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GJRuNnInThEsHoW

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Posted: 5/4/2005 4:19 AM

Subject: Matchmaking Update!

wat time is it where bungie is? they shud say what time the sheets out in england the racist fuks ™

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WOW! I can't believe you called them that. Especially since they said SPECIFICALLY MID MORNING PST Time on the FRONT PAGE. Here in case you missed it, I will let you know 10 more times. Everyone comes in this forum asking the same questinos over and over that were already answered in the front page update by Frankie very very clearly.

THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST
THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST
THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST
THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST
THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST
THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST
THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST
THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST
THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST
THE NEW PLAYLIST COMES OUT MID-MORNING PST


If you don't know what PST means its pacific standard time. West Coast in the US. Which is 9 hours behind the UK I believe. So if they do it at 10am it will be around 7pm your time.

BTW: England is not a race.

  • 05.04.2005 5:07 AM PDT
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lol thats so hilarious...people just see that the updates are coming out on a certain date, andthey dont even bother to read anything else i.e TIME!
half of these postings wouldnt be here if u guys would read the whole thing!

  • 05.04.2005 5:18 AM PDT
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Frankie it is kind of pointless to turn off the banchee because you guys turned off the sudden death timer. Why didn't you guys just turnit off on neutral bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • 05.04.2005 5:17 AM PDT
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you all are such geeks

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  • 05.04.2005 5:19 AM PDT
Subject: TRAVISKILLS25 and Talon Rogue will pawn u!!!
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watch out me and talon have been pawning ppl in mlg since we haerd about 2'b 2'b
just plz pray to your god and hope when u finally get match made up with some1 hope it doesnt say..
TRAVISKILLS25
Talon Rogue/ XlX Deisel XlX
Clan: LeGiT wIn 2
check our stats out =)
here u go u guys who cant read the update wasting my time >= !

Tomorrow, Wednesday May 4th, we'll be resetting stats and more importantly, updating the Matchmaking Playlists to include the new maps, adjusted settings and new game variants. All this will happen sometime mid-morning Pacific Standard Time.

The new playlists will include a couple of really obvious changes – the addition of a two vs. two option (called Double Team), as well as a "deluxe" playlist (called Team Preview) that will allow players who've paid for Turf and Sanctuary to play them in matchmaking. Both playlists are heavily weighted towards the new maps, although you will play on older maps too.

NOTE: Now that almost all the playlists include the new (free) maps you MUST download the two free ones (Containment and Warlock) to enter ANY matchmaking playlist. You do NOT need to pay for Turf and Sanctuary unless you wish to play in the new "deluxe" playlist.

Stats will be reset to level one for everybody and it will be a level playing field once again. It'll take several games before skill levels begin to even out again, so initially, players will be matched against folks who're a lot better, a lot worse and everything in between. As you start to level up, you'll also level off, and find yourself playing against similarly skilled players once again.
Here's a reminder of some of the other less obvious things to expect in the Matchmaking Playlist update tomorrow.

A lot of things the vast majority of players won't notice, but here's one or two of the more visible and necessary changes. Note that NONE of these has been done casually. All of this has undergone testing and tweaking. Thanks to Jeremiah and Sketch for the new info.

Sudden Death has been removed from all Assault variants to prevent griefing. If you think that griefing was a legitimate tactic, you are simply going to have to learn other basic skills. You all knew that doing it was bogus, aggravated the other teams and was fundamentally imbalanced. Did we have any responsibility there? Sure. And we've fixed it. Thing is, we accept all our responsibilities, while griefers continue to defer theirs. Stop cheating, stop griefing, and don't cry about how it's our fault for making it possible. We had issues with our designs that did make it possible, but nobody forced you to exploit them. Especially when other teams DON'T do it. Griefers who complain about OUR responsibility to stop them from cheating should dial 911 and ask for a Waaahmbulance.

Round time for Assault variants has been increased globally to give teams a better chance to score since sudden death is gone. That should mean more epic struggles, and some maps, like Headlong, will become very, very interesting…

…especially since we've removed Banshee from CTF and Assault games on Ascension and Headlong. Why? Because griefers will surf the bomb to unreachable places anyway, just to be jackasses.

No more Plasma Pistol / Battle Rifle ownage in Slayer games on Beaver Creek or Colossus - we now use Human weapon sets for Slayer variants on those two maps. This will be controversial and we understand there is some small skill required to use the combo, but frankly it has become tiresome on those maps. It takes far more skill to win without that combo. More skill = more fun, right?

Motion Detector (radar) has been removed in all head to head playlist variants. This one I'm personally ambivalent about. Partly because of my inability to look at radar while fighting/getting owned. Partly because it sometimes adds a layer of strategy (creeping on objective based games, being a good example) but we hear the thronging masses. Loads of noise demanding its removal and almost total silence on the opposite opinion.

Majority of game variants on Coagulation and Burial mounds will now start players with Battle Rifle and an SMG - exceptions include games such as Team Snipers, Team Rifles or other variants which feature specific weapon sets. THIS one we expect universal approval on. Now that I can actually shoot the Battle Rifle with some modicum of skill, I will be putting it to good use. We've done more palatable Battle Rifle starts on the newer maps too, but since they're not in matchmaking yet, you'll have to take our word for it.

We've added King and Oddball variants to Head to Head to encourage more conflict, less hiding and more variety.

No more Phantoms. You'll have to custom game that one. Phantoms was a rarity anyway. Now it's just super-ultimate-rare. i.e., gone.

We've added new CTF and Assault variants which feature Covenant vehicles just for variety. The Spectre is making an appearance and should make for some interesting encounters. Shouldn't really change balance too much though.
your #@%&ing welcome lol j/k.....


  • 05.04.2005 5:21 AM PDT
Subject: COMBO IN COLOSSUS is unfair, but only one team holding sniper is un...
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You have to be kidding. Everyone knows what that combo is. People started talking about it in November when the game first came out.

I wish people would stop saying the PP/BR Combo is so easy and only for noobs. To all of you people, you are noobs.

Is swording hard to do?? Is it hard to look at someone and hit the R Trigger? Get real. What about rockets? That's real tough to use.

Just remember: MLG - the tournament gaming authority DOES allow PP/BR combo but DOESNT allow sword unless it's a 4/4 game.

The "combo" is very beatable. Every weapon or combination has it's strengths and weaknesses so you use different ones for different situations.

Everyone who says "YES NO MORE NOOB COMBO" will just be owned by something else. I hope I play all those people when the ranks are reset so I can get some effortless kills. I will use one needler and probably own anyone who says that.

On a side note - someone said in a recent post that the PP/BR Combo isn't effective in Battle Creek. That's totally false. For example: stand on top of a base, look for the red dot on your radar and fire away combo. It's an easy kill for anyone good at it, but like I said, it has it's weaknesses.

MY POINT:
HAlo 1 was all about getting the powerup respawns and timing them. Halo2 is all about getting the power weapon respawns and timing them. If Bungie really wanted to make the game fair, weapons would constantly respawn every so often whether they are dropped/used or not so everyone can be holding a power weapon - then it really comes down to skill.

COMBO is not in Colossus now, but one sniper rifle is and not two. 90% of the time, the team who has the sniper in that map in TS wins. The changes are illogical here. They should of just added a second sniper rifle to even things up and make competitive/even/fair games.

Why wasn't that fixed to add a second sniper? Well I will keep my fingers crossed and find out for sure in a few hours I guess.

  • 05.04.2005 5:24 AM PDT
Subject: Matchmaking Update!
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cant wait

if they added 2 sniper rifles.......think if they controlled both.....now we wouldn't like that would we.......you are thinking illogical.

[Edited on 5/4/2005]

  • 05.04.2005 5:35 AM PDT
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WoOT!

  • 05.04.2005 5:39 AM PDT
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i downloaded my free maps 1st thing in the morning and bought the other 2 wen i got home the day they come out so 2moro we're going to all be on halo2 xbl early on that will be funy as hell im tellin u tht much oh and i bet ill get all the previous lv50 players gives us lv10-15 players show them a thing or 2 on how we play halo 2 in the lower leagues

  • 05.04.2005 5:46 AM PDT
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cant play until friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gamertag is Jmlax08 send me a friend request

best recent game:

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStats.aspx?panel=medals&g ameid=150372749&player=Jmlax08

  • 05.04.2005 5:52 AM PDT
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when or what time

  • 05.04.2005 5:57 AM PDT
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its good to changer it around a bit a lot of people have gotten their stats from cheating so its good that they are being reset thanks guys

