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Subject: What is host??
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i know what it means but what privledges does it have like is it the better connection you get to kill faster....see i play swat like everyday and all ppl say i have host all time and i had no clue what it ment...im not a noob or anything like i no how to play halo and i have a pro clan but i just never understood the host thing?? plz help me out and plz dont -blam

  • 07.25.2007 7:20 AM PDT
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Host is given to the person who has the fastest connection in the game. Its pretty much random. When you get host, every other player in that game is sending packets throught the internet through your xbox. Host really isint a big deal. People who complain about getting killed b/c of the other team having host are probably bad. The advantage is slight. But if you get in a close range beat down battle, host is probably going to win. Swat's host is probably argued about because you may see something as host that hasent occured yet on other people's xboxes. They provide a slight advantage. Having host doesnt mean ur gonna win.

  • 07.25.2007 7:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: BlueKitty Katt
i know what it means but what privledges does it have like is it the better connection you get to kill faster....see i play swat like everyday and all ppl say i have host all time and i had no clue what it ment...im not a noob or anything like i no how to play halo and i have a pro clan but i just never understood the host thing?? plz help me out and plz dont -blam


haha, i'm sorry but if you are "pro" you would know what host is like 2 years ago

  • 07.25.2007 7:38 AM PDT
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oh bc all the time when i kill ppl from the other side on lockout they all say im lucky bc i have host...lol and i dont have a good connection


i said i knew what it was i didnt know how it worked...lol i only been on halo for like 2 months...and in a pro clan

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Posted by: BlueKitty Katt
oh bc all the time when i kill ppl from the other side on lockout they all say im lucky bc i have host...lol and i dont have a good connection


i said i knew what it was i didnt know how it worked...lol i only been on halo for like 2 months...and in a pro clan


k i'm really not trying to put you down or be a trash talker, but i looked at your stats and you have more deaths than kills K/D: .82, you've played less than a 1000 games and your highest rank is an 8. To be bragging that your in a pro clan doesn't mean much unless if you are actually a "pro"

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  • 07.25.2007 7:43 AM PDT
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while we are bragging, Best Buy asked if they could sponser me, i'll get free gear for the 360 if i win their clan matches ect...

  • 07.25.2007 7:45 AM PDT
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lol i said all i do is play swat...haha i no your not trying to put me down but yea i am in a pro clan no lie on that i am rly rly good at swat...and yeah i should have more deaths its swat...and also i mess around with my good friends...i dont try all the time im mostly 50% swat 25% messing around 25% trying lol i love swat sooo much and its soo easy

  • 07.25.2007 7:47 AM PDT
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lol, do you have a 360? mine broke on me a month and a half ago :(. but the good news is that i should get it back today!!!! What's your favorite level for swat Blue???

  • 07.25.2007 7:49 AM PDT
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no i had one but my frend wanted it so i sold it to him lol...ummm id have to say lockout and tombstone and turf thats the ones i can show my good skill at haha...beaver creek is a good one too...i dont rly like carbines as much i cant do it as good lol...magnums are my other good skill to haha...what about you??

  • 07.25.2007 7:52 AM PDT

1 person's xbox runs or 'hosts' the game. Everyone else's xbox sends their information about what they are doing to the host xbox. The host xbox sends out the information about everything else that is happening in the game to all the other players.

Because of this, everyone is a very slight time delay behind the host. Therefore the host has a slight advantage.

  • 07.25.2007 7:52 AM PDT
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haha thanks rhythm i kinda found out after 3 ppl...but thanks

  • 07.25.2007 7:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: BlueKitty Katt
no i had one but my frend wanted it so i sold it to him lol...ummm id have to say lockout and tombstone and turf thats the ones i can show my good skill at haha...beaver creek is a good one too...i dont rly like carbines as much i cant do it as good lol...magnums are my other good skill to haha...what about you??


I'd probably say Lockout, Tombstone and Ascension are my favorite. Although i dont play swat very much unless i feel like messing around, i'll probably start doing it again this week! Do you like Snipers, and are you good at them??

  • 07.25.2007 7:55 AM PDT
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yea i am rly good at them...im actually good at all but the 3pilot games in skirmish makes me mad haha
snipers - really good (dont play often haha)
slayer - really good (dont play often)
swat - Super good
skirmish - not so good
hardcore - really good
BTB - oie bad

i really just mess around in everything but swat...i always with my frends in parties...i lvled up in snipers to 7 then stoped and played swat again haha...i was lvl 17 in hardcore then kinda you know messed around with frends till lvl 8 haha

  • 07.25.2007 8:00 AM PDT

Freedom of Speech does not equal "Freedom from Consequences when one speaks".

