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Halo 3 TBK XIX || DoubleXP SWAT (Last one before ranked + Legendary req'd)
FyreWulff
YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
Since November 9, 2004
Legendary Map Pack
Due out April 15, for 800 MS Funbucks. Contains 3 maps:
Ghost Town, originally referred to as O.K. Corral, is a new map set in a ruined locale being retaken by the jungle.
Avalanche, previously known as codename Cottonball, is a spiritual successor to Halo 1's Sidewinder.
Blackout, aka Moonlight Sonata is a direct remake of Halo 2's Lockout.
What is this Halo thing?
I hear you shoot guns. At people. And they die. From bleeding.
I want to play Halo 3 with you guys. What do I need to do?
Send a friend request to the gamertag "A TBK Clan" or to one of the staff. Please, PLEASE note that you're from PA via text or voice so we know how to deal with you.
What are the Staff gamertags?
Active Staff
- Evil Badman MD
- FyreWulff Rex
- Repoman1023
- SchwarzeKrieg
- Stachzilla
- Default Rance
- thetinwoodsman
- Valnegro
- X Equals Loser
- Nambkab
- QuietMessiah
Does TBK require any sort of tryouts or some crap?
No. We do not hold tryouts. All we require of the people that play with us is that you have a passable skill at the game (ie, you know where to take a flag or a bomb) and you're not a douchebag. Trust us, we've had douchebags. They don't last long.
Ranks are my life. MLG is the greatest. Should I join TBK?
Probably not. We mostly play Social (unranked) playlist because they're awesome and because we usually have odd sized parties. Also, when it gets late, all the ranked playlists are full of level 47 assholes.
What time do you guys usually play?
Late at night in North America, and into the wee morning hours if we're doing well. We play a lot more during DoubleXP weekends.
I want to play either Halo with you. What do I need to do?
For Halo 2, you need to go to Xbox Live and then Downloadable Content, and grab all the map packs. This is going to take a while. It's 551MB in total. Also because OXBox Live downloads are slow.
For Halo 3, you don't need to do much at this point. Grab the Heroic Map Pack when it goes free. We do not require you to have any pay content to play with us, since there's plenty of playlists that don't require DLC, just don't be suprised if a team in a DLC game doesn't stop for a while.
What do you consider cheating or unsporting?
In Halo 2, any sort of button combination is considering cheating by us (and Bungie). This includes BXR, BXB, doubleshot, etc. We also consider superbouncing to the top of maps as cheating.
In Halo 3, since there are no known exploits *knock on wood*, pretty much just don't standby, and try to avoid spawncamping too hard.
What's with all your crazy ass lingo for maps? And why does FyreWulff keep calling out numbers as locations?
We've adopted certain phrases to make it quicker to call out locations on maps. Here is a sample of the most popular Halo 3 ones:
Valhalla
Pelican Side: the entire left side if you're on Red, right if you're blue.
Bubble Side: the entire left side if you're on Blue, right if you're Red.
Water Caves: the area with the fallen rocks that the river runs under near blue base.
Hot Gates/Tollbooth: the canyon that the red side cannon puts you near.
Side Cave: refers to the caves on the side. Usually used like "they're in our side cave" or "they're spawning in their side cave"
Last Resort
Key/Pee Hole: The broken wall entrance on the top floor of the base
Generators: the electrical towers outside of the base's gate.
Froman: The little side platform with an area underneath. It has a "Camp Froman" sign near the sniper rifle.
Camo Tower: the tower with the bubble shield/brute shot opposite of Froman.
Camo Door: the lower right side door facing the base from the beach
Gate Door: the lower left side door facing the base from the beach
Catwalk: the ledge that goes from Froman, up along the back wall and over to the base
Sandtrap
Temple: the long hallway structure on blue team's side.
Cathedral: the short underground rooms structure on red team's side.
Pelican Side: the entire left side if you're on Red, right if you're blue.
Bubble Side: the entire left side if you're on Blue, right if you're Red.
Water Caves: the area with the fallen rocks that the river runs under near blue base.
Hot Gates/Tollbooth: the canyon that the red side cannon puts you near.
Side Cave: refers to the caves on the side. Usually used like "they're in our side cave" or "they're spawning in their side cave"
Last Resort
Key/Pee Hole: The broken wall entrance on the top floor of the base
Generators: the electrical towers outside of the base's gate.
Froman: The little side platform with an area underneath. It has a "Camp Froman" sign near the sniper rifle.
Camo Tower: the tower with the bubble shield/brute shot opposite of Froman.
