Halo 3

[S2 AM]

Gar - bage

[Titusfied]

What do you mean? How dare you insult the game of Teh Haloz!

[gruesomeBODY]

how is it garbage. I think it is awesome

[S2 AM]

I've been waiting since Halo 1 to be able to pick up the energy shield from the jackals. Where's it at? I've been waiting since Halo 1 to have the flamethrower. Where's it at? I've been waiting since Halo 1 to be flown in a pelican over an extremely large terrain passing over a battlefield of more than 64 players and being dropped with the jeep behind the enemy base. Our squad of 8 evacuates the pelican just as it lifts off and it's right engine is taken out by a rocket. It struggles to fly without it's right engine only to have another rocket hit it, and it goes down and hits a cliff besides us. I jump into the warthog in a hot LZ with my designated gunner and passenger who's carring a rocket launcher. Our sniper, finally with his bearings, shoots the person who was hitting our pelican. A team of two come at us but are easiliy mowed by our warthog's .50 caliber gun. We drive to the enemy's base to capture the base, and win the game but are stopped short when a human tank comes rolling around a large rock, obviosly laying in wait. We all evacuate the jeep, but the gunner isn't fast enough, as the blast blows the passenger and myself about twenty feet, the other members of our squad are all trying to find cover. Crack, one of our teammates drops to a sniper on high ground. We all try to find where it's coming from as my former passenger launches a rocket at the tank. Crack, just before the second rocket leaves the tube he's sniped. Then another Crack, our sniper takes the enemy sniper from the top of a building, he falls and comedically lands on his buddy's tank. There's a small skirmish firefight as two more members of our squad are killed by a four man flanking team. The only ones left are myself, the sniper, and our demolitions expert, all behind cover as the tank advances on our position. Our sniper drops two of the flanking team and our demolitions expert sprints for the rocket launcher. The tank launches a shell, but it miraciously misses. Our demo guy has a rocket into the tube and out before I can blink and the tank is demolished. With everything seemingly clear we begin to move with our crippled squad to the enemy base which is very much in the open. While in the open an enemy banshee flies toward our sniper. Our sniper uses his quick reflexes to board the enemy banshee and kicks the enemy from it. As soon as our sniper has boarded to banshee a mounted .50 cal starts to fire at it. How ironic that our sniper is in the banshee. Another rocket is launched at the turret, but it's too late for our sniper in the banshee as the turret and it's operator are blown to pieces. The enemy that was kicked from the banshee has fallen right beside me and I quickly sprint to him and beat him down with my rifle. Just then two more enemies come from the base with battle rifles and we begin a firefight between us. The demo guy drops as I one of the enemy also drops. We I kill the last enemy and continue making my run for the base. I'm nearly there when the last thing I hear is a loud whoosh as a wraith's plasma mortar lands right on top of me. Respawning in 10...9...8...

But we don't get that. We get a spartan laser and a four wheeler. Whoopty freakin' doo.

Look it's nice, especially if you're a halo fan. And I am. But it's definitely nothing great or ground-breaking from what I've seen. That being said I will still play the hell out of it.

[gruesomeBODY]

You understand that this is the beta right. Not the final product. THere are many new vehicles, weapons and characters that bungie has not released yet. The purpose of this beta is to make sure that MM and other little things work. Also, to see how the Halo community likes the direction they are heading in.

I do not thing that they are going to add in flamethrowers and jackel shields, but it will be pretty much similar to halo 1 and 2. Thats what works for them and works for the thousands of gamers. I still think that the multiplayer for hte beta is awesome, ive been raping pretty good.

Hey, we cant make judgment calls until we actually play right?

[MightyJoe]

Ask Volls to forward your complaints to the Bungie employees that he knows.

[S2 AM]

Ask Volls to forward your complaints to the Bungie employees that he knows.

So they can personally reprogram the game engine because I think it's mundane.

