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I can see it now like it's the lgiht at the end of a covenant filled tunnel when im the MC with an assault rifle after ive just killed everyone off. Or like i dies u know whichever

  • 11.11.2005 8:35 PM PDT
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this is F-ing -blam!-! what the F is bungie thinking about getting ride of btb!!!! this is mother F-ing -blam!-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! theres no point! F%^&

  • 11.11.2005 8:38 PM PDT
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Miss it i well....Next subject plz

  • 11.11.2005 8:48 PM PDT
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wow ...um that's great. Brutality!! Sounds kinda deadly, I don't want to kill any one. But get on my bad side and your going down

  • 11.11.2005 8:52 PM PDT
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Fuuuck shiiit fuuuck shiiit halo loox like it is good game i hope its not a game but just a roomor made by a dik

  • 11.11.2005 8:56 PM PDT
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HE has a point you know halo 2 may have the potential 2 be a good game but perhaps its just a rumor made by a dick and quite unforunate its a game

  • 11.11.2005 8:58 PM PDT
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k i dont no how 2 post i think this might b how but im very very pissed that ur takin out big team. like wow i just went on about a 16 game non losing streak to get my 37. i seriously wanna slit ur throats rite now!

  • 11.11.2005 9:06 PM PDT
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the answer to this question is probably know but i want to make sure... will all the backwards compatable games be able to be played on Xbox Live with the 360????

thanks,
Jwak

  • 11.11.2005 9:08 PM PDT
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With the 360 coming out, why is bungie making their game worse? Why dont we take something that no one cares about..like..oh..say Head to head, where theres nothing but cheaters? Why cant we just keep BTB and have a Big Team training or something with all the new match types? I hardly ever have a laggy game, and even when its laggy, its certainly not enough to make a large impact in the outcome of the game. I would just like to know. why take away and replace, when you could just keep adding and keep everyone happy? Because your right, I dont know how your systems work. So please enlighten me

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  • 11.11.2005 9:10 PM PDT
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Hello greetings my felloW beings of reality i am Volnidor Knight of light and conquest, i hath hear 2 bid u word frum the west side: WEZE SUK OF DIS -blam!- YO WE BE REPRESENTIN ONLINE AND NOW YALL LIKE TAKIN BTB OUT DA GAME MA HOMIES BE INSULTED ADN DIS IS SOOOO RACIST 2 YALL WE PONED U NOOBS ALL TIME AND WHAT HAPPENS DIS IS HOW WEZE GETY REWARDED FO GET YALL

  • 11.11.2005 9:18 PM PDT
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Can i ask if it takes a highschool education to work for bungie?
Because from what i see, you guys didnet pay attention very good. 95% of the poeple in here already are mad with your choices and its going to get worse. So maybe some of you gave up your fry cook at mcdonalds or what?

  • 11.11.2005 9:29 PM PDT
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On backwards compatibility:

I am outraged that Microsoft would allow a such a s***ty game such as Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue make the cut into backwards compatibility, and not have great games like Morrowind and the Starwars: Battlefront series compatible. What the hell is that? They were best-sellers for Bob's sake! Whoever made that decision should be rectified with an iron pole, several times over. Ass clowns.

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  • 11.11.2005 9:30 PM PDT
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I really hope you guys will reconsider taking off BTB. This is my favourite game type. Even if somebody quit, your team can still win the game with no problems if you compare it to Team Skirmish (3 vs 4 is kind of harder). And 5vs5 or 6vs6 is more like TS for me. And if the new BTB training has more slayer than objective game, I won't play it for sure because I don’t really like playing slayer type games, it’s to meaningless...

  • 11.11.2005 9:30 PM PDT

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* How is it that "Fat Chance" and "Slim Chance" mean the same thing?
* If you choke a Smurf, what color will it turn?

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it's not all that bad thats it's unranked. Yes, there's quests, yes alot will leave but atleast it's still there and is the 6v6 ranked?

  • 11.11.2005 9:32 PM PDT

I could not believe the weekly update today. I have never been so saddened by any Halo news. I stopped playing most of the playlists long ago because I found that Big Team, with its bigger emphasis on strategy, was much more fun. I play Halo nearly every night, and probably at least 80% of that time is spent on Big Team Battle. As it is, we usually have to leave someone out because there's not enough room. And the unranked playlist as a "replacement" is a joke. Without the ranking system the odds of getting a decent game is far slimmer. 6v6? Sure, it's better than nothing, but it's no Big Team. I am extremely disappointed in Bungie. Ironically, it's only because of all the friends I've made in Big Team that this news won't make me quit. I'm sure they'll all still play, though they'll all hate it too, so I guess I'll keep playing too. Bungie, I hope you listen to this and bring Big Team back. It is the ultimate Halo gametype.

