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Posted by: MLG Mark
World of Warcraft. Seriously... Never play it. I down talked it forever and now I play it like I did halo 2. I'll come back to halo 2 once Micro$oft send me a replacement hard drive since mine is corrupt.

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Posted by: Master Mark
I quit playing halo 2. With this new banhammer and more maps I'm going to return. I Think this is a smart move by bungie. I laugh at anyone hwo ever cheated to get a rank in this game. Now if only bungie will disable talking inbetween teams in Halo 3 so I don't get -blam!-ed at by 5 yr olds and grumpy teenagers.

-Edit- This is MLG Mark Btw. I always log into the wrong account XD

Posted by: buttons buster
This was not very well thought out.
Lots of people that were once loyal fans are going to leave bungie by the wayside.
This will also lead to an increase in cheating.
This plan was not very well thought out, and i was wondering what was the reasoning behind it?
Thanks.


Wow Mark it has been AGES. Where ya been dude? Halo 2 misses Mark :-(


Aight, get back soon :-(

Take your time though, if you must. I swear, if it weren't for these new maps I probably would've stopped playing Halo 2 after this news...... But I'm still trying to convince myself that this is for the best :-/

  • 04.06.2007 10:19 PM PDT
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I like the updates =P

Mianly cause I usually don't renew accounts and someone always find a way to play xbox for free! But yea, I wouldn't be coming back if it weren't for the new maps releasing.

  • 04.06.2007 10:24 PM PDT
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Bungie truthfully thinks that theres not going to be standbyers, bridgers, modders, and other cheaters. HAHAHAHAHA theres gunna be a crack somewhere and someones gunna find it and then evenetually every1 will find out. then it will go back how it was before, people making custom games saying "WILL MOD AND/OR STANDBY FOR 2 MONTH". Then people that arent good at all go and get a 2 month and give it to them and get a cheated rank up to a 35 when they should be a 20.

  • 04.06.2007 10:29 PM PDT
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Im just gonna say it how i think its gonna play out.

Modders will be banned sooner

There will be a short spike in Stand bying and bridging but there is always another way.

Some people will be furious and quit.

Some poeple will be pleased and rejoin.

Levels will settle in and things will return to normal including 45-50 being "Modz on standbyers" leves.

As for me i will still go into matchmaking without the infamous box host, get cheated everyother game, and not give a flying -blam!-.

People will still be obsessed with the number next to their name, And they will do anything to "JUICE" it.


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  • 04.06.2007 10:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: Deceiver196_
* I love it how all the people who say ranks are gonna be easy to get back or that they don't mind are all below level 5. Pretty funny that you're going to get your 20 back. GG

* Some people work harder than others, I doubt any of y'all have ever waiting 4 hours to find 2 games and went up 1/2 a bar.


* Stop saying to stop whining, not only is that a form of whining, it's not only going to do anything,. You're make yourself seem like an ass.


THANK YOU. Team Slayer MatchMaking- ranks in my party, 37(me), 39 , 40 LOOKING FOR A MATCH FOR 2 1/2 HOURS. finally found a match with a 45, 46, and a 33. we won but still. 2 1/2 hours for me to find one game so i could get my 38

  • 04.06.2007 10:36 PM PDT

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I believe we are intelligent, but we prefer to act stupid.

~The Flood

Posted by: InVINCEible30
So, from my understanding, the ranks will be reset?


So from my understanding, you are a blind, deaf , mute?

  • 04.06.2007 10:36 PM PDT
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So are they going to be reset with the update or when the new maps come out?

  • 04.06.2007 10:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: Deceiver196_
* I love it how all the people who say ranks are gonna be easy to get back or that they don't mind are all below level 5. Pretty funny that you're going to get your 20 back. GG

* Some people work harder than others, I doubt any of y'all have ever waiting 4 hours to find 2 games and went up 1/2 a bar.


* Stop saying to stop whining, not only is that a form of whining, it's not only going to do anything,. You're make yourself seem like an ass.


