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[Ajemsuhgao]

It'd be interesting to play as an Elite during the Covenant formation period. Taking over the other species, etc. Or instead of FPS, another RTS that showcases all of that. Going through world by world, conquering and taking in the other species, ending with human contact at the end or something.

 

[Slightly Live]

Damn you!

Anyways, after reading Ghosts of Onyx, there is something that is really bugging me regarding Spartan III's...

Spoiler

I just finished reading Ghosts of Onyx today, and i'm trying to get back into and catch up on all of the Halo lore. When reading about Spartan III's, I found out that Carter, Cat, Emile, Jun, and Noble 6 were all Spartan III's. That was something I did not realize before, and I find to be really cool.... minus one little error. Halsey knows every single Spartan II that she created. Halsey does not find out about Spartan III's until she lands on Onyx. So if Halsey does not know about Spartan III's until Onyx, and 5 out of 6 spartan's in noble squad were Spartan III's, why would she not question where they came from or how they were spartan's?

Reach retconned Halsey knowing about the Spartan III's earlier (ie, finding out about them in Reach) and one of the newer books makes mention of this earlier discovery.

So it's been changed.

 

[Hitmonchan107]

The only issue with the Arbiter levels was that you never got to fight any humans. Which was of course unacceptable.

I could have sworn I killed a Scorpion tank as the Arbiter.

 

[Steelyuhas]

I could have sworn I killed a Scorpion tank as the Arbiter.

You have Halo-related dreams confirmed. Or you're just delusional.


Unless it was fighting against the Flood, which for some reason always have an endless supply of human weaponry and vehicles.

 

[Tawpgun]

I could have sworn I killed a Scorpion tank as the Arbiter.

Flood controlled.

 

[Retro]

It'd be interesting to play as an Elite during the Covenant formation period. Taking over the other species, etc.

Oooh, that could be interesting. Have a version of Spartan Ops ("Arbiter Ops", lulz) where instead of a single narrative told over a season, each episode is a chapter in the Covenant's lengthy history as seen from a multitude of elites who filled the role of Arbiter: "The Taming of the Hunters, the Grunt Rebellion. Were it not for the Arbiters, the Covenant would have broken long ago."

Could be a blast.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

I could have sworn I killed a Scorpion tank as the Arbiter.

Hmm? I remember operating a Scorpion Tank in the Quarantine Zone level.

Actually, now that I think about it, I think it and a warthog were just "abandoned," which is quite lucky.

 

[TCKaos]

Damn you!

Anyways, after reading Ghosts of Onyx, there is something that is really bugging me regarding Spartan III's...

Spoiler

I just finished reading Ghosts of Onyx today, and i'm trying to get back into and catch up on all of the Halo lore. When reading about Spartan III's, I found out that Carter, Cat, Emile, Jun, and Noble 6 were all Spartan III's. That was something I did not realize before, and I find to be really cool.... minus one little error. Halsey knows every single Spartan II that she created. Halsey does not find out about Spartan III's until she lands on Onyx. So if Halsey does not know about Spartan III's until Onyx, and 5 out of 6 spartan's in noble squad were Spartan III's, why would she not question where they came from or how they were spartan's?

There's some hint that she knows what's up in First Strike.

Spoiler

I'm fairly certain that at one point she copies some files from Ackerson's computer/network/data-server-cloud-macguffin named things such as "S-III" and "KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN". It's possible that she saw those files before Noble Team met her at Sword Base, and was at the very least aware of their existence for a short while before meeting them.

 

[Hitmonchan107]

Flood controlled.

Was it really? Man, I need to replay Halo 2.

You have Halo-related dreams confirmed. Or you're just delusional.

I once dreamed I was playing Halo 3 multiplayer. That's the only Halo dream I've ever had, which is sad.

 

[blamite]

Reach retconned Halsey knowing about the Spartan III's earlier (ie, finding out about them in Reach) and one of the newer books makes mention of this earlier discovery.

So it's been changed.

Her journal from the LE also mentions knowing of the IIIs' existence, but not of details like who was in charge of the program. I think.

 

[Slightly Live]

Oooh, that could be interesting. Have a version of Spartan Ops ("Arbiter Ops", lulz) where instead of a single narrative told over a season, each episode is a chapter in the Covenant's lengthy history as seen from a multitude of elites who filled the role of Arbiter: "The Taming of the Hunters, the Grunt Rebellion. Were it not for the Arbiters, the Covenant would have broken long ago."

Could be a blast.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Ok one thing has been REALLY bugging me.



I want an explanation.

Are these Prometheans, or are they Promethean Machines, Promethean AI, etc etc.

Because in all the media released, 343 can't seem to decide.

In cryptum, Prometheans are very few. It's a rank among the warrior-servants reserved only for the most powerful ones. The didact, for example, is a Promethean. It feels a little cheap to call these guys prometheans.

