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Subject: H2 needs one final Playlist Update

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Ever since the release of the Tombstone and Desolation and the arrival of Halo 3 Beta, Bungie has lost all interest with Halo 2. There has no been one playlist update since then. SInce the population has shrinked so much because everyone moved to Halo 3. I think its time to cut some playlist and reformat the playlist. I think they need to still have like a few guys moderatoring Halo 2 Live. This game only gets like around 30,000 gamers a day compared to halo 3's 1 million. But Halo 2 was the beggining of xbox live and which gave halo 3 its drive. I think bungie owes all its loyal fans of Halo 2 and some may not be even able to afford a 360. Halo 2 is the best game on the original xbox.

An average of around 5,000 peak population at a time and as low as 500 people in the late night can not support so many playlist. We need to remake the playlist types. I will explain my opinions on each playlist and what should happend
AS OF RIGHT NOW
Rumble Pit unranked
Double Team ranked
Team Slayer ranked
Team Skirmish ranked
Team Training unranked
Team Snipers ranked
Team Hardcore ranked
Team SWAT unranked
Big Team Battle unranked
H2 Challenge ranked

THAT is 10 playlist!!!! way to many!!!

HERE IS MY PURPOSAL:
Rumble Pit ranked
Double Team ranked
Team Slayer ranked
Team Skirmish(6v6 big maps-sister of BTB skimish) ranked
Team Training(no retarded game types like rockets or swords) unranked
Big Team Battle unranked

So in we would be getting rid of 4 playlist. I think this would increase the speed of finding matches and halo 2 will be more fun with a 6v6 skirmish.

  • 02.12.2008 1:48 AM PDT
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I don't agree with you. Your want to take away team snipers and team hardcore which are pretty fun games. You just want to make easier to find a game but people dont like playing the same thing over and over again so we would lose even MORE players that play halo 2. And probably switch to halo 3 or only play custom games.

Your idea = suckage.

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  • 02.12.2008 11:11 AM PDT

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Team Snipers is basically a branch off of Team Slayer. I think they should have Team Sniper gametypes in Team Slayer games.
Team Hardcore does not have a very high population. It takes a long time to get a match. MLG has dropped the game from the league, therefore whats th point of keeping it. If you wanna play mlg games, make a custom. 500 people online cant support it.

One reason why people are leaving halo 2 is because its so hard to find a match now in all the playlist. Team hardcore is also basically the same as team slayer/team skirmish with br starts.

Your opinion=sucks balls

  • 02.12.2008 11:49 AM PDT

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its also funny how you support team hardcore so much, with only 26 games played.

  • 02.12.2008 11:51 AM PDT
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I'm happy with the current playlist, there doesn't need to be anymore.

  • 02.12.2008 2:12 PM PDT

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how are u happy with it?
Why in the world do they still have h2 challenge??? that was a long time ago...besides, they should just make a rumble pit ranked and get rid of the unranked ffa.

All I want is them to reduce the amount of playlist,
at least get rid of h2 challenge(make rumble pit ranked)
get rid of team swat

Halo 3 has about 40 times the population of Halo 2, and they have around 14 playlist.
So it just doesnt make sense to have so many for when it gets as low as 500 at night.

Maybe even take out an old playlist and put something in new

  • 02.12.2008 4:15 PM PDT
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Who here thinks they should make a uber powerful Grunt Plasma Rifle thats shoots out naked flaming Chuck Norrises?

How about they get rid of halo 2 challenge and btb. Then make BTB skirmish ranked (8v8) again and BTB slayer unranked. That would be perfect.

  • 02.12.2008 4:24 PM PDT
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I would like to see some ranked rumble pit

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Nope!!! This is the *Matchmaking Playlist*:

Rumble Pit = 1vs1 ranked
BTB = BTB Skirmish ranked
Team Slayer = Team Slayer ranked
Double Team = Double Team ranked
Team Training = Team Training unranked
Harcore = GONE
Snipers = GONE

= 5 playlists

And if Bungie wants to throw in a extra Map for us H2 Fans!
We would have plently of players back to H2

  • 02.12.2008 8:22 PM PDT

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yah i wouldnt mind them bringing back BTB SKirmish ranked, but i rather them just fuse it with team skirmish and have it a 6v6 on the big maps like before.
I was so pissed when they took it off...i had a lvl 30 in and a had a whole team devoted to btb skirmish and i played over 1000 games of it

  • 02.12.2008 10:43 PM PDT

"The road less traveled is often better than the beaten path"

I agree with a_number.

  • 02.13.2008 1:56 PM PDT

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Posted by: xXCaLLMeRiNgS
Nope!!! This is the *Matchmaking Playlist*:

Rumble Pit = 1vs1 ranked
BTB = BTB Skirmish ranked
Team Slayer = Team Slayer ranked
Double Team = Double Team ranked
Team Training = Team Training unranked
Harcore = GONE
Snipers = GONE

= 5 playlists

And if Bungie wants to throw in a extra Map for us H2 Fans!
We would have plently of players back to H2

Yes i agree, the last 2 maps were not even that good. Desolation is the worst map in the game...Tombstone wasnt as good as the original hang em high. Those 2 maps are 2 much br friendly, and whoever has the host can dominate in those 2 maps.

So i think we deserve one map! Maybe even the 2 maps on halo 2 vista that they added(i think its called district and some other beach level)

  • 02.13.2008 2:09 PM PDT

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So guys how are we going to get Bungie to listen to us and update halo 2??

  • 02.13.2008 2:09 PM PDT

WAT is this i dont even

oh im sure they are listining to you even though they will be shutting down matchmaking by the end of the year.
i play halo1,2,3 multiplayer but ohwell

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Who here thinks they should make a uber powerful Grunt Plasma Rifle thats shoots out naked flaming Chuck Norrises?

Hardcore has to stay, that is a great playlist. Team Skirmish i dont care about.

As for BTB skirmish dont make it 6v6, make it a max of 8v8.

  • 02.13.2008 4:40 PM PDT

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Posted by: jordan15b
oh im sure they are listining to you even though they will be shutting down matchmaking by the end of the year.
i play halo1,2,3 multiplayer but ohwell

They arent shutting down halo 2! Why would they shut down a game that still gets thousands of people? I know of other xbox live games that there is no one at all playing matchmaking

  • 02.13.2008 11:27 PM PDT

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Posted by: a_number
Hardcore has to stay, that is a great playlist. Team Skirmish i dont care about.

As for BTB skirmish dont make it 6v6, make it a max of 8v8.

Yah i would like that too, but since it took so long to get a match before halo 3 came out, i am sure it will be even worse. More people would play 6v6 cuz its easier to find a match and less lag. But yah they should switch team skirmish with BTB Skirmish

  • 02.13.2008 11:30 PM PDT

You'll be lucky....

By all means follow your own preferences and play the game you want to play... just don't expect an old one to be supported.

  • 02.14.2008 2:49 AM PDT

I agree. I think you are right that 10 lists is too many now that less than 30K people play this game per day. 6 is a good number.

  • 02.15.2008 2:23 PM PDT
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Rumble Pit = 1vs1 ranked
BTB = BTB Skirmish ranked-max it out at 8v8
Team Slayer = Team Slayer ranked
Double Team = Double Team ranked
Team Training = Team Training unranked
Hardcore = keep ranked
Snipers = is played more than team slayer so u have to keep it ranked
team skirmish = keep ranked
2 less = better than it is now
this way there isnt any gaayyy shiittt
and add a better map then desolation = what a lame excuse for a map

BRING BACK BTB SKIRMISH-halo has lost so many ppl because of this bein gone its not even funny
if ur gonna have unranked dont make gaayy shiitttt like swat
if ppl really want to play that they can play a custom


[Edited on 02.17.2008 11:45 PM PST]

  • 02.17.2008 11:42 PM PDT
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ya i would have to agree with you on that

to make it a 6v6

  • 02.18.2008 6:02 AM PDT

Posted by: munkeypants

Back in my day we didn't have no fancy lasers, and the hogs were indestructible!

yeh you're right get rid of hardcore and snipers.

Also I like Desolation it's a good map :]

[Edited on 02.26.2008 6:42 AM PST]

  • 02.26.2008 6:41 AM PDT