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[Devolution]

Was playing customs with Naked Eli and other bros. Some of those are pretty damn fun and not mind numbing like a lot of race games.

 

[Ramirez]

After tonight, I think I'm officially shelving this game until the beta hoppers at the earliest.

 

[GhaleonEB]

After tonight, I think I'm officially shelving this game until the beta hoppers at the earliest.

I have been wallowing in Deus Ex and not been tempted to toss Reach in at all. I do plan to do the Campaign run tomorrow, but that aside, my next MP will be in the Beta hopper.

 

[Tunavi]

Just got a perfection in multi team. LOL

 

[Stripper13]

I have been wallowing in Deus Ex and not been tempted to toss Reach in at all. I do plan to do the Campaign run tomorrow, but that aside, my next MP will be in the Beta hopper.

I found Deus Ex absolutely amazing until about 2/3rds through the game. Then it became a bit of a chore with not much more to offer. As the game reached it's climax I was expecting to get blown away - but I ended up sprinting* through the game just to finish it before it lost my attention entirely and went into the backlog.

*literally sprinting - I spent my praxis points on sprint abilities just to get through the game quickly.

Now I'm hooked on Reach all over again. Also, looking forward to the TU for bloom fixes - but I still love the game bloom and all.

 

[Devolution]

After tonight, I think I'm officially shelving this game until the beta hoppers at the earliest.

Poop or be pooped on sir.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I found Deus Ex absolutely amazing until about 2/3rds through the game. Then it became a bit of a chore with not much more to offer. As the game reached it's climax I was expecting to get blown away - but I ended up sprinting* through the game just to finish it before it lost my attention entirely and went into the backlog.

*literally sprinting - I spent my praxis points on sprint abilities just to get through the game quickly.

I'm sort of the opposite with it. I hated the first couple hours, and really started liking it only after I upgraded several abilities and sunk into the first hub area. Now I'm loving it more than before; I keep trying new approaches, and they keep working. The last few areas have had some incredible highlights.

 

[Hitmonchan107]

Did anyone else watch Game Informer's Halo: CE Replay? Pretty amusing.

I never realized that Brute Force, which was called "the Halo killer" before its release, used the Halo font for its menus.

 

[FyreWulff]

It's a jr. member thing. Members get 1,000; I'm sitting on over 500 right now.

Actually just noticed that I did recieve an email from NeoGAF telling me that someone attempted to send me a PM but my inbox was full.


Also Kanbo reopened the HBO shirts for one last gasp. You've got until Sunday night to grab one before they're gone for good.

 

[Booshka]

Did anyone else watch Game Informer's Halo: CE Replay? Pretty amusing.

I never realized that Brute Force, which was called "the Halo killer" before its release, used the Halo font for its menus.

Video Game journalists are pretty awful at Video Games. That one Kyle

Spoiler

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dude was decent (first day on the job, makes sense), but they were all pretty clueless. I like the one guy trying to figure out why he couldn't throw a grenade, in spite of the fact that he didn't spawn with grenades.

At least they had the sense to switch to a Hang em High FFA. I was scared they were going to do the 3 morons vs 1 okay player Blood Gulch match the whole time.

 

[MIMIC]

Why I stopped playing this game....it's all coming back to me -_-

I swore I'd never play this game again (been playing Halo 3 in the meantime) because armor lock pissed me off so much but I saw that there was a new Map Pack (plus additional achievements) so I hopped back into it. I was playing a bunch of games today and none of them had armor lock as an option at the loadout screen. I honestly thought that it was removed from the game entirely. It was just a stroke of temporary luck and I saw the option in the next few games. Then I proceeded to my latest match:

When I saw the majority of the vote go for sword base, I nearly turned off the Xbox. From my experience, nothing good ever comes from that map; I fucking KNEW what I was in for. Seeing the eagerness and all those votes for that map was foreshadowing my grief.

And of course, just for me, the scenario was set up perfectly: 2 of my teammates quit and the opposing team was parading around in that armor lock shit, teabagging every last one of their kills.

*skips over the familiar armor lock anecdotes*

It literally came down to the wire. It was somewhere around 10 seconds left and after wiping out most of their team, I was killed......and then spawned right in front of the other team @_@ It was a weird angle that gave them complete advantage so of course I was killed, but thank God we were up by 2. As I respawned with 5 seconds left, I shouted out each remaining second in a pathetic effort to speed up the countdown.

We won by 1 kill. Never have I been so aggravated after a win -_-

I understand the equalizing element that armor lock provides to new players (or am I off base?) but holy shit...for me, it RUINS the game. If you corner a person using armor lock and their teammates aren't around to save them, they are fucked. But if they are around, YOU are fucked.

