Deputy Moonman
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Must resist urge to tag quote.
Haha. I'm still planning on getting a kinectless bundle, but wanted to partake in the kinect goodness without spending an extra 150 dollars in october.
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User 73706
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If it's any consolation, I got two years of LIVE cards when they were on sale for like $38 a year and I haven't even used them yet. Waiting until I actually get an XBO.
Agreed
And I'm pretty sure she meant Spartans in general too.
Besides John was never the best spartan 2. He was the luckiest and a jack of all trades kinda guy. Halsey always thought Fred held back to avoid attention and could have performed better (though he did consistently come in second place for almost everything lol) And kurt seemed to be a better leader. Kelly is the fastest, Linda is best sniper etc.
Deputy Moonman
Member
That sounds even crazier though, as if she could predict a sentient species with free will, would live long enough, not only to populate the planet, but create a genetic program where a bunch of kids are stolen and raised to become killing machines, outfitted with good armor, and that she's waiting for one of them etc. Just adds a pseudo-religious/spiritual type fate is pre-determined shtick to the story. It has to be John too, since the was the last thing standing in the way of certain annihilation by the Covenant and is the reason humanity even won/survived in the end.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I dunno about Kurt being the better leader, but otherwise, yeah.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
I don't mean in that much detail. But for there to be a general urge and desire by individuals with the Geas she created to create a super solider type program that augments humans to be stronger, faster and better than they normally are.
Super solider attempts weren't anything new.
The original Orion project was first tried in the 2300/2400s (can't remember the exact date) by the CMA. This failed and was later successfully redone by the UNSC in the late 2400s (aka spartan 1s. Like Johnson.)
Then the spartan 2 program was an evolution of that previous work but used the advances in tech to create powered battle armour which seem to be part of the "plan" too.
Kidnapping of children and the specific gene pool was likely due to the limitations Halsey found at the time. Both medical/technological and with the UNSCs gradually degrading state into full blown civil war, loyalty needed to be ensured.
Later advancements in tech and medicine now allows adults to be augmented with a higher success rate. Ultimately making children moot.
Edit: re:kurt... What was his thing? Wait... Was he the one with the sixth sense type thing?
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Kurt had extraordinary perception.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Danger sense, yeah. He was an excellent leader as well, but not as good as John.
Poker Face
Member
Reposting if someone did not get the chance to see this yesterday.
The audio is 10 time better then the first episode and I had a lot of good laughs during the podcast. This is a great refresher of what has happen in these last few months. Great job guys! Keep up the work.
Also, if you need someone for a segment about forge or customs I am more willing to help out
Thank you for enjoying it! I'm really happy about what we have going on and what improvements are going to be made as we progress!
K
kittens
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FUNKNOWN iXi
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Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Pls take pity on a plebe scrub like me
FUBAR McDangles
Member
Thursday War or Mortal Dictata?
Either way you didn't lose much.
I'm pretty darn hyped for Broken Circle. Like the author and love the idea of the book.
for sure. I really hope 343 pays some sort of homage to what is happening in the comics. It's all way too important. As it's been said before, take this story line and port it into a 30 minutes digital short by Blur
Orochinagis
Member
Still need a spanish translation for the old ones
Poodlestrike
Banned
Hood: You're home now. We could finally make an officer out of you. You'd have admiral without much argument from anybody.
Chief: No offense, sir, but "The Admiral" doesn't have the same ring to it.
Hood: Was that a joke, son? Didn't think you had it in you.
Chief: No offense, sir, but "The Admiral" doesn't have the same ring to it.
Hood: Was that a joke, son? Didn't think you had it in you.
Edited for spoiler tags; it's not *really* spoiler-y, in the traditional sense, but some people might prefer to get it straight out of the comics, though I can't imagine why.
NobleGundam
Banned
So you guys want 343 to create a filler cgi prologue for halo 5 that covers the events in escalation? Good luck. I hope to, but I don't believe they'll invest in that much, tbh.
They'll probably cover it in terminals OR not and just focus on it's own original story like they said.
They'll probably cover it in terminals OR not and just focus on it's own original story like they said.
Poodlestrike
Banned
While I would like a CGI Escalation adaptation (because then I wouldn't have to deal with the art), I still don't think it's going to be important enough to merit it's inclusion in the terminals, or even a summary in 5. It's a cool story, don't get me wrong, I just have my doubts about how far-reaching its effects will be.
re: Argument about what the librarian meant by "you"
I think she met the entire species, but that is still pretty dumb. Humanity was still pretty stupid. They were losing a war to the covenant who weren't even using the weapons they found from the forerunners correctly. It's all just an extremely lucky circumstance that someone like Halsey was smart, cunning, and deceptive enough to advance the spartan program in such crazy ways. Then you have to have kids survive the whole process. Then a million other things have to happen and you get the Chief.
What I'm trying to say is that humanity was basically apes until right before the chief saved the world now we are some sort of master race. O.K. I liked the lucky space marine with a machine gun and a computer partner better. This savior crap is laaaaame.
I think she met the entire species, but that is still pretty dumb. Humanity was still pretty stupid. They were losing a war to the covenant who weren't even using the weapons they found from the forerunners correctly. It's all just an extremely lucky circumstance that someone like Halsey was smart, cunning, and deceptive enough to advance the spartan program in such crazy ways. Then you have to have kids survive the whole process. Then a million other things have to happen and you get the Chief.
What I'm trying to say is that humanity was basically apes until right before the chief saved the world now we are some sort of master race. O.K. I liked the lucky space marine with a machine gun and a computer partner better. This savior crap is laaaaame.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Poodlestrike
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Is Frankie tiny, or is that motorcycle helmet just funknormous?
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Is that Frank? Damn he looks snazzy and good.
why is the helmet sooooooo biggggggg
Frankie is like 5'8 or so, weighs probably 140-160lbs, that thing is massive
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I found managing long range weapons/ammo and finding key points of the encounters where you can effectively pick off enemies and move along similar sight lines essential. Stick and move, repeat. Also look for bottlenecks where you can exit in a hurry but take enemies down through doorways etc.
I really hope it's all contained in game. There has to be some way to tell it. You can't advance the universe and story so much in a games dominated medium and expect people who only play the games to keep up. I always felt the terminals were nice Easter eggs with interesting back story and a way for fans to find them and add to the lore. Using them to explain the main game story is a no-no in my book. That was the biggest problem with H4. We're coming from the final shots of H3 which is Chief and Cortana saying wake me when you need me, and humans scratching 117 onto a rock because they were almost extinct, and yet we jump into a changed Chief, this whole Didact, promethean, Infinity, Storm Covenant, reclaimer story with no way to know wtf. The starting CGI was a shot of Halsey handcuffed and being interrogated. What did that have to do with anything in the campaign?
So whatever is happening in Escalation, and if it's something huge, I need to know about it in the games.
It's literally a hollow prototype and it is sitting directly on my bald skull with no interior padding. Real thing will be more proportional and even this one is almost the same proportions as my stock Bell full face helmet.
160 pounds, btw.
You should upgrade to GAF gold. Dat AutoShop tool.
DAMN I WAS RIGHT, I SHOULDN'T HAVE EDITED IN THE 140 PART.
Speedy is a liar, he's back on september 21 of this year.
I am a mere peasant, can't afford GAF Gold!
Altered Juice
Member
why are they wearing suits? *sigh*
halo is serious business...
why are they wearing suits? *sigh*
halo is serious business...
is this a joke post, I cant tell
No.
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Good selection of casters picked.
(I really hope this doesn't end in another debate)
by and by.
Didn't even take it off for the ice bucket challenge.