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Only nerds hate Halo
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Mac the KNife
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Nerevar said:
Ah crap, so I either have to suck Japan's huge wang or Bill Gates's?? I miss Sega...
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
It is of course in no way possible that people who present themselves as Real Manjocks on the Internet are really the nerds who desperately wanted to be the jocks in high school and now are living out their fantasies on teh intarweb 
(Or as somebody I know put it "engaging in B1FF cosplay".)
(Or as somebody I know put it "engaging in B1FF cosplay".)
evilromero
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It's true that not ALL people who hate Halo 2 are elitist pricks. You may not be, but I am. And damn proud of it.iapetus said:
evilromero said:Scholars maintain that only frat boys and High School dropouts smoking weed from coke cans play Halo 2. But the rest of that article just muddies up the water. Nintendo fans find satisfaction from the occasional classic Russian novel coupled with hours of discussion at the local campus corner cafe about the dangers of religion, while the Saken Denatsu no Tsunaji Naga Waka 2 fans seem to find Grisham divine and anime somehow interesting. PS2/Xbox fan's brains are the 1/3 the size of ours; it's science.
I really don't know how accurate this is but:
:lol
evilromero
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Oh I like this. You're hired.briefcasemanx said:
MEGAPARADIGMSHIFTTON!
That's exactly what I said. Unless you have the missle launcher. But it's just easier to get into a ghost and constnatly shoot it till it's dead.EBwiz said:
There's a section near the end of the game where you HAVE to use the ghost. There's like wraiths and ghosts coming to you on the left, guys trying to snipe you on top, and brutes running up to you... without the ghost you'd be fucked so fast.
Mr. Lemming
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briefcasemanx said:
MEGAPARADIGMSHIFTTON!
What if someone is a Nintendo fan AND a Halo 2 fan?
evilromero
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Don't disrupt the balance. This is based on science.Mr. Lemming said:
The Shadow
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Ramirez said:
I thought you were talking about Dual Wielding.
In that case, Rainbow Six. PC, PSX.
Pudding Tame
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Video games will never be considered art until someone makes a video game about the Virgin Mary...............out of elephant feces.
Great Wasabi Man
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well guess I'm a charter member of Lambda Lambda Lambda
RagingHeamtoma
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The whole time reading this, I was thinking of GAF.
The article describes 75% of the people who post here.
The article describes 75% of the people who post here.
BobbyRobby
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Its funny to see nerds make fun of other nerds, though the internet tough-guy routine is getting a little stale.
SatelliteOfLove
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Pudding Tame said:
Ladies and Gentlemen, the winner of the thread.
I like Halo okay, but seriously:
Many Halo Fans = Nerds who don't know they're nerds.
I've posited this theory before, but it seems very germane here.
Halo (and pretty much all online gaming) is a newfangled combination of tag and cosplay.
When you play Halo you dress up in superhero costumes with your friends and play "tag-you're-it" for points until somebody wins.
Many Halo Fans = Nerds who don't know they're nerds.
I've posited this theory before, but it seems very germane here.
Halo (and pretty much all online gaming) is a newfangled combination of tag and cosplay.
When you play Halo you dress up in superhero costumes with your friends and play "tag-you're-it" for points until somebody wins.
RagingHeamtoma said:
Thats true, and thats why there is so much damage control here. I cant believe people truly hold these opinions and yet still disagree when they are called out.
Simple fact is that Halo and Halo 2 were outstanding games. Even if you dont like them, or its not your thing - they are still polished and so well formulated that to call them anything else just shows how immature you are.
I dont like games like Mario, zelda, Jak, R+C etc but i can still appreciate the quality of what they do.
I haven't seen a single Japanophile in this thread yet. I've seen people who don't see what made Halo so fantastic, and I've seen people like me who aren't as big on the western game philosophy, but not once have I seen one person go blatantly out of their way to bash all western games, and announce some kind of ice cream social for those who agree Japan will one day take over our capitalist nation because everyone in the world halts American commerce by purchasing the 'obviously' better Japanese products, and believe that they will be over seeing the execution of thousands because they're obviously, not American too.
Seriously, I know Japanophiles. They don't really think like that, but you'd believe they would just by talking to them for five minutes. If you think anyone here is a Japanophile, then from what I've seen, you're pretty damn shallow, or just not open minded enough to believe as good of a game or *gasp* better could possibly be made in another country, which makes you pretty much just as bad as a Japanophile. Seriously, there's a problem with sensationalist xenocentrism, but to say there's nothing wrong with sensationalist ethnocentrism is just a double standard. That being said, Good Japanese games rock, good American games rock, all crappy games suck, and Halo is a good game, which some think are over rated, and some don't. End of thread.
Seriously, I know Japanophiles. They don't really think like that, but you'd believe they would just by talking to them for five minutes. If you think anyone here is a Japanophile, then from what I've seen, you're pretty damn shallow, or just not open minded enough to believe as good of a game or *gasp* better could possibly be made in another country, which makes you pretty much just as bad as a Japanophile. Seriously, there's a problem with sensationalist xenocentrism, but to say there's nothing wrong with sensationalist ethnocentrism is just a double standard. That being said, Good Japanese games rock, good American games rock, all crappy games suck, and Halo is a good game, which some think are over rated, and some don't. End of thread.
Ramirez said:
Balance? Like...plasma pistol + rifle balance? Like no real downsides for sniper rifle?
*insert Hoobastank track here*Not to mention it has the best music of this gen
I keed. Besides that crappy obligatory track that came out of nowhere in-game, I think the music is pretty damn good. The Halo theme rocks.
btw- wtf kind of people do you people expect to read internet gaming forums? Jocks? :lol
Everyone here is either a nerd or a closet nerd. Especially the regulars.
Teknopathetic
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Halo's so called weapon balance is slaughtered by the likes of UT2004.
Teknopathetic
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Being obnoxious won't really make you stand out here.
Just so everyone knows that the Japanophile phenomenom isn't unique to GAF:
Bryan's Rice Boy Page
Some of the stuff on that site is hilarious- pure comedy gold. BTW, the web site's owner is Asian.
Bryan's Rice Boy Page
Some of the stuff on that site is hilarious- pure comedy gold. BTW, the web site's owner is Asian.
Nervous Hamster
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I am sorry that my first post here is so simple and dumb, but who cares
Halo was a great game and the only one really playable Xbox game back then...
Halo 2 is medicore overhyped MS-score-payed game.
Half-Life 2 is the truly best FPS last year.
Half-Life 2 is better than Halo 2.
Metal Gear Solid 3 is the best game this generation...
I didn't even put GTA:SA DVD in my PS2 console.
Phew... The world feels better now
Halo was a great game and the only one really playable Xbox game back then...
Halo 2 is medicore overhyped MS-score-payed game.
Half-Life 2 is the truly best FPS last year.
Half-Life 2 is better than Halo 2.
Metal Gear Solid 3 is the best game this generation...
I didn't even put GTA:SA DVD in my PS2 console.
Phew... The world feels better now
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