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Halo |OT3| Remember Reach?

Barkley might be an overweight turrible commentator who's even worse at Golf, but the man was a beast back in the 80s-mid-90s. Not Top 10 material or anything, but it's easy to forget he was one of the best players in the game at one point now that he's dressing in drag and appearing on Weight Watchers commercials.
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
I just had a huge wall of text written out but then I realized I can't have this discussion without me getting mad lol. So I deleted it. Also we're way off topic hahaha
 

Fracas

#fuckonami
Has a pic of emiles face inside.

I'm looking up more Reach ones. Damn, that game is chock full of sweet Easter Eggs. May try out Reach Racer this week, if I can get a group going. Says you need at least 2 people.


I just had a huge wall of text written out but then I realized I can't have this discussion without me getting mad lol. So I deleted it. Also we're way off topic hahaha
Don't put me on your ignore list, man!
Lol and yeah, this is what happens when we have no H4 news
 

CyReN

Member
I just had a huge wall of text written out but then I realized I can't have this discussion without me getting mad lol. So I deleted it. Also we're way off topic hahaha

Lebron will be the Dan Marino of the NBA.

<3

What was the site that Cyren linked to a few days back that was the newer site for competitive halo players that had left the MLG forums? I wanted to check it out but can't remember what it was.

Thanks for checking it out.
 
Just m.neogaf.com - it autodetects mobile devices - and even offers up a "pin to start" option for Win Phone 7. Just a lovely thing. Has multiquoting, prev page, last page, zoom to top/bottom - the old version used to get confused when you replied or quited and sometimes dump you into desktop, this is all like butter now.

Again, no search user history function that I can see (for my KyleJ obsessive compulsive disorder novel) but everything else is amazing.

Totally tips the balance for tablet devices too - no reason to use desktop gaf on those anymore and now the advertising works (unobtrusively) on mobile too. win win.

Frank uses WP7. i <3 u man


The tile for the start screen is an awesome touch.

Agreed. I love when people remember my favourite phone OS.
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
Lebron will be the Dan Marino of the NBA.

<3



Thanks for checking it out.

One last thing before I officially move on. If Lebron continues to play like he has been(better defense, rebounding, shooting %, assists then Kobe ever has) and goes on to get at least 2 Finals MVP, he'll soar passed Kobe all time. No question.

Ok I'm finished lol
 
Just m.neogaf.com - it autodetects mobile devices - and even offers up a "pin to start" option for Win Phone 7. Just a lovely thing. Has multiquoting, prev page, last page, zoom to top/bottom - the old version used to get confused when you replied or quited and sometimes dump you into desktop, this is all like butter now.

Again, no search user history function that I can see (for my KyleJ obsessive compulsive disorder novel) but everything else is amazing.

Totally tips the balance for tablet devices too - no reason to use desktop gaf on those anymore and now the advertising works (unobtrusively) on mobile too. win win.

The tile for the start screen is an awesome touch.
 

FyreWulff

Member
Great minds think alike!

Fyrewulff that sounds complex! How hard was it to implement something like heatmaps? I presume your mostly just mapping data to grid co-ordinates? I would love to learn all that stuff one day.

Not too hard (compared to what else I've had to do over the past couple of months). Mostly just tedious work writing out the display stuff.

Loop through data. Count events for each cell in your grid. Render cell out based on data. Make redder for more events, greener for less events above certain threshold.

Slight advantage over Bungie that I don't have to convert 3D data to 2D.

edit: also people like the center of things it seems
 

heckfu

Banned
LeBron is the best in the NBA? LOL

the best player in the NBA doesn't check out in the 4th quarter in every game of the Finals
Or regular season. Don't get me wrong, Lebron is a fantastic player but doesn't bring the same importance to a team Kobe or even Durant does.
 

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
BarkleyDrag.jpg

Venus can't play basketball silly.
 
Or regular season. Don't get me wrong, Lebron is a fantastic player but doesn't bring the same importance to a team Kobe or even Durant does.

LeBron is a stat sheet monster and the most athletic player probably ever, but he can't shoot and disappears in the big moments every time. LeBron does nothing that everyone says MJ is the GOAT for so how anyone could say LeBron is the best now is hilarious.
 
Anyone think CoD's success will actually end up helping Halo 4, like a lot? FPS games have become a lot more popular now because of it(Battlefield sold something like 12 million by March, just ridiculous), and if people are getting tired of CoD, they may jump ship to Halo 4.
 
Game-Of-Thrones-White-Walkers2.jpg


Little bit of GoT trivia for those interested I picked up from the commentary. This girl you see here is not a doll
even when hanging from the tree
. Not only that but she is actually
19
years old!
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
Anyone think CoD's success will actually end up helping Halo 4, like a lot? FPS games have become a lot more popular now because of it(Battlefield sold something like 12 million by March, just ridiculous), and if people are getting tired of CoD, they may jump ship to Halo 4.

I am really curious to see Halo 4's numbers this year. First day, first month and then to see if it has any tail throughout december and on. This install base is huge and I hope Halo 4 is a monster.
 

Louis Wu

Member
If you're into the reverting thing, last rally point of Nightfall. Get a checkpoint at the bridge with the sleeping grunts and the elite, kill them and the ones on the pylon, revert, collect creds
I disagree. Rally Point B of The Package.

