- joe campbell
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- Exalted Mythic Member
RIP Halo 2: November 9, 2004-May 10, 2010
I was the 2nd to last person to get kicked off Halo 2, see the thread Here
As all of you know, the Xbox Live servers were shut down for all Xbox original games on April 15, 2010. A small, dedicated group of Halo 2 players didn't agree with this, and would not let the game die. As long as we didn't shut off our Xboxes, or lose connection in any way, we would still be able to play Halo 2. At first there were over 500 people that had kept their Xboxes on after the servers were shut down, but that quickly decreased to less than 100. Many players lagged out, and some players Xboxes actually overheated. We were able to keep Halo 2 alive for nearly 1 month longer than it should have been.
You may ask why we did this. Everyone has their own reason, but mostly it was for the love, and memory of Halo 2. For some, it was to show the disapproval to Microsoft, for shutting off Halo 2 so we could have more friends on our friends list. (Which is apparently why they shut down the servers, and that update still hasn't happened!)
A lot of us became really good friends.
For a while, we had 'T0 Be Continued' live streaming all of our games, until her xbox regrettably froze while playing custom games. Then, 'Mr7ankjump' did a live stream, but he lagged out only 4 hours later. 'Z0mbie Stench' was doing a live stream every day after those 2 lagged out, but sadly she was kicked off because of connection trouble. XXBooker DXX was the final live streamer.
I would like to thank everyone who followed our story, all of your support really inspired us to stay on as long as possible. Also, I would like to thank all of the Final Few, you guys are awesome and it was an honor playing with you. Also, I would like to thank GamesRadar.com for giving out F&F beta codes for the final 12.
There are no longer any Halo 2 players online. Here are the names of the Final 20, in order of not being kicked off.
1.APACHE N4SIR
2.Agent Windex
3.Lord Odysseus11
4.xxMAKDADYxx
5.DirtyCajun
6.Aforeignobject
7.XXBooker DXX
8.HiredN00bs
9.Rob2D
10.Z0mbie Stench
11.H20 Shoagie
12.Sherlok 1
13.SieferSword
14.Detenn
15.WGL Gonzo
16.MangledRex
17.XYOX
18.Anelf3
19.DeadlyChippy
20.Bond WM
21.Lockepyker
22.BillFromChicago
23.Mr7ankJump
24.NoName Nomad
25.T0 Be Continued
26.Family Fry
27.Hal0 HuLk
28.slater ohm
29.Dustyn1001
30.Milhouse06
31.Se7enUpMustang
32.TS Smokz
33.HummpaDummp
34.Crazy Kai
35.Wopsle
36.RomeoDude
37.xxxPuNiiSheRxxx
38.A Snoopkat
39.Keneken
40.xzzy
41.Nedge
42.TubbyKarma304
43.Lucky v1
44.Dragonslayer91
45.vxv frosty vxv
46.coppertop101
47.Osgray
48.MazeltovKoktail
49.Envoyyy JG
50.ssr14
51.Trent4now 05
27-50 are complete guesses, I just wanted to make sure their names were listed. Feel free to correct anything on this list.
Our message was heard throughout all of the internet. There were many articles written about what we did, on almost every gaming website. Here are some of the articles:
Slash Gear's Article
Game Stooge's Article
Network World's Article
Escapist Magazine's Article
Game Pro's Article
Games Inet's Article
Cnet's Article
Eurogamer's Article
Max Console's Article
Kotaku's Article
The Gaming Liberty's Article
Slashdot's Article
VideoGamer.com's Article
G4 TV's Article
1up's Article
Gizmodo's Article
Tweaker's Article (Dutch)
Switched's Article
Free Xbox Cheats' Article
One News Page's Article
Gamespot's Article
Game Reactor's Article (German)
Joystiq's Article
XNews' Article (Japenese)
Seattlepi's Article
IGN's Article
Yahoo's Article
GamesRadar Interview
Halo 2: Final Few Montages: (Thanks to Slater Ohm) Amazing videos, one of the last Halo 2 montages ever made.
Episode 1
Episode 2 (no audio)
Episode 3
Episode 4
[Edited on 02.04.2012 11:25 PM PST]