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[Fracas]

Looks like the issue has been fixed, DL'ing the map pack now.

Not working for me. How are you getting to it?

 

[Tawpgun]

Harmonix is fucking incredible.

I actually walked past their headquarters a few weeks ago. They have the smallest and most insignificant looking headquarters for such a big and important company. It's literally just an apartment with a small harmonix logo on the door.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

gimme dat next xbox. this thing is so old and crusty.

Imagine if the next box shipped with H2 MP HD on every hard drive.

I'd literally die with happiness

 

[wwm0nkey]

That new BF3 gametype handles on map weapons better than H4 :lol

Scavenger mode is amazing.....all we need is Titan mode back.

 

[FyreWulff]

I actually walked past their headquarters a few weeks ago. They have the smallest and most insignificant looking headquarters for such a big and important company. It's literally just an apartment with a small harmonix logo on the door.

http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/26/3656984/making-gangnam-style-harmonix-dance-central-psy

We're sitting in a rarely-used conference room tucked into a corner. Like the rest of the building, this room is drab to the point of dreariness. The closest it has come to an interior designer looks to have been some time in the late 70s or early 80s.

The walls, floor and ceilings are different shades of faded blue. One whole window pane is missing from what should be a stunning view of Cambridge and, just across the Charles, Boston. The windowpane has been replaced with a slab of plywood.

I'm told that before the repair, the glass had a gigantic crack in it and would shake and rattle in high wind. The room was being used by programmers at the time — who shrugged off the disturbance. Now the programmers have been shoed out, and we're using it as an interview space. Briefly. We'll be shooed out in turn moments into our interview, to accommodate a rare meeting.

What's remarkable about these mundane details is that they exist. Normally in dealing with the press, game studios will plan every encounter months in advance and adhere to a strict schedule. Money is spent specifically to ensure the absence of wrinkles and that no one ever sees anything so normal as a dreary conference room or a broken window.

At Harmonix, they are the honey badger — they don't give a shit.

 

[Talents]

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[CyReN]

 

[Tawpgun]

Might celebrate with playing it after I finish this assignment

 

[Hydranockz]

Downloading the maps right now.

 

[Homeboyd]

Downloading the maps right now.

How?

 

[Digital Limit]

So how are the news maps? :lol

 

[Hypertrooper]

How?

It is available for some. For others not.

 

[CyReN]

Appeared for me just now on the in-game menu, 9 hours after release.

Not bad.

 

[Hydranockz]

How?

Went on Halo 4 main menu. It had a star next to the downloadable content. Pressing A brings you straight to the free map pack.

 

[Fracas]

Are you guys getting it from the "Xbox LIVE Marketplace" tab in the main menu?

edit: nevermind, I see

 

[Homeboyd]

It is available for some. For others not.

Went on Halo 4 main menu. It had a star next to the downloadable content. Pressing A brings you straight to the free map pack.

Yeah not there for me. Tons of other avatar and theme crap though.

 

[Hydranockz]

Appeared for me just now on the in-game menu, 9 hours after release.

Not bad.

Could people download the game at midnight or something?

 

[Fracas]

Sweet, it showed up for me just now.

 

[Franklinator]

Up for me too, downloading now

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Yeah not there for me. Tons of other avatar and theme crap though.

You restarted your xbox?

 

[chaosz3ro]

it's not even showing that I own the map pass anymore :\ I spent all night studying so I'm gonna end up passing out before I can even play these damn maps lmao

 

[enzo_gt]

Why doesn't it let me choose what storage device I want to save it to? :/

I can move it manually to my USB and it will still work, right?

 

[Homeboyd]

You restarted your xbox?

Yep just did and it worked. DLing.

 

[CyReN]

Could people download the game at midnight or something?

If you didn't have the season pass/le you had the last 9 hours to play it.

 

[Hydranockz]

If you didn't have the season pass/le you had the last 9 hours to play it.

But what happened last night then?

