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Whats with the new ranking my firend is 6 years old and he's lvl 21 i dont get it and plus he couldn't kill me if i was looking him in the eye's this is BS change it it's to easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 05.15.2005 6:20 PM PDT
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Many Ask,

If they say the 360 comes out in November, I will still have my Live account for the first Xbox. So Do you know if the 360 will use the same Xbox Live information or will we have to buy a whole new setup

  • 05.15.2005 7:07 PM PDT
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Halo 3 parrying PlayStation 3 launch

Time quotes Bill Gates saying Sony's next-gen console will "walk into" the Xbox 360 follow-up to the best-selling sci-fi shooter.
For months, the Web was rife with rumors that Microsoft would ship the sequel to Halo 2 for the Xbox 360 simultaneously with the launch of the PlayStation 3. Now, that has been confirmed--by none other than Bill Gates himself.


In next week's issue of Time Magazine--which features Gates holding the Xbox 360 on the cover--Gates mentioned plans for the release of the much-anticipated follow-up to the best-selling console shooter. In a parenthetical sidebar in the article, Time says the following:

"Note to the hard-core faithful: the next version of Halo will not, repeat not, be ready in time for the launch of Xbox 360. It will be part of the all-important second wave next spring. 'It's perfect,' Gates says, radiant with bloodlust. 'The day Sony launches [the new PlayStation], and they walk right into Halo 3.'"


Say it is So Frankie Say it is SO!

  • 05.15.2005 7:57 PM PDT
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me and my freinds enjoy blowing the crap out of each other in the start of the game with grenades....and its great fun til they boot you....d*** you lostbritches! i was wonder why you would remove ppl from x box live for betrayal's.. most of mine are accidental unless im with britches or some other ppl on my freinds list...in which we just go crazy with betrayals cuz its just funny to watch ppl on your own team go flying at the start of assualt games at worthless containment.....dumbest map ever made...actually warlock is just as retarded cuz all you have to do is chuck grenades and have 1 person with a battle riffle... the only good map that came out was turf and well i never get to play that so its just as pointless as the rest....by the way halo is -blam!- and i hate everyone who plays it yes including myself...tootles homestar

  • 05.15.2005 8:07 PM PDT

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Posted by: SOme weirdo :-P
Max Iodine asks,

Why do people have to be sore WINNERS?


Yep. Often I will lose, go back into the lobby and have someone berate me for losing. "You suck man, I owned you!!!"

Now this sort of confuses me, because normally a victory would make someone happy. But no. We live in a world where folks are sore winners AND losers. I blame parents and teachers for telling kids that they're ALL special. They're NOT all special. Newsflash, some of you are mediocre, and some of you are actually really crappy kids with bad manners and not much in the way of brains. When your mom tells you that you can be anything you want to be? She's totally lying dude. You're going to be working the graveyard shift and living in a loveless marriage in a bad part of town before you know it. Up to your eyes in debt, the closest thing you'll have to a friend will be the repo guy who just came to repossess that lemon of a Buick you bought. What were you thinking? And all because you couldn't keep your mouth shut after you won a game of Halo 2.






LOL>. OMG its so true......

saying GGA (Good Game All) should just be an atomatic Habbit in Gameing...

....I wonder.. If ya played halo 2 on the 360 ( or could for that matter).... things would probly load faster... way faster... actully there prob be no loading really what so ever :-)...

  • 05.15.2005 10:06 PM PDT
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I don't know if this is the right area to ask this but....................


What would that Mister Cheif look like if he was on XBOX 360?

I don't know if you can answer this without permission from BILL first but I thought I'd ask.

Jason

  • 05.15.2005 11:15 PM PDT
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Just as -blam!- as he does now.

  • 05.16.2005 1:02 AM PDT
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i think containment is one of the stupidest maps out there.
i mean there should be a banshee, another warthog, and 1 or 2 ghosts
now that would be cool

or instead of putting new vehicles in there you just simply put only 1 rocket launcher right in the middle
any of these changes would make that level bunches better

  • 05.16.2005 4:39 AM PDT
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Is there going to be a Halo 3? Whats up with all the lag it seems every game i go into i get major lag?

