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[NullPointer]

A friend of mine on an italian board put together this, a sort of remake of the "battle begins" campaign trailer, featuring Halo 2's In Amber Clad.

Enjoy, or brutally criticize.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV9X1FTHjbo

It works better than I would've thought.

All the same I love the music in that trailer as is. Especially how it starts off with the classic Halo theme just before veering off in a new direction.

My favorite little slice of the trailer footage is Kat laying out her plan while the rest of the spartans watch. The animations and detail are top notch, and miles beyond any Halo game to date. And yet the version I keep seeing on TV edits that part out. Weird.

 

[Slightly Live]

Would be nice but with another convention next week I'm guessing that's the next real news. I assumed the week after going gold would be a noisy one: marketing push, etc.

I'm kind of hoping the next installment of Incompetent Cartographer is folded into the BWU, this time focusing on the submission and peer review tools, as teased by the first entry.

Does seems rather quiet on most Halo fronts this week. Calm before the storm I'd say.

And yes, I'm hoping Urk is able to reveal or demonstrate the submission and review process. It's the only grey area at the moment concerning Forge 2.0, the community and Reach. I do hope the earlier remarks lead to something more substantial than what I'm expecting.

If Chad/Shishka is really gone from Bungie, I hope we get a chance to find out who will be taking over his former matchmaking maintenance responsibilities.

On that note, I also hope we get definite word from Chad himself about his departure or future. Agree or disagree with him on certain issues, there's no doubt he worked hard, particularly for Reach during development.

Also, we need one last excuse to use this image;

 

[Kapura]

You don't really need an excuse to use this image

 

[big ander]

So that's how this page is going to go, huh?

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

We really need the OT, this thread is getting out of hand.

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[Shake Appeal]

Preach it, you AR-loving son of a bitch:

Edit: re: MLG, I really like the gametypes, and the very idea of Halo as a competitive quasi-'sport', and the purity of how it plays, and I love watching it, and so much else, really... except that the people behind it pretty much seem to be assholes to a man.

 

[Mik2121]

Uhm.. we definitely need the OT soon.

 

[Sai-kun]

Combo breaker?

 

[Striker]

 

[Blueblur1]

It's fun and all but let's shy away from this kind of behavior fellas. We don't want another locked Halo thread do we?

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

It's fun and all but let's shy away from this kind of behavior fellas. We don't want another locked Halo thread do we?

True, although it's almost that time. No new info makes Halo threads slow places. :lol

 

[Kuroyume]

Thread has been unreadable for like 3 or 4 pages now...

::checks Halo Gaf::

poster 1 DUUUURRR I Like the IGN video
poster 2 Me too I like it
poster 3 I thought it was good
poster 1 Me too, I said it was good
poster 4 Yeah, it was good
poster 5 I like it
poster 2 replying to poster 1 Yeah, I agree you said it was good

::shakes head and closes thread::

 

[Gui_PT]

 

[Hydranockz]

Thread has been unreadable for like 3 or 4 pages now...

::checks Halo Gaf::

poster 1 DUUUURRR I Like the IGN video
poster 2 Me too I like it
poster 3 I thought it was good
poster 1 Me too, I said it was good
poster 4 Yeah, it was good
poster 5 I like it
poster 2 replying to poster 1 Yeah, I agree you said it was good

::shakes head and closes thread::

And yet it's the posts like these that keep the conversation thriving. One would easily notice they were all discussing the Reach Trailer this thread is based around, albeit a funny literal interpretation about it. If the thread is so unreadable you might have caught on to the fact that Gamescon is a week away and the BWU comes out tomorrow so of course it will be a bit slow before then. But no, continue, your posts intrigue me.

 

[DancingJesus]

So after six long months of being banned, I have finally returned to HaloGAF.

It's been interesting to sit on the sidelines and watch the discussions unfold. A lot of people in here have changed. Mainly for the better.

Some crazy shit has happened in the world of Halo since I've been gone, it was especially rough not being able to post during the Beta, but I suppose that's behind me. I guess not being involved in that whole "bloom" discussion was for the better. :lol

I'm super excited for Reach and can't wait to see what the campaign has in store for us. I know GAF customs will be righteous.

 

[neoism]

:lol

 

[Shake Appeal]

I've been banned three times, and never for longer than a month or so. What do you have to do to get six months?

 

[DancingJesus]

I've been banned three times, and never for longer than a month or so. What do you have to do to get six months?

You know, I can't quite remember what it all was about. But it had to do with something about features comparison of the various FPS's. It was in an old Reach ViDoc thread. Oh well, no biggie.

 

[The Librarian]

Best page of the thread.

 

[neoism]

It's fun and all but let's shy away from this kind of behavior fellas. We don't want another locked Halo thread do we?

I agree, but it makes Halo threads awesome. Still don't understand why my beloved Halo 3 thread was locked. AR vs Br happened every other week.. :lol

 

[Scarecrow]

Odd request: As I'm getting increasingly more excited for Reach, I'm wanting to play some other Halo stuff. I gave the Halo Wars demo a shot, GAF telling me it was alright for a low price, but it didn't really click with me. Wanted to know if anyone was up for some ODST firefight tonight. I haven't played that in forever, plus there's still 4 maps I don't have the achievement for.

 

[Gui_PT]

BWU

 

[feel]

Best page of the thread.

 

[Hydranockz]

Thursday is the new Friday

Edit: Damn you!

 

[NullPointer]

BWU

And we're saved!

Next stop, Gamescom. Bring a change of pants, people. You’re gonna need ‘em.

