- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
My brother got me an Xbox for Christmas one year. He also bought a couple of games for me, but both sucked. I looked around on the internet to see what was available, and what people were saying about them. Halo looked like a popular game, and everyone sang its praises, so I bought it. Wow...I'd never played a game that sucked me in like that. And, it has never let go.
I enjoyed it so much I did some research and found a way to play it online. I got up earlier to run down to the computer store to get the cables to hook my XBox to the internet. I had NO idea what I was doing. I was getting killed from all directions and many times had no idea who was even shooting at me. But, I loved every minute of it. I had already had a couple friends over to play the storyline, and they ran right out and bought an XBox and Halo CE. So, now that I figured out how to play Halo on the internet, I invited them over to play. Niether of them wanted to play it online...lol They had never played a game online, and I think they were afraid of making fools of themselves. Well, they got hooked to. We'd spend weekend after weekend, sometimes 12 hours a day playing nothing but Halo CE online. What an amazing time. The fun, the screaming!
Later we went to a couple tournaments. We were never pros, or even elites. But, it allowed us to enjoy the game for the first time with others who had just as much passion as us. We were pretty good though. Only problem is we played in an area that at the time, had 3 of the 4 best 2 man teams in the world, including TDT Darkman. So, we never had a chance...but still enjoyed every second of it.