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i think the update will make halo 2 online a much funner thing because there is no more noobs with plasma/br combos and it now has more human weapons .....and glad reseted the states but i miss my legit 17........aaaa....memories ............ but it will be much funner to actually go against random people for a lot more challenges..........go bungie!

  • 05.05.2005 4:38 AM PDT
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I dont understand i got up to a 13 in double team then it got reset back to a 1 and none my other levels did it happened to my friend too but in team slayer.
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  • 05.05.2005 4:40 AM PDT
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so much for no noob combo evry time i play BR someone has the oob combo (plasmapistol+BR)

  • 05.05.2005 4:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: FinDin
I dont understand i got up to a 13 in double team then it got reset back to a 1 and none my other levels did it happened to my friend too but in team slayer.
well if u got lvl 13 in DT then i gotta say get a life FinDin

  • 05.05.2005 4:44 AM PDT
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Why do so many people have the same monkey in a hat avatar?

anyway, i like the changes for the most part but there are a few things i dont like... and i dont think bungie will change all this stuff right away they just made an update! by the time another update comes along you will all probably have changed your minds!

  • 05.05.2005 5:00 AM PDT
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Sorry, don't agree with the hoards of people saying its a great update. BR Team Slayer sucks, Team Swords is unfair (due to Latency issues, Europe Vs America). Only played one game of Double Team on Beaver Creek, got owned, opposition stayed on top of the blue base with sniper and rockets, we kept spawning at the other end of map, sniped or blown up as soon as we got near their base.
Team Slayer, Played 7 lost 7, game feels very different.

So didn't enjoy my first experience of new update, but will be giving it some more time as I loved the original Halo 2, just seems like a totally different game now.

Come on Europeans, get behind the push for us to have our own servers independent of the Americans Super Fast connections!

  • 05.05.2005 5:02 AM PDT
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Posted: 5/5/2005 5:02 AM

Subject: Matchmaking Update!



Sorry, don't agree with the hoards of people saying its a great update. BR Team Slayer sucks, Team Swords is unfair (due to Latency issues, Europe Vs America). Only played one game of Double Team on Beaver Creek, got owned, opposition stayed on top of the blue base with sniper and rockets, we kept spawning at the other end of map, sniped or blown up as soon as we got near their base.
Team Slayer, Played 7 lost 7, game feels very different.

So didn't enjoy my first experience of new update, but will be giving it some more time as I loved the original Halo 2, just seems like a totally different game now.

Come on Europeans, get behind the push for us to have our own servers independent of the Americans Super Fast connections!

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Hey maybe thats why i suck at swords then? Latency Eh? Im from N.Ireland and i have a pretty fast connection. As a matter of fact i always get Host in matchmaking and ive never been a victim of standbyers.... So what is Latency? is it a form of lag?

  • 05.05.2005 5:12 AM PDT
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This is stupid i was playing a team slayer game and i was level 12 and then after the game that we won i was a level 1 again and that is -blam!- because i was working hard to get my 18 back and i was on a win streak of 20 games in a row.

  • 05.05.2005 5:27 AM PDT
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Game isn't nearly as fun anymore. Burial Mounds and Beaver Creek should are now a snipers palace between that and the BR. Close combat is almost gone on these broads.

  • 05.05.2005 5:55 AM PDT
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oh yeah w00t, alright cool lets get some action, i can start wh00ping @ S S, yeah now no one will escape my wrath. suckers, i will eat your harts in front of you all, ha ha ha ha ha the halo is mine!!!

  • 05.05.2005 6:12 AM PDT
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w00t yeah lets start kicking @ S S,

  • 05.05.2005 6:13 AM PDT
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u kno u guys gotta stop complaining about the BR just b/c u guys cant use it and u get owned with it

  • 05.05.2005 6:26 AM PDT
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if some of u simply learned how to use the BR and the sniper than u wont complain

  • 05.05.2005 6:28 AM PDT
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I played for a continuous 6 hours yesterday and founf the Deluxe team preview a dissapointment overall. I played slayer on mostly old maps. I know it is for new game types, but I think the newer maps should be used more often. The new game varients do kick some major but though. Keep up the good work.
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  • 05.05.2005 7:01 AM PDT
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What is griefing? I am sure I have seen it before, but I have never heard the terminology before.

On another note, ever since the mandatory update to version 1.1, I have had MAJOR connectivity issues with the game (I have not played other games to see if it is just Halo or not) such as lag in 3/5 matches, dropping connection all together in about 1/20 matches and an inability to contact matchmaking servers in about 3/10 attempts (The message "We are unable to find a match for your party at this time...." pops up about a half second after I choose "Start Game").
And yes, I have recently tested my connection speed and line quality multiple times since the update and each time has tested normal or better than normal. Speed is generally 2600/220 (kbps) to 3000/280 and the line quality has 0% loss every time I test it with an average latency of 56 milliseconds to both coasts (I live in the Great Plains, making that a pretty good value for latency).

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  • 05.05.2005 7:05 AM PDT
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This sucks and blows ya loser

  • 05.05.2005 7:06 AM PDT
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It's simple... They reset them as you were playing because you were playing so early. It seems to me that the people who played before 12:00pm got there stats reset again. I hope I'm right...

  • 05.05.2005 7:06 AM PDT
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Dude, that pretty self-explanatory. Griefing....think about it. It's one of those words you don't have to have carry around in your "diction briefcase".

And that -blam!- happens because of the sensitivity of the server. It's either that or standby....I go with legit -blam!-. And your statistics are -blam!- up.....

  • 05.05.2005 7:12 AM PDT
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gfsdg

  • 05.05.2005 7:17 AM PDT
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im looking foward to playing on the new playlists but i wish more people would buy the new maps.

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  • 05.05.2005 7:19 AM PDT
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I think now Halo 2 Live is a lot better. No more Noobie combo in Team Slayer, and no more hiding the bomb or flag. I like the new Double Team and Team Preview too. I think that Bungie should also add a new Matchmaking game called TagTeam. Some of you may think its dumb but just hear me out. You and another player face two others, the only exception is that its one on one unless a player dies or "tags" his team mate. How would you tag your team mate is up to Bungie but they should think about it. I think a lot of people would find this fun.

  • 05.05.2005 7:36 AM PDT
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I HAVE THE SAME PRABLEM PEPOL STOP CHEATING LIKE B****ES U ARE MESING IT UP FOR U AND OTHER PEPOL. PLAYER LIKE R Y THAY RESET THE STATS
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join my clan were the METALxMELITA (join us) mesage me to join

  • 05.05.2005 8:02 AM PDT
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Yeah Tag Team sounds "ripping good" to me although I came up with the name way back when bungie was asking for suggestions on what to call the new 2v2 game. Anyway, if they were to put it as a gametype, I would play it. Oh! and all the newbs need to stop complaining about the BR and learn how to use it....although I sure do miss the PP in Beaver Creek and Colussus. (:-(

  • 05.05.2005 8:10 AM PDT
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since you guys changed the weapon settings on a few levels, could it be possible that in the next auto update that you guys would give us those weapon settings on those levels so that there is a parallel between matchmaking and our custom games, because i have already played beaver creek a few times and the level plays totally different than it did before. oh and yea love the new double team feature!

  • 05.05.2005 8:14 AM PDT