[Vollstrecker]

I've been waiting since Halo 1 to be able to pick up the energy shield from the jackals. Where's it at? I've been waiting since Halo 1 to have the flamethrower. Where's it at? I've been waiting since Halo 1 to be flown in a pelican over an extremely large terrain passing over a battlefield of more than 64 players and being dropped with the jeep behind the enemy base. Our squad of 8 evacuates the pelican just as it lifts off and it's right engine is taken out by a rocket. It struggles to fly without it's right engine only to have another rocket hit it, and it goes down and hits a cliff besides us. I jump into the warthog in a hot LZ with my designated gunner and passenger who's carring a rocket launcher. Our sniper, finally with his bearings, shoots the person who was hitting our pelican. A team of two come at us but are easiliy mowed by our warthog's .50 caliber gun. We drive to the enemy's base to capture the base, and win the game but are stopped short when a human tank comes rolling around a large rock, obviosly laying in wait. We all evacuate the jeep, but the gunner isn't fast enough, as the blast blows the passenger and myself about twenty feet, the other members of our squad are all trying to find cover. Crack, one of our teammates drops to a sniper on high ground. We all try to find where it's coming from as my former passenger launches a rocket at the tank. Crack, just before the second rocket leaves the tube he's sniped. Then another Crack, our sniper takes the enemy sniper from the top of a building, he falls and comedically lands on his buddy's tank. There's a small skirmish firefight as two more members of our squad are killed by a four man flanking team. The only ones left are myself, the sniper, and our demolitions expert, all behind cover as the tank advances on our position. Our sniper drops two of the flanking team and our demolitions expert sprints for the rocket launcher. The tank launches a shell, but it miraciously misses. Our demo guy has a rocket into the tube and out before I can blink and the tank is demolished. With everything seemingly clear we begin to move with our crippled squad to the enemy base which is very much in the open. While in the open an enemy banshee flies toward our sniper. Our sniper uses his quick reflexes to board the enemy banshee and kicks the enemy from it. As soon as our sniper has boarded to banshee a mounted .50 cal starts to fire at it. How ironic that our sniper is in the banshee. Another rocket is launched at the turret, but it's too late for our sniper in the banshee as the turret and it's operator are blown to pieces. The enemy that was kicked from the banshee has fallen right beside me and I quickly sprint to him and beat him down with my rifle. Just then two more enemies come from the base with battle rifles and we begin a firefight between us. The demo guy drops as I one of the enemy also drops. We I kill the last enemy and continue making my run for the base. I'm nearly there when the last thing I hear is a loud whoosh as a wraith's plasma mortar lands right on top of me. Respawning in 10...9...8...

But we don't get that. We get a spartan laser and a four wheeler. Whoopty freakin' doo.

Look it's nice, especially if you're a halo fan. And I am. But it's definitely nothing great or ground-breaking from what I've seen. That being said I will still play the hell out of it.

Just wanted to quote that in case someone's eyes didn't quite burst.

[Willkillforfood]

You're asking for too much I think. Wait a decade or two ... =P.

[glory_gamer]

Yeah and why cant i pick up hookers in the warthog? Also why doesnt my helm get HBO?

[Titusfied]

It's still going to be awesome. All they really need to do, IMO, is keep giving Halo 2 new MP maps, and I'll be happy forever. I'm hoping that the graphics are going to be more crisps and just overall more badass since they are releasing it on 360. Is that at least true? Are the graphics rediculous???

[gruesomeBODY]

It's still going to be awesome. All they really need to do, IMO, is keep giving Halo 2 new MP maps, and I'll be happy forever. I'm hoping that the graphics are going to be more crisps and just overall more badass since they are releasing it on 360. Is that at least true? Are the graphics rediculous???

Grpahics are nuts. The picture is extremely clear.



For S2AM, your flamethrower has been added to Halo 3. Here is the link to prove it. http://www.gamesradar.com/us/xbox360/game/news/article.jsp?sectionId=1006&articleId=20070518101018271074&releaseId=2005000000000000000350

[gruesomeBODY]

For all of u that cannot see that


A Halo modding community has accidentally made various hidden game files public, found by retrieving hidden data in the Halo 3 Beta code. They reveal new weapons, vehicles and equipment and also suggest new modes and rankings for the full single and multiplayer game.

Before we go any further, a warning: the following are in no way official or confirmed features of Halo 3, but they do appear in the Halo 3 Beta code in some form too complicated for us to comprehend or explain. We're just the messenger.

New equipment:
Instacover
Smoke (suggested this might be a smoke grenade?)
Jammer

New vehicles:
Chopper
Pelican
Shadow

New weapons:
Flamethrower
Claymore Grenade

New mode:
Infection (described as "Destroy the Flood or become infected. Score points for killing flood or big points for infecting a human. The player with the most points wins."

New rankings:
The highest rankings are now Killpocalypse and Killionaire, instead of Double Kill and Triple Kill.

A reference to a map editor has also been found, a returning feature from Halo 2.

