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[Proelite]

Your act is getting really old...

You fail to see through it? It's all a conspiracy!

 

[clashfan]

You guys are so ****ing gullible and defensive. :lol

It's not about being gullible or defensive. It's about trying to enjoy a hobbie. Yeah, you are a real funny guy, just do it somewhere else.

 

[urk]

You guys are so ****ing gullible and defensive. :lol

DEFCON 1

PERIMETER HAS BEEN BREACHED

 

[SpudBud]

You fail to see through it? It's all a conspiracy!

Its ok, some people can't tell what's sarcasm and what's not over the internets.

 

[Y2Kev]

That article was funny :lol

 

[Ramirez]

You really think they would post such a malign article like this without consorting with Bungie or Microsoft first? :lol

This is planned.

BBC, the CineB dude, and this are part of something bigger.

It's planned? What good comes from this if it was first passed by Bungie/MS? I'm confused by your thinking on that one.

 

[Shogmaster]

Is this only retards gets to write and post articles day? WTF is going on? :lol

 

[skip]

how the **** does an article like that get written/published

 

[Odysseus]

how the **** does an article like that get written/published

al gore forgot to include an iq filter when he invented the internet

 

[urk]

Internet.

 

[SpudBud]

Internet.

What's a internet?

 

[Voltron64]

What's a internet?

A Series of tubes.

 

[Scarecrow]

But, what if this guy's opinion is right?... a bitter pill to chase the sweet Bungie nectar we've been guzzling as of late.

Nah, couldn't be.

 

[SpudBud]

A Series of tubes.

It all makes sense now.

 

[CreepingDea7h]

It's planned? What good comes from this if it was first passed by Bungie/MS? I'm confused by your thinking on that one.

Clearly they want the gaming populace to get angry about Bungie not including bots so they can announce them 1 week before release! Just like what they pulled with online co-op.

Believe.

 

[Kuroyume]

His opinion that Bungie is scared of the Orange Box might be right? :lol Okay.

 

[MirageDwarf]

I will pretend that they forgot to put big smilies at the end in spoiler tag.

 

[FrankT]

His opinion that Bungie is scared of the Orange Box might be right? :lol Okay.

:lol

Unreal, where do people come up with this stuff and hell I love Half Life 2, but I know better.

 

[Ramirez]

The article blasts Halo 3 for not changing it's core gameplay, but then lists CoD4 as something it is afraid of...every impression I've read says it's just like CoD2, but on roids. (Not that I mind, I love CoD2! It's just that why blast one game then list a slew of games that are doing nothing close to what Halo 3 has added so far!)

 

[Isurus]

Apparently the One on B3d thinks that halo 3 in 720p is FUD.

And their conclusions are practically baseless. All of the previous Halo cutscenes have been letterbox and I'm sure the Halo 3 ones will be as well. And yet, all of the footage that is obviously from cutscenes in parts of the trailer are not in letterbox. I think the realistic conclusion is that the cutscenes were cropped to 16x10, lowering there effective resolution.

Plus, direct frame buffer grabs from the beta are in true 720p. Analyzing a trailer to determine the true resolution of Halo 3 seems like a pointless venture to me. Even the guys at beyond 3d should know that.

 

[Isurus]

The article blasts Halo 3 for not changing it's core gameplay, but then lists CoD4 as something it is afraid of...every impression I've read says it's just like CoD2, but on roids. (Not that I mind, I love CoD2! It's just that why blast one game then list a slew of games that are doing nothing close to what Halo 3 has added so far!)

I completely agree. I don't understand how people can think that COD4 will play much different than COD2. Don't get me wrong; I'm sure the game will be fun. But, besides a few small additions to gameplay, I'm sure the game is going to play almost exactly like its predecessor. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing, just like it won't be for Halo. I like these games because they already have a winning formula. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[Quazar]

I completely agree. I don't understand how people can think that COD4 will play much different than COD2. Don't get me wrong; I'm sure the game will be fun. But, besides a few small additions to gameplay, I'm sure the game is going to play almost exactly like its predecessor. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing, just like it won't be for Halo. I like these games because they already have a winning formula. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I know what you mean about COD4, but the weapons(gun play) will change it more than some people think.

