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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

JdFoX187 said:
I'm not making judgments, but I see the majority of the people threatening bans and hoping people get banned are the ones who already have the Beta. Like a poster said above, are you feeling threatened by the fact others are getting in?
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No, I honestly just find it to be a bullshit move. The Crackdown beta is coming soon enough, and this is supposed to be a preview for friends, family and some other people that Stinkles and others have been nice enough to let into the beta. And now it's being exploited.
 
Actually id rather any TOS violation be bannable, and I am not in the beta. It sucks I don't get to play today or tomorrow, but people willing to break the rules to get into it are well aware of the consequences and deserve to be punished just the same.
 
JdFoX187 said:
OKAY! ENOUGH!

For the love of ****ing God, this is a video game.

Some of us have will power to hold off two days, some of us don't. It's not easy to have looked forward to this for six months only to have to wait five days and see and hear people playing and enjoying it. That's why some people are willing to take these risks.

I'm not making judgments, but I see the majority of the people threatening bans and hoping people get banned are the ones who already have the Beta. Like a poster said above, are you feeling threatened by the fact others are getting in?

Some of you even begged and begged Frankie and company to give you a Beta invite. Dispicable stuff. I haven't begged for anything in my life and never will. So there's no reason these beggers should be badmouthing guys using the work around.

And to those people who are getting in this way. You could get banned, you might not. There's no reason to start a bitch fest or an e-penis stand off here over a video game beta. Both sides are acting like immature idiots.

I admittedly thought about doing it but I've changed my mind. I can wait. Some people can't. Relax, everybody!
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Blah blah blah blah. *thisishalo!.gif*
 
Even though I don't have a 360 I'm really hyped for this. I'm going to a friends house on Wednesday to check it out. 360 owners are in for a real treat, a beta of one of the biggest games on the system.
 
acklame said:
Hitting the mainstream press:
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1119046520070513

Microsoft lifts shroud off Halo 3 to mixed reviews

By Scott Hillis and Justin Grant

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O.: Quote, Profile, Research gave a sneak peek at its "Halo 3" game on Friday, saying the next chapter of the fast-paced shooter trilogy will help it fend off competition from Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research and Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research.

Gamers at the invitation-only preview gave mixed reviews.

"The graphics can use some work ... They're not much different than the previous Halo," said Nicholas Puleo, editor of gaming news Web site Evilavatar.com.

"They've got five, six months until release, so they'll add some polish ... When I compare it to other things in the platform, it's not standout."

Microsoft staged previews in New York and San Francisco on Friday in advance of the public test, or "beta," of the game, which goes live next Wednesday.

A public beta is unusual for a console game, and the one for the flagship title for Microsoft's Xbox 360 is being closely watched by gamers eager to know how it looks and plays, and whether it will live up to the considerable buzz.

"I definitely believe that 'Halo 3' is going to be bigger than 'Halo 2'. Retailers know what 'Halo 2' did and they are not going to want to be caught out of stock," Shane Kim, head of Microsoft Game Studios, told Reuters.

The first "Halo" helped the original Xbox gain a foothold in the highly competitive video-game market, while the second installment became the top-selling game ever for the system, with sales of $125 million -- roughly 2.5 million copies -- in its first 24 hours of availability.

Microsoft plans to launch "Halo 3" in the autumn, Kim said. The first two games were released in November of 2001 and 2004 ahead of the year-end holiday season.

"I believe this is going to be one of the three biggest consumer entertainment events of the year, along with 'Spider-Man 3' and the new 'Harry Potter' book," Kim said.

"This is going to be a huge competitive advantage for us. Sony has nothing like it."

The game once again puts players in control of "Master Chief," a futuristic soldier trying to save humanity from an alien coalition known as the Covenant.

To make things more realistic, game maker Bungie Studios made the movements in "Halo 3" more closely follow the laws of real-world physics.

Dead bodies float. Grenades tossed in snow stay in place, while those thrown on harder surfaces skip and roll. Bullets ricochet off walls. And gamers' characters straying too close to grenades will be maimed by their shrapnel effect.

The games have also driven adoption of the Xbox Live online gaming service, which offers some basic features for free but charges users about $50 a year for being able to play against other gamers.

In addition to being one of the year's hottest-selling games, the publicity surrounding "Halo 3" should also spur some consumers to run out and buy an Xbox 360, said Craig Davison, Microsoft's director of marketing.

"There's a significant number of people just waiting for that one game," he said, "and this is the game."
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A bit old there... I saw that exact same (and very lame) article in the Gamehead thread.
 
JdFoX187 said:
OKAY! ENOUGH!