The information has since been removed from the forum in question.

[S2 AM]

I don't see why or how bungie could or would accidentally or intentinonally put hidden code fragments into a PLANNED beta release if not just for publicity. They know every little dorky CS major in every college around the United States is going to rip this code completely apart anyways. On top of that you have to realize you're not REALLY playing the beta. If they plan on adding as much as everyone says they are, then you're playing more of a publicity stunt, get over it. If they don't plan on adding anymore and this is it minus some levels, then damn I probably won't buy it. BUT if it was a game rumor on some random forum then it MUST be true. I mean, how many countless times has that proven itself to be a 90% of 100% of the time reliable no bullshit source. :rolleyes:

[gruesomeBODY]

I don't see why or how bungie could or would accidentally or intentinonally put hidden code fragments into a PLANNED beta release if not just for publicity. They know every little dorky CS major in every college around the United States is going to rip this code completely apart anyways. On top of that you have to realize you're not REALLY playing the beta. If they plan on adding as much as everyone says they are, then you're playing more of a publicity stunt, get over it. If they don't plan on adding anymore and this is it minus some levels, then damn I probably won't buy it. BUT if it was a game rumor on some random forum then it MUST be true. I mean, how many countless times has that proven itself to be a 90% of 100% of the time reliable no bullshit source. :rolleyes:

happy birthday to u

[Titusfied]

Happy birthday you fag.

[Vollstrecker]

I don't see why or how bungie could or would accidentally or intentinonally put hidden code fragments into a PLANNED beta release if not just for publicity. They know every little dorky CS major in every college around the United States is going to rip this code completely apart anyways. On top of that you have to realize you're not REALLY playing the beta. If they plan on adding as much as everyone says they are, then you're playing more of a publicity stunt, get over it. If they don't plan on adding anymore and this is it minus some levels, then damn I probably won't buy it. BUT if it was a game rumor on some random forum then it MUST be true. I mean, how many countless times has that proven itself to be a 90% of 100% of the time reliable no bullshit source. :rolleyes:

Do you even know what a Beta is? There are very few betas that ever show the game in its entirety, otherwise there's not a whole lot of incentive for the testers to buy the release version.

Betas often are to test network load, basic game mechanics, and to see a basic public reaction to what they're doing. It's basically test driving a car before you buy it.

[Lenny]

To be honest, I think it's both to test it, and as a publicity stunt - for something that's already as hyped as Halo 3, a public beta that is open to everyone (that is, the invites are available to anyone) will get the hype train rolling even more. From all accounts, Halo 3 is finished, and just needs a bit of tweaking and polishing here and there to make it the best game of the year. In this case, with a game that is the third in a trilogy, with an online feature that is probably built on it's predecessor, there's not that big a need for the network load to be tested, nor for them to see the public reaction - that's already pretty much known.

There are very few games I can think of that have had a public beta like this. Most seem to be things that specific people take part in (for example, the Sony Games Advisors Panel, or GAP), rather than something open to the masses.

There are very few betas that ever show the game in its entirety, otherwise there's not a whole lot of incentive for the testers to buy the release version.

The current Beta of Warhawk is apparently the full game. And those who are on it (once again, it's an open beta which, to be honest, is probaby Sony's response to the public beta of Halo 3) can play the whole thing... except it's only a month long.

[Vollstrecker]

I only went over basics, mate, I wasn't aiming to go into full blown detail.

Also, from my experience, games that are complete in beta are the exception, not the rule.

[S2 AM]

A beta is a full version of the game that isn't the release version. It's the version where all code testing, compiling, alpha testing, and the like have already been completed and are being tested for bugs. It would completely negate the purpose of beta testing were the game not fully complete already, because then if huge content was added then you'd just have to retest the game with that content as well. Halo 3 right now seems more like the alpha phase from what you guys are saying about what is still missing. It seems like the engine is there, and it's a compiled version with a few maps, weapons, and vehicles.

I'm sure they have a larger version with a rough single player campaign already worked up and all sorts of maps that they will definitely test separtely from this publicity stunt.

[Vollstrecker]

A beta is a full version of the game that isn't the release version. It's the version where all code testing, compiling, alpha testing, and the like have already been completed and are being tested for bugs. It would completely negate the purpose of beta testing were the game not fully complete already, because then if huge content was added then you'd just have to retest the game with that content as well. Halo 3 right now seems more like the alpha phase from what you guys are saying about what is still missing. It seems like the engine is there, and it's a compiled version with a few maps, weapons, and vehicles.

