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[FyreWulff]

The problem with Grifball I have is that I always get killed in one hammer swing as the bomb carrier, but then I always have to use two hits to kill an enemy bomb carrier (when I don't have time to switch to the sword)

It really feels like the damages were decided for LAN play and not Xbox Live, and I much preferred the initial version of Halo 3 Grifball before the bomb carrier was made OP for Live.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Fuck Yes.

You know that feeling, where a team is using the most BULLSHIT tactics and playing like total bitches. Like, you know, turtling on the bottom cage for the entire match where we can't kill them.

And then you fucking BEAT THEM at the last second.

My god...

Best game EVER.

 

[leonfaria04]

Fuck Yes.

You know that feeling, where a team is using the most BULLSHIT tactics and playing like total bitches. Like, you know, turtling on the bottom cage for the entire match where we can't kill them.

And then you fucking BEAT THEM at the last second.

My god...

Or when all the opposite team are using armor lock in every single combat, you beat them and all your team teabaging the last kill, its wonderful

 

[Shake Appeal]

Digital Foundry does good work sometimes, but the other half of the time they're making shit up. And now they're starting to inject subjective opinions into objective technical breakdowns, so I'd rather not give them any more hits.

The first article, the one not from Digital Foundry, is written by the co-founder of Neversoft, the Guitar Hero/Tony Hawk guys:

When a player presses a button, the game can take up to three frames (in the best case) to create visual feedback and programming problems can introduce additional frames of lag. The actual lag time is multiplied by the length of a single game frame.

...

So if we are running at 30fps, then the lag is 3/30th or one-tenth of a second. If we are running at 60fps, then the lag will be 3/60th or 1/20th of a second.

i.e. when a game runs at 30fps, the best you can hope for is 100ms. There may well be 67ms of latency inherent in a 360 controller, but my understanding is that's irrelevant when a game running at 30fps cannot do things 'faster' than 100ms; the time it takes to process what's happening and update the screen (after which different displays tack on a varying amount of latency, too, of course) is even more sluggish than the controller.

If what you are saying were true, then it would be possible for my 360 to do its thinking and output frames in no time at all (i.e. literally zero milliseconds), and everything is the fault of the controller. But surely the logic of the game is directly tied into how often it updates/renders frames.

 

[The Librarian]

What is it was you and skyboxes? Seriously. I think I spent like 5 seconds looking at the skyboxes for the DLC maps. I haven't looked at them since.

Oh don't be so cranky.

 

[GhaleonEB]

My daughter and I had a pretty great game of Speedpile (which sounds like a term for diarrhea, but nevermind) earlier today. Our two team mates were just rolling around in the Warthog, so we set up a tag team on the center flag. I worked like mad for what was to be the last cap and then, well, watch.

 

[Ryaaan14]

Just gotta say Flagstravaganza has brought new life to Reach for me. I haven't had so much fun in a playlist since Halo 3's Action Sack.

Speedflag = :_)

 

[Hypertrooper]

One more thing @Hypertrooper. We met at gamescom 2010 while we were waiting in line for Brian to sign our stuff and get a Noble6-avatar-helmet card. You showed me your Halo 3 LE and told me you were on Neogaf. Do you remember?

Oh I remember you! I'm going to the GamesCom this year too. But I haven't planned yet, if I stay the whole 4/5 days or just one day, because I'm going to fly to Seattle the week after.
And welcome to HaloGAF. It is always awesome to have some other german HaloGAFfer

Good games Sai__Kun and Ghal. It was a kind of fun. But I'll continue loving Squad Slayer and Premimum Battles. If you want to play again today, I'll play with Zayne later.

Hey Ghal, does your daughter want to see a relationship between Jorge and Kat?

 

[Gui_PT]

Anyone interested in partying up?

 

[zumphry]

If you want to play again today, I'll play with Zayne later.

Now no one is going to want to play with us!

 

[HiredN00bs]

Bungie took a lot of risks with Halo 2's story and I liked that. However they took the criticism too hard and made Halo 3/Reach very safe in terms of story.

Almost a mythic. Got the jackpot tonight at 12:15 Pacific. Does that count for friday or saturday? Does the jackpot reset at midnight PST or at 3 with the challenges?

Your daily eligibility for the Super Jackpot is based on your local time. I just grabbed it twice in one sitting because I hit the credit limit and changed my Time Zone to Beijing.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Now no one is going to want to play with us!

I'm missing Hydranockz and Zeouterlimits already :/

 

[Tunavi]

Fuck 60 Frames per second...

I'm almost Onyx. My body is ready. Need 2.