  • 05.04.2005 5:59 AM PDT
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are you in 6th grade? cuz back in 7th grade you learn what time zones are, and if you know how many time zones away you are, thats how you find out what time it is somewhere else

  • 05.04.2005 6:06 AM PDT
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who the hell are you. what kind -blam!- calls us geeks then uses the most -blam!- way to talk "no where that is geeky boi. thats right i spell boy with an i to rebel" is that how u get off spend your whole life on the computer looking for forums to call otheres greeks make u feel like a big man make us feel like geeks just because were happy something new is happeing to halo 2 let me guess u waseted 2 hours so your signature is ™ ~²ºº5~ GJ®üÑ$TµÉ§h¤W ~²ºº5~ ™ and evey one will think its cool its -blam!-es like your that makes me hate to play halo online every one is so immature u play just about any other game online and u love it because the people are way better well guys im off to find out where the real world is cause us geeks seem to have troble finding it says -blam!- who posted above me woah wait wait i think the real world is right on the other side of my door o o o they spotted me

  • 05.04.2005 6:10 AM PDT
Subject: COMBO IN COLOSSUS is unfair, but only one team holding sniper is un...
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"The "combo" is very beatable. Every weapon or combination has it's strengths and weaknesses so you use different ones for different situations. "

Depends ont the situation, if ur med to long range its unbeatable unless u happen to be lucky not to be out in the open, and since ur radar doesn't see as far as the pp can track ur kinda skrewed in a lot of siutation, given that the Comboer doesn't suck


"Everyone who says "YES NO MORE NOOB COMBO" will just be owned by something else. I hope I play all those people when the ranks are reset so I can get some effortless kills. I will use one needler and probably own anyone who says that."


This IS EXACTLY THE CASE, i didnt mind lessing the strength of certain combos but to take one out is really stupid way to handle the situation, cause it only leaves to ANOTHER dominant combo that everyone who KNOWS what they are doing is gonna try and go for. The biggest problem is BUngie and how they try and fix this stuff. Like on colossus,

why does one team START with 3 dudes on the top?
why is there only 1 Rifle?

On this map the match is over as soon as u spawn because they have the most people up there and WITHOUT THE BR/PP combo ur not gonna be able to take the team and the sniper down, its just the LAMEST

One way to limit the BR/PP combo is to have like a 3 second only charge on the pistol, then it burns u, and then since your hand is frickin burning, make there be a short time pentalty to even SWITCH TO the BR, that way someone does only has 2 or 3 seconds to get the shot off. That way it adds SKILL to using the PP cause u just can't run around like green glowing idiot.

i dont know, my thoughts


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  • 05.04.2005 6:12 AM PDT
Subject: Matchmaking Update!
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its how many time zones away you are, thats how you can determine what time it is somewhere else



i learned that back in 7th grade

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  • 05.04.2005 6:15 AM PDT
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yes finally i always hated the newb combo and phantoms... im soo happy i cant wait for the 2 vs 2 though its going to be crazy watch out halo 2 ill be on the leader boards really soon.....

  • 05.04.2005 6:14 AM PDT
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Posted by: GJRuNnInThEsHoW
and another thing u pair of -blam!-s how wud english know what time it is in the US? it aint like english wud learn about -blam!-ty america all we know about america is that the US army is aload of bollox and they cant shoot for $hit......


I really don't know or care. Mostly because I can't understand half of what you type. I would hope someone that considers themself to be better than us "American Geeks" would be capable of SPELLING in his native toungue......please just shut the hell up, so I don't have to decipher your "idiot code"

  • 05.04.2005 6:22 AM PDT
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i was reeding on your web page that you were going to put in a 2 man team of head to head is that going to happen.

  • 05.04.2005 6:28 AM PDT
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just cant wait til the update. im going to play ever more now.

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  • 05.04.2005 6:31 AM PDT
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Does Anyone know if there are going to be any knew weapons added??

  • 05.04.2005 6:34 AM PDT
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i thought the update had nothing good but a date for the AU. they did not give us any NEW info. about the AU, tell us something about the stuff we won't notice so we CAN notice and realize something was done besides the noticeable stuff. basically tell us more, not the same crap from last week. that could of been a one line title with a link to the old update!

  • 05.04.2005 6:35 AM PDT