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Subject: Should Microsoft shut down halo 2 just so people can have more then...
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Poll: Should Microsoft shut down halo 2 just so people can have more then...  [closed]
No:  72%
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Yes:  28%
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Total Votes: 75

http://kotaku.com/5334200/report-halo-2-is-holding-back-your-x box-live-friends-list
Apparently the reason you cant have more then 100 friends on xbox live is because of Halo 2. People want MS to pull support for Halo 2 jsut so they can have more then 100 friends on there list.
I have one question? Who the hell needs 100+ people on there friends list? Ive been playing on live for 4 years and i have 8. Microsoft, look at your data im sure there are more people playing halo 2, like myself, then there is with 100 friends. Dont stop your halo support just because a few people complained.

[Edited on 08.10.2009 4:07 PM PDT]

  • 08.10.2009 3:54 PM PDT
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yes we need more friends

  • 08.10.2009 4:09 PM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
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50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

They can always update it. And also, there is always the pc version, which uses the new xbox live system.

And there are other live games with good communitys, like Star Wars Battlefront ii (what kids play when their mom wont let them play Halo 2/3)

And one more thing, we can still use XLink Kai or xbconnect, but then we would need to deal with modders who use trainers to cheat.

But NO, i would rather have halo 2 than over 100 friends.

[Edited on 08.10.2009 4:17 PM PDT]

  • 08.10.2009 4:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: urk
Then there are the people who poop in the mash potatoes. Those people get launched out on their asses.

How many friends do you really need though. I say no

  • 08.10.2009 4:17 PM PDT

Never give up, never surrender!

No, simply because their are people still playing Halo 2 and i am one of those people.

  • 08.10.2009 4:36 PM PDT

We're all being selfish, us Halo 2 gamers, ruining the experience for everyone else. But who gives a damn, it's not our problem. Until they release Halo 2 on the Xbox 360, in full HD, then I'm not budging on this one.

  • 08.10.2009 4:55 PM PDT

I say "no" because they can find a work around.
Such as: Increase friends list size, and have original xbox games access only your first 100.

Everybody wins!

  • 08.10.2009 5:53 PM PDT

Posted by: borrowedchief
How many friends do you really need though. I say no


Exactly. But I have a feeling that the GoW and CoD populations might think a bit differently because they don't play halo.

  • 08.10.2009 6:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: borrowedchief
How many friends do you really need though. I say no


Exactly. But I have a feeling that the GoW and CoD populations might think a bit differently because they don't play halo.


I know what you mean, but I actually play both of those games, AND Halo 2 as well, ocassionally. But even ocassionally is enough for me to want it kept online. Halo 2 is without a doubt a classic and it will break my heart to see it pulled down.

If this happens, then it is time for us to make memorials for Coagulation and Headlong...my two favorite maps that never were remade (well....maybe Coagulation was technically reimagined to Valhalla, but it wasn't Coagulation).

I'm sure glad Bungie's remaking Midship for ODST. That was also one of my favorites. =)

  • 08.10.2009 6:34 PM PDT

You just got Shakespeared!

I DONT EVEN PLAY IT AND I THINK THEY SHOULDNT SHUT IT DOWN THOUGH I PLAN TO GET IT.

  • 08.10.2009 6:57 PM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

And also, remember, if they shut it down, there would be a huge backlash from not just the halo 2 community but say from the tiny communitys of other original xbox titles.

  • 08.10.2009 7:08 PM PDT

This sounds more like a server problem to me more than Halo 2's fault or any Xbox Original game being played.

And plus with most people's attitudes on Xbox Live they'll be lucky to even get 100 friends.

  • 08.10.2009 7:11 PM PDT
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Mah rofl radar is off the charts!

Yes Because If There Is Better Resolution Halo Games Like ODST That Is In That Timeline Than Why Bother?

  • 08.10.2009 7:13 PM PDT

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No.

Surely Halo 2 is not the sole reason you can't have more than 100 friends. I'd like to know who G4's "high-level Microsoft source" is.

  • 08.10.2009 7:25 PM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

1. Because many people are stuck with original xboxes.
2. ODST = halo 3 online. It is the same game online, just a different campagin, after all, this isnt reach.
3. There is a pc version of halo 2 which has really high resolutions and a really high amount of hackers who crash games.

[Edited on 08.10.2009 7:46 PM PDT]

  • 08.10.2009 7:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: EXP Action Sack
yes we need more friends


Look, I know dorks like you are the hottest -blam!- on XBL, but you don't need 100+ friends. You need to work on forming REAL social relationships. You're like that sad person on MyFace who needs ten thousand friends so you can feel popular, aren't you? You need help.

  • 08.10.2009 8:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: borrowedchief
How many friends do you really need though. I say no


I definitely don't want Halo 2 to stop. No one needs 100 friends, especially now you can have silver accounts and use the friends of friends feature.

  • 08.11.2009 2:31 AM PDT

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Of course they should, Halo 2 sucks, and if you havn't gotten into Halo 3 by now, your either too cheap to buy a 360, or your just such a noob, that you cant get used to the new control scheme - it has nothing too do with the amount of friends you have, its simply because Halo 2 is an outdated game, and while the campaign on the PC version might be fun occasionally, the multiplayer, and the graphics just suck, and Microsoft simply doesn't make that much money off Halo 2 any more


[Edited on 08.11.2009 5:27 AM PDT]

  • 08.11.2009 5:22 AM PDT
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Halo 2 sucks now, it's DEAD! move on losers,

I bet Bungie's answer would be Yes, because they never liked that game and realised their failure.

  • 08.11.2009 6:47 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

It still has 10000 players a day. And it still has loads of fans.

And you also need to consider that the friends list is shared between Zune, XBL original, XBL 360, and GFWL.

[Edited on 08.11.2009 7:27 AM PDT]

  • 08.11.2009 7:26 AM PDT
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Posted by: JacobGRocks
It still has 10000 players a day. And it still has loads of fans.

And you also need to consider that the friends list is shared between Zune, XBL original, XBL 360, and GFWL.
I would like to see if there will be an official voting booth on M$!
so the fate can be decided.

[Edited on 08.11.2009 8:46 AM PDT]

  • 08.11.2009 8:45 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

There wont be, unless a huge amount of people tell ms to either stop or keep original xbox live.

And here is how you play halo 2 online for those that dont have it:
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2174/dscf0001dob.jpg

  • 08.11.2009 8:58 AM PDT

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Halo should still be online.

  • 08.11.2009 10:48 AM PDT

100+ friends is totally unnecessary

  • 08.11.2009 12:54 PM PDT
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halo 2 still the best game in the series. long live halo 2.

Dam, I miss the old days playing halo 2 with my old brothers in arms. Thank you my old friends for giving me this account, I shall continue our legacy.

microsoft will face a riot if halo 2 was ever shutdown. halo 2 should never be shutdown for any reason. besides having 100+ friends is unnecessary, only a hassle.

  • 08.11.2009 1:18 PM PDT

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