 

[Detox]

If there are any parties going on and you don't mind someone without a mic then shoot me an invite, GT in my profile.

 

[feel]

Fuck 60 Frames per second...

That was beautiful. Downloaded the original file, brought it back to normal speed, watched it over and over, and now I can't go back to call of duty and its 60fps garbage, because it'll look like as if someone is replacing cue cards manually behind the screen. Total shit.

 

[Hey You]

I can't help but wonder if CTF and Assualt got their own playlists (with a variety of different gametypes (Speedbomb,Covie CTF/Assualt,Neutral Assualt (?)..) if their populations would hold steady.

Just gotta say Flagstravaganza has brought new life to Reach for me. I haven't had so much fun in a playlist since Halo 3's Action Sack.

Speedflag = :_)

Get ready to say good bye to her next week :'(

 

[Ryaaan14]

Get ready to say good bye to her next week :'(

Well shit. That's too bad. -_-

They could go ahead and throw Speedflag in the current Action Sack playlist, I would have no objections with that. Action Sack needs a little bit of love in my opinion.

 

[Hey You]

Well shit. That's too bad. -_-

They could go ahead and throw Speedflag in the current Action Sack playlist, I would have no objections with that. Action Sack needs a little bit of love in my opinion.

Its already in Action Sack, we need it in TO.

 

[Havok]

Its already in Action Sack, we need it in TO.

Absolutely not.

 

[Ryaaan14]

Its already in Action Sack

:'_D

I was not aware of this.

 

[Sibylus]

Eh, the tension between Arbiter and Chief was so minimal that it might as well have never existed. By the end of Sierra 117 they're hovering around each other's personal space like it's no issue whatsoever. Referencing it at the very end does not tension make, only mutual respect that emerged from... apathy?

Pretty much all the writing in the games is baffling to me because it so often ties itself in knots or wanders down blind alleys. What they thought they were doing, what they thought the impact on the player would be, what they thought was relevant or interesting to present, consistency of character or themes... all of it veers this way and that in a given moment. It's a weird mix of the surprisingly clever and affecting (and usually this stuff is backgrounded or simply buried), the clunky, and the just plain bad.

The 'senior writer' on Halo 4 is some guy called Christopher Schlerf. I am wary.

Is there a good story post-mortem on Halo 2 kicking around somewhere? Official or fan-based, doesn't really matter, I'm in a reading mood.

All I get on this fellow is food services and stuff. Master Chief?

 

[kylej]

SHITTING ON KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wwm0nkey]

SHITTING ON KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sir, you may have a problem

 

[Ramirez]

Its already in Action Sack, we need it in TO.

You have got to be joking me.

 

[Tawpgun]

SHITTING ON KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

This may be an over-exaggeration.

Spoiler

But its not

 

[Tha Robbertster]

I had some really great custom games with the party I used to play Halo 3 with, We started with some wonky gametypes, then went into matchmaking for 3 games and after that, we did the first 5 MLG customs of Halo Reach. It's awesome playing these gametypes with so many friends.

After the MLG gametypes, we played some 3v3v3 and FFA with 10 persons which was fricking hectic but fun. I also want to say sorry to Overdoz1s if he's reading this, one of my friends was pretty drunk

 

[kittens]

My daughter and I had a pretty great game of Speedpile (which sounds like a term for diarrhea, but nevermind) earlier today. Our two team mates were just rolling around in the Warthog, so we set up a tag team on the center flag. I worked like mad for what was to be the last cap and then, well, watch.

Whoaaaaaaaa @ the part where the Revenant cruised over your head. You were in mid-jump, too! It must've been inches from your head.

 

[Hey You]

Absolutely not.

Why not?

 

[Havok]

Why not?

Because I don't want gametypes that look like they could be set to Benny Hill in one of the last serious playlists left. The last update just removed (almost) all of the terrible fringe gametypes to get back to a core experience. Why would they undo all of that?

Speaking of bad gametypes in Objective, why was Hot Potato left in? Either the explosions are random or I haven't figured out the underlying mechanic (the enemy team hid in a corner for 45 seconds, no explosion. Fox picks up the bomb and explodes within 3 seconds).

 

[Ryaaan14]

Because I don't want gametypes that look like they could be set to Benny Hill in one of the last serious playlists left. The last update just removed (almost) all of the terrible fringe gametypes to get back to a core experience. Why would they undo all of that?

Speaking of bad gametypes in Objective, why was Hot Potato left in? Either the explosions are random or I haven't figured out the underlying mechanic (the enemy team hid in a corner for 45 seconds, no explosion. Fox picks up the bomb and explodes within 3 seconds).

