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Halo: Reach Beta Thread
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Dani said:
I'll do both. Lowering the bit rate of my stream is really easy. After the stream I can have it up on youtube a few minutes after.
Also, I'm not going to stream the entire show. I don't want to run the risk of getting my account banned this close to the Beta. I'll watch the show, wait until the commercial comes up and then hook up my stream. Actually, there's no point lol. I'll just throw it up on youtube a few minutes after it airs. Yea I'll just do that and put the link up here when it's uploaded.
CreateNowSleepLater
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subrock said:
I think quitting for Ranked games should have a penalty. If you dont want to be competitive then play social. I hate when I get in to a 4x4 team game and half the times (at least) one or more people quit so it doesnt effect their rank. Not directing this at your comment BTW, just saying.
Schmitty said:
Very true. But having two weapons means not having to wait for the plasma cannon to reload. You can switch to another weapon and continue the onslaught.
It will definitely be harder to master. But the Banshee should be hard to fly. People who are good with it are beasts. I'm terrible with it, I stay out of the thing.
CreateNowSleepLater
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One more thing, I don't think in game joins should be allowed but when 2 people back out at the lobby screen that match should not start and that shit happens way too often in H3.
I've only watched the Luke video so far but that one is so good if not because of the trash talking, then because of what's actually in the video. I suppose playing new players could have had something to do with it but he was actually getting kills with every weapon he touched. The plasma pistol seemed to be the one exception. When he managed to get a few kills with the plasma repeater without having to run up to melee someone I couldn't believe it. It SEEMS like the weapons are actually useful this time around. Invasion looks like fun but I'm not really into how it's set it up. The KOTH type rings just look stupid as hell. I wish they would have created a gold crate type thing instead of what they have there.
Deputy Moonman
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It probably would depend on how they're punished. I think two things could be done to slow down quitters.kylej said:
1. When you quit out you have 5-10 ( or length of game in progress) minutes before you can re-enter matchmaking. Any amount of time that has to be waited before entering a new game is automatically going to deter a lot of quitters. This makes a lot of sense. If people need to go for a real situation, quitting out is no big deal. But people who just want to enter into a new game real quick will have to suffer the wait.
2. If you afk (30-60 seconds of inactivity), have more than 2 suicides (maybe 3 is better), or get booted for betraying someone, that's also an automatic 5-10 ( or length of game in progress) minutes penalty before you can enter a new game.
I can see how it might hurt the players who care to begin with, but after quitters start realizing that they're only decreasing their own playing time, things should begin to vastly improve.
Me? Anymore, especially in Halo3, I quit out all the time. I play a lot of multi-team. And once my teammate quits out, if the other teams are too good, there is no point in even trying. The fact that it just takes way too damn long to kill someone with regular weapons is a huge con in my opinion. On something like multi-team where your teammate quits, it really shows. Either a teammate jumps in and kills you right before or after you kill his teammate, or other teams mow you down from behind. And I don't play the hiding game BS (sit in a corner and pick people off as they run by); That's not my style. Halo3 killing people is just soooo slow... oh wait, unless you whore vehicles <--- forgot about that
And I can't stand odd games like team swords, team hammers, VIP, and rocket race. I don't understand why those aren't confined to their own playlist. Call it goofy games or something. I don't care.
The Librarian
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Yup. 9 pm PST.Sir Fragula said:
Tashi0106 said:
This is still a much better idea than Bad Company 2 where you can seriously play a 1 v 5 match for 30 minutes without someone joining. Say what you want about p2p games, but both Halo 3 and Gears of War do much better jobs of creating compelling matches. If you are playing in a private squad of 4 friends, I can count the number of times I've gotten into a full 12 on 12 game on one hand, and I've been playing BC2 for nearly 10 hours.
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Right, going to throw this out again today.
Anyone wanting to hook up with other GAFers during the Beta, use this Gamertag. Via the Friends of Friends and Active Roaster, come Beta time you shouldn't have a problem finding folks to hook up and frag with.
The first GT is now filled so please stop sending requests - send them to the new GT .
Add GT: HALOGAFBETA2
(that's all caps!)
Thought it might be a good idea to start filling it up early. If or when it reaches the max friend limit, we'll have another ready.
If you are already on the first GT, refrain from joining the second to allow more folks to hook up.
Feel free to use it. =)
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Right, going to throw this out again today.
Anyone wanting to hook up with other GAFers during the Beta, use this Gamertag. Via the Friends of Friends and Active Roaster, come Beta time you shouldn't have a problem finding folks to hook up and frag with.
The first GT is now filled so please stop sending requests - send them to the new GT .
Add GT: HALOGAFBETA2
(that's all caps!)
Thought it might be a good idea to start filling it up early. If or when it reaches the max friend limit, we'll have another ready.
