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...We will watch it die though:
Microsoft Will Never Kill Halo 2

You heard them. your free to do whatever you want.

  • 05.03.2010 1:15 PM PDT

?

*salute*

  • 05.03.2010 3:57 PM PDT

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That has to be the coolest thing I've ever heard Microsoft do. Actually letting gamers be gamers

  • 05.03.2010 4:01 PM PDT
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wish they kind of told us SOONER when we were still in the 1000s not when were down to like 6.

  • 05.03.2010 4:05 PM PDT

Move Your Bowels.

Yeah. The cool thing to do would have been to keep the server running as usual all along, even if it ceased being particularly profitable on a day-to-day basis (god knows MS has made a mint on the back of Halo 2 over the last half-decade). Waiting till the game's population is in the single digits is just cruel.

Basically, Microsoft is just trying to look magnanimous by letting these guys fizzle out, one by agonizing one. "Naw, we're not the corporate behemoth with the bottomless pockets who killed a popular, long-respected and long-enjoyed gaming forum. We're actually swell guys who were faced with an untenable business predicament (quite regrettable, certainly), and to show our solidarity and brotherhood with these rock-ribbed stalwarts of Halo 2 that refuse to lie down their controllers and give in to the inevitable, we're not gonna give them a dignified end. Nope, these last twelve... er, eight... uh, six... no, five faithful gamers will be allowed to linger, to burn through costly electricity and bandwidth, to wear out their faithful old consoles (which, honestly, should have been upgraded years ago to a spankin' new Xbox360 to Microsoft's further profit, but never mind about that, back to our stroke job... er, encomium), to keep the spirit of Halo 2 alive and wheezing all by their five little selves, with no hope of additional friends and foes to join them in their standard-def Halo 2 world. We, your pals from Microsoft, love you *so much* that we're not gonna kill it. We're not gonna give you a merciful end that lets you have closure... one last definitive game to put a button on the whole end. A chance to say you were the last ones there, and the ending was gracious and dignified and sportsmanlike. Oh, heck no! You guys won't leave without a fight? Well, we're with you, O Loyal Customers... er, Fellow Gamers! *We* won't fight you. We'll just make damned sure that your very last Halo 2 experience will be the failure of your network, an ignominious power outage, or the slow inevitable cookout inside your trusty ol' Xbox's guts. Or perhaps just someone in your household downloading a movie that standbys your connection. You guys wanna be the last ones there? Fine! Now that everyone else is gone and can't get back in, there you'll stay until something breaks, or you finally have the good sense to give it up, and come play over here where it's *much* more profitable... I mean, fun."

I apologize to Apache et al, if they receive this news from MS with gladness in their hearts. I truly want them to play as long as they want. But on one level, it feels to me like MS is robbing them by pretending to be doing them a favor and not pulling the plug. The Last Halo 2 Holdouts have been doing something really classy and cool by hanging in there. And I wouldn't have raised a word of protest until Larry Hryb said, "If you're one of the 'Halo 2 twelve' still playing, know that we're rooting for you, we think what you're doing is great, and [we] are not going to pull the rug out from under you".

Couple of weeks after they already had, indeed, pulled out the rug. Disingenuous creeps.

  • 05.03.2010 5:55 PM PDT

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I think Microsoft will to get the backstab 2010 award.

Halo 2 put there little thing called Xbox Live on the map. Without Halo 2 there probably is no Xbox Live today. That means no good multiplayer games would exist today. (Eg: Gears of War, CoD, MW2, Battlefield, etc...)

So Microsoft take sHalo 2 away from everyone to force them to buy a 360, buy 360 games, or in other words give Micro$oft more money. Sounds like a greedy backstab for more money to me. Thanks a lot Microsoft you took away more then just a game...
For the remaining few still on Halo 2 you keep the memories alive for the rest of us, don't let Microsoft win that easy.

  • 05.03.2010 6:03 PM PDT

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So the story begins about the final 12....
i think these people should be acknowlegded in a cool way.

  • 05.03.2010 8:06 PM PDT
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Why do you guys think about yourselves so much?

The game has been dead since the moment the first person couldn't enter Xbox Live from boot-up. And some of us actually do want Xbox Live to progress, you know, bigger friends list, and all that jazz. Sure, this (what once was) $50 was a lot to us sometime or other. But yes, the game is dead, and now all these guys are doing is wasting electricity. Now all of us who have been eagerly anticipating adding more people to play games with, are waiting on people who can't let go of something.

  • 05.04.2010 12:04 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.

MS likes to screw us over.

  • 05.04.2010 12:50 AM PDT

Move Your Bowels.

Posted by: HD_Shadow
Why do you guys think about yourselves so much?

Now all of us who have been eagerly anticipating adding more people to play games with, are waiting on people who can't let go of something.


They're not holding anything up. Could you really imagine that Microsoft would suspend the roll-out of an upgraded XboxLive just so a handful of gamers can finish up and clear out? If there were any reason at all that the last Halo 2 gamers were delaying the introduction of any new-and-improved XBL features that could possibly make Microsoft a few more bucks, don't you think Microsoft would have pulled the plug on its end three weeks ago?

I can see it all now: entire rooms full of brand-new, extra-huge, super-fast servers all installed and ready to be activated. A deputy SysAdmin approaches the Lead, says, "Ready to go, boss. All 97 quintillion terabytes per nanosecond of new Xbox Live server capacity is standing by, ready to be unleashed upon the unsuspecting gaming world! All you gotta do is throw this switch and shut down the old-generation Xbox network and the gaming universe will rejoice!"

Lead says, "Okay, sure. Soon as these two guys finish their 1v1 Custom Slayer on Containment."

Deputy: "Huh?"

