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Subject: The little moments...

You don't stand a chance. I'll crush you. I'll obliterate you. I'll smite you. Then you'll be smitten.

Hell, I don't really even know why I'm writing this, but it's one of those little moments that has stuck with me forever, and I feel like I just want to tell the story once. Seems fitting on the eve of Halo 2's online shutdown.

It was December 31st, 2005. I'd bought Live that summer just for Halo 2, and I spent hours sitting in front of the game. Anyway, it's December 31st, and I sit down in the afternoon to play some good old fashioned Rumble Pit. The hours just sorta drift by, with the odd firework sound puncturing the night as we came up on the last few hours of the year. Anyway, I'm not really paying attention to the time at all, and about 10 minutes prior to midnight, I'm matched into a game on Sanctuary. I was playing pretty well, and was winning at first. By the middle of the game I had slipped into 3rd, but shortly before the end of the game I happened upon the sword. A few quick kills later and I was tied for 1st, with one point to go. Someone comes up behind me, and I turn and lunge. As I'm lunging, my eye sort of slides off the TV and glances at the clock on my bookshelf, and at that moment, I saw the clock turn from 11:59 to 12:00. I heard the voice saying "game over" and smiled to myself.

Halo 2, you brought more hours of joy than any other game I've ever owned. Cheers.

  • 02.19.2010 2:04 AM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Ah, I remember when we paid $4.99 for Sanctuary and Turf.

Good Maps.

Good Times.

  • 02.19.2010 2:11 AM PDT