general-chat

[lavish matrix]

it's absolutely tongue in cheek. it's not even remotely a serious explanation

even if they do it often, it's still a joke reason

[tight remnant]

that'd be a pretty terrible way to address that type of news

[lavish matrix]

take it up with mojang

you think anyone honestly thought the reason fireflies weren't added was because of the well being of digital cube frogs?

[tight remnant]

a lot of the way they address the community is as if they were small not very intelligent kids to be fair so

[lavish matrix]

bingo

[tight remnant]

it gets annoying when they do that

[winter flame]

i would not be happy if all the frogs got eaten tbf

[frozen raven]

Assassinations were pog in halo

[lavish matrix]

have you ever had frog legs?

[tight remnant]

halo 5 had amazing ones espcially.

[frozen raven]

Man i should play that one then

[blazing fractal]

ngl the disability pride month post is so sweet, i actually appreciate this one

[tight remnant]

i did not know about that and it's cool they bring awareness to it

[frozen raven]

Whens my wheelchair spartan?

[candid solar]

Wow.

[blazing fractal]

im probably wrong but dont prosthetics exist in halo for a reason

[lavish matrix]

._.

[tight remnant]

There's an assassination where the spartan 'sticks' a grenade to someone, grabs their legs, swings thrwos them and boom explode

[lavish matrix]

you're not wrong, the robotic limbs are there partly for representation

[candid solar]

TBF, they wouldn't do much for paralysis... But then the UNSC casually cures cancer, so.

Though, realistically, they'll put you in a wheelchair even if you can walk fine under your own power sometimes.

It's very situational.

[tight remnant]

Glasses are a choice in the halo universe.

[blazing fractal]

not paralysis but i was thinking people who lost limbs due to fights

[candid solar]

Both can happen in fights and both have similar solutions.

[lavish matrix]

lorewise, robotic prosthetics are common implements

see Kat and Halsey

[tight remnant]

there's multiple examples of lost limbs being replaced with prostethics and previously injured soldiers being spartaned up and prostethiced

[candid solar]

Halsey, Kat, Kodiak, that one guy from the Halo 5 trailers, etc etc

[tight remnant]

gretchen, agryna

[candid solar]

Horvath straight up grenaded his spinal column in a landing too

[lavish matrix]

there probably were scenarios where prosthetics weren't viable for one reason or another, like with Musa

[tight remnant]

Those seem rarer.

[candid solar]

... I'm pretty sure Horvath getting his spine wrecked in a drop pod is actually the only time I've ever heard of an injury caused by a drop pod that didn't result in outright death, actually. Rookie was knocked out and maybe suffered a TBI, but that's about the worst of it.

[lavish matrix]

yea well rejection of spartan augments was an extremely rare condition compared to the entirety of the human race at the time

[tight remnant]

and compatibility was GREATLY improved in the following decades

[lavish matrix]

kinda missing my point

[tight remnant]

Which is?

[timber charm]

But also it’s a future sci fi, y not

[tight remnant]

They worked with the wounded warrior project did they not?

[lavish matrix]

one could think of plenty of reasons y not, it just so happens that none of those impeded their addition to the game

[timber charm]

Reasons not? Like what?

We already have precedent with Kat

[pale barn]

Woof

[blazing fractal]

how can i make halo infinite not make my pc fan run so loud? any tips or tricks that don't require spending money?

i have every graphics setting to as low as possible and my fan is quite loud

[pale barn]

Your parents credit card

[blazing fractal]

that involves spending money

[pale barn]

You did not specify who's money

[blazing fractal]

i would also not like to commit credit card fraud

[frozen raven]

You could just manually set fan speeds if you monitor temps

[lavish matrix]

i meant real world reasons, not in-universe reasons

[blazing fractal]

i used MSI afterburner for that but i ended up getting rid of it

[timber charm]

Disable hd textures

[frozen raven]

Then theres no other way. Just get a better pc 😎

5 finger discount you know?

[timber charm]

Also run in game mode

[blazing fractal]

guess i'll just reinstall MSI afterburner

[blazing fractal]

where

[timber charm]

Are u on steam? Or Xbox

[blazing fractal]

steam since infinite is free

[timber charm]

Goto properties, settings, dlc I think?

[blazing fractal]

properties??

[timber charm]

In steam right click for properties

On halo infinite

[pale barn]

Guys imma buy a macbook

[timber charm]

Then disable hd textures

[pale barn]

With johns credit card

[timber charm]

(Shud be located at DLC)

[dark lance]

Open Steam > right click it in your library > click Properties > click DLC > uncheck High-Res textures for Campaign + MP.