The game is not out yet. Maybe there is a secret behind them?

 

[Retro]

Fan Art-biter is not amused...

Come on though, tell me with a straight face that putting down an entire army of cowardly, rebellious Grunts wouldn't be amazing (not to mention hilarious).

 

[Bornstellar]

*disturbing image*

 

[789shadow]

Stupid sexy FlandersArbiter.

 

[VivaciousJazzy]

Spent the last few hours playing Double team. There really should be a voting option for zero bloom :/

Bloom is pretty bad on splitscreen.

 

[daedalius]

sexy-arby.jpg

Geez Dani, if you need a picture of arby to post, you should read your PMs on FUD.

But good example of what I wouldn't do :|

Spent the last few hours playing Double team. There really should be a voting option for zero bloom :/

Bloom is pretty bad on splitscreen.

Bloom is always bad.

 

[Stinkles]

he knows what the ladies like.

BTW, New York, city that never sleeps? Buttcheeks more like. NO FOOD OPEN FOR BLOCKS.

 

[senador]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei9HuhZce4g

Wow, Juices is pretty bad.

More importantly though, you have a sweet WRX?! I never hated you but I now like you much more than before and will forget your past posts that I didn't like. I'm on my 2nd WRX. First was an 02, now have an 06 wagon. Love 'em. How's the VF39 setup going?

 

[El_Chino]

he knows what the ladies like.

BTW, New York, city that never sleeps? Buttcheeks more like. NO FOOD OPEN FOR BLOCKS.

Where in the city are you?

 

[senador]

Treyarch wants Halo 4 to succeed. Apparently devs aren't haters. http://www.3news.co.nz/Treyarch-Bla...alo-4/tabid/418/articleID/258591/Default.aspx

“I really want everybody’s game to succeed, you know. The more types of games that succeed, the better it is for our business overall.”

This seems to be the general consensus between developers. Different story for publishers, but developers all seem pretty fair and want to try each others games. Maybe BF3 vs CoD is the exception, but that seems to be more EA than DICE.

 

[Stinkles]

Where in the city are you?

Midtown.

 

[Zoso Achilles]

GG everyone.

 

[kittens]

GG everyone.

Except for that Grifball match. Hope Frankillnator was happy, at least.

 

[Fracas]

Except for that Grifball match. Hope Frankillnator was happy, at least.

You better get used to Grifball.

Because it's the gametype I'm using in the tourney finals

 

[kittens]

Because it's the gametype I'm using in the tourney finals

great, now everyone knows

 

[Fracas]

great, now everyone knows

jk jk

Spoiler

it's actually infection

 

[Franklinator]

after getting everyone to play grifball my life is now complete. I'll see you guys starside

 

[GhaleonEB]

I could have sworn I killed a Scorpion tank as the Arbiter.

Flood used vehicles, including a Scorpion or two.

 

[OdysseusVA]

GG guys.

Sorry for the betrayals in Grifball There were a couple of them.

 

[Bregmann Roche]

Good games everybody. I will never forgive any of you for what happened in the Griffball playlist.

What in the actual fuck?

Not-too-spoilery stuff about Prometheus:

Spoiler

The movie never got me to care about any of the characters, the horror scenes weren't scary, there was very little suspense, the action was lackluster, I never felt like the stakes were very high (even though, based on the threat, they were), and at no point did I really get the feeling that I was watching a worthy follow-up/prequel to Alien.

AVP was a B movie trying to do B movie things, and it succeeded. Prometheus was trying to be an A movie while also building a grander universe around the Alien story and, from my perspective, it failed utterly. Effects were great but everything else was not (and that includes the design of the monsters). Ignoring any plot hole issues: the writing was not good. Editing was flat out bad at times (which is part of the pacing issue that the movie has), and none of the performances were particularly good aside from Idris Elba who actually felt like he was in Alien and/or Aliens.

Prometheus was a movie I wanted to like but having seen it, I cannot.
Aliens>Alien>Predator>Predator 2>AVP>Prometheus>all other alien/predator movies.

 

[Tawpgun]

Midtown.

WHERE IS THE HALOZ

 

[Korosenai]

There's some hint that she knows what's up in First Strike.

Spoiler

I'm fairly certain that at one point she copies some files from Ackerson's computer/network/data-server-cloud-macguffin named things such as "S-III" and "KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN". It's possible that she saw those files before Noble Team met her at Sword Base, and was at the very least aware of their existence for a short while before meeting them.

Doesn't First Strike take place after Halo 1 though? (I haven't read it yet. Only Halo books i've read are Fall of Reach and Ghosts of Onyx. Currently reading Glasslands.)

 

[Tawpgun]

It was my understanding that she thought they were the next generation of II's on Reach. Then in Ghosts of Onyx she's like wat.

