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can i has forge!?! lol keep up the gr8 work bungie

  • 12.15.2007 3:21 PM PDT
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So now I'm a beta tester. Let's see where this goes.

It kind of sucks because I had finals this week and couldn't really play around with the new maps. ;-(

  • 12.15.2007 4:21 PM PDT
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is there somewhere where i can submit my forge creations to bungie or do they just look at our uploads

  • 12.15.2007 4:27 PM PDT

Edge 2.0 - The New Sandtrap, but out of the map!!!!

Which classic map will they recreate for Halo 3 do you think? I hope it'll be Blood Gulch / Coagulation (Blood Gulch with Coagulation bases would be cool), but probably wont be cus of Valhalla and Standoff!!!!

  • 12.15.2007 4:33 PM PDT
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Along with the new DLC for halo 3 I personally think that it would be a great idea similar to the map packs that are on the way and/or been released that Bungie should release new armor packs. That seems like it be cool and there is a million designs for new armor. Seeing as in bungie has there special recon helmets and flaming helmets its just a thought about downloadable armor for a small price of Microsoft points.

  • 12.15.2007 5:26 PM PDT

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My wife is better than me at Halo.
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praise the Lord everyday!

Awwww!!
The Cake Ninja and I had a Pac Man also!
Pac Man infect. map
and game
Pac Man infect. game

  • 12.15.2007 6:12 PM PDT
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So..What are the chances that Grifball will be coming to a Social Playlist near us soon?

  • 12.15.2007 7:34 PM PDT

--*whispered*"Hold still I'm Going to Assassinate You"(the funny thing is that it has worked)--
↨↨↨Im the TedyBearOfDeath you should be scared.↨↨↨

I found this update pretty boring and useless but i guess you cant have amazing stuff all the time

  • 12.15.2007 8:06 PM PDT
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Haha I can has recon. I ma start using that. Drive my teachers crazy.

  • 12.15.2007 8:22 PM PDT
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i think a map like sandtraap but as a jungle would be great

  • 12.15.2007 8:22 PM PDT

I'm an old guy, I've got a family that games.
My wife is better than me at Halo.
When you play, don't swear, don't cheat, and
praise the Lord everyday!

Posted by: Nick Phoenix
Awwww!!
The Cake Ninja and I had a Pac Man also!
Pac Man infect. map
and game
Pac Man infect. game


Ok, Dmiller360's version of Pac Man is better. Very nice job.
Lowering the gravity on ghost monsters so they can't reach the power ups was good idea we didn't think of. And I had the map fliped the opposite way.

  • 12.15.2007 8:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: Frankie
· Symmetrical arena maps for competitive play.

· Returning classics demanded by the fans.
This made my day.

[Edited on 12.15.2007 9:51 PM PST]

  • 12.15.2007 9:50 PM PDT
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Secretly I've always hated Grif. Now, I can loath him even more once his balls are smashed.

  • 12.15.2007 10:44 PM PDT
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what about team hardcore??? is it still coming out on the 18th? i didnt see anything about it in this update.

i do like the 3rd sentence though =D lots of maps coming out! i love it, that gets me PUMPED!!!

  • 12.15.2007 11:21 PM PDT
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Instead of melee being fixed we get promised more expensive maps? Sigh. Back to CoD4.

  • 12.15.2007 11:39 PM PDT

Please Bungie, redeem yourself w/ Reach.
Halo 2 and 3 both stink out loud.
In the immortal words of Mr Horse: Halo 2? No sir, didn't like it.

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Instead of melee being fixed we get promised more expensive maps? Sigh. Back to CoD4.


While I agree the maps were expensive, and I was pretty vocal about what I thought of DLC coming out before a patch. They did mention the patch in the last update. I'm giving them another week or two of slack. If we are waiting another 3 months for a patch, then I'll be mad.

They will do it sooner than later though. The number of people playing is dropping, probably due to the casual players moving on to other games. Only like 120k playing on a Saturday night.

~telengard

  • 12.16.2007 12:01 AM PDT
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You know, Grifball is just BLOODBALL but less good or structured. If you want a fun gametype and you like the sound of Grifball, don't settle for that cheap alternative. Check out BLOODBALL and you'll see the future of competitive blood sports!

  • 12.16.2007 1:55 AM PDT
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Agreed.
I sincerely hope Bungie don't let us down with the popular demand of the return of Midship. It is probably the best map they have ever made, ever.
Now they have said they are bringing back classics i will be so dissapointed if they dont remake it.
Miidship FTW

  • 12.16.2007 4:44 AM PDT

If it can be imagined, then it exists.

Posted by: x Jays BR x
Agreed.
I sincerely hope Bungie don't let us down with the popular demand of the return of Midship. It is probably the best map they have ever made, ever.
Now they have said they are bringing back classics i will be so dissapointed if they dont remake it.
Miidship FTW


True, True, Midship was/is the Blam! Of course you have to value originality as well.

  • 12.16.2007 6:31 AM PDT
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Yeah true. for once i'd like to ask bungie a few things. These are my ideas about what the update should include:

1) Bring back Midsip, in its old form and structure. Just leave it as it was in H2, don't change anything, just better graphics.( by saying don't change anything i mean don't do the same thing as saying Guardian looks like Lockout, cause it doesn't.)

2) More Forge options. (alot more material to build something good with and we can adjust colors and skin)
3) Make the br shots hit more, make it more like H2 hitting, but keep the auto aiming system of h3. (so that the auto aim will be the same but so people don't absorb so manny bullets.)
4) The Sparten/player movement, it seems so slow, try and make it a little more like H2. So it will bring back fast paced gameplay again.
5) bring back button clitches such as BXR, BXB and RRX YY RRX (double shot) to make it even more fast paced and more competitver. Or just BXR cause teh new beatdown system just gets on my nervs.

And as final i'd like to ask to bring back maybe some of these other maps: Lockout, Sanctuary, Beaver creeck, warlock
Listen to the MLG gamers among us for once and don't listen to MM people for this update, cause MLG is pretty much what keeps me getting on halo and i know it's the same for other people, so im just saying if this update aint gonna be succesfull, the halo community is going to lose alot of competitve gamers, and those players are the one's who play halo every day. You've pretty much given the MM players what they wanted at the start of h3, now give us MLG gamers something, Midship - better br hitting - fast paced - especailly those.

halo3 is a really good game but MLG is just the thing that makes it perfect.

Thanx VJUnit

[Edited on 12.16.2007 8:12 AM PST]

  • 12.16.2007 7:33 AM PDT

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6 Minutes of Hell video here

I personally think that Sidewinder would be the best map they could remake. There are many ways they could utilize the new weapons and vehicles to make the map fresh and interesting. I agree the Midship is awesome, but halo 3 needs more big, open, vehicle based maps. Sandtrap, Valhalla, and now Rat's Nest don't quite cut it. Sidewinder was one of the most demanded maps to be remade when halo 2 came out, but it never was. I really hope that it makes it into halo 3.

  • 12.16.2007 7:55 AM PDT
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I'm glad we can give our opion of what should be updated in Halo 3.

These are a few things that I think would give Halo 3 a boost in competive gameplay [Events as MLG ( USA, Canada) & XL (Europe) ]

-I think the Battle Rifle could use just One big change... the shooting of the Battle rifle should be more like in Halo 2. Now it's all about picking up an Assault Rifle, running up to the enemy like a mad man and hoping he doesn't see you...

-There should also be more maps from Halo CE/Halo 2. As I have experiance Midship , Lockout , Sanctuary , Beaver Creek and Warlock were the most played maps on Halo 2 so why shouldn't you add them to the last part of the Halo trilogy? Even if you guys decide not to bring back an old map [*unhappy*] please create a map that's symmetrical (2 bases , a power weapon in the midle etc.)

-The beat down system isn't what it used to be...Before you were able to be smarter then the opponent and use your Halo skill to the limited with the beat downs system from Halo 2. Maybe reduce it a little bit and then use it in Halo 3.

Then some other things I would like to see updated besides the competive gameplay:

-If you want to watch a video in Theater you can only watch it with 4 people ... couldn't you guys update it so 8 people could watch it @ the same time & same lobby...

-I Have experianced and heard from a lot of people that the menu sometimes acts really weird.
For example: Last night we were playing MLG custom games the game ended we returned to the lobby. I was trying to set up an other gametype and it took 3 minutes before it show'd up ...what's this ?

-More forge material and options ( Be able to adjust color on boxes and other material, Change the size of the material.etc)

-If somebody is trying to show you a filmclip he made it ain't possible for people who weren't in the game to watch it for some reason.

-In my biggest dreams I'd like it if you guys put an MLG Matchmaking List in it ! [*Big smile on his face*]


If you guys fix al of these things you would have an even better game then it is already =D

Thx Bungie for giving us the opurtiny of giving our thoughts. = )

[Edited on 12.16.2007 8:52 AM PST]

  • 12.16.2007 8:47 AM PDT

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Posted by: VJUnit
Yeah true. for once i'd like to ask bungie a few things. These are my ideas about what the update should include:

1) Bring back Midsip, in its old form and structure. Just leave it as it was in H2, don't change anything, just better graphics.( by saying don't change anything i mean don't do the same thing as saying Guardian looks like Lockout, cause it doesn't.)