0_0

 

[LAUGHTREY]

Red Vs Blue has been great lately, season 4 5 and 6 kinda sucked, but 7 and 8 are great.

 

[The Librarian]

Best page of the thread.

BWU

Hot damn I called it.

 

[Domino Theory]

GamesCom keeps delivering.

 

[Striker]

"Rock, Spire 1/2" - curious if this means they dangled a bit of Forge into the Spire Invasion map.

 

[Mik2121]

BWU

That looks like fun, but I can imagine it being a pain for actual playing.

Anyway, LOTS of items on Forge. But I wanna know exactly what that 100 limit means. He said that, for example, all the 1x1 would share that limit, but what about the ones that are 1x2 or 1x3.. or what about all those items that are named differently near the end, but that seem to be from the same group..

Oh well, as far as that doesn't get in the way when making the map, it's all fine for me

 

[Kibbles]

Thursday is the new Friday

Edit: Damn you!

THANK THA LORD!

[edit] That sculpting video is awesome. I wonder what Gamescom is going to bring. Surely they don't have any more MASSIVE reveals...?

 

[big ander]

Anyway, LOTS of items on Forge. But I wanna know exactly what that 100 limit means. He said that, for example, all the 1x1 would share that limit, but what about the ones that are 1x2 or 1x3.. or what about all those items that are named differently near the end, but that seem to be from the same group..

Oh well, as far as that doesn't get in the way when making the map, it's all fine for me

This confused me too. Does that mean that, in one category, you have a 100 item limit, so you can either spawn 100 1x1 boxes or share the 100 between all different sized boxes?

 

[Hydranockz]

Sweet, those were landmines in the Vidoc. Race sounds... proper now.

 

[feel]

Sweet update, pretty much every screenshot was really great to look at.

 

[Tashi]

Modders Live Right Now

edit: Anddd the games over lol...http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=1761086805&player=nystofmind23

32 and 0...25 headshots, not bad lol

 

[neoism]

BWU

mother of god this game looks sooo damn goood :O


URK Is bungle going to tell us exactly how many credits it will take to get everything????

 

[watership]

See...

That’s it for this week. Next stop, Gamescom. Bring a change of pants, people. You’re gonna need ‘em.

When they do that it makes me CRAZY. NOW I'M CRAZY.

 

[The Librarian]

So Gamescom is going to deliver next week? Nice. New landmines look cool, and I'll kick everyone's butt here in any Race game, and that's a lot of options for Forge. Holy crap.

 

[GhaleonEB]

That’s it for this week. Next stop, Gamescom. Bring a change of pants, people. You’re gonna need ‘em.​

Noted, Urk. Looks like next Tuesday is going to be a hoot.

Nice BWU. Looks like final confirmation of the top-level MP game type list. Now for the variants.

 

[DancingJesus]

Urk sensed the HaloGAF community was running on E.

BWU saves the day.

Love this screen

 

[NullPointer]

When they do that it makes me CRAZY. NOW I'M CRAZY.

Yep. Be careful Bungie.

Don't make a fan a promise... If you know you can't keep it.

 

[Mik2121]

This confused me too. Does that mean that, in one category, you have a 100 item limit, so you can either spawn 100 1x1 boxes or share the 100 between all different sized boxes?

Well, supposedly you should be able to put 100 1x1 blocks that are either short, tall, flat or tall and thin. Then.. 100 of the ones that are 1x2? Or does that count for the other 100 count?... see, that's what I don't understand.

 

[Kibbles]

According to animation producer Matt Richenburg, all told there are over forty custom assassinations packed into the shipping product, most multiplayer, some specific to campaign.

That's great news. I also see sandbags in forge. Time to make Canals from Gears of War over the water in Forge World. Yeeeeeaaaaaa 8)

Urk sensed the HaloGAF community was running on E.

BWU saves the day.

Love this screen

Mongoose shadow confirmed. We can rest easy.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Urk sensed the HaloGAF community was running on E.

BWU saves the day.

Love this screen

I wonder if that space will be editable for custom games, or if it's a pre-baked instruction from the variant the custom is built from.

 

[metareferential]

Great update.

And it came out of nowhere, so it's even better.

One thing that made me wet: 40 different assassinations. That's a lot.

And of course the Gamescom teasing is...whoah.

And I'll be there.

 

[The Librarian]

I wonder if that space will be editable for custom games, or if it's a pre-baked instruction from the variant the custom is built from.

Same here. When we load up Race, does it load up an additional part of the map?

 

[Ramirez]

Thread has been unreadable for like 3 or 4 pages now...

::checks Halo Gaf::

poster 1 DUUUURRR I Like the IGN video
poster 2 Me too I like it
poster 3 I thought it was good
poster 1 Me too, I said it was good
poster 4 Yeah, it was good
poster 5 I like it
poster 2 replying to poster 1 Yeah, I agree you said it was good

::shakes head and closes thread::

Quit coming to the thread then? This place has some idiots no doubt, but your constant sarcastic posts add nothing of substance, which you love to complain the place lacks.

 

[zumphry]

Juicy reminds me of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Plus it makes Forge World look even better.

40 assassinations and if I ever get tired of each of them someone actually please assassinate me in real life.

And those landmines better have hippos on the back of them

 

[Darkflight]

That’s it for this week. Next stop, Gamescom. Bring a change of pants, people. You’re gonna need ‘em.

Sweet, next week is going to be so awesome. Will try and play anything new and report back.

 

[Blueblur1]

BWU was great.