- Gruntyking117
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Posted by: Timour23
AHAAHAHAAHAHAAHAH
You guys are such nerds
i've seen people write like a whole 10 paragraphs
it's a -blam!- video game
get a life, all of you
Never mind the fact that a full ten paragraphs would take a competent human being about thirty minutes long to write or type, it wouldn't be a problem to write something about a game that someone could pour hours into. Considering you have 1400 games, this makes your statement all the more hypocritical. But I digress, I didn't dig up this ancient thread to respond to you, nay, you were just a mere rock on the road I felt would be a nice time waster, as I do occasionally enjoy skipping stones.
Now, my quest for the vaunted Overkill is finally, erm, over. Of course, I've had several in social slayer and a myriad in custom games, but one single "four kills in four seconds of each other" eluded me so in Lone Wolves. When I was in Lone Wolves, the skill levels hadn't entirely smoothed out, so while I am a decent player, I was pitted against legions of players simply better than I was. At this point I relied more on the Assault Rifle and Shotgun than the Battle Rifle or Sniper Rifle. Not a bad thing mind you, but I bring this statement to attract a sense of camaraderie among the players whom do find those two weapons more appealing than the former weapons. I was a competent player with competent reflexes, perhaps due the advantage I had by playing the Halo 3 Beta, perhaps not. But after a series of losses to strategically superior foes, I let my hopes and dreams of gaining the final Achievement go.
Being your typical 15 year old gamer (maybe I shouldn't have said that. Wouldn't want Jack Thompson, the troll-under-the-bridge of gaming to come out and chastise or sue me.) , there are three basic things I like to do; hang out with friends, play games, or hanging out with friends while playing games. Playing every chance I got due to incessant boredom, I came across BR gametypes. Many BR gametypes. And the early rush of Shotty Snipers came at just the right moment-I was bridging my skills from relying on the Shotgun to relying on the Sniper Rifle. I was becoming more and more strategic, relying on baiting my enemies rather than rushing them headlong. These tactics helped me as I slowly rose through the ranks until I hit my current ceiling of 40. I don't mind being stuck at this junction, but being reminded of my lack of an Overkill in the coming months, I decided to limit my playing time of Halo 3. In this time, I played Halo 1, Halo 2, and a little game we all know as Ninja Gaiden Black.
I've had a grand experience with the Modern Ninja, Ryu Hayabusa. Before he was known as such, I was investigating attacks on his Papa, Joe on the NES and SNES. Ninja Gaiden is anomaly of a game in that while it challenges me, it wasn't overtly cheap, like many difficult gamers. Going back to Ninja Gaiden Black, an action game that required lighting reflexes was just the game I needed to hone my hand-eye coordination again, or maybe not. I just really love Ninja Gaiden, and its challenges were much like the Overkill that haunted my Halo 3 experience. Difficult, but not cheap.
After letting my skills flourish in Halo 3 and Ninja Gaiden, as well as Halo 1 and 2, I finally returned to Lone Wolves. A mere level 26 today, I was usually pitted against foes much weaker than I, save for the occasional Colonel or Brigadier mixed to test my merit. After gaining three triple kills over the course of several games, I felt my odds slipping further away. It was on Guardian, where just as I was about to kill the fourth man, he killed me with a grenade as I rained down lead from the precipice known as the Sniper Tower. My utter disappointment boiled until I regained my calm. It was until a few minutes later, that returning to my old staple, the Shotgun, that another Triple Kill came my way. When my shields were down, I just barely turned around, in the Overshield room of Guardian, to remove another foe's existence with the Shotgun.
"Overkill!"
The announcer's chant rang like the most beautiful church bell, and I pulled through to victory, nearly snagging a Killing Frenzy, had it not been for the game's kill limit of 25.
It took many months and the return of a former perennial, but now that I have the Achievement, I can finally set aside the ridicule and place myself with the rest of my friends, whom have had this loathsome little Achievement for the longest of times.
[Edited on 07.03.2008 12:28 PM PDT]