Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Figured it was a "Mac Lol" joke.
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Figured it was a "Mac Lol" joke.
However it is useful to get an idea of the competition you're up against before the game begins, especially in competitive environments. In Reach (because the visible ranking system isn't related to skill in most cases), I often check K/D's off their matachmaking overview to get an idea of who's going to be the strong players, etc.
It's like going into a competition and you might be a fifty, but you don't know if you're going up against a twenty or another fifty without the visible representation, you just have to hope the matchmaking system identified skills and matched your competition up correctly. There's a little more to visible skill than just "bragging and replay ability."
Don't want to back out. Just want to know what I'm up against.
Not sure why this is so controversial. No one complains about rank showing up when you match in a fighting game.
So - leaving aside aside the boosting issue - why do you care if there's performance data in the pre-game screens? Serious question. I stink - for a while I worried about my crappy .8 K/D and (later) 40 BPR ("oh god, what if someone finds out!"), but it's not like people won't see how bad I am when we play. I'm not really hiding anything. So what if some random wants to be an asshole about it in pre-game? If I'm with friends, I'm likely in party chat, and if I'm alone, I've already muted everyone. Even then, Halo has the best muting options on the 360.
Guys I'm a 50. Believe me.
Garrett 2U
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When it is a setup game between people I know, then I'll definitely be looking at who is who.
I know which each player usually does off start, and which weapons they prefer, how they approach the weapons, etc.
But in matchmaking it is completely different.
It doesn't matter how 'good' someone is overall.
That doesn't help me strategize.
99% of the time, I have no idea which player I'm fighting in a given encounter.
I know their role at the current time, but not their 'skill' level.
It isn't worth my time or attention to look above the enemy's head at their name, because by the time I figure it out, the fight is already over.
It isn't like I'm going to be fighting a guy, realize it happens to be the 50 three shots into the battle, and then run away soley because it is the 50.
Sure I might not approach a highly skilled player where they would have the advantage, but that should apply to each encounter, no matter the player.
But everyone is going to have their own opinions on the matter, I'm just trying to justify 343's said philosophy on the ranking system in the way I understand it.
Hypertrooper
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Epic Games, Insomniac Games etc. have on thing in common: They announced their PAX Prime panels. I hope 343i is revealing their panel plans soon.
Garrett 2U
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Also they both have "games" in their names.
Laughed too hard at this.
NobleGundam
Banned
Has the discussion been made of AA in Halo 4 being "unlockable" to specific types of AA once achieved by Rank (or maybe specializations)?
PV is supposed to be a starter AA for everyone before advancing to more Skilled AA like for ex. 343 vs. HBO/HaloGAF Gameplay showing straffing with Thruster Pack against PV users in a BR battle on Haven.
Will it be 1)PV > Hard Light Shield > Thruster Pack > ? or are they all available for your custom loadouts?
PV is supposed to be a starter AA for everyone before advancing to more Skilled AA like for ex. 343 vs. HBO/HaloGAF Gameplay showing straffing with Thruster Pack against PV users in a BR battle on Haven.
Will it be 1)PV > Hard Light Shield > Thruster Pack > ? or are they all available for your custom loadouts?
They are still setting up the special hoodie presentation.
Portugeezer
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I don't believe game designers would be so wasteful, if that is true then I would be surprised. Having separate .map doesn't mean the data in them is unique (or vice versa to the .campaign or whatever they're called), of course, the multiplayer maps were slightly different to the campaign layout.
Zoso Achilles
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They never said anything about armor abilities relating to specializations, only armor mods. Don't expect AA's to be exclusive; everyone will have access to them.
Hypertrooper
Member
Who's going to be Chewbacca? Who will play Han Solo?
Edit.: Damn I read ceremony instead of presentation.
Is Frankie Leia ? Oh god these pictures.
You bought that account!
NobleGundam
Banned
Hmm.. Okay. Thanks Zoso Achilles :]
I sold it to him for a 3-month.
Domino Theory
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I can't wait to see MLG's playlist in Halo 4 because most of what they're looking for is already there in the core gameplay and mechanics, all they'd have to do is remove the loadout system (unless they want people to be able to choose between BR or DMR).
Thermite and I played Halo 3 MLG a lot and ended up getting to like 38 on our own, but Reach MLG is just horrible because of Reach's underlying mechanics still creeping up despite MLG's efforts to push it aside with all their tweaks.
