Actually there is no beta 'sheet' so to speak, the game CD itself will interact with Xbox live to gain you access to the beta. So once you have used the disc and gained access to the beta thats it; the next poor soul to come across your game disc will be short changed.

You could camp outside your nearest videogame rental place and be the first one to net crackdown. Unless the 14 year olds who work there do it first.

Gotcha, I thought there was going to be an insert with a code on it that you'd redeem. My bad.

It'll still work though.

sorry to go off topic, but went back to Halo 2 seemed they a gotten rid of alot of the unranked games, so I'm having to play ranked games. Which the standard is so much higher :psyduck:

Anyway could someone be kind enough to pm me some good halo 2 tutorials, vids links, articles whatever. Really hyped to start playing again. Thanks in advance

The only tip I can give is... if yer playing w/ a team. Don't be a fag and Tea bag your kills and waste other people's time during the match.

I was playing a couple days ago w/ this group of morons and after they killed someone they would Tea bag them instead of continueing to kill.

I haven't touched the game in the past year or so, but I have a few friends that play it like its brand new. It's just full of pricks and cheaters. I prefer keeping it simple, and playing Gears until H3 comes out.

My flatmate has literally only ever played Halo 2 on his Xbox but even he's gotten so bored of the incessant cheating to the extent he bought a 360 and plays Gears now.

That said, the best way to get Halo practice is to have some decently long sessions with the same group of people, I find. That way, at least your own team are playing well, if not the opposition...

Sorry call me a noob whatever but I was unaware you could cheat on xboxlive, I've seen many glitch vids but as for cheating what do people do. Don't bungie just ban people that use mods and cheat?

Yes, you can mod like a faggot on the regular xbox, and yes it does happen online. Yes you can ban them, but there will always be some douche bag 7 year old to take his place.

This is a little off-topic but I'll bring it back on as soon as I ask this question.

I'm reading one of Halo books right now. More to the point, The Flood. On page 240 in the final paragraph of the page, the monitor (343 Guilty Spark) said something that caught my attention:

So the Forerunner had similar suits to that of Master Chief? I can further develop upon this theory. What if the Humans are the descendants of the Forerunner? From the books & games, it's the only logical conclusion I've been able to come up with.

Master Chief has been able to manipulate the Forerunner computers rather easily (without the help of Cortana, and has questioned himself as to how and why), 343 Guilty Spark brings up the possibility when discussing the armor (my bad, combat skin) of Master Chief, and from what I've seen... a Forerunner structure is found on Earth.

Deductive reasoning supports my theory. Please, I ask for your thoughts. Am I way off base? Or could I be on to something?


Oh man does this bring back a horrific memory... my first encounter with a cheater on Halo 2. Let me tell you the story.

Back in the day when I still played Halo 2, I was playing a ranked Team Slayer (4/4) on Warlock (a very small map). As soon as the match started, I died. I couldn't figure it out at first. I figured someone got off a really lucky double-shot as I spawned. So the game restarted, instantly I fell dead to the ground.

Ok, now what the hell is going on?

So as soon as I spawned, I made a mad dash for some cover. Lost my shields doing so but least I was alive. So I pulled out the B.R, now in the mood for the fight of my life. I peaked out. What I saw surprised me. Sure, I've heard about cheaters and people who modified the game. But I had never experienced it first hand. That was, until now.

Two of their teammates had banshees, one had a B.R which shot 105mm Scorpion Tank shells, and the other was literally floating around the map like one of the ancient Greek gods shooting Wraith mortars horizontally.

It was at this point, I knew what I was up against. However I was determined. I knew I was going to lose. I was out-gunned & my entire team had already dropped out. I could've followed but I wasn't going to give up without a fight. It's just the type of player that I am.

So I peaked out and put two double-shots into the flying God which floated around the map firing Wraith mortars. It was at this point that I learned that not only was he posing as a Greek God but that the bastard was immortal to.

Needless to say, I lost. The score was 1-50 and it ended within less than four minutes. I managed to score one kill during the game and to this day, I am very proud of it. The game took pity on me and spawned me behind one of the bastards. Two strikes to the back killed him. This happened about mid-game.

It was the last match I ever played on Halo 2. It burned me out. Once in a while I'll log in to play a custom game but I don't do matchmaking anymore.

Bungie tries to ban every cheater that they come across but they can't stop it right now. They ban someone... they create a new account... and well, it goes downhill from there. I respect Bungie for trying to stop it but they're fighting a battle I fear they will be unable to achieve victory in. Still, I may be speaking too soon. We'll see what Halo 3 does to solve this problem. I'm skeptical.

Its a new console, and a new game. I'm giving Bungie a clean slate on this one. Like you said, we will just have to wait and see what happens.

From what I have seen so far model still move quite weird and plastic. I hope they fix it in final product. CG animations are brilliant, you can see peace of them in my Ava & Sig.

I only want HALO 3 to be what HALO 1 was for players on Xbox. Replacing old race with another isn't really what we expect for great successor of awesome games that HALO and HALO 2 was.

The CG was done by another company, right? Bungie had let another company do that CG commercial as a teaser, I believe. So Im not sure how good the actual game cinemas will be.

Hmm... but if in game cinema will be not so good as the commercial then something gone wrong =P I hope they will be as good as this one =) But we must remember that CG's are one little part or real game. So having stunning videos like in Genji on PS3 while game it self was on PS2 level is not giving much fun. I hope Bungie dudes will sit a little longer to make the game what we want it to be =)

Marty O'Donnell recently got the Announcement Trailer Theme released on Itunes. Anyone willing to share it?

Audio Request thread in which it's attached.

Don't expect mega quailty though. It's an iTunes release. Gorgeous track though. Can't wait for the final OST, and I hope this is on there. Otherwise SADNESS.

Beta has a date now, folks, just so you know. 5/16 to 6/06.

Having a 3 week beta has a smidgen of lameness about it, I'm still pondering whether as to nab a cheap pre-owned copy of Crackdown; if I can't, I may not bother as £40 is too steep for 3 weeks gameplay, and I'll probably only get £10 back if I were to trade it in afterwards. That equates to £10 per week to play the beta.

Plasma grenades are supposed to be a little stronger and frag grenades a little weaker now. I got an invite but I wouldn't have had any time to play before Wednesday anyway so I gave it to a friend who really wanted in and doesn't have Crackdown yet anyway :3

Also someone over at HBO found out that ten shotgun kills in a row gives you the "Cheneymania" medal, check out the first medal in this game: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStat...&player=Izequo

:tpg:

I'm off Wed-Sun so I'll be on a lot, looking forward to probably getting raped by most everyone including devo :(