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Subject: Remember the ghost of Lockout?

well how does 2 ghosts on backwash sound? vTx ItWasLethal and myself were playing customs the other night and fell asleep while playing. i awoke the next morning to realize that our teamates had left the party and the game had continued all night long with just me and lethal there. i did'nt even turn off the xbox because i wanted to see how much time could be accumulated. well it turns out that while i was at work, lethal had went to his xbox and prepared to leave the party when he was killed from nowhere and it did'nt even say he had been killed. so he started recording...

The video evidence of strange occurances

This video was not edited in any way and no modding or standby was involved.

[Edited on 04.04.2007 1:50 PM PDT]

  • 04.04.2007 1:49 PM PDT
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I seen "ghost" players before, but never seen them attack.

  • 04.04.2007 1:59 PM PDT

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Hahahahahaa Tracy has a dick hahahahaa!!

  • 04.04.2007 2:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: TheFloridiot
I have no idea what I'm saying


Then don't post.

  • 04.04.2007 2:08 PM PDT
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Dang. I'm not calling you a modder, but I am sure they are. It could have been one of your pals who joined your party and you didn't know. There is no way to be sure.

  • 04.04.2007 2:28 PM PDT
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Trust me man...The party was closed all night...Cause thats what i thought also....Its weird I admit...I thought that the Lockout Ghosts was fake too...But now I know that weird things do happen after a while I guess..I dunno...The party was closed after they did leave..I swear that to you...

  • 04.04.2007 2:37 PM PDT

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What I heard was that the ghost of Lockout was either an extraordinarily bad lag or a video concocted by some creative modders. The ghost of Lockout that I had seen before (on some subdivision of Wikipedia) behaved in an identical fashion. Stepha's explanation is probably correct.

Floridiot? We're not interested.

  • 04.04.2007 2:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: Blazin Pheonix
Posted by: TheFloridiot
I have no idea what I'm saying


Then don't post.

*sniff* no, the name of the game they were playing was called "Tracy has a dick"

  • 04.04.2007 2:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: Deus_Ex_Machina
What I heard was that the ghost of Lockout was either an extraordinarily bad lag or a video concocted by some creative modders. The ghost of Lockout that I had seen before (on some subdivision of Wikipedia) behaved in an identical fashion. Stepha's explanation is probably correct.

Floridiot? We're not interested.


He said my name!!! Wow that's so cool, someone actually agrees with me.!!!

  • 04.04.2007 2:57 PM PDT
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That's some crazy stuff whatever it is.

  • 04.04.2007 2:58 PM PDT

Please do not spam and get this thread locked. i want this to be a discussion, not become a flame war.

The events that occured on backwash were strange but i can assure you that we did not mod or manipulate the connection in ANY way. they were just there when Lethal got up. very strange.

edit: oh also, as you can see when the player list is shown, there are definately no others in the party.

[Edited on 04.04.2007 3:03 PM PDT]

  • 04.04.2007 3:01 PM PDT

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I always have wanted to see the ghost for myself, what did you do? Just wait? Or is there some process?

  • 04.04.2007 3:02 PM PDT

Posted by: TheFloridiot
I always have wanted to see the ghost for myself, what did you do? Just wait? Or is there some process?


We fell asleep during a custom and they were there in the morning, so i guess it just takes time.

  • 04.04.2007 3:04 PM PDT
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Straight up man.....No manipulation in the connection at all...You can see the PERFECT GREEN BAR CONNECTION everytime I died.....Please do not spam but do tell us your reactions to it....

  • 04.04.2007 3:04 PM PDT

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I;m gonna test it myself...are you on a 360?

  • 04.04.2007 3:06 PM PDT
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the ghost was the host who quit out and rejoined

  • 04.04.2007 3:09 PM PDT

Posted by: xCritical v2
the ghost was the host who quit out and rejoined


no, i think i was host the night before, and also, i know what you're talking about and when that happens you can see the persons connection on the right. also if i'm not mistaken you can see their emblem.

  • 04.04.2007 3:16 PM PDT
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Ok, since custom games are done where all users connect to the host party's xbox and play the game from there, I would start out to describe this strange happening as a possible series of mods. First, we can thank XBL for being a tracker for us, so that we do not have to input IP addresses or anything in order to connect to a custom game. I'm sure its possible to mod an xbox so that it would scan for IP addresses hosting custom games, and then a second mod in order to bypass the "closed" game status. Third, a modder would then need to modify the print files that print out on-screen the things that are happening in the game (kills, deaths, suicides, etc), so that it would not show game activity, like joining and leaving the game, as well as kills. Finally, a modder would need to cloak it's name/gamertag/ID from the player list.

All this to say that these ghosts put a lot of effort into making sure that they're ghosts, but I still believe that these are probably modders "hacking" the custom games, and not some epic phenomenon of Halo 2.

  • 04.04.2007 3:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: TheFloridiot
I;m gonna test it myself...are you on a 360?


No i am on a regular xbox ......

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Posted by: coolwhipdefuser
All this to say that these ghosts put a lot of effort into making sure that they're ghosts, but I still believe that these are probably modders "hacking" the custom games, and not some epic phenomenon of Halo 2.


Thats a good opinion & very well explained & I know that you cant see what I saw 1st hand BUT I Swear to you its straight LEGIT...Good post though coolwhip...Keep posting your opinions guys!

  • 04.04.2007 3:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: xCritical v2
the ghost was the host who quit out and rejoined


no, i think i was host the night before, and also, i know what you're talking about and when that happens you can see the persons connection on the right. also if i'm not mistaken you can see their emblem.


All white emblem maybe?

  • 04.04.2007 3:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: vTx ItWasLethal
Thats a good opinion & very well explained & I know that you cant see what I saw 1st hand BUT I Swear to you its straight LEGIT...Good post though coolwhip...Keep posting your opinions guys!


I completely believe you that everything you and your friend are doing are straight legit...I don't really have grounds to think otherwise. I'm just saying, that it very well could be a hack into your xbox. It could also be some kind of a super twisted easter egg from bungie, but I have my doubts.

  • 04.04.2007 3:34 PM PDT

"In complete darkness, we are all the same. It is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us. Don't let your eyes deceive you."

That's really wierd, I have never seen anything like that before. How does this work? These ghosts...

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Posted by: Flying Kumquat
How does this work? These ghosts...

No one really knows for sure, we just have ideas.

  • 04.04.2007 3:57 PM PDT