to see a direct feed mission.

Will Spartan Ops feature matchmaking? How will that work with 50 missions?

 

[Gabotron ES]

Feliz cumpleaños Zerofire!

 

[EvB]

Does anybody fancy a quick couple of games:

Tag :EvilBoris DX

 

[Tashi]

Happy Birthday Zerofire and cheers to the most underrated HaloGAF player.

 

[Bregmann Roche]

 

[Tashi]

Or fuckin anything on Sword Base lol

 

[Garrett 2U]

but exactly where shots land and their effect seems murkier than in Reach, which I think really nailed a strong visual feedback loop to combat.

Where did the sparks go

 

[Homeboyd]

That SpOps video. That's just stupid good. I get more hyped every second of footage I see from those missions (and I think it's all been that same mission). I can't imagine 49 more of those.

Also, I think someone already mentioned this, but where is the scoring/medals?! Hopefully we'll get to compete with other groups of 4 on stats (time, points, etc..) and I'd imagine the custom challenges would/could be tied to them as well.

Looks amazing.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I need some direct feed 1080p footage before I judge for myself. Off screen is nice for the feel and features, but I want to get the visuals.

 

[Havok]

http://i.imgur.com/chl6M.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
I'm not buying it. He would have said Hot Potato, not Oddball. The true Reach Objective.

Four years ago it would have been 1-Sided VIP.

 

[AceLegacy]

• Tether vehicle health to player health once again, as with Halo 2/3/ODST. Make them less fragile.
• Reign in the Banshee's agility, tether jukes and spins to the boost meter; one move takes up half the meter.
• Back the DMR down to 2x zoom, to improve player mobility routes.
• Only include BTB maps in BTB.
• Put game types on maps suitable for them. No 1-flag on Hemorrhage, for instance - just one-side maps such as Breakpoint.
• Delete Heavies game types. Never put them back into matchmaking in any future Halo game ever.

 

[too much eslim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9jDOnLgnY4

you are my light in the darkness. thank you.

 

[Stinkles]

what have I done.

 

[Sikamikanico]

Hmmm...watching that Spec-Ops vid, is this the first time we've seen the jetpack?

About 1:27 in, very short quick boost, straight up and across. A lot faster than the Reach jetpack, and hopefully with less fuel!

Also, been lurking for ages but not posting. Halo 4 looks sooo good.

 

[Stinkles]

Spops has per-mission matchmaking.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Spops has per-mission matchmaking.

Any chance you guys can throw up some direct feed footage of that mission? Maybe some war games footage while you're at it (Longbow pls).

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

Oh FFS. Juniors please fill this out. I actually like reading this shit.
Servey snip.

Those of you tired of reading the serveys, grab your pitchforks, here lies the man to blame.

 

[ncsuDuncan]

Spops has per-mission matchmaking.

50 different playlists?!

Spoiler

I keed, I keed.

 

[Sai-kun]

Happy birthday, Heckfu!

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Why do people want dmr down to 2x zoom again? People are having trouble with it close range, which is good; it should be stronger at a longer range than the br and weaker at a closer range.

 

[Tashi]

50 different playlists?!

Spoiler

I keed, I keed.

:lol

 

[heckfu]

Happy birthday, Heckfu!

I'm putting you on everyone's ignore list.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Where did the sparks go

I hadn't identified this, but yes. They are a great visual signal.

Spops has per-mission matchmaking.

So, you select a mission to play, and then choose to matchmake on that mission? I'm sure some missions will be more popular than others, but given the number of them this is probably a good solution. I assumed it would be on a per-episode basis (pick Episode 4, enter matchmaking, vote on which mission to play.)

 

[CyReN]

Any chance you guys can throw up some direct feed footage of that mission? Maybe some war games footage while you're at it (Longbow pls).

THIS IS NOT A PLUG

Maybe not be direct, but good footage of Spartan Ops.

THIS IS NOT A PLUG

 

[Sai-kun]

I'm putting you on everyone's ignore list.

You wish you knew how to quit me.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

THIS IS NOT A PLUG

Maybe not be direct, but good footage of Spartan Ops.

THIS IS NOT A PLUG

That's what I just got done watching. Still want to see visuals directly, but this was a good video (even if the dude playing wasn't great).

 

[Rickenslacker]

Why do people want dmr down to 2x zoom again? People are having trouble with it close range, which is good; it should be stronger at a longer range than the br and weaker at a closer range.

A dinky sniper rifle makes larger more open maps annoying to traverse IMO.

 

[heckfu]

THIS IS NOT A PLUG

Maybe not be direct, but good footage of Spartan Ops.

THIS IS NOT A PLUG

Did you steal that from 343i Community?

 

[CyReN]

Did you steal that from 343i Community?

Happy Birthday.

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

Alright I posted this the other day, but now it has become a real concern of mine. I know we get to play SpOPs season 1 for free. But does that mean we can actually play through the past missions, and watch all the past episodes forever? Do we perminately own them and always have access to them? Because the the talk of a TV show gave me a bad image that while we can play through season 1 for free, a purchase of season 1 would be required to gain access to replayabilty.

 

[daedalius]

A dinky sniper rifle makes larger more open maps annoying to traverse IMO.

This can be solved with map design though. Something like Hemo is the best example of how NOT to design a map with the DMR on it.

Alright I posted this the other day, but now it has become a real concern of mine. I know we get to play SpOPs season 1 for free. But does that mean we can actually play through the past missions, and watch all the past episodes forever? Do we perminately own them and always have access to them. Because the the talk of a TV show gave me a bad image that while we can play through season 1 for free, a purchase of season 1 would be required to gain access to replayabilty.

They've already said you can watch/play them whenever you want. I imagine weighting will be given to the latest set of episodes in matchmaking though.

 

[thezerofire]

Happy Birthday Zerofire and cheers to the most underrated HaloGAF player.

I'm honored

 

[Der Flatulator]

So, you select a mission to play, and then choose to matchmake on that mission? I'm sure some missions will be more popular than others, but given the number of them this is probably a good solution. I assumed it would be on a per-episode basis (pick Episode 4, enter matchmaking, vote on which mission to play.)

^This confuses me. How can it search for players when a mission hasn't been selected? Or is it a host/join setup? That would actually be really good.

 

[TheOddOne]

Alright I posted this the other day, but now it has become a real concern of mine. I know we get to play SpOPs season 1 for free. But does that mean we can actually play through the past missions, and watch all the past episodes forever? Do we perminately own them and always have access to them. Because the the talk of a TV show gave me a bad image that while we can play through season 1 for free, a purchase of season 1 would be required to gain access to replayabilty.

I doubt that we will not "own" the concent. If it's downloaded, we can replay it as much as possible.