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Halo 5: Guardians |OT5| Is HaloGAF irrelevant now?

BizzyBum

BizzyBum

Member
Akai__ said:
Chespace said that they will add it back, but since he left everything (including the HCS itself) went downhill. Can't say that I care anymore, but as a compeltionist I see why people do.
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Yeah, if they don't it's no biggie because I'll never have 100% anyway. Missed the beta emblems, never going to get Vini Vidi Vici emblem, pig helmet,
achilles helmet
, etc...

FeelsBadMan
 
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Madness

Member
HCS has been very poorly run, even with Che. Without him, it is struggling. Only with the patience of Halo fans has it continued, otherwise I wouldn't even pay attention. Poorly run tournaments, casting issues, venue struggles. Stubborn refusal to even consider no radar so we're not stuck watching crouch and auto fests. Gears eSports is absolutely shitting on HCS. It is too bad they get only a fraction of the views and players.

Also how the hell do you mess up the Mark V model, after all the craziness over how ugly the previous MK V was you would think this is the one helmet they made sure was modeled/textured correctly.
 
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op_ivy

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Madness said:
HCS has been very poorly run, even with Che. Without him, it is struggling. Only with the patience of Halo fans has it continued, otherwise I wouldn't even pay attention. Poorly run tournaments, casting issues, venue struggles. Stubborn refusal to even consider no radar so we're not stuck watching crouch and auto fests. Gears eSports is absolutely shitting on HCS. It is too bad they get only a fraction of the views and players.
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it really is strange how they are letting it fall apart. like, i get that you cant please everyone. i actually understand why 343 still has radar in HCS settings, even if i'm not sure i agree with it. same with how auto's are balanced, or even weapon placement and map rotations. What i don't get is how the people running HCS continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. or make decisions that should never have happened with even the slightest bit of foresight. or allow crazy decisions to occur without change. its insane that every lan event has the same major issues over and over again. its crazy that details for where these events are often released so late. its silly that teams are allowed to take advantage of rules to the benefit of some and detriment of others. its stupid that ams participate in events in hopes to overtake pro teams in the league but the way the point system is designed its actually impossible.
 
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TCKaos

Member
Now I've got people on /r/halo telling me that the Mark V Delta is broken on purpose because the flashlight was on the left side of the helmet in Halo 1. Like, come on.
 
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Trup1aya

Member
op_ivy said:
it really is strange how they are letting it fall apart. like, i get that you cant please everyone. i actually understand why 343 still has radar in HCS settings, even if i'm not sure i agree with it. same with how auto's are balanced, or even weapon placement and map rotations. What i don't get is how the people running HCS continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. or make decisions that should never have happened with even the slightest bit of foresight. or allow crazy decisions to occur without change. its insane that every lan event has the same major issues over and over again. its crazy that details for where these events are often released so late. its silly that teams are allowed to take advantage of rules to the benefit of some and detriment of others. its stupid that ams participate in events in hopes to overtake pro teams in the league but the way the point system is designed its actually impossible.
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It's really sad. Tashi's Reddit "explanation" for the extremely unfair seeding point system made me throw up in my mouth. Somehow the HCS team has decided that they've settled on a "middle ground" between some tough choices, but really their should be no conflict- the first priority should be fairness. Baffles me that it was 343 meddling that screwed up the Vegas Qualifier and the seeding points system, when there are hundreds of years of history on how to do something like this correctly.
 
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belushy

Banned
Structure for the rest of the CWL season for Infinite Warfare was announced today.... two $700,000 LAN seasons plus $1.5 mil World Championship, with full funding for teams that earn the League spots.

I MISS LAN
 
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GringoSuave89

Banned
Deputy Moonman said:
There were a lot of things i hated about Reach, but the armor customization was not one of them. Security looked good. I still think the Grenadier helmet was the best though. Legendary status and only slightly less awesome than the Mark V and Mark VI imo
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The level of customization was fantastic, and I can't help but feel it was wasted outside of Firefight. In Halo 4 you had Spartan Ops, which would have been a great showcase for custom armors, and Halo 5 has the pre and post game group shot, which also would be awesome for it. Kinda like Destiny, but I don't hate the game I'm playing
I don't actually hate Destiny
as much

belushy said:
Structure for the rest of the CWL season for Infinite Warfare was announced today.... two $700,000 LAN seasons plus $1.5 mil World Championship, with full funding for teams that earn the League spots.

