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Next Maw Gathering is Thursday the 16th @ 8pm EST on the Bungie.net Maw server(in my sig). Maps/gametypes up in the air right now.

If you would like to watch some footage from Tues nights Maw Gathering click here.

Just a collection of desent kills and interesting deaths from my perspective. Look for the long range sticky kill on Hang em High.

I'll try to increase the size and quality of the videos but that will probably mean less footage.

  • 03.15.2006 5:20 PM PDT
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As I mentioned on the other sticky, I will be out all day tomorrow, but keep the plasma par-tay open! Good luck to all of you, and get a couple extra kills just for those of us who can't go.

  • 03.15.2006 5:52 PM PDT
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duuuuude Iggwilv, sweet video! You had some nice stickies in there! Plus, I really, really envy your video card. Looked like you were playing on high with everything and it was still moving at perfect speed...

I wonder if there's a gametype you could make that would help on learning how to melee? That would definitely help my game out, I'm sure a lot of people don't know how much to lead with the melee so just a suggestion.

  • 03.15.2006 5:53 PM PDT

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duuuuude Iggwilv, sweet video! You had some nice stickies in there! Plus, I really, really envy your video card. Looked like you were playing on high with everything and it was still moving at perfect speed...


When I got my new comp last summer I got an nVidea Gforce4 chipset PCI-Express mother board. I could only afford a nVidea 6600 card but it runs well at full graphics on. A lot of people complain that Halo has high requirements and that is because they used the latest graphics when it came out. The result is STUNNING scenery in the campaign and on-line. The reason why they are making Halo 2PC Vista only is so they can used DirectX 10 and use the latest shaders etc. If you thought Halo 2 looked good on a TV/Xbox wait til you see it run on PC with some horsepower. It's gonna look ridiculous!

I wonder if there's a gametype you could make that would help on learning how to melee? That would definitely help my game out, I'm sure a lot of people don't know how much to lead with the melee so just a suggestion.

Hmm... you can't have no weapons so... Lets try Oddball on Wizard. Small map means you are closer to targets. Plasma weapons don't kill as quickly so you should be able to close and try to smack. Less people targeting you cuz they are going for the oddball. If you have the oddball your only attack is the melee. I gonna try meleeing to because I want to get some clips for a montage I have planned. It going to include mostly melee kills and I have the perfect song to play it with.

  • 03.15.2006 6:32 PM PDT
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I finally got my game disc, meaning I'm back in the game! Hopefully I'll see you there...

...although I must warn you...I currently suck at the game being absent from it for so long.

  • 03.15.2006 8:36 PM PDT

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A sick gametype is smack-off, where it's melee only, but people would break rules, and it'd be a hassle. BTW the link to the video doesn't work for me

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  • 03.15.2006 10:05 PM PDT
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I just saw the video, nice plasma using! I thought you really shined on that Target Slayer game, kills after kills after kills (and they were the targets too!) What I never saw was you killing me... I did see myself say something like hahaha once though =)

  • 03.16.2006 4:03 AM PDT
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I purchased the full version of Frap's last night, and will try to post some footage while I'm on. I am showing my buddy the rope's in the Halo/mouse/keyboard world, and he is getting the hang of it. His Halo name is Money Tree, so don't go easy on him. ;) Got a router so now I am able to run both my pc's, in case a friend come's over. Didn't even lose any bandwidth, when I did a test at the same time on both pc's.
Anyway's see ya guy's there.

  • 03.16.2006 7:23 AM PDT

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Oh yeah, Moneytree, I was whipping on him last night. lol

We may have to be careful if more then one person is filming it may cause major lag. We will have to experiement with this.

I can't wait to see what Halo look s like on Zen's rig.

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  • 03.16.2006 7:54 AM PDT
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Ok, despite the fact that my ping is 150-200 on your server (me = Euro), I will be there for the first time and play a couple of games with you guys to see what the fuzz is all about.

