Mister Negative
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also exercising won't help you lose weight that much. it's 90% diet. eat on a caloric deficit and you will lose weight. it's that simple.
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Halo |OT8| A Salt on the Control Room
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also exercising won't help you lose weight that much. it's 90% diet. eat on a caloric deficit and you will lose weight. it's that simple.
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It's all about how much you consume and how much you burn.
Burn more than what you consume and you'll start burning fat.
Everything about it is fine (except the blooming pistol; fuck that). I actually like that you guys are choosing a direction and sticking to your guns in matchmaking.
That said, why such a hard line on the custom side of things? You're catering to Grifball and rocket race and zombies and every other random gametype out there, but not allowing players to have a custom game of classic CTF?
I just don't follow the logic.
That's why I'm optimistic. You guys are most definitely proud of this game, that much is apparent. And yeah, impressions back up what you guys have told us. After PAX, I do feel better than I did before. Not sure if that's due to the campaign vid though (have I mentioned how much I love how campaign's looking? I don't think I have, haha)
True, different doesn't always mean worse. I'll wait and see, but I definitely have some reservations about CTF. Very excited to see it's in a playlist by itself at least (I do think it needs 1-Flag in there, 2-Flag only may get stale).
Orochinagis
Member
Or He kills you, touch the flag and the empty banshee splatter him.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
The outrage against CTF is amazing.
It's a team game with an overall goal of moving something from point A to point B. A team game, that should require a team effort to accomplish that goal. You can't singlehandedly grab the flag, sneak out the back, and run it all the way to the other base without the other team knowing you're there? Oh no. Grab the flag, take it as far as you can, and die. Guess what, you get to respawn! Or your teammates get to grab it. The flag doesn't return just because you died, and the enemy team can't influence the flag returning speed in any way.
"Good luck getting the flag out of the base to begin with!"
What are the chances that the entire team is sitting inside their base, guarding every entrance? Slim and none. If they're stuck inside their base, they are making zero progress towards winning. And if for whatever reason they are all sitting inside the base, protecting the flag, then maybe you should think about switching up your loadout to something that would actually help you grab it, or help you thin out the defense.
As far as dropping the flag goes, why is it such a big deal that you can't do this? The only argument I think is valid is that it goes against traditional Halo CTF. You can't flag juggle, but honestly there's no reason to do that now. You already move at full speed. You can't "pass" the flag to a teammate, but picking up the flag has made it your responsibility to deliver it as best you can anyway. Passing the flag saves time but that's it. Invest the time you saved into taking a safer path with more cover. Or have that teammate you were going to pass the flag to actually cover you while you deliver it.
You aren't defenseless with the flag now, so that waypoint isn't extremely troublesome. The enemy team will come after you, but it should rarely come down to you vs everyone. And if it does, you aren't grabbing the flag when you should be.
I think 343's whole focus with what they've changed has been to clearly define flag carrier as a role that you choose to fill. You pick up the flag, you take on the responsibility of running it to the best of your abilities. If you die, the game goes on, and someone else might decide to take over.
It's a team game with an overall goal of moving something from point A to point B. A team game, that should require a team effort to accomplish that goal. You can't singlehandedly grab the flag, sneak out the back, and run it all the way to the other base without the other team knowing you're there? Oh no. Grab the flag, take it as far as you can, and die. Guess what, you get to respawn! Or your teammates get to grab it. The flag doesn't return just because you died, and the enemy team can't influence the flag returning speed in any way.
"Good luck getting the flag out of the base to begin with!"
What are the chances that the entire team is sitting inside their base, guarding every entrance? Slim and none. If they're stuck inside their base, they are making zero progress towards winning. And if for whatever reason they are all sitting inside the base, protecting the flag, then maybe you should think about switching up your loadout to something that would actually help you grab it, or help you thin out the defense.
As far as dropping the flag goes, why is it such a big deal that you can't do this? The only argument I think is valid is that it goes against traditional Halo CTF. You can't flag juggle, but honestly there's no reason to do that now. You already move at full speed. You can't "pass" the flag to a teammate, but picking up the flag has made it your responsibility to deliver it as best you can anyway. Passing the flag saves time but that's it. Invest the time you saved into taking a safer path with more cover. Or have that teammate you were going to pass the flag to actually cover you while you deliver it.
You aren't defenseless with the flag now, so that waypoint isn't extremely troublesome. The enemy team will come after you, but it should rarely come down to you vs everyone. And if it does, you aren't grabbing the flag when you should be.