  • 05.16.2005 6:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: InSaNe DrIvE


Posted by: SOme weirdo :-P
Max Iodine asks,

Why do people have to be sore WINNERS?


Yep. Often I will lose, go back into the lobby and have someone berate me for losing. "You suck man, I owned you!!!"

Now this sort of confuses me, because normally a victory would make someone happy. But no. We live in a world where folks are sore winners AND losers. I blame parents and teachers for telling kids that they're ALL special. They're NOT all special. Newsflash, some of you are mediocre, and some of you are actually really crappy kids with bad manners and not much in the way of brains. When your mom tells you that you can be anything you want to be? She's totally lying dude. You're going to be working the graveyard shift and living in a loveless marriage in a bad part of town before you know it. Up to your eyes in debt, the closest thing you'll have to a friend will be the repo guy who just came to repossess that lemon of a Buick you bought. What were you thinking? And all because you couldn't keep your mouth shut after you won a game of Halo 2.






LOL>. OMG its so true......

saying GGA (Good Game All) should just be an atomatic Habbit in Gameing...

....I wonder.. If ya played halo 2 on the 360 ( or could for that matter).... things would probly load faster... way faster... actully there prob be no loading really what so ever :-)...


Yeah, I hate most people online, cuz they're -blam!- like that. I celebrate when I win, but it's usually to the effect of "yay, we won!" or "OMG, I got 39 kills and 0 deaths in that game, I'm such a tank whore!!!" but I never cut into the other team. Hell, nearly HALF of my friends list is OPPONENTS from one time or another, because we spent like 3 or more minutes talking about the game, and having a good time laughing about certain moments of the game. And if they don't receive that well, then I don't put them on my list. I rarely put guys that are my TEAMMATES on my friends list anymore, because, one game they'll be my best bud because of that 39 kill streak I got in one game, and then when I accidentally drop the neutral bomb off a ledge, they'll call me a -blam!- for the next 25 minutes. Opponents are easier to deal with, because you've pissed them off to their limit already. You just slaughtered them. What better way to test their companionship skills than to kick their ass and ask forgiveness?

I've had a few guys play with me that are like this, too, and a few have been on my friends list from time to time. They usually don't last long, because they totally destroy my ability to make friends with my opponents with "You guys -blam!- suck!!! We PWNED YOU!!!!!!" And then when I say "good game" my opponents go "Yeah, -blam!- you too, Thawmus!"

The game would be a lot more fun, much less stressful, and much less serious if everyone would just shut the hell up most of the time. Seriously, half the game is the actual game, and the other half seems to be trying to make yourself out to be more of an asshat than the other asshats..... If you're one of these people, do us all a favor and mute your mic....indefinitely.....

  • 05.16.2005 6:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: KingJosh18
Is there going to be a Halo 3?..................


Believe it or not, there's a rumor that H3 is coming out NEXT YEAR. One of the guys supposevly let it "slip"... He said that they were working on Halo 2 & Halo 3 at the same time.

But if this is true, I don't know.

  • 05.16.2005 6:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: Captain Sn1p3r
i think containment is one of the stupidest maps out there.
i mean there should be a banshee, another warthog, and 1 or 2 ghosts
now that would be cool

or instead of putting new vehicles in there you just simply put only 1 rocket launcher right in the middle
any of these changes would make that level bunches better


I love containment, outside of "territories".