Camo Door: the lower right side door facing the base from the beach
Gate Door: the lower left side door facing the base from the beach
Catwalk: the ledge that goes from Froman, up along the back wall and over to the base
Sandtrap
Temple: the long hallway structure on blue team's side.
Cathedral: the short underground rooms structure on red team's side.
The reason you'll hear people calling out numbers as locations ex "Spawning at 4!" is because we're using territory locations for better precision and speed. This especially helps on Sandtrap. If you want to see where the numbers are, just go into a Territories game by yourself.
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Want your picture in the scrap book? All you have to do is link some photos in the thread and if I like it enough it'll show up here. I reserve the right to choose any picture I wish to feature, based on whatever criteria I desire. Whining that your photo is not here will get you mocked.
That's extremely interesting. Can you do anything while flying across the screen? Would it give anyone an advantage?
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
Jodrell Bank -> Standoff
John Carpenter's Prince of Dorkness -> Rat's Nest
Vandelay -> Foundry
OK Corral -> Ghost Town
Cottonball -> Avalanche
Moonlight Sonata -> ????? (assuming this is the third one for the pack)
Moonbase Alpha -> ?????
Purple Reign -> ?????
any others I'm forgetting?
Nope. What I think happens is the camera is trying to fly back into you in the animation and it just.. flies to your new location. I don't know if it actually delays you appearing on the other side or if you're already there. It doesn't matter much since there aren't any teleporters by default in matchmaking, if it did let you shoot out of it.
In Halo 2, when it got really laggy on Warlock, you'd see people fly across the map when they took the teleporters.
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
Except for the secret teleporter on Valhalla which takes you to the top of the mountain. but don't tell anyone of that. at the top is a six pack of ice chilled beers and a plasma tv from which you can have a grunt birthday party.
More BTB maps is always nice.
Not when you don't have an income
lol
Repo, the Hornet sounds pretty nerfed, what with no missles and a weaker chain gun.
Also, passengers on the Hornet are pretty useless unless for the flag guy/ bomb guy.
I mean, are even supposed to be able to aim or tell what the fuck is going on?
Give us a couple nights in Big Team Social, and we'll come up with something.
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
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damn it I was so close.
Also these maps will be bought.
Those MLGers deserve to get shot up. They ruin our games! (humorous sarcasm aside)
Gaming will never be a sport. If robots killing other robots didn't take off, then how will video games become a sport? I think the whole videogames as a profession is pretty annoying. Mr FATAL1ty is just a product whore. And I will be honest, PurePwnage guys aren't that funny.
This is coming from an gaming elitiest critic. Take it as you will.
Let me assure you, having someone jump on a hornet will not be nerfed. However the laser will be a problem against the hornet.
Blue dot'd, and back to work.
XBL: Torn Hoodie
@hoodiethirteen
Some of my fondest H1 memories are from sidewinder. One being me peeking over a ledge, lining up a snipe shot, and as soon as I pull the trigger and enemy walks point blank into my screen and I headshot him. It was just a moment of disbelief.
Now if my H3 connection would begin to lighten up a little bit, I would be on more. For some reason, everything runs fine, except halo! wtf.
Anyways, I really wish Halo 3 wasn't so strict when it comes to exploring the outsides of maps . . . why can't the map designers be worse at their jobs and let me go outside? Avalanche would be fun for that, I know that Sidewinder was. I haven't really played Halo 3 for about two months now, but I know I will probably be picking this map pack up on day one. I can't wait until they announce the other two. I wonder if we will get a bigger Foundry type map?
On another note, I finally got Halo: Uprising #2 . . . was not that great, unfortunately. Marvel really dropped the ball hard on these comics. Gah . . .
They did an awesome job locking off the maps. You can break out of most of them in Forge anyway, if you really want to go out there.
I mean fuck, we couldn't have Banshees in matchmaking on Containment because of the MASSIVE FUCKING HOLE over one of the bases in the boundary box.
oh my god i cant believe i killed that little thing it it it it it probably had a f-f-f-family oh god
ps fyre get on aim
Smaller Slayer maps eh? Midship? Lockout (I wish)... maybe a halo 1 map.
I know it might not be final, but it looks like it's meant to be there.
http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/asset_thumb_viewer.aspx?at=59&cc=21
Hahahahahahaha . . .
all i have ever been is tits and ass!
This implies that two maps have been announced?
EDIT: There's two screenshots of an outdoor map on Bungie's site . . . what the hell? I thought they have only talked about Avalanche?
Steam: Feriluce
Battle.net: Feriluce#1995
Ghost Town was the first map announced for this map pack.
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13287