I MISS LAN
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Say what you will about COD, but they know how to run championships.
 
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YourExWife

Member
So I bought another 150k pack and got nothing but the xp boosts, even though I still have the HCS Contender Blue AR skin to unlock. Did they fix the stuff unlocking since yesterday?
 
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Karl2177

Member
Every time a banshee fires a bomb, God kills a Scotsman. Frank, for your sake tell the sandbox team to remove the banshee bomb.
 
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ATOMICJORGE

Member
YourExWife said:
So I bought another 150k pack and got nothing but the xp boosts, even though I still have the HCS Contender Blue AR skin to unlock. Did they fix the stuff unlocking since yesterday?
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Yeah Unyshek said yesterday on r/Halo that it has been fixed, I did manage to get all the skins tho lucky me
 
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CyReN

Member
Madness said:
HCS has been very poorly run, even with Che. Without him, it is struggling. Only with the patience of Halo fans has it continued, otherwise I wouldn't even pay attention. Poorly run tournaments, casting issues, venue struggles. Stubborn refusal to even consider no radar so we're not stuck watching crouch and auto fests. Gears eSports is absolutely shitting on HCS. It is too bad they get only a fraction of the views and players.

Also how the hell do you mess up the Mark V model, after all the craziness over how ugly the previous MK V was you would think this is the one helmet they made sure was modeled/textured correctly.
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op_ivy said:
it really is strange how they are letting it fall apart. like, i get that you cant please everyone. i actually understand why 343 still has radar in HCS settings, even if i'm not sure i agree with it. same with how auto's are balanced, or even weapon placement and map rotations. What i don't get is how the people running HCS continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. or make decisions that should never have happened with even the slightest bit of foresight. or allow crazy decisions to occur without change. its insane that every lan event has the same major issues over and over again. its crazy that details for where these events are often released so late. its silly that teams are allowed to take advantage of rules to the benefit of some and detriment of others. its stupid that ams participate in events in hopes to overtake pro teams in the league but the way the point system is designed its actually impossible.
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Trup1aya said:
It's really sad. Tashi's Reddit "explanation" for the extremely unfair seeding point system made me throw up in my mouth. Somehow the HCS team has decided that they've settled on a "middle ground" between some tough choices, but really their should be no conflict- the first priority should be fairness. Baffles me that it was 343 meddling that screwed up the Vegas Qualifier and the seeding points system, when there are hundreds of years of history on how to do something like this correctly.
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It's been quite awful for the most part besides the prizing. After this season I wouldn't mind a complete restructure of the HCS as a whole.

For those that have may missed some of the issues:

  • 12 worldwide teams, down from last years 16
  • 7 NA Teams (Low), 3 EU Teams (High?)
  • Inexperienced TOs running two qualifier LANs...
  • This is including Millenium Esports, who provided us with one of the worst HCS LANs to date during the Fall Season, gracing us with Championship Monday (seriously, what logical businessman would renew a partnership that catastrophic?)
  • Last minute format change before the first LAN, completely nullifying the importance of St. Louis
  • Unclear and completely bogus point system
  • LATAM Region receiving a severe lack of care from Gfinity
  • EU Information released < 2 weeks before the event (not too bad since EU travel isn't as rough)
  • Finals information released < 2 months beforehand with one of the most lackluster venues (relative to scale of event) possible
  • Event and stream issues
  • Gametypes and maps being stuck in a rut
  • Lack of social media support for their own tournaments and league
  • Silence from the HCS staff for the most part
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Save us Frankie.
 
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blamite

Member
Honestly the H5 EVA and Recon helmets look pretty good to me. Not in the way the old ones did, so I'm glad they're back, but they're not bad-looking designs on their own.

So, the BTB map situation is pretty... Not good, huh? I don't think I've played on one yet that has a good framerate. Antifreeze was alright until this new version, now it drops frames all over the place. And the new version of that Burial Mounds remake is just way uglier and harder to find my way around than it was when it used the moon theme.

btw, is Molten in matchmaking anymore? I only played it a handful of times when it was new, but I haven't seen it in quite a while, art least now in the playlists I go in. It didn't seem like a high-tier map or anything, but I'd like to play it again.
 
