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Subject: How can microsoft shut down halo 2? *bungie has responded*

The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision.

Halo2's matchmaking system is p2p, There is no dedicated server to shut down. If they are only talking about a friends list, thats the only thing they could get rid off. But the stats are hosted by bungie, and the games are hosted off players not microsoft...You should still be able to play halo 2 online. Also that cop out about 100 friends, there are many original titles still being played, but no mention of them being shut down, makes me question the legitimacy of that article.

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  • 08.14.2009 9:43 AM PDT
Subject: How can microsoft shut down halo 2?

there is no reason to shut down halo 2. it is still a fun game and everyone shuold have the option of enjoying it at their own discretion.

  • 08.14.2009 9:53 AM PDT

there is no need to shut it down but if they do it time to move on

  • 08.14.2009 9:58 AM PDT
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Bungie please confirm or deny this!!!

I will kill 10 innocent baby seals if they shut down Halo 2!!!

  • 08.14.2009 10:00 AM PDT

Posted by: BOB570
Bungie please confirm or deny this!!!

I will kill 10 innocent baby seals if they shut down Halo 2!!!


If it true right dont get mad about it halo 2 has been running for a long time now

  • 08.14.2009 10:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: BOB570
Bungie please confirm or deny this!!!

I will kill 10 innocent baby seals if they shut down Halo 2!!!


If it true right dont get mad about it halo 2 has been running for a long time now

You haven't even played Halo 2 online. What do you know?!?!

It's a game that the hardcore devoted Xbox LIVE/Halo fans still play, and they are sacrificing them so that a few people can have more friends on their friends list. I don't know a single person who has run out of room on their friends list, nor do I know anybody who actually plays with all the people on their friends list.

  • 08.14.2009 10:17 AM PDT

Posted by: BOB570
Posted by: Killermario16
Posted by: BOB570
Bungie please confirm or deny this!!!

I will kill 10 innocent baby seals if they shut down Halo 2!!!


If it true right dont get mad about it halo 2 has been running for a long time now

You haven't even played Halo 2 online. What do you know?!?!

It's a game that the hardcore devoted Xbox LIVE/Halo fans still play, and they are sacrificing them so that a few people can have more friends on their friends list. I don't know a single person who has run out of room on their friends list, nor do I know anybody who actually plays with all the people on their friends list.


i played it on my other amount a long time ago and i know it been running a long time now

  • 08.14.2009 10:28 AM PDT
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I never knew gaming was about being Hardcore.
Gaming is about being FUN!
Gaming is Entertainment.

Halo 2 should die, the hardcore gamers should think again,
what gaming is about.

but anyway, they have got "Halo 2 for Windows Vista" to move to.
oh no, I didn't realise that game failed too? omg, no Halo 2 is dead!

  • 08.14.2009 10:29 AM PDT

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Halo2's matchmaking system is p2p, There is no dedicated server to shut down. If they are only talking about a friends list, thats the only thing they could get rid off. But the stats are hosted by bungie, and the games are hosted off players not microsoft...You should still be able to play halo 2 online. Also that cop out about 100 friends, there are many original titles still being played, but no mention of them being shut down, makes me question the legitimacy of that article.
The matchmaking is done server side; once players are found and a game type chosen, then it becomes peer-to-peer during acutal game play.

  • 08.14.2009 10:34 AM PDT

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Posted by: Moifugley
I never knew gaming was about being Hardcore.
Gaming is about being FUN!
Gaming is Entertainment.

Halo 2 should die, the hardcore gamers should think again,
what gaming is about.

but anyway, they have got "Halo 2 for Windows Vista" to move to.
oh no, I didn't realise that game failed too? omg, no Halo 2 is dead!

I agree

  • 08.14.2009 10:52 AM PDT
Subject: How can microsoft shut down halo 2? *bungie has responded*

The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision.

Posted by: Achronos
Really? Where? I just read that OXM UK thinks a solution to the 100 friend limit is that Halo 2 could be shut down (their words). I see nowhere where anybody asked either Microsoft or Bungie about it.

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Posted by: JonnyOThan
OXM's title states one thing as fact, but the article says it is merely a possibility. The StrategyInformer article took the title to be truth of "Microsoft Confirmation" and ran with it (you can see that their source is, indeed, the OXM article).


Found here http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35922809&p ostRepeater1-p=5

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  • 08.14.2009 10:53 AM PDT

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Yeah - guys, you REALLY need to be careful about the what people say on the Internet regarding "controversial" things like this. OXM UK's poorly worded speculative article got picked up as an account of what was "officially" happening on account of the headline used to drive hits to their site.

ALWAYS read the full articles, not just the headline, and even then, check to see what the source is before you jump on the bandwagon.

  • 08.14.2009 10:58 AM PDT

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Posted by: Achronos
Yeah - guys, you REALLY need to be careful about the what people say on the Internet regarding "controversial" things like this. OXM UK's poorly worded speculative article got picked up as an account of what was "officially" happening on account of the headline used to drive hits to their site.

ALWAYS read the full articles, not just the headline, and even then, check to see what the source is before you jump on the bandwagon.

thank you

  • 08.14.2009 11:07 AM PDT

Posted by: Achronos
Yeah - guys, you REALLY need to be careful about the what people say on the Internet regarding "controversial" things like this. OXM UK's poorly worded speculative article got picked up as an account of what was "officially" happening on account of the headline used to drive hits to their site.