1. The Scorpion tank is actually there!
2. Saying that you can't get from one base to another because there isn't a BANSHEE is retarded....saying that it is a useful vehicle on that map is just as retarded. If you think that a Banshee is useful on Containment, then you haven't gone up against a decent Scorpion driver yet. As soon as you are within SIGHT, you should be down if they're any good. The only purpose of a Banshee on Containment is getting a sniper up to the top of the map. In which case, I don't miss it at all.
3. The different ways to get into the two bases are NICE. I always can switch it up easily with little change to my method of attack, and it always throws the defense off. For a map that is obviously heavy on defense, the offense sure is given a lot of options.
4. I can't understand the use of another warthog. If you want another one because it gets tanked up right away, then your driver needs some adjustment to his route. Taking the trench isn't a bad idea at all, and it gives you plenty of options right outside their base wall, too. Go up the tunnel and "covert op" or just run up the base wall. Either way usually works. Some of the tunnels are navigatable with the warty, too. The warthog is nothing more than a mini-tank on that map, and there really isn't any point to a Scorpion if he's just going to be pelted by two minitanks all day long. Your one warthog should be plenty to get the job done. I mean, it respawns faster than nearly everything else on that map, so how could you lose it often enough to miss it?
5. Two rocket launchers is a great number of rocket launchers on that map. Plenty of Ammo to take out pesky minitanks and Scorpions, not to mention, it's much easier to target that damn turret on the wall with a RL than a tank or warty. Don't get me wrong, you can do it with a Scorpion, but if you miss......you might not get another shot..... And if you have to get inside their base, and they are protecting their flag inside with a TANK (which I do from time to time, if we want to make a 7-man strike), having all that rocket ammo is the only way to really get the job done right, without that thing following you.

Containment is the BEST map of them all currently, hands down, since it is the only one that is still balanced, IMHO.

  • 05.16.2005 7:01 AM PDT
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cant wait for halo 3 on xbox 360

  • 05.16.2005 7:40 AM PDT
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There is a rumor that the X Box 360 is not going to be backwards compatible. will Halo 2 be offered for this system or will we have to keep both systems so we can still play this game on line..

  • 05.16.2005 8:56 AM PDT
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I really doubt that, if the rumor is true, they will re-code Halo 2 to be playable on Xbox 360. Think about it -- would you rather have them working on Halo 3 or spending their time making Halo 2 for Xbox 360. Perhaps they were working on both Halo 2 and 3 at the same time, but I doubt the technology for Xbox 360 was perfected more than 2 years ago when development for Halo 2 began. The timeline just doesn't make sense to me. Perhaps they were working on the story, or conceptualizing new features for Halo 3, but I doubt that they were actually making Halo 3 simultaneously. Also, the way they're making Xbox Live seem is that your Live account WILL transfer to Xbox 360, which means the "old" Xbox will still be able to use Live. With that said, it would stand to reason if you wanted to play Halo 2 on Live all you'd need to do is fire up the "old" Xbox and use your account. My head hurts.

But I could be completely wrong, and in some ways I wish I am.

Oh, and one more thing I forgot to mention. According to G4TechTV, the Xbox is now using a different graphics card than the "old" Xbox used, which means in order for there to be backwards compatibility, Microsoft would need to pay a large price for it. If I remember correctly, the current Xbox uses NVidia, while the 360 will use ATi. So in order for MS to make it backwards compatible, MS would need to pay either ATi or NVidia to make it so. And from what I heard, MS isn't too thrilled about that prospect.

Anyways, I hope this helps a little bit.

[Edited on 5/16/2005]

  • 05.16.2005 9:22 AM PDT
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i read about 4 pages so if ne1 already says this my bad im sorry but

me and my friends were talken and we think bring halo ce to xbox 360 with new graphics new maps it would be so sweet u dont even need the new maps just new grahics and xbox live (doesnt even need that) and it would sell so fast me and my friends would buy it(proly pre order)

  • 05.16.2005 9:27 AM PDT
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Hey, it's cool and everything that u keep bringing out new maps etc, but u've forgotten like one of the best things u could of added online that im sure everyone is disappointed that hasent come out.
You can't play campaign mode!
I love the game, it's amazing, but i want to play campaign mode online with my friends, can u do sumink about that and try sort it out so that we can, or if it is too much at least do it on halo 3, cus im sure thats gonna be amazing, i saw a few bits of it on the tv when they were showing the xbox 360, nice.