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GringoSuave89

Banned
blamite said:
btw, is Molten in matchmaking anymore? I only played it a handful of times when it was new, but I haven't seen it in quite a while, art least now in the playlists I go in. It didn't seem like a high-tier map or anything, but I'd like to play it again.
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No, you REALLY don't.
 
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Haruko

Member
Fun BTB games tonight. I felt like I was playing my best in a long while for a good stretch there. Maybe I need to have cocktails handy more often while playing.

That Altar CTF overtime 3-2 win was nice and sweaty
 
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YourExWife

Member
uhhh, so I have a working theory that this is possible in Warzone every time you're Red Team. How have I not known this?!

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/MyExWlFE/video/26881890

If you're not noticing the issue, you can just run right through the barrier without killing all of the enemies. Like, this was huge as I got to the Monument way early, and easily laid shots down as the other team showed up (including a first strike #forthecompany).
 
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TCKaos

Member
YourExWife said:
uhhh, so I have a working theory that this is possible in Warzone every time you're Red Team. How have I not known this?!

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/MyExWlFE/video/26881890

If you're not noticing the issue, you can just run right through the barrier without killing all of the enemies. Like, this was huge as I got to the Monument way early, and easily laid shots down as the other team showed up (including a first strike #forthecompany).
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Now we have to figure out what map you can't do it on.
 
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YourExWife

Member
TCKaos said:
Now we have to figure out what map you can't do it on.
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Well, still gotta test that, but Apex for sure. But of course you don't have to kill the enemies at your base on that map either, so I'm going with every map?

I really want to know how long this has been the case. Like, is this how our bosses used to get stolen sometimes?

In any case, assuming it works like Apex, eventually the game will auto-clear your base, so your shields will probably go down if you take too long anyway. But the early headstart is worth it either way.
 
BizzyBum

BizzyBum

Member
I want to say that glitch has been in the game since Monitor's Bounty. I think I first saw it on reddit. I thought you guys knew about it. lol
 
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YourExWife

Member
IHaveIce said:
that was the biggest upset and such a smart play
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He had so many nervous mistakes and was having issues the rest of that game, but as soon as it was 49-49, he went full on nerves-of-steel Ryannerd mode. Good for them.

EDIT: And another 50-49 win. What in the world...
 
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Karl2177

Member
So I got my hand smashed between 2 large pieces of wood today for about 5 minutes while they tried to separate them, so I might be out of Halo for a few weeks depending on what the doctor says on Monday. So that's great. Luckily it was only my left hand, so I can still use turrets in game.
 
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TCKaos

Member
Karl2177 said:
So I got my hand smashed between 2 large pieces of wood today for about 5 minutes while they tried to separate them, so I might be out of Halo for a few weeks depending on what the doctor says on Monday. So that's great. Luckily it was only my left hand, so I can still use turrets in game.
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Oh, good, that means you can still help us get vehicle kills.

But really though that sucks, I wish you the best of luck on your recovery.
 
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Fahzgoolin

Banned
Karl2177 said:
So I got my hand smashed between 2 large pieces of wood today for about 5 minutes while they tried to separate them, so I might be out of Halo for a few weeks depending on what the doctor says on Monday. So that's great. Luckily it was only my left hand, so I can still use turrets in game.
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Dang dude that's scary. Hope ur okay
 
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FyreWulff

Member
Karl2177 said:
So I got my hand smashed between 2 large pieces of wood today for about 5 minutes while they tried to separate them, so I might be out of Halo for a few weeks depending on what the doctor says on Monday. So that's great. Luckily it was only my left hand, so I can still use turrets in game.
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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. ow. OW.

Hope you're okay, man
 
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aHebrewMenagerie

Member
Karl2177 said:
So I got my hand smashed between 2 large pieces of wood today for about 5 minutes while they tried to separate them, so I might be out of Halo for a few weeks depending on what the doctor says on Monday. So that's great. Luckily it was only my left hand, so I can still use turrets in game.
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I've done something like that with a car door once, shit was probably the most pain i've ever experienced. Get better dude.
 
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