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Halo: Reach: The Thread! Grifball went live

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  • ArteenArteen Adept ValeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Wow, not many people get invited to the NHL!

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    I'm GOING PRO

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    That and I have Little Milka in my friends list now.

    You might remember him from wonderful halo moments like....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lycdmvj9Rbk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

    and....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agdcJGlnspw&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

    in his own words.. Shit is gonna go crazyy!!!

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    i made psuedo-remake of timberland because i was talking to dimosar about that map
    it is not 1:1 but it's damn close and i managed to get CTF working on it.
    we need to test this shit you piss dicks

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  • AuburnTigerAuburnTiger Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    i made psuedo-remake of timberland because i was talking to dimosar about that map
    it is not 1:1 but it's damn close and i managed to get CTF working on it.
    we need to test this shit you piss dicks

    I'm over 100 miles away from xbox . . . I wish I could be a duck tonight.

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Local, As much as I would like to tonight- it's just not a good night.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Well, tomorrow everything gets put on hold anyway when the forums merge.
    Or are they still doing that?

    Also... Give me something to render you fraks.
    It's the 24th and I still have all 5 minutes.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    It's usually happened by now. It could be that all the backend problems they've been having is preventing it this year; it might not be worth the trouble.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I'll render it when I get home. Out and about at the moment.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Rendering

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    TODAY WE PLAY MY MAP YO

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    TODAY WE PLAY MY MAP YO

    You online right now Local? Cause I have some more stuff to share :P

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    i'll be on in a bit, gonna get of work

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  • MechanicalMechanical Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Custom maps? I'm in.

    Provided I can pry myself away from RB3.

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  • iRevertiRevert Tactical Martha Stewart Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    So I went back and played some halo 3 tonight.

    Made me realize just how weak the Reach maps are, and granted I'm more partial to asylum and MLG type maps that keep things nice and fast paced and flowing but still going back made me realize just how bad the dynamic (level design) of the Reach maps are. Even on swat it just feels like theres 2x as much time between fights then there should be. It also made me realize how they tried to use a great deal of the basic designs of past maps to Reach maps rather then build maps from the ground up suited to the new style of play reach has.

    The pit, Construct, Guardian, Narrows, Valhalla...I mean those were inital maps in H3 and even now all these years later you play a game on one of those and it just shows that the level design was so strong to keep gameplay moving at a good clip. Tonights throwback play just made me feel as though the Reach maps were fairly uninspired (YMMV) and just not as suited to the new style of fighting reach had then they should have been.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    i agree to a point but... we were kind of spoiled in halo 3 with some of the best maps of the franchise. valhalla is blood gulch but good, and then we got a step back.
    BUT, i remain optimistic because:
    we have 'lots' more DLC coming
    noble pack 1 had to be the best map pack bungie has made to date
    less forge world, more new maps

    i will mail blow and money to bungie for them to remake valhalla brb

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    iRevert wrote: »
    So I went back and played some halo 3 tonight.

    Made me realize just how weak the Reach maps are, and granted I'm more partial to asylum and MLG type maps that keep things nice and fast paced and flowing but still going back made me realize just how bad the dynamic (level design) of the Reach maps are. Even on swat it just feels like theres 2x as much time between fights then there should be. It also made me realize how they tried to use a great deal of the basic designs of past maps to Reach maps rather then build maps from the ground up suited to the new style of play reach has.

    The pit, Construct, Guardian, Narrows, Valhalla...I mean those were inital maps in H3 and even now all these years later you play a game on one of those and it just shows that the level design was so strong to keep gameplay moving at a good clip. Tonights throwback play just made me feel as though the Reach maps were fairly uninspired (YMMV) and just not as suited to the new style of fighting reach had then they should have been.


    I still don't understand why developers just don't port over the maps from the original games first, THEN make new maps. How many Halo 1, Halo 2, and Halo 3 remakes are we going to see?

    Lots. I've seen halo 2 and halo CE remakes. Sometimes being lazy and porting stuff over isn't such a bad thing after all.

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  • Bro Chi MinhBro Chi Minh Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    God, I miss this game, why did my Live have to run out for christmas?

    Fucking withdrawal symptoms here, I could suck some dick just for a trial code.

