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Subject: War Stories

"'Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.'
'By my honor and the Light, my life will be a dagger for Sightblinder's heart.'" -Fires of Heaven: Book Five in The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan

Online Halo 2 for the X-box is dead. Having transferred over to Halo 3 this does not mean as much to me as it might have. As is does for some of you. Picking it back up these past few days has been more than fun. Bungie made a great game, but you guys made it amazing.
I'm posting this to give a place to say good-bye. Halo was why many of us got the X-box, and Halo 2 was why we got Live in the first place. It is disappointing to see it end. I wanted this to continue for a long time. Now I will no longer be able to return to it to play Relic or Desolation with friends. Even for nostalgia's sake. This reminds me that Reach will likely be the last Halo, probably ever; but please leave this be. This is for Halo 2.
Also I would like for you to post YOUR War Stories. After 5 years of dedicated play you must have some awesome tales. The time you put into this game must have lead to some stunning victory's, close defeats, and funny deaths.

Halo 2, signing off... HOORA

  • 04.14.2010 7:04 PM PDT

Video games are my favourite video games.

We've still got five hours, Spartan. Get your boots on the battlefield!

I think my most epic war story would have to be a flag run in a Multi Flag CTF BR game on Coagulation. We had tied up the other team, 2-2, and needed one final cap to secure a win. All our armor had been annhilated save a battered Warthog left behind in the opposing team's last assault. A trio of my teammates made a mad dash for the flag- one other lad took to the cliffs, hoping to stealth around and assist. The rest of us sat back at the base, holding fort in case we came under siege.

Because this is Halo 2, we were naturally then under siege.

So three guys are trying to get the flag while the enemy team makes a final push on our weakening defense team. Cliff racer guy comes back with a brute shot and manages to shove them off of us, but only temporarily. Our burning and battered chariot is riding back towards the base with our flag. It only gets about halfway before an enemy Banshee blasts it into the next Title Update.

So, with a minute left in the game, all eight of us say "screw it!" to strategy and make a rush for the flag. While being hit by Banshee fire. Not even time can wear away the frantic shouting in my head. We managed to score a flag cap and win 3-2, just before the enemy team capped our flag.

Valhalla CTF can't shake a stick at the epicness of Coagulation's objective games.

  • 04.14.2010 7:13 PM PDT