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Subject: Something I've always taken for granted
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You know, I've been playing Halo since 2004. It started me on the Xbox, and it's been my favorite series ever since. I don't play now nearly as much as I did years ago, what with an actual life and all now, but in all that time, I've never really thought about everything it's done.
I still play all of the Halo games pretty regularly compared to verything else I play, except Halo Wars. I still have an original Xbox, and the only games I still have are Halo CE and Halo 2. I have more games from the Halo series than I do every other game combined. I am a Halo fan, through and through.
I still remember those custom game LAN parties on that old black box with my friends before we had Xbox Live. I remember experiencing the story for the first time, something as good as almost any book I've ever read. I still recall playing my Super-Zombies gametype on ol' Sandtrap with everything from 3 to 16 players. I still play all of these games, even when some of my old friends forget what the main menu looks like.
Still, every time I get a new game, Halo dies for three weeks in my books, but something makes me just go back. I hope that never changes, honestly. I've met some pretty cool people and played some really fun games over the years. All the -blam!- people give Halo, but it's helped me meet great friends, given me all the best times I've had in my time gaming, and it's still the only series that can permanently retain my attention. That is something CoD or Battlefield could never hope to achieve.
Go ahead, haters. Flame me. I welcome it. If one, even just one person reads this and thinks, "Wow, this guy's right," it'll be worth more than anything any of the haters can say about me or Halo.
Regardless of what anyone else thinks of my perpetual fondness for Halo, I want to thank Bungie for what they created. I realize you guys aren't in control of Halo anymore, but you still started it. New games come and go, rise and fall, and pass away into dust. Series grow to be mega-hits, but they will all die someday. Even Halo will one day die. But even after Halo has fallen and sunk into the sands of time, I will remember, and I will still endeavor to enjoy it.
And if just one person that helped create any of the Halo games reads this, and smiles, I will be forever grateful to have had that opportunity, too. All because of this series.
Thank you to everyone that helped make Halo what it has been and is: the best series I've ever played. To the creators and the players, thank you all.
Never forget.

  • 12.02.2011 7:31 PM PDT
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i plai 4 fun gtfo

Whoa.

You don't expect me to read that do you?

  • 12.02.2011 7:33 PM PDT


Posted by: Loltastrophe
Whoa.

You don't expect me to read that do you?

  • 12.02.2011 7:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Loltastrophe
Whoa.

You don't expect me to read that do you?

  • 12.02.2011 7:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Loltastrophe
Whoa.

You don't expect me to read that do you?

Not necessarily. I expect someone to, if not you. It's a bit of a nicer read than most the threads I've seen in the last 40 minutes or so anyway. It felt good to write it, too.

[Edited on 12.02.2011 7:35 PM PST]

  • 12.02.2011 7:35 PM PDT
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Hey, uh, if you like vs threads, then check out this little group right here, if you have the time. It's pretty fun, just hop right in.

Whoa.

I actually read it, and it was alright.

  • 12.02.2011 7:36 PM PDT

Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
Goat was famous. Irie was infamous. Gh0st was FaMaS.

My stats in Halol 4

Typical Waypoint post.
no it's "its got to go" you wouldn't say the "it is got to go" would you?

I remember when I cared.

Oh wait, I never did.

  • 12.02.2011 7:38 PM PDT

#rubberdingirapids

*applauds*

*cries*

  • 12.02.2011 8:03 PM PDT

lolnope.


Posted by: Cheeseoid
*applauds*

*cries*

  • 12.02.2011 8:21 PM PDT

100% Australian.

My Connection
My House
My Pet

Not a bad read for a giant wall of text.

  • 12.02.2011 8:36 PM PDT

Thanks for triggering a rush of nostalgia.

  • 12.02.2011 8:39 PM PDT

Can I have a pursuit warthog? (red&blue flashing lights, siren, black and white paint job, gull-wing doors, no turret but a truckbed cap where the turret assembly should be, and the ability to arrest players :)

A police falcon would be great as well... (Black&white paint job, flashing red & blue lights on the wing struts and tail, no turrets and doors that open and close similar to the republic gunships in Star Wars. Kick... Ass.)

Police pelican would be cool too!!!

*Stands up*
Posted by: Cheeseoid
*applauds*

*cries*

  • 12.02.2011 9:43 PM PDT

Giver of love and witty comments

Well, most of the people in the reach forum are trolls. (-blam!-s) Anyway, I got the same feel here, I played the first halo when it came out at 6 years old with my bestfriend (No joke) and it suddenly became a tradition to play it all the time.

  • 12.03.2011 8:27 AM PDT
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RIP Bungie Service Records. You shall be missed.

Do you and paragraphs hate each other?

[Edited on 12.03.2011 8:31 AM PST]

  • 12.03.2011 8:31 AM PDT

Posted by: Omega 909 FT01
what with an actual life and all
You mean to tell me you once had know soul, existence or being?

  • 12.03.2011 8:31 AM PDT
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Posted by: EpicDuck1336
Do you and paragraphs hate each other?

  • 12.03.2011 8:54 AM PDT
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you sir is the reason why the halo community is so good i completely agree with you.

  • 12.03.2011 9:00 AM PDT


Posted by: And Im Here Too
Whoa.

I actually read it, and it was alright.

  • 12.03.2011 9:01 AM PDT

The moral of the story is that Halo is awesome.
Write a book about it if you must be so over-passionate.

  • 12.03.2011 9:04 AM PDT

Please don't hype for games...
They'll just fall short of your expectations and you'll complain for months.


Posted by: Dark Martyr 117

Posted by: Cheeseoid
*applauds*

*cries*

  • 12.03.2011 9:04 AM PDT
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Agreed. Very nice post, I might add.

  • 12.03.2011 9:09 AM PDT
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Posted by: ICanHasRofl
Not a bad read for a giant wall of text.

  • 12.03.2011 9:36 AM PDT