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Subject: Halo pc, sad truth, and a little story.,

im just kind of sharing a story, so if your not really into these things then you don't have to read.

Its the sad truth that Halo pc is dieing, and thats horrible news for some of us, (espically me because its the only halo i own.) and it becomes increaseingly apparent as you get online and try to host custom maps, the only one i have had luck with is zteam's sanctuary, which i have had great success with.
Its even hard to get a defaut map server going

However, in the little town that i live in, Halo custom edition is quite pouplar...

It started when someone that i honnestly don't know, cracked a version of halo custom edition, so you can play online, and get the full fuctionality of custom edition, without a CD key and CD. He put it on a usb drive and started giving it to his friends, i think that it would be safe to say that to this day, around 300 kids/teens own a copy and play it once a week or more. The public library even reconizes how pouplar Halo CE is among people in this town, they host Halo custom edition FFA tournaments every friday, and sometimes, a 4v4 tournament
the library has 16, Top Noch computers hooked up on LAN and about 50-100 show up on TS tournaments. 25-50 on FFA. Its really great fun playing a great game, (Even the netcode isn't a bother on lan.)
With some good friends and laughing through out the entire time.

Im even trying to get custom maps in the tournaments now.
So while the internet isn't so alive, in my town, Halo CE Lan tournaments are the stuff.

Sorry if you didn't want to hear a story but i just wanted to get this off my chest after reading omega's "20 years from now" post.

[Edited on 09.19.2011 6:46 PM PDT]

  • 09.19.2011 6:44 PM PDT

:(

  • 09.19.2011 6:47 PM PDT
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I want to live in your town. Please have your mayor invite me, especially to the library.

[Edited on 09.19.2011 8:43 PM PDT]

  • 09.19.2011 8:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: Btcc22
I want to live in your town. Please have your mayor invite me, especially to the library.
I agree 100%. That would be amazing if it could become an event where people journey there just to play in tournaments. xD

  • 09.19.2011 8:59 PM PDT

Heard this story before. It's really popular in Australia.

  • 09.20.2011 3:58 AM PDT
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Posted by: Tempus Irae
Heard this story before. It's really popular in Australia.
Great... The one place that it would be too far for just about everybody... :/

  • 09.20.2011 7:19 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dr Syx

Posted by: Tempus Irae
Heard this story before. It's really popular in Australia.
Great... The one place that it would be too far for just about everybody... :/


That's why it's popular. They don't want to play on our high latency servers. ;)

  • 09.20.2011 7:45 AM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Can't go wrong with a LAN.

  • 09.20.2011 2:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: Super PolarBear
Can't go wrong with a LAN.
Very true. Sad thing is that there aren't many (By many I mean none) PC gamers where I live, so, I've rarely been able to have a LAN with Halo PC. If I ever do its just with one other person on their laptop.

  • 09.20.2011 2:27 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Posted by: Dr Syx

Posted by: Super PolarBear
Can't go wrong with a LAN.
Very true. Sad thing is that there aren't many (By many I mean none) PC gamers where I live, so, I've rarely been able to have a LAN with Halo PC. If I ever do its just with one other person on their laptop.
Yeah. My favorite LAN experience? Installing DOOM II: Hell on Earth on every computer in my "accounting" class back in 2007. Then we installed Zdaemon (a modified Doom source port) that allowed us to play DOOM II Multiplayer together.

We were doing finals, so guess what we did with all that extra time on our hands? Nothing like owning your friends and letting them know about it afterwards. Epic memory is epic. =)

  • 09.20.2011 2:44 PM PDT
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I'd love it if there were LAN competitions like that where I lived.

I'd prefer LAN to online.

  • 09.20.2011 6:49 PM PDT

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Posted by: Skibur
I'd love it if there were LAN competitions like that where I lived.

I'd prefer LAN to online.
LAN parties connect you with your closest friends geographically; while Live connects you with your friends from around the world.

  • 09.20.2011 9:54 PM PDT
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Some of my friends have moved away, so its nice to be able to play with them sometimes.

I just wish that Halo 2 Vista was a better port or that Halo 2 maps could somehow be perfectly ported over to Halo CE.

  • 09.20.2011 11:34 PM PDT

posted by tempus irae
Heard this story before. It's really popular in Australia


This is in america you know

[Edited on 09.21.2011 6:36 PM PDT]

  • 09.21.2011 6:35 PM PDT

I still play, and, sadly, I feel like an idiot for asking, but is there any way I can use CE online? My only option is LAN. Not that I have a problem with it; it's just that NOBODY I know, aside from a few friends that are in BT, is interested in Halo, especially not PC, or CE.

A little story from me.

I had installed Halo: PC several years ago, and I had heard about CE, and how it was so much fun. So, I downloaded it. I was disheartened, seeing as how I couldn't play those maps that seemed to require CE (I've played a few with flying tanks, and I'm sure you have, too), so I un-installed it.

On a whim, two days ago (oddly, the time I broke up with my girlfriend of three years... Must've been reflex. Trauma? Nah, I'll play on my computer.), I re-downloaded CE. It worked! I actually READ the instructions! Now, why can't I play campaign? What? What?!! I wrote down all of these cool console commands that let me fly out of the map and get awesome screenshots and they're useless?!

To Google!

I quickly found the solution, and realized how dumb I was. How I had missed "If you want to play Campaign, you have to download the maps." After a smack on the forehead and a quick, excited cigarette, I knew that inside, I was going to do a whole bunch of cool stuff.

I downloaded a bunch of user-created maps. I'm sure you've heard of hugeass? Multi-player, campaign, etc.

But then I realized... Wait.. I couldn't play with anybody. Currently I'm looking up a solution, but so far to no avail. Everything's telling me I need a dedicated server, and I don't have a spare computer lying around for that.

Anyway, that's my story, a bit long-winded.

TL,DR: I couldn't read a few years ago, and I still can't read today, but I have Halo CE.

-SpaZzy-

  • 09.27.2011 2:16 PM PDT

If you can't play online then you must have devmode enabled. If you turn it off you should be able to play online.

  • 09.27.2011 3:08 PM PDT

That's probably it. I'll give that a shot.

Muchas gracias, amigo.

-SpaZzy-

  • 09.27.2011 3:10 PM PDT