- Ghandi 2
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- Exalted Mythic Member
I hate everything, but it's not my fault.
It was definately less chaotic, but worse in some ways. Most discussions went in The Underground, as the Halo 2 forums came later. So it was impossible to ignore; whereas now, I can simply never go into the Halo 3 forum. But there was far less stuff being posted, and I'm pretty sure that the average person was smarter, but my memory is almost certainly tinted by nostalgia. However, I do distinctly remember having actual intelligent discussions on New Mombasa and Zanzibar.
It's very late, but here are some topics which I remember were very popular, just to give you an idea. (and were mostly posted many, many times. But not as much as the H3 forum. That got, what, 300 pages in 2 days?)
What are those green projectiles in the new screenshot? (They turned out to be Carbine bullets; I thought they were new needler rounds, for some reason)
Should the sword be in MP? (I was against it.)
There should be bots in MP (I was for it.)
Will there be multiple Spartans in Halo 2? (I think I thought there would be.)
Should the pistol remain in its current form? (I was for this.)
Is Cortana rampant? (I thought so. And maybe I was right.)
Should there be more than 2 players in Co-Op? (I think I thought that was too many.)
How many people do you want in MP? (I don't remember at all.)
And of course, lots and lots of theories on all kinds of stuff, all of which turned out to be almost completely wrong. Although Bungie could make a few of them true, depending on how they do Halo 3.
I think Halo 3 wins for sheer horror in a single forum, but New Mombasa was pretty bad around the time of ILB and when it was found out that the Enkidu Terminals were fan-made. Man, that was quite a backlash.
[Edited on 5/21/2006]