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Subject: Hog Wars?
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Hey, been playing halo for ever, but this is my first post here. I wanted to know how many people play Hog Wars; *not* the mod, just the gametype: Hog Wars.. My brother, me, and our friends usually play system link (or split screen) when they come over and EVERYTIME we play at least one game of what we've always called Hog Wars. Its addictive and your stomach hurts from laughing, or crying (depending on how many times you've been run over). I don't know who came up with the name, I figured others must play it too; or some variation of it.

mode = race, pref 1 lap
no shooting, no nades, no melee
4-5 people
4 hogs nothing else
map = pref sidewinder

You get 4 hogs by going to race, and its free for all. Sidewinder's the best because the map isnt too big, theres a few ice patches, the terrain is mostly flat. Theres only one rule and thats no shooting or throwing nades.. the goal of Hog Wars is to flip other hogs and run over the people that fall out.

A typical game goes like this:

Everyone gets in a hog (2 at blue base, 2 at red base and) then the carnage is unleased. To flip another hog (or die trying) is pretty easy; usually with 2 hogs involved in a head-on collision one will fall out. Theres no point to camp so everyone is in the same area, and when someone flips we make sure everyone knows about it but everyone sees it anyway.

Then some unlucky bastard is ejected from his driver's seat and lands 20 feet from his hog; with 3 hogs trying to score a kill, he's got to reach safety, and fast: back to his hog, an ice patch, or a rock.. but unless he's very good or lucky he's going to become a hood ornament.

If your not lucky enough to land next to your hog and you die, here's some advice. Taking the portals or high ground is the best option. Wait for someone to flip and distract the others while you get back into your hog. Jump in the driver's seat and floor it; a stationary hog is very easy to flip.

Everyone that's come over and played Hog Wars said its awsome. Of course we give them a chance since their new, because it can be depressing to be hog-less for 5 minutes, and there is alot of tricks to learn, and some kept secret.. and sometimes you need to stress that shooting isn't allowed. Thats why god invented the charlie horse. Who says violence doesnt solve anything?

A few extra details:

Race mode: the reason its on race is so you can get 4 hogs. sometimes 4 hogs driving around lags abit, but the solution to that is 'someone has to die'. we put it on 1 lap only because you need to complete the race to see your kills and deaths. we never go for checkpoints until the end.

Passenger or Gunner: this is where people who don't have time to look for the driver's seat go to hide (and pray).

Stolen Hog: we've played 5 w/ system link for hog wars but you only get 4 hogs. if you have to ask why you can't get into your hog its probably because someone stole it. look for headlights, or else he's hiding in the passenger or gunner position.

Ice: usually hogs avoid the ice since theres no traction there. cowards and weaklings go there when their hog flips.

Co-op: about the only time cooperation is suggested is when someone gets a killing spree or running riot.. but its not a binding treaty heh.

Screen Looking: when you fall out of your hog and theres 3 others trying to make you roadkil and you don't know where the !@#$ your hog landed, you don't have time to screen look. the only time people really screen look is when they are the only ones left in a hog, but theres alot high ground, ice, and not that much open ground.


Post here if you play Hog Wars!!

Also to Bungie: did you change much in halo 2 concerning hogs? about to make some tapes of us playing hog wars, want em?

(sorry if there are other posts on this, I couldnt search these forums and looks like theres alot of stuff to go through)

  • 07.16.2004 9:35 AM PDT
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thats really strange....i call it jeep wars........i play it on blood gulch

  • 07.16.2004 11:46 AM PDT
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I just normally do that on my Hog Jumping game,except Slayer on Blood Gulch. First to 25 kills and if you kill them some other way without the hog everyone pretty much everyone gangs up and beats the heck outta u...

Peace

  • 07.16.2004 11:57 AM PDT
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My Type of hog war is what me and my friends call: DEATH RALLY! By the name you may have already guessed its a rally up to 25points, All rockets, Infinite Grenades, and lowest of all Health! and its great when playing with more than 6 people and its even cool playing with just me and my bro!

If you havent played it with these settings....try it! Because its one hell of a laugh!

Plus i always win!

  • 07.16.2004 12:35 PM PDT
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Sounds fun :-)

Too bad tonite my friends will be only intrested in Slayer & Team slayer :-\

  • 07.16.2004 1:09 PM PDT
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That does sound fun, but I rarely ever have more than one friend over, and none of them have Xboxes, so we couldn't do system link.

Next LAN Party I go to, I'll have to recommend "Hog Wars"

I've heard of a varient of this where you can get a passenger (no gunner) and they can shoot other vehicles (no grenades) but not Hog-less players.

Anyone ever play that?

  • 07.16.2004 1:52 PM PDT
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Yeah we play it a bit but normaly we have more than 4 people so we cant play it then and besides it gets boring and you just want to shoot the guys with warthogs. Its better on Blood Gulch though because theres hilly terrain which make for some more interesting crashs.

  • 07.16.2004 2:11 PM PDT
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ours is goast wars where were at BG on top of the base and try to nock each other off the base

  • 07.16.2004 2:14 PM PDT