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Posted by: The RockyMonk
*Cody & Jimmy*
The 12 year old americans who scream at you in matchmaking and call you motherfreakers.


Lawl, that's funny. I usually refer to those guys as "The Chocolate Milk Kid."

My roommate's like, "OMIGOSH, YOU'RE FIGHTING THE CHOCOLATE MILK KID!"

  • 03.05.2007 7:38 AM PDT
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I looked at most of this and I don't think it was labeled, but My Brothers and I play
Hog Wars
Where only Grenades are used and of couse Wart Hogs!
We love it on Coagulation and Sidewinder.

And o-yeah I think the Luminous Lady is Cortana's voice and she isss HOtttttt......

As for the guy on the Left, I'm guessing the guy from Gladiator and Signs. Phoenix something.

  • 03.05.2007 7:41 AM PDT
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Great update, as far as custom game types go, the best one my friends and i have come up with is "wackin" Basically slayer pro just with a cooler name. the Team version of this is, obviously, "team wackin".

  • 03.05.2007 7:46 AM PDT

Erunt prava indirecta

I play a custom game we call "sick MC" for lack of a better word. It's basically SWAT with no grenades and a time limit.

  • 03.05.2007 8:27 AM PDT
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Gametypes:
Guerrillas In the Mist - Everyone except the overshielded JGRNT has active camo / no armor and is on a team. No motion tracker available. One life a round, first Player to kill 25 guerrillas wins. (Monkey sounds over the mic encouraged).

Dusters - Always Played on the largest, darkest level possible (waterworks), there is no armor, and no ammunition on the map. You start with one grenade, a pistol and a battle rifle. You and one teammate each have one life a piece per round, while there are three other teams of two throughout the map. Motion tracker is available. Due to the conditions, many teams will only speak to lay initial plans, and then resume radio silence. To be completly honest, the game is a nerve rack with the persistant sneaking, listening closely for opponents breathing, and attempting to cover possible entrances / exits. Those who speak freely to one another are the first to die, as are those who decide that running is a benefit when charging onto unfamilliar ground. First team to 5 rounds wins.

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  • 03.05.2007 8:51 AM PDT

­"You have to aim above the head, but then a little lower so you actually get it."

-John Mayer

Good update, even if I'm a couple days late here.

:P

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  • 03.05.2007 9:36 AM PDT
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Mostly I will give locations based on the position of where the sun is (which is normally in the East) unless the map has no sun or has strong landmarks scattered about.
Example: RELIC- "Sword- wielder @ East beach" OR "Sniper on sniper hill"

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  • 03.05.2007 9:43 AM PDT
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It's like voltron, the more you hook up the better it gets

Well funny story about how we got our name for people splattered by our ghost.
I was playing Relic on live it was Team slayer and on our TV above it we had on Grandma got runover by a reindeer on Cartoon Network. Well I splatter one and think, Ha I just turned you into a granny. So now here's our terminologies...

Reindeer=Ghost
Sleigh=Warthog, Driver is Santa, Passenger is Elf, gunner is sack of fun
Granny=Anyone splattered by Reindeer or Sleigh
Heh once on Coag we had someone stand in the center, had a full warthog behind 2 lined up ghosts and just turned them into a granny all over the ground.

  • 03.05.2007 9:53 AM PDT
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We always played

Jangus - juggernaut style with random weapons

Chicken - Halo 1 only - blood gulch, no shields, max health, plasma only, hogs only. The only kills that count are running people over with a hog, so it's a scramble to grenade yourself a hog and keep it. Lots of good "chicken" style hog crashes too. I dream that halo3's gametypes will be customizable enough to allow "hog kills only" :)

  • 03.05.2007 9:59 AM PDT
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Unnamed halo stuff:

"Zombies" The game starts out with one are two zombies and many humans. the zombies can only use swords and the humans cannot use swords. When a Zombie kills a human they have to go to the zombies team. the game ends when everyone is on the Zombie team.

"Tower of Power" Ascension
The two teams fight for control of the Tower of Power, where the machine gun is king. The Only wepon is a shotgun.

I just found a great site that list all of the home brew custom gametypes (very organized)
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/23678

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  • 03.05.2007 10:03 AM PDT
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Among thoughs the site doesn't mention are:

"Cat and Mouse" one or two on one team aginst many. only the one or two can get into wraiths. all the others drive around in warthogs and are not aloud to shoot. The wraiths cannot kill until one minute after the match starts and when there is one minute left the wraiths can shoot. Inbetween the wraiths try to crush the warthogs while the warthogs tease the wraiths.

Also, Boxing. you are given a useless wepon and no sheild and all you can do is melee.

I like "warthog maddness" where you get two teams of three with oversheilds and tough skin into two gauss warthogs.
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Unnamed halo stuff:

"Zombies" The game starts out with one are two zombies and many humans. the zombies can only use swords and the humans cannot use swords. When a Zombie kills a human they have to go to the zombies team. the game ends when everyone is on the Zombie team.

"Tower of Power" Ascension
The two teams fight for control of the Tower of Power, where the machine gun is king. The Only wepon is a shotgun.

I just found a great site that list all of the home brew custom gametypes (very organized)
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/23678

  • 03.05.2007 10:14 AM PDT
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a good gametype my friends play is bookamole (bcml)
it is slayer, no sheilds, pistol start. toughness is on, but so are grenades. weapons on map are usually pistols or rifles for bigger maps.
basically it is a variant of SWAT, but the grenades make things very interesting.

  • 03.05.2007 10:16 AM PDT
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You face an opponent who has never known defeat, who laughs in foreign tongues at your efforts to survive. This is Reply suicide.

