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Domino Theory said:
Mhm, like if someone from Bungie were to come on stage and play a level/area from ODST that's strikingly familiar to the E3' 03 mission from Halo 2's Mombasa? :P
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And what if Staten did it.

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Stormtrooper30 said:
Speaking of horrendous things that infect people, Vhfive bought Sacred 2. What kind of world do we live in?

It's hard to beleive that it's summer already and E3 is right around the corner. It's like Christmas but on a television. I took the last of my finals today and I couldn't be happier.
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what can i say killing shit and getting mad loot is fun.

also if im not playing coop and and you are playing halo feel free to send an invite and i will gladly switch games. that goes for everyone
 
vhfive said:
what can i say killing shit and getting mad loot is fun.

also if im not playing coop and and you are playing halo feel free to send an invite and i will gladly switch games. that goes for everyone
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:) I've been playing my own mediocre game recently, Bladestorm. It got like a 5 on Gamespot or something. My friend is letting me borrow it and the Orange Box for awhile in exchange for Oblivion and Fallout 3. I need something to combat the spring game drought.
 
Cocopjojo said:
:(((((
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Naw, I'm sure it'll be fuck-awesome. I'm just torn as to whether check out the ODST coverage or the NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service Appearance and Dead to Rights: Retribution stuff. I mean talk about an hour of heavy hitters!
 
Will Urk be there to fetch coffee for Staten while he's playing the demo? You got to keep that man hydrated and caffeinated, this is a Halo 3: ODST demo we are talking about here.
 
Kibbles said:
Will Urk be there to fetch coffee for Staten while he's playing the demo? You got to keep that man hydrated and caffeinated, this is a Halo 3: ODST demo we are talking about here.
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Urk does the demo and refuses to do anything but run around plasma pistoling everyone.
 
Kibbles said:
Will Urk be there to fetch coffee for Staten while he's playing the demo? You got to keep that man hydrated and caffeinated, this is a Halo 3: ODST demo we are talking about here.
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Caffeine is a diuretic.
 
EazyB said:
And none of it made it to the final game.

... I don't think I'm doing this right :\
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If they did anything like that this time around (which I wouldn't be altogether surprised by), it'd be paired with a comment like: "And you don't have to worry about any misplaced expectations, because this is the exact build you'll be playing this fall." Then they retrieve the game disc from the Xbox 360 tray.

E3 2003 trailer turmoil of yesteryear: RESOLVED.

I can't describe how excited I am for Halo 3: ODST - an open world environment rife with exploration, a more layered, and complex integration of strategy and a darker, more brooding narrative. There's a lot of reasons to be excited about next Monday.
 
Mr Vociferous said:
I can't describe how excited I am for Halo 3: ODST - an open world environment rife with exploration, a more layered, and complex integration of strategy and a darker, more brooding narrative. There's a lot of reasons to be excited about next Monday.
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No kidding. When the lights dim and the screen uncovers our very own Rookie holding a silenced SMG (or maybe an unrevealed weapon :P) for the first time in first-person, I'll be awe struck. Not having a single clue of what ODST actually looks and plays like ever since being announced and finally seeing it in all its glory will be one hell of a ride.

Edit: Which reminds me, I REALLY need someone good with photoshop/making banners to help me out. Should be starting the hype thread soon.
 
Domino Theory said:
No kidding. When the lights dim and the screen uncovers our very own Rookie holding a silenced SMG (or maybe an unrevealed weapon :P) for the first time in first-person, I'll be awe struck. Not having a single clue of what ODST actually looks and plays like ever since being announced and finally seeing it in all its glory will be one hell of a ride.

Edit: Which reminds me, I REALLY need someone good with photoshop/making banners to help me out. Should be starting the hype thread soon.
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If you want, I can add the new title in to make it one of a kind. I hear you're looking for an exclusive.
 