For the love of ****ing God, this is a video game.

Some of us have will power to hold off two days, some of us don't. It's not easy to have looked forward to this for six months only to have to wait five days and see and hear people playing and enjoying it. That's why some people are willing to take these risks.

I'm not making judgments, but I see the majority of the people threatening bans and hoping people get banned are the ones who already have the Beta. Like a poster said above, are you feeling threatened by the fact others are getting in?

Some of you even begged and begged Frankie and company to give you a Beta invite. Dispicable stuff. I haven't begged for anything in my life and never will. So there's no reason these beggers should be badmouthing guys using the work around.

And to those people who are getting in this way. You could get banned, you might not. There's no reason to start a bitch fest or an e-penis stand off here over a video game beta. Both sides are acting like immature idiots.

I admittedly thought about doing it but I've changed my mind. I can wait. Some people can't. Relax, everybody!
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wrong, Halo is life.
 
segarr said:
And L.O.L. at people in here who have been playing for days now mad at people who are finally getting to play. They felt as if they were in some exclusive club that is now not so exclusive.
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Pretty much it.
 
acklame said:
Hitting the mainstream press:
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1119046520070513

Microsoft lifts shroud off Halo 3 to mixed reviews
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Oh man! Just wait until they hear that Halo 3 has no anti-aliasing and that it plays a lot like the previous Halo games!

THE DREAM IS DEAD!

HomShaBom said:
Pretty much it.
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No.. The exclusive club ends when it opens to the public. I'll wake up that morning, do some work then hop online. In my first match, I'll get stuck with a grenade and die.

"HAHHAHAHAHHAAA EAT **** YOU ****ING ***GOT *** NOOB! GOD UR GAY HAHHAHAHAA!'

That's when the club ends.
 
acklame said:
Hitting the mainstream press:
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1119046520070513

Microsoft lifts shroud off Halo 3 to mixed reviews

By Scott Hillis and Justin Grant

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O.: Quote, Profile, Research gave a sneak peek at its "Halo 3" game on Friday, saying the next chapter of the fast-paced shooter trilogy will help it fend off competition from Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research and Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research.

Gamers at the invitation-only preview gave mixed reviews.

"The graphics can use some work ... They're not much different than the previous Halo," said Nicholas Puleo, editor of gaming news Web site Evilavatar.com.

"They've got five, six months until release, so they'll add some polish ... When I compare it to other things in the platform, it's not standout."

Microsoft staged previews in New York and San Francisco on Friday in advance of the public test, or "beta," of the game, which goes live next Wednesday.

A public beta is unusual for a console game, and the one for the flagship title for Microsoft's Xbox 360 is being closely watched by gamers eager to know how it looks and plays, and whether it will live up to the considerable buzz.

"I definitely believe that 'Halo 3' is going to be bigger than 'Halo 2'. Retailers know what 'Halo 2' did and they are not going to want to be caught out of stock," Shane Kim, head of Microsoft Game Studios, told Reuters.

The first "Halo" helped the original Xbox gain a foothold in the highly competitive video-game market, while the second installment became the top-selling game ever for the system, with sales of $125 million -- roughly 2.5 million copies -- in its first 24 hours of availability.

Microsoft plans to launch "Halo 3" in the autumn, Kim said. The first two games were released in November of 2001 and 2004 ahead of the year-end holiday season.

"I believe this is going to be one of the three biggest consumer entertainment events of the year, along with 'Spider-Man 3' and the new 'Harry Potter' book," Kim said.

"This is going to be a huge competitive advantage for us. Sony has nothing like it."

The game once again puts players in control of "Master Chief," a futuristic soldier trying to save humanity from an alien coalition known as the Covenant.

To make things more realistic, game maker Bungie Studios made the movements in "Halo 3" more closely follow the laws of real-world physics.

Dead bodies float. Grenades tossed in snow stay in place, while those thrown on harder surfaces skip and roll. Bullets ricochet off walls. And gamers' characters straying too close to grenades will be maimed by their shrapnel effect.

The games have also driven adoption of the Xbox Live online gaming service, which offers some basic features for free but charges users about $50 a year for being able to play against other gamers.

In addition to being one of the year's hottest-selling games, the publicity surrounding "Halo 3" should also spur some consumers to run out and buy an Xbox 360, said Craig Davison, Microsoft's director of marketing.

"There's a significant number of people just waiting for that one game," he said, "and this is the game."
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Yeah, that pretty much follows the consensus.
 
