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Wow, after about a 4 month break from Halo 2, it's sad to see that BTB might get the chop - I find it very fun, though sometimes waiting for macthed players takes awhile. Hope to see a good outcome soon.

  • 11.11.2005 11:29 PM PDT

If you don't got it, you want it. If you got it, you want more of it. Of course if you don't know what it is, it's hard to get any in the first place.

It's sad that BTB is changing....but on the bright side I was just thinking about 6 vs 6. It should be interesting, and will probably lessen the pain of BTB's passing.....



question: Will Halo 2 be playable off of the silver XBL account?

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  • 11.11.2005 11:57 PM PDT

Well, well, well...

I was one of the guys heartbroken at the prospect of the ranked BTB being replaced with an unranked one.. meaning: losing BTB altogether, since unranked lists are a joke.

But the addition of a 6vs6 playlist was never mentioned. Hm, I could live with that.

Ideally, if your already adding a big playlist, I would preffer that you just added a BT training, but yeah, I could definitely live with the current plan, could be interesting.

The crowd response doesn't seem to positive though, heh.

  • 11.12.2005 12:02 AM PDT
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Well, you officially suck, Bungie.

I championed the Xbox. I championed Halo. Most of my friends own Halo 2 and the machine they play it on because of me.

And now you have outright betrayed me.

Taking the rank out of BTB is unacceptable and I will not renew my Xbox Live membership at the end of this month.

You have broken my heart, and you can count me amongst the legions that think you don't know a damn thing about how to run a community or an online gaming service.

Pathetic, surprising, and very, very sad.

Man of War is no more.

Thanks for nothing,
MOW.

  • 11.12.2005 12:21 AM PDT

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Posted by: halodev1
Ha ha stanman has been foiled by the great ferret. Soon he shall start a ferret army and take down the legions of the dark forces. ferret will be the leader and he will use his 1337 ferret skillz to end the fight once and for all.

or he just went home to sit on his ass watching conan and eating cheesy poofs.

flood control
got my AK!!

I was looking at the list of games, thank god its only current cause I didnt see any Nascar, or star wars battlefront, neither one

  • 11.12.2005 12:42 AM PDT

Posted by: ferret
Posted by: halodev1
Ha ha stanman has been foiled by the great ferret. Soon he shall start a ferret army and take down the legions of the dark forces. ferret will be the leader and he will use his 1337 ferret skillz to end the fight once and for all.

or he just went home to sit on his ass watching conan and eating cheesy poofs.

flood control
got my AK!!

Posted by: el panel0n
Well, well, well...

I was one of the guys heartbroken at the prospect of the ranked BTB being replaced with an unranked one.. meaning: losing BTB altogether, since unranked lists are a joke.

But the addition of a 6vs6 playlist was never mentioned. Hm, I could live with that.

Ideally, if your already adding a big playlist, I would preffer that you just added a BT training, but yeah, I could definitely live with the current plan, could be interesting.

The crowd response doesn't seem to positive though, heh.

you still have it but its unranked.. couldnt this come in handy when one of your crappy halo friends wnat to play and you dont want them to bring down your stats?

  • 11.12.2005 12:45 AM PDT
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can't wait 4 Xbox 360 to finally come out...i've been waiting 4 this soooo long...i heard about the production around the time xbox came out but i didn't know wut 2 expect...i saw the xbox 360 details on its website, all i can say is, NICE FREAKIN' JOB! i luv it! this is definitely the nxt system 2 get, forget PS3, get the xbox 360 and xbox live w/ it...u won't regret it...trust me...

  • 11.12.2005 1:00 AM PDT
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This is statistic from Bungie on which playlist is played the most:
http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=halo2numbers

Rumble Pit 5%
Team Skirmish 6%
Head to Head 2%
Big Team Battle 6%
Minor Clanmatch 4%
Major Clanmatch NA%
Team Training 15%
Rumble Training 5%
Team Slayer 26%
Double Team 7%
Multi Team 10%
Team Snipers 14%

Bungie takes away "Big team battle"!?!?!?!?!?!

WHERE'S THE FU**ING LOGIC IN DOING THAT!?!?!?!

  • 11.12.2005 1:04 AM PDT
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You can't just hope to replace big team battle with an unranked version with guests. Its a nice idea in general, but we're just gonna end up with people quitting the game once they've conceded one flag capture or are 20 points behind in a slayer game. I'm not saying people don't do that occasionally already, but because people will have no level to lose i doubt if people are gonna stick around to the end, which is a shame. But oh well, i hope i'm wrong. Can't wait to find out what the other playlists will be anyway.