Myself and 2 of my new teammates got matched with a few pros just now in matchmaking. Good games, lots of fun. They were SK of Triggers Down (#1 team) and Clutch of Believe the Hype (I think they placed 3rd or 4th in the last event). Their third was some other person I've never heard of but was supposedly one of their main squeezes. She was good though. We lost the first two against them, the first one was a decent ass kicking, the second one we lost by 4 and the last we won. The funniest part though was after each game, we say "Good game" but after the game we won, Clutch says "don't act like you're tough!" I lol'd. I'm not exactly sure what he meant, but I'm guessing his ego was a little bruised...just a little. Good games though, would play again.
 
Tashi0106 said:
Myself and 2 of my new teammates got matched with a few pros just now in matchmaking. Good games, lots of fun. They were SK of Triggers Down (#1 team) and Clutch of Believe the Hype (I think they placed 3rd or 4th in the last event). Their third was some other person I've never heard of but was supposedly one of their main squeezes. She was good though. We lost the first two against them, the first one was a decent ass kicking, the second one we lost by 4 and the last we won. The funniest part though was after each game, we say "Good game" but after the game we won, Clutch says "don't act like you're tough!" I lol'd. I'm not exactly sure what he meant, but I'm guessing his ego was a little bruised...just a little. Good games though, would play again.
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:lol He's just butthurt that you guys beat him.
 
EazyB said:
Can't do much better than a exclusive concept art straight from Bungie.
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Our current banner is concept art from Bungie before the artist even worked for Bungie. I believe it's from his experimental impressionist period. Like snagging one of Van Gogh's lesser known works. It's practically priceless at this point.

I already saved a copy when it first went up, by the way. So don't try anything.

On a side note: holy crap geomerging is tricky. I spent an hour last night doing two blocks. Finally got them done, and it's enabling a base design that otherwise wouldn't fit, which is awesome. But hot damn do I have respect for people who use it more extensively in their maps. (Bruhaha pops to mind.)

I'm actually going to build a couple of structures in the sand for this one. Small ones. New map is going slow, but I just locked in about 60% of the design (symmetrical map, so I'm just building one half right now). There are vehicles on it. Shocker, I know.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Our current banner is concept art from Bungie before the artist even worked for Bungie. I believe it's from his experimental impressionist period. Like snagging one of Van Gogh's lesser known works. It's practically priceless at this point.

I already saved a copy when it first went up, by the way. So don't try anything.
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:lol

GhaleonEB said:
On a side note: holy crap geomerging is tricky. I spent an hour last night doing two blocks. Finally got them done, and it's enabling a base design that otherwise wouldn't fit, which is awesome. But hot damn do I have respect for people who use it more extensively in their maps. (Bruhaha pops to mind.)

I'm actually going to build a couple of structures in the sand for this one. Small ones. New map is going slow, but I just locked in about 60% of the design (symmetrical map, so I'm just building one half right now). There are vehicles on it. Shocker, I know.
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Yeah, eventually you'll get better at it and shave a significant amount of time off but it's not a very exact science and will remain very time consuming. You've been able to make some hot shit without relying on geomerging so if I were you I'd try and avoid it. That said, it does open up a lot more possibilities; just don't let it suck all the fun out of map making or take time you'd otherwise use to balance a map like Entrenched.

Last weekend I jumped into forge and only got as far as staring at the blank canvas before giving up. I'm all forged out for the foreseeable future, but I'm glad we've still got someone pumping out maps.
 
EazyB said:
Yeah, eventually you'll get better at it and shave a significant amount of time off but it's not a very exact science and will remain very time consuming. You've been able to make some hot shit without relying on geomerging so if I were you I'd try and avoid it. That said, it does open up a lot more possibilities; just don't let it suck all the fun out of map making or take time you'd otherwise use to balance a map like Entrenched.

Last weekend I jumped into forge and only got as far as staring at the blank canvas before giving up. I'm all forged out for the foreseeable future, but I'm glad we've still got someone pumping out maps.
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Oh, I'm trying to avoid it, believe me. :lol

This particular design didn't quite fit on the flat portion, so a few blocks on the end are sunk into the sand. And there's going to be one "landing" zone for each team in one area of the dunes. But that's it.

