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[The Librarian]

Come on, GAF! I want that desktop background so badly.

 

[erpg]

ROFLMAO

I almost spit out my mouthwash at that one. So wrong on so many levels.

People GAF at the weirdest times.

 

[daedalius]

New Dashboard Preview Update is live for folks in the preview program.

I'd sign up for it if I could figure out where. Is it still available?

Also, CEA Soundtrack dual disc!
http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/halo-combat-evolved-anniversary-soundtrack/290680

 

[Havok]

Dailies and Weekly finished up. Boy, 90% of what happens in Tip of the Spear is completely asinine, and it took this LASO to remind me. Drive through the EMP field (Jorge is Scumbag Steve), rail sequences, Mongeese driving in formation ahead of a tank battalion, Kat being Kat, is it a teleporter or a cloaking device or a macguffin? Pick one. Good stuff.

Also, Waterfront is still bad.

 

[daedalius]

Dailies and Weekly finished up. Boy, 90% of what happens in Tip of the Spear is completely asinine, and it took this LASO to remind me. Drive through the EMP field (Jorge is Scumbag Steve), rail sequences, Mongeese driving in formation ahead of a tank battalion, Kat being Kat, is it a teleporter or a cloaking device or a macguffin? Pick one. Good stuff.

Also, Waterfront is still bad.

Oh boy, I can't wait to do them now... you make it all sound so fun. Is LASO without dying?

Mongeese in front of Scorpions is the work of military genius; Sun Tzu, take notes.

 

[squidhands]

Dailies and Weekly finished up. Boy, 90% of what happens in Tip of the Spear is completely asinine, and it took this LASO to remind me. Drive through the EMP field (Jorge is Scumbag Steve), rail sequences, Mongeese driving in formation ahead of a tank battalion, Kat being Kat, is it a teleporter or a cloaking device or a macguffin? Pick one. Good stuff.

Also, Waterfront is still bad.

If you can stomach it, take a gander in theater at the final Tyrant gun area before your character actually gets there. The Covenant are fighting somebody, but no one is there. lol

 

[Havok]

Oh boy, I can't wait to do them now... you make it all sound so fun. Is LASO without dying?

Mongeese in front of Scorpions is the work of military genius; Sun Tzu, take notes.

The LASOs aren't really that hard. Technically yeah, you have to do them without dying, but this just means that you save and quit every time you die and reload the checkpoint you aren't supposed to have. The Mythic guide over at HBO makes these pretty easy. Tip of the Spear just has a couple of really dumb sequences and some key moments in the level have no actual logic behind why they're happening.

If you can stomach it, take a gander in theater at the final Tyrant gun area before your character actually gets there. The Covenant are fighting somebody, but no one is there. lol

Whoa, bizarre. Peeking behind the curtains is always fun.

 

[Ramirez]

Halo: Faith finally released a teaser trailer.


No problem sir. Thank you for doing that!

Why does MC run like a girl?

 

[The Real Napsta]

MW3 looks good on JTV. Shit probably gonna go buy it. WTFFFFF.

Resist. Maps are terribad.

 

[Tashi]

Why does MC run like a girl?

:lol

 

[ShortBizzle]

Come on, GAF! I want that desktop background so badly.

http://download.cnet.com/Video-Screensaver/3000-2409_4-10820531.html

This worked good for me.

Edit: Works with other videos I have. No luck with the halo 3 download. der

 

[Karl2177]

Resist. Maps are terribad.

I can agree with this. There's maybe 4 that I like. A few are really good for Spec Ops(which I would argue is the greatest thing that Modern Warfare brought to the table).

Also, has anyone gotten the screensaver to work?
EDIT: Mac version? I've gone through about 5 or 6 pages.

 

[Tashi]

http://download.cnet.com/Video-Screensaver/3000-2409_4-10820531.html

This worked good for me.

Edit: Works with other videos I have. No luck with the halo 3 download. der

Yea I just tested it. Nice program though, give me a minute, I'll share the avi version.

 

[Tunavi]

MW3 looks good on JTV. Shit probably gonna go buy it. WTFFFFF.

you talk shit about BF3 and now you're praising mw3...really?