Halo 4 MLG is going to be fun and I can't wait to get back into it.
Barrow Roll
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That's a pretty outlandish statement. Theater mode screenshots are the equivalent of a bullshot. Try taking direct feed screenshots and behold the low res jaggyness.
I still think Halo 3 looks good, but it doesn't come anywhere close to as good as Gears 3.
I WANT YOU IN ME.
I mean Gears 3. Later today.
thezerofire
Banned
I'd like to jump in on this too.
Tha Robbertster
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Have you recently played Halo Reach MLG? Because with zero bloom, it's really awesome IMO. And right now, I'm having more fun playing Reach's MLG than playing Halo 3 (mainly duo to the bad netcode but still, it's pretty damn good).
Domino Theory
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Yeah I have. I love the no bloom, faster speed, and the fact that they're one of the rare playlists with bleedthrough still there, but Reach's overall jankiness still creeps up in there.
Reach MLG shits all over Halo 3 MLG. Bloom, no bloom, sprint, no sprint, doesn't matter. H3 has the better maps.
Tha Robbertster
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Okay, fair enough. The only thing from Reach that still bothers me in the MLG playlist are the grenades. They don't bounce right. You can't properly throw them around corners, they get stuck in the geometry real easy etc.
The Librarian
Banned
It looks better in motion than if you were to take a shot while the player is standing still. I think the jaggies are very noticeable only for far-off objects.
Anyway, some more.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Halo 3 Screenshots lOTl Hey, at least we're on topic!
That first one looks awesome and brings back so many good memories!
I also want Halo 4 in the ProCircuit. But we dont know what Halo game will be included.
CS - 8770 votes
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Gogogo.
How can someone lose their copy of Halo 3? Also, don't you have the ODST disc (Halo 3 multiplayer) with all the maps?
If Halo Reach makes it in again, I won't watch it. It's completely boring and it's not as awesome as Halo 3 was. Those days were the mainstage was overfilled and people sat behind the commentator booth. Or were people actually cheered for a triple kill/overkill.
User 73932
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Halo 4 disagrees.
ElzarTheBam
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Played more ODST today, again, we encountered a smooth experience. After the game ended, I found out that Robbert was at fault for '47%' percent of my deaths.
Nice work, dingus!
Nice work, dingus!
I put my Halo 3 disc next to my Xbox for later playing, only to find out that it's gone. And no, I don't have the ODST disc. Might as well buy re-ODST... Planning on playing through all the Halo campaigns (sorry, Halo Wars) before I play Halo 4.
Halo 4 is not a released title yet and due to lack of direct feed footage it's possible to speculate that it may be vaporware.
Did you see the last Reach event? Because it awesome. The matches were great, the audience was cheering all the time and Cyren made a creepy cutout of Walsy's face.
Oh, are we posting erotic pictures now?Here are some of my old school halo 3 screen shots:
Let me take a look at my special stash...
Let's start with some mild erotica
Can love bloom on the battlefield? ... Yes, it can.
Aggrotek
Member
Could have gone without the last 3... lol
The last Reach event was amazing. If all of Reach's events were like that, the world would be a much better place.
User 73932
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That made me laugh, loudly.
Ignored...
Joking 
But seriously, that's the weirdest thing for a Halo fan.
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Forgot to mention it. After I watched like 3 or 4 events which Final Boss dominated, I think. I got bored and I watched Starcraft 2, which was a lot better and really funny. I kinda regret it now, because you said it was awesome. I will re-watch it, if possible.
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Bad luck DeadNames confirmed.
Ignored...
Joking
But seriously, that's the weirdest thing for a Halo fan.
I know...
I don't even have my copy of Halo 2 anymore...
neoism
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damn love to play this with one guys. :/ Haven't played 4 player firefight in a while
From the most recent preorder chart on the main preorder chart website:Whoa... BO2 is really catching up, and I don't even see Treyarch with an ad campaign. Ironically enough, this seems to be the most controversial CoD, with most people I know saying they wont get it.
Step it up, 343!
Step it up, 343!
TS x Massacre
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BO2 will pass H4, it's an unfortunate reality (thanks Reach). Halo 4 will be the one to bring Halo back, so Halo 5 will outsell BO3/MW5
And look at all the pre-order gimmicks CoD has going right now, it's insane.
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