My dual curse is that I can't brainstorm maps from scratch, but once I have a core idea I can't break away from it until I've at least tinkered. I've gone into Forge and just tossed blocks around many times, but unless I have a core idea I can't come up with squat. But if I get an idea - usually a shape, or simple concept like Sandstorm's giant second level - I can't stop thinking about it until it's done. This one was very simple: two diagonal lines with an offshoot in the center. But that's all it took.

Of course, as my wife reminded me last night, I need to spend a bit of time updating my resume this week.
 
Well, I'm gone for a week to visit relatives in America... starting tomorrow morning...

hopefully there'll be some halo 3 odst info when i get back..

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Hey... live demo.. not bad..
 
Been a while since I posted in this thread (or played Halo) but I got back into Halo in the past week or so and can't believe I have been gone so long.

I have yet to pick up the Mythic maps...but was wondering if there is a squad out there in need of a player...I am pretty decent to good (imo) and would love to play with players who can get on regularly rather then just random fights.

A few of you are on my friends list, but I rarely see any of you on.
 
ShinAmano said:
Been a while since I posted in this thread (or played Halo) but I got back into Halo in the past week or so and can't believe I have been gone so long.

I have yet to pick up the Mythic maps...but was wondering if there is a squad out there in need of a player...I am pretty decent to good (imo) and would love to play with players who can get on regularly rather then just random fights.

A few of you are on my friends list, but I rarely see any of you on.
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Hey pal, I remember you. I think we may have played together at one point a while ago. Anyway, send me a FR or invite when I'm on. I'll play with you.
 
Dax01 said:
Didn't you have an avatar that had mickey mouse doing some attack with a sword?
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Lol...no I had a 'Blind Fighter' Avatar I guess it was hosted at Xbox-Scene and they booted me for not going for a long time so it went away...it was a friend who drew it and this is what it looked like:
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LET THE HYPE ENGULF YOU.

I wonder if we'll get any details in the update, perhaps a quick run-down of what we'll see in the G4/GameSpot demos?
 
Kibbles said:
LET THE HYPE ENGULF YOU.

I wonder if we'll get any details in the update, perhaps a quick run-down of what we'll see in the G4/GameSpot demos?
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Yeah, and Shishka will start doing his job and manage matchmaking correctly.

amidoingitritehalogaf?
 
We're all feeling the hype building up so now I present to you the ODST official thread banner. I used Urk's original Halo 3 banner as a template.

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Domino PM me I can make more for u.
 
Im semi new to halo (only the past year been playing)

what is this zombie double exp wkd playlist, I played a few, it was pretty fun, how do I 'win'? I seem to have gotten +2 exp every time no matter what
 
It varies between Infection gametypes, but basically, you get a point for killing a zombie as a human, and vice versa. The round starts with few zombies and mostly humans. Once all the humans are infected, the round is over.

After a set number of rounds, the game ends, and the total number of points is your score. If you are in the top half of all players, you'll gain EXP - and because it's a DEXP weekend, you get two points of EXP.
 
yodandy said:
Im semi new to halo (only the past year been playing)

what is this zombie double exp wkd playlist, I played a few, it was pretty fun, how do I 'win'? I seem to have gotten +2 exp every time no matter what
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you just have to be in the top half in kills
and thank you for reminding me its living dead this week

EDIT beaten
 
vhfive said:
you just have to be in the top half in kills
and thank you for reminding me its living dead this week

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Nothing is more frustrating that starting as a zombie in living dead. It's boring, difficult and sucks.
 
Ah thanks for the replies guys, ill be playing this wkd a bit then :D

Another random q, I was playing with someone in doubles, and we played these guys around our rank (35 or so), and we absolutely slaughtered them, must have been like bought accounts or something idk, and afterwards hes like 'prefer them! prefer them so we will maybe play them again'

basically he prefers ppl who suck, and avoids ppl who whoop us...does that actually work? Seems like it would backfire if you got ones you prefer in doubles who suck in ranked team slayer or something on your team, and vice versa...
 
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