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Subject: Halo 2, xbox LIve "optimatch" not connecting
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Defender of Reach

-blam!- im having the same problem. I WANT TO PLAY HALO 2 :'(

  • 11.15.2009 5:02 PM PDT

MS can't just leave it like this, right?

  • 11.15.2009 5:04 PM PDT
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I just signed on to Bungie just to -blam!- about MS. I've been scanning the internet trying to find an answer for this HALO2 fiasco but it seems that MS is just screwing their customers again. I can't believe that they have not assumed responsibility for this. If it wasn't that we are a Microsoft shop at work I'd be pushing Ubuntu.

  • 11.15.2009 5:25 PM PDT

Femme fatale; oh snap. | Halo vet since 2003.

Ugh, still down last I looked.

I don't want to submit a help ticket; I wanna play -blam!- SWAT.

  • 11.15.2009 7:56 PM PDT
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I'm still having issues on my 360, this is ridiculous.. whom evers at fault needs to correct the problem.

Back to custom games

  • 11.15.2009 8:01 PM PDT
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H2 matchmaking still down as of 6:30 pm PST, Sun. 11/15.

I tried Optimatch repeatedly on Sat. 11/14 between 6 pm and 7 pm PST. Tried again today, Sunday 11/15 1:30 pm PST and 4 pm PST. Not a single successful entry into matchmaking. As instructed, I log off and log back on. Many times. No dice. I have an original Xbox.

Usually the status lights on my DSL modem goes nuts whenever logging into Xblive. But not now; they're dead quiet. XBlive looks ok, I can see my friends and their status, but once I click the Optimatch button, I get the error message.

Wow. Almost a week's worth of unscheduled downtime, including an entire weekend without H2 matchmaking. With all of Microsoft's billions of cash on their balance sheet, you'd think that they could hire some sysadmins who can keep their network running during peak business hours. Nope, guess not.

Someone needs to be fired for this.

To pass the time, I wandered through the H2 campaign, a.k.a. "The Never-Ending Search for BR/Carbine ammo" or "Is this level really that long or am I at a Catholic wedding?." Someone should have been fired for that one too.

  • 11.15.2009 9:19 PM PDT

Posted by: KEN DAWGG 2
"Is this level really that long or am I at a Catholic wedding?."
Roflcopter!

  • 11.15.2009 9:28 PM PDT

Maybe they aren't doing anything about it because it is not completely down. As of now there have been over 2600 people online playing Halo 2 and over 4700 matches logged in the last day.

My guess would be they won't fix it until it goes completely down, which is stupid.

  • 11.15.2009 9:32 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

It works sometimes and sometimes not, usually at the same times each day, so i think they are doing maintenance. The fact that they wont tell us why this is occurring or what the schedule is for down time makes me think they are doing this, possibly in preparation of removing halo2 from xbox live (although i still think this is unlikely) because they would tell us if it was something that would be beneficial to the halo2 online community. They are hush hush, possibly because they want to say to bad so sad, after it is done and it cant be reversed. I wish they would be straight forward with what is happening to halo2.

  • 11.15.2009 10:39 PM PDT

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

Yeah, it could be maintenence. Though, we will know for sure tommorow.

  • 11.16.2009 5:59 AM PDT

Hey from what I've read and heard Halo 2 is definitely being phased out. In order for Microsoft to expand the friends list on Live to 100+ friends they have to shut down Halo 2 because Halo 2 is exactly whats preventing them from doing so. I hope its just rumors but considering Halo 2 matchmaking hasnt worked for me for just about a week then i'm to believe they are days away from shuttin it down for real.

[Edited on 11.16.2009 9:39 AM PST]

  • 11.16.2009 9:36 AM 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: poppinfresh76
Hey from what I've read and heard Halo 2 is definitely being phased out. In order for Microsoft to expand the friends list on Live to 100+ friends they have to shut down Halo 2 because Halo 2 is exactly whats preventing them from doing so. I hope its just rumors but considering Halo 2 matchmaking hasnt worked for me for just about a week then i'm to believe they are days away from shuttin it down for real.


Its not. MS is doing an update, and that rumor about it shutting down was false. The thing about shutting down halo 2 for the 100+ friends was an assumption with no proof or backing.

  • 11.16.2009 9:52 AM 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.

MM is working. my mom is playing it right now with her friends.

  • 11.16.2009 11:12 AM PDT

Posted by: Midnight Hawk2
MM is working. my mom is playing it right now with her friends.
Yeah, it's working.

Tell your mom I cyber love her.

  • 11.16.2009 11:22 AM PDT

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i made a topic on how i get around this problem if you want to check it out

  • 11.16.2009 11:22 AM PDT
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It's 4:35pm east coast, not working. The problem is that it only works in the morning and very seldom in the evening. The stats on Bungie is misleading. If you log into Halo2, Bungie server will see that you are in, therefore add that to the count of how many people have been on. The problem with that is you still can't play because Matchmaking doesn't really work. The server however will still count as logged on. So what about the Matches logged you ask?? Well that is b/c Matchmaking works in the wee early morning when people are sleeping. So it makes you wonder WTH. Did they purposely turn off Halo 2 Matchmaking to allow un-hindered game play of the new COD? I don't know what's going on, but this has been going on for a week now.