I think 343's whole focus with what they've changed has been to clearly define flag carrier as a role that you choose to fill. You pick up the flag, you take on the responsibility of running it to the best of your abilities. If you die, the game goes on, and someone else might decide to take over.
The Librarian
Banned
I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah, mine's for completely different reasons. Either I don't eat enough, or I have a very high metabolism. Probably some combination of the two.
Ugh. What is with all the suckiness in the world? Ram's kid and cystic fibrosis, you and Crohn's. Looks like I'll be dropping some serious cash in donations this month.
To workoutGAF: any easy ways to just flat-out burn fat? I'm not really looking to build muscle at all, I just want to lose weight.
Running and swimming.
With running and swimming you will gain some type of muscle. With running you'll notice differences in your calf muscles and legs. With swimming you'll notice your shoulders and arms getting slightly bigger.
All in all if you just want to burn fat, eat right and do cardio exercises.
Latvian Hitman
Member
And, Wahrer- I would add to that: you might just start with exercise. Start getting some good cardio 4-5 times a week. After a while, you'll feel better, you'll sleep better, and you'll start to look better in the mirror. Then the slippery-slope begins. You'll likely want to start seeking out healthier foods and finding other ways to get more exercise, etc. It's best to start small and go from there. Trying to do too many radical things at burns a lot of people out quickly.
Pop
Member
But Blops 2 will have ranks and skill based playlists...
Treyarch knows how to make excellent COD games.
I don't seem to mind the flag change at all. Seems pretty neat to be honest.
My one and only cocern that will make or break the game for me is whether or not Halo 4 will have a skilled based ranking system.
Non-competitive Halo gets boring real fast.
My one and only cocern that will make or break the game for me is whether or not Halo 4 will have a skilled based ranking system.
Non-competitive Halo gets boring real fast.
This is advice to follow.
Likely because they are pushing the new CTF. They are giving it a full playlist of JUST the new CTF. They probably don't want to have a comparison against the newly designed game, within the same multi-player.
This way, it will force people to play this new style and ONLY this new style. After a month or three, based on other comments, I'm betting changes would be made based on feedback from both data collected in game, and more subjective stuffs in the communities at large.
Garrett 2U
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Skill will be a factor for matchmaking in Halo 4.
But it also was in Reach...
They've pretty much outright denied any form of publicly visible rank.
I believe they hinted at letting you, privately, know how your skill compares to the public.
User 73706
Banned
To clarify: I do exercise. Right now I just do a simple 2 miles on an exercise bike, primarily lower body monday/wednesday: 100 leg presses on the machine in one rep set to 60 pounds, 30-45 ab crunches at 60 pounds, 50 shoulder presses (in 2 reps of 25) at 60 pounds, and 50 on the pectoral fly machine (2 reps of 25). Tuesday/thursday is the same, save for replacing leg presses with 50 bicep curls on the machine in 2 reps of 25 set to sixty.
I don't have a diet, per se, I just try to only eat out of necessity rather than boredom or anything like that, and of course I try and eat reasonably healthy, making sure I hit the four major food groups daily. Given how much weight I already lost, I might want to look into eating even less and switching to mostly healthy stuff though.
I don't have a diet, per se, I just try to only eat out of necessity rather than boredom or anything like that, and of course I try and eat reasonably healthy, making sure I hit the four major food groups daily. Given how much weight I already lost, I might want to look into eating even less and switching to mostly healthy stuff though.
^^^ Cutting soda, fast food, chips, and candy helps loads too. Cut soda!
LOL
I like how Stinkles replies in this forum. Show he's more of a bro than anything.
I'm not really worried about casuals and mediocre peoples. I'm worried about decent team vs decent team and how that will play out when they know right where the flag is and stuff. Guess we'll see.
I sure hope Assault is in. :/
LOL
I like how Stinkles replies in this forum. Show he's more of a bro than anything.
I'm not really worried about casuals and mediocre peoples. I'm worried about decent team vs decent team and how that will play out when they know right where the flag is and stuff. Guess we'll see.
I sure hope Assault is in. :/
bobs...onGaf
Member
Thats all well and good, but if you radically change something giving the option to play the old version would be nice. If people want to play the old CTF, forcing them to play the new one even in customs probably means they will just play Slayer or something.
