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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

Andokuky said:
Anyone know if multiple 360's can access the beta from one copy of Crackdown?

My 360 died last week and it is in route to the repair center right now so I know I won't have it back by Wednesday, so a buddy wanted to borrow my CD disc to access the beta until my 360 returns. Is this doable?
Yeah, it should be. You have to have the disc to start the beta, but the upshot is that whoever has the disc can start the beta.
 
Eric WK said:
Some of us have nothing better to do than refresh this thread once every few minutes. :lol

Speaking of which, don't you have a beta or something to be playing? :)
I'm actually still at work - just got done with very boring conference call (multi-tasking FTW!) and am heading home now. Alas, no Halo 3 until the kids are in bed. Two and a half hours! How can I wait that long?! The wait is killing me.

:p
 
GhaleonEB said:
I'm actually still at work - just got done with very boring conference call (multi-tasking FTW!) and am heading home now. Alas, no Halo 3 until the kids are in bed. Two and a half hours! How can I wait that long?! The wait is killing me.

:p

Oh just stop.

Time for Heroes/24. Anything to take my mind off it. :)
 
GhaleonEB said:
I'm actually still at work - just got done with very boring conference call (multi-tasking FTW!) and am heading home now. Alas, no Halo 3 until the kids are in bed. Two and a half hours! How can I wait that long?! The wait is killing me.

:p
kids you say?
Drop some ambien in their milk.
sure, they may grow bitter and put you in crappy home run by ex-nazi nurses when you retire, but man, two and half extra hours of Halo 3?
that's like 150 minutes.
totally worth it.
DO IT.
 
Oh man i can not wait for this. one thing i noticed though is that for some reason people are posting saying they have only played a couple of matches but are done for the day? i already set my work schedule to were i get off at 4 the day it hits and play till 1 in the morning and then the following day get off at 6 and have friday off. any reason why people don't seem to be playing long sessions?
 
Eric WK said:
Oh just stop.

Time for Heroes/24. Anything to take my mind off it. :)
WWE Raw and some assorted games to pass my time. Sitting at work today was the longest it's ever seemed. You going to be on Halo 2 later?
 
I've been playing a very unhealthy amount today :lol But oh well, got today and tomorrow off, why not :P

I can't wait til I can get in MM with my regular crew though, gonna be good times :D
 
Just a 2 quick questions:

1. Can you change your call sign at any time? or is it a 1 time choose thing.

2. Whats going on with emblems? I would imagine they are adding more for halo 3 but any new logos in the beta?


Its the little things that matter.
 
GhaleonEB said:
I'm actually still at work - just got done with very boring conference call (multi-tasking FTW!) and am heading home now. Alas, no Halo 3 until the kids are in bed. Two and a half hours! How can I wait that long?! The wait is killing me.

:p
You're being so mean to Eric WK!

So, about this kid problem: If they're getting in the way of you Halo 3 playing, just give them some sleepy pills, the brats will stop keeping you from the important things in life in no time.
 
xTOXNx said:
Just a 2 quick questions:

1. Can you change your call sign at any time? or is it a 1 time choose thing.

2. Whats going on with emblems? I would imagine they are adding more for halo 3 but any new logos in the beta?


Its the little things that matter.

1. Yes, you can change your emblem, colors, service tag, settings, controls at anytime even while in pregame lobby without exiting it. all by the start button

2. no new ones in beta i dont think but im positive there will be new ones in final game
 
Eric WK said:
Don't see why not. Probably 11:30ish Eastern.
I should be on around then. I'm going to try to finish up a mission on C&C3 after Raw's over. This should be one of the last nights we play for three weeks.
 
Wow, been running into some MLG assholes.

One group wouldn't tell us where the plasma pistol was on snowbound :lol
 
Don't know if this self-linking is looked down upon here at GAF, but here's the interview I did with Frankie during the preview event in NYC, where he does say some interesting things about vehicles, co-op, & equipment (my apologies for the popping Ps, we forgot the wind screen):

http://news.mygamercard.net/2007/05/14/the-mgc-exchange-halo-3-interview/

Direct link:

http://media.libsyn.com/media/morgon/MGCHalo3Interview.mp3


Thanks again, Frankie! And, for those looking for something to read while they wait, Part 1 of 2 of my huge Initial Impressions of the beta can be found here. I'd post the text, but it's huge.
 
Y2Kev said:
Wow, been running into some MLG assholes.

One group wouldn't tell us where the plasma pistol was on snowbound :lol

do you really not know?

xTOXNx said:
Wait wait can you change call tag/Emblem while in the actual game? That whould cause some serious mind games. :D

Did I say actual game? I said pregame lobby.
 
Im not too worried about the wait, only a few more days, well less than 2 atm. Why am I not worried or impatient?

Well because Id rather wait the 2 days now than the 4 months after the beta is over, although I have to wait as does everyone else, I just look at the difference. The 4 months will be severely more difficult when it comes.
 
I thought the beta only supported 8 players, but in the interview posted above Frankie stated that some playlists support 16 players (if I heard correctly).
Does this mean you're able to start a party and play some unranked games with 16 friends? That would be awesome.
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
I played with one of those pieces of shit. I can't imagine why they got early invites.
a lot of them didn't....

I just wish bungie could have like, "ARE YOU MLG?" setting and have them in their own isolated matchmaking.

and they could teabag each other until their hearts exploded with glee
 
Wooooo, finally made it to the end of this thread. Thought I'd never catch up. Never played Halo1 or 2 Multi, just coop and never had much desire to do so, but all the movies have gotten me jazzed. I might have to try multi for the first time. I assume you need a gold membership to play the beta.
 
