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Subject: whats wrong with being a colonel?

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title says it all.

i never understood what is so bad about it.

  • 08.25.2010 3:03 PM PDT
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There is an opinion that colonels are just people who aren't good enough to be generals, and that this fact makes them incompetent when it comes to all things Halo. That being said, I don't mind being a colonel.

  • 08.25.2010 3:05 PM PDT

Everyone either wants to be a commander or brigerator and colonial is in between.

Any questions?

  • 08.25.2010 3:06 PM PDT

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ohhhh, so its basically little generals bragging about how they can get the extra 10 skill to get their 50 and anybody who cant get the extra few skill are rubish?

[Edited on 08.25.2010 3:09 PM PDT]

  • 08.25.2010 3:08 PM PDT
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When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team.
Most of them are crappy LW 40s, who all suck.
Also, a quadriplegic person who couldn't move his arms/fingres got a legit 45.

  • 08.25.2010 3:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dont Be Stupid
When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team.
Most of them are crappy LW 40s, who all suck.
Also, a quadriplegic person who couldn't move his arms/fingres got a legit 45.
Exhibit A

[Edited on 08.25.2010 3:10 PM PDT]

  • 08.25.2010 3:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: Dont Be Stupid
When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team.
Most of them are crappy LW 40s, who all suck.
Also, a quadriplegic person who couldn't move his arms/fingres got a legit 45.


sounds good for the quadraplegic, a legit 45 :)

  • 08.25.2010 3:10 PM PDT

No its just that you need 4o to be a colonial so basicly your in between a brigerator and a commander

  • 08.25.2010 3:10 PM PDT

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Posted by: Zaltyre

Posted by: Dont Be Stupid
When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team.
Most of them are crappy LW 40s, who all suck.
Also, a quadriplegic person who couldn't move his arms/fingres got a legit 45.
Exhibit A


yeah, i thought it was

  • 08.25.2010 3:11 PM PDT

Posted by: MajinBuuuu
Halo no longer has that chess kind of approach on it where two teams battle for map control, working together to outplay the other team.Its now a bunch of sugar rushed ten year old's playing soccom boppers at 12:00 AM.


Posted by: SUPER MOOSE93

Posted by: Zaltyre

Posted by: Dont Be Stupid
When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team.
Most of them are crappy LW 40s, who all suck.
Also, a quadriplegic person who couldn't move his arms/fingres got a legit 45.
Exhibit A


yeah, i thought it was
basically what dont be stupid said,but the hate started as a joke then everyone jumped on the colonel hate bandwagon

  • 08.25.2010 3:23 PM PDT

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I don't see the problem.

  • 08.25.2010 3:24 PM PDT

I'd like to be half-man half-tree in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Since the ranking system is messed up, the skill gap between 40 and 50 is a lot higher than it is between any other ranks. So when a 50 gets a 40 on their team (the lowest possible rank to be paired with when searching on a 50), they are very different in skill. And so the 50s make jokes about how bad Colonels/40s are because they're butthurt that they lost in a video game, thanks to the Colonel. They don't really complain about other ranks because they rarely play against/with them.

  • 08.25.2010 3:26 PM PDT


Posted by: Dont Be Stupid
When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team.
Most of them are crappy LW 40s, who all suck.
Also, a quadriplegic person who couldn't move his arms/fingres got a legit 45.


Why would a LW 40 go in a ranked team match?

Are there really Colonels that stupid?

  • 08.25.2010 3:30 PM PDT

Absolutely nothing, as long as you don't care about being bad a video game.

  • 08.25.2010 3:34 PM PDT

Hates to love and loves to hate.

Posted by: The DMR
Absolutely nothing, as long as you don't care about being bad a video game.

  • 08.25.2010 3:40 PM PDT

Better luck next time buddy.


Posted by: UnrealHungryCatt

Posted by: Dont Be Stupid
When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team.
Most of them are crappy LW 40s, who all suck.
Also, a quadriplegic person who couldn't move his arms/fingres got a legit 45.


Why would a LW 40 go in a ranked team match?

Are there really Colonels that stupid?


I'm a 42 in LW but I got lot of 30 in a lot of team playlist. Am I that stupid?

  • 08.25.2010 3:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: ULTAMATE POWER
No its just that you need 4o to be a colonial so basicly your in between a brigerator and a commander
um no its below brigaider

  • 08.25.2010 3:43 PM PDT

Better luck next time buddy.


Posted by: xX07KTLeader

Posted by: ULTAMATE POWER
No its just that you need 4o to be a colonial so basicly your in between a brigerator and a commander
um no its below brigaider


That's what he said, you're below Brig but over Commander.

  • 08.25.2010 3:45 PM PDT

I'd like to be half-man half-tree in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Posted by: iTryhard N Reach
Or this happens. Observe how the 2 colonels in my game did

Was the Colonel on the other team searching with the rest of them? It looked awfully like a booster to me.

  • 08.25.2010 6:04 PM PDT

You really think that this Halo Reach is Halo, well well I guess you never experienced the joys of H2 or H3. I miss you guys!

When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team. Yes. This is the main problem why people dislike colonels because when you search 50 high and you get a level 40 colonel on your team then that makes the difference in a win or a loss.

  • 08.25.2010 6:04 PM PDT

Posted by: Deathtrap462
Posted by: iTryhard N Reach
Or this happens. Observe how the 2 colonels in my game did

Was the Colonel on the other team searching with the rest of them? It looked awfully like a booster to me.


Nope, he was actually trying. That's the sad part.

  • 08.25.2010 6:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: Dont Be Stupid
When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team.


now i think about it, this is kinda right.

my freind is a 42, he has had so mnay account trying to get past that but never has, every time he gets a 50 he gets pood on and the rest of us do pretty well.

i dont think some 50's are that good by themselves, they only kill ius because they just double BR.

  • 08.26.2010 4:18 AM PDT


Posted by: SUPER MOOSE93

Posted by: Dont Be Stupid
When searching 50 high, colonels are the lowest person you can get on your team.


now i think about it, this is kinda right.

my freind is a 42, he has had so mnay account trying to get past that but never has, every time he gets a 50 he gets pood on and the rest of us do pretty well.

i dont think some 50's are that good by themselves, they only kill ius because they just double BR.

Getting a 50 isn't about being able to go rambo in a team match, its about being able to work as a team. Halo is massively team-focused so teamwork always triumphs. Part of being a good player is understanding that.
Colonels don't understand that because they get to 41 in LW (Which any decent player could do with their hands tied behind their back) and think that the LW style is how you play Halo. Then you end up with someone who is terrible as individual player but even worse as a team player.

  • 08.26.2010 4:38 AM PDT

You're not good at Halo either.


Posted by: Glycerine Flesh
Getting a 50 isn't about being able to go rambo in a team match


It isn't?

Ah shucks.

  • 08.26.2010 5:07 AM PDT