 

[Isurus]

how the **** does an article like that get written/published

Alcohol

 

[Proelite]

It's planned? What good comes from this if it was first passed by Bungie/MS? I'm confused by your thinking on that one.

To lower the hype? Bungie had mislead us once on co-op.

It's my opinion, but three asisinine articles in one day from three sources that used to publish fine impressions of halo 3 just doesn't seem right. The teamxbox one especially.

 

[Ramirez]

To lower the hype? Bungie had mislead us once on co-op.

It's my opinion, but three asisinine articles in one day from three sources that used to publish fine impressions of halo 3 just doesn't seem right. The teamxbox one especially.

I was under the impression that TXB was so far up MS's ass that there was no way possible they would ever publish something so stupid towards a MS game, much less Halo. Maybe you're right, I dunno.

 

[FrankT]

I was under the impression that TXB was so far up MS's ass that there was no way possible they would ever publish something so stupid towards a MS game, much less Halo. Maybe you're right, I dunno.

Did you see some of their impressions from the Beta, naw they had some of the same impressions, aka H2.5, in the Beta impressions thread. I know for a fact Shockwave, one of the guys that works over there said some of the same things at the time. I just want to know if they have seen any of the single player stuff like EGM because those shots are sweet. The article reeks of garbage though.

 

[Y2Kev]

Bungie gave up November for a good reason.

Hannah Montanna: Music Jam

YOU CAN'T STOP HANNAH MONTANA. YOU CAN ONLY HOPE TO CONTAIN HER.

That's what bungie did. Sorry for breaking Teamxbox's scoops.

 

[LegendofJoe]

I asked this same question a while back, but just in case Bungie has said something I'm going to ask again. Did Bungie say anything about the armor on the 2 elites in coop being customizable?

 

[Ramirez]

Did you see some of their impressions from the Beta, naw they had some of the same impressions, aka H2.5, in the Beta impressions thread. I know for a fact Shockwave, one of the guys that works over there said some of the same things at the time. I just want to know if they have seen any of the single player stuff like EGM because those shots are sweet. The article reeks of garbage though.

Reading impressions during the beta?! Hell naw! I was busy losing my legs while playing close to a 1000 games in 4 weeks. :lol

I played all of those games, and not once did I think to myself "geez, this is getting old and plays alot like Halo 2", but then I see these guys that probably played under 50 games and are trying to pass that bullshit off? Please.

 

[CreepingDea7h]

I asked this same question a while back, but just in case Bungie has said something I'm going to ask again. Did Bungie say anything about the armor on the 2 elites in coop being customizable?

No. And because all of the elites have their own backstories and identities I doubt we will be able to.

 

[LegendofJoe]

I appreciate the information, thanks.

 

[KachoMakura]

TeamXbox never seizes to embarress the **** out of me for being an Xbox fan :-(

The only thing I can guess is they're using Halo 3 to help promote those other games. But goddamn what a shitty way to do it.

 

[WickedLaharl]

i said it a long time ago and i'll say it again: shadowrun is simply a better game by default because it has bots.

search your hearts, you know it's true.

 

[Tieno]

Master Chief? More Like Master Chicken! hahaha lololololol

 

[voltron]

Wow.

So whats the deal with that? Smear campaign funded by other devs:lol

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

TeamXbox never seizes to embarress the **** out of me for being an Xbox fan :-(

The only thing I can guess is they're using Halo 3 to help promote those other games. But goddamn what a shitty way to do it.

I'm putting in work in the comment section now.

 

[sixthsubset]

i hate to go off-topic, but is there a fast, efficient way of getting someone banned from XBL?

a guy i played in halo 2 double team shut off my ENTIRE internet connection for two and a half hours and threatened to do it again and to my friends, too. i want to get rid of him before he tries anything else. any help?

 

[Striker]

i hate to go off-topic, but is there a fast, efficient way of getting someone banned from XBL?

a guy i played in halo 2 double team shut off my ENTIRE internet connection for two and a half hours and threatened to do it again and to my friends, too. i want to get rid of him before he tries anything else. any help?

Report him to 1-800-4MY-XBOX - tell them his gamertag and I'm sure they'll look into it.

H2cheats@microsoft.com use to be the home to e-mailing modders, standbyers, or whatnot, but I'm not sure they still check that.