 

[FyreWulff]

I don't care how good anyone thinks a forge map is, if you're gonna put them in matchmaking put them in their own separate playlist. Just because you want community content and its forgers to be rewarded doesn't mean the rest of the community has to suffer. Please have a decent set of original maps (not from campaign either) in matchmaking, make everyone play Halo 2 constantly for inspiration. Pretend Reach doesn't exist. Thank you.

What would make sense to me is an improvement to the map selection program. Regardless of how a Halo 4 Forge would work, it'd make sense to me to add the ability for the map selector to omit maps past the splitscreen ability of the most-split box in the group. IE if a 4 split box is in the game, omit some dense variants, but if everyone in the game is a single person box, select from all possible and framerate-pushing variants in the list that you can.

 

[Homeboyd]

Talk about H4 and Forge gets me super stoked bros.

 

[Tashi]

Ok, I'm uploading the .avi file right now. It's a biggie, > 100mb. That program provided above seems to only play nice with avi. However, my Windows Movie Maker is acting up so I couldn't convert it .wmv. That may have worked though, I don't know.

Anywho, download this file:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4MR38BTQ

Use the link above to download the program that uses the video as a screen saver. Took a while, but we finally figured it out lol

 

[Steelyuhas]

you talk shit about BF3 and now you're praising mw3...really?

A friend brought it over last night. It's so bland compared to BF3, I was bored within 5 minutes.

 

[erpg]

Man, putting up a LASO challenge when the Reach Service Record server is crapping out...brutal.

Remember folks, if your armor suddenly turns black mid-match, nothing is being recorded.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

A friend brought it over last night. It's so bland compared to BF3, I was bored within 5 minutes.

My brother, who was a long time CoD fan, bought the game on release and now, he wants to bring it back to the store as soon as possible. He said the maps were pretty bad and combined with the killstreaks made it way to chaotic. And from what I played, I have to agree with him. BF3 just feels so much better.

 

[Homeboyd]

The only thing that feels good to me.. that feels right...

Is Halo. All over my face.

 

[Ken]

Anyone want to play Reach MM?

 

[Barrow Roll]

My brother, who was a long time CoD fan, bought the game on release and now, he wants to bring it back to the store as soon as possible. He said the maps were pretty bad and combined with the killstreaks made it way to chaotic. And from what I played, I have to agree with him. BF3 just feels so much better.

I've yet to play either game but aren't the similarities purely superficial? Two completely different styles of play that can coexist. What's the point of this retarded dick measuring contest between BF and COD?

Spoiler

That's rhetorical by the way, there is no point. It's dumb.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Tashi what settings do you encode your videos with? if i can get a decent sized AVI file with good quality ill capture and convert halo 2, halo 3, ODST and Reach loading screens and convert them to screensavers for HaloGAF.

 

[thezerofire]

I think MW3 is pretty fun. It scratches my dumb shooter itch

 

[Tha Robbertster]

I've yet to play either game but aren't the similarities purely superficial? Two completely different styles of play that can coexist. What's the point of this retarded dick measuring contest between BF and COD?

Spoiler

That's rhetorical by the way, there is no point. It's dumb.

Even though your question is rethorical, I'll response: The reason I think why BF3 and MW3 are constantly compared is because in BF3's marketing; it was constantly compared with MW3. BF3 was going to be the big competitor in modern war FPS's. The fans of both games just took it over.

 

[thezerofire]

Even though your question is rethorical, I'll response: The reason I think why BF3 and MW3 are constantly compared is because in BF3's marketing; it was constantly compared with MW3. BF3 was going to be the big competitor in modern war FPS's. The fans of both games just took it over.

It goes farther than that though. It started with Bad Company riffing on CoD constantly

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Even though your question is rethorical, I'll response: The reason I think why BF3 and MW3 are constantly compared is because in BF3's marketing; it was constantly compared with MW3. BF3 was going to be the big competitor in modern war FPS's. The fans of both games just took it over.

After playing both games (and series) a great deal im going to give my opinions.