I'm sure they have a larger version with a rough single player campaign already worked up and all sorts of maps that they will definitely test separtely from this publicity stunt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_test#Beta

Not always.

[Willkillforfood]

For all of u that cannot see that


A Halo modding community has accidentally made various hidden game files public, found by retrieving hidden data in the Halo 3 Beta code. They reveal new weapons, vehicles and equipment and also suggest new modes and rankings for the full single and multiplayer game.

Before we go any further, a warning: the following are in no way official or confirmed features of Halo 3, but they do appear in the Halo 3 Beta code in some form too complicated for us to comprehend or explain. We're just the messenger.

New equipment:
Instacover
Smoke (suggested this might be a smoke grenade?)
Jammer

New vehicles:
Chopper
Pelican
Shadow

New weapons:
Flamethrower
Claymore Grenade

New mode:
Infection (described as "Destroy the Flood or become infected. Score points for killing flood or big points for infecting a human. The player with the most points wins."

New rankings:
The highest rankings are now Killpocalypse and Killionaire, instead of Double Kill and Triple Kill.

A reference to a map editor has also been found, a returning feature from Halo 2.

The information has since been removed from the forum in question.

Killpocalypse. Wtf???

[gruesomeBODY]

Its apparently after killamenjaro (7 kills in less then 7 secs). Meaning its the 8th kill

[Titusfied]

Yeah, that would be hot hearing that!

[gruesomeBODY]

Its nuts i heard it on a video and it sounds so bad ass

[Titusfied]

Now there is motivation to play BTB more often!

[gruesomeBODY]

or get 7 friends to go to team training with you

[Titusfied]

True dat sniga! That was fun playing last night, good stuff. I heard you say you had a train early this morning though, does that mean you are out of town and not going to be able to get on Halo the rest of the week?

[Willkillforfood]

You guys should check out www.projectoffset.com. Some crazy graphics on that game. It's not this type of a game but look at the gameplay videos =).

[gruesomeBODY]

True dat sniga! That was fun playing last night, good stuff. I heard you say you had a train early this morning though, does that mean you are out of town and not going to be able to get on Halo the rest of the week?
I work in the city a few days out of the week, but i should be able to get on most nights. I cant get on tonight but ill be on tomorrow

[Titusfied]

Alright, gotcha. I'm getting on tonight as well. Petey has gotten pretty damn good, BTW, and we did decent last night, especially when I wasn't shitting the bed.

[gruesomeBODY]

Let me tell you, by p;aying the beta, we have gotten decent at halo 2. The auto aim makes it posible for us to get alot better

[Petey35]

well i dont know if this was posted yet but you can make custom games on the beta now and u can use the sword and magnum the sword has a percent to it now when u kill someone it goes down 10% the magnum has no scope has a slow fire rate but u can kill someone in 5 shots but the way they made it for custom games u can make it to where u can run 400% faster and turn the gravity down it is really nice for like made up games but i guess they are adding there own kind of zombies game to custom games for us where someone one is a flood and all they have to do is touch someone or something like that its just what i have heard

[Titusfied]

Isn't it hard typing without punctuation or capitalizing letters? I mean, it should be like basic stuff by this point in your life. Almost like hitting the space bar.

couldyouimaginemetypinglikethisallthetime

[sue_13]

Why don't you dickbutts call me or IM me when you are logging on so I can get on? Jesus, how many babies do I have to eat to get some respect around here!?

[Titusfied]

I don't have AIM on my work computer, so I can't. I'm getting on tonight around 6ish for like 3-4 hours at least, so just get on tonight!

[Willkillforfood]

Can't get aim on the company pc?

[Titusfied]

I probably could, but I really don't care. Either way, he is never at his computer or on AIM anyway.

[gruesomeBODY]

I cannot be on XBOX live and AIM at the same time. I have only one comnnection in my room and it would take me awhile to get another. Just know that I basically get on every night (weekends is 50-50) and play for an hour or two. Just get on,

[Titusfied]

Sue is a total fag. He's all talk.

[Lenny]

Would I be right in guessing that this connection is an ethernet cable going to your PC? And the same cable is also used to connect up the 360?

If you've got two ethernet ports on your computer then you can bridge the connection and connect the 360 to the net via an ethernet cable between the 360 and the PC.

I've got it working with my PS3. And it shouldn't be that much different to get it to work with a 360.

