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Subject: NOOOOOOO there shutting off HALO 2

Halo 3 is better than Reach

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if they shut it down, i will FLIP

  • 09.06.2009 9:46 AM PDT

RIP Halo 2: November 9, 2004-May 10, 2010
I was the 2nd to last person to get kicked off Halo 2, see the thread Here

This is the worst news i have ever heard ever
But seriously I love Halo 2 and i love playing it ( even though I only do it every once and a while) but Id much rather be able to play Halo 2 online than have 200 friends.

  • 09.06.2009 3:01 PM PDT
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Well Enough Alone...

~"The people who play Bungie games tend to sense that there's something behind the games that's attractive to them. Then they become fans of the games. And then they become rabid fans. And then they become employees of Bungie."(Life story) -Marty

This isn't about original xbox vs 360 or about the friends list cap! This is about the END OF HALO 2 MULTIPLAYER! The END of the game that MADE xbox live! The end of the original SWAT, zombies, tower power, EVERYTHING!

And to that, I don't know what to say. I don't know if it's Bungie or MS that decides when to turn off the servers (the podcast made it sound like Bungie controlled them), but I don't care.

The point is, all those memories from Halo 2 mp will never be relived again. Basically, that fraking SUCKS!

  • 09.06.2009 5:33 PM PDT
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I dont know what to say....

The real Halo 3 ending

KOTOR

There are probably other issues that are holding the current generation of LIVE back because they are supporting older titles.

I say good riddance, Halo 2 had a good run. Let it die in peace.

  • 09.06.2009 6:25 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.

Posted by: SaberTooth
There are probably other issues that are holding the current generation of LIVE back because they are supporting older titles.

I say good riddance, Halo 2 had a good run. Let it die in peace.


And yet halo 2 is not gonna get shut down. Its funny how people still think its gonna shut down when it was confirmed by bungie that it is not shutting down. That whole article was just someones opinion and speculation.

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  • 09.06.2009 8:34 PM PDT

Bring Back Rocket Race!!!

Posted by: Vick Sr
This isn't about original xbox vs 360 or about the friends list cap! This is about the END OF HALO 2 MULTIPLAYER! The END of the game that MADE xbox live! The end of the original SWAT, zombies, tower power, EVERYTHING!

And to that, I don't know what to say. I don't know if it's Bungie or MS that decides when to turn off the servers (the podcast made it sound like Bungie controlled them), but I don't care.

The point is, all those memories from Halo 2 mp will never be relived again. Basically, that fraking SUCKS!


Halo 2 zombies sucked because everyone always cheated. Halo 3 has a better zombies gametype.

Technically, there was an older game that got Xbox Live going. It's called MechAssault. It's not as popular as Halo 2. But it did show what Xbox Live could do.

And so what if it's the end to what started several things? It's holding back a lot of new xbox live features. Not just the friends list thing but a lot of other things too. You're going to have to let go of it sooner or later.

And besides, the Halo 2 Multiplayer experience won't be completely gone. You'll still have Halo 2 PC.

  • 09.06.2009 8:35 PM PDT

"A hero need not speak,for when he is gone the world will speak for him."

-Unknown

i am going to cry when they do this. Seriously i just started playing Halo 2 online again and i love it more then Halo 3 online. i was having sooo much fun... WHY MICROSOFT WHY?!

  • 09.06.2009 9:25 PM PDT

"A hero need not speak,for when he is gone the world will speak for him."

-Unknown

i -blam!- hope so man!

  • 09.06.2009 9:51 PM PDT

i'm gonna miss h2 so i gotta play as many halo 2 games while it's still here!

  • 09.07.2009 10:41 AM PDT

The search bar is like a DMR.

Anyone can use it effectively if they try.
Smart people do use it effectively.
Idiots don't, then complain about how it doesn't work.
The only problem is that, the DMR is used in Reach, but the search bar isn't used in the Reach forum.

Did anyone see what Bungie said?

  • 09.08.2009 4:48 PM PDT

How to spell "space"?

S-P-ACE! SPACE!

I, despite not owning Halo 2, would prefer to be able to play Halo 2 to have more friends on list
:(

  • 09.09.2009 11:02 PM PDT

Do you fall too?

This is ridiculous. I loved playing Halo 2. it rocks! now what am i going to do when I get sick of halo 3 and odst? R.I.P., Halo 2. :(

  • 09.10.2009 12:21 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.

Posted by: Mcscorch
This is ridiculous. I loved playing Halo 2. it rocks! now what am i going to do when I get sick of halo 3 and odst? R.I.P., Halo 2. :(


Calm down my friend. Halo 2 is not shutting down. Bungie confirmed that halo 2 is not shutting down and that the entire rumor about halo 2 shutting down is false. Halo 2 will continue on living strong for many years to come.

