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[Willeth]

I have made a button to hand out at PAX. I think I have a hundred or so. Usually, PAX-goers make their own buttons and trade them to meet as many people as possible. I'd recommend you do this.

HOWEVER! I will have a limited amount of these buttons to give to GAF folk that find me at HaloFest. I'll be the English guy with a slight paunch, long dark hair and a beard that isn't John Davison. In order to get one of these exclusive buttons, all you need to do is find me and say "I really fucking love the AR." Then you get this, and will be the envy of your friends:

 

[Tunavi]

I realized today that I have two friends that have switched from CoD to Halo.

They switched because of Halo Reach. I tried to get them to play Halo 3 back in the day all the time. They would play a couple rounds and go back to CoD4/Mw2

How could the worst Halo game make them switch? I know there are probably other factors but I still find it at least a little strange.
Anyone else have a similar story?

No. Literally all my friends in real life have stopped playing Halo because of Reach.

However, my buddy said the title update will bring him back if they kill bloom

 

[Sai-kun]

I have made a button to hand out at PAX. I think I have a hundred or so. Usually, PAX-goers make their own buttons and trade them to meet as many people as possible. I'd recommend you do this.

HOWEVER! I will have a limited amount of these buttons to give to GAF folk that find me at HaloFest. I'll be the English guy with a slight paunch, long dark hair and a beard that isn't John Davison. In order to get one of these exclusive buttons, all you need to do is find me and say "I really fucking love the AR." Then you get this, and will be the envy of your friends:

someone better get me one of these

 

[Syracuse022]

I have made a button to hand out at PAX. I think I have a hundred or so. Usually, PAX-goers make their own buttons and trade them to meet as many people as possible. I'd recommend you do this.

HOWEVER! I will have a limited amount of these buttons to give to GAF folk that find me at HaloFest. I'll be the English guy with a slight paunch, long dark hair and a beard that isn't John Davison. In order to get one of these exclusive buttons, all you need to do is find me and say "I really fucking love the AR." Then you get this, and will be the envy of your friends:

Even if this button cleaned my room and did my taxes I wouldn't utter that phrase.

 

[Gui_PT]

... all you need to do is find me and say "I really fucking love the AR."

Not worth it!

 

[Willeth]

Not worth it!

These buttons are going to have some serious earning potential once I'm rich and famous, I tell you what

 

[The Real Napsta]

No. Literally all my friends in real life have stopped playing Halo because of Reach.

However, my buddy said the title update will bring him back if they kill bloom

Reach scared off a good amount of my friends too, i just find it weird it actually brought two people to the series.

 

[senador]

I realized today that I have two friends that have switched from CoD to Halo.

They switched because of Halo Reach. I tried to get them to play Halo 3 back in the day all the time. They would play a couple rounds and go back to CoD4/Mw2

How could the worst Halo game make them switch? I know there are probably other factors but I still find it at least a little strange.

Anyone else have a similar story?

Yup. I had a few (3 to be exact) friends leave Halo 3 for CoD. They came back to Reach at launch and haven't left. They love most of the changes, especially Jet Pack. 1 as adamantly stated he'd be gone already if it weren't for Jet Pack.

Regardless of disagreeing with them, they have their own reasons for liking Halo right now. 343 has a helluva task.

 

[Hypertrooper]

No. Literally all my friends in real life have stopped playing Halo because of Reach.

However, my buddy said the title update will bring him back if they kill bloom

But I'm playing Halo. I ain't your buddy?

 

[Trasher]

I just kind of thought of a silly idea. I feel like the warthog is pretty iconic to Halo, so I at least hope that maybe someone else here tries to come up with something to do with it as well.

Just threw it together super fast, and I obviously copied Devo's NeoGAF ball logo haha.

 

[Willeth]

"Press and hold (X)(X)(J)(U)(I)(C)(E)(S)(X)(X) to flip out."

 

[The Real Napsta]

Bought Noble and Defiant Map Packs yesterday with the half price discount. Awesome multiplayer maps!

But with Noble and Defiant map packs, there is only one firefight map and there aren't any new singleplayer mission.

I'm on Reach Gaf friendlist, add me GAffers!

Someone posts on gamefaqs:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/960512-halo-reach/59844488/665312415

 

[GhaleonEB]

Heh. I should totally make an "I'm not Ghaleon" button.

 

[Striker]

Reach scared off a good amount of my friends too, i just find it weird it actually brought two people to the series.

Halo 3 threw off a bunch of every-day goers I had as well. They did the Reach campaign and haven't been much active.

I partly take in the fact people have more responsibilities, jobs, and whatnot, but I also strongly speculate they didn't like the direction Halo 3 and the rest were going.

 

[FyreWulff]

Someone posts on gamefaqs:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/960512-halo-reach/59844488/665312415

Gamespot and GameFAQs forums are one and the same.

If you post in the forum for a game on Gamespot it shows up on GameFAQs too. It's not a well known 'thing' because hardly anyone remembers that Gamespot actually bought GameFAQs..

The vast majority of posts you're seeing on GameFAQs were posted from the Gamespot website.

