StalkerUKCG
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"HaloGAF sucks...."
We could be a bit better at Halo, I reckon. Didn't our B-team job to Bungie?
Joncha/shadow, did you guys play your match yet?
Who is that?
Wait, really? Why?
Isn't this pretty much exactly what Opiate said does not need to be happening?
Design Director guy for Treyarch
It's really the fact that he's confirming speculation, rather than staying silent or making jabs in and out.
thezerofire
Banned
also who?
Hypertrooper
Member
Yeah we know Call Of Duty does a lot of stuff better than Halo 4. but yeah that's it. Don't throw more coal into the fire. But we are here for Halo and not CoD. Seriously.
Hydranockz
Member
What? Dude said 6 sleeps and confirmed nothing.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Yeah... that's CoD. Not Halo.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
We are lame dude, relax.
We're scheduled to play later today.
thezerofire
Banned
Apparently we're snobs because a guy posted in here once about customs and no one responded
ncsuDuncan
Member
If it's any consolation, I was very close to returning my BlackMagic Intensity Pro for the very same reason. Had the settings perfect but half the time the card wouldn't even be recognized by my motherboard. The other half of the time it wouldn't show any video.
I finally figured out that a form of black magic is actually required to make it work - there was some mystical sequence to connecting the HDMI cables, powering up my computer, and starting the software that would make my motherboard happy and enable video capture.
My best advice is to try unplugging everything and then reconnect components in a different order. Adjust the feng shui in the room. Say two Hail Marys while boiling a newt's gallbladder. Spin in place three times and then clap your hands.
I was so paranoid when capturing for the HaloGAF montage that once it was working I refused to disturb my setup until everything had been recorded, which meant no 360 on my HDTV for a month or so.
Designer
343 Industries (Microsoft)
October 2010 February 2012 (1 year 5 months)
I take it he only worked on CEA, well, mostly.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Mostly.
Hypertrooper
Member
Let's get some real stuff. Marty O'Donnell released a new video about his work.
A commentator/personality in the eSports are more specifically, the CoD scene.
A design director responding directly to speculation, hinting at the speculation being correct, as well as hinting at MORE from them in regards to the competitive scene.
Must be nice...
I'm sure all of Halo's casuals will be happy with, you know, whatever; the new grunts.
Less than 90 days from release for Halo 4, right?
Have we heard much about co-op campaign, what types of missions we will see in SpOps, what types of maps we'll see on release, the design philosophies of the maps, design philosophies of the AAs, why AAs were kept, why they think it's a good "evolution" for Halo, what they learned from Reach, why they chose to patch Reach in the way they did, what types of play testing is actually being done, why pros got to give feedback on half of the game while still in Beta (not all weapons, AAs, etc available), their theories on the ranking system, where development of the ranking system is going, what the actual hell "specializations" are, actual details about forge mode (show all the spaces, the pieces, etc), and maybe if we're lucky, someone can crouch with the Hardlight shield and answer that BURNING question?
Pop
Member
Seems legit.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
What have you done...
The kind folks at Elgato are sending me the Game Capture HD as a direct replacement for my faulty Eye TV HD, even though it was over 2 years out of warranty.
Now that my capture quality is not an embarrassment i plan to catch up on the 30 pending speed runs at High Sped Halo, and resume the Speed Run of the Week feature at Waypoint. It also helps that i now have access to a fast PC so i can encode for Waypoints Silverlight player.
Hydranockz
Member
I am lolling so hard.
YourExWife
Member
He wants HDMI, Component, and Composite on both input and pass-through output. Also, an "upcoming" firmware is supposed to have support for 1080p as well.
As far as the Elgato goes, does that support Xsplit by chance? Anyone know?
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
All of these have been talked about. Sometimes I feel like I'm wasting my time answering questions via, twitter, forums, editing and posting podcast all while working to help create Halo 4 along with the rest of the studio. No matter how many questions get answered someone will always come along and shit all over the efforts you make.
Feels bad man.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Just ignore him Ellis. He's just jEllis.
I think we are all just ready for some new info on the game.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
If I had to guess, the video that we are awaiting will hit with the Bulliten.
Ok? Guess we are popular if we are the subject of other community discussions.
Definitely not wasting your time, it is all much appreciated by most. That said, maybe try to fit the answers of these questions into the Bulletins so people who don't follow the threads/podcasts/twitter can have a better chance of knowing the answers. Im sure no matter what though, people will still ask the same questions over and over again.
Btw, will there be a beta?
Ok? Guess we are popular if we are the subject of other community discussions.
Definitely not wasting your time, it is all much appreciated by most. That said, maybe try to fit the answers of these questions into the Bulletins so people who don't follow the threads/podcasts/twitter can have a better chance of knowing the answers. Im sure no matter what though, people will still ask the same questions over and over again.
Btw, will there be a beta?
/joking
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
I don't ignore anyone.
The Real Napsta
Member
See?
Towards the specifically competitive side of things, not entirely.