Lead: "Unless they then decide to move on to one more round on Coagulation."

Deputy: "You gotta be kidding, Boss. Halo 2 ended most of a month ago."

Lead: "Well, we can't kick 'em off. Sooner or later they'll get tired of it, or their power will go out, or something."

Deputy: "But Boss!! We have hundreds of millions of unique users! They're all awaiting the rollout of our New Hotness! It's all in place! It's time for XBL to enter its next phase of Gaming Global Domination!"

Lead: "Sure, sure. All in good time. Oh look... nice headshot! These guys will be done soon."

Deputy: "Come on! Just hit the switch! Kick those guys off and get the system rolling for everyone else!"

Lead: "That's not how we roll, son. This is Halo 2 we're talking about. The gentlemen will finish when they want to, or when they have to. If *we* boot them off, there will be... well, consequences and repercussions."

Deputy: "Like what?"

...and a certain 7-foot-tall soldier in green armor suddenly looms over the Deputy's shoulder, and speaks in a hushed, gravelly tone.

Chief: "Let them play."

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Ah, if only things really did work like that. As it is, it's pretty obvious that letting these guys "finish their game" won't slow anything down in the slightest. So don't call them selfish.

They're doing good work, Apache and Windex.

  • 05.10.2010 2:04 PM PDT

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Micro$oft should send them new 360 elites and reach when it ships along with 1 year of live and Apache for being the final spartan he should get some major token because this is a ton of publicity

  • 05.10.2010 9:41 PM PDT
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Looking over this forum, I gotta vent this:

I'm bitter, I'm a pissed, and I am HIGHLY envious, of all of you that got to enjoy halo 2 at any point on LIVE, let alone those of you who dragged it out through to the end.

Halo 2 was the one in the series I've had the least experience with; aside from doing a "thunder run" on co op to beat it and a few LAN parties, I've never really played the game.

My despair was extremely high when I found out the servers were being shut down, let alone when my "2-3 express delivery" arrived 10 days too late for me to get my hands on the disc and join everyone.

A salute to you all, and the finger to microshaft and their obviously terrible programming department. I gotta blame someone, right?

  • 05.10.2010 10:27 PM PDT

Posted by: Foley vonAwesom
A salute to you all, and the finger to microshaft and their obviously terrible programming department. I gotta blame someone, right?


Yeah - becuase it is easier than blaming yourself when you had over 5 YEARS to play over XBL.

For all problems in life looking in the mirror is usually the answer.

  • 05.10.2010 11:03 PM PDT
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hey man, just wanted to vent.

and take a minute to consider "hey, maybe this guy wasn't as fortunate as the rest of us"

*edit* and the shot I'm taking at M$ is because I have a very hard time believing that the old network is holding up progress; coupled with the fact no updates have been announced or projected into the future. This was something they could have done by saying "we're working on updates, when we're ready to release we're shutting down the old network" rather than have a dormant transition phase.

[Edited on 05.11.2010 1:07 PM PDT]

  • 05.11.2010 9:44 AM PDT
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of course microsoft is rooting. because they know that their xboxs are going to eventually overheat and they are going to have to buy new ones which equals more money in microsofts pocket. the main reason microsoft shut down live, because they are greedy *****'ers

o yeah and there were people much more dedicated to halo 2 than these -blam!-s playing now. I played halo 2 since it came out and never touched h3. I played h2 a lot even to the day it died and I never came across one of the remaining -blam!-s names on h2 now. The things people will do for attention ... cause i mean seriously , if they were so dedicated to h2 as they are now then they would have never touched h3.

[Edited on 05.11.2010 1:15 PM PDT]

  • 05.11.2010 12:55 PM PDT
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WOW! the last -blam!- to be on halo 2 according to microsoft is Apache N4SIR. he hasnt played halo 2 since sept 22 2007!!! and he signs in on valentines day 2010!!!!!!(2 months before halo 2 will shut down) and plays it like to get attention and prizes. he should get NOTHING!!!! see what I mean? there are other ppl that should deserve something , not these -blam!-s!

[Edited on 05.11.2010 1:32 PM PDT]

  • 05.11.2010 1:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sweet_Child
WOW! the last -blam!- to be on halo 2 according to microsoft is Apache N4SIR. he hasnt played halo 2 since sept 22 2007!!! and he signs in on valentines day 2010!!!!!!(2 months before halo 2 will shut down) and plays it like to get attention and prizes. he should get NOTHING!!!! see what I mean? there are other ppl that should deserve something , not these -blam!-s!


I'm gonna have to ask you to go ahead and fill this out

People these days have such a misplaced sense of rewards and gratification.....

  • 05.11.2010 5:28 PM PDT

Posted by: HD_Shadow
Why do you guys think about yourselves so much?

The game has been dead since the moment the first person couldn't enter Xbox Live from boot-up. And some of us actually do want Xbox Live to progress, you know, bigger friends list, and all that jazz. Sure, this (what once was) $50 was a lot to us sometime or other. But yes, the game is dead, and now all these guys are doing is wasting electricity. Now all of us who have been eagerly anticipating adding more people to play games with, are waiting on people who can't let go of something.


Blah blah blah. another stupid post about this junk. I have 100 friends I need more space but i would give up this new crap for our Halo 2 back. It is the ONLY game that was addicting and actually kept me playing alot. You probably are one that is pissy because you were one of them that shut off their boxes and got jealous of us playing. and all you morons who think that MS was waiting on us, you all know they could have just taken XBL offline with people on like they have done in the past for updates, if you all didnt know that i mean you have to be an idiot or never been around for an update. If they couldnt do that they would hate me, I never shut off my xbox and it is on since last april.

  • 05.11.2010 5:39 PM PDT