It is a right, and all rights have responsibilities associated with them. Ignore the responsibility, and you tend to lose the right.
Recon Number 54

Posted by: LBT Petrie
Host is given to the person who has the fastest connection in the game. Its pretty much random.


You just contradicted yourself. Before each match, each machine is pinged to measure connection superiority. Not random.


Posted by: LBT Petrie
Host really isint a big deal. People who complain about getting killed b/c of the other team having host are probably bad. The advantage is slight.


The advantage is huge, especially all things (supposedly) equal. When you're matched up against players of relatively like skill levels (unless you're manipulating your rank), kills are measured in milliseconds. Also, if you're not host, and don't have a great connection, where you see opponents on your map is not the same place they are on host's map. Big difference.

  • 07.25.2007 9:29 AM PDT
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wow come to think i think your exactly right...think about it and you will understand what he saying...i usually always get host haha and my frend was on other team and he had his speekers on (he is oin diff tv) and they were team speeking and saying i think bluekitty is host or he is modding lol...and they said lets all just gang on him

  • 07.25.2007 9:41 AM PDT

is this whole thread a joke?

  • 07.25.2007 10:09 AM PDT

as ive said lots of times before, kitty you arent even good at swat.

Host advantage is most noticed on tombstone and desolation, really. Those 2 maps are the only big swat maps that you are shooting a LONG way across to kill.

  • 07.25.2007 10:21 AM PDT

Freedom of Speech does not equal "Freedom from Consequences when one speaks".

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Posted by: Sphincter218
Host advantage is most noticed on tombstone and desolation, really. Those 2 maps are the only big swat maps that you are shooting a LONG way across to kill.


I have to disagree. Host advantage comes into play during all types of encounters, not just long-range fire. Since the non-host machines are playing on delayed maps (especially if their connections are exceptionally poor), melees are off-center or miss entirely, stickies miss, plasma pistols fire off into space, etc., etc. I played a match last night where I was dead-on with the sword, and bounced off the other player. What probably happened was the reticule triggered my machine, but by the time I moved on host map I contected a wall or something.

  • 07.25.2007 10:32 AM PDT

yes it comes into play on all kinds of encounters, but on SWAT mainly, Tombstone and Desolation are usually won by host. Every time i get host on tombstone i lead the map in kills, i have the least deaths, and my team easily wins.

  • 07.25.2007 10:40 AM PDT
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Posted by: Swampassjr
while we are bragging, Best Buy asked if they could sponser me, i'll get free gear for the 360 if i win their clan matches ect...


Man I wish I could be a part of that.
I'd love to sponser such an outstanding player such as yourself. Heck I bet that best buy is even gonna fix your broken 360 for free and everything. Man you are so lucky.

I wonder how Best Buy is gonna promote your skills. Maybe a TV commercial or something. What did you have to do talk to a guy in the Video Game department or a Manager or Something??

  • 07.25.2007 10:45 AM PDT
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Posted by: Swampassjr
while we are bragging, Best Buy asked if they could sponser me, i'll get free gear for the 360 if i win their clan matches ect...


Man I wish I could be a part of that.
I'd love to sponser such an outstanding player such as yourself. Heck I bet that best buy is even gonna fix your broken 360 for free and everything. Man you are so lucky.

I wonder how Best Buy is gonna promote your skills. Maybe a TV commercial or something. What did you have to do talk to a guy in the Video Game department or a Manager or Something??

that was dripping with sarcasm

  • 07.25.2007 10:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: Sphincter218
as ive said lots of times before, kitty you arent even good at swat.

Host advantage is most noticed on tombstone and desolation, really. Those 2 maps are the only big swat maps that you are shooting a LONG way across to kill.


uhh, Sphincter, i wouldnt be putting kitty down, obviously he/she hasnt played very many games, and judging by your stats its taken you almost 300 (274 to be more accurate) games to reach a lvl 20 in slayer. And your saying that Kittys not good?!

Host does have its advantages, you can shoot longer distances with a shotgun, your swat bullets seem more "clean" and most of the time hit the opponent in the head. There are a few others, some times host "lag" can play a big part in a match to.

Morder

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