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Halo: Reach |OT4| This Thread is Not Your Grave, But You Are Welcome In It
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eeblogue said:
If I'm remembering correctly, Brian or Urk mentioned last year that the game already does this. But there has to be another team of 4 of roughly the same skill as your team searching at the same time.
Go to your communication settings and choose Team and Party. Now you'll never hear the other team.
Letters said:
TrueSkill does not assign a 1-50 number to you. That was introduced by developers because the actual TrueSkill numbers would be completely inscrutable to 99.99% of the player base. TrueSkill is a combination of two numbers, μ ("peak point") and σ ("spread").
Microsoft said:
LosDaddie said:
I'm in. Just name a time.
The Henery
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eeblogue said:
Jeremiah has stated that it was mlg who opted to not include party restrictions. I agree with the sentiment about uneven teams in general though.
Just thought I'd mention that Jaime Griesemer has been posting a LOT on his design blog. Fascinating, insightful stuff (even when I disagree with something).
http://thetipofthesphere.com/
http://thetipofthesphere.com/
Miggytronz
Member
*Announcement*
Director Jared Pelletier signs on with Machinima. 'Faith' is now obtained by Machinima and will be distributed through the company and available exclusively on their Youtube Channel!
Director Jared Pelletier signs on with Machinima. 'Faith' is now obtained by Machinima and will be distributed through the company and available exclusively on their Youtube Channel!
That reminds me, have you guys seen this blog? He's a concept artist for bungie and only recently has microsoft allowed him to release his work. Check out the older posts, they're pretty incredibleGhaleonEB said:
His related blogs are other bungie concept artists.
http://www.isaachannaford.com/
Oozer3993 said:
I think youre missing my point.
By playing in the MLG playlist I will consistently get muted game after game by the other team (if I am not already) because like Tashi said people dont want the other team to hear their call-outs. So, when I go in for a few games in other playlists I will be already muted for everyone due to how the voice ban system works. I want to communicate with my team mates but players outside of the MLG playlist assume that I have already been muted because I am abusive or have faulty mic and will refrain from un-muting me.
It's not a massive issue but it could be easily fixed.
RebornYeti
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Anyone wanna tackle the Weekly tonight at around 10 PM MST (Midnight EST)?
bobs...onGaf
Member
GhaleonEB said:
I love stuff like this, as much as I might not always agree with the decisions I have a lot of respect for the people making them, its hard to balance that stuff! Its great to see people handing out this kind of knowledge.
I had the chance to meet him (talking with Shishka) at PAX 10 last summer, and it was all I could do not to start blubbering about how epic he is, man. I think all I managed was something along the lines of, 'your work is really incredible'.Tunavi said:
Understatement. Every piece he does captures what I love about Halo's art. The man is absurdly talented.
ncsuDuncan
Member
When you mute someone in Halo, what exactly does it do?
In terms of:
A> You can't hear them talk.
B> They can't hear you talk.
Is it both A AND B? As in it both 'mutes' and 'deafens' them to you?
I always thought it was just A, but that would mean if you're trying to prevent them from hearing you in proximity chat you're doing it wrong...
Edit:
Holy crap, thank you for this link Ghaleon. I've actually been thinking about starting my own blog for writing up all the long, random (amateur) game feature/balance ideas I have.
In terms of:
A> You can't hear them talk.
B> They can't hear you talk.
Is it both A AND B? As in it both 'mutes' and 'deafens' them to you?
I always thought it was just A, but that would mean if you're trying to prevent them from hearing you in proximity chat you're doing it wrong...
Edit:
GhaleonEB said:
Holy crap, thank you for this link Ghaleon. I've actually been thinking about starting my own blog for writing up all the long, random (amateur) game feature/balance ideas I have.
A27_StarWolf
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GhaleonEB said:
Nice job last night with Generator Defense. We might be the first guys ever to have completed an entire game of limited on it.
ncsuDuncan
Member
From Jamie Griesemer's Tip of the Spear blog linked above.
Just thought a couple things were interesting:
- Jaime still works for Bungie, right? Just wondering why he didn't put 2011. Update that resume!
- I know Bungie's been working on The Next Big Thing for a while. Apparently since 2008 at least.
- Gameplay prototypes built on a modified Halo engine? Not a lot to glean from that, still leaves it open to many different game genres.
Just thought a couple things were interesting:
- Jaime still works for Bungie, right? Just wondering why he didn't put 2011. Update that resume!
- I know Bungie's been working on The Next Big Thing for a while. Apparently since 2008 at least.
- Gameplay prototypes built on a modified Halo engine? Not a lot to glean from that, still leaves it open to many different game genres.