If you are already on the first GT, refrain from joining the second to allow more folks to hook up.
Feel free to use it. =)
Deputy Moonman
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Sir Fragula said:
You mean tonight, which might as well be tomorrow for anyone not on the west coast. What gives with these odd times for information to be released? I know it's a minor thing, but I just find it weird.Dax01 said:
the reason I would play a ranked game vs a social is so I can maintain a rank and be more closely matched with players of my skill. I quit every once in a while, not rage-quitting like a baby, but it happens. I dont mind being penalized for it, even if it is one of those 1v4 type situations. I think what I prefer to have is a "fun" experience, and by "fun" I mean playing with people that are good, but not too good.jhferry said:
Genesis Knight
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After lurking HaloGAF for a year I'd started to think I was the only person who thought this about Halo 3. Thank God there's at least ONE other person out there. That's why I was worried when they said 1v1 engagements would last even longer than Halo 3 - but this doesn't really seem to be evident in the vids from yesterday...
randomlyrossy
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Deputy Moonman said:
It'll be around earlier than that anyway as it's apparently airing at about 9PM UK time first.
Shake Appeal
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It really doesn't take that long to kill anyone with regular weapons provided you're working in the right range and conditions for the weapon you're using, which most new players simply don't realize.
Also, lengthy 1v1 encounters (within reason) increase skill, as they mitigate against players getting caught out, require continued success with aiming, maneuvering, and thinking, and provide players with more time and opportunites to get creative. The best player in the world at CoD (as an example) dies in an instant no matter who it is that fires on him first (and the weapon being used by both is often irrelevant). That is not true of the best player in the world at Halo.
Also, lengthy 1v1 encounters (within reason) increase skill, as they mitigate against players getting caught out, require continued success with aiming, maneuvering, and thinking, and provide players with more time and opportunites to get creative. The best player in the world at CoD (as an example) dies in an instant no matter who it is that fires on him first (and the weapon being used by both is often irrelevant). That is not true of the best player in the world at Halo.
bobs...onGaf
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randomlyrossy said:
Isnt the match ending at 10ish? Either way its airing on Sky Sports so even in America anyone who tunes into the channel in a few hours will see it right?
Shake Appeal said:
Agreed with all of this, people dont take too long to die on Halo, in my opinion its just right .
I don't think there's any one or two quick and easy fixes for quitters and griefers, but if they had a smarter system...
Well, they've got the new system for analyzing your game play and rewarding you based on your actual contribution, right? What if their system could work both ways? Meaning it could also analyze bad behavior patterns as well, including quit statistics, label them as griefers, and punish them accordingly.
It can't be that hard to determine who's just basically terrible, and who gets off on sabotaging everyone else's fun, can it?
Well, they've got the new system for analyzing your game play and rewarding you based on your actual contribution, right? What if their system could work both ways? Meaning it could also analyze bad behavior patterns as well, including quit statistics, label them as griefers, and punish them accordingly.
It can't be that hard to determine who's just basically terrible, and who gets off on sabotaging everyone else's fun, can it?
randomlyrossy
Member
bobs99 ... said:
Ah possibly, I thought I read 9 earlier in the thread but I'm not a football guy so I've no idea what this match is or when it's on. Let's just say "tonight" to be safe at this point :lol
Hypertrooper
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The match will begin around 7:45pm(GMT). Maybe they will show the trailer between the first half and the second half.( 8:40pm-8:59pm GMT). I hope i can help you. Btw. the match end about 22:00pm. Tomorrow you're able to download the 60sec version over the press server.(For us Europeans.)
Pacific Times: 12:40am-12:59am
Pacific Times: 12:40am-12:59am
squidhands
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:lol What's my incentive to get in a vehicle now besides being part of a really pretty explosion? Infantry FTW!Shake Appeal said:
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Sai said:
It is only for one weekend though. Just have to try to stay busy so time passes.
Watch streams of people playing.
Slightly Live
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Sai said:
The various sites state that they'll be going out on thursday.
The Librarian
Banned
Pffft. Easy for you to say!Not a Jellyfish said:
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Sir Fragula said:
We do? Awesome.
Syracuse022
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Yeah, most people are handing them out the 29th, but a lot of contests have deadlines on the 27th, and a lot of the Twitter trivia type contests are taking place today and tomorrow. Eddie Makuch has already given 10 away with Twitter trivia.Dani said:
Quick edit: If you look at Makuch's Question 4, he actually got it wrong (remember PEMDAS?), a fact that AJ/HaloGAF's Jironimo pointed out but that Eddie has yet to acknowledge.
:lolLunchbox said:
By "given away", that means he's put people on a list who will get the codes when they're sent. Bungie has not sent codes out yet, and won't until Thursday morning when the Beta is live. What they have done is let people know how many they'll be sent, so they can be earmarked away in advance.Syracuse022 said: