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Subject: Rocket Ball: New Gametype Idea
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I'd like to see a game, similar to this, for Halo2
A ball, whose size, skin and weight can be set by the user, spawns in the middle of the map. Each team has a 15ft diameter vertical hoop over their base.
Size of Ball: 1ft - 10ft di.
Weight of Ball: 10lb - 1,000lb
Skin of Ball: 343 Guilty Spark - Soccer, Basketball, etc...
Object: To propel the ball from the middle of map to and through the opponents' hoop by means of grenades, rockets, melee combos or vehicles , etc...
Given the physics engine of Halo, I can easily see this game being a blast.
I can even see being able to put spin (english) on the ball, with a well-placed rocket.

  • 08.06.2004 12:52 PM PDT
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That's the stupidest (no offense) idea i've ever heard

  • 08.06.2004 12:53 PM PDT
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I think I would rather kill the other team.

  • 08.06.2004 12:54 PM PDT
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yeah and we could use flood arms and legs for pool sticks

  • 08.06.2004 12:55 PM PDT
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No no no. For Pool Cues we would use Plasma Swords. But I think it would be fun. But I also think musical chairs in Halo would be fun. Except for instead of chairs there are Plasma Swords, and you are allowed to use any amount of force to get them.

  • 08.06.2004 1:00 PM PDT
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I think we are on to something, let's try and email bungie

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that would be way too hard make the hoop like 150 ft. and the ball 10ft that would be easier

  • 08.06.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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[color=lime]Only if it could run over or knock away other spartans if they get in the way. lol[/color]

  • 08.06.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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I prefer my version of Rocketball.

Oddball. (teams or no teams. preferably teams).

Rockets only.

Small map (think wizard, or longest).

Absolute blast (no pun intended). Esp. b/c your team has a habit of respawning around you, so friendly fire is often and furious (as well as kiltaculars).

  • 08.06.2004 1:05 PM PDT
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Ok i liked the jet pack idea better than this and that one was really really -blam!-.

  • 08.06.2004 1:10 PM PDT
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Offended? no.
It just seems to me that you fail to understand just how fun this gametype would be.
If this gametype were available, I'm sure that you'd be curious enough to try it, and after trying it a few times, might wind up liking it.
It's similar to CTF, only you don't carry the ball.
You must use the in-game physics, and whatever means you have to drive the ball toward the enemy base. All the action will center around the ball, and it will become this frenetic, chaotic (fun) struggle to overwhelm the opposing teams efforts to send the ball in the direction they want to.
Picture your team squaring off against your opponents to drive that ball down the field.

[Edited on 8/6/2004 2:02:29 PM]

  • 08.06.2004 1:12 PM PDT
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that might be fun

  • 08.06.2004 1:14 PM PDT
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Do you have any idea how impossible it would be to control some ball with grenades in the heat of battle. You'd have Spartans and Elites Blowig their teammates up. It would be unweildy and get old. But i hope they put it in for your sake, because, though curious, it'd be -blam!-.

  • 08.06.2004 1:22 PM PDT
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This isn't NFL 2k4, this Halo, shoot people, defend a point, not "Hey, I'm Open"

  • 08.06.2004 1:23 PM PDT
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actually that's kind of a rip off of bombing run from unreal championship accept bombing run is alot better because it's more like football. you pick up a ball and have to run it through a goal in the opponent's base while getting shot at and your team defends you. you can pass the ball to a teammate and if you die you drop the ball and the opposing team can pick it up. you can run it through for 7 points (touchdown) or throw it through for 3 points (field goal). very fun online, but given the differences between halo and unreal a halo version wouldn't be as fun.

  • 08.06.2004 1:29 PM PDT