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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

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All I could think up :(.
 
Rorschach said:
Nope, I was playing it at midnight because I had preloaded it and all I had to do was push the unlock button. WIN! Thank you, Valve!
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yep, that was a great system, more games should use it
 
Dr_Cogent said:
Does anyone here remember the day Half-Life 2 was released? No one could play because their network couldn't handle the load.
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Oh that was a glorious day for me! I was playing it at around 12am! No hitches right there!
 
Trax416 said:
Jesus ****ing christ who cares. It hasn't even been 24 hours yet and everyone is acting like spoiled little kids.
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Yeah, be realistic. There are thousands of people who would kill to have an Xbox 360 or a copy of Crackdown, or even enough food. The start of your Halo 3 beta playing has been delayed a few hours. Tough shit.
 
careksims said:
Oh that was a glorious day for me! I was playing it at around 12am! No hitches right there!
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wasn't it released in the morning? I remember waking up before school, around 5 am and playing
 
Tieno said:
Man, you got some excellent screenshots and close-ups.

Especially this one:
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Oh, hey. That was a great game of bomb we played, eh? Nothing says fun like having your ass kicked.
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
Yeah, be realistic. There are thousands of people who would kill to have an Xbox 360 or a copy of Crackdown, or even enough food. The start of your Halo 3 beta playing has been delayed a few hours. Tough shit.
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the disgruntled gamer said:
Yeah, be realistic. There are thousands of people who would kill to have an Xbox 360 or a copy of Crackdown, or even enough food. The start of your Halo 3 beta playing has been delayed a few hours. Tough shit.
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But people took days off from work, man! THEY REARRANGED THEIR WHOLE LIVES, ALL FOR A $60 DEMO THAT DOESN'T WORK!!! $60 PLUS TAX, AND THE GAS THEY SPENT DRIVING TO AND FROM THE STORE!!!!!

;)
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
Yeah, be realistic. There are thousands of people who would kill to have an Xbox 360 or a copy of Crackdown, or even enough food. The start of your Halo 3 beta playing has been delayed a few hours. Tough shit.
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Again, says the guy who had to plead, beg, and whine to be playing it already.
 
Laika said:
wasn't it released in the morning? I remember waking up before school, around 5 am and playing
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Yeah it was 12am. I stayed up for that. Pre-loaded all the files already. Gotta' love steam. I know Bungie couldn't let us install and lock the beta til release for obivious reasons.

Dammit that blue MC pic looks so damn good.
 
Fletcher said:
Again, says the guy who had to plead, beg, and whine to be playing it already.
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Not true. It actually came as a surprise.


ANYWAY, the point is, you people are acting like you're all so unfortunate. I can understand being upset, but in the scope of things it's not a huge deal. If the worst thing that ever happens to you is the Halo 3 beta gets delayed a bit, then I'd say you have a damn good life.
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
Yeah, be realistic. There are thousands of people who would kill to have an Xbox 360 or a copy of Crackdown, or even enough food. The start of your Halo 3 beta playing has been delayed a few hours. Tough shit.
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I was lucky enough not to be born a persecuted class in WWII era Germany and that means I can't be annoyed by this? **** you.
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
Oh, hey. That was a great game of bomb we played, eh? Nothing says fun like having your ass kicked.
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Ah, that was you? Yeah, I wasn't really playing all that well, sorry I dropped out all of a sudden I needed to do something else.
 
GhaleonEB said:
I can't believe it's not up for Crackdown owners yet. WTF.
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Yeah, I just took a 3 hour nap figuring that when I got up the beta would be up. So I pop in Crackdown............nothing! Thanks MS, I'm off to work now. :lol
 
Dr_Cogent said:
People took the day off for a beta?

I said WOW.
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Um, you're posting on a video game forum so don't act surprised and high and mighty that many people find playing Halo 3 an enjoyable activity off of work. That is if they COULD play it.
 
Tieno said:
Ah, that was you? Yeah, I wasn't really playing all that well, sorry I dropped out all of a sudden I needed to do something else.
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BTW, did you see when the guy got blown up by a grenade and went flying at got stuck on the ceiling and was just hanging there? Best part of that awful match.
 
segarr said:
Um, you're posting on a video game forum so don't act surprised and high and mighty that many people find playing Halo 3 an enjoyable activity off of work.
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Yeah, but it's a beta. Not a real release. Some people are just the betting type I guess. It's also being distributed digitally, and I already know first hand from experience how that works out on day 1. Network overload

I know, going into a beta, all bets are off on things actually going smoothly.
 
Son of Godzilla said:
I was lucky enough not to be born a persecuted class in WWII era Germany and that means I can't be annoyed by this? **** you.
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Not what I meant, and you know it. The point is, your lives are not as miserable as you make them seem. You need to wait a few hours to play the Halo 3 beta. It's not exactly a sob story.
 
Fletcher said:
Again, says the guy who had to plead, beg, and whine to be playing it already.
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Should I say it then? I am also waiting for my chance to download it off of Crackdown...I'm just not being a whiny cutter about it.
 
Dr_Cogent said:
Yeah, but it's a beta. Not a real release. Some people are just the betting type I guess. It's also being distributed digitally, and I already know first hand from experience how that works out on day 1. Network overload

I know, going into a beta, all bets are off on things actually going smoothly.
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Beta is no excuse for a download link not working. How many times do we need to repeat this?
 
thatbox said:

Fixed. CONGRATULATIONS!
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:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

And btw, I ALMOST called in to work today too. I don't get why that's so unbelievable to some people. I used vacation time for 3 days for Halo 2's release. And I'll do it again for Halo 3's.
 
Vrolokus said:
Well yes, but to be honest: I don't need a lot of reason to take a day off work. :lol
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Hahah, yeah - I'm right there with you. I just haven't ever done it for a beta. For a newly released game that I love I end up taking the next day off if I'm heavily into it and I can afford to.

I'm sure MS is scrambling to get this fixed. They are probably anticipating all of the anger right now.
 
These two pics show off the great nuanced blue and red look of the spartans, it reminds me of some kind of painting technique.

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I just wish they would say something, anything, about it. All they said is they will keep us updated. I don't care if they say it will take them two more days, its just crazy they haven't given us any information.
 
Dr_Cogent said:
Hahah, yeah - I'm right there with you. I just haven't ever done it for a beta. For a newly released game that I love I end up taking the next day off if I'm heavily into it and I can afford to.

I'm sure MS is scrambling to get this fixed. They are probably anticipating all of the anger right now.
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I dont see how they could miss it at this point.
Major Nelson apparantly saw it coming. I think hes working at Sony by now.
 
Could this thread be any more epic?

My favorite part (not that I've seen it here) are the folks who are like SCREW OFF, BUNGIE! I'M BUYING A PS3 FOR MUCKING UP YOUR BETA RELEASE!

o wait

Mo the Hawk said:
That's it - I'm buying a PS3.
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