 

[Hey You]

So it looks like you might not have to be airborne from a man cannon to do this achievements. I stuck some guy, died and got the achievement for sticking someone while airborne from a man cannon.

 

[CyReN]

But what happened last night then?

I don't know, someone at MS or 343 messed up.

 

[Homeboyd]

So it looks like you might not have to be airborne from a man cannon to do this achievements. I stuck some guy, died and got the achievement for sticking someone while airborne from a man cannon.

We need to keep a log of these so we can see what's actually required to get the achievements. Should add Havok's notes too.

 

[Majanew]

Is the Crimson map pack free? I don't have the pass or LE version of the game, but it shows 0 MS points for transaction.

 

[Fracas]

Alright, first match is Extraction on Shatter.

Please don't suck.

 

[The P of Poland]

Are the new maps all BTB as well?

 

[Stinkles]

Nearly fixed, I am told.



Cannot apologize enough.

 

[Deputy Moonman]

If you didn't have the season pass/le you had the last 9 hours to play it.

I was so upset that i trounced my wang and threw it out the window!

Spoiler

<3 is this a pun?

EDIT:

Nearly fixed, I am told.



Cannot apologize enough.

Cool deal. Thanks man.

 

[Poker Face]

Nearly fixed, I am told.



Cannot apologize enough.

As much as I complain about the game, I do appreciate this.

 

[TheOddOne]

Unfortunate setback, while annoying it should have not gotten such instant rage replies. Glad they fixed it, hopefully now that they know what the problem was it will not happen in the future.

 

[Blissful]

Nearly fixed, I am told.



Cannot apologize enough.

Hook me up with a specialization code and I will forgive thee

 

[Tawpgun]

But what happened last night then?

Xbox fuck up
343 fuck up
Someone fucked up

Is this stuff not testable?

 

[Deputy Moonman]

Unfortunate setback, while annoying it should have not gotten such instant rage replies. Glad they fixed it, hopefully now that they know what the problem was it will not happen in the future.

Yeah cuz if it does, i don't have anymore wangs to trounce

Spoiler

sometimes i really think i'm funny. then i remember that i'm not

 

[Majanew]

Need to fix the Marketplace link on Halo 4 menu. When you first click, it says it costs 0 MS points for the Crimson map pack, but if you go into the list of Marketplace items for the game, it says 800pts.

I'm tempted to confirm download since it says 0 for transaction.

 

[squidhands]

Cannot apologize enough.

Nothing says "forget this ever happened" like a bottle of Bushmills.

 

[lybertyboy]

Nothing says "forget this ever happened" like a bottle of Bushmills.

If I drank a bottle of Bushmills, I'd forget a lot of things.

 

[TheOddOne]

Yeah cuz if it does, i don't have anymore wangs to trounce

Spoiler

sometimes i really think i'm funny. then i remember that i'm not

I laughed. It's a start!

 

[CyReN]

I liked Wreckage CTF, map isn't too big.

ps: people are getting the map packs for free now..

 

[DeadNames]

Do we know how DLC implementation will work? Also how are the maps?

 

[Stinkles]

ps: people are getting the map packs for free now..

The fix is done, but it will roll out, so not everyone at once. Should be quite rapid though.

 

[Digital Limit]

I liked Wreckage CTF, map isn't too big.

ps: people are getting the map packs for free now..

But but, asymmetric! Then again, Complex is asymmetric and could work if one team wasn't spawning in the fucking open. And Abandon could work if one team wasn't up a god-damned hill. SUCH OVERSIGHT.

 

[The Lamonster]

All night Halo is BACK ON!

 

[CyReN]

The fix is done, but it will roll out, so not everyone at once. Should be quite rapid though.

I mean, if you didnt have the season pass/le you can get it for free.

here comes the hate for breaking that.

 

[Majanew]

I mean, if you didnt have the season pass/le you can get it for free.

here comes the hate for breaking that.

Got my free maps! Sweet.

 

[Tawpgun]

I mean, if you didnt have the season pass/le you can get it for free.

here comes the hate for breaking that.

Oh shit