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Subject: Halo CE and mainstream tournaments

Bungie Pentathlon - who actually cares ?

Hello,

Just to cover a few things, I am not a fan of MLG and this thread is not for flaming MLG nor flaming anyone that follows MLG or even Halo CE

The question I am asking is that, for whatever reason, MLG picked Halo CE as its next tournament game (or has already used it), how do you think it would, affect, or has affected, Halo CE's image, reputation and your view of CE ?

Would you think that MLG would sour Halo CE, due to the hardcore fanboyism that some of the MLG crowd have adopted, or do you feel that it would bring fresh gamers to Halo CE and boost its already considerable fan base?

Your thoughts?

(apologies if this has been posted before, but the search bar yielded nothing)

[Edited on 03.24.2009 12:26 PM PDT]

  • 03.24.2009 12:23 PM PDT
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I think it would positively affect Halo 1's image in the mind of the general (newer) community. I myself hate MLG, but I am going to have to say that when all the MLG fanboys see their idols playing Halo 1, I think they may start returning to the first 2 Halos. Hopefully more people will see that and want to go back to the older Halo games instead of worshiping Halo 3 because it is newer.

  • 03.24.2009 8:15 PM PDT

It makes sense; it's the most competitive game of the trilogy. MLG settings for Halo 3 feel closer to Halo: CE than any other Halo 3 matchmaking settings. MLG has already used Halo: CE; I believe it was the game that kind of started MLG. Are you saying that MLG is going back to it? If so, where did you hear that?

I like MLG, even if it has some really obnoxious fans. The Halo trilogy has some really obnoxious fans without MLG. I see no reason it would be soured by it. Many of the people who act like MLG fanboys are probably going to prefer the newness of Halo 3 anyway. They're often the same type of people. True fans of competitive gaming are already aware of Halo: CE's superiority.

  • 03.24.2009 9:30 PM PDT

Bungie Pentathlon - who actually cares ?

Posted by: SentientGiraffe
The Halo trilogy has some really obnoxious fans without MLG. I see no reason it would be soured by it. Many of the people who act like MLG fanboys are probably going to prefer the newness of Halo 3 anyway. They're often the same type of people. True fans of competitive gaming are already aware of Halo: CE's superiority.


Pretty much bang on to what I was going to say, however I do worry that if Halo CE is exposed on a larger base, ie at a mainstream tournament and replaces Halo 3 as the flag ship title, then I would be worried about the "iTz" and "xX BR Xx" brigade giving Halo CE a sour edge..

On the other hand it would be good to see the true brilliance shine through and appeal to more gamers, rather than people not play the game due to "teh grafix iz bad"

  • 03.25.2009 1:56 AM PDT