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Subject: Woah, has anybody seen the 300m flag throw! THAT IS IMMENSE!
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I gave the link right here to take you there. Click here to go to the videos page.

Scroll down a little and find the one called '300 Meter Flag Throw' its quite a small sized video in comparison to the others (around 6.6MB). It is definately worth the download believe me! The speed that that flag moves is unbelievable! Go download it, it will make your heart jump!

Please tell me if you already know about this.

  • 06.03.2004 3:18 AM PDT
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Suprisingly, this is quite easy to pull off. I have just gone to try it and in around 15 minutes I managed to pull it off 3 times. And I only found out about this today and went off to try it.

[color=white] On doing the flag throw I can see that:
1. You don't really need a vehicle (most of the flag throws in the video use a warthog).
2. How far the flag goes depends on how long it slowly crawls down the mountainside.
3. When you can hear a constant clicking and the flag crawls down the side, you know its happening.
4. Sometimes it works but doesn't go too far, this is because it hasn't stayed on the mountainside long enough. [/color]

  • 06.03.2004 4:08 AM PDT
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Here is a step by step to do the flag throw:

[color=white] 1. Start a multiplayer game on Blood Gulch, CTF, All vehicles, NAV points on. Make sure that you are the red team.
2. Set off towards the blue base as quick as you can (zip across in a ghost)
3. When getting close, go close to the warthog. Notice the shadow area to the right, at the other end of the blue base, it is near the path that leads into the little tunnel with the plasma grenades in (that is where the magic happens!)
4. Grab the flag and head towards the shadow area.
5. Look around and you will see quite a flat slope (it is around the area where the shadow is no more). The slope flat enough at the righthand side that you can run up it.
6. Run up the slope, head a little towards the left and jump near the top, (if you don't you will see it won't happen.
7. Let go of the flag as near as the top as you can.
8. The flag will appear to be stuck up there (but actually it is slowly crawling down the mountain side. The NAV point, showing the distance of the flag is the easiest way to see the slow movement)
9. The flag will be making a really quick ticking noise (really faint) as it comes down the mountainside.
10. When it hits the floor it should suddenly pick up tremendous speed (faster than you or any vehicle can travel) [/color]

Sometimes this works to a lesser extend, it just shoots off a little (around 30m). If it is slowly crawling down the mountainside and making a faint ticking then its gunna shift (big or small)

If this works correctly then it should shoot off along the ground at an AMAZING speed. It then hits the side of the mountain and flys off to the right (near the exit of the blue teleport), then it shoots along the floor a little more and then hit the canyon wall and fly along it. It eventually ends up at the raised path that leads towards the red base. Sometimes you can get it to miss the last bit and it slams into the wall of the raised path (on the floor).

The video is very helpful and is easier to follow than my instruction. Watch the video it is great!

  • 06.03.2004 4:47 AM PDT
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really cool.. i have been watching the hbo vids for a while and never saw that one...

  • 06.03.2004 9:06 AM PDT
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effing cool man im bout to go try it

  • 06.03.2004 1:25 PM PDT
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This video was recently put on halo.bungie.org

In all the forums I've been in I've never seen it mentioned. Also the CTF tips video (earlier in halo.bungie.org) shows a red flag version using the slope of the path near Blue base. I know how to do it, it's really easy. I just want to find out if anyone can do it before I saw the video.

Download the video using the link on the first post (300m flag throw), its a real cool trick that will baffle the enemy.

  • 06.09.2004 12:09 PM PDT
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it also works on the slope u use to get to the tower

  • 06.30.2004 6:23 PM PDT
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i actually found quite a few places to do this

[Edited on 6/30/2004 6:31:15 PM]

  • 06.30.2004 6:30 PM PDT