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Subject: Why Halo CE isnt Dead!!!!
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Ok people, this is all about Halo CE thread. In my disgust about why halo CE is dead, I am starting a new thread of why Halo CE isnt dead. Plz feel free to voice ur own opinions.

1. Halo CE has been out for a month. No advertising or campaigning has been going on. it needs time and is already beggining to flourish.
2. Two words: Custom Content. The newest levels that have been released lately have been awesome, especially Baka's newest one. It could rival any of the old levels from halo PC. As well, most of the tricks to making stuff work (flying warthogs, breaking glass etc) has been figured out, allowing amazing things to be done to newer levels.
3. Now that Halo CE has been out for a while, tutorials on everything have been popping up. one of the best ones is Kirk4's tutorial on how to make a basic map, which is a great begginer guide to making maps and will start you on your way.
4. Open projects are now being available, like custom bases and stuff like that. The idea's are starting to flow as more people figure out how to use the HEK to thier advantage.

On to why Halo CE is better for gameplay:
1. There is no more leading needed. The netcode has been updated so it finally works properly. As well, warping is down by a huge margin. One downside is that since there are no official servers like bungie has for Halo PC, pings are not always the greatest.
2. New fast shaders can significantly help slower machines, by as much as 14% in 640*480 mode. Some people disagree whether or not they are better or worse for higher end machines.
3. IT IS CUSTOMIZABLE (is that how u spell it?) Now, if you think you can make a better map, you can go right ahead. If you really feel like it, you can customize an old map like thehe map Bloodgulch 2: The Aftermath. It is based on after Halo is destroyed. It is a ravaged Bloodgulch which is pretty cool.

Right now, that is all i have been able to come up with in my first few minutes of ranting. Plz express your opinions here, but i warn you about dissin Halo CE. I take personal offence to such stuff, especially blatant lies (like in another post *cough*). Anywho, till my next post LATER!

  • 06.05.2004 5:04 PM PDT
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1. map don't autodowload when you onnect to a server. if you dont have a map, you get booted.

2. tons of crappy user made maps out there. small community and very crappy maps.

3. gearbox isn't releasing anymore patches.

4. random leading during the game.

5. still some serious warping going on even while playing on a gigabit lan!

6. community is so desperate to get players for halo ce, that they are begging on every forum.

  • 06.05.2004 5:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: TalkingEImo
1. map don't autodowload when you onnect to a server. if you dont have a map, you get booted.

2. tons of crappy user made maps out there. small community and very crappy maps.

3. gearbox isn't releasing anymore patches.

4. random leading during the game.

5. still some serious warping going on even while playing on a gigabit lan!

6. community is so desperate to get players for halo ce, that they are begging on every forum.


1. For a lot of servers map rotation doesn't change that often. FunkyTaco is working on HaloSpy CE which will let you browse servers and download maps, see HaloSpy CE . Try Levels4you.com , they have a lot of maps. Yes, it's a little bit of a pain to download the maps right now but you only have to download the map once.

2. Your opinion. There are a ton of good maps out there, my opinion. Again try Levels4you.com .

3. Gearbox, from my knowledge, has not stated that it was ceasing support of HaloCE.

4. The leading did change, I don't know if I would call it random. I live in Guam and I usually get 200-300+ ping on any server I am on. It's really hard for me to snipe and use the pistol anymore but I am an exception. I tend use the shotgun, heavy weapons and vehicles more. Other people seem to have adjusted to the "random leading" quite well. There are some damn good snipers on the HaloCE servers.

5. I have noticed "reduced warping". There is still warping but even in Guam (with 200-300+ ping)I don't see as much warping.

6. Well...they (and myself) want HaloCE to suceed. Halo (PC,Xbox,CE) is my favorite game. I don't care for the twitch FPS's. I like the sci-fi theme and the gameplay. I like the user created maps. They are a breath of fresh air.

A lot of Gearbox forumers are trying to get people to download and play HaloCE. We want new players and new maps.

Downloading HaloCE wasn't a waste of my time and for anyone reading this thread, go download HaloCE and some maps, check it out. I think you'll like HaloCE and the new maps.

  • 06.05.2004 8:23 PM PDT