[sue_13]

Titusfied is a bitch slut... and I went out with two hott chicks instead of playing halo... so eat me. Ya'll playing tonight? Because I'm going to be at home the whole night studying for finals and I'd gladly take a break to get some halo in.

[Vollstrecker]

Tonight, we face not Malchezzar alone, but the legions at his command!

[gruesomeBODY]

Would I be right in guessing that this connection is an ethernet cable going to your PC? And the same cable is also used to connect up the 360?

If you've got two ethernet ports on your computer then you can bridge the connection and connect the 360 to the net via an ethernet cable between the 360 and the PC.

I've got it working with my PS3. And it shouldn't be that much different to get it to work with a 360.
I could do that Lenny, but then i wopuld be bridging and get banned from halo. So i dont

[Lenny]

Now why on earth do they ban you for that?

[sue_13]

Tonight, we face not Malchezzar alone, but the legions at his command!

I'll be there for that to test out my new BM spec. I ran SV earlier with Terrel and Frick's lock and managed 46% of the dps. My pet accounted for 12% which was more than the MT which I'm pretty happy about. I can't wait to test it against some geared non-alt characters.

[Vollstrecker]

Oh, Frick's up and running? Sweet!

[gruesomeBODY]

Now why on earth do they ban you for that?
Lets see. How can i explain this? First off, halo 2 has some problems. When they are creating a game type for us to play, we are all transpoted to somebodies box. This person that "hosts" the game experiences near perfect conditions, whereas other players do not. For example, the host of a game does not expierence internet lag, so they can fire weapons farther than anybody else in the game. They can also be more accurate, making them a tougher opponent. By bridging, you are making yourself host by collecting all IP address, so not only are you host, but you can also kick people out of the game by purging thier system. The problem with bridging is that Microsoft/ Bungie can trace games back to certain boxes and see who and what happened during the game. Bridgers are usually caught and banned from live.


Now im no internet genius and the person that told me this could be totally wrong, but it does make perfect sense.

[Lenny]

Well I'll be... never knew that. Methinks I'd best check the user agreements for the games I play online, then, just to make sure they don't ban for bridging.

[Titusfied]

I'm no bitch slut, you.. you... bitch slut.

[gruesomeBODY]

I was going to say that Sue was indeed a bitch, but he got on today so i cant say shit

[sue_13]

Well, I won't be getting on anymore for awhile. Not till my house will let me hold a non-red connection. I tried to play again and it's like 3 in the morning and it still won't work and nobody else should be on right now. I don't know what the fucking problem is.

[Titusfied]

That's pretty gay. Your roommates were for sure downloading porn, it's the number 1 cause for this shit.

[Lenny]

I'll post it in here, rather than making a new thread.

An image of the Collectors Edition of Halo 3 has been released. Whilst much is still unknown about the purpose of it, there's a second game disc:

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/795/795238p1.html

On the subject of the second disc, the article says:

It's possible that this Game Disc Two is extra material separated out from the main disc for a purpose. (Maybe this is extra bonus material or the game's multiplayer component? Or maybe disc 2 contains material that can be installed onto a HDD for those who have one and want one seamless session played with the key disc 1?)

[gruesomeBODY]

Yea im excited about the collectors edition lenny. I heard that it has movies and such of the producing team and creative art work that went into making halo 3, sorta like a dvd's second disk.

[Titusfied]

Yeah, but it's like $100, so fuck that, I'm getting the basic game. That's all I really care about anyway.

[Lenny]

Does it come with a replica helmet, too?

[gruesomeBODY]

its not big enough for us to wear, but for a small animal, makes a great helmet. JR's little kitten has already been branded to wear the helmet for the duration of time it takes him to beat the campaign mode. I will post pictures of it

[Lenny]

Awww. Poor thing. :p

[Titusfied]

WHAT?????

You mean, AWWWW, lucky cat, why can't I wear it!!!!

[gruesomeBODY]

WHAT?????

You mean, AWWWW, lucky cat, why can't I wear it!!!!
I know, i was planning my next halloween costume and bank robbery with that mask.

[JRwakebord]

His name is MooCow, and for the duration of the Halo3 campaign, he will be temporarily renamed Master Chief.

[Lenny]

You do know that you'll have to post pictures, right? Or at least send them to Bobby to post?

[gruesomeBODY]

he will and i will. It will be awesome.

[JRwakebord]

And adorable.

And I have decided his new name will be Mooster Chief.