"Oh Molly Connoly ruined my life, I thought the world should know."
Say Anything - Every Man Has A Molly

My Halo Terms:

Sword - Noob Stick
Plasma Pistol - Noober
Battle Rifle - BR
"The Combo" - Noobin'
Rocket Launcher - Rocks
Frag Grenade - Frag/'Nade
Plasma Grenade - Plazzie
Dual Weilding - Doubles/Duals
Beam Rifle - Covie
Human Sniper Rifle - Human
Shotgun - Shotty
Warthog - 'Hog/Jeep
Overshield - OS
Active Camoflauge - Camo/Invis

Locations on some maps:

Room in Lockout above the shotgun and under the pane of glass - Glass Room/Middle Room
Shotgun Room on Lockout - Green Room
Tower where Battle Rifle Spawns on Lockout - BR Tower
Tower where Sniper Rifle spawns on Lockout - Sniper Tower
Walkway from the Gravlift to the Sniper Tower on Lockout- Catwalk
Room between the middle platform and the BR Tower, above the sword in Lockout - Library
Where the oddball spawns on Lockout - Middle Platform

Ramp where the OS spawns on Ivory Tower - OS Ramp
Rocket Ammo Spawn on Ivory Tower - Courtyard
Walkways around the Rocket Ammo Spawn on Ivory Tower - Catwalks
Area where Sword Spawns and is completely in darkness on Ivory Tower - Basement
Sword Spawn point on Ivory Tower - Waterfall/Pond
Walkway where the Shotgun spawns on Ivory Tower - Walkway
Rooms where the Pistols spawn on Ivory Tower - Pistol Room OS side/Pistol Room Walkway Side
Rocket Spawn on Ivory Tower - River

This is just a couple things that my friends and I have nicknamed.

  • 03.05.2007 10:34 AM PDT
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Korhal:

One player is in the banshee at all times within the round/match. This player can only do splatter kills (no firing from the guns).
All other players have rockets and shotguns.
No boarding.
No weapons on map.
FFA or Team.
Bonus points for splatters with 3-4 players may be needed since the other players may ignore the banshee and kill each other the whole time on FFA.
Best with 2-4 players.
Best on maps with dropoffs so the player with the banshee can ram other players off into oblivion.
Standard Shields.

Basically the idea off this match is for the player stuck in the banshee takes advantage of sneaking up on other players when they are distracted. Helps a lot with learning how to dodge rockets and time splatters even when people are watching.
The other players also start to learn how to blind fire at a spiraling banshee at the appropriate times to still destroy it.

Definately a bizarre game type but very entertaining.

  • 03.05.2007 12:47 PM PDT

Get Ghost.

MONKIES!!!

oh and gametypes and stuff...
I always liked "hog wars" there's different variants and stuff, but it sure would be nice to be able to turn on indestructable hogs in H3; that and infinite gernades, I miss those from Halo CE.

  • 03.05.2007 1:25 PM PDT
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I seriously needed to update my signature. I'll never forget it, though.

I got something for customs.[hr]Name: Randiciety Slayer
Gametype: Slayer
Teams: Yes
Weapons: BR(Or AR), Random
Weapons on Map: Random
Vehicles: Wraith, Mongoose, Random, Random
Banshees: Yes
Turrets: Primary: Plasma, Secondary: Random
Map Size: Medium, Large
Recomended Players: Medium: 8-10, Large:12-16
Score to Win: 150
Powerups on map: OS, Camo, Extra Speed(if possible)
Damage Resistance: No
Extra Damge: Yes
Description: A battle to the Death! Grab your Rifles check your secondary weapons, and tell your freinds the battle has begun!

  • 03.05.2007 1:30 PM PDT
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I hope the guy on the left is Jim Gaffigan.

  • 03.05.2007 2:31 PM PDT
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wow, do you have any clue as for a date of Halo 3 beta, maybe? like a date within month or two weeks span? I care more about the X button than really anything else at this point. Can't wait. Any needler news? It's only the best gun!!!!!

  • 03.05.2007 2:33 PM PDT
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If X isn't the drink button, then WHAT IS!!!!!

my thirst is going to my head

  • 03.05.2007 2:37 PM PDT
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Can't wait to frolick in the grass and drown myself so I cant watch masterchief float boyantly then sink like a MJOLNIR rock!!

  • 03.05.2007 3:22 PM PDT
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Base Jumping:

Used to be in team carnage till you guys got mean

pretty much no shields, BR primary, random secondary. Vehicles are random, banshee is on. Nades are on. Headlong, coag, waterworks, containment.

Snowball War:

A thing my friends and I made up in the early days of Halo CE. We were cold from having our snowball fight outside, so pretty much we made Plasma Pistol and unlimited grenades (I hope that comes back). And it would just be sticky wars! That was fun

Hog Racing:

Just a hog race. it would be cool to get this as a standard variant with an indestructible hog for each player. And a couple maps that are good for racing. I'm a big race fan. (Plz bring back the race variant from H1!!!)

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  • 03.05.2007 4:24 PM PDT

Get Ghost.

I just remembered one! Funny story behind it, but when you accidently kill all three of your teammates (and possibly yourself), we call it a "Crap-tacular."

its always nice when your teammate kills everyone and the other team is walking away with the flag, "Nice crap-tacular there, buddy."

  • 03.05.2007 4:25 PM PDT
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xD

  • 03.05.2007 4:25 PM PDT
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ive heard that the new halo 2 maps are only coming out on the 360. is that true?

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  • 03.05.2007 4:42 PM PDT

GT: AuziesWrath :)

Here's a game I like to play, it's called getting a girlfriend and finding a life. Just step outside and let that thing hit your skin, it's called the S-u-n. It's good for you.

  • 03.05.2007 4:45 PM PDT