/rant

Also, is it me or is melee doing SIGNIFICANTLY less damage these days?

 

[Hypertrooper]

Why I stopped playing this game....it's all coming back to me -_-

I swore I'd never play this game again (been playing Halo 3 in the meantime) because armor lock pissed me off so much but I saw that there was a new Map Pack (plus additional achievements) so I hopped back into it. I was playing a bunch of games today and none of them had armor lock as an option at the loadout screen. I honestly thought that it was removed from the game entirely. It was just a stroke of temporary luck and I saw the option in the next few games. Then I proceeded to my latest match:

When I saw the majority of the vote go for sword base, I nearly turned off the Xbox. From my experience, nothing good ever comes from that map; I fucking KNEW what I was in for. Seeing the eagerness and all those votes for that map was foreshadowing my grief.

And of course, just for me, the scenario was set up perfectly: 2 of my teammates quit and the opposing team was parading around in that armor lock shit, teabagging every last one of their kills.

*skips over the familiar armor lock anecdotes*

It literally came down to the wire. It was somewhere around 10 seconds left and after wiping out most of their team, I was killed......and then spawned right in front of the other team @_@ It was a weird angle that gave them complete advantage so of course I was killed, but thank God we were up by 2. As I respawned with 5 seconds left, I shouted out each remaining second in a pathetic effort to speed up the countdown.

We won by 1 kill. Never have I been so aggravated after a win -_-

I understand the equalizing element that armor lock provides to new players (or am I off base?) but holy shit...for me, it RUINS the game. If you corner a person using armor lock and their teammates aren't around to save them, they are fucked. But if they are around, YOU are fucked.

/rant

Also, is it me or is melee doing SIGNIFICANTLY less damage these days?

Why are you doing this? Why? According to your experience you played TeamSlayer? Why? Why do you play this shitty playlist? Squad Slayer and Team Objective don't have amour lock anymore. And the new TU will change armour lock.

 

[Striker]

I don't get the issue. You don't like Armor Lock, so why join a playlist that is heavily devolved into it? A high array of community maps and Armor Lock is distinctly Team Slayer. In fact, they should have just swiped out all regular maps and just made them community variants, and named it Community Slayer with just Sprint, Jetpack, and Hologram. But alas.

If you're in that team based slayer mood, join Team Arena. Join Squad Slayer. They are your slayer modes without AL which is the major lead of your frustrations.

Also, I couldn't watch much of that GI Halo replay. Not simply because they're terrible, but the commentary was also unbearable.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

I fixed that, didn't know the GAF inbox limit was so small. 50 across both inbox and sentbox? Really?

I think that changes after you become a full member.

Even nicer considering all the crap he gets here. He's an awesome dude and one I admire. Same goes for all you code/beta key/F&F invite givers out there. It's heart warming indeed.

Yeah while I may never agree with Fyrewulff on opinions about Halo, hes still a good guy. I love the fact I can jump on and play the game with him and have a laugh despite obviously wanting different things out of the game.

Why I stopped playing this game....it's all coming back to me -_-

I swore I'd never play this game again (been playing Halo 3 in the meantime) because armor lock pissed me off so much but I saw that there was a new Map Pack (plus additional achievements) so I hopped back into it. I was playing a bunch of games today and none of them had armor lock as an option at the loadout screen. I honestly thought that it was removed from the game entirely. It was just a stroke of temporary luck and I saw the option in the next few games. Then I proceeded to my latest match:

When I saw the majority of the vote go for sword base, I nearly turned off the Xbox. From my experience, nothing good ever comes from that map; I fucking KNEW what I was in for. Seeing the eagerness and all those votes for that map was foreshadowing my grief.

And of course, just for me, the scenario was set up perfectly: 2 of my teammates quit and the opposing team was parading around in that armor lock shit, teabagging every last one of their kills.

*skips over the familiar armor lock anecdotes*

It literally came down to the wire. It was somewhere around 10 seconds left and after wiping out most of their team, I was killed......and then spawned right in front of the other team @_@ It was a weird angle that gave them complete advantage so of course I was killed, but thank God we were up by 2. As I respawned with 5 seconds left, I shouted out each remaining second in a pathetic effort to speed up the countdown.

We won by 1 kill. Never have I been so aggravated after a win -_-

I understand the equalizing element that armor lock provides to new players (or am I off base?) but holy shit...for me, it RUINS the game. If you corner a person using armor lock and their teammates aren't around to save them, they are fucked. But if they are around, YOU are fucked.

/rant

Also, is it me or is melee doing SIGNIFICANTLY less damage these days?

I have stopped caring about if I win or lose now. I honestly dont know why you would put yourself through the stress of winning when a match is more bullshit than skill.

