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Subject: Halo 2 WAS Xbox Live

I've just been remembering all the good times on Halo 2, and it got me thinking to before Xbox 360 came out.

In the first years of Halo 2, Halo 2 WAS Xbox Live. Many people don't seem to remember, that there were no parties just in general on Xbox Live, it was a party on Halo 2. Messages weren't sent from the dashboard, they were sent in Halo 2. Much of the aspects used today were adopted from Halo 2, such as Parties, many friends list features, the message system, ETC.

When people asked if you wanted to boost, it wasn't 'what game', it was 'which playlist'. When people wanted to play customs, they instinctively knew they were talking about Halo 2, it was second nature. People used Halo 2 to communicate, relax in parties, play some games, and just 'hang out' if you will. Clans were joined, left, and made for different reasons, and they really helped to bring people together.

I just remember that there were literally no other games, aside from the occasional sports 1v1 game, were played until Battlefield 2 came out, and then it was basically Halo 2 and Battlefield. It just amazes me to think about how we were basically playing Halo Live, anything outside Halo 2 was foreign to most people because no other games could even compete with Halo 2.

  • 06.12.2010 1:38 PM PDT
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Hello! I'm a male!

So true man :'(

  • 06.12.2010 2:29 PM PDT
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R.I.P. Halo 2
11/9/04 - 4/15/10

- B( )B

Good times. I want them back.

  • 06.13.2010 8:31 PM PDT

i heard stephen hawking knows how to go back in time...
SHOTGUN!

[Edited on 06.15.2010 7:21 PM PDT]

  • 06.15.2010 7:21 PM PDT

Micro$oft killed it. Bastards.

  • 06.16.2010 3:14 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.

I 100% agree with everything the OP said.

  • 06.18.2010 10:09 PM PDT

Use the Forge Luke

Actually I remember having some great times with Pandora Tommorow, Chaos Theory, Crimson Skies, Ghost Recon 2 and UC:Liandri Conflict. Many people were playing those games but halo 2 obviously had the biggest following.... indeed good times.

  • 06.19.2010 8:27 AM PDT

WAS, until the 360 came out and the dashboard and party systems were created. Halo 2 defined matchmaking and created the friends list, but its gone, its done as an XBL game. Put it to rest.

  • 06.19.2010 10:47 AM PDT

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What someone really needs to do is put halo 2 on the currently unused Halo Wars servers ;)
I kid but we all miss that virtual couch. It was so cozy and private-like. How many people didn't find themselves just sitting in a lobby or game just talking to your friends.
I'd personally say that the only way it would be worth bringing back is in its original form.

  • 06.19.2010 9:46 PM PDT
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Too true man. Too bad good things have come to an end.

  • 06.20.2010 8:27 PM PDT

Meow?

So true, so many memories, going to miss Halo 2, was an amazing game.

  • 06.21.2010 4:54 AM PDT