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Subject: Humpday Challenge: Moderators Vs. Members

Lol sounds like fun guys. Who would've thought you'd all be so evenly matched? (heh.)

  • 10.28.2007 2:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: Old Papa Rich
Suffice to say that sometime, a moderator is going to end this account permenantly.

Posted by: icefirei
Lol sounds like fun guys. Who would've thought you'd all be so evenly matched? (heh.)
Out of those that I've played with, I gotta admit that Cam, Achilles, Ash and Zagg aren't too shabby.

  • 10.28.2007 2:40 AM PDT
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Posted by: SS_Zag1
And, of course, the Members Team controller's weren't working all the way.


LIEZ. In fact, it was me who had the broken controller, and I have a video to back that up. And who was it again, that decided to hump my corpse in one of the social matches?
And now we need a write up from the second set of games.

[Edited on 10.28.2007 3:53 AM PDT]

  • 10.28.2007 3:38 AM PDT
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Ah, just wait until you schedule a match in an Australian friendly timeslot. You'll really know the meaning of banned! *shakes fist*

-TGP-

  • 10.28.2007 3:55 AM PDT
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Posted by: SS_Zag1
I distinctly recall Achilles spew something along the lines of "Man, I really enjoy [violating] that kid!"

hehe, I just watched the video and heard the conversation.
*Clears throat

"I took great pleasure in us gang raping that boy"


[Edited on 10.28.2007 4:57 AM PDT]

  • 10.28.2007 4:51 AM PDT
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The only Twitter I follow. Except yours ;)
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When you get a suitable time slot for me to play in, I will be there, dual wielding yellow-bars and vulgarity as my primary weapons.

  • 10.28.2007 6:10 AM PDT

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Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"

Epicness followed by win. Simply nothing else can describe the games yestarday.

Though I'm still pissed at Berserker for standing behind me during the Gaurdian match. I'll teach you to block my retreat!

[Edited on 10.28.2007 7:33 AM PDT]

  • 10.28.2007 7:30 AM PDT
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It was fun playing with everyone, even if we did lose :P
But every game was a close one.

Anyways I'm going to go watch the save films again, see if I can find some more screenshots.

  • 10.28.2007 10:17 AM PDT

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Posted by: Tater Salad jr
Out of those that I've played with, I gotta admit that Cam, Achilles, Ash and Zagg aren't too shabby.

Unfortunately, Achilles, Ash, and Cam were on the other team.
And JaF, thanks for reminding me of such a painful moment in that lonely, cold corner of the Narrows.
And CAVX, that is the most epic screenshot ever. :D

Ok, I updated the original writeup with the links to the Saved Films. Check 'em out, if you haven't already.

Someone should get on a writeup for the second set of matches. We definitely need another one of these Humpdays soon. Of course, I think I've used up my turns. ;)

[Edited on 10.28.2007 10:30 AM PDT]

  • 10.28.2007 10:20 AM PDT

MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A TRUCK...
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--on another note, I think MLG Chewhatever is an idiot.

Posted by: Achronos
There is a reason I am user ID 1 and my account creation date is before this site came online.

Posted by: prometheus25
Epicness followed by win. Simply nothing else can describe the games yestarday.

Though I'm still pissed at Berserker for standing behind me during the Gaurdian match. I'll teach you to block my retreat!


Sorry Prommie, I hate it when people do that to me, I thought you were just waiting for a push in the right direction. >.<

Zag, you wants me to writz the write-up for the second set of games?

~B.B.

  • 10.28.2007 10:48 AM PDT

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Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"

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Posted by: prometheus25
Epicness followed by win. Simply nothing else can describe the games yestarday.

Though I'm still pissed at Berserker for standing behind me during the Gaurdian match. I'll teach you to block my retreat!


Sorry Prommie, I hate it when people do that to me, I thought you were just waiting for a push in the right direction. >.<
~B.B.


It's alright. I'll just keep watching that portion of film over and over again, sobbing each time as I watch the potential kills slip between my fingers...

  • 10.28.2007 11:19 AM PDT

MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A TRUCK...
Posted by: Langley
--on another note, I think MLG Chewhatever is an idiot.

