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Do you have no concept of anything other than absolutes? To assume it's all or nothing really does nothing for your case, sonny.

Also, why did Microsoft even bother advertising this game? Why the ARG? Why the action figures, the IMAX demo, the trailers, the Mountain Dew, the Pontiac thing, or any of that stuff? None of these hype the game at all, everyone was gonna buy it anyway after all, right?

How ya doing, buddy?

I'd be Skills. I have a different username right now.

That said, you clearly have no idea of how the beta was distributed. Most players got in through Crackdown, an excellent game in it's own right that was not always purchased just so people could get into the thing months down the line. (Although that did happen.) There was no trouble being gone through here, and for many, it was a bonus.

Secondly, those that did get in would spread the word to those that didn't, again, generating hype! Who'd have thunk that, eh'?

We get it though, you're right. The beta, it didn't do anything. Totally useless. Didn't change a thing, right, right. It has zero net effect on any of the potential interest in the title. Betcha this Call of Duty 4 beta going on right now also isn't hyping that game up, or the TF2 thing that's starting soon is also useless, or any other playable demonstration or beta of any game whatsoever doesn't help it at all, especially if it's really well recieved.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I'll give you that I don't think it'll be the greatest thing of all time, ever made, in all the universe, etc, but I never had an issue with that statement in the first place. Recall where and about what I initially confronted you and you'll see exactly what I took issue with.

*shrug*

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by teamxbox

With the upcoming release of the beyond highly-anticipated Halo 3, Bungie.net is hard at work to not only gear up their online support and features, but they have also been completely revamping their website to include a laundry list of new content to track the online community.

We recently spoke with Chris Gossett, Bungie.net Development Lead, to discuss many of the site's new features that are being designed to enhance the Halo 3 community. But before we dive into that, let's take a closer look at the list of new features and content being offered by Bungie.net.

Bungie.net Online

* View Bungie Favorites File Share
* View Recent and Active Shared Files in the Halo 3 Community
* Status ticker of total enemy kills counts in Halo 3 Campaign.
* Recent Multiplayer and Campaign Game Widgets.



Bungie.net Online


Service Record Page(s): (for every player of Halo 3 on LIVE)

* Multiplayer Game History
* Multiplayer Game Details (Like Halo 2 Experience)
* Special Bungie.Net only Medals.
* Campaign Game History
* Campaign Game Details with detailed scoring, medal and kill breakdown.
* Halo 3 Achievements Page (Recent 4 and view all) (must be signed in to passport)
* View File Shares (Mine and Yours View)
o Download to your Xbox 360 Find anyone’s user created content and flag it for automatic download the next time you log in to LIVE on your Xbox 360.
o Copy to your share
o Rate a file. Everyone in the community will be rating all user created content and then it will ‘bubble up’ to the top to be accessible by others.
o View Game Details (where applicable).
o Delete from your share
o Create / View Forum Threads
* View Screenshots (Gallery View and Recent Uploads View)
o Copy any Hi-res screenshot to your Gallery
o Rate it.
o Delete from your Gallery
o View Game Details (where applicable).
o Create / View Forum Thread
o Select one Glory Shot for display on your Service Record
* View a list of your recently downloaded Files
* View/Browse Files and Screenshots of your Friends.
* Career Match-made Aggregate Stats (ranked and social) by map by weapon by game engine.
* Screenshot Collection Viewer (pop-up with ‘pip’)
* View all Screenshots and Files related to an online game.
* Mini View of Halo 3 Friend Leader-boards (from Xbox Live).
* View a Player Snapshot complete with player model and last know armor permutation.



Career Stats


Forums/Community Page:

* Ability to Browse Screenshots and Files in the Shared Files Forum.
* Private Forums for fan clubs, clans and groups.



Bungie File Forums


Misc:

* Updated Profile Layout.
* Halo 3/BNET linkage setting on settings page (used to display Bungie.net in Matchmaking lobby).
* Use Halo 3 Emblem as Forum Avatar.
* New Home Page Design.

SAUCE

Okey doke, some neat webpage upgrades. Stats flowing out of every orifice on your body now. Even your tear ducts!

Honestly, the greatest quote is

Originally Posted by Chris Gossett

This is one thing that we are very aware of. We plan on someday having a robust stats API for our community. However, on day one there won’t be much support beyond the existing RSS feeds. Eventually, we will expose the right amount of data to the right people and give them useful tools. So, sit tight.

Making some fancy stats aggregators possible. Hurray.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Zeal has, and Tube was downloading it last I heard.

They probably won't ban people right off the hop because there's a lot of legitimate cases of the street date being broken, and that's really not the fault of the buyer in question.

I'd imagine they'd still ban people for the act of stealing and modding, though. They don't want people doing that, regardless of what game it is.

Also, impressions are great, from what I've read on the tubes. But keep it spoiler free, assholes.

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Originally Posted by evilboris

but I'm guessing that nobody will play it in multi now that 3 is out.

Just like how everyone stopped playing UT99 when 2k4 came out, eh? It won't die, by any stetch. You'll lose players but it's pretty safe to assume there will be people on H2 until they shut the servers down.

FELIPE NO

Push to talk is still the stupidest thing EVER in an FPS. I love the mute functions but fucking COME ON, ugh.

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Originally Posted by Slayer X

The push to talk feature in all games should just be a feature. Because people can always mute so what's the point in making P2Talk a standard?

Precisely. With all the quick mute features, the ability to automatically mute people on the other team BY DEFAULT, and so forth, push to talk is a major inconvenience that only distracts the player and can end up costing teams shit if a player forgets about it.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Bigblah

I'm not sure how Bungie managed it, but I can now MP with people across the world (well, except Skills) with little lag. Vast improvement from the beta netcode.

Meleeing Tails whenever I see him.

I actually think it was Daravon we were having issues with. Just that both times we've met up, I've been partied with him, so I dunno.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

You get one for winning. You don't get one for losing.

That's it, sorry.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Tails

Maybe I'll make a video clip of it.

Shame you can't do that in campaign replays. It's all or nothing when it comes to that.

Progressive screenshots of the incident are probably the order of the day, here.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Hah, you can blow that off? I had no idea.

It's far, far, FAR more fun to do it the hard way though. My favorite is landing the Hornet on the thing, blowing it up, getting back in the Hornet and flying away as the damn thing blows up. It damages the shit out of you if you're not fast enough, but it's super fucking epic and makes for some great screenshots.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Or, to elaborate further, you can earn achievements while not being signed into Live, but not if you're not signed into your profile.

Auto-sign in is your friend, Guru.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

There's a Recover Profile option one could use to...well, recover a profile, in case it gets corrupted or deleted in a situation such as that.

FELIPE NO

Technically they will still probably be making Halo titles for MGS, but this gives them the ability to put out Marathon on the DS if they feel so inclined, or some shit. The autonomy doesn't necessarily mean they're abandoning their largest gauranteed source of income.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Tails

"Shotty snipers man veto this shit!"
::shotty snipers again::
"AW WHAT"

This has happened to me about three times, always resulting in half the group disconnecting and the other half either laughing or whining.

But you're right. Full GFF parties is nice. Didn't take them all that long to fully update this stuff either. I figured we'd be waiting a little while longer. Awesome.

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