[blazing fractal]

oh damn thanks

[tired wraith]

Can you get me lansgne

[pale barn]

Sure

[tired wraith]

Thnaks

[winter flame]

honestly i think when im getting shot from overhang and my team mate in top control cant hear his BR bursts... the audio needs some work

like diamond ranked so not some noob

[tired wraith]

I can’t find a single ranked match

[blazing fractal]

it helped a bit not a lot

[pale barn]

Ace i just finished it says its gonna arrive in 1 hour

The lasagna

[tired wraith]

Okee thansk

[obsidian wyvern]

want to play but if I get less than 80% on this next test I have to redo it until I get 4 in a row 😕

[pale barn]

Man these ubers are taking to much time

[charred mauve]

Yo 343 its been quite awhile over the time that the streams suppose to start lol

[cedar turret]

But can you answer 50 questions about travel trailers

[obsidian wyvern]

that is part of the test

[round laurel]

(I'm not an expert, so take this with a pinch of salt)

Without spending money on increasing cooling, you'd need to either wear headphones or undervolt your GPU.

[obsidian wyvern]

I don't wanna touch that side again because I've got the 4 in a row

[cedar turret]

Cdl?

[timid crane]

Guess who’s sun burnt cause he didn’t want to put on sun screen like a complete bafoon cause he was being hardheaded…..

[obsidian wyvern]

whats cdl

[hasty zinc]

just car dozen

[cedar turret]

Kay

[hasty zinc]

commercial drivers license

[cedar turret]

I failed my learners permit test the first time I took it.

[obsidian wyvern]

does that let you drive more types of vehicles

[cedar turret]

They’d just switched to automated tests and the machine gods decided every test question needed to be about travel trailers

Went back the next day and got normal questions and got a hundred percent

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah we have to pay quite a bit for each test which is why im tryna hit these goals on the app. They pay for your second test if you fail as long as you get the achievements

[hasty zinc]

yeah like big trucks and stuff

[cedar turret]

You know what I’ve never done in the many years since I took that exam? Used a travel trailer

You had to pay then too

[obsidian wyvern]

LOL rip

[obsidian wyvern]

ah ok

[cedar turret]

My drivers test is both a funny and tragic story, but isn’t appropriate for here

[obsidian wyvern]

🙁

[hasty zinc]

I had to stop at a duck crossing during mine

[obsidian wyvern]

pfft what are the chances

[hasty zinc]

it took a lot of the tension out of the test

[cedar turret]

https://tenor.com/view/mascot-costume-cute-ducks-donald-duck-gif-17491966

[obsidian wyvern]

my teacher said that he made the mistake of telling his friends when he had a driving test. they ended up following him throughout the whole thing to throw him off, ended up with him failing lol

[molten pelican]

I failed mine bc i couldnt reach the steering wheel

[molten pelican]

okay thats funny

[obsidian wyvern]

😐

[cedar turret]

I’ve had defensive driving courses that were less complicated than that

And those included sections about people trying to ram your car or shooting at you

[tired wraith]

Image

I couldn’t reach the door

😎

[low moss]

i drive w out a license and a permit

[tired wraith]

👮‍♂️

[obsidian wyvern]

what's your job wtf

[molten pelican]

dozen is secretely apart of the IMF

[cedar turret]

https://tenor.com/view/theworldmayneverknow-idk-goodquestion-gif-5415227

Also had to do the drivers course backwards. Freaked the instructor out when I insisted on using my car for that cause I already have the mirrors adjusted properly so I can drive backwards

[obsidian wyvern]

definitely IMF

[cedar turret]

Not really. Pretty common requirements

[fickle drift]

Dam i wish we could have the original main menus

In mcc

Like having the halo 3 main menu with its loading screens and music

[versed bobcat]

is it just me who can never get a btb game since season 4 dropped

[fickle drift]

I only got on btb map
And that was pretty short because the enemy team was a clan or something

Because they used team tacs

[versed bobcat]

ive tried queing btb multiple times every day since s4 came out and ive never gotten a game

same goes for infection but other modes que fine

[fickle drift]

It was not fun when the tanks arrived
Tried to get it only to get hijacked

[winter flame]

make sure ur set to expanded

[fickle drift]

So the enemy team had like four warthogs one wasp and two tanks
And my team was
A bunch of idoits

[winter flame]

it doesnt help that the vehicles are awarded to the team with greater map control

[versed bobcat]

oh right i completely forgot that was an option hopefully i can get an infection game now 😢

INSTANT QUE WTF

[winter flame]

yah i think you can only really use local in NA and Europe at this point

[versed bobcat]

200ms lmao

[winter flame]

my setting keeps going back to Local though so check it after ur match

not sure why but i wanted to pla y some infection too and i had the change it back to expanded again

150ms for me

probably South Central US

[versed bobcat]

200ms sucks but a game is a game

at least i can play now

[deep flare]

sussy

[winter flame]

yeah mine goes back to local after every game

at least expanded setting seems to work properly now when its on

a while back expanded wouldnt let you get into matches

like you would wait ages for american servers

[burnt coral]

Anyone know how to fix dents in a Gameboy color

[charred mauve]

Dude 343 forgot to stream

[steady jolt]

Stream what?