Posted by: Achronos
There is a reason I am user ID 1 and my account creation date is before this site came online.

Group 2 write-up.

So here I sit in my backyard reminiscing about the battles of yesterday. Like your grandfather war stories, your memory tends to hang on the high notes and quickly dismiss the unpleasant. But my war story deals with the mods, so there will be plenty of “unpleasant”.

I was told that I would be in group 2 in the members versus mods games, which was fine by me. That was until I had to sit around waiting for my chance at the mods. Then it was like I was that little kid on Christmas waiting to see if he got that Red Rider BB gun. The wait was unbearable. I wanted to know what was going on in the games. I wanted to play in the games. But then I remembered that someone said that “patience is a virtue”. I also remember that the person who said that sucks.

Finally the first group of games ends, and I get invited to the party. I cross the velvet rope and see my competition: Ash, Fragula, JAF, Achilles, Cam, and Chris. However, from reading Zag’s report, Chris didn’t say much, and like a shadow quickly departed without a word being said. But the Shadow knows…

Next thing I notice is that there are not many members showing up to our little soiree. Do the other members know something I don’t? If we beat the mods are we getting perma-banned from the forums? For whatever reason some of the people who had signed up to play for the members didn’t arrive, and so Muffin Man found himself in the quandary to try to find replacements. He was actually tentative about playing again himself because he feared that the other forum members would think he was “cheating” by allowing himself to play twice and would be upset. I reassured him, “don’t worry Muffin, if they get pissy, you’re in a room full of people who regulate the pissy”. Little did I know that just like Warren G and Nate Dogg, the mods were looking to regulate for a second round.

I calmly asked how the first set of matches went, fully expecting excusing to come flowing from the mods like the great Mississippi. What I got in return was unexpected and appalling. “We won” said Achilles. “Yep” replied JAF. Holy plasma punch-out Batman, am I seriously underestimating the mods here? Had they been practicing recently in their super-secret HFCS bunker? Had Tom being supping them up on MLG ‘roids? How could this happen. So I plainly stated, “don’t lie Achilles, I’ll check the stats.” They weren’t lying and I realized that this wasn’t going to be the walk in the park I thought it was going to be.


Game 1: Team Slayer on Construct
Tone: Testing the waters


When I first joined the custom game party there was mention of Valhalla. I was excited. Valhalla happens to be one of my best maps to play on. For better or worse, I make liberal uses of the sp’laser. When Muffin Man told me the first game would be on Construct, one of my least favorite maps, my excitement went down considerably. If you are familiar with Construct, at the beginning of a Team Slayer match the two teams start facing each other on the bottom floor. What normally happens is a mad rush to get to the lifts to get to the second level which normally leads to a few quick kills. I happen to be one of them. So were two of my teammates. I ran out quickly and found myself squarely against 3 mods. I was dropped quicker than Michael Vick from the Falcons. Waiting to respawn, Achilles strolls over and presumes to tea-bag me. Oh, it’s going to be like that? Not a good idea Achilles, tea-baggin’ me makes me angry, and you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.

Like Battletoads I finally make it to the second level. And I’d pretty much remain on the second level for the rest of the match. I quickly separated Achilles from the sword and went on a killing spree. Not before the mods make it to 10 kills first. We are actually down 10 – 7 in the beginning. The game get tied at 15 a piece, and I’m standing by the left lift with the sword…and who happens to come up my lift? None other than Achilles. Remember that sword I took away from you Achilles? I’m sure you do now. Gratuitous tea-bagging ensues. Soon after, Achilles calls me out. He knows that I have the sword, and he also knows where I like to hide when I have the sword. So, we play a game of “betcha can’t stick it” and he proves me wrong…again. I sword him; run away giggling before blowing up in a ball of blue plasma. Fragula pops up one of the lifts with a missile pod. Apparently he is a fan of the “speak softly but carry a big missile pod” mentality. One missile to the face, and I’m looking at the respawn timer.

The game is relatively close towards the end, and I remember actually making the comment over team-chat that, “we need to put this one to bed, they are catching up quickly”. A couple minutes later and the game ends, Members 50 – Mods 45.

