Old HALO TBK Thread - GO TO THE NEW ONE!

AuburnTiger

Fyre do you collect action figures?

FyreWulff

So, Bungie Weekly update. Not anything earth shattering.

Bungie Pro is getting render-to-video:

And that new feature is? Render-to-video! At long last, you won't need to have a video capture card to free your saved film from the confines of your Xbox. Integrated right into the Bungie.net file-sharing experience alongside current features like "Copy to My File Share" and "Download to Halo 3" will be "Render to Video" where your short Saved Films or Film Clips (length and quantity to be determined) can come to life as a computer-playable WMV file which can be downloaded to your computer, or seen on Bungie.net alongside other game content like your Screenshots.

We're still finalizing quite a few implementation details and trying to determine at what temperature a server melts into a pool of slag that will drip through the datacenter floor. So stay tuned over the next few weeks as we get those last details sorted out. In the mean time, enjoy the Title Update, and keep that great content on your file shares.

MM updates (going live mid-october)

All Matchmaking

* Increased weighting of Oddball on Legendary maps
* Swords Variants now tweaked so players do NOT spawn with grenades, but must pick grenades up off of the map. Any pairing of Swords and The Pit has been changed to use SWAT Stop.

DLC Big Team

* All non DLC maps in this playlist now skip after veto


Double EXP Weekends (In Order)

* Team Snipers (Legendary Required)
* Rocket Race (Heroic Required)
* Grifball (Heroic Required)
* 3 Ball (Legendary Required)
* Ranked Living Dead (Legendary Required)


Rocket Race is exactly how fans of the recently retired playlist remember it. However, future iterations of Rocket Race will require Legendary so people have a better chance of trying Avalanche Speed. We may at a later time reintroduce the Tricks maps as well if the weekend proves popular enough.

Living Dead, our first ever weekend hopper, is returning to its roots and will be ranked for Halloween weekend. This is a great opportunity to get some of those rarer medals for your ranked medal chest on Bungie.net.

Icy Treats is coming back for 7 on 7th and it will be Cold Storage only.

hoodie13

all i can think about is MAAAAAAARIIIIIIIIIINAAAAAAAAAAAA and SHAKE SHAKE

FyreWulff

Also later in the update it seems they don't care if people are boosting4achievements, as long as everyone is actually playing (full party), people just plugging in controllers and letting them sit there will be ker-banned

troublebrewing

Emerlmaster999 wrote: »

Tales of Vesperia has finally been completed. Now, my only games in my backlogs are GTAIV and Mario RPG. More time for Halo.

working on this one now, got a 30 day free gamefly thing from pizza hut so I'm trying to burn through a few RPGs.. sate the WoW itch that has been arising lately

043

God, I hope they show something awesome at TGS.

Two weeks of boring WWUs after that teaser is fucking killing me.

LookFreeGrenade

getting back on when moar people come

contact me through steam, because I'll probably have that on more

SkutSkut

RANKED INFECTION <3

FyreWulff

LookFreeGrenade wrote: »

getting back on when moar people come

contact me through steam, because I'll probably have that on more

i signed back on and nobody was on

did i perform the first ever domino effect without being in the party?

LordNibbler

I'm ready to chew ass and kick bubblegum.

Spoiler:

Or play Halo.

Emerlmaster999

I'm gonna get a snack and then head back on.

LordNibbler

I'll be playing Duke Nukem until we gets a party goin. Whoever mentioned in the last thread that Duke got them motion sick, I can see why. If you're looking slightly up or down and turn everything is all wonky.

AuburnTiger

So I'm trying to think of a name for my account.

Too bad Str8t Beastin is already taken . . .

DarkPrimus

I'll be on in a little bit, unless you guys want to play RB2.

EvilBadman

I'm hovering around waiting for the Halo3 hop. Roommate picked up RB2 drums tonight and I'm burned out on that currently.

Also, updated the OP with Fyre's Condensed Friday Update, edited in the actual dates for the Double XP weekends, and Listed the Icy Treat Playlist in the Orange upcoming events section.

Emerlmaster999

Well, there's four of us now.

Edit: Five now. Fyre, Lookfree, join.

Blakout

Blue dot?

Blue dot.

LookFreeGrenade

hey primus we had to play two songs with no vocalist

it was actually pretty fun with no words

DarkPrimus

Hey I am blaming you for freezing it at the end of Man in the Box (because I sung the whole song JUST FINE).

Viscountalpha

waiting for a ride. ill be there when I can be there

X Equals Loser

Guys, sign up for TBK Secret Santa.

Seriously. Ten dollar limit. You have no reason not to.

AuburnTiger

Everybody's EXP back to normal?

VaLiantine

I will return Bees.

One of these days.

Blakout

I played the Haloes tonight. It were fun.

043

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40831.html

A Halo Wars cutscene just went up on GameTrailers in HD.

And I still don't give a fuck about it. I'll rent it, if it turns out okay.

Ranced

heh the elites sound ridiculous

DarkPrimus

That Arbiter looks fucking ugly.

I'll wait for the HBO fluff summary.

FyreWulff

previous Arbiter -is- one ugly SOB.

I guess he's going to be an asshole.

Good thing we already know he's going to be dead.

DarkPrimus

Well, the Arbiter is a suicide post.

FyreWulff

Well that, and you know, Halo 2

DarkPrimus

I wonder if they'll give him any big back story or if he'll just be an asshole high-ranking enemy for the Elite-haters to hate upon.

Also, betting pool on how he dies starts now. Current options are: Killed by humans, killed by Flood, killed by Brutes.

Viscountalpha

X Equals Loser wrote: »

Guys, sign up for TBK Secret Santa.

Seriously. Ten dollar limit. You have no reason not to.

I have a reason, I'm lazy. Chrismas is hell time for me so the likely hood of it being difficult for me to find a gift is going to be hard and 10$ for something decent? hell batteries alone are like 6$ these days.

Ranced

Too bad MS isn't adding the gifting option back in the Fall update. That would make everything a whole lot easier.

sPider817

Man, I wish gamevee was working. I wanted to put the clip from that valhalla territories game up. That flipping warthog shot was beautiful. Also, I <3 giving out glowing spinnas on Rat Trap.

Willeth

I'm really interested in the story for Halo Wars, and the graphics are incredible. But the game? Meh.

DarkPrimus

Pretty sure that's not an in-engine cutscene.

Ranced

Yeah, that's obviously CG.

The game itself looks alright, but the close ups are awful. (As with most RTS's)

Willeth

Oh sure, but that animation is still great. What I'll probably do is wait for all the cutscenes to wind up on HBO and watch them in order.

Leitner

Awesome, I managed to keep even for half a standard slayer game with my cousin (X!x Atomic x~X or something) actually pulling ahead by a kill or two at points. A guy who managed to beat Ogre. Take that MLG.

YardGnome

DarkPrimus wrote: »

I wonder if they'll give him any big back story or if he'll just be an asshole high-ranking enemy for the Elite-haters to hate upon.

Also, betting pool on how he dies starts now. Current options are: Killed by humans, killed by Flood, killed by Brutes.

AIDS