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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

Nino said:
16000 huh? How do you guys feel about BXR and the fact that I pwn n00bs with it all the time? Sucks that it's not available in the beta, I hope they fix it before September.


Leave it to the French to reveal Halo's Singleplayer. Also, French means scans allowed on GAF. Make it happen BlimBlim! \o/
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They are not revealing singleplayer. They were in the same playsession at Bungie that Gamepro and a number of other publications were at. Gamepro landed the cover story (as EGM did with the Alpha) but it will likely be the same stuff.
 
Buttonbasher said:
On the Bungie.net forums (i know) they're saying Bungies in todays Toronto Sun Hinting that: "the single player campaign will begin on Earth, but it won't remain there"

Can anyone verify?
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Well, for what it's worth, the achievements found in the beta code back that up.
 
Eric WK said:
Well, for what it's worth, the achievements found in the beta code back that up.
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Yeah I was thinking about that. A quick search on the Toronto Sun website yielded no results, but Newspaper websites are never well put together. And I don't trust the Bungie boards.
 
MaX_PL said:
ghaleon you need to change this thread to the official Halo 3 thread after the beta ends.
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I can't!

Besides, I think we should start fresh. I was going to re-use the two gamertag listings and post them right after the OP for the Halo 3 thread. That will prevent repeating the 10 pages of gamertags we had to start this one. I'll probably hold off on starting it until a couple weeks before launch.
 
GhaleonEB said:
They are not revealing singleplayer. They were in the same playsession at Bungie that Gamepro and a number of other publications were at. Gamepro landed the cover story (as EGM did with the Alpha) but it will likely be the same stuff.
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Thanks for the clarification, your kung fu is best.
 
Buttonbasher said:
That probably wouldn't work with sp0rsk's megathread etiquette:
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Yeah, that's what I was referring to. Besides, I think the thread would be better served with more discussion of playing the game. There will be plenty of developments between now and shortly before launch that will deserve seperate threads.

We've got a week of the Beta left, but I'm kind of wrapping up my playtime with it. Mostly because I'm ready to hold off and just wait for the main game. I'm satisfied. I'll still hop on a few nights between now and the end, though.

Gamedaily did a video of their top five favorite weapons in the Beta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKQAaw-TBT0

I'd put the Assault Rifle and Needler in place of the Sniper Rifle and Rocket Launcher, respectively. And get those Spike Grenades in there somewhere. Hell, there's so many great weapons in there I don't think I can choose just five. :D
 
GhaleonEB said:
I can't!
Besides, I think we should start fresh. I was going to re-use the two gamertag listings and post them right after the OP for the Halo 3 thread. That will prevent repeating the 10 pages of gamertags we had to start this one. I'll probably hold off on starting it until a couple weeks before launch.
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Hey Ghaleon, maybe you should create two separate official threads, one for multiplayer, and one for single player. I'm sure they're eventually going to be completely different discussions.
 
I'm not saying spoilers will be leaked...I hope they won't be. But remember if they are, don't spoil ANYTHING for anyone else. Either don't post the shit or use spoiler tags.
 
blazinglazers said:
Hey Ghaleon, maybe you should create two separate official threads, one for multiplayer, and one for single player. I'm sure they're eventually going to be completely different discussions.
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Sounds like a good idea to me, hope the mods allow it.
 
I think the official thread will breach 10k. There's still a lot of stuff that Bungie aren;t showing us: New weapons, new vehicles, new enemies, new levels and I'm sure some of it will leak before launch.

Plus they'll be 4k posts on launch day purely about whether it's good or shit with the bannings and trollings that follow. Bung in the multiplayer and DLC long-tail and it may reach 16k by the end of it's lifetime.
 
ToyMachine228 said:
I'm not saying spoilers will be leaked...I hope they won't be. But remember if they are, don't spoil ANYTHING for anyone else. Either don't post the shit or use spoiler tags.
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I tagged mine, if you were referring to my post. I'll try to think more before I post.
 
It is not surprising to me if there are battles elsewhere, other than Earth.

Remember Frankie said they'll finish all the battles started in Halo 1.