The Skill factor didnt work in Reach at all. I had match ups with guests, new accounts, and kids with KDs as bad as Frankie. The Skill search is broken in Halo Reach and I hate it when people keep saying it is there, when it 100% feels like its not.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Just not the types of players who like to drop the flag, even in customs
hold dat shit, CyRen
The lack of flag dropping and auto-pickup means this game would have ended as a draw. I wouldn't have grabbed the flag unless I knew it meant I had a better chance at beating the other player(which with the flagnum, I wouldn't have).
Pop
Member
Still way wayyy better then that mess of modern warfare games excluding COD4. I love Treyarch Cod games, really looking forward to Blops 2.
As for H4 I just have worries for not being able to drop the flag. But being able to throw the oddball seems like a blast, looking forward to that.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
How do you figure that? You would have either grabbed the flag, turned around and shot(and killed, most likely) the guy that had your flag. Or you would have killed him and then grabbed the flag. Nothing would have changed.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Watch TV on an exercise bike, not a couch. Thats my advice.
I knew I had a Sniper. With the lack of dropping, I would be giving up my best tool for killing the other player, which isn't my preferred playstyle.
It feels like I'm being forced into a situation that I don't want to be in. I can count multiple times in more Rumble Pit styled games where I'm forced to go one way to avoid a danger. I had multiple tools to combat it once I got there. Changing it into a flag game, if I'm forced to go one way, now I only have one option. Is it now my fault for picking up the flag and attempting to survive?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
No muscles?!?To workoutGAF: any easy ways to just flat-out burn fat? I'm not really looking to build muscle at all, I just want to lose weight.
Puny girly man!
Eat better move more.
MarauderShields
Member
Why cant new flag be a variant that coexists with classic flag? Why does it have to be one or the other?
This is how I play Reach. Seriously. 648 calories if I am losing, 590 if I am winning, true story.
ALSO: YES YOU CAN THROW THE BALL IF YOU ARE A PASSENGER - PREDICTABLY AND PROPERLY, USING GRENADE TRIGGER.
Hydranockz
Member
Look at Reach. Look how messy things get giving people the choice between old and new. They tried to please everyone and ended up with far too many playlists, each with different settings.
God damn, Frankie. I wish I could burn significant calories playing Reach.
SkinnyGAF ftw.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
Yes. Yes it is. You chose to assume that role.
The Henery
Member
I'm not an expert but I don't think a 6 day bodypart split is optimal for a natural trainer looking to gain mass. Good chance of over-training, plus probably not enough compound work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVIs0D2acgw&feature=player_detailpage#t=15s
I just started doing this. Time flies.
I tried this in the Halo 2 days. I started playing like you so I stopped lol
My professor set up a treadmill in his office so while he walks on it while doing work on the computer, which I thought was really cool.
Or do what my friend has dubbed the master chief workout. Do pushups, situps, or something between Halo games. I even did this thing where id do a push up for every kill I got.
Garrett 2U
Member
Whoah chill pill my friend.
I was using Reach's poor matchmaking as an example of how skill can be used in matchmaking, but ineffectively.
I agree with you, skill does not weigh enough in Reach MM.
And I don't think anyone here will disagree with that.
plz plz plz plz
Hydranockz
Member
Can you CATCH as a passenger??
You are Milhouse, also Scrooge.
But I'm a BEAST
Maybe I explained it wrong. 3 different workouts, 2 muscle groups per workout would be nice though. That's what I did and became a god among nerds.
not really =(
Milhooge
User 73706
Banned
Play hot potato, throw ball to passenger in fully-loaded enemy hog before it explodes. Profit!
The Henery
Member
Probably the coolest piece of news I've heard about Halo 4 so far. Someone's gonna make a ridiculous custom game out of this.
bobs...onGaf
Member
I dont even want a playlist, just the right options to allow classic CTF in customs.
Awesome news that oddball catch works in vehicles!
xxjuicesxx
Member
Got rid of my computer chair and sit on an exercise ball now at the computer/xbox. Its been tought getting used to it but they say its better.
Pop
Member
So like 2? Joking man
I too wish you could toggle flag drop for customs. That'd make for some nice HaloGAF customs and for some fun LAN stuff. Oh well I guess.
Where did you get the image BTW? Its weird to see. Ex-coworker/sort of friend drew that. Dude from SLC, Utah and you are rockin' it. Just interesting.
Where did you get the image BTW? Its weird to see. Ex-coworker/sort of friend drew that. Dude from SLC, Utah and you are rockin' it. Just interesting.
Also George Costanza.
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