AlimNassor
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xxjuicesxx said:
i always remember people hated Halo 2 compared to Halo 1. I thought they liked Halo 3. but hated Halo 2. Could be wrong :/
ncsuDuncan
Member
Ah. My mistake. Sorry to see him go, he was one of the names/faces I'd always recognize in the ViDocs. Looked like a cross between Jonah Hill and Mark Zuckerberg. 
Still nice to see he had a hand in the early stages of The Next Big Thing.
Edit: Just noticed this as I was reading his site. No further explanation needed. "Temporarily retired" sounds nice
Still nice to see he had a hand in the early stages of The Next Big Thing.
Edit: Just noticed this as I was reading his site. No further explanation needed. "Temporarily retired" sounds nice
ElRenoRaven
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ncsuDuncan said:
That is very interesting though. We shouldn't of course read too much into that though.
ElRenoRaven
Member
ncsuDuncan said:
If I remember correctly it's both.
Crap I hate not refreshing. I thought that was under my old post. I so didn't mean to double post. I could have just edited this response into it.
Hitmonchan107
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I can't stop listening to it!Mikasangelos said:
News updates:
Machinima Respawn posted another Matchmaking Spot to its YouTube channel. This one has the whole crew (Sark, Hutch and Edit: The Dead Pixel) helping the man from the other videos tackle the Pillar of Autumn level. Is he manifesting his Halo fantasies through menial tasks? Or is he slowly losing his grip on reality? Either way, it's entertaining!
Justgameblogger is hosting a Reach Xbox Live free-for-all tournament, which begins Wednesday at 7 p.m. EST. The winning combatant will win a $25 GameStop gift card or 1600 MSP (winner's choice). Read the article for more details!
TheGamersHub posted its review on the Defiant Map Pack. While the writer was unimpressed with Condemned and Unearthed, he believed Highlands was the saving grace of the DLC. Go give it a read if you're still on the fence.
I don't normally post commentary videos, but this one reminded me of a Reach-themed Seananners video. Tehd3m0l1sh3r talks about the difference between love and attachment while playing Team Doubles on Uncaged. Whenever he drops his weird "radio" voice, it's interesting.
Bonus round:
That's not good: In episode 28 of "Halo Reach Tricks," CMNeir shows you how to get out of Hemorrhage in Matchmaking. It requires two people, a jetpack and an enemy team that can't snipe.
Rooster Teeth's Fails of the Weak Volume 29 is up!
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
"Temporarily retired"?
Looks like we found the Jay Z of video gaming.
Looks like we found the Jay Z of video gaming.
The auto-mute ban system is designed to deal with this problem of "muting everybody all the time" biasing the results of who the system decides to auto-mute. I can't really explain how, but suffice to say that this situation was anticipated and accounted for.
Let's just say that if you're auto-muted, it might be more than just people who mute the opposing team all the time causing you to get auto-muted.
Let's just say that if you're auto-muted, it might be more than just people who mute the opposing team all the time causing you to get auto-muted.
eeblogue said:
xxjuicesxx
Member
The Real Napsta said:
Yes because all that stuff you listed only applied to ONE player.
I fucking hate that argument. All the players were playing the same game with the same auto aim but you weren't even close to Pistola's level of FFA or as smart as Final Boss was with strats.
The fact you could do so much in such little time with YY's and double beatdowns let someone who had dexterity and quick thought succeed in the game of Halo 2 in a way that fell to the sides in the later Halo's and such made each game require less skills in many areas.
bobs...onGaf
Member
xxjuicesxx said:
The good players are the ones who have good situational awareness and know how to get themselves in good positions. As far as im concerned at that level of play that is so much more important than even being able to aim, because everyone can do that. So I semi agree with you, except for the part about button combo's.
I do think though that a harder to use Sniper brings about more exciting gameplay. After all theres more to it than just generally pointing and shooting, it feels much more impressive when you have to have good 'aim' to top that off.
xxjuicesxx
Member
bobs99 ... said:The good players are the ones who have good situational awareness and know how to get themselves in good positions. As far as im concerned at that level of play that is so much more important than even being able to aim, because everyone can do that. So I semi agree with you, except for the part about button combo's.
I do think though that a harder to use Sniper brings about more exciting gameplay. After all theres more to it than just generally pointing and shooting, it feels much more impressive when you have to have good 'aim' to top that off.
You've never seen competitive fighters? Definitely skillworthy, button accuracy has always been a major concern with gaming. Only the best can hit the right buttons everytime in the right pattern with the right timing...doubleshots and aiming at the same time, I had to learn how to claw to do that stuff, fuck thats skill.
The Librarian
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Dawww.... I remember you telling me about this in co-op. Hope she enjoys it!GhaleonEB said:
Darkflight
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Hitmonchan107
Member
That's awesome!GhaleonEB said:
U mad, Trasher? :^)
ElRenoRaven
Member
Bit light this week I thought. The confirmation of a PS3 version of the new Hotness is nice though.