  • 09.10.2009 12:33 PM PDT
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well i hate halo 3 and ill hate odst even more im guessing. have fun shutting down a good game of halo2 when actually you should of never made a new halo... just make halo, and halo 2 online. i could care less about halo3 and odst. i have been playing halo 2 non stop now. its my new game. i run double team.

  • 09.16.2009 8:07 PM PDT

Screw recon, I want my 42 steak dinners.

Its been shut down for me for awhile. I couldn't play any more games because I downloaded the newest map pack, but it said there was an error and I'd need to download it again. Every time I tried to download it again, the error did not correct itself. It wouldn't let me play any playlist without the newest maps.

  • 09.16.2009 9:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: No Mercy124
Its been shut down for me for awhile. I couldn't play any more games because I downloaded the newest map pack, but it said there was an error and I'd need to download it again. Every time I tried to download it again, the error did not correct itself. It wouldn't let me play any playlist without the newest maps.
You can't play any games because you need to clear the cache and delete the maps that are in there, that's what I suggest. Some say if you just redownload enough times it will eventually work but I believe the surest way is to get rid of what you have. After deleting map packs and clearing the cache one after the other, turn off the box and unplug all the wires and then reboot, update and download the maps one more time. Look in Dr WE1RD's topic about it if problems continue.

  • 09.16.2009 10:28 PM PDT

That will be a dark day indeed,i hope they reconsider or find a new means to achieve it without withdrawing matchmaking.
Who needs more 100 friends when only what 20 are on at any given time?.
Keep halo2 going please.

  • 09.17.2009 3:32 PM PDT
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OMG THEY KILLED HALO 2
YOU BASTERDS

  • 09.17.2009 5:27 PM PDT
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R.I.P. Halo 2
11/9/04 - 4/15/10

- B( )B

HALO 2 IS NOT SHUTTING DOWN!!! Achronos said so.

  • 09.17.2009 6:38 PM PDT

HALO 2 IS NOT SHUTTING DOWN!!! Achronos said so.
if thats the case wheres the link? if that were the case do you not think they would have posted on this thread saying so?.

  • 09.18.2009 6:21 AM PDT

I never played any Halo game until Halo 3 online. Recently, I went back in time to play Halo 2. Man, all I can think is how much I wish I would have played H2 online back in the day. I am going to miss the option of playing it if I wanted to. Halo 2 MM caught my heart in 20ish games.

  • 09.18.2009 1:34 PM PDT

Posted by: oCaLLMeAustiNo
well i hate halo 3 and ill hate odst even more im guessing. have fun shutting down a good game of halo2 when actually you should of never made a new halo... just make halo, and halo 2 online. i could care less about halo3 and odst. i have been playing halo 2 non stop now. its my new game. i run double team.


why do you hate Halo 3. H3 is more balanced then Halo 2. Or is it cause of the cheating you can't do in H3.

  • 09.18.2009 1:37 PM PDT
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SILENCE MERE "MEMBER." DID I BEQUEATH UPON YOU THE PERMISSION TO SPEAK??? I THINK NOT!!!!!!!

Haha, just kiddin...
Not really, now go get me some juice.
NOOB

well this sucks, the only reason i played is because half the halo 3 playlists need the mythic DLC...gunz r funz is not the gamertag i use, hot streak000 is =)

  • 09.19.2009 10:23 AM PDT

Xbox360Achievements.org

Calm down my friend. Halo 2 is not shutting down. Bungie confirmed that halo 2 is not shutting down and that the entire rumor about halo 2 shutting down is false. Halo 2 will continue on living strong for many years to come.

Thank -BLAM- for that.

  • 09.20.2009 12:06 PM PDT

Bring Back Rocket Race!!!

Posted by: the steppenwolf
That will be a dark day indeed,i hope they reconsider or find a new means to achieve it without withdrawing matchmaking.
Who needs more 100 friends when only what 20 are on at any given time?.
Keep halo2 going please.


My friends list is always full. And I hate having to remove other people to add new ones. It's so annoying not being able to go above 100 friends. And I usually have over 40 friends online if not 50.

Halo 2 does not need to keep going. It doesn't have enough people playing it to justify holding back progress on Xbox Live. It has less than 3,000 games per day. Usually less than 2,000 even on the weekends. Compared to modern games like Halo 3 which has several million games per day and sometimes over 1 million plays online.

It's true that Microsoft isn't going to shut down XBox Live for Halo 2 yet. But it's coming. It's going to happen sooner or later.

Who would Microsoft rather please? The few thousand people playing original xbox games? Or the tens of millions of players playing modern Xbox 360 games? I think the answer is obvious.

  • 09.20.2009 4:35 PM PDT