Call of Duty beats out Battlefield in regards to "gun play". While battlefields player weight is nice i cant help but feel when im playing BF3 that if i was playing with Call of Duty physics and movement id be having a more enjoyable experience.

Call of Duty is Team Deathmatch done right, in comparision to TDM in BF3 its a better experience. However that said pretty much every other mode Battlefield beats out CoD, Specifically objective modes.

What i think draws people to battlefield is vehicles, larger maps (in which all classes have a role) and squads.

Ideally if Activision felt under pressure from Battlefield id like to to start a spin off franchise. Call of Duty Warzone or something in which they directly take on Battlefield with Larger maps, squads and vehicles using the call of duty engine. Thats a game id play for a long time. But honestly i dont think Activision even regard battlefield as compertition with the sales each cod games makes.

Single player experience Modern warfare all the way, Blops and W@W not so much but MW3 was much more grabbing than BF3 which i quit after the 2nd mission due to boredom.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

It goes farther than that though. It started with Bad Company riffing on CoD constantly

I didn't really pay attention to BF:BC2's release but I can remember there was a remark about MW2's snowmobile sequence or something like that.

 

[thezerofire]

I didn't really pay attention to BF:BC2's release but I can remember there was a remark about MW2's snowmobile sequence or something like that.

Almost every mission in Bad Company 1 made fun of Call of Duty in some way, as I recall. Started calling Heart Beat Sensors "baby monitors"

 

[Hypertrooper]

You know there is this garbage thread.

 

[The Librarian]

I think MW3 is pretty fun. It scratches my dumb shooter itch

I'm a level 21 and I think I'm about done with it. Lackluster map selection and the netcode is comparable to Halo 3's, a five-year-old game.

http://download.cnet.com/Video-Screensaver/3000-2409_4-10820531.html

This worked good for me.

Edit: Works with other videos I have. No luck with the halo 3 download. der

Ok, I'm uploading the .avi file right now. It's a biggie, > 100mb. That program provided above seems to only play nice with avi. However, my Windows Movie Maker is acting up so I couldn't convert it .wmv. That may have worked though, I don't know.

Anywho, download this file:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4MR38BTQ

Use the link above to download the program that uses the video as a screen saver. Took a while, but we finally figured it out lol

I'll try this out later. Thanks guys.

 

[Barrow Roll]

You know there is this garbage thread.

Exactly. I was going to put this in my previous post but people go OT all the time in this thread and I thought I shouldn't tell people to take it elsewhere because of my negative bias towards the silly debate.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Exactly. I was going to put this in my previous post but people go OT all the time in this thread and I thought I shouldn't tell people to take it elsewhere because of my negative bias towards the silly debate.

I don't really mind. But if it gets more detailed(i.e. StalkerUKCG's post) without mentioning Halo, I think that it doesn't suit this thread. But yeah you're right, we are getting too much into OT.

Now I'm going to bed and cry myself into sleep. sigh.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

I don't really mind. But if it gets more detailed(i.e. StalkerUKCG's post) without mentioning Halo, I think that it doesn't suit this thread. But yeah you're right, we are getting too much into OT.

Now I'm going to bed and cry myself into sleep. sigh.

I figured if it was being discussed at the time id give my opinion, i didnt want to make a whole thing about it but since a few posts above mine discussed it i figured 1 post wouldnt hurt.

 

[Retro]

Mens are looking at things. Top mens. And womens.

As someone who has easily spent twice as much time in Forge than any other game mode in Reach, anything you can do to help deliver better Forge tools (especially spawning controls) will earn you my eternal gratitude and unyielding passion if you are willing to accept it.

You should know I am a tender lover, nurturing and attentive, and always offer a Halo Reach around. Just don't laugh at my Needler.

 

[Tashi]

Yo Heck I got Deus Ex. Thank you very much, you're the fuckin man. <3 Also, you have cool handwriting

That reminds me, I need to ship out Plywoods stuff. I'm planning on adding some more stuff to the package though Plywood so I'll let you know when it ships

 

[thezerofire]

I'm a level 21 and I think I'm about done with it. Lackluster map selection and the netcode is comparable to Halo 3's, a five-year-old game.