THANK YOU. Team Slayer MatchMaking- ranks in my party, 37(me), 39 , 40 LOOKING FOR A MATCH FOR 2 1/2 HOURS. finally found a match with a 45, 46, and a 33. we won but still. 2 1/2 hours for me to find one game so i could get my 38


you do realize that the rank reset will let you find a match 10 times faster right? if i had to choose between a level 37 and 1 game every 2 hours or a level 3 and a game whenever i want...i can do without a 37. you make a poor argument here.

  • 04.06.2007 10:44 PM PDT
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Personally I think the reset is a waste of time, I know how long it can take to get games and frankly this reset isn't going to help things after a few weeks. The good players will continually make a mockery of the bad ones [which they will whine about] while the good ones have to sit through lots of boring games where there is no competition to get back to where the were and again, not be able to find games.

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I think people are missing the real point of this update. I wish most of you would stop feeling like you're victimized and stop making up theories and just go with what happens. It's not like bungie is going to completely change their minds because a handful of their fans think this is crap.

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  • 04.06.2007 10:49 PM PDT

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Posted by: MLG Mark
I think people are missing the real point of this update. I wish most of you would stop feeling like you're victimized and stop making up theories and just go with what happens. It's not like bungie is going to completely change their mines because a handful of their fans think this is crap.


indeed. im kinda wondering what the playlist update will be. thats more interesting than a rank reset to me. i wonder if they plan on adding a new team carnage or somethin unranked.

  • 04.06.2007 10:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: Deceiver196_
* I love it how all the people who say ranks are gonna be easy to get back or that they don't mind are all below level 5. Pretty funny that you're going to get your 20 back. GG

* Some people work harder than others, I doubt any of y'all have ever waiting 4 hours to find 2 games and went up 1/2 a bar.


* Stop saying to stop whining, not only is that a form of whining, it's not only going to do anything,. You're make yourself seem like an ass.


THANK YOU. Team Slayer MatchMaking- ranks in my party, 37(me), 39 , 40 LOOKING FOR A MATCH FOR 2 1/2 HOURS. finally found a match with a 45, 46, and a 33. we won but still. 2 1/2 hours for me to find one game so i could get my 38


you do realize that the rank reset will let you find a match 10 times faster right? if i had to choose between a level 37 and 1 game every 2 hours or a level 3 and a game whenever i want...i can do without a 37. you make a poor argument here.




No, i'm saying that its going to be just the same. once everyone gets there ranks back up to around 40 noone will find matches again. and plus it's going to be stupid, u'll find matches quicker but for all the kids that arent that good their going to get wrecked and just keeping getting wrecked in teamslayer even quicker.

  • 04.06.2007 11:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: LucKy l
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Posted by: LucKy l
Posted by: Deceiver196_
* I love it how all the people who say ranks are gonna be easy to get back or that they don't mind are all below level 5. Pretty funny that you're going to get your 20 back. GG

* Some people work harder than others, I doubt any of y'all have ever waiting 4 hours to find 2 games and went up 1/2 a bar.


* Stop saying to stop whining, not only is that a form of whining, it's not only going to do anything,. You're make yourself seem like an ass.


THANK YOU. Team Slayer MatchMaking- ranks in my party, 37(me), 39 , 40 LOOKING FOR A MATCH FOR 2 1/2 HOURS. finally found a match with a 45, 46, and a 33. we won but still. 2 1/2 hours for me to find one game so i could get my 38


you do realize that the rank reset will let you find a match 10 times faster right? if i had to choose between a level 37 and 1 game every 2 hours or a level 3 and a game whenever i want...i can do without a 37. you make a poor argument here.




No, i'm saying that its going to be just the same. once everyone gets there ranks back up to around 40 noone will find matches again. and plus it's going to be stupid, u'll find matches quicker but for all the kids that arent that good their going to get wrecked and just keeping getting wrecked in teamslayer even quicker.


well then they can learn something. plus theres always custom games. i just dont see how anyone could wait that long for a game. and like the other dude said...its not like every game will have 4 level 35s and up against 4 level 20s and below. there will be a mixture of all levels. plus it'll take a long while to get back up to the high 30s. there will still be some challenges along the way. but either way im neutral. id be happy if they kept the ranks but i dont mind if they reset them.