I personally think if you have a good enough team, it's a perfectly legitimate gametype for TO. Some very intense moments have come out of Speedflag.

Edit: Now, gametypes like Slayer Flag have absolutely no business there. I'd be happy if it was just banished in general.

 

[Hey You]

Its nice to have a variety of gametypes in Objective though.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

I personally think if you have a good enough team, it's a perfectly legitimate gametype for TO. Some very intense moments have come out of Speedflag.

Edit: Now, gametypes like Slayer Flag have absolutely no business there. I'd be happy if it was just banished in general.

What's wrong with Slayer Flag? I really lve that gametype, it's a great way to break ties and fun overall.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Whoaaaaaaaa @ the part where the Revenant cruised over your head. You were in mid-jump, too! It must've been inches from your head.

It was a wee close.

 

[CyReN]

Assault Rifle is the worse weapon ever.

 

[Tunavi]

Assault Rifle is the worse weapon ever.

 

[Steelyuhas]

Assault Rifle is the worse weapon ever.

yep

Assault rifle in that game is not the AR in this game. At all.

 

[The Real Napsta]

As someone who has made a 360 game and talked with the man behind OnLive, it's the 360 controller protocol. They actually wanted to use 360 PC controllers with the OnLive console, but the 360 controller has too much latency, hence why they released their own with it.

It makes sense - if you want wireless controllers as a mainstream part of your console, you elevate everything to the wireless controller's minimum response time to give them a level playing field so you don't have the issue some GameCube games had when playing with a Wavebird.

Digital Foundry does good work sometimes, but the other half of the time they're making shit up. And now they're starting to inject subjective opinions into objective technical breakdowns, so I'd rather not give them any more hits.

Does this apply to both wired and wireless controllers?

 

[A27_StarWolf]

those were the days.

If anyone is on LATE tonight after customs, lets do some Arena, I really want to get ranked

 

[Ryaaan14]

What's wrong with Slayer Flag? I really lve that gametype, it's a great way to break ties and fun overall.

That gametype just pisses me off because I always hate when people troll flag games by just killing, and this gametype just rewards that kind of behavior.

Spoiler

I also suck ass at Slayer, so I hate getting shit on when I go to enjoy some CTF :_(

 

[Miggytronz]

I love the Assault Rifle.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

That gametype just pisses me off because I always hate when people troll flag games by just killing, and this gametype just rewards that kind of behavior.

Spoiler

I also suck ass at Slayer, so I hate getting shit on when I go to enjoy some CTF :_(

Well, I just see it as a compromise between my friends who want to play slayer and those who want to play objective. The slayer guys actually feel like they have a goal other then helping killing the guys who are killing the flag carrier.

That and it's the only gametype in flagstrablablabla with DMR starts.

 

[Tunavi]

I love the Assault Rifle.

 

[Domino Theory]

I love the Assault Rifle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9RyIf6Wg8k

 

[Miggytronz]

LoL

Love you Halo GAF!

 

[Lazslo]

LoL

Love you Halo GAF!

Thanks bro

Anyone doing Customs tonight?

 

[ElRenoRaven]

LoL

Love you Halo GAF!

Don't worry. It's just the minority that hates it. You know what they say. When you're no good with a weapon you tend to hate it.

 

[Kibbles]

Fixed. I also got rid of bloom and armor lock.

 

[kylej]

best man streaming MLG again http://www.justin.tv/mlgbestman#/w/1353301360/3

I'll be on in an hour or so

 

[Ramirez]

Its nice to have a variety of gametypes in Objective though.

If you want a variety of stupid gametypes, play Action Sack.

I personally think if you have a good enough team, it's a perfectly legitimate gametype for TO. Some very intense moments have come out of Speedflag.
.

If Speedflag is anything like Speedpile, then it is one of th dumbest things to ever grace matchmaking. Games with whacky speed settings or anything like that have no place whatsoever in a legitimate normal playlist.

Why do I feel so out of touch with what gamers want today? Living Dead, Grifball, Speedpile, etc. These are not the things that made me fall in love with Halo, I don't even think the majority of people who play Halo even like actual core Halo anymore, just stupid made up gametypes that could just as well be in any FPS.

 

[The Librarian]

My daughter and I had a pretty great game of Speedpile (which sounds like a term for diarrhea, but nevermind) earlier today. Our two team mates were just rolling around in the Warthog, so we set up a tag team on the center flag. I worked like mad for what was to be the last cap and then, well, watch.

Ghaleon, you were SO close to dying at the point when you were running back to your base, and you jumped up because you saw (and heard) the Revanent coming towards you, but instead of zooming right under you, it zooms right over you.