Eric WK said:
Can you guys realistically combat this, though? I mean... this method will be on Digg soon enough, I'm guessing. From there, it's just going to spread like wildfire.
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Wow, I never thought of that. Once it gets on Digg, it's gonna be ****ing crazy.....
 
JdFoX187 said:
OKAY! ENOUGH!

For the love of ****ing God, this is a video game.

Some of us have will power to hold off two days, some of us don't. It's not easy to have looked forward to this for six months only to have to wait five days and see and hear people playing and enjoying it. That's why some people are willing to take these risks.

I'm not making judgments, but I see the majority of the people threatening bans and hoping people get banned are the ones who already have the Beta. Like a poster said above, are you feeling threatened by the fact others are getting in?

Some of you even begged and begged Frankie and company to give you a Beta invite. Dispicable stuff. I haven't begged for anything in my life and never will. So there's no reason these beggers should be badmouthing guys using the work around.

And to those people who are getting in this way. You could get banned, you might not. There's no reason to start a bitch fest or an e-penis stand off here over a video game beta. Both sides are acting like immature idiots.

I admittedly thought about doing it but I've changed my mind. I can wait. Some people can't. Relax, everybody!
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Ummm no. I just think it's stupid to gamble away 3 weeks of the beta only to play it 48 hours early.
 
alkaline black said:
No.. The exclusive club ends when it opens to the public. I'll wake up that morning, do some work then hop online. In my first match, I'll get stuck with a grenade and die.

"HAHHAHAHAHHAAA EAT **** YOU ****ING ***GOT *** NOOB! GOD UR GAY HAHHAHAHAA!'

That's when the club ends.
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Add us gaffers. (or at least the sensible ones)
 
MaX_PL said:
wrong, Halo is life.
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Halo is not life. I play it every day. But it is not life. There are other things in life. No video game unless it makes you rich, gives you a woman or somehow improves your life, is not worth all of the crap that's going on in here. I've seen people promise blow jobs, offer money and even saw some person say they would sell their soul if they could get in the Beta. There comes a point when the shit gets too deep and it gets too rediculous.

I was originally pissed off at Bungie for the "semi-randomness" bullshit. I called out Ninja 0n Fire one time because I played a game where he was host and the connections looked like they were standbying. His first response to me was "don't you know who I am?" I got blacklisted on Bungie.net. And I guarantee you that's the reason I'm not in the "Friends and Family." Now, I've seen people troll Halo 3 on this very board and are now in the Beta. There are people in the Beta who have not played Halo 2 in forever while there are a lot of people who play Halo 2 every day and are not in it. Is it fair? Certainly not. Did Bungie screw a lot of gamers? Yes.

But lowering yourselves to some of things you all have done to get into the Beta is sad. I'm not going to say the workaround is sad because I considered doing it. But I think is sad is the people on one side complaining about these others getting in when it doesn't effect them whatsoever. And then you have the people on the other side who have done everything short of bend over and pull their pants down for a Beta opportunity.

I and some friends of mine are going to play Halo 2 and other games over the next couple days and pass the time. You'd be amazed how fast time would go if you did other things than count the seconds.
 
segarr said:
And L.O.L. at people in here who have been playing for days now mad at people who are finally getting to play. They felt as if they were in some exclusive club that is now not so exclusive.
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Eh, there's 1440 players in the pool right now. Not exactly a major influx or anything.

Man, I suck at this game tonight. Maybe it's all the glue I sniffed.
 
I've seen people promise blow jobs, offer money and even saw some person say they would sell their soul if they could get in the Beta. There comes a point when the shit gets too deep and it gets too rediculous.
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most of these arent serious.
 
JdFoX187 said:
Halo is not life. I play it every day. But it is not life. There are other things in life. No video game unless it makes you rich, gives you a woman or somehow improves your life, is not worth all of the crap that's going on in here. I've seen people promise blow jobs, offer money and even saw some person say they would sell their soul if they could get in the Beta. There comes a point when the shit gets too deep and it gets too rediculous.
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You should be banned for this shit, yo.
 
JdFoX187 said:
Halo is not life. I play it every day. But it is not life. There are other things in life. No video game unless it makes you rich, gives you a woman or somehow improves your life, is not worth all of the crap that's going on in here. I've seen people promise blow jobs, offer money and even saw some person say they would sell their soul if they could get in the Beta. There comes a point when the shit gets too deep and it gets too rediculous.

I was originally pissed off at Bungie for the "semi-randomness" bullshit. I called out Ninja 0n Fire one time because I played a game where he was host and the connections looked like they were standbying. His first response to me was "don't you know who I am?" I got blacklisted on Bungie.net. And I guarantee you that's the reason I'm not in the "Friends and Family." Now, I've seen people troll Halo 3 on this very board and are now in the Beta. There are people in the Beta who have not played Halo 2 in forever while there are a lot of people who play Halo 2 every day and are not in it. Is it fair? Certainly not. Did Bungie screw a lot of gamers? Yes.