I've had some pretty good experience with the netcode so far. no hiccups or anything like that

 

[The Henery]

Drive through the EMP field (Jorge is Scumbag Steve)

lol'd

What would make sense to me is an improvement to the map selection program. Regardless of how a Halo 4 Forge would work, it'd make sense to me to add the ability for the map selector to omit maps past the splitscreen ability of the most-split box in the group. IE if a 4 split box is in the game, omit some dense variants, but if everyone in the game is a single person box, select from all possible and framerate-pushing variants in the list that you can.

Decent idea

The only thing that feels good to me.. that feels right...

Is Halo. All over my face.

Agreed. The only place i'll go for dong.

 

[kylej]

As someone who has easily spent twice as much time in Forge than any other game mode in Reach, anything you can do to help deliver better Forge tools (especially spawning controls) will earn you my eternal gratitude and unyielding passion if you are willing to accept it.

You should know I am a tender lover, nurturing and attentive, and always offer a Halo Reach around. Just don't laugh at my Needler.

"Anything you can do"? We're talking about Forge in Halo 4, right? How bout throw the entire fucking thing in the trash and make a real map editor, not the video-game version of trying to place Legos on a piece of graph paper by moving the blocks with your dick instead of your hands.

Far Cry 2 map editor came out in 2008. Should be at least as good as that, and 60fps. We're not under the Bungie regime anymore, it's ok to have moderately high expectations now.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

"Anything you can do"? We're talking about Forge in Halo 4, right? How bout throw the entire fucking thing in the trash and make a real map editor, not the video-game version of trying to place Legos on a piece of graph paper by moving the blocks with your dick instead of your hands.

Far Cry 2 map editor came out in 2008. Should be at least as good as that, and 60fps. We're not under the Bungie regime anymore, it's ok to have moderately high expectations now.

A Far cry esq terrain editor with the current forge system ontop would be great, Have forge objects for buildings, weapons and vehicles only (obviously increase the pallet and possibily have swapable textures on items)

 

[wwm0nkey]

A Far cry esq terrain editor with the current forge system ontop would be great, Have forge objects for buildings, weapons and vehicles only (obviously increase the pallet and possibily have swapable textures on items)

This is what I expect Halo 4 forge to be like. A terrain editor is a must though.

 

[Plywood]

Yo Heck I got Deus Ex. Thank you very much, you're the fuckin man. <3 Also, you have cool handwriting

That reminds me, I need to ship out Plywoods stuff. I'm planning on adding some more stuff to the package though Plywood so I'll let you know when it ships

You're too kind, good sir.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

This is what I expect Halo 4 forge to be like. A terrain editor is a must though.

Watching videos of the far cry editior is fantastic its worth buying the game just to play with it. Its seriously amazing stuff if H4 forge was like that i dont think id ever get bored with it. Current Forge takes along time to build anything that looks worthwhile and due to the fact terrain has to be created with objects ends up causing a lot of rendering lag on some of the more asthetic maps.

 

[heckfu]

Yo Heck I got Deus Ex. Thank you very much, you're the fuckin man. <3 Also, you have cool handwriting

That reminds me, I need to ship out Plywoods stuff. I'm planning on adding some more stuff to the package though Plywood so I'll let you know when it ships

Hooray! I'm glad you got it, hope you enjoy it more than I did.

 

[The Librarian]

http://download.cnet.com/Video-Screensaver/3000-2409_4-10820531.html

This worked good for me.

Edit: Works with other videos I have. No luck with the halo 3 download. der

No Mac version.

 

[Karl2177]

No Mac version.

Top men will be working on it.

Spoiler

When they get home.

 

[The Librarian]

Top men will be working on it.

Spoiler

When they get home.

Hey! Thanks! There's just one small thing. Tashi, that's not the screen I had in mind. It's Halo 3's title screen.

 

[Tashi]

Hey! Thanks! There's just one small thing. Tashi, that's not the screen I had in mind. It's Halo 3's title screen.

I described the loading screen, you got giddy and now you want something else? Which scene is it?

 

[Stinkles]

lol'd




Decent idea



Agreed. The only place i'll go for dong.

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

(nsfw)