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Subject: Halo 3 How-to: Matchmaking Playlists
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Posted by: Snipercidal
Great list. I'm glad there are social versions of some of the ranked games.

PLEASE consider adding team snipers and team SWAT



Second that, two of my favorite playlists from H2.


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  • 09.23.2007 5:07 PM PDT

They ever get rid of that press up on D pad to talk....I hate that

  • 09.23.2007 5:45 PM PDT
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Gonna be awesome! cant wait

  • 09.23.2007 6:02 PM PDT
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i know about 35 or 40 people who either already did or are in the process of getting their money back for halo 3 cause btb is not ranked and i know about 100 more who are very upset that it is not ranked. you would make a lot more people happy by having both a ranked and a social version or just keep it ranked.

  • 09.23.2007 6:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: xThe Real Dealx
i know about 35 or 40 people who either already did or are in the process of getting their money back for halo 3 cause btb is not ranked and i know about 100 more who are very upset that it is not ranked. you would make a lot more people happy by having both a ranked and a social version or just keep it ranked.


wow out of millions of sales a whole 35 or 40 people are getting their money back for something so small as ONE FEATURE. BTB wasnt popular, thats why they made it unranked in halo 2. it never got popular, thats why they are KEEPING it unranked. Go play enough games with your friends and they will make it ranked.

  • 09.23.2007 6:16 PM PDT

!blam!

wow.....i have seen this USMCxCr3asyKonG guy say like 5 differnet times that he is gonna sell his halo 3, all because theres no ranked btb boo hoo STFU GOD DAMN IT i mean serioulsy no one gives a -blam!- if your -blam!- ass and ur *8 man team* cant play some BTB...halo 3 isnt about BTB its about halo -blam!- 3......but in all seriousness with not cursing, dude u just need to chill out and play the game alrite, im sry theres no BTB ranked, in time they might make it ranked but geez its their game and they decided to change up the matchmaking to see how it this new set works, why dont u try out team tactical? where u know u have to realllllly use skill to win or somethin....just stop crying about it tho

  • 09.23.2007 6:24 PM PDT

I am a living poison. A soul so black and withered and tainted by pain and hatred that it consumes my very being. Do not test me; If I strike, my venom will surely kill you before you can open your mouth to cry for help.

A little education for you, USMCxCr3asyKonG: Bungie has created and cleverly marketed the single most popular video game franchise since Mario. The effort and detail put into the marketing is likely far beyond your understanding, and this franchise has literally made the xbox and 360 what they are. It has become a multimedia phenomenon, and has made Microsoft more money than your Marketing teacher will make in his/her lifetime. Now if you understand the concept of marketing in ANY degree, I think you'll have difficulty arguing that your previous statement is, by all means, totally false. God forbid anyone should even consider placing your egotistical @$$ in charge of marketing something so big.

[Edited on 09.23.2007 6:37 PM PDT]

  • 09.23.2007 6:36 PM PDT
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NO SWAT, dangnabit, SWAT was the best

  • 09.23.2007 6:41 PM PDT

I am a living poison. A soul so black and withered and tainted by pain and hatred that it consumes my very being. Do not test me; If I strike, my venom will surely kill you before you can open your mouth to cry for help.

And to all the complainers: If you bothered to read the update details, you could likely reason why the playlists are not exactly as you might want them. It is clearly explained that the reason for BTB being temporarily downsized is to give the matchmaking system time to map out good hosts. This in turn makes it clear that Bungie expects matchmaking to behave as it always does, meaning: Any time matchmaking goes through any sort of reset or major update or maintenance, the entire process gets kinda rough for a bit. You can imagine then, that a couple thousand people online becoming a couple hundred thousand people online over the course of just a mere day or so would put a big strain on the system. Clearly this means that big team, having the most players, will have the most problems. Just as they are giving it time to settle before making it full-scale, they are likely doing the same before bothering to rank it, in order to help balance the initial ranking of new players as much as possible, among other reasons. If you pay attention to Bungie's history during Halo 2's reign, you will see that they have constantly changed rankings, playlists, and various other things to suit what the statistics tell them people want. if you honestly think Bungie cannot see that a lot of people want a lot of changes, you might want to reconsider your position. As a few other people have said already, JUST GIVE IT SOME TIME. TRY the new list before you judge it. Give Bungie your opinion POLITELY- AFTER you try things out. This is a different game. New gametypes. New weapons. If you want more of the exact same, then keep playing Halo 2. Otherwise, try out the new list and let Bungie know what you think accordingly. I promise all of you, that if you give it time, and everyone gives Bungie proper feedbak, that in a short time, the playlists will begin to shape themselves to public demand, courtesy of Bungie. If you really dislike it all so much, then shut up and don't buy the game. It's that simple. For the rest of you.....see you in 26 hours.

  • 09.23.2007 7:01 PM PDT

Go Forth With Style

BLAM! yes
multi-team is back!!!

  • 09.23.2007 7:09 PM PDT

I am a living poison. A soul so black and withered and tainted by pain and hatred that it consumes my very being. Do not test me; If I strike, my venom will surely kill you before you can open your mouth to cry for help.