But lowering yourselves to some of things you all have done to get into the Beta is sad. I'm not going to say the workaround is sad because I considered doing it. But I think is sad is the people on one side complaining about these others getting in when it doesn't effect them whatsoever. And then you have the people on the other side who have done everything short of bend over and pull their pants down for a Beta opportunity.

I and some friends of mine are going to play Halo 2 and other games over the next couple days and pass the time. You'd be amazed how fast time would go if you did other things than count the seconds.
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1. It's your life.
2. How can people lower themselves on a message board? Do you take the internet that seriously?
 
JdFoX187 said:
I've seen people promise blow jobs, offer money and even saw some person say they would sell their soul if they could get in the Beta. There comes a point when the shit gets too deep and it gets too rediculous
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On earth, we call that point irony.
 
GhaleonEB said:
*cue Twilight Zone theme*

This thread took a turn for the surreal.
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:lol

One spring evening, all was normal. And then...THEY CAME.

DUN DUN DUN

THE INVADERS
 
GhaleonEB said:
*cue Twilight Zone theme*

This thread took a turn for the surreal.
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The weirdest part is that after the method was originally posted there was nothing. I played some Halo 2, watched Entourage and then came back. All of a sudden all hell broke loose.
 
urk said:
Eh, there's 1440 players in the pool right now. Not exactly a major influx or anything.

Man, I suck at this game tonight. Maybe it's all the glue I sniffed.
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mind if send you a FR? whats your gt?
 
goldenpp72 said:
So people would sell their soul and give out bjs to get into a beta that is given for free with crackdown?

I'm sure.
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Or was Crackdown given for free with the Halo 3 beta? DUH DUH DUUUUUH!
 
SpacLock said:
1. It's your life.
2. How can people lower themselves on a message board? Do you take the internet that seriously?
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1. I can sell my Xbox 360, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and my Crackdown with Halo 3 Beta and never think twice about it. It's not my life.

2. I don't think somebody who begged Frankie for hours and ended up digging up the Halo theme with cowbells to get into a Beta should be talking about lowering themselves on an Internet messageboard. Just because it's the Internet doesn't mean you don't have dignity.
 
JdFoX187 said:
1. I can sell my Xbox 360, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and my Crackdown with Halo 3 Beta and never think twice about it. It's not my life.

2. I don't think somebody who begged Frankie for hours and ended up digging up the Halo theme with cowbells to get into a Beta should be talking about lowering themselves on an Internet messageboard. Just because it's the Internet doesn't mean you don't have dignity.
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oh, a personal war on a message board! YES!
 
DarkAngelYuna said:
They won't ban or punish anyone for this. Crackdown retail version was avail to pirates for almost a full week before it was on shelves. People kept crying that they're going to ban those people since they know they're pirates. Well guess what, they didn't do that. And if they're not going to ban people who obviously pirating full games they're not going to bother over a crappy beta when they know the people who are this interested in playing the beta will almost 100% buy the full version from them.
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I like your logic - because MS didn't ban these pirates within the month of release, they're never gonna get banned, EVAH!!!
 
JdFoX187 said:
2. I don't think somebody who begged Frankie for hours and ended up digging up the Halo theme with cowbells to get into a Beta should be talking about lowering themselves on an Internet messageboard. Just because it's the Internet doesn't mean you don't have dignity.
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oh snap :lol

*grabs popcorn*
 
JdFoX187 said:
2. I don't think somebody who begged Frankie for hours and ended up digging up the Halo theme with cowbells to get into a Beta should be talking about lowering themselves on an Internet messageboard. Just because it's the Internet doesn't mean you don't have dignity.
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DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMNNNNN
:lol

I kinda wanna exploit this now, just too brag to my friends I played before them :X
 
JdFoX187 said:
1. I can sell my Xbox 360, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and my Crackdown with Halo 3 Beta and never think twice about it. It's not my life.

2. I don't think somebody who begged Frankie for hours and ended up digging up the Halo theme with cowbells to get into a Beta should be talking about lowering themselves on an Internet messageboard. Just because it's the Internet doesn't mean you don't have dignity.
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1. Hahaha good for you!

2. I made 3 posts and created the song in about 40 seconds. Those hours were more like 5 minutes.

3. You're a big tough guy that yells at people so i'm going to put you on ignore now.
 
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