Nino said:
16000 huh? How do you guys feel about BXR and the fact that I pwn n00bs with it all the time? Sucks that it's not available in the beta, I hope they fix it before September.
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Sarcasm?
 
Nino said:
Sounds like a good idea to me, hope the mods allow it.
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You realize though that some A-Hole is going to go into the multiplayer one, day one and drop spoilers. Good idea, but you know someone will ruin the fun.
 
Buttonbasher said:
You realize though that some A-Hole is going to go into the multiplayer one, day one and drop spoilers. Good idea, but you know someone will ruin the fun.
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Why would that be any different if it was one big thread? Spoilers had nothing to do with me backing the proposal, my reason for 2 threads would be just to keep the 2 entirely different topics separated.
 
Nino said:
Why would that be any different if it was one big thread? Spoilers had nothing to do with me backing the proposal, my main reason for 2 threads would be just to keep the 2 entirely different topics separated.
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Thats true. I was just thinking to myself "If this happens, I'll stick to the multiplayer thread until I finish the Campaign. But wait..."

The idea is good, we should do it.
 
Buttonbasher said:
Thats true. I was just thinking to myself "If this happens, I'll stick to the multiplayer thread until I finish the Campaign. But wait..."

The idea is good, we should do it.
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Yeah I suspected that that was your concern but even if the majority did it like that it would be easier for everyone if there was a big MP thread you could use for matchmaking etc next to the SP discussion. And I'm sure that the risk of (accidental) spoilers is way smaller this way too. The chance of some idiot forgetting the spoiler tags in an SP discussion are way bigger than some idiot purposefully spoiling the campaign in a MP only thread.
 
Nino said:
Yeah I suspected that that was your concern but even if the majority did it like that it would be easier for everyone if there was a big MP thread you could use for matchmaking etc next to the SP discussion. And I'm sure that the risk of (accidental) spoilers is way smaller this way too. The chance of some idiot forgetting the spoiler tags in an SP discussion are way bigger than some idiot purposefully spoiling the campaign in a MP only thread.
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I vote for 2 threads as well. I'm sure I'll be in and out of the campaign between bouts of MP. Of course it does not stop the idiots you run into during MP sessions screaming "Dood, didja get to the part where Cortana kills the Arbiter and then makes out with Master Chief?! That was HOT!" :D
 
UnholySpectacle said:
Of course it does not stop the idiots you run into during MP sessions screaming "Dood, didja get to the part where Cortana kills the Arbiter and then makes out with Master Chief?! That was HOT!" :D
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This is GAF, where bans, Bish and public humiliation are feared. Idiots like that rarely last long and pathetic spoilers aren't common.
urk said:
Hmm, not sure how I'll work that into my toilet time, but I guess I can give it a swirl.
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Are you stealing lines from the Weekly Updates again? Not funny dude, stop trying to imitate Frankie.
 
is this game supposed to have motion blur?

i have a 8ms lcd and am wondering if the motion blur is caused by the game, or whether 8ms lcds simply arent good enough for gaming.

bought this god damn thing just for Halo 3 and now it looks as if i'll probably be going back to CRT or possibly get a 22" 2ms monitor.

kinda annoying with the motion blur that i'm forced to up my sensitivity to 8 just to have the same sense of view as i did with 4 sensitivity in Halo 2 on a CRT.
 
MaX_PL said:
is this game supposed to have motion blur?

i have a 8ms lcd and am wondering if the motion blur is caused by the game, or whether 8ms lcds simply arent good enough for gaming.

bought this god damn thing just for Halo 3 and now it looks as if i'll probably be going back to CRT or possibly get a 22" 2ms monitor.

kinda annoying with the motion blur that i'm forced to up my sensitivity to 8 just to have the same sense of view as i did with 4 sensitivity in Halo 2 on a CRT.
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Stinkles said:
All I will confirm is that if you have an LCD monitor older than five years, there will be plenty of motion blur.
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Ramirez said:
WTF am I going to play after the 10th :( Gaming blackout til Sept. confirmed for me :lol
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I wanted to pick up Halo 2 MP but that wont allow me to do most of the Matchmaking without buying the new maps. Which I can't, due to the lack of a creditcard. Bitter tears I tell you.

