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What's with all this host talk? I haven't ever really understood it, except back in halo 2. I haven't had any problems killing anyone on or off host.

  • 04.30.2011 9:32 PM PDT

Posted by: militaryguns
I'm sorry America is busy helping others in the world and actually making a difference.

Something Canada will never do.

depending on where you live in relation to the host, it can be a huge deal.

  • 04.30.2011 9:33 PM PDT

A good Mexican might as well be the -blam!- Juggernaut. Hell any Mexican with thumbs is a threat on his host.

The quality of the internet infrastructure in the area of the host has the greatest impact on the advantage of the host. A host with a good connection to players may actually be at a disadvantage due to his decreased auto-aim.

For most part I'd say the advantage of host is negligible.




[Edited on 04.30.2011 10:17 PM PDT]

  • 04.30.2011 9:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


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Posted by: Screamo
depending on where you live in relation to the host, it can be a huge deal.

  • 04.30.2011 10:33 PM PDT

Survive until the red dawn rises, when we have spilled the blood of our enemies.

Still dont get it.

  • 04.30.2011 11:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


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Posted by: Ghost 4119
Still dont get it.
What don't you get?

  • 04.30.2011 11:49 PM PDT

Survive until the red dawn rises, when we have spilled the blood of our enemies.

Meh... Dont care if I'm host or not.

  • 04.30.2011 11:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


Skype: au-simon

Posted by: Ghost 4119
Meh... Dont care if I'm host or not.
That's probably because you don't get affected too much by it..

  • 04.30.2011 11:53 PM PDT

Survive until the red dawn rises, when we have spilled the blood of our enemies.

I wont ask for a bandaid for that because it didnt hurt. Lame insult.

  • 04.30.2011 11:59 PM PDT

As people get more skilled then latency starts to matter.

  • 05.01.2011 12:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


Skype: au-simon

Posted by: Ghost 4119
I wont ask for a bandaid for that because it didnt hurt. Lame insult.
That wasn't an insult...

  • 05.01.2011 12:19 AM PDT
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Host is the only thing that gets in the way of my potential for being the greatest Halo player of all time.

  • 05.01.2011 12:23 AM PDT
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I play games for gameplay, not silly gimmicks

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Host is annoying when you care about winning. If someone on the other team pulls a bad host then it is possible to lose through pure connection. There is also the difference between a bad host, and a good host that makes someone invincible.

For example take dopey and godhaaand. When I play dopey I cannot do a thing. His host puts me flat 3 bar and makes him near un killable for me.

With a host like godhands its different. I love playing godhands host because it feels almost like my own, however it makes him invincible. You could 8 shot him and he would survive. It incredibly annoying considering he was already really good.

Now note that while being on host your shots will always register 1st and your beatdowns/nades will become more powerful. Your lunges travel farther and your nades will do more damage farther away. Combine that and an already good player and its very aggrivating to play a bad host

  • 05.01.2011 12:29 AM PDT

wanna play?
if you do you will probably hear me say "jesus flying kangeroo balls a lot".

It't annoying because the host will be able to kill you on places were you actually weren't standing, notice how you sometimes run away around a corner and when you die, your body appears to be lying somewere infront of the corner, this is caused by host. You are somewere else on your screen, but not on the hosts screen that's why it's more common to get "blood shots" on a host, because he's actually standing somewere else only you can't see it

  • 05.01.2011 4:49 AM PDT
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Yo this is Nemesis.

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I don't get what everyone is b*tching about, host advantage doesn't exist.

Everyone who complains about host is just using it as an excuse because they can't play the game. Honestly, like Boss Nasti said - there is NO difference between live and lan.

If you miss shots it's because you can't aim. Learn to play the game not like a retard before you start complaining "ooooh host it's not fair."

To OP - Mate you're fine, you're a good player if you can't see the difference "host" gives as it doesn't exist.

  • 05.01.2011 5:33 AM PDT

Posted by: Cynik411
I don't get what everyone is b*tching about, host advantage doesn't exist.

Everyone who complains about host is just using it as an excuse because they can't play the game. Honestly, like Boss Nasti said - there is NO difference between live and lan.

If you miss shots it's because you can't aim. Learn to play the game not like a retard before you start complaining "ooooh host it's not fair."

To OP - Mate you're fine, you're a good player if you can't see the difference "host" gives as it doesn't exist.

First I lol'd that you said host advantage doesn't exist. Then, I lol'd even harder when you referenced Boss Nasti as a legitimate source. XD

  • 05.01.2011 5:55 AM PDT
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Posted by: Sanuel Jackson
Posted by: Cynik411
I don't get what everyone is b*tching about, host advantage doesn't exist.

Everyone who complains about host is just using it as an excuse because they can't play the game. Honestly, like Boss Nasti said - there is NO difference between live and lan.

If you miss shots it's because you can't aim. Learn to play the game not like a retard before you start complaining "ooooh host it's not fair."

To OP - Mate you're fine, you're a good player if you can't see the difference "host" gives as it doesn't exist.

First I lol'd that you said host advantage doesn't exist. Then, I lol'd even harder when you referenced Boss Nasti as a legitimate source. XD


He's a pro MLG Coach - I think he knows his stuff :)

  • 05.01.2011 6:03 AM PDT

Not my first B.Net account obviously

towey's better

  • 05.01.2011 6:20 AM PDT

Survive until the red dawn rises, when we have spilled the blood of our enemies.

The posts are so loooooong that I cant be bothered reading them all. Anyway Host dosent matter. Who cares. Just kill them and have fun.

  • 05.01.2011 6:29 AM PDT

Host does exist. Like, i hate playing 1v1 against 1 of my friends. Everytime he gets host and it's impossible to kill him because of it. Once he killed me when i started to shoot at it him first by 2 bursts with the br. I got so angry and told him to go to theater. We checked through my eyes first, i hit all my 6 bursts right in hes head, and then we checkhed through his eyes. He missed two of them, kind of(He did not aim at my head but he got red aim)and killed me.

[Edited on 05.01.2011 7:28 AM PDT]

  • 05.01.2011 6:36 AM PDT

Posted by: big rubi
It't annoying because the host will be able to kill you on places were you actually weren't standing, notice how you sometimes run away around a corner and when you die, your body appears to be lying somewere infront of the corner, this is caused by host. You are somewere else on your screen, but not on the hosts screen that's why it's more common to get "blood shots" on a host, because he's actually standing somewere else only you can't see it

That explains all my deaths that I get when I go behind a wall/corner out of their sights and still get shot. At least now I know why it happens.

  • 05.01.2011 8:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: Elvick
Posted by: big rubi
It't annoying because the host will be able to kill you on places were you actually weren't standing, notice how you sometimes run away around a corner and when you die, your body appears to be lying somewere infront of the corner, this is caused by host. You are somewere else on your screen, but not on the hosts screen that's why it's more common to get "blood shots" on a host, because he's actually standing somewere else only you can't see it

That explains all my deaths that I get when I go behind a wall/corner out of their sights and still get shot. At least now I know why it happens.


No you're just bad

  • 05.01.2011 9:56 AM PDT