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Halo: Reach Beta - The Spartans have stolen victory! What are they hiding?

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  • LookFreeGrenadeLookFreeGrenade Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I find the pistol to be more useful than the DMR in many situations

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  • MechanicalMechanical Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Pilgrim wrote: »
    Yeah, I follow the verification link and end up the registration page again.

    It's been dead for a few hours. Out of keys, they say.

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
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    S043 being robbed of capturing six skulls in Headhunter one millimeter away from the cap by me.

    I know the frags have always been a little large in Halo, but that thing looks like a melon.

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  • PilgrimPilgrim Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Ah, so everyone got codes while I was away.

    Better luck next time, I guess.

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  • LookFreeGrenadeLookFreeGrenade Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    And yes, headhunter is pretty much THE BEST MODE EVER and I can't wait to play Team Headhunter

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Also that visual ripple effect of the guy going through the zone boundary looks freakin' awesome.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    such is life, now i enter contests a random until monday
    fyre you should give the winner of the screenshot contest a code
    me

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    LFG IS MAKING THOSE OF US WITHOUT BETA CODES SAD. :cry:

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  • UEAKCrashUEAKCrash heh Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Headhunter is pretty bad ass.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    UEAKCrash wrote: »
    Headhunter is pretty bad ass.

    ...SO MUCH HATE... SO MUCH ANGER... SO MUCH BURNING HATE, IN ADDITION TO THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF BURNING ANGER... :cry::( :? :x :evil:
    Wow, T4CT wasn't lying, Caps Lock is cool cruise control.

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  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff MOMMM! ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    So uh.... is this shit awesome or what?

    I can express some maturity as I wait till Monday. :P

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  • BlakoutBlakout Lordran's SpookylandRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Sorry I'm not joining any of you sending me invites, I've got a couple friends over who wanted to experience the greatness.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    When you're playing Swordbase, you gotta look up.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    MH79 wrote: »
    So uh.... is this shit awesome or what?

    I can express some maturity as I wait till Monday. :P

    Maturity is overrated. It's all about displaying some emotional instability. That's what the ladies like. 8-)
    Not that I would know, since I treat every woman I meet with the utmost level of respect. Really. I do. No kidding.
    For real.
    No joke.
    What are you looking for?
    There's nothing here.
    Jeez.
    You crazy.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    i really hate these twitter contests. in fact i hate entering contests.
    i just want to play SO BAD

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    So yeah, the answer to the Legendary challenge was never posted.

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  • ZerokkuZerokku Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    So I'm as beyond fucking terrible as I remember being, but still having quite a bit of fun. Just cant do shooters on consoles for some reason. I'm pretty decent on pc, but just awful on consoles.

    Think I might go and pick up Halo 3 tomorrow. Never have actually played it yet >.>

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  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/CareerStats.aspx?player=Kor%20of%20Memory

    The plasma launcher is my 5th weapon (in order of kills obtained with). Under the standard Melee, assault rifle, and then stickies and frags.

    57 kills with it in just one day.

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  • Ratsult2Ratsult2 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Melee is first for me, but then I have the magnum (which I manage a 3:1 kill death ratio with somehow), DMR, Hammer, and then Focus Rifle. Gotta love these early stats.

    New teabag?
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    Someone has copied Fyre's "Respect Knuckles" already
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  • joshgotrojoshgotro Deviled Egg The Land of REAL CHILIRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    It's been a long time since I've been jealous of something.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The knees still look kind of weird...

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  • Dox the PIDox the PI Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Fuck, I cant believe I missed that Expert zone thing

    EDIT: Cause, i would totally not have done it >.>

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  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Not a hate crime Rat, totally doesn't count.

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  • LeoniusLeonius Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    xzzy wrote: »
    Armor Lock? You mean, everyone stand around and look at the glowing blue guy, lobbing grenades at him?
    Armor lock can be amazing in the right situations - I love using it when I'm about to be melee'd. If you time it right you can also squeeze off a few shot, armor lock through a grenade, shoot a bit more, armor lock their next grenade, and then finish them with plenty of health :mrgreen:

    ...that said I'm doing really badly with the DMR and pistol...which is weird because I did fine with the original pistol and BR o_O I think I need to work on the rhythm with my shots and lining up headshots.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Also, I like how Bungie mooted the flag-thrower's argument of "throwing is balanced by showing flag position!" by having the flag indicator always be on anyway.