 

[Steelyuhas]

The last Halo game to be extremely popular with the mainstream and casual shooter players was Halo 2 in my opinion. Both Halo 3 and Reach had the non-hardcore Halo players move on the next thing after a couple of months.

 

[wwm0nkey]

The last Halo game to be extremely popular with the mainstream and casual shooter players was Halo 2 in my opinion. Both Halo 3 and Reach had the non-hardcore Halo players move on the next thing after a couple of months.

Pretty much, hopefully Halo 4 finds a way to strike CoD and Battlefield 3

 

[Trasher]

Heh. I should totally make an "I'm not Ghaleon" button.

I don't follow.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I don't follow.

Old GAF reference. Surfaces once in a while.

 

[feel]

A few years back, the first guy mentioning something related to the contents of the original post would usually arrive by reply #36 or so, if a Halo thread wasn't created by Ghaleon, fun times.

 

[The Librarian]

The last Halo game to be extremely popular with the mainstream and casual shooter players was Halo 2 in my opinion. Both Halo 3 and Reach had the non-hardcore Halo players move on the next thing after a couple of months.

That's because Halo 2 didn't have to compete with Call of Duty post Modern Warfare. You would've seen the same thing with Halo 2.

 

[GhaleonEB]

That's because Halo 2 didn't have to compete with Call of Duty post Modern Warfare. You would've seen the same thing with Halo 2.

To say the same thing differently, the Xbox and Live userbases are much larger and more diverse now than then. Halo 2 launched in 2004 and basically was Xbox Live for a year, until the 360 launched (and to an extent, for a while after as well). As it expanded both new audiences and new competition (CoD) arrived.

 

[J-Roderton]

The hell happened to Slayer in BTB? Haven't seen it in a while.

 

[thezerofire]

Most of my friends stopped playing Halo also. You guys are the only ones I know who still play it

 

[GhaleonEB]

Most of my friends stopped playing Halo also. You guys are the only ones I know who still play it

Players Online (24h): 710,717

 

[Striker]

That's because Halo 2 didn't have to compete with Call of Duty post Modern Warfare. You would've seen the same thing with Halo 2.

You could strongly argue games like CoD and Battlefield have gotten better, thus a larger fanbase. Meanwhile, the Halo's necessarily have not.

 

[Devolution]

You could strongly argue games like CoD and Battlefield have gotten better, thus a larger fanbase. Meanwhile, the Halo's necessarily have not.

The last good CoD was the first MW, since then it's been shit.

 

[Havok]

You could strongly argue games like CoD and Battlefield have gotten better, thus a larger fanbase. Meanwhile, the Halo's necessarily have not.

I don't think this is a good predictor of anything. On the Xbox you had Halo 2, Rainbox Six 3, that awful Battlefield Modern Combat port, and the Ghost Recon games. That's about it. The move to a modern/gritty-gory setting with stuff like Call of Duty 4 and Gears is the new big thing, and so games that do that succeed, while scifi hits a lower point in its cycle with a billion competitors. The Halo games don't necessarily cater to the one-game-only crowd - that's what the player investment stuff in Call of Duty does by constantly patting the player on the head so they feel like a badass. Its natural and isn't really a quality issue..

 

[thezerofire]

Players Online (24h): 710,717

judging by the people I get randomly matched up with, I doubt I'd want to play with most of them

 

[Hypertrooper]

I'm just thinking about Halo: CE:A's remake maps. Which one would play very differently than the original because of AA? Because of Sprint some weapon layers would be fuck up. Yeah I'm thinking very negative. But is there a map, that would play completely different in a positive way?

 

[thezerofire]

I'm just thinking about Halo: CE:A's remake maps. Which one would play very differently than the original because of AA? Because of Sprint some weapon layers would be fuck up. Yeah I'm thinking very negative. But is there a map, that would play completely different in a positive way?

the only thing that comes up is how horribly Damnation will play with Jetpacks

 

[ncsuDuncan]

I'm just thinking about Halo: CE:A's remake maps. Which one would play very differently than the original because of AA? Because of Sprint some weapon layers would be fuck up. Yeah I'm thinking very negative. But is there a map, that would play completely different in a positive way?

Backwash + Armor Lock instantly becomes everyone's favorite.

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[Hypertrooper]

Bulletin is up!

With the HD Version of the Terminals Teaser(It's private right now :/)

FINALLY A NEW SPARKAST! WOOT! WOOT! AND IT'S AWESOME! I PROMISE!

 

[GhaleonEB]

I'm just thinking about Halo: CE:A's remake maps. Which one would play very differently than the original because of AA? Because of Sprint some weapon layers would be fuck up. Yeah I'm thinking very negative. But is there a map, that would play completely different in a positive way?

Boarding Action would be interesting with jet pack and hologram. (Yes, I know it's not coming.) That's the only one I can think of.

 

[lybertyboy]

Bulletin is up!

Boom.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Boom.

Thank you, Sir. Thank you so much. Listen to something in awake condition is much better than in a tired one.

 

[Gabotron ES]

http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/

Edit: beaten by Hypertrooper :'(

 

[Ramirez]

Players Online (24h): 710,717

I don't know if it's true, but I read on here yesterday that CoD has 7 million unique users per day, that's insane.