Jump down to the first turret, activate it when it lets you.

Jump onto the scaffolding just below (and to the right) of that turret, follow it down to the next one. (Don't activate this one.) Move out to the ramp in front of you, and wait for the checkpoint (should be about 5 secs). Once you get it, step around the ramp - there are 8 grunts coming towards you in a line. Easy peasy Killtastrophes (depending on how good your DMR is). Fastest way to rack up grunt kills, period.

Default weapons are DMR/AR, so this works for the 'Kill X Grunts with automatic weapons' challenges too.

EDIT: DOH! Beaten by Homeboyd with my own damn words!
 

m23

Member
Personally the ability to fly the Pelican and Covie dropship on New Alexandria is my favourite egg, perhaps of the entire series.

I just did that easter egg last night with some friends, they've never seen it so I had to show them. I agree with you, I think it may be my favourite easter egg in the series as well.
 

Homeboyd

Member
At some point, there's just TOO much going on to keep up.

Perk: Super Solder
Effect: When activated, your health will refill to 2/3 the maximum allowed within 5 seconds if moving at sprinting speed, and within 7 seconds of walking speed. If crouching or standing still, and also paired with the medic perk, your health will refill to 5/6 of the maximum allowed within 10 seconds but you must be near a teammate (within 4 meters if standing, 6 if croucing) who is using the technician perk paired with the elite unlock of the medic perk. This combined effect will also reduce any enemy's crosshairs by 1/2 visibility using the M-16 within 15 meters of you if your team is ahead by 10 or more kills.
 

Plywood

NeoGAF's smiling token!
Game-Of-Thrones-White-Walkers2.jpg


Little bit of GoT trivia for those interested I picked up from the commentary. This girl you see here is not a doll
even when hanging from the tree
. Not only that but she is actually
19
years old!
I knew it was a person, but the age is mind blowing.
At some point, there's just TOO much going on to keep up.

Perk: Super Solder
Effect: When activated, your health will refill to 2/3 the maximum allowed within 5 seconds if moving at sprinting speed, and within 7 seconds of walking speed. If crouching or standing still, and also paired with the medic perk, your health will refill to 5/6 of the maximum allowed within 10 seconds but you must be near a teammate (within 4 meters if standing, 6 if croucing) who is using the technician perk paired with the elite unlock of the medic perk. This combined effect will also reduce any enemy's crosshairs by 1/2 visibility using the M-16 within 15 meters of you if your team is ahead by 10 or more kills.
You just can't keep up with the complexity of the COD series.
 

Gui_PT

Member
I disagree. Rally Point B of The Package.

Jump down to the first turret, activate it when it lets you.

Jump onto the scaffolding just below (and to the right) of that turret, follow it down to the next one. (Don't activate this one.) Move out to the ramp in front of you, and wait for the checkpoint (should be about 5 secs). Once you get it, step around the ramp - there are 8 grunts coming towards you in a line. Easy peasy Killtastrophes (depending on how good your DMR is). Fastest way to rack up grunt kills, period.

Default weapons are DMR/AR, so this works for the 'Kill X Grunts with automatic weapons' challenges too.

EDIT: DOH! Beaten by Homeboyd with my own damn words!

What are the turrets for? I never turn them on.
 

Fracas

#fuckonami
Lol at the new Black Ops 2 info. Surely it must be fake. This sounds completely abysmal.
If it is real, Halo 4's chances at beating it just skyrocketed. I don't think half of CoD's playerbase would even understand these perk descriptions.

11. Focus – Be able to shoot while sprinting, even at the deduction of accuracy.
b. Pro – Be able to shoot while jumping, even at the deduction of accuracy.
c. Elite – If stalker is active – when jumping, equipment does less damage to you.
Akimbo Saiga 12s while sprinting on Nuketown 2! Fun for everyone, right?
Split Spawn ~ A game mode in which you spawn from a hellicopter, and climb down to get to the ground. The player starts with 3 lives. One player can control the chopper to let you climb down in different areas, as well as shoot from the chopper. If the chopper is destroyed, players can no longer spawn. Players compete for a central flag that takes 2x as long to capture than a regular domination flag. Either the death of all opposing players or the capturing of the flag will grant you a win. This game has 2 rounds.

Equalizer ~ A game mode in which players are switched to the enemy team upon death. Players will compete for a flag, which when owned, open up a power plant to allow the player to customize their class in game, get new weapons, and put on a juggernaut suit for their team only.When there are 2 players left on a team, they are granted with the power plant automatically, and pointstreaks up to a 5 point requirement can also be obtained. If either of the two players die, they will remain on their own team. The team with the most converts (kills) at the end will win. If tied, whoever is currently owning the power plant will win.

wtf.

edit: also, if all this is true, i'm pretty sure the whole "i play cod because it's realistic" argument is thrown out the window more than ever.
 

Fracas

#fuckonami
Those Black Ops 2 leaked details must be fake. They must be fake.

I feel like we've been down this road before. Where's my BO2 devs? I need to hear these changes won't be franchise-altering. :p

I don't think anyone can say Halo 4 is ripping off Call of Duty anymore.
 
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