Posted by: xThe Real Dealx
i know about 35 or 40 people who either already did or are in the process of getting their money back for halo 3 cause btb is not ranked and i know about 100 more who are very upset that it is not ranked. you would make a lot more people happy by having both a ranked and a social version or just keep it ranked.


Then you know 35-40 very unintelligent people. See my previous post for the explanation on that. And besides, who knows 140 people and keeps track of all of their opinions about a single playlist, all the way down to whether they plan on getting a refund on a game or not? Seriously....why do you children come in here just making up numbers and throwing them around like statistics? I rarely post on these forums, but all this Bungie bashing irritates me beyond words. Why don't you take the time to thank them for making a great game, instead of complaining because they don't cater 100% to your personal taste? If you really think you are the only concern they have, you really should deflate that ego. Buy the game or don't, but stop complaining. Kids these days....

  • 09.23.2007 7:10 PM PDT

I am a living poison. A soul so black and withered and tainted by pain and hatred that it consumes my very being. Do not test me; If I strike, my venom will surely kill you before you can open your mouth to cry for help.

Posted by: Malevolent29
BLAM! yes
multi-team is back!!!


Second that! w00t!

  • 09.23.2007 7:11 PM PDT

H3LL AND BACK

y did they get rid of it?

  • 09.23.2007 7:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: DMOC_LINK
Didn't they say somthing about possably making something on B Net for clans?
I believe they did, it would be like a BNet members only clan thing I suppose.

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  • 09.23.2007 7:46 PM PDT
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Please make BTB RANKED!!!!

  • 09.23.2007 7:55 PM PDT
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ahhhhhh No SWAT i need swat hope you guys put swat in at least the unranked alot of plyers out there that love there swat

  • 09.23.2007 8:07 PM PDT

Is ther any swat games?

  • 09.23.2007 8:34 PM PDT
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AH NO
Why was BTB ranked in the Beta and not in Halo 3?!?!!?!?

  • 09.23.2007 8:48 PM PDT

I don't understand why they don't just make every game available so everyone will be happy, I know that they try to filter down the people (more people in small amount of game types, the faster the matchmaking process will go) But then again....it's Halo 3....Everyone will be playing, there is no way you won't find
a game in every single category.

24 hours, 7 minutes EST

(Why is every single count down for Halo 3 wrong on every site?
EB was one hour off unless they were on Atlantic time, now they are really really off

  • 09.23.2007 8:55 PM PDT

24 HOURS! What Happened to daily updates!

  • 09.23.2007 9:05 PM PDT
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Ya I dont understand that either...Why big team was ranked in the beta and not in the normal game?

  • 09.23.2007 9:39 PM PDT
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That sounds like fun, I can't wait to try Hammerzeit. The EXP is a nice feature.

  • 09.23.2007 9:51 PM PDT
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I WAS JUST ON XBOX LIVE PLAYING HALO 2, AND THIS LITTLE MUTHER-BLAMMER- SPOILED THE ENDING FOR ME


rrrrgh. the worst thing is, i checked his played games, and he does in fact have halo 3 before launch. worser, i cant find his GT again XP

*crying in a corner* the best game in the world just got spoiled for me....WAILING!!!!!!!!!

  • 09.23.2007 10:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: The Venom Factor
Posted by: xThe Real Dealx
i know about 35 or 40 people who either already did or are in the process of getting their money back for halo 3 cause btb is not ranked and i know about 100 more who are very upset that it is not ranked. you would make a lot more people happy by having both a ranked and a social version or just keep it ranked.


Then you know 35-40 very unintelligent people. See my previous post for the explanation on that. And besides, who knows 140 people and keeps track of all of their opinions about a single playlist, all the way down to whether they plan on getting a refund on a game or not? Seriously....why do you children come in here just making up numbers and throwing them around like statistics? I rarely post on these forums, but all this Bungie bashing irritates me beyond words. Why don't you take the time to thank them for making a great game, instead of complaining because they don't cater 100% to your personal taste? If you really think you are the only concern they have, you really should deflate that ego. Buy the game or don't, but stop complaining. Kids these days....



First of all, I never said that i share the same views on the BTB situation as the people I was reffering to. Secondly about the numbers I threw out there, those were just rough estimations of the number of people I have talked to about the situation. If you honestly believe that I was trying to through exact numbers out there then you are not as inteligent as you sound buddy.

  • 09.23.2007 10:34 PM PDT
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Wait, wait, wait... people got advanced copies of Halo 3? HAX! It couldn't have been too many people. Some people just need to calm their jets about the servers being down until public release. I'm sure the anticipation is killing you, it's killing me and I don't even have it. Just take a deep breath, calm down, and play some campaign. Or, play custom matches, if you can. And if you can try out Forge, why aren't you? It sounds kick-ass to me.

That being said, I really don't mind the new matchmaking system. Sounds pretty cool to me. Then again, I never much cared for Team Snipers and stuff like that... just team Slayer, CTF, and Assault are mainly what I like on Matchmaking. And I believe the variants on each mode that they show on the update are the ones it mainly uses, not all of them period. I doubt each game type has only three odd variants...

In short: Can't wait for this, and calm down to the advanced copy people.

  • 09.23.2007 10:40 PM PDT