The MLG footage was sick, I really enjoyed it at first. Then I realized we only really saw the BR and Pro Vision... I like to go over stuff like that, look for subtle nuances in weapons, etc, but we really only saw the BR and DMR. Hoaxer used the Carbine as well, which was nice to see. I think we only saw 2 AAs in that build, 2 gametypes, and 2 maps.
We now know of the Pro Nade, and we have leaked screens of several of the Pro weapons, but not much else has been said in regards to those.
Wasn't it during Reach that a staple of the bulletin was the break down of the game's armory/weapon sandbox? We got something like that, but only for the Rail Gun after nexy made his video on it.
Shake your head all you want, the casual players already have their game, and in my eyes, while I certainly get excited for the casual side of Halo, they're always more complacent and content with whatever their getting.
We haven't even heard about theater yet, something that, if improved enough on, could serve as a mediocre substitute for a spectator mode.
What were the newest things about Forge? The evolution was minimal.
Player zones, magnets, and lighting... The increased budget is whatever, we have no idea if the values of the pieces were increased as well.
lol oddly fitting isn't it?
I want to ask a question now but I feel it would be awful timing.
I agree with pretty much everything your saying except how you are going about it. Granted I don't go about things here on gaf or other places in the best way I could, but then again I am not very prominent in the halo community if prominent at all. (which I am not)
I think if you could just chill out a bit in your posts, which can be insanely hard after you make many solid points only to be nickpicked on minute details, you would be okay and the message might come across better. I guess what I am saying is don't feed into the nitpicking and stay composed. (you don't have the same luxury of not being big in the halo community like I and many other halo posters)
Would be great if 343 went into DETAIL about weapon balancing, rank system, specializations, the whole nine yards and etc.
Vire
Member
ZING!
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Ignore in the basic sense, not the forum tools. He's got some steam to let off apparently.
We all do appreciate the efforts of you 343i guys and gals. You have provided more updates than you actually needed to, and have driven some great conversation here.
As mentioned, we're all just eagerly awaiting more information on the game. The less we have to talk about, the more rants pop up.
Here's my problem with 343's marketing, which worries me a lot.
Ever since CoD4 stole the show Halo has been on downhill slump in popularity. Questionable design decisions aside, Reach was still a great game from a proven developer. They hyped it like crazy. Not as much as Halo 3, but close. Halo 3 marketing was the first time I thought video games had finally caught up to movies in terms of their entertainment industry impact. We had huge ads over Times Square, an amazing marketing campaign, Game Fuel, Doritoes, Slurp Slurp Slurpees, Halo 3 launch event was a HUGE thing. It ended up being more popular than some hyped up Hollywood sequel.
So what now?
We have Halo 4, continuing the Master Chiefs legacy. A Halo game with some incredibly robust changes to the formula, not just in MP but in campaign too with the brand new enemies. And, it's being made by an unproven developer.
At this point in the dev cycle my hype levels were through the roof. Best game ever. Best game ever. Best game ever. and I hadn't played it yet.
I don't think there was a single point in the Halo 3 or Reach marketing campaigns when I wasn't slurping over Halo. Reach beta worried me a bit but then they said they were fixing major issues. I believed.
With Halo 4, I feel like I'm in a state of constant worry as far as the multiplayer goes. The only MP hype I get is watching those videos from RTX, E3, SDCC... And then reading the impressions of the people that played it. But soon after, I realize it is a bit of a honeymoon period, and I'm then reminded of all the random elements being introduced, as well as somethings that have been leaked that really worry me.
Ever since CoD4 stole the show Halo has been on downhill slump in popularity. Questionable design decisions aside, Reach was still a great game from a proven developer. They hyped it like crazy. Not as much as Halo 3, but close. Halo 3 marketing was the first time I thought video games had finally caught up to movies in terms of their entertainment industry impact. We had huge ads over Times Square, an amazing marketing campaign, Game Fuel, Doritoes, Slurp Slurp Slurpees, Halo 3 launch event was a HUGE thing. It ended up being more popular than some hyped up Hollywood sequel.
So what now?
We have Halo 4, continuing the Master Chiefs legacy. A Halo game with some incredibly robust changes to the formula, not just in MP but in campaign too with the brand new enemies. And, it's being made by an unproven developer.
At this point in the dev cycle my hype levels were through the roof. Best game ever. Best game ever. Best game ever. and I hadn't played it yet.
I don't think there was a single point in the Halo 3 or Reach marketing campaigns when I wasn't slurping over Halo. Reach beta worried me a bit but then they said they were fixing major issues. I believed.
With Halo 4, I feel like I'm in a state of constant worry as far as the multiplayer goes. The only MP hype I get is watching those videos from RTX, E3, SDCC... And then reading the impressions of the people that played it. But soon after, I realize it is a bit of a honeymoon period, and I'm then reminded of all the random elements being introduced, as well as somethings that have been leaked that really worry me.
User 73932
Banned
Frankie still looks like, well, Frankie. Amazing, he is like the Keanu Reeves of the video game industry.
Good man.
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