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Subject: What is it that puts the lol in lolArena?

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This post by Bookshelf kind of got me thinking:

Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
I love watching the ignorant morons bash Arena. You have no clue what it's like, yet you rag on it.

lol retards.


When you consider the loadouts, map rotation and 1-grenade starts, Arena is basically a ranked* 4v4 version of Squad Slayer, and Squad is arguably one of the best playlists in the game behind MLG and Objective.
*Obviously it has flaws that 1-50 didn't (i.e. 2s tricking) but it's as close to a ranking system as we're going to get with Reach.

I actually enjoy playing Arena simply because I get to play against people relative to my skill level in a playlist without all the little things that annoy the -blam!- out of me. (i.e. Camo, AL, getting sword-blocked, grenade-spam)

So, for a player of any skill level (excluding some people in FT who insist nobody good plays Arena anymore), what is it about this playlist that's so bad it deserves the 'lol' prefix?

P.S. I'm a foreigner Australian who searches by himself and almost scrapes single-digit playing off-host.

  • 02.05.2012 6:07 AM PDT

I don't say lol before Arena and it is fun to play sometimes but it's not what I expect out of a ranked playlist. They could've done a better job than that, the only gametype you get is DMR slayer I mean seriously?

  • 02.05.2012 6:09 AM PDT

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Posted by: NinjaLord77
They could've done a better job than that, the only gametype you get is DMR slayer I mean seriously?


What would you prefer? AR starts? Snipes? Or objective games? Just curious.

[Edited on 02.05.2012 6:12 AM PST]

  • 02.05.2012 6:11 AM PDT


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Posted by: NinjaLord77
They could've done a better job than that, the only gametype you get is DMR slayer I mean seriously?


What would you prefer? AR starts? Snipes? Or objective games? Just curious.


Some objective would be nice. I'd like to play some ctf but that's just my opinion and I'm sure many will disagree.

  • 02.05.2012 6:15 AM PDT
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Posted by: RC Clone
Nope. SouthPole isn't a person. He's the avatar of the force of tryhards everywhere. He stalks the web looking for retards to set straight. He can not be stopped by mere bans or thread locks for he shall rise anew.

Because it's not MLG settings.

  • 02.05.2012 6:33 AM PDT

Because Jetpacks, -blam!-, jetpacks.

  • 02.05.2012 6:43 AM PDT

Posted by: Yamadog27
Opinions are like butholes. Everyone's got one, nobody wants to hear about it.

I don't play it because it takes forever to find a game (but that was like 6 months ago so it might be different now).

  • 02.05.2012 6:55 AM PDT

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Jetpacks. Arena would be okay without them.

  • 02.05.2012 7:03 AM PDT


Posted by: Vidgameplayer007
I don't play it because it takes forever to find a game (but that was like 6 months ago so it might be different now).


No it's the same way.

  • 02.05.2012 7:14 AM PDT

jetpacks and terrible maps

  • 02.05.2012 7:16 AM PDT

1. Loadouts: Jetpack ruins map control, and no, 'controlling' the skies is not possible.

2. Terrible, unbalanced asymmetrical maps: swordbase, nuff said

3. lolbloom

4. 2's tricking, iron boosting and all sorts of match manipulation

  • 02.05.2012 7:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

Won't telling you what we think still be retards bashing Arena when we don't know what it's like?

  • 02.05.2012 7:29 AM PDT

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Posted by: RC Clone
Won't telling you what we think still be retards bashing Arena when we don't know what it's like?


No it'll be people giving reasons as to why they hold a certain opinion as opposed to mindless 'lolarena' spam on every Arena-related topic by people who haven't even played it.

  • 02.05.2012 7:33 AM PDT

Want a cool clan? Join FRAG!

Want a war sim? The best war sim in Halo, Forerunner Conflict.

I actually enjoy Arena on occasion, but they need to remove the horrible asymmetrical maps before I ever play enough to get ranked.

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Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

From what gameplay I've seen, the highest level of arena play is Jetpack based map abuse. That's my only reason.

  • 02.05.2012 7:44 AM PDT

I say lol arena. Because it is literally a joke.

  • 02.05.2012 7:46 AM PDT

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Posted by: Maximus Decimus
Agreed. All the changes are good and add variety. Do we really want another Halo 3? Just running around with one gun and no armor abilities? It's good that 343 wants to try something new. Do we really want the same thing for three more games?

For some reason, I've never been able to play more than 10 arena games in a row without getting bored.

  • 02.05.2012 8:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
The actual ranking system itself is a joke.

If I had to play try hard jetpack fa.ggots every game in Squad I'd think it suck too.

Squad is perfect for just relaxing and steamrolling over scrandoms.


I'm looking at the time you posted this and lmao.

  • 02.06.2012 5:04 AM PDT