 

[Deleted member 21120]

i hate to go off-topic, but is there a fast, efficient way of getting someone banned from XBL?

a guy i played in halo 2 double team shut off my ENTIRE internet connection for two and a half hours and threatened to do it again and to my friends, too. i want to get rid of him before he tries anything else. any help?

So he had, like... his Xbox bridged through his computer, and had a program tracking all the information being transmitted and extracting all of the IP addresses contained within... and then, somehow associating an IP address with a particular player... and then, somehow gaining control of the gateway that that IP address is connecting through, and then blocking that gateway from transmitting/receiving data... yeah. And no, sorry, there's not a way to get someone banned really quickly. Just report him and let the Banhammer go to work.

Spoiler

I just made all of that stuff up, there's not a way he could shut off your internet connection. But for those computer gurus out there (I'm not one), did all that stuff I said make any sense? As in, could that actually be possible?

 

[squicken]

Unprofessionalism Evolved: Sour Grapes Edition

 

[GhaleonEB]

Unprofessionalism Evolved: Sour Grapes Edition

:lol

 

[voltron]

Was just about to post something about that...

Would it be fair to assume that TXB is bitter about not getting some sort of exclusive at some point? The whole article just seems suspiciously bitter.

 

[armubaba]

Unprofessionalism Evolved: Sour Grapes Edition

:lol :lol :lol

I actually laughed out loud, which garnered weird looks from others around me.

 

[Ramirez]

Unprofessionalism Evolved: Sour Grapes Edition

Well, that about wraps up why that article went up.

 

[CHEVYGUYChvy]

i hate to go off-topic, but is there a fast, efficient way of getting someone banned from XBL?

a guy i played in halo 2 double team shut off my ENTIRE internet connection for two and a half hours and threatened to do it again and to my friends, too. i want to get rid of him before he tries anything else. any help?

He probably hooked his xbox to the internet through his computer then got your IP using zone alarm. Then he DoS attacked you.

 

[Eric WK]

That was easily the shittiest article I've ever read.

 

[Gadfly]

So he had, like... his Xbox bridged through his computer, and had a program tracking all the information being transmitted and extracting all of the IP addresses contained within... and then, somehow associating an IP address with a particular player... and then, somehow gaining control of the gateway that that IP address is connecting through, and then blocking that gateway from transmitting/receiving data... yeah. And no, sorry, there's not a way to get someone banned really quickly. Just report him and let the Banhammer go to work.

I just made all of that stuff up, there's not a way he could shut off your internet connection. But for those computer gurus out there (I'm not one), did all that stuff I said make any sense? As in, could that actually be possible?

It is possible to go as far as getting somebody’s IP address but there is not much you can do beyond that. The guy might have tried to "spoof" his IP address by setting the same IP address on his own system but I don't think that would do any good.
A more likely scenario would be a DOS (Denial of Service) attack. But even that is not going to succeed that easy.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Unprofessionalism Evolved: Sour Grapes Edition

I made mention of that in my comments in this report. Agent Icebeezy there as well.

 

[Deleted member 21120]

i hate to go off-topic, but is there a fast, efficient way of getting someone banned from XBL?

a guy i played in halo 2 double team shut off my ENTIRE internet connection for two and a half hours and threatened to do it again and to my friends, too. i want to get rid of him before he tries anything else. any help?

Your Bungie.net stats say you haven't played Halo 2 in months.

?

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/PlayerStatsHalo2.aspx?player=Enigmatic Lemur

 

[sixthsubset]

So he had, like... his Xbox bridged through his computer, and had a program tracking all the information being transmitted and extracting all of the IP addresses contained within... and then, somehow associating an IP address with a particular player... and then, somehow gaining control of the gateway that that IP address is connecting through, and then blocking that gateway from transmitting/receiving data... yeah. And no, sorry, there's not a way to get someone banned really quickly. Just report him and let the Banhammer go to work.

i have no clue how he did it. i've never seen anything like it before and i've played 20k games of halo 2. normal bridgers have to be host and they only lag other people out of the match, but in that game i had host connection. he told me my ISP, told me how i was bad at halo and life, and then told me he was going to turn off my internet. then he did.

sad part is i still won the match

pretty rude awakening as i hadn't been cheated in months. i just hope this doesn't spread, but looks like it might as he's got a clan ("ping mastas") and a website. thanks for the help, though, i reported him in every way i could.