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Subject: Halo CE going offline (noooooo!)
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this is dumb... gamespy is closing the Halo CE master server because of "low usage"

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HALO CUSTOM EDITION MASTER SERVER TO CLOSE
Media Release
12/07/2006

GAMESPY Industries Corp. today announce that the Halo Custom Edition Master Server will be taken offline on 01/01/2007 due to low usage. The corporation have said that increasing operational costs combined with decreasing user levels make the Master Server's existance no longer viable.

Gamers will still be able to use the "DIRECT IP" feature to use netplay.

Halo Custom Edition is a free stand-alone expansion for Halo: Combat Evolved by Bungie Studios, which was ported to the PC by Gearbox Software.

  • 12.07.2006 4:25 PM PDT
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Aww, thats terrible. Now you can't play against random people.

  • 12.07.2006 4:43 PM PDT
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It's smart if you think about it this way. Maybe they're closing it because its free for CE users to use but costs them money. Freeing up money for them to maybe make a new master server system for H2V, because there will probably be alot of people playing that game in contrast to Halo PC. I don't know exactly, but they're just saving themselves from wasting money on a dead PC game add-on.

  • 12.07.2006 4:45 PM PDT

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That was bound to happen. I wonder how long until we get the announcement for HaloPC.

  • 12.07.2006 4:46 PM PDT
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Halp PC is still pretty active, but I'm afraid its inevidable.

  • 12.07.2006 4:48 PM PDT
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That sucks! I bet this will be a huge blow for CMT.

  • 12.07.2006 4:51 PM PDT
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OMFG HOW RETARTED!!! IT WAS A HOAX!!!! some dumb ass n00b at gearbox forum made up all this!
lets go flame him

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  • 12.07.2006 5:04 PM PDT
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Links would be nice. You had me scared there for 6 posts or so.

  • 12.07.2006 5:32 PM PDT
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Yeah, this is the work of the #GBH kids. It's a shame Gearbox Forums doesn't ban those kiddies though. They pulled a stunt like this before where they had a hoax going on about a member supposedly dying.

EDIT: http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=60650

Link to where they announced it.

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  • 12.07.2006 5:36 PM PDT
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Maybe that'll learn you not to believe everything you read off the internet.


Posted by: Wolf Claw
lets go flame him


You go on ahead, we'll catch up later...

  • 12.07.2006 5:52 PM PDT

What?! NOOOO!! Yoyorast Island v. 2 isn't even out yet! :'(

*cries*

  • 12.07.2006 6:00 PM PDT

I wonder if the Wolf thinks the Moon listens when he howls at it.

Its a shame. Its just like what is happening to all the batlefeild 2 servers for ps2. When i do a sever search i have to hit refresh like 10 times before i find a game.

  • 12.07.2006 6:00 PM PDT
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IT. WAS. A. HOAX.

  • 12.07.2006 6:06 PM PDT
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No! They can't close it! Halo CE is still too young! We have to do something!

  • 12.07.2006 6:08 PM PDT

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IT. WAS. A. HOAX.
Oh...yeah. I knew that, I was just testing you. ^.^

  • 12.07.2006 6:11 PM PDT
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Totally sorry bout that guys, I'm never going to the gearbox forums again.

  • 12.07.2006 6:12 PM PDT
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Thats OK, we didn't need those livers anyway.

  • 12.07.2006 6:13 PM PDT

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It would be anoying, I think the new SP maps (if we can get them to work) will overshadow the mp maps by a long shot.

Anyway, devour(the guy who made the hoax) is a -blam!-, but ya got to learn to ignore the.

  • 12.07.2006 8:01 PM PDT
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You kidding? BF2 on ps2 is like what, barely a year old? I can still find lots of severs on SW Battlefront 2 and its been a full year since its release (Nov 1). Guess all BF2 ppl are either on pc or BF2142.

  • 12.07.2006 8:08 PM PDT
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NO!!!! WTF!
/uninstall

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  • 12.07.2006 8:21 PM PDT