It sucks seeing the hate MLG gets here with no defense.

You guys have to realize there's a difference between the people who actually play MLG professionally and are sponsored and the kids who wish they did.

A good number of the pros can be jerks, of course, but for the most part they're good guys. All of Final Boss, for example, are extremely mature.

A while ago (early 2005) I had the fortune of getting matched with AYB Fonzi in Rumble Training or something. He's one of the better players on the MLG Circuit and he was nice as could be. We made small talk throughout the match and I wished him luck for the season and all of that. He won considerably, as expected, but he never trash talked or anything. He was just a nice guy.

And, on the whole, MLG is doing good things for videogames. The immature pricks are a huge downside to that, but fortunately Bungie's new and improved mute option will help with that.

EDIT: Wow, the hate got even worse as I typed that.
 
Astr00 said:
I thought the beta only supported 8 players, but in the interview posted above Frankie stated that some playlists support 16 players (if I heard correctly).
Does this mean you're able to start a party and play some unranked games with 16 friends? That would be awesome.

Nope - I was talking about the final game. Sorry. However, the Beta can support 16 players depending on playlists - I don't know if that's planned or not. I don't have 'em in front of me or I'd answer more conclusively.
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
We should have a "Elite Bungie-loved GAFfers" party tomorrow night. I'm avalible all night.

Yeah, I'm pretty much free all of tomorrow after 3 PM PST, so send an invite my way if this ever gets going.
 
Eric WK said:
It sucks seeing the hate MLG gets here with no defense.

You guys have to realize there's a difference between the people who actually play MLG professionally and are sponsored and the kids who wish they did.

A good number of the pros can be jerks, of course, but for the most part they're good guys. All of Final Boss, for example, are extremely mature.

A while ago (early 2005) I had the fortune of getting matched with AYB Fonzi in Rumble Training or something. He's one of the better players on the MLG Circuit and he was nice as could be. We made small talk throughout the match and I wished him luck for the season and all of that. He won considerably, as expected, but he never trash talked or anything. He was just a nice guy.

And, on the whole, MLG is doing good things for videogames. The immature pricks are a huge downside to that, but fortunately Bungie's new and improved mute option will help with that.

EDIT: Wow, the hate got even worse as I typed that.

Having the ability to just stay on the setting "team talk" will enable folks to have a better experience if one should run into a smartass group like that. Taunts I can take, but the droning on and on about how a person got "owned/pwned" or the name calling is obnoxious.
 
Stinkles said:
Nope - I was talking about the final game. Sorry. However, the Beta can support 16 players depending on playlists - I don't know if that's planned or not. I don't have 'em in front of me or I'd answer more conclusively.

Currently, you can get 16 in your party, but you can't join any playlists with more than 8.
 
Eric WK said:
It sucks seeing the hate MLG gets here with no defense.

You guys have to realize there's a difference between the people who actually play MLG professionally and are sponsored and the kids who wish they did.

A good number of the pros can be jerks, of course, but for the most part they're good guys. All of Final Boss, for example, are extremely mature.

A while ago (early 2005) I had the fortune of getting matched with AYB Fonzi in Rumble Training or something. He's one of the better players on the MLG Circuit and he was nice as could be. We made small talk throughout the match and I wished him luck for the season and all of that. He won considerably, as expected, but he never trash talked or anything. He was just a nice guy.

And, on the whole, MLG is doing good things for videogames. The immature pricks are a huge downside to that, but fortunately Bungie's new and improved mute option will help with that.

EDIT: Wow, the hate got even worse as I typed that.

Striker, Ranger and I played some members of PMS one time. They were real members too. It was Assault at Burial Mounds I belived. All they did was talk shit the entire game. I don't remember the score, but they talked a lot of crap in the postgame lobby too.

I also saw a game on Bungie.net where this guy played the two Ogres and a PMS girl. He won 2-0. He makes a thread on Bungie.net talking about it and the PMS girl came in there said "Yeah, but we had more kills than you. You just got lucky, we won." And a bunch of other crap. Yet, they only had maybe five to 10 more kills than the other team.

I have no respect for "professional" gamers and it's not because I'm jealous either. I've seen their interviews, most of them are conceited. There was one guy who talked about "training" on Halo 2. It consisted of nothing more than playing. That's not training. Stupid.
 
I got a scare...

Turned on my Xbox to play Batlefield that i rented and i saw the Red Rings.. And all i thought was Nooooooooooooo Halo Beta!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But my prayers to the Forrunners were awnsered... it was just a problem with the power source my xbox is ok
 
urk said:
Currently, you can get 16 in your party, but you can't join any playlists with more than 8.
Ah, I got a bit confused at first, but that clears it up. Too bad.

Also: Woohoo! Frankie answered my second post on NeoGAF! I guess I can go to bed now.

Edit: 12? Oh, let's hope so.
 
Stinkles said:
I think max during Beta will be 12 - but it could change.

Cool. Would be really nice to have more players on Valhalla. More CTF on High Ground too, please. :D

Good games tonight, GAF gang. You guys rawk out with your cawks out.
 
urk said:
Cool. Would be really nice to have more players on Valhalla. More CTF on High Ground too, please. :D

Good games tonight, GAF gang. You guys rawk out with your cawks out.

RARRAWWRRRAWWRRARRARRRRAWARRR
 
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