Hoping for some good games.. cya all in a bit

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  • 03.16.2006 2:05 PM PDT

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Alllllllrighty then. Here is tonight's line-up:

Blood Gulch CTF
Derelict Shotgun King of the Hill
Timberland CTF
Damnation Classic Slayer Pro
Sidewinder CTF respawn is 10sec should make flag grabbing easier
Wizard Oddball I'm going to practice melee killing
Danger Canyon Assault
Longest No-shield Shotguns

oh wait ...
Hang 'em High Plasma party All plasma weapons and infinate stickys Long range stick practice.

Map cycle should be up if your reading this. See ya there.

  • 03.16.2006 3:02 PM PDT

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Wow, watching that video just brought back some memories.. I should totally join in on that. ;) It's not CE, correct?

  • 03.16.2006 3:32 PM PDT

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I'll be on after my brother's baseball practice, hopefully.

  • 03.16.2006 3:44 PM PDT
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I might be on later since I have nothing to do tonight.
I had some fun last Thursday playing with you guys. :)

  • 03.16.2006 3:59 PM PDT

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Oh noes! My Halo PC copy is scratched and won't install.. Phooey. Oh well, I'll have to run out and get a new copy sometime.. I'll be on next thursday probably. Show you guys my.. Skillz? :)

  • 03.16.2006 6:14 PM PDT

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Then I should help "Un-pwn" you, eh?

Nah, I'll try next week though. Is a lot of it Slayer gametypes? I really love Team game types... Fighting with buddies is much more fun than running around tossing grenades at every guy who makes a noise, in my opinon. I'll definatly try to be there next Thursday... *Cracks knuckles* Gotta get back into my Halo PC mode.

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  • 03.16.2006 7:21 PM PDT

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I got a little footage from tonight's action. I decided to use less footage and make it as high-quality as possible. It was a good night, Chief Funk seemed to rule the evening. Let me know how the video looks for you guys. Thanks!

Click here to watch March-16th-Gathering

It defaults to size 480 but you should be able to view it at a larger size.

[Edited on 3/16/2006]

  • 03.16.2006 9:09 PM PDT

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hope you guys had fun I'll be joining you tuesday next week.

Awesome song in the gathering video

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  • 03.16.2006 9:50 PM PDT
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Oyy, I had a blast that evening... too bad I had to go pretty early. The time schedule isn't really in my favor, but I'll try to be on longer tuesday.

Nice gaming with you all... I've seen Igg, Reefer, node, Reaver, Gladiator, ZEN and some other guys too.

Made some other non-Maw friends as well. All in all, great fun :)

Cya all on the next one *tup*

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  • 03.17.2006 3:31 AM PDT
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Click here to watch Maw-Gathering-March-16th

Edit: Wow...Igg's looked much better.

Here is some footage from two map's on last night's gathering.

This is my first Maw montage, let me know what else I could do to make the video better to view.

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And for some reason I only got one screenshot.

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  • 03.17.2006 11:15 AM PDT

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Nice footage Zenn. I like the long segments of action that you got because it was recording all the time instead of 30sec spurts. The quality was the same as my first one. The way I increased the clarity on the second video was when I saved the file from Movie Maker I selected the high-quality not the 512k broadband download setting. It creates a larger wmv file so the videos can't be as long but they look sweet. How was the lag while you were recording? You didn't seem to be as dead-eye as you are when I play you. Or maybe you didn't want us to see your hacks. :) Anyway it looked good.

  • 03.17.2006 12:07 PM PDT
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On Hangem' high it dropped my framerate's way down. Next time I do it I am going to turn thing's down a bit so I can still play. I will try the high quality next time, with a shorter clip.

With Fraps I noticed you start to battle framerate and lag. It's not consistent the whole time I used it. On the Blood Gulch clip I was gettin' around 60 fps, but was shooting much to quickly, and not focusing on being accurate.

But all in all it was a good first. Thank's on the tips Igg.

Peace

  • 03.17.2006 12:49 PM PDT