[fossil skiff]

CE elites with catch is like fighting a Major League Baseball team

[willow summit]

can anyone help, how do i disable the melee from behind imstant kill. ive managed to lower the melees damage output to 10% but no way to turn off assasinations

[tight remnant]

Are you refering to the HCS event that took place during the weekend and not during the week?

[charred mauve]

Ah thx

[fickle drift]

If I choose a specific mission on Halo MCC will I still get an achievement on par time if I beat it?

[empty salmon]

Remember this: "We all fail. We all make mistakes. That's what makes us humans" -Master Chief

[winter flame]

weirdly the only playlist i can find a match in quickly at this time is infection

so idk if expanded works any better now but ig something to play is nice

[alpine mantle]

is their halo infinate firefight like halo reach and....... 5...

[tight remnant]

No but AI will be coming in forge

[hasty zinc]

this looks fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p85VHMpE0to

[placid idol]

Why is MCC so buggy now? Co op disconnects for Halo 2, CE LASO was almost impossible and now I can't play big team battle.

[rapid verge]

nothing new

[stoic rapids]

Coop should be p2p

So like

[dense stag]

I heard they made a goofy helmet

For halo infinite, a seeker remastered?

[candid solar]

Seeker is objectively the best coffee-themed helmet ever.

It doesn't need a remaster.

[fickle drift]

can I donate some of my double XP boosts to charity?

[forest lagoon]

It's happening. I'm finally getting an updated PC soon

[sonic quarry]

How tf do i beat the library im about to kms this level is so hard

[winter flame]

keep moving

[sour gate]

movement is your friend. never stop and attack when you can get sone distance between you and them

i used shotgun, plasma rifle, or a spkr whenever i could

if you're having trouble with grenade kills i usually throw the grenade at my feet and keep running

[winter flame]

yah never drop the shotty

its like the sniper on T&R

you gotta keep a shotty

i dont think you spawn with it but you will find one right at the start

then just pickup ammo as you go

[sour gate]

quite a few flood spawn with it

[candid solar]

That's a bit extreme.

[timid crane]

I think that was his point

[amber iris]

“I hate the new guy”

-announcer in infection mode

[hasty zinc]

rekt

[candid solar]

"Can you hold your nerve?"

• Seconds before death

[smoky token]

I should start the drag racing side quests in Cyberpunk

They fixed driving a while ago and it feels really nice now

arguably better than GTA

[stoic rapids]

the beast in me?

[obsidian wyvern]

this is unbound right

[hasty zinc]

Yee

It's fun!

[obsidian wyvern]

the game looks really nice

but idk the controls have felt weird to me, like there's some sort of delay on the movement

[hasty zinc]

hmm, haven't experienced that

[pliant hatch]

everyone shooting fireworks cause it's gonna rain tomorrow.

[warm spindle]

Anyone here also play rocket league?

[hasty zinc]

every once in awhile

[obsidian wyvern]

there used to be someone here who was undefeated in server 1v1s for RL

[hasty zinc]

that was me lol

[obsidian wyvern]

I was supposed to send that before your msg lol

[hasty zinc]

oh lol

[warm spindle]

What's your rank

[hasty zinc]

unranked

I haven't played in a long time

[dense stag]

I got back into infinite after a long time

All these armor cores are free?!

[fickle drift]

they really fixed up everything

[smoky token]

yea

do they pay well btw?

I’m trying to get a Sandy and some new legs

plus maybe a monowire

[stoic rapids]

don't remember the pay

but you do get a car out of it, depends on your actions

[smoky token]

what kinda car?

[stoic rapids]

Claire's car called the beast

and sampson's car: Quadra Type-66 "Cthulhu"

but depends on what you do

[smoky token]

Are they super cars? muscle cars?

tuned up normals?

[floral pollen]

I watched like maybe 45 mins total over all the days
1v1s were most of that

[stoic rapids]

the cthullu's a sport car, while the beast is a truck

I can't really say about the tuning for certain

[smoky token]

I’ll probably take the truck and buy the super car from Regina then

I also need to get that bike from Okako

I love bikes in this game

[fickle drift]

atriox car

[stoic rapids]

you could get both for free by convincing claire not to kill sampson

[smoky token]

been rocking the Nomad bike you get from Panam’s quests but it is super slow and doesn’t handle all too well on turns

[smoky token]

Do I need a high cool stat for that?

or something of the sort?

