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Subject: Hello Halo, Long time no see... | The reaction from an old player.

I don't fight because I hate what's in front of me, I fight because I love what's behind me.

Hello everyone, first of all my name is Renato. Some of you may remember you from when I used to built a lot of maps on forge with my old gamertag "Renato Cool Guy" (My most succesful map was Fort la Roque with over 8,000 downloads) but those times are long gone.

I have played, or used to play Halo since I got an xbox for the first time, back in 2003. First it was CE which I never played on Xbox live, and then I got the Xbox 360 back in 2006 and started playing Halo 2 online, and then when Halo 3 came out I was a very active user. My main focus on thegame was forging and just hanging out with friends playing infection and stuff like that.

Unfortunately I haven't played a single game on Xbox live since July 25, 2009.

I really had a stong affection not only to Halo but to gaming in general, and after 2 years of abscence I decided to come back.

There are several things I have noticed since my last visit:

1-. I used to be a Legendary Member on bungie.net, when I came back my account was gone apparently for innactiviry and so was that "status".

2-. A lot of new maps and games have comed out, I knew this was going on and I of course heard about ODST, Reach etc... It is nice to see how much things have changed, confusing at times and I feel a little noobish of course but it's all good, all it takes is to get used to it.

3-. Either eveyone became amazing players or I just suck because of my absence. Or just always sucked.

4-. This is just an opinion, but I beleive that before everything was more for the fun of it, and the few games I've got to play nowadays are more competitive, it's hard to find someone willing to socialize and it's a more lonely gamestyle.

5-. I really need to get the new maps or I will be very limited on xbox live.

6-. The quantity of people who have Recon now is amazing, now I know it's because of Reach but on the first game I was like WTF?

7-. I bought the 360 Slim to celebrate my return, runs smoother on my opinion. It's really good and it included both Fable 3 and Halo: Reach. Unfortunately the Reach game came in a code so I will have to download 6 gb of info with my crappy internet conection. And I think I don't get Recon.

8-. I'm really rubbish in my "gaming skills". I need to recover experience.

9-. All my friends have no idea of who I am, nvm 1 did remember me.

So, I'm not sure why I'm doing this but I felt like sharing this with you guys and I was wondering if someone has ever quitted gaming for some time and came back after a while. If so, what was your experience?

Also, I feel really rubbish now and could use a group of people with who I could play and recover the knowledge of the game :)

  • 11.21.2011 9:27 PM PDT
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Don't be stupid like I was! Check to see what that Forum Ninja is saying to you!

"I may not like what you say, but I will defend your right to the death to say it!"

"Tolerance is a virtue, and virtue builds character."
-Onyx81

For starters, you may have been gone longer than you wish.

Bungie no longer manages or makes Halo anymore, and Halo 4, 5, and 6 were announced.

Also, your posting in the wrong forum.

(BTW 8,000 downloads isn't very much compared to the couple million who play Reach)

[Edited on 11.21.2011 9:47 PM PST]

  • 11.21.2011 9:46 PM PDT

Nobody cares about your story, bro.

  • 11.22.2011 12:09 AM PDT

Oh man, it's gotten worse, but now, it's gotten a little better. You missed alot man. You missed alot.

  • 11.22.2011 12:45 AM PDT

Now ask for the flaming helmet.

You're in the wrong forum, nobody gives a -blam!-, and your maps weren't popular in the least.

  • 11.22.2011 3:34 AM PDT

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."

Man, why the hell does everyone have to be so freaking nasty. If you don't care about his story then just move on. Obviously you care enough to post something.

I say welcome back and enjoy! As you can see simply from the responses to your post, the gaming community has taken an unfortunate turn in the direction of disrespectful, mean spirited people. It's unfortunate but just the way it goes I guess.

  • 11.22.2011 6:34 AM PDT

Straight Edge.

Who do you think you are, DigitalPh33r?

  • 11.22.2011 3:02 PM PDT

Spartan R32

Remember Reach...


Posted by: Onyx81


Also, your posting in the wrong forum.

(BTW 8,000 downloads isn't very much compared to the couple million who play Reach)


Firstly who made you boss

secondly your not a forum mod so get over your self tell everyone in different threads what not too and too write

  • 11.22.2011 4:10 PM PDT

I don't fight because I hate what's in front of me, I fight because I love what's behind me.

Thanks to everyone who posted nice stuff, to the rest of you I just think you are a living example of what unfortunately this community has became, it's gaming after all, it's supposed to be for fun.

I do agree that I've missed a lot, a lot of people from Halo 3 moved on to Reach I see. I got the game with my new xbox so I'll check it out :)

  • 11.22.2011 4:59 PM PDT