  • 05.16.2005 9:34 AM PDT
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Posted by: EP1TAPH

PPPS: How can you punish cursing on live? Isn't the game rated M? Meaning 18+ whereas rated R movies are 17+ and no one punishes cast a crew for cussing in movies. Besides, I think everyone will agree (except the target) that its much less annoying to hear a few cuss words than a little kid screeching and squeling in his (which sometimes seems like a her) high voice. In fact, that usually causes a few cuss words to fly just to shut them up.


yup i totaly agree ur just sitten there are u for real this lil kid isnt sleepen or in school! and like u said this is 18+, its not like its Y7.... i mean most people cuss neways cuz most likely nothin will happen, and some states there cuss levels are on a whole new level...

  • 05.16.2005 10:18 AM PDT
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I suffer from extreme lag when i play xbox live....has anyone suffered or is suffering from this as well?.....if you did suffer and are no longer suffering can you let me know what you did to stop the lag......
I am talkin to the folks from xbox live but of course they are no help whatsoever.

  • 05.16.2005 10:44 AM PDT
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I was told that Halo 3 was being released at the same time as the PSX(playstation 3),
and someone told me that their was going to be a Halo 2.5 on the Xbox 360 system.
Is this true?

  • 05.16.2005 10:58 AM PDT
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IGN.com article today has new info on halo3, via bill gates. sweeeeeet.

  • 05.16.2005 11:26 AM PDT
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yep, read the 8-pager on www.time.com, or read the freakin' magazine. According to Bill, they plan to release it to combat the PS3 release.

  • 05.16.2005 11:56 AM PDT
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I was told the xbox 360 was going to be like $300. is this true, because i really dont have that kind of money. and, will xbox 360 have Live on it, because i love playing xbox live a lot, and i dont want it to be just multiplayer and campaign. it would suck!. i would play the Halo 3 campaign mode at least once or twice, but i want to be able to play against other people all over the world, and hopefully be able too find my friends on it too. and please at least add some new vehicles and some more weapons, like gatlin gun or somethin! PLEASE LIVE UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR???????

my gamertag, stickdeath91
my clan, NSW

  • 05.16.2005 12:04 PM PDT
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Why isn't there a flamethrower in Halo? That would be sweet. From what I hear its in the PC Version.

  • 05.16.2005 12:16 PM PDT
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by the way, on containment, you can get outside of the map? on top of each base( be directly in front of a base, doesnt matter which one.) that really tall bronze colored tower, ( which is the super huge tower just behind each base) you can get on top of it!!!! it takes a spectre. right where it spawns at, the rock wall next to it, you need to drive at that from going up the ramp at such an angle, that the spectre will stick to the wall! you can drive around on the wall( takes a little practice, so you must have extreme patience) and somewhere there is a spot where the invisible barrier wont stop you. I have tried many times and couldnt do it. the person who told me this, his gamertag is killsnipe. he knows how to do it, because he should me how to do it( but i cant remember where the spot on the invisible barrier doesnt keep you from going any higher is at!) he took me all the way up there! you can see all of the map from up there!!! so before you go on your quest up the mountain of a tower, be sure to bring lots of sniper ammo, and some of your teammates up there. make sure your teammates are holding rocket launchers( maximum ammo for them too!) that way, when an enemy is in a vehicle, your teammates can shoot them down. try to bring both sniper rifle and beam rifle, both with maximum ammo, because you will probably miss your target from all the way up there. on the sniper rifle reticle, the little dot in the middle of it, your enemy's body are smaller than that!( so you better be a great shot with sniping weapons, because up there, it will test your marksmanship greatly!!!!) or, if you are not satisfied, you can just jump off of the tower, but you will hit the invisible barrier below it, which can be a problem if you really want down from there. but if you are playing CTF, you can jump off, hope you hit the gap above the base,( so if anybody takes your flag, they'll be right below you, so then you can snipe them out while standing on nothing!!!!!!!) and be right above your flag, so literally, there is nothing you can do to not be able to look at your flag. so you can really protect it from up there, and the enemy that you kill below you wont know where you are!!!!! BE WARNED!!!!! ONCE YOU JUMP OFF AND HIT THE BARRIER, YOU WONT BE ABLE TO COME DOWN! ONLY WAY TO GET DOWN IS TO BE KILLED!!!you were warned........ if you have something to say about this, please feel free to do so!

  • 05.16.2005 12:28 PM PDT