- apollo creed 01
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EDIT: Main Point : Allowing ppl to go buy Halo CE for the flair is more fair to the loyal Xbox Halo owners/fans
well... this is how i look at it...
Halo PC came out a little less than 2 years after Halo Xbox ed, and by rewarding only the PC owners with 2 emblem flairs which show long lived dedication to halo... the xbox fans were pissed off as they had gotten it when it had originally came out and had no reason to purchase another copy of the game, so bungie had to accommodate for them [myself included]
another thing is most people dont have PC's which can run games smoothly, even if its a good computer, because games require different (and often specific) computer parts to run the game properly...also halo was originally designed for the xbox console and then ported over to the PC by a different company (which a longtime fan may be disgruntled by)
anyways... the flair is showing not that you played Halo PC, but that you played Halo CE, on top of that you get the "HALO" flair showing that you played all the games, since the majority of people have played all the halo games and the majority of people played Halo CE for the xbox(which it was made for) and not the PC
now think about it-- the flair is going to be in halo:reach, which is an xbox 360 console game. The PC is a seperate game system, so in a way its like saying "if you played halo on the PS3 or Wii [if they were made for them] then you get flair for the xbox console showing youve played the game longer than the people who played it on the "original console", which is unfair by logic
now if the flair showed it was PC only and everyone knew that it would be justice, however its not.
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on top of that gearbox was the one who basically had control over the PC version, not really bungie, so why reward those who arnt playing the game as it was originally designed for but playing the ported version done by another company... essentially a "knock off" [ i know some will flame for this comment, but let me explain] of a great game...
its basically like saying Megaman II for the iphone [which is still very fun to play] is the same thing as Megaman II for the NES, in case you are too young to know of megaman here is another example:
actually im too lazy to think of one,lol, but basically halo PC runs a bit differently than on the console and has a different control scheme both designed by a different company-
-[ RANDOM THOUGHT ]i mean, its not like there is a visual flair for the avid Halo Wars fans out there, now is there? why not, its a halo branded game afterall?... its because bungie didnt have any part to do with the game, it was made by a different company...[ RANDOM THOUGHT ]-
its like if another company, not Blizzard, ported World of Warcraft to the Xbox 360, and then Blizzard said that when world of warcraft 2 comes out ONLY the people who bought the xbox version would get, say, a piece of great/ limited ed armor to show they played the first game...
its unfair to the PC ppl bc they bought "The original and first made game from the original developers" while the xbox ppl would have been buying a "somewhat fake" version that was different from the original and made by different ppl just to make some money, and then rewarding the xbox ppl with something saying they were "Original fans" even though they have the "Non-original game"
i simply cannot find the logic behind that though.
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also i hear people saying "OH, these people who arnt loyal to halo are going to go buy Halo PC now and get the flair"
but think about it, what is more loyal than going out and purchasing the game after reading the flair info online in a weekly update (which they probably never miss) while also chatting on the forums and probably playing countless games of halo a day
its not like all these people who just casually play halo are going to be out buying halo pc for the flair, not only that but they probably wont even have a clue about it until the game comes out- and if they do happen to know they might think its a waste of money to go out and buy just to recieve 2 of many "flares" that are offered... its the people who are consistently up to date on the game and care about it enough to go out and buy it.
so the question is "what is the definition of being Loyal?"
[Edited on 08.25.2010 10:29 PM PDT]