  • 04.06.2007 11:05 PM PDT
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Yea Icon will be gone!


heh your sooo funny considering i quit cheating along time ago>.>


Once a cheater, always a cheater.


Not true at all. I use to cheat pretty much everyday when bridging first came out, even thought i knew i was good enough to be a 40+ legit. Cheating is fun because you know you are going to win, but it got old and i quit. Since then i have had 3 accounts to lvl 40+ and one in the symbols. And i only go in alone after i get past lvl 37. It feels much better to have a lvl that you know you deserve. and now i HATE cheaters. so once a cheater, always a cheater isn't always true


What I’m saying is, if you cheat, there is nothing you can do to be legit on any account.

  • 04.06.2007 11:07 PM PDT
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My number one concern is how great of an impact this new Hammer of Pwnzor will have on cheaters. The last thing I'm worried about is some stupid number.

Posted by: king dunn
Posted by: MLG Mark
I think people are missing the real point of this update. I wish most of you would stop feeling like you're victimized and stop making up theories and just go with what happens. It's not like bungie is going to completely change their mines because a handful of their fans think this is crap.


indeed. im kinda wondering what the playlist update will be. thats more interesting than a rank reset to me. i wonder if they plan on adding a new team carnage or somethin unranked.

  • 04.06.2007 11:07 PM PDT

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Posted by: MLG Mark
My number one concern is how great of an impact this new Hammer of Pwnzor will have on cheaters. The last thing I'm worried about is some stupid number.

Posted by: king dunn
Posted by: MLG Mark
I think people are missing the real point of this update. I wish most of you would stop feeling like you're victimized and stop making up theories and just go with what happens. It's not like bungie is going to completely change their mines because a handful of their fans think this is crap.


indeed. im kinda wondering what the playlist update will be. thats more interesting than a rank reset to me. i wonder if they plan on adding a new team carnage or somethin unranked.


yeah i hope it does some damage. i've gotten to the point where i play either customs or unranked games just to avoid cheating of any kind. i'll play some hardcore here and there but i started getting cheated at 27 so i sort of slacked off. hopefully the new hammer will help alot and i can start playin ranked again.

  • 04.06.2007 11:12 PM PDT
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I hate this... I been playin Halo2 for about 9 months now and have worked my ass off to get my levels where they are today... It's not fair to those of us who play legit to have to start over... And please explain to me how you will catch cheaters better... Cuz if you could have did it, you should have been did it...

I still think this will increase in cheaters...

  • 04.06.2007 11:13 PM PDT
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I happy about the updated banhammer, but I'm kinda ticked about the reset. I delt with it once, I shouldn't have to deal with it again. I don't think it is needed. Although I primarily play Halo just for the fun of it, my rank is somewhat important to me. I Earned my 32 rank fair and square, dealing with cheaters, modders, and bridgers all the way to it. I was proud to have made it to that level and believe I earned it, so I don't think it is right for it to be taken away from me. I doubt Bunje will change thier minds, but I hope they reconsider this.

  • 04.06.2007 11:16 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

The new Banhammer isn't going to matter. Even if they cut down the time before a modder gets banned to say, 30 minutes, it isn't going to make a difference. People will still be doing it to boost up other people who won't get banned. Even if they start banning the people who play with the modders after 30 minutes, people are still going to be jerks.

Then there's standby. Say they make you get banned twice as fast for stanbying. This just means people are going to go get their symbol really quickly and then just stop with that account. It still means lots of people getting screwed over. We know they're not going to do anything about people who force host to captain AOL 56K Proz0r or Mr. lulz BR1dG3 U OUT. Not to mention you're still going to have to put up with the games where you get delevelers or kids who get the lead by one and then superbounce to some obscure part of the map that even Chuck Norris himself can't get to.