On another note, I seriously can't wait for the TU, and the hopeful nuking of bloom. Also, tried MLG again, dunno what it is about that playlist, but I get the absolute worst connections in there. People standing on grenades, doesn't even effect them, 2 people shooting one guy, can't kill him, terrible experience and I went +6 with 11 assists!

 

[Kuroyume]

I skimmed through it and don't see anything interesting. I thought it was going to have some big news.

 

[Karl2177]

Boarding Action would be interesting with jet pack and hologram. (Yes, I know it's not coming.) That's the only one I can think of.

Would buy. Day one.

 

[Hypertrooper]

I skimmed through it and don't see anything interesting. I thought it was going to have some big news.

It has suprises. We finally got the new sparkast and an HD Version of the Halo: Anniversary Terminal trailer. But no one said something about big news.

 

[Ruze789]

I just kind of thought of a silly idea. I feel like the warthog is pretty iconic to Halo, so I at least hope that maybe someone else here tries to come up with something to do with it as well.

hog shirt[/MG]

Just threw it together super fast, and I obviously copied Devo's NeoGAF ball logo haha.[/QUOTE]

Haha I like this one. I was tryin to think of button presses and nothing like that ever occurred to me. Very nice.

 

[feel]

It's not really mocking him, but someone link EXIT.gif to jessica on her tweeterz anyway.

I still haven't found good use for the longer and backwards version that has a IMMA CHILL caption.

 

[ncsuDuncan]

Boom.

Awesome.

FYI, the header image for the Bulletin isn't loading for me.

 

[lybertyboy]

Awesome.

FYI, the header image for the Bulletin isn't loading for me.

Yep, I had to make a small edit. Fixing right meow. (Ugh, I just typed that.)

 

[The Librarian]

You could strongly argue games like CoD and Battlefield have gotten better, thus a larger fanbase.

Ghaleon and Havok have already touched on the subject and have put it in better terms than I'm about to, but I'm going to post my small addition anyway.
Halo 2 and Halo 3 came out in different eras. Trying to put the two on equal footing is one of the dumbest false equivalences on the gaming side. Halo 2's online was leagues ahead of anything else out there. People met up in Halo 2 to discuss what other games they were going to play. When the Xbox 360 launch, Xbox Live was available from the start with many new features. The Xbox 360 significantly broadened the base, making way for new games.

Meanwhile, the Halo's necessarily have not.

And what are you trying to imply here? That people moved from Halo to Call of Duty because a significant chunk of the fanbase thought that Halo 3 was inferior to Halo 2? I know you think Halo 3 and Reach are inferior to Halo 2, but it's absurd to turn that opinion into an implied reason for Call of Duty's success. You forget that Gears of War was the most played game on Xbox Live (yes, ahead of Halo 2) for awhile leading up to Halo 3's release. Is this because a large majority of Halo 2 players who thought Halo 1 was better moved to Gears? Absolutely not. It's because the base was broadened and developers put more time into the online aspects of their games.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Oh my god, the terminals will be amazing. That is such an awesome touch. Now just tell me there will be hidden skulls.

 

[Tawpgun]

It's not really mocking him, but someone link EXIT.gif to jessica on her tweeterz anyway.

I don't tweet and shit, but for anyone's convenience...

EDIT: Son of a bitch it doesn't animate. I saved it though. The face is still good for a reaction image I guess...

I skimmed through it and don't see anything interesting. I thought it was going to have some big news.

Might be some juicy info in the Sparkcast. Will listen tonight.

 

[Devolution]

Ghaleon and Havok have already touched on the subject and have put it in better terms than I'm about to, but I'm going to post my small addition anyway.
Halo 2 and Halo 3 came out in different eras. Trying to put the two on equal footing is one of the dumbest false equivalences on the gaming side. Halo 2's online was leagues ahead of anything else out there. People met up in Halo 2 to discuss what other games they were going to play. When the Xbox 360 launch, Xbox Live was available from the start with many new features. The Xbox 360 broadened significantly broadened the base, making way for new games.

And what are you trying to imply here? That people moved from Halo to Call of Duty because a significant chunk of the fanbase thought that Halo 3 was inferior to Halo 2? I know you think Halo 3 and Reach are inferior to Halo 2, but it's absurd to turn that opinion into an implied reason for Call of Duty's success. You forget that Gears of War was the most played game on Xbox Live (yes, ahead of Halo 2) for awhile leading up to Halo 3's release. Is this because a large majority of Halo 2 players who thought Halo 1 was better moved to Gears? Absolutely not. It's because the base was broadened and developers put more time into the online aspects of their games.

Halo 2 was the original party chat.

 

[feel]

I don't tweet and shit, but for anyone's convenience...

EDIT: Son of a bitch it doesn't animate. I saved it though. The face is still good for a reaction image I guess...

Might be some juicy info in the Sparkcast. Will listen tonight.

Tinypic likes to troll with their .jpg extensions on everything, you need to save it as a .gif from there if you want to keep all frames. I'm not at home and on my cell right now btw, that's why I didn't post it myself.