Game 2: VIP on High Ground.
Tone of game: Fail of Titanic Proportions.

Second game we have lined up is VIP on High Ground. My team starts out in the base while the Mods start out at the beach. This is one of the few times where spawning in the base might be the advantage. I’m a big fan of using the sp’laser in VIP games. One shot kills even the VIP. So, that’s what I plan on doing. I rush Sp’laser tower, pick it up and start lining up EvilCam, the mods first VIP. A split-second before I obliterate Cam in a laser show of win…he registers a sniper shot straight through my visor. I thought the sniper was supposed to be trash in this game. Apparently Cam didn’t get the memo. \

Achilles smartly grabbed rockets and made good use of them, kills our VIP, kills me, and kills another one of my teammates. I respawn with that horrible announcer voice going “NEW VIP”. Son of a biscuit eating bull-dog. Luckily I quickly find a shotty and I’m heading for the “pill-box”. I come up through the base, and I happen to stumble across something that surprises me. I’m not surprised often in Halo, but I turn the corner and see Fragula on a Ghost in the room next to the gate controls, and I was actually shocked. 3 shotty rounds and Frag’s Ghost is now parallel parked inside the base.

Fragula happened to be carrying a bubble shield. My shopping list is now complete. Shotgun: check; Bubble shield: check: regenerating overshield: check; It’s time to camp sp’laser tower. The sp’laser tower is one of the few places on High Ground that is very very tactical. It offers only 2 traditional ways to enter. Up the stairs or jumping from “high-gate” up to it. The second option is a hard jump to accomplish, so most people opt for option one. I was counting on that. EvilCam was the first to take the stairs into a shotty round to the face. The mods quickly figured out what I was doing and came up with another option. Use the grav lift to jump into sp’laser tower. I was counting on that too. As soon as I heard the grav lift deployed, I dropped my bubble shield and waited for the on coming onslaught. 3 mods come pouring into the bubble, and 3 mods lay dead from shotgun rounds to the face. Fragula figures he’ll try his hand at deporting me from my camping spot and grav lifts up to me. However this time, like so many times in high school, I shoot too early; my shotty rounds hitting the bubble shield instead of Fragula, and he lands a melee on me sending me flying out of sp’laser tower. I have to admit that I feel embarrassed and a little dejected.

The scoring goes back and forth for the majority of the game. We’d score a point. They’d even it up. Lather, rinse, repeat. I knew we were in trouble when Muffin Man starts remarking about our lack of teamwork. He’s right. At the end the Mods circled the wagons making it increasingly difficult to kill their VIP and we ran around like FEMA. Everyone barking orders and nothing getting accomplished. We actually are leading the game 9 – 7 but the Mods quickly get two quick VIP kills making it 9 – 9. One final VIP kill while I’m running in from the beach, and the Mods pull it out, much to my embarrassment. To give the mods credit, they did work far better as a team than we did.

(part 2 follows)

[Edited on 10.28.2007 2:15 PM PDT]

  • 10.28.2007 1:54 PM PDT

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Posted by: Achronos
There is a reason I am user ID 1 and my account creation date is before this site came online.

(part 2)

Game 3: Crazy KOTH on Guardian.
Tone of game: Every man for themselves!!

Alright, the matches are tied, one to one, and I’m still a little upset about the last match. I’m also looking at maybe losing to the Mods, something I admittedly didn’t think was possible. The third game is Crazy KOTH, something I’m a fan of. Personally, I like objective games. I think they take a different sort of strategy in order to be good at them. They also take a good amount of luck. That, in my opinion, is what makes them fun. Guardian is a good map for Crazy KOTH, there are several hill points, but the hill point that is the most fun is when it is in the middle. Out there you aren’t long for the world. It’s hectic and it is often times hilarious. We’ll see who is laughing and who’s blaming Stosh when the dust settles.