  • 11.12.2005 1:14 AM PDT
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on xbox live can a xbox 360 play against an xbox

  • 11.12.2005 1:31 AM PDT
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I have acheived a level 32 in BTB and rarely play team slayer or any other mode. This is a true shock, surley you could remove team skirmish or team snipers, why BTB

BTB has taught me that communication in team games is the way to succses. I really can't see why i would play halo 2 online if BTB is removed.

  • 11.12.2005 2:09 AM PDT
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BTB was horrible the way it was, this new update will be a change a very good change.

I can't wait to play both of these new playlist, and all you BTB lovers stop crying and give

these new playlist a chance.

  • 11.12.2005 2:57 AM PDT
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Theres nothing wrong with big team. Team slayer fan boys just didnt get it thats all!

  • 11.12.2005 3:02 AM PDT
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Yeah, I loved BTB. It was almost the only gametype I ever played. Worked so hard to get my level high in it. I find it "ok" to make it unranked, but that means more quitting and more people that can't/won't talk. Plus adding a haevier weight to slayer games!?! I have always said, if you want slayer, go play it... BTB should be objective almost entirely(although the OCCASIONAL slayer on BTB was fun). Well IF the 6v6 ends up being final, then PLEASE no more slayer games!

  • 11.12.2005 5:04 AM PDT
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i liked big team battle

  • 11.12.2005 5:45 AM PDT
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Yeah, I cant wait to capture the flag one time and have the other team leave the game. itll make things soo fun....blah

  • 11.12.2005 5:56 AM PDT


I cant think of anything to say except-

Woo Hoo, nice one! BTB, with guests, in HD !!

Chaos :-) Cant wait.

  • 11.12.2005 6:01 AM PDT
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Thank GOD Digimon Rumble Arena is backward compatable! I dont know what I would have done without it!!!!

  • 11.12.2005 6:05 AM PDT
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Bad call on changing Big Team Battle. I've supported every change and tweak and decision ever made because I always felt it was right on, but this is not the way to go. One of the top 3 reasons I bought Halo2 and an Xbox was for Big Team Battle.

  • 11.12.2005 7:00 AM PDT
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Please tell me you are joking!

  • 11.12.2005 7:32 AM PDT
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I'm glad BTB will be gone. Almost noone plays it and when they do it takes way to long to get into a game and then once the game starts it is way to laggy and half the people quit when it starts (more than 90% of BTB games i played at least 1 person left the game while we were palying). I'm also looking foward to the new playlists and they seem fun. So all you BTB fan boys just realize life isnt fair sometimes and you dont have to start complaining when something happens that you dont like.

  • 11.12.2005 8:05 AM PDT

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. -Aristotle

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I can't see it. But from the comments, I can't honestly believe your unranking Big team battle. Thats just retarded. Oh well, I am just going to use the unranked one as sniper practice. If I don't get the sniper, I am going to quit.


This is what I am talking about Bungie :(

  • 11.12.2005 8:09 AM PDT

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. -Aristotle

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Thank GOD Digimon Rumble Arena is backward compatable! I dont know what I would have done without it!!!!


More importantly Barbie™ Horse Adventures™ Wild Horse Rescue™ is BC!

  • 11.12.2005 8:11 AM PDT
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To take out BTB is a mixture of both.
At first I didn't play it that much, but once my brother got his account, all we do now is BTB. He was always my guest and he could never tell a teammate about a sniper in the mountains because he couldn't talk. But now, he has a headset and were winning every BTB. But, likewise, sometimes when we play we are waiting at least 4 minutes for a game to start with enough people. Also, as soon as the match starts, a good majority of people end up quitting anyway, making BTB really 6vs6 or 5vs5. What really pisses me off is when it's 6vs5 or 7vs6, because if the game is one that requires more people then you're pretty muched screwed. I'm really shocked to see big team battle go since this is the matchmaking event that Bungie hyped up the most! In the May Game Informer of last year, there was a whole article that explained big team battle on Water Works, Burial Mounds, and Lockout, and Ivory Tower. Those articles made me want to join in Big Team Battle. Now that it is gone, there really is noting plain fun about Halo 2.

  • 11.12.2005 8:37 AM PDT
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im very upset that i will lose my rank in big team im outraged actually i love btb and i worked hard to get my level and im cant belive im gonna lose it just like that i think getting rid of ranked matches is wrong and then adding new ranked matches is kool but not at the expense if ppls hard work think of all those ppl who worked pretty hard to get lvl 30 i think its just plain wrong and i really am disgusted at bungie for doing this

  • 11.12.2005 9:13 AM PDT