I hope they have some nice surprises for us this week, I'm sure gonna miss the Beta.
 
Ramirez said:
WTF am I going to play after the 10th :( Gaming blackout til Sept. confirmed for me :lol
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Shadowrun! There's Shadowrun and The Darkness demos hitting in June. I have to look at the release calendar for the rest of the summer. We all know what we'll be playing in September though.
 
MaX_PL said:
is this game supposed to have motion blur?

i have a 8ms lcd and am wondering if the motion blur is caused by the game, or whether 8ms lcds simply arent good enough for gaming.

bought this god damn thing just for Halo 3 and now it looks as if i'll probably be going back to CRT or possibly get a 22" 2ms monitor.

kinda annoying with the motion blur that i'm forced to up my sensitivity to 8 just to have the same sense of view as i did with 4 sensitivity in Halo 2 on a CRT.
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8ms samsung here and at first you will notice an ever so slight blur due to the nature of LCD but its in no way as bad as you said there, maybe the screen itself is not suited for gaming very well.
 
Nino said:
I wanted to pick up Halo 2 MP but that wont allow me to do most of the Matchmaking without buying the new maps. Which I can't due to the lack of a creditcard. Bitter tears I tell you.

I hope they have some nice surprises for us this week, I'm sure gonna miss the Beta.
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I'm not sure I could go back to Halo 2 honestly...and this coming from someone who only played Halo 2 online before the beta hit :P
 
GhaleonEB said:
There were about 4,000 posts during the Crackdown delay alone. If the beta had come out as scheduled, I suspect it would be closer to 12-13k.
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No, people would have found something else to talk about.
 
Diablohead said:
8ms samsung here and at first you will notice an ever so slight blur due to the nature of LCD but its in no way as bad as you said there, maybe the screen itself is not suited for gaming very well.
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i have this
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was part of the 2006 samsung line and as i remember, designed specifically for the xbox 360.

i do complain alot about even the slightest distort in image cause my experience of playing Halo 2 on my sony 24" wega crt was amazing. should have never sold that thing.

oh and one more thing, this is another question relating to either the game or my tv: on high ground heading toward sniper cave, as you enter everything is extremely dark, like uber dark that an opposing player is almost camouflaged in the shade.

is this an HDR effect of going from pure sunshine to a dark area, is the area simply just that dark, or does no one else experience this problem and its due to my tv?
 
MaX_PL said:
i have this
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was part of the 2006 samsung line and as i remember, designed specifically for the xbox 360.

i do complain alot about even the slightest distort in image cause my experience of playing Halo 2 on my sony 24" wega crt was amazing. should have never sold that thing.
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There is a Game mode that will improve the refresh rate.
 
urk said:
There is a Game mode that will drop the refresh rate from 8 to 6ms.
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WTF!?!? :lol

Well i have been playing with gamemode on this whole time, still noticeable though. DAMN.

never knew gamemode gets the rt down to 6ms though.
 
MaX_PL said:
my lcd is 5 months old so stinkles' statement is not relevant.
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I wasn't dissing your set.
Ramirez said:
I'm not sure I could go back to Halo 2 honestly...and this coming from someone who only played Halo 2 online before the beta hit :P
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The Beta got me into Halo online, I only played 1 match of Halo 2 but I think it'll keep me entertained until the summer's over. If it doesnt then there's always Shadowrun, Forza and The Darkness. Or my huge backlog.
 
ToyMachine228 said:
Shadowrun! There's Shadowrun and The Darkness demos hitting in June. I have to look at the release calendar for the rest of the summer. We all know what we'll be playing in September though.
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Is Shadowrun worth it?
 
OverHeat said:
The number of players on the Beta as drop a lot since forza and shadow came out.
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I can see that happening. Not so much Shadowrun (lol MMarsu) that I've noticed, but the majority of people on my FL that were playing the Beta have moved on to Forza. Myself included.

I'll be back on this week though. Going out in a blaze of Beta glory!
 
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