By the way, in my anger I forgot to say this. I am indeed glad that there will finally be an unranked 16 player list. But taking away the ranked one at the same time just makes it not worth it.

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  • 11.11.2005 10:04 PM PDT
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Woot? If people don't like btb.......they don't need to play it. I personally find it enjoyable, even with the occassional lag. What did I level up for?Was all my time and effort for nothing? Just make some other 16 player mode or what not..... I challenge you to a duel, all of you at Bungie!Oh ho ho!Taking away something that a lot of people seem to enjoy seems like bad business,,,but that might just be me...yep.The naughty ninja shall not take this standing down! I do like the sound of "brutality" though.....

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  • 11.11.2005 10:31 PM PDT
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i fully agree with that, and mainly this statement..."Without the ranking system the odds of getting a decent game is far slimmer. "....people i play with all the time on BTB are use to certain strategys we would use and knew we were going up against people at our skill level. The new BTB unranked playlist is a joke just as VidGameGuy said. I loved playing on my other account all the time with alot of people in BTB games and this has just ended alot of those really good close games with people on your own skill level.

  • 11.11.2005 10:32 PM PDT

Reach is hot garbage.

I like the playlist changes so far. I see 6v6 as a good choice for some of the big and not-so-big maps. I'm skeptical still because the gametypes themselves may not be very fun or well set up (like 1 Flag CTF Cov on Burial Mounds).

  • 11.11.2005 10:32 PM PDT
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Oh my god.
Big team battle is the only game type I have EVER played. I have 900+ games played on that o_o.

I just got a rank of 32 on it earlier.... There is nothing wrong with this list... I have tried so hard to get my rank up even though there are a lot of modders and some lag. I thought part of the fun was the randomness in it. You have an equal chance of winning and losing when you join but it involves some luck about getting quitters etc.

I'm not playing it once that is out.... i worked too hard for my rank that pisses me off o_O

  • 11.11.2005 10:37 PM PDT
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WAHHHHHHHHHHHH BTB IS GOING AWAY i must enjoy my 44 I DIDNT CHEAT TO GET IT (maybe i did) :( but i m still gonna miss it because i m now too high for ne1 to join my game :P I WAS A LEGIT 36 IN BTB SO SCREEEEEEW u all that think im bad at it, wahhhhhhhh........i will dominate the 12 played playlist hahahahaha watch out peeps

  • 11.11.2005 10:54 PM PDT
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ok im wondering if we have to have a hdtv to use 360???

  • 11.11.2005 10:55 PM PDT
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i agree with the person above me cause i had like over 1000 btb games listed and worked my a$$ on halo for that level for like a month and a half b4 every1 started to think it was kool...B4 THE MASSES AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • 11.11.2005 10:55 PM PDT
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FRANKIE I CHALLENGE U TO A MATCH FOR THE BTB TO STAY, ILL TAKE ON YOUR WHOLE TEAM BY MYSELF AND IF I WIN U KEEP IT, IF U DO THIS ILL FORGET ABOUT ASKING FOR ALL THOSE CLAN MATCHES AND U CAN AKE IT AWAY....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BTB DONT GO AWAY

  • 11.11.2005 10:58 PM PDT
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i got an idea make a 7v7 cause its more on the btb scale ne ways unlike 6v6 which is like ts or skirmish, or at least make us keep our levels when u do the change cause do u have ne idea how long it takes to up in levels in btb i can get 3 levls faster in ts than 1 on btb, consider it thats wat most ppl are pissed about is their ranks and match size

  • 11.11.2005 11:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: SketchFactor
Not sure what happened to the update but something has clearly gone awry. Not sure what the status is or what the ETA is for getting it fixed. :(

Regarding the BTB stuff.... head over to Optimatch for plenty of threads to celebrate or rage.

And please keep in mind that we haven't finalized this playlist yet. You can't read it now but the update says that - it's NOT final. Based on the scope of the reactions we're getting we will definitely be discussing this again so please don't get too worked up just yet.

Its up Sketch, thx.
Also, I think you guys are taking the WRONG corse. I LOVE BTB. Sure it gets laggy, but i can tolerate it!

I love saying BIG TEAM YEA! Then everyone joins in and says the same thing. There is something about BTB that when you get a bunch of sweaty young men in a room and there duking it out and messing around, you cant help but smile.

DONT KILL THE MOMENT WITH GUEST THAT CANT TALK! :)

Look, i know your trying to save a lil money, since the playlists do cost some $ to keep running, but its the die hard fans that bring more people in, and its them who spread the word of MS stuff. And we all know that the word is the best form of avertisement.
-Aktins Diet

PS: And no, i am not fat!
You were killed by the Aktins Diet

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  • 11.11.2005 11:24 PM PDT