I think M$ is being shady about this.

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  • 11.16.2009 1:31 PM PDT

Posted by: Lost1nSpace
4:30pm east coast, not working
Yeah, West coast is not working again, it only worked for a while.

  • 11.16.2009 1:46 PM PDT
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hmmm, Matches logged showing increase in number, but I am still unable to get on. why?

checking again, this bungie halo 2 stats is junk.
it went from Matches Logged (Last 24 Hours): 3602 to 3629 to 3602 to 3603 to 3602 to etc....

what kind of stat is that???? JUNK!

now it's 3596...WTH!!!!

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  • 11.16.2009 2:05 PM PDT

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

Ok, im in East Coast, and its down for me. I'm playing customs now.

  • 11.16.2009 2:59 PM PDT

Die pickle eater!
SuperPaul69 is my friend!

add me anyone SILVER GHOST 87.

here is the ongoing battle with xboxlive support.
Below is the email I just send to Xbox support:
To: xbox_.live.na.00.en.hah.mnl.ts.t01.spt.x1.em@css.one.microsof t.com

hey John, why dont u guys admit that you're having a problem with halo2 on live. Don't you think its more then a coincidence that other people are getting the same error message all over the world.

1- You resolution is a bunch of crap by the way. My ISP is Rogers High Speed Cable where On my computer I can check the connection speed. I get 11MBPS, this is not dial up here.

2- All of a sudden tons and tons of people are not able to get into matchmaking.

3- You guys have given me the runaround in answering my questions. One person blamed it on my old xbox which is working fine, even though my friend has a 360 and is getting the same problem.

If you don't think we are gona cancel, you should check out this link that will bring you to a thread on BUNGIE.net FORUM that I created.

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=38834603

Go on check it out and if u tell me its my ISP, thats it.


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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:31:28 -0800


Hi Curtis,



Thank you for contacting Microsoft online support for Xbox! I am John and I will be helping you today with this issue.



As I understand it, after an auto-update, you receive one of the following error messages when you reach the first step in searching for a Matchmaking game in Halo 2:



"Sorry, we're in the process of updating some configuration files. Please wait a moment and try again later."



CAUSE

Typically, these error messages indicate that you are receiving poor Quality of Service (QoS) from your Internet service provider (ISP).



Note: A pattern among some users involves failure of Internet connection and low Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) values.



THINGS TO TRY

1. Sign in to Xbox Live again later.



For more information about how to troubleshoot this issue, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887402 XL: Connectivity: General connectivity troubleshooting



If you need to reply to this e-mail, please reply 'with history' (include any previous e-mail) or reference to Service Request Number 1116753742 so we can expedite our service to you.



Thank you for visiting Xbox.com. If you should have future questions on Xbox products or services, please be sure to revisit our Web site as we are continually adding information to enhance our service.



Best Regards,



John

Microsoft XBOX Support Service



  • 11.16.2009 3:14 PM PDT

Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day =)

well it looks like this isnt gonna be fixed for awhile, if at all. so until then hows about we get some sick custom games going? ill be online in halo 2 all day so add me. my gamertag is sparta360

  • 11.16.2009 3:22 PM PDT

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

If it is not fixed tommorow (the day of 360 twitter), I am going to be MAD! If it is shut down (like the rumors say), i will be REALLY MAD!!!!

Also, my gamertag is JacobGRocks.

  • 11.16.2009 4:51 PM PDT

it worked for me last night around 9ish central time and all until this afternoon. then stopped again. lets hope that that tomorrow its fixed and we dont have anymore of this bulls***. im getting super sick of it.

idk if i have any room on my friends list but heres my gamertag anyways. redzombiebabe13

  • 11.16.2009 5:05 PM PDT
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I think I may know one of the reasons its not working. My friend who owns MW2 says that you can't talk to people on XBL while playing, and that Microsoft is currently trying to fix it. This could be the reason they are too busy fixing this (because its a new game so more people are complaining about this than they are Halo 2) and then they will fix Halo 2 after they fix MW2.

  • 11.16.2009 5:07 PM PDT
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Hello! I'm a male!

Posted by: JV100
I think I may know one of the reasons its not working. My friend who owns MW2 says that you can't talk to people on XBL while playing, and that Microsoft is currently trying to fix it. This could be the reason they are too busy fixing this (because its a new game so more people are complaining about this than they are Halo 2) and then they will fix Halo 2 after they fix MW2.
Uh Microsoft can't fix something that the creators of CoD:MW2 set up ..... They made it so that you can only communicate with certain people in the play lists ...... Like some play lists you can't be in an xbox live party and others you can ....... and so on .... So yea

  • 11.16.2009 6:37 PM PDT