When the game starts, the hill is always in the middle. Both teams rush like Braveheart and die quickly hoping to get a couple seconds of time. Ash55 plays it smart and lets his teammates run to the middle while he sits back and softens up our team with the carbine. I realize that if we are going to make a dent on the Mods the first minute, I need to get them out of that side of the map. I spawn by “gold lift”, run towards the middle, throw my grenades, fire a couple rounds, and drop down to the hammer spawn. I pick it up and move over towards the Mod controlled side of the map (where overshield spawns at). I’m making my way over, and right before I turn the corner on the ramp, my first victim falls into my reticule. It’s clobberin’ time. Achilles got blindsided by the gavel of justice and I’m headed towards the middle. Just like the 90’s, the Hammer was hot, and I got a couple more kills with it before EvilCam smartly naded me from a safe distance.

The hill moves down towards the ramp looking up at the overshield spawn and the Mods are quickly all over it like it was Jessica Alba. I run through the middle looking for a decent weapon and pick up the shotty with one set of 6 shells. I make my way down to the hill and shotty my way through Ash, Achilles, and JAF, taking control of the hill. I score a triple kill and look up to see EvilCam strolling towards me with MY HAMMER! I see that I only have one shotty round left and figure I’d go for it. He jumps towards me; I jump towards him, and land the shot just before he was going to knock me for a grand slam. I pick up “my” hammer again and anxiously await the next target. I am scoring time, but I hate that feeling that you are just waiting to get overrun. I actually make the comment on team-chat, “oh the naughty things I’d do for a bubble shield right now”. I look up from the hill towards the middle and I see the Mods are forming an offensive. Grenades rain down into the hill and I am quickly separated from my precious hammer once again.

The hill moves to the middle then back down to the “jungle ramp” or “elbow” and the Mods are quickly in it again. I grab the hammer and head back over that way. I jump up from sniper spawn, and head down the ramp to see 3 Mods waiting in the hill. A nade takes out the first two and I hammer home a triple kill. I turn around and see JAF heading towards me. I’m thinking “Overkill”, and JAF is thinking “not today B.B.”. I hit him a second too soon, pushing him back from the gravity impact and he lands a shotty blast to my head, a quick grenade and my hopes for an overkill are soon forgotten.

The hill moves up to what I like to call “flare room”, well, because the flare spawns there. I’ve heard people call it the “blue room”. Whatever you call it, it quickly turns into a death trap when playing KOTH. For a room that has 3 entrances to it, everyone seems to only come through 1 or 2 of them. We take control of the room and someone drops a bubble shield. That works perfectly in that room because it means that I can’t be softened up by nades before they come in to fight me. It also means that I can bounce a nade off of the walls and then retreat back inside the bubble shield to avoid damage. The strategy works well, and we go up by 30 points with under 2 minutes left. The hill moves back down to “jungle ramp” and not surprisingly the Mods are quickly in it. This time however, the Mods are much better at controlling the hill. They station people at both entrances to the hill and quickly take care of the scrambling Members. The Mods actually score enough time before it moves to take the lead 171 – 169 over us. I cannot believe what is happening. It is the last minute of the game, and it is time to put up or shut up.

The hill spawns in the middle area. Pure chaos ensues. Someone drops a flare in the middle, and everyone starts going nuts. With 10 seconds left in the game, the Members hold onto a 1 second lead. 1 SECOND! The Members are able to bunker down and score a couple more seconds before the game ends 185 – 179.

So group 2 emerges victorious, barely, over the Mods. The games were tremendously close and well-fought games all around. I personally would have rather them be close matches than blow-outs any day. I have incredible amounts of respect for the Mods and what they do for us here on B.net…except for Achilles of course.

~B.B.

I’ll edit in some links to screenshots here shortly.


[Edited on 10.28.2007 2:04 PM PDT]

  • 10.28.2007 1:55 PM PDT

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I think you guys had more fun in the second round. I wanted to play Crazy King. :(

  • 10.28.2007 2:46 PM PDT
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My friend, you would not tell with ſuch high zeſt
To children ardent for ſome deſperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum eſt
Pro patria mori.

Hah, I could tell you were shocked to see a Ghost inside on High Ground! I'm just a tad miffed I didn't manage to get a splatter out of it, but such is life. Was also dropping bricks as the VIP at the end; I was convinced one of you would sneak in and melee me to end the game but our score just kept on rising...