2) More Forge options. (alot more material to build something good with and we can adjust colors and skin)
3) Make the br shots hit more, make it more like H2 hitting, but keep the auto aiming system of h3. (so that the auto aim will be the same but so people don't absorb so manny bullets.)
4) The Sparten/player movement, it seems so slow, try and make it a little more like H2. So it will bring back fast paced gameplay again.
5) bring back button clitches such as BXR, BXB and RRX YY RRX (double shot) to make it even more fast paced and more competitver. Or just BXR cause teh new beatdown system just gets on my nervs.

And as final i'd like to ask to bring back maybe some of these other maps: Lockout, Sanctuary, Beaver creeck, warlock
Listen to the MLG gamers among us for once and don't listen to MM people for this update, cause MLG is pretty much what keeps me getting on halo and i know it's the same for other people, so im just saying if this update aint gonna be succesfull, the halo community is going to lose alot of competitve gamers, and those players are the one's who play halo every day. You've pretty much given the MM players what they wanted at the start of h3, now give us MLG gamers something, Midship - better br hitting - fast paced - especailly those.

halo3 is a really good game but MLG is just the thing that makes it perfect.

Thanx VJUnit

I pretty much agree with most of what you said(with the exception of forge stuff...i really dont care about all that im not very inventive so yea.)But i do want to say a few things....As a fellow MLG playerI also want the arena maps for more competitive play...im absolutely PSYCHED for Hardcore and I love the BR starts they have added...however and dont hate me for saying any of this...I dont think they should change the br speed..when i first started playing i was like WTF the BR is lame now....but as i have played more and more i think it works perfectly well and while its not exactly like Halo 2 i think that that is the whole point...Halo 3 is not Halo 2...its Halo 3(obviously) and I happen to love it of course i do find it odd to switch between Halo 2 and Halo 3(I only play Halo 2 because of my MLG Team) but thats okay with me because its not so much a bad change but a new change that i dont mind....also when i first started playing Halo 3 I was like OMG this running feels so slow...but now that ive gotten used to it i dont think its much different i believe its really just a state of mind i mean look at it this way you are used to Halo 2s speed but then you play Halo 3 and you like tis is slow...the reason i believe it feels this way is because of the Maps...Halo 3 doesent have any "small" maps...Halo 3s small maps are like Halo 2s mid to moderately big maps...for instance on of the smaller maps like High Ground is about the size of Foundation...which isnt exactly HUGE but compared to Midship its ENORMOUS...anyways i basically believe the reason it feels slow is because peoples minds are playing tricks on them(not to say the speed hasnt changed but ill put it this way if Halo 2s speed is 100 perrcent then Halo 3s speed would be like 92percent...not much of a change but a change)..the last thing i want to say is that THERE ARE BUTTON GLITCHES IN HALO 3.....i dont really feel like broadcasting them on the general forum but if anyone wants to know them then send me a private message and I may tell you....there isnt a double shot....besides one that you can only do on the back of the mongoose and you can only do it once(that i have found yet) butthere is a double smack which kills instantly and there is a BxResque deal where itis kind of the same but different at the same time...hard to explain but yea...anyways thats all i wanted to ay besides BRING BACK SANCTUARY MIDSHIP WaRLOCK AND A REAL (and i cant stress the word real enough) LOCKOUT

  • 12.16.2007 8:50 AM PDT
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AGRRED! bungie REALLY need to listen to MLG players at least a little bit. we NEED some more competetive maps, and at last it looks like were gonna get some. but i say this on behalf of me and probrably every other MLG player out there... If you remake midship and warlock etc PLEASE dont change too much, because guardian is an embarresment to lockout. and i know ALOT of people who think/say the same. Midship is by far the map of highest demand from what i have heard from people so far, so if your gonna bring back maps like you say you will, midship SHOULD be one of them. and some more symmetrical maps is a must too, alot of people will agree that CTF id one of the most fun and competetive gametypes, but with out some good symmetrical maps, its kinda hard to enjoy it. i am "personally" not too botherd with the actualy game itself exept the beatdown system, which may i add is rediculous, but other wise, im not too concerned about the game itself. Its the maps that make me not want to play mostly. Halo 3 needs a competetive edge urgently. and hopefully alot more people will post here and give bungie some ideas, its great that bungie are finally going to take what we say into consideration, so now its up to us to announce what we want. So anyone who reads this, please encourage people to post here. Thank you.

  • 12.16.2007 8:51 AM PDT

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Nice. The range of forthcoming maps sounds really good. The 3 ones out so far all look great, (i haven't actually played them yet.. *grumble*).

Question: Is there a way to transfer saved films from one profile to another on the same xbox 360 console?

I say this because I'm getting XBL soon, but all my speedruns are on a non-xbl account. And i'd really like to beat some of the current records :)

If not, is it possible that a "recently viewed films", in addition to the "recently recorded films", list could be created for the patch/update?

  • 12.16.2007 10:12 AM PDT