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  • AuburnTigerAuburnTiger Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I largely agree about the maps; I love Reach, and find it incredibly fun, but the most glaring weakness is the map selection. But as Jay said, I have faith we'll get some better maps down the road.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    Note for the weekly: You don't have to actually play the entire campaign, you can just speedrun a single level 9 times and it will pop.

    Anyone want to help me speedrun Nightfall to get a good chunk of it done fast? :P

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  • AuburnTigerAuburnTiger Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I got it done in about 10 minutes on Winter Contingency. Just save after you pop the sword elite at the end, reload and repeat.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    So... Best Buy is running a sale on Live time cards. Currently $45 each. Not bad, but better if you can find the Black Ops 1 year + 2 months cards for the same price. My subscription ends the 25th of Jan. Tempted to pick up one.

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  • Bro Chi MinhBro Chi Minh Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Nocren wrote: »
    Not bad, but better if you can find the Black Ops 1 year + 2 months cards for the same price.

    Huh? The 12 + 2 cards I've seen have been Reach branded.

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  • CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Note for the weekly: You don't have to actually play the entire campaign, you can just speedrun a single level 9 times and it will pop.

    Anyone want to help me speedrun Nightfall to get a good chunk of it done fast? :P

    Oh thank god. By the way, when do weeklies expire, next monday?

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I just went back to try some Firefight again. And uh... they still haven't fixed the horrible frame rate in Glacier. That map has been fucking broken since it was released, you can't aim for shit with all the choppiness. It's a shame, cause that map does have a good defensive layout.

    Also, I find most people are really risky in their playstyle, since there are infinite lives in Firefight. I wish they'd change it back to ODST's format, where there were limited lives and people played cautiously.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    the framerate of Glacier will never be fixed. It was the apparent reason why Glacier wasn't in MM rotation at launch though.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    that sucks, that's one of the better firefight maps

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    the framerate of Glacier will never be fixed. It was the apparent reason why Glacier wasn't in MM rotation at launch though.

    Then why did they deem it acceptable for release after launch? It plays terribly.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    They probably figured if people found the framerate unacceptable, they'd simply not vote for it?

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    so who wants to help me make timberland, but good this time.
    i only did so-so on the one i did. i'm hopping on now.

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  • LCDXXLCDXX A flask of wood and glass Terre Haute, INRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    I got it done in about 10 minutes on Winter Contingency. Just save after you pop the sword elite at the end, reload and repeat.
    Don't you lose the save point after pressing the button at the end to complete the level?

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    Nope. Turn on Scoring before doing the level. When you save and quit before pressing the button, then load up, the lobby will just have you start at that checkpoint over and over again..

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    They probably figured if people found the framerate unacceptable, they'd simply not vote for it?


    I was just playing Firefight. We vetoed the map Courtyard. The next map in the rotation was Glacier. The game did not let us veto Glacier. Apparently, vetoing Courtyard locked us out from vetoing Glacier, the next map.

    So no, this solution doesn't work.
    Fuck you, Bungie.

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    I wish I could hate you to death.

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  • CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    The Checkpoint Strategy works. It's a pain in the ass area, but it works.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    They probably figured if people found the framerate unacceptable, they'd simply not vote for it?


    I was just playing Firefight. We vetoed the map Courtyard. The next map in the rotation was Glacier. The game did not let us veto Glacier. Apparently, vetoing Courtyard locked us out from vetoing Glacier, the next map.

    So no, this solution doesn't work.
    Fuck you, Bungie.

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    I wish I could hate you to death.

    That's what you get for vetoing Courtyard.

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  • CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    10,000 credits. That's 10,000 nun cunt punting credits. And before 21:00, they will be mine.

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  • quovadis13quovadis13 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    So, a while ago, I brought you a video that shows what happens when my girlfriend gets behind a Mongoose during Rocket Race. Well, she is still at it to this day.

    Here is what I saw and here is what she did in the meantime.

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  • The ListenerThe Listener Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    After recieving the game for christmas, I'm finally willing to step into the fray into online Multiplayer. I do wonder, though, if it is still worth it to keep voice chat off on regular pubs, or if you just need voice too much to play the game properly.

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I bought this back in September and didn't have a lot of time to play because of school. And when I did play a game it was usually Starcraft.

    Now I'm on break and I'm at the last part of the last mission, on Legendary, by myself, trapped behind a rock and surrounded by guys with fuel rods.

    I want to die.

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