  • 10.28.2007 2:54 PM PDT

Posted by: WolfmanMaverick
You people have just sent my sides into orbit. A bunch of MLG try hards sucking the dick of some supposed pro half the thread hasn't even heard of. Classic.

Hahahaha!!! Yeah you all hate me. I still took pleasure in our little gathering in the corner Zag. I had a blast playing. Hope we can do it again soon.

  • 10.28.2007 4:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achilles1108
Hahahaha!!! Yeah you all hate me. I still took pleasure in our little gathering in the corner Zag. I had a blast playing. Hope we can do it again soon.

Just glad I went the entire game without having my body desecrated.
I'm glad that Zag got all of that attention plus some instead of me :P.

[Edited on 10.28.2007 5:24 PM PDT]

  • 10.28.2007 5:23 PM PDT

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In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"

Posted by: BerserkerBarage
Someone drops a flare in the middle...


Yeah, sorry 'bout that.


Posted by: Sir Fragula
Hah, I could tell you were shocked to see a Ghost inside on High Ground! I'm just a tad miffed I didn't manage to get a splatter out of it, but such is life. Was also dropping bricks as the VIP at the end; I was convinced one of you would sneak in and melee me to end the game but our score just kept on rising...


I was close. If you check your saved film of that, you'll see my character sneaking through the back door of the pipe room at the very end. I was comin' for you...

  • 10.28.2007 5:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achilles1108
Hahahaha!!! Yeah you all hate me. I still took pleasure in our little gathering in the corner Zag. I had a blast playing. Hope we can do it again soon.

We should make it a regular thing. Every couple of weeks or so.

I might even start to not suck as much...

  • 10.28.2007 5:38 PM PDT

...[insert stuff]

Sounds good. I wish I had broadband or something so I could play on live.

Bungie members will win next time.

  • 10.28.2007 5:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: AblativeMeatshld
Hahahaha!!! Yeah you all hate me. I still took pleasure in our little gathering in the corner Zag. I had a blast playing. Hope we can do it again soon.[/quote]
We should make it a regular thing. Every couple of weeks or so.

I might even start to not suck as much...

Not a bad idea, but would there be different people each time?
Lots of possibilities, but more complications.
Anyways, the game was good. Best game of anything I had in a long time :D.

  • 10.28.2007 5:42 PM PDT

Old school Bungie, born and raised,
In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"

Posted by: El Roboto
Posted by: AblativeMeatshld
Hahahaha!!! Yeah you all hate me. I still took pleasure in our little gathering in the corner Zag. I had a blast playing. Hope we can do it again soon.[/quote]
We should make it a regular thing. Every couple of weeks or so.

I might even start to not suck as much...

Not a bad idea, but would there be different people each time?
Lots of possibilities, but more complications.
Anyways, the game was good. Best game of anything I had in a long time :D.


I'd love to have unofficial, non-publicized skirmishes. Oh wait...I've got no mod friends, nevermind then.

  • 10.28.2007 5:54 PM PDT
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how do you sign up to play

  • 10.28.2007 5:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: Flaming Creation
Sounds good. I wish I had broadband or something so I could play on live.

Bungie members will win next time.

We'll win if I have to pay the Bungie Team Elite to play for us.

The mods shall fall!

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Posted by: prometheus25
Posted by: El Roboto
Posted by: AblativeMeatshld
Hahahaha!!! Yeah you all hate me. I still took pleasure in our little gathering in the corner Zag. I had a blast playing. Hope we can do it again soon.[/quote]
We should make it a regular thing. Every couple of weeks or so.

I might even start to not suck as much...

Not a bad idea, but would there be different people each time?
Lots of possibilities, but more complications.
Anyways, the game was good. Best game of anything I had in a long time :D.


I'd love to have unofficial, non-publicized skirmishes. Oh wait...I've got no mod friends, nevermind then.

Are you suggesting you have friends?

What are these "friends" I keep hearing about? :)

  • 10.28.2007 5:58 PM PDT