ALWAYS read the full articles, not just the headline, and even then, check to see what the source is before you jump on the bandwagon.


So...Halo 2 isn't dying? *Hugs Achronos*

  • 08.14.2009 11:14 AM PDT
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Posted by: BOB570
Bungie please confirm or deny this!!!

I will kill 10 innocent baby seals if they shut down Halo 2!!!

So a baby seal walks into a club....

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Posted by: Moifugley
I never knew gaming was about being Hardcore.
Gaming is about being FUN!
Gaming is Entertainment.

Halo 2 should die, the hardcore gamers should think again,
what gaming is about.

but anyway, they have got "Halo 2 for Windows Vista" to move to.
oh no, I didn't realise that game failed too? omg, no Halo 2 is dead!
Get out of our presence. Halo 2 was amazing. I know it isn't going to be shut down, (hoping it won't as well) but how dare you insult the game like that. You're damned to this site now. Leave.

  • 08.14.2009 11:54 AM PDT

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

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Posted by: Moifugley
I never knew gaming was about being Hardcore.
Gaming is about being FUN!
Gaming is Entertainment.

Halo 2 should die, the hardcore gamers should think again,
what gaming is about.

but anyway, they have got "Halo 2 for Windows Vista" to move to.
oh no, I didn't realise that game failed too? omg, no Halo 2 is dead!
Get out of our presence. Halo 2 was amazing. I know it isn't going to be shut down, (hoping it won't as well) but how dare you insult the game like that. You're damned to this site now. Leave.

Yeah, that person is trolling a lot, he thinks h2x fails (even though it still has hardcore fans). I also saw some pc n00b link me to a video bashing h2 calling it "n00bified" on this forum. Stupid h2 trolls, they need a life.

  • 08.14.2009 12:08 PM PDT

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Let's all play Halo 2 online then so they can't shut them down.

  • 08.14.2009 12:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
Yeah - guys, you REALLY need to be careful about the what people say on the Internet regarding "controversial" things like this. OXM UK's poorly worded speculative article got picked up as an account of what was "officially" happening on account of the headline used to drive hits to their site.

ALWAYS read the full articles, not just the headline, and even then, check to see what the source is before you jump on the bandwagon.

Thank you Achronos! I love you... in a strait kind of way.

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Posted by: Achronos
Yeah - guys, you REALLY need to be careful about the what people say on the Internet regarding "controversial" things like this. OXM UK's poorly worded speculative article got picked up as an account of what was "officially" happening on account of the headline used to drive hits to their site.

ALWAYS read the full articles, not just the headline, and even then, check to see what the source is before you jump on the bandwagon.
he could be saying it's already dead, and there are no servers, but if anyone has more than 100 friends, they can't play halo 2.Posted by: dfisch5
Posted by: Moifugley
I never knew gaming was about being Hardcore.
Gaming is about being FUN!
Gaming is Entertainment.

Halo 2 should die, the hardcore gamers should think again,
what gaming is about.

but anyway, they have got "Halo 2 for Windows Vista" to move to.
oh no, I didn't realise that game failed too? omg, no Halo 2 is dead!

I agree
lol, I believe this is the horrible truth, that they want to run away from.

hope they kill of Halo 2, and I mean both Halo 2's.
Halo 2 was Bungie's Biggest Failure.
Halo 2 for Windows Vista was Micrsoft's Biggest Failure, which failed more than Halo 2.

Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo: Reach and future Bungie games are the way forward.
get a grip you idiots, you're not going to die if Halo 2 dies.
It was dead as soon as Halo 3 arrived.

Why should Bungie even represent a game which they failed on?

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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: Moifugley
lol, I believe this is the horrible truth, that they want to run away from.

hope they kill of Halo 2, and I mean both Halo 2's.
Halo 2 was Bungie's Biggest Failure.
Halo 2 for Windows Vista was Micrsoft's Biggest Failure, which failed more than Halo 2.

Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo: Reach and future Bungie games are the way forward.
get a grip you idiots, you're not going to die if Halo 2 dies.
It was dead as soon as Halo 3 arrived.

Why should Bungie even represent a game which they failed on?


who said halo 2 was a failure. it was one of the greatest and all time best game for the original xbox. halo 2 was bungies greatest success after creating halo combat evolved. without its success halo 3 wouldn't have been made.

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  • 08.15.2009 12:47 AM PDT
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it would be almost impossible for them to shut Halo 2 down, they are still making some money off of and i personally say halo 1 is nothing when in the face of 2 bc its like a training ground that makes you better then, you totally hone your awsum skillz to a fine point in halo 2 so that you are almost unbeatable XD

  • 08.15.2009 1:21 AM PDT

PwN IZ SiK

get halo 2 vista (problem solved)

  • 08.15.2009 2:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: xPwnage21x
get halo 2 vista (problem solved)
that game fails even more than Big Rigs. (problem still unresolved)

[Edited on 08.15.2009 3:30 AM PDT]

  • 08.15.2009 3:10 AM PDT

Wow so when your bungie it says you an overlord

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