- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Now I fell in love with Halo 2 the day it came out. I was one of those nut cases who waited outside hours before its midnight release. I used to play it and love it. Then college came along, and with it my XBL subscription was canceled. Celebrating making dean's list and pretty much ripping my freshman year apart, I decided to treat myself to a new Xbox 360 Elite. I never bought a 360, even though I waited outside on its release day, but thats a whole other story. Today I am ranting about Halo 2. I haven't been able to play Halo 2 that much in college, the occasional LAN event, so I know I'm not the best player out there. After returning to the game from an extended break, it became obvious there was some changes made. Change can be good, but this is ridiculous. Today's specific rant is about the matchmaking for me. Not only does it take me forever to find a game(possibly my routers fault, I recognize that), when I do find a game- its ALWAYS lopsided. If my team wins a game, its by a landslide, if they lose the game its by a even bigger landslide. My first night worked in my favor. I played about 12 games of team slayer, winning 10 or so of them. Great! Sweet wins! After that night, everything has been a disgusting matches. I'm still talking about team slayer. I don't believe I've won more than 2 games in the past 2 days of playing. The scores aren't even close. 50-12, 50-14, etc. Now being on a massive losing streak, you think the match making system would attempt to fix that. Instead I find myself matched with players who constantly leave games, leaving my team to 4v3 it, which is a huge disadvantage, usually.
When did this all happen? I know bungie is not responsible for the acts of people on XBL (for the most part people still remain friendly and funny, but there are a few breeding in there creating a cesspool of people you wish you could hit), but the matchmaking is getting to be ridiculous. I remember when it was fast to find a game, and every match was a sweating battle to the last kill/score. What changed bungie? What have you done to my beloved Halo 2?
Oh well, at least the game still looks good projected on a wall.
Make it Count~ Fuel