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Also, I like how Bungie mooted the flag-thrower's argument of "throwing is balanced by showing flag position!" by having the flag indicator always be on anyway.

    That certainly didn't stop the "FLAG TAKEN FLAG DROPPED FLAG TAKEN FLAG DROPPED..." and on and on all match.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Yeah, well I guess some people have hard habits to break.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Why don't you just steal the flag out from under them?

    YOU KNOW, LIKE T4CT DID THAT ONE NIGHT WHENEVER I GOT THE FLAG. :x

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    I'm sinnnnnging in the raiiiin

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    I'm sinnnngiiing in the raaaaiiin

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTo8PUQQzWg

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Also I [strike]accidentally[/strike] found a wall roll. Bug or feature?

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

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    For those of you who didn't fill out the ProZone test, you may still not get your Beta codes. I just checked my e-mail, and I still didn't get a code.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    If MLG is going to come up with a silly name for the wall roll, make sure they call it like

    The Fyre Slide

    or

    Sly Way To the Dangerzone

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    If MLG is going to come up with a silly name for the wall roll, make sure they call it like

    The Fyre Slide

    or

    Sly Way To the Dangerzone

    Why wouldn't they just call it that?
    Although Fyre Slide does sound pretty cool... Sly Way to the Danger Zone would probably require a royalty paid to Tom Cruise.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Because they always come up with silly names for shit

    <_<

    >_>

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Because they always come up with silly names for shit

    <_<

    >_>

    Only thing I can think of off the top of my head is the River call out on Construct...

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Also I [strike]accidentally[/strike] found a wall roll. Bug or feature?

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

    I got stuck on that ledge briefly using sprint too. Plan was to do a sprint jump over to that area where the focus rifle lives, missed slightly, and got stuck on that little ledge.

    I have noticed I get stuck on pieces of the map a lot more than I used to. The boulders have a lot of annoying holes you can fall into.

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  • OmnomnomPancakeOmnomnomPancake Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Almost as though they were still in a testing period for the maps.
    nerf hammers

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    So, two games in...

    -Jetpacks... Fuck yes.

    -Plasma Repeater is sick.

    -Magnum's a lot harder to use than I expected.

    -Is anybody else having trouble finding health packs on the maps?

    -Whoever came in here and said that the DMR and the BR were the same weapon was being a fucking idiot.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    AoR_Final wrote: »
    -Is anybody else having trouble finding health packs on the maps?

    I found them fairly easily.. well, I don't know if I have all the locations mapped out, but once I found the first one, I started seeing them all over the place.

    The trouble I have with them is picking the damn things up. The radius is really small on them, the pale blue overlay that indicates "press X to pick up" is often drowned out by the wall I'm humping, and they seem to have a lower pickup priority than guns.. if there's someone's old weapon lying on the ground, you'll pick it up every fucking time.

    That said, I have survived a couple epic showdowns by ducking around a corner, scooping the health kit, and finishing off the guy chasing me.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Yeah, I've had a harder time. Spent a minute in the bathroom on Powerhouse trying to find one...

    I'll go through both maps in theater mode and see if I can't find them.

    EDIT: Here's the list of the ones I've found so far for the uninformed. Let me know if I missed any, so I can add them.

    POWERHOUSE

    -First floor of the generator room, on the wall, to the right of the base of the stairs.
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    -In the supply room/kitchen at the base of the hill, right next to the door facing the slope that leads to the second floor of the generator room.
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    -The office building right above the bathroom, next to the door looking out at the second floor of the generator room.
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    SWORD BASE

    -1b, in the Control Room, next to the door facing the short staircase that leads to the Grav Lift.
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    -2a, in Sword Spawn, next to the awning that looks out over the Atrium.
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    -3b, at the end of the bridge leading up from 2a Sword Spawn.
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