Face it, the Banhammer update isn't going to be effective (enough) and the rank reset is vain. This is just pointless. But I'm sure it'll make all the level 22 kids who can't aim a BR for -blam!- happy, the kids who Bungie associates with and cares about the most.

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And yeah, like when I go into slayer with 40's... When the ranks start over I will only go in with a trusted party of 4... Which are all way above legit 35's... And tha little 20's will get WRECKED...

  • 04.06.2007 11:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: BaCkWeRdZ
I hate this... I been playin Halo2 for about 9 months now and have worked my ass off to get my levels where they are today... It's not fair to those of us who play legit to have to start over... And please explain to me how you will catch cheaters better... Cuz if you could have did it, you should have been did it...

I still think this will increase in cheaters...


according to your gamertag, you've only been playing since december 31st of 06 meaning 4 months not 9 and only 759 games. its not that big of a deal.

  • 04.06.2007 11:19 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

Posted by: king dunn
Posted by: BaCkWeRdZ
I hate this... I been playin Halo2 for about 9 months now and have worked my ass off to get my levels where they are today... It's not fair to those of us who play legit to have to start over... And please explain to me how you will catch cheaters better... Cuz if you could have did it, you should have been did it...

I still think this will increase in cheaters...


according to your gamertag, you've only been playing since december 31st of 06 meaning 4 months not 9 and only 759 games. its not that big of a deal.

The account in his sig goes back to July '06.

  • 04.06.2007 11:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: IIDWells55XII
The new Banhammer isn't going to matter. Even if they cut down the time before a modder gets banned to say, 30 minutes, it isn't going to make a difference. People will still be doing it to boost up other people who won't get banned. Even if they start banning the people who play with the modders after 30 minutes, people are still going to be jerks.

Then there's standby. Say they make you get banned twice as fast for stanbying. This just means people are going to go get their symbol really quickly and then just stop with that account. It still means lots of people getting screwed over. We know they're not going to do anything about people who force host to captain AOL 56K Proz0r or Mr. lulz BR1dG3 U OUT. Not to mention you're still going to have to put up with the games where you get delevelers or kids who get the lead by one and then superbounce to some obscure part of the map that even Chuck Norris himself can't get to.

Face it, the Banhammer update isn't going to be effective (enough) and the rank reset is vain. This is just pointless. But I'm sure it'll make all the level 22 kids who can't aim a BR for -blam!- happy, the kids who Bungie associates with and cares about the most.


so you're saying nothing overall will change but the cheaters will get dealt with faster? sounds like a good idea to me.

  • 04.06.2007 11:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: IIDWells55XII
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Posted by: BaCkWeRdZ
I hate this... I been playin Halo2 for about 9 months now and have worked my ass off to get my levels where they are today... It's not fair to those of us who play legit to have to start over... And please explain to me how you will catch cheaters better... Cuz if you could have did it, you should have been did it...

I still think this will increase in cheaters...


according to your gamertag, you've only been playing since december 31st of 06 meaning 4 months not 9 and only 759 games. its not that big of a deal.

The account in his sig goes back to July '06.


so if hes so worried about his ranks why does he use 2 accounts? could it be cause he wanted to start back at level 1?

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  • 04.06.2007 11:27 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

That's an ideal situation. Like I said, even if they get dealt with faster, it just means a slightly faster consumption of fraud accounts, 2 months, 48 hour trials, etc. Legit players won't notice a difference.

Think back when you could mod for months and not get banned. When they "fixed" it so you could only mod for 6 hours, did it make any difference for legit players? Nope, I just got modded running randoms in Slayer on ym second account by a 42 who wasn't modding and his 3 level 1 modders.


I'm worried about my ranks and I have two accounts. Once is the account I've spent all my tiem and effort in playing to the best of my ability to rank myself up in, and the other is a second account I use when I'm just messing around with my friends or if I feel like just ranking up again for kicks.

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  • 04.06.2007 11:27 PM PDT