[stoic rapids]

don't think so, lemme check

https://youtu.be/bAQulZ0ZCFE

[smoky token]

also

SPOILERS

smh

I was spoiled on uhh

that one crucifixion quest

with the inmate who killed the arab dude

[stoic rapids]

oh right yeah spoilers

[smoky token]

lol

[stoic rapids]

just know ||Claire's revenge isn't worth it||

[smoky token]

claire is the bartender right?

[stoic rapids]

yeah at the afterlife

[smoky token]

that’s what i thought, alright

Cyberpunk has a post-game after you beat the main story right?

you can still go through NC and do whatever you want?

[stoic rapids]

well uh it resets you back to the point where ||you need to go meet Hanako||

and then from there you're able to do what you want

[smoky token]

hey hey

hold up

[stoic rapids]

it does reward you for some stuff though

[smoky token]

I’m at the part where I’m infiltrating the supply park with Takemura

[stoic rapids]

dang

[smoky token]

how far through the main game am I anyway?

2/3?

[stoic rapids]

think so

||Because after that takemura kidnaps hanako, he dies or doesn't die due to an ambush and you actions, and you'll end up in some motel where you're contacted by Hanako||

[smoky token]

why do you bother sending that when you know i can’t read it

[stoic rapids]

[smoky token]

trur…

[stoic rapids]

either way complete your side missions (panam, Johnny/rogue), unlocks more endings

[smoky token]

I completed Panam

Only done 1 quest with Rogue and that was Hellman

I know you can “romance” her but I am not interested in that

It’s so sad that only male body/voice can romance Panam

[stoic rapids]

Johnny should have a bunch of story missions for it where you're able to get ||Johnny's pistol and Porsche in chippin in||

[candid solar]

Just once I want a romance option in a game that's just like

A dude, being a guy, like, a basic office drone type

[smoky token]

I mean

Skyrim?

[candid solar]

I don't count games with a mid romance execution

[stoic rapids]

don't know really if this is a spoiler but it's more of Johnny attempting to romance rogue not V

[candid solar]

I mean an actual specific named character

[smoky token]

I think Cyberpunk does it really well

it feels really natural, albeit a bit quick

[smoky token]

that is a spoiler

[stoic rapids]

there's also a secret ending if you choose the right dialogue option in one of Johnny's missions

[candid solar]

Granted I want more gay romance options in games in general

[smoky token]

oh?

[neon halo]

Cyberpunk doing something well?

Nahh

[smoky token]

Cyberpunk does a ton of stuff well

[stoic rapids]

sucks the launch was buggy

[smoky token]

yeah really hurt the game’s reputation in the long run

[stoic rapids]

I enjoyed it though, since I wasn't really on the hype train

and I played it a year after launch

[neon halo]

The bugs only mask the real problems that game had

[smoky token]

I played once near launch, once a year after, and then am only really starting to get into it now that Phantom Liberty has been officially announced

game is in a really good state now

[candid solar]

I wish Halo had better LGTB representation.

[stoic rapids]

I'm hyped for phantom liberty, it's more cyberpunk

[candid solar]

The only gay character I know of in Halo's history got killed in a suicide bombing.

[neon halo]

Looks cool

[smoky token]

I kinda do too but at the same time romance hasn’t really been much of a focus of the story?

[neon halo]

Trench wrong server

[candid solar]

Eh

[smoky token]

Unless you count the chief/cortana relationship as romantic

[candid solar]

I mean, I don't classify character building as romance.

[smoky token]

which is infinitely arguable

[candid solar]

Like, Buck and Dare being married? Not really a romance arc. Just offscreen "They smoothed the issues"

[stoic rapids]

I see it as a platonic one

[smoky token]

Wait trench who were you talking about

[candid solar]

Oh god I need to do the Halopedia search again

Allison Stark.

https://www.halopedia.org/Allison_Stark

[neon halo]

Off screen characters lol

[candid solar]

Dunno. I really don't mind offscreen characters.

[smoky token]

Rip

:/

[neon halo]

I really don’t care

Just wanna shoot aliens

[candid solar]

Not noted, ignored

[smoky token]

lol

[neon halo]

Am I back on the block list

[smoky token]

https://tenor.com/view/ratio-gif-24800079

[candid solar]

I mean I'm not asking for much, just like... A male character with a husband, a transgender ODST, etc etc

[smoky token]

I feel like there’s been at least one trans spartan

[candid solar]

Uh...

Not sure.

[smoky token]

maybe i’m thinking of an old OC or something lol

probably am

[candid solar]

Problably.

[neon halo]

Why are you assuming they don’t exist already?

[candid solar]

Because In know they don't exist yet as characters even if they exist in universe.

The possibility is open but not utilized.

[neon halo]

How many straight romances even happen

[candid solar]

Buck and Dare.

[floral pollen]

If one is talking of Trans Spartan OCs in existence
I have one

[smoky token]

same

[candid solar]

A few other ones, can't really recall specifics because it's generic.

[smoky token]