The Librarian
Banned
The Blame Stosh is hilarous.
squidhands
Member
That's too cute.GhaleonEB said:
Someone mentioned a few pages back that we need a map taking place on Onyx, right? I was thinking about the same thing a while back, and ended up with a few ideas for Onyx based maps I' love to see. I figured I'll write them up here so 343 can steal borrow them. They're all based on locations from Ghosts of Onyx, just like Highlands and Condemned are Fall of Reach locations.
Treehouse
Based on the Tree House base mentioned in GoO, this could be a Guardian-style map set in the trees above Onyx. A couple simple UNSC structures connected across a several branches, maybe with a few air lifts to get from building to building, Guardian style. Even a Guardian remake would be nice in this setting, if 343 was that lazy. I can picture a nice green skybox, with a Spartan III training field off in the distance.
Zone 67
Set in or around Zone 67, this map could be a Valhalla/Beaver Creek/Snowbound style map set outside an ONI base. I could see it having mostly UNSC and ONI buildings, with hints of Forerunner material below the surface. Maybe even some Sentinels flying around. Something cool. I don't have any specific ideas, but 343 could definitely come up with an interesting take on this style of map.
Sentinel
Set it in a sentinel factory like the one in Halo 2 or GoO. The one in GoO is gigantic too, so it could take place in a smaler more specific location within the factory. We've never seen one of these while it's working before, so it could be pretty awesome to see some huge Forerunner machinery up close. Maybe a CQC map, or something like The Pit would fit the setting. You could also do a BTB map, with specific sections of the factory as locations scattered across the map. Endless possibilities. This would also be a good place for a new Forge World, assuming it had more than just Forerunner pieces.
Portal
I really want to see a Firefight map based on the Portal room from the end of GoO. It's basically a smaller version of the huge portal from Halo 3, so there's a couple ways to approach it, from defending the top of the hill to fighting for a specific section around the bottom, or something. The section of the book that takes place around the portal is basically just a huge firefight defense, too, so it'd fit right into the story.
Box it up, call it the Onyx Map Pack, 800 MSP. Profit. Feel free to steal my idea, 343!
Treehouse
Based on the Tree House base mentioned in GoO, this could be a Guardian-style map set in the trees above Onyx. A couple simple UNSC structures connected across a several branches, maybe with a few air lifts to get from building to building, Guardian style. Even a Guardian remake would be nice in this setting, if 343 was that lazy. I can picture a nice green skybox, with a Spartan III training field off in the distance.
Zone 67
Set in or around Zone 67, this map could be a Valhalla/Beaver Creek/Snowbound style map set outside an ONI base. I could see it having mostly UNSC and ONI buildings, with hints of Forerunner material below the surface. Maybe even some Sentinels flying around. Something cool. I don't have any specific ideas, but 343 could definitely come up with an interesting take on this style of map.
Sentinel
Set it in a sentinel factory like the one in Halo 2 or GoO. The one in GoO is gigantic too, so it could take place in a smaler more specific location within the factory. We've never seen one of these while it's working before, so it could be pretty awesome to see some huge Forerunner machinery up close. Maybe a CQC map, or something like The Pit would fit the setting. You could also do a BTB map, with specific sections of the factory as locations scattered across the map. Endless possibilities. This would also be a good place for a new Forge World, assuming it had more than just Forerunner pieces.
Portal
I really want to see a Firefight map based on the Portal room from the end of GoO. It's basically a smaller version of the huge portal from Halo 3, so there's a couple ways to approach it, from defending the top of the hill to fighting for a specific section around the bottom, or something. The section of the book that takes place around the portal is basically just a huge firefight defense, too, so it'd fit right into the story.
Box it up, call it the Onyx Map Pack, 800 MSP. Profit. Feel free to steal my idea, 343!
The Real Napsta
Member
xxjuicesxx said:
All I'm saying is that H2 required less aiming skill than Halo 3. Notably with the BR and Sniper. Small aiming skill-gap isn't good for competitive play.
The button combos did add another layer of depth, I'll give you that.
Guess my entry wasn't flashy enough,
thought using an uncommon vista of a scary formation of ships flying low above some mountains, but guess not, next time I should focus less on the content and more on taking the shot in the middle of 38 grenades exploding simultaneously for maximum filter action!
edit- and also need to remember to submit my next all star entry from a different email/gamertag/bnet-account, just in case
thought using an uncommon vista of a scary formation of ships flying low above some mountains, but guess not, next time I should focus less on the content and more on taking the shot in the middle of 38 grenades exploding simultaneously for maximum filter action!
edit- and also need to remember to submit my next all star entry from a different email/gamertag/bnet-account, just in case
daaawwww. That's awesome.GhaleonEB said: