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Subject: Custom Game Search???????Anyone?

Poll: Do you all agree?  [closed]
Yes :  92%
(11 Votes)
No:  8%
(1 Votes)
Total Votes: 12

I believe that the only thing that Halo 2 was short of perfection was the lack of a Custom game search engine. For those of us who played Halo on XBconnect or Gamespy, know what I'm talking about. Yes, some are scared of strangers but that is why genius’s over at Bungie allow us to lock the games. Please tell me what you all think.

  • 06.20.2006 9:02 AM PDT

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I vote YES. Why? Well, b/c the lack of such a feature has kept Halo 2 out of my xbox 360. This my friends is a very bad thing. Every other Xbox Live Enabled game has an OPTIMATCH. (& NO HALO 2 Does NOT have a REAL Optimatch.) A True Optimatch allows you to search for max # of players, map, gametype, allow voice or not ect.

When my buddies are offline (b/c of work ect), there is nobody to game with. Sure I play unranked games, but then you play w/ people who quit as soon as they see the map & gametype. A optimatch would solve this. Why? Well b/c then people would be playing maps & gametypes that they actually like. I'm like slayer, but I'm a CTF guy at heart. My time is important to me, so I spend 98% of my gaming time hoping that I get a CTF game.

You might say why not just play rank? Well, playing rank is just silly. Rank means nothing, all it means is that you play ranked matches way more than anybody else. Who's to say a lvl 1 cannot beat a lvl 40? Anyways when you reach the high 20s or mid 30s you cannot play a legit game anyways.

So I say Halo 3 could include a real "Optimatch," & keep Matchmaking for Ranked games, or get rid of Ranked games (levels), thus eliminating cheating as we know it. Some of you people might say, "If you remove ranked then nobody will play Halo 3 as much as Halo 2."
If your one of those people then you my friend are a moron. I'll tell you why. Only 10% of Xbox 1 owners have Xbox Live. More than 50% of Xbox 360 owners have Xbox Live. So do the math. When Halo 3 comes out there will be around 5x as many Halo 3 players than Halo 2 players as soon as it comes out. So some may argue, "well people will lose interests(sp?) in Halo 3 if it does not have a Ranking System." I say that would be untrue, however Halo 3 will probably use the TRUESKILL Ranking System (look it up) for it's Matchmaking, which I'm absolutely fine with, as long as Halo 3 has a True Optimatch. That way all the braggers ect can play ranked games w/ the Bridgers, modders, standbyers, boosters ect, & people like me can play fair, fun, legit games of our choice. Heck, I could host my own room & people could find it & join it (like every other Live game except Halo 2), & if somebody is cheating or glitching, guess what? I'll just boot em' out of my room/game.

If I was a betting man, I'd say Halo 3 will use the TRUESKILL Ranking System(for ranked games in matchmaking), & also have a True Optimatch that would allow gamers to find other gamers custom games. So it's a win-win for everybody.

  • 06.20.2006 12:21 PM PDT
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  • 06.20.2006 1:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: Ric_Adbur
No one should ever be afraid of looking stupid, so long as they are making a rational effort to expand their understanding.

More options are always better. I am always in favor of the custom game search, as long as I can still have MM work as well (or better) as now.

  • 06.20.2006 1:43 PM PDT