 

[Fracas]

Okay, stats are done. Here is the most up to date list I have: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-XBt2PtESg5qJpCfRft-0WBcBWtLYuDgNotTFVa5FJ0/edit?pli=1

Everyone on this list needs to pm me or post in the thread saying that they are in. There were a few people that I haven't seen post since this was started, and I think a few lurkers joined too.

 

[Plywood]

Treyarch wants Halo 4 to succeed. Apparently devs aren't haters. http://www.3news.co.nz/Treyarch-Bla...alo-4/tabid/418/articleID/258591/Default.aspx

"Hopefully they'll get used to that robot shit before our game lands."

Spoiler

In case it wasn't clear, I am kidding.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

No you're not kidding, that's something the dev said.

Spoiler

I haven't read the article, but I don't have to before I post about it.

 

[Plywood]

No you're not kidding, that's something the dev said.

Spoiler

I haven't read the article, but I don't have to before I post about it.

But I did read the article. SO HOW DO YOU FEEL?

 

[Sai-kun]

what in the

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

But I did read the article. SO HOW DO YOU FEEL?

 

[senador]

Okay, stats are done. Here is the most up to date list I have: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-XBt2PtESg5qJpCfRft-0WBcBWtLYuDgNotTFVa5FJ0/edit?pli=1

Everyone on this list needs to pm me or post in the thread saying that they are in. There were a few people that I haven't seen post since this was started, and I think a few lurkers joined too.

Remember how you should have used a spreadsheet?

Good work. When's the tournament?

 

[MrGreencastle]

Okay, stats are done. Here is the most up to date list I have: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-XBt2PtESg5qJpCfRft-0WBcBWtLYuDgNotTFVa5FJ0/edit?pli=1

Everyone on this list needs to pm me or post in the thread saying that they are in. There were a few people that I haven't seen post since this was started, and I think a few lurkers joined too.

Sounds good, are there any concrete dates? I may have missed those posts.

 

[Plywood]

http://i.minus.com/ib2iXFXI6hiZia.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BbRffBCeYw

 

[Fracas]

Remember how you should have used a spreadsheet?

Good work. When's the tournament?

Sounds good, are there any concrete dates? I may have missed those posts.

Dates are unfortunately TBD. Here is the schedule for now.

-Tomorrow, I will rank each player from 1-66 (we have 66 entrants)
-I will select team captains and notify them
-Each team captain can pick 1 player of their choosing
-The other 2 slots will be filled by me, with fairness in mind

This way, everyone gets someone on their team that they are familiar with/like playing with, and a competitive and fair environment persists.

We do have 1 problem though. As I said, we have 66 entrants. A multiple of 4 is what we need. There's a few people on that list that I think were just lurkers, and won't actually go through with it. We'll see

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BbRffBCeYw

 

[Ryaaan14]

Hi HaloGAF.

Been busy as hell, but listened to the Sparkast yesterday and was amused.

No more Halo related info to share though.

Love you bye.

 

[Fracas]

Aw sweet, looks like there's exactly 6 people I may be cutting.

 

[Steelyuhas]

Not-too-spoilery stuff about Prometheus:

Spoiler

The movie never got me to care about any of the characters, the horror scenes weren't scary, there was very little suspense, the action was lackluster, I never felt like the stakes were very high (even though, based on the threat, they were), and at no point did I really get the feeling that I was watching a worthy follow-up/prequel to Alien.

AVP was a B movie trying to do B movie things, and it succeeded. Prometheus was trying to be an A movie while also building a grander universe around the Alien story and, from my perspective, it failed utterly. Effects were great but everything else was not (and that includes the design of the monsters). Ignoring any plot hole issues: the writing was not good. Editing was flat out bad at times (which is part of the pacing issue that the movie has), and none of the performances were particularly good aside from Idris Elba who actually felt like he was in Alien and/or Aliens.

Prometheus was a movie I wanted to like but having seen it, I cannot.
Aliens>Alien>Predator>Predator 2>AVP>Prometheus>all other alien/predator movies.

Don't want to derail into a Prometheus discussion, but I just want to state a few things:
-I made the post not because I thought that Prometheus was a terrific film, but AVP is a straight shit film from any way you look at it.
-Idris Elba the only good performance? Michael Fassbender absolutely steals the film. His character was without a doubt my favorite part of the film.
-I understand and agree with the common criticisms (in part) of Prometheus, but I hate the direct comparisons to Alien/it didn't feel like Alien or Aliens. There is a reason it isn't called Alien 0. Yes it has some tie-ins, is in the same universe, but its a significantly different style of a film.

 

[TheOddOne]

What's this from?

It's from the artist J. Gray.

 

[Gabotron ES]

Fuck I missed the J10 drama