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Subject: Halo 2, xbox LIve "optimatch" not connecting

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

Ok, its down again as of 11:37 AM eastern time. I'm also making a youtube video about it.

  • 11.14.2009 8:38 AM PDT
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This is so freagin anoying. Thank you M$ and Bungie for making my decision much easier. Thank you M$ for always thinking of your customers when you F them over with your grand scheme of things. Thank you Bungie for really really supporting your fans by sitting there twiddling your thumbs. Heck if it wasn't for M$ Matchmaking, what is there to the current Halo 2? If this is how you treat your Halo 2 fans, I wonder when it's Halo 3's time, will you treat your Halo 3 fans the same (as in doing nothing)? So i am not going to risk spend my dimes to fill your pockets so that I can be screwed again. PS3 here I come. anyone wanna buy a used xbox 360 with Halo 2? ;)

  • 11.14.2009 8:49 AM PDT

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

Ok, i made a video about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97KUv38htEE&feature=channe l

  • 11.14.2009 9:53 AM PDT

Clevelander.Hip Hop Head.Sports Addict.MLGer.

This not working is pissing me off.

  • 11.14.2009 10:17 AM PDT
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so finally got an email from them to call them. I called and yelled and screamed and they say to give them 48 hours to have this resolved. ...maybe I shouldn't have yelled and screamed lol

  • 11.14.2009 10:31 AM PDT

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

Called, wasted 32 min of my life, they blamed my isp. I tried to explain that it worked in the morning and failed on both xboxes in the afternoon, and they said that it was a "weak connection" and they had been getting calls about this. And they gave me a case number.

  • 11.14.2009 10:49 AM PDT
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While we wait for this to Fix, lets do some customs. add me "Mrs Nesbith". Lets try and get some people for some good old fashion custom games.

  • 11.14.2009 2:50 PM PDT

well i guess lets just hope that this blows over soon. the 17th gives us 3 days. so lets see if this whole thing gets fixed after they do this whole twitter facebook thing. i just think it would be super stupid if they decided to take halo 2 off live because i have 100 friends on here and i just started playing it again. just about all of them are on at night when i am so it makes for some interesting parties. but i guess we shall see what happens. i just hope it starts working because i miss matchmaking already and its only been a week. =\

  • 11.14.2009 3:05 PM PDT
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Hey Mrs Nesbith, I added you and your offline, mind coming online? We can do some 1v1 or something.

  • 11.14.2009 3:08 PM PDT

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

If they take h2 down, then its time for some XBC and Kai matches. Also, if it is down, then all my original xbox owning friends will be down too.

  • 11.14.2009 4:21 PM PDT

Posted by: ღMidnight Hawk2ღ
Everyone is entitled to their own wrong opinion.


I'm part of the Bungie.net Minecraft group/server called SeptaCrafters
We're a Bungie.net group that goes to our very own Bungie server. Most players are from the Halo community either off Bungie itself or through word to Halo friends.

Im really sick of the Halo series. Well, most of it. Halo CE is still fun t o go back to and she got powerful the shotgun was, and lay some awesome co-op on legendary.
Halo3 is boring, Halo ODST...only reason its doing well "reconz"
Halo reach..idk what that is. Halo Wars..you don't hear about it enough.

Halo2 has less players on the whole game then ruble-pit in halo3 has, and you can still gt a match faster in halo2.

point being Halo CE, Halo2 > Halo3, ODST, Halo Reach, Halo Wars

  • 11.14.2009 4:46 PM PDT

I got the same errors, shame, I love all the halo games and was looking forward to playing some halo 2 in a while.

  • 11.14.2009 5:06 PM PDT

still nothing as of nov.14 5:14

  • 11.14.2009 5:15 PM PDT
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Same problem in Washington at 7:24

  • 11.14.2009 7:24 PM PDT
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I think some the updates being made are almost done, because when I look at my friends list in Halo 2 it shows their rank and emblem. Before it was just who's playing playing what.

  • 11.14.2009 7:45 PM PDT
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Halo 2 matchmaking is now starting to come back. im starting to get matches in team training. so for all those people that think they are shuttin halo 2 down well they are obiviously not.

  • 11.14.2009 8:00 PM PDT
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Yeah, I'm sure they are just doing an update. It sure would be nice to get a schedule of when halo is/will be unavailable. Anyone know if there is anything out there like that?

Still nothing on my end-as far as matchmaking goes.

  • 11.14.2009 9:17 PM PDT
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It is now 9:29 and we have matchmaking! Yeah!!!!!

  • 11.14.2009 9:29 PM PDT

Die pickle eater!
SuperPaul69 is my friend!

I received another email from xbox live email support: "Unfortunately, we have identified the problem with the Halo 2 Matchmaking service and it is an emerging issue among the original Xbox users. You may need to contact out phone support for us to assist you further." This is a bunch of crap, since i have a friend who only has a 360 and cannot connect aswell. I replied with that same response, along witht he fact that only in the mornings matchmaking seams to work. ITs now 9:40am(atlantic time) I am able to connect. Gona test to see how long it lasts.

  • 11.15.2009 5:56 AM PDT

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

That's crap too, tell me why Battlefront works but H2 doesnt. Oh, and the content downloader also works.

  • 11.15.2009 6:29 AM PDT
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i just joined to chime in on this. it's 12:08 in colorado and no match making.
extremely -blam!-. if anyone wants to play just send me a friend request. don't worry about me being a level one: i only play swat, although i'd even play some capture the flag right about now. that's a new level of desperation for me.

  • 11.15.2009 11:10 AM PDT

Its true. Im getting the error intermittently for the past few days. In britain here.

Bungie insist they have nothing to do with the game anymore that they made and controlled for years (whatever), and good luck getting anything out of the support drones in mumbai. Our only option is to wait and see tbh.

  • 11.15.2009 11:37 AM PDT

Clevelander.Hip Hop Head.Sports Addict.MLGer.

If we all call, something will happen i gotta a feeling! lol.

  • 11.15.2009 2:07 PM PDT

Die pickle eater!
SuperPaul69 is my friend!

If you can get online early in the morning around 9-10am, then you'll be ok, thats what i did this morning. I played for about 2 hrs with no problem. I decided to see what would happen if i would leave matchmaking around 12pm noon hr my time here in Newbrunswick, Canada. I couldnt log in after that. SO, if you are able to log in in the morning, stay logged in..cause you wont be able too when it hits the afternoon. Unfortunately, I myself like to play at night. Except when i get the chance on the weekend. So, hopefully it gets fixed. Cause 5 days out of 7, im at work and cant play until night. ...Cancellation in the horizon? Probably!

  • 11.15.2009 2:19 PM PDT

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

Ok, This is retarted: Its 5:42 pm and its down. And i also took pictures of Halo 2 and SWBF2 (which works):

First: Halo 2 is Down!
http://img5.imageshack.us/i/dscf0011yr.jpg/
http://img4.imageshack.us/i/dscf0012lv.jpg/

And BF2 working perfectly:
http://img41.imageshack.us/i/dscf0014pg.jpg/
Cant MS freaking fix halo 2 instead of letting it die on Xbox?

  • 11.15.2009 2:44 PM PDT