 

[Devin Olsen]

Anyone up for some EARRRRRLY morning MM?

 

[Gabotron ES]

I have stopped caring about if I win or lose now. I honestly dont know why you would put yourself through the stress of winning when a match is more bullshit than skill.

THIS.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

I think that changes after you become a full member.





Yeah while I may never agree with Fyrewulff on opinions about Halo, hes still a good guy. I love the fact I can jump on and play the game with him and have a laugh despite obviously wanting different things out of the game.




I have stopped caring about if I win or lose now. I honestly dont know why you would put yourself through the stress of winning when a match is more bullshit than skill.

I still want to win my games and I always try do so too. But that's why I mainly play arena, squad slayer or Premium battle. I feek like those playlists are the only ones I can get some good matches in.

 

[king picollo]

Had a crack at the new beaver creek yesterday, looks good, added back room is an interesting addition.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Did anyone else watch Game Informer's Halo: CE Replay? Pretty amusing.

I never realized that Brute Force, which was called "the Halo killer" before its release, used the Halo font for its menus.

So was Tribes Ariel Assault for PS2
So was Killzone

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Had a crack at the new beaver creek yesterday, looks good, added back room is an interesting addition.

Moar info please!

How did you get to play it, im totally out of the TGS info loop, is it playable there or something?

Did you get to play 0 bloom?


I was just thinking yesterday that more than anything I think im looking forward to damage bleed through more than anything.

 

[The Librarian]

Did anyone else watch Game Informer's Halo: CE Replay? Pretty amusing.

I never realized that Brute Force, which was called "the Halo killer" before its release, used the Halo font for its menus.

I skipped over the campaign part and looked at the MP. Interesting to watch and compare to later Halo games.

 

[Ramirez]

Poop or be pooped on sir.

It wasn't really anything to do with wins or losses. I think we won all of them except a game of TO where our teammate quit out and a couple of Arena matches. The TO game was against 3 (!!!) Inheritors and a Forerunner, 2 Flag Slayer, they just killed us instead of going for the flag once our teammate quit out, lol. Where were Stephen and N00bs to save me? I will say one thing about that game, at like 10:00 into the match there were already more than 2 snipers in play, hilarious to me that something like that still isn't fixed.

More to do with the game itself, just mediocre in its current state, just been playing it because I don't have any other options, and now I have other options hitting quite soon & frequently.

 

[kylej]

got this running in the background while I do some early morning cleaning and heard something amazing

http://www.twitch.tv/ninja/b/295245387 - go to 1:50:29

minutiae

"It's like minute".

Prooooooo gaming.

 

[The Librarian]

got this running in the background while I do some early morning cleaning and heard something amazing

http://www.twitch.tv/ninja/b/295245387 - go to 1:50:29

minutiae

"It's like minute".

Prooooooo gaming.

Look at how SMRT those people are.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Did anyone else watch Game Informer's Halo: CE Replay? Pretty amusing.

I never realized that Brute Force, which was called "the Halo killer" before its release, used the Halo font for its menus.

Oh man that was hard to watch. I made it 10 mins in though. And yup. From what I read one time Brute Force devs actually got some advice and technical help from Bungie during development when it was running behind schedule.

EGM: We noticed you thank some guys from Halo-developer Bungie in Brute Force's credits. How were they involved in the game?

Erin Roberts: They helped in a couple of ways. One was on our control methodology. We really liked the way the controls worked in Halo. A lot of people know these controls well, so why bother coming up with a new scheme for this game? They also helped with combat targeting. Halo has a really nice use of the reticule. Basically, when the reticule goes over an enemy, there's a sort of magnetism and friction. It slows down slightly and tries to stay with the enemy. It makes players feel like they're better at shooting and killing the bad guys

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Yet they play the game at such a high level. Its almost like Savant status right there.

Streaming for a couple hours I think, check it out. Finally got a camera and voice onto my stream Wirecast was being such a bitch but the new 4.1 version fixed it. Streaming at 30fps at 2800kbps so all you scrubs should be able to handle it, but lemme know.

 

[The Librarian]

Explosive Ordnance – Challenge Complete

#BOOM!Ball

 

[Striker]

It wasn't really anything to do with wins or losses. I think we won all of them except a game of TO where our teammate quit out and a couple of Arena matches. The TO game was against 3 (!!!) Inheritors and a Forerunner, 2 Flag Slayer, they just killed us instead of going for the flag once our teammate quit out, lol. Where were Stephen and N00bs to save me? I will say one thing about that game, at like 10:00 into the match there were already more than 2 snipers in play, hilarious to me that something like that still isn't fixed.

More to do with the game itself, just mediocre in its current state, just been playing it because I don't have any other options, and now I have other options hitting quite soon & frequently.

I'm still amazed 2 Flag Slayer got put into an Objective playlist.

 

[Tashi]

got this running in the background while I do some early morning cleaning and heard something amazing

http://www.twitch.tv/ninja/b/295245387 - go to 1:50:29

minutiae

"It's like minute".

Prooooooo gaming.

Lol I heard some funny shit about Totz and how he's kinda illiterate.

 

[Devin Olsen]

got this running in the background while I do some early morning cleaning and heard something amazing

http://www.twitch.tv/ninja/b/295245387 - go to 1:50:29

minutiae

"It's like minute".

Prooooooo gaming.

lmao That was awesome.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Well just paid off Halo: CEA, Battlefield 3 and the Metal Gear Solid Collection

I am ready for the Fall to start.

 

[Tunavi]

Meeting up with Squidhands today. lol

and he's having surgery tomorrow

 

[senador]

After tonight, I think I'm officially shelving this game until the beta hoppers at the earliest.

I think I am ready to do the same. I've had a lot of fun the past few months because I played with friends and GAF but rarely played on my own. I played by myself the last few days and got so infuriated. I'll take a break until the game type drops then til the hoppers I think. We'll see if I hold to it. heh

Anyone else having problems with the Secondapps iPhone app? I just posted in its thread about my issues.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

I think I am ready to do the same. I've had a lot of fun the past few months because I played with friends and GAF but rarely played on my own. I played by myself the last few days and got so infuriated. I'll take a break until the game type drops then til the hoppers I think. We'll see if I hold to it. heh

Anyone else having problems with the Secondapps iPhone app? I just posted in its thread about my issues.

Yep, when I press refresh, it sends me to the top of the page.

 

[Slightly Live]

Warning! Memory Lane Approaching!

Reach OT6
Reach OT5
Reach OT4
Reach OT3
Reach OT2
Reach OT1
Defiant Leak Thread
Halo Reach Screenshot OT
Reach Beta OT
Reach Forge OT
Reach & ODST Discussion Thread
Reach Reveal OT
Reach Leak OT2
Reach Leak OT
ODST OT
Halo 3 "Campaign Experience" Thread
Halo 3 Screenshot OT2
Halo 3 Screenshot OT
Halo 3 Hyperthread
Halo 3 Beta OT
Halo 3 Forge Reveal
Halo 3 Sandy Vagina Thread

 

[neoism]

Warning! Memory Lane Approaching!

Reach OT6
Reach OT5
Reach OT4
Reach OT3
Reach OT2
Reach OT1
Defiant Leak Thread
Halo Reach Screenshot OT
Reach Beta OT
Reach Forge OT
Reach & ODST Discussion Thread
Reach Reveal OT
Reach Leak OT2
Reach Leak OT
ODST OT
Halo 3 "Campaign Experience" Thread
Halo 3 Screenshot OT2
Halo 3 Screenshot OT
Halo 3 Hyperthread
Halo 3 Forge Reveal
Halo 3 Sandy Vagina Thread

holy shit thanks dani bookmarking this post.

 

[The Librarian]

Dani, the Halo 3 Sandy Vagina link links to the Halo 3: ODST thread.

 

[Slightly Live]

Dani, the Halo 3 Sandy Vagina link links to the Halo 3: ODST thread.

Fixed.

 

[vhfive]

0_o

 

[Risen]

halo anyone?

 

[The Librarian]

Fixed.

It's still linking to the ODST thread for me. Hrm.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

halo anyone?

Ugh yes we have an ultimate dong party going on.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Ugh yes we have an ultimate dong party going on.

I hear they have a special guest in chat too. I lurk. Screw signing on to chat on a stream.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

I hear they have a special guest in chat too. I lurk. Screw signing on to chat on a stream.

Quit lurking I need all the "follows" I can get plus if you have more people your channel shows up higher on the list.

Seriously all the help I can get.

 

[TheOddOne]

Yep, the guests have invaded the Squad Slayer playlist.

Fuck this shit.

Can we have a guest-less playlist? Thanks.

 

[Plywood]

Yep, the guests have invaded the Squad Slayer playlist.

Fuck this shit.

Can we have a guest-less playlist? Thanks.

Don't worry, when the race playlist comes out, the guest will come in groves.

 

[kittens]

Warning! Memory Lane Approaching!

Oh shit, I forgot about this!

HAHAHA

 

[GhaleonEB]

Enter the Brutezone.

I remember when Urk was rocking that epic dong as his avatar; a moderator understandably objected. :lol

 

[Sai-kun]

Oh lawd, all them OTs! Thanks, Dani, I love going through stuff like that

 

[The Librarian]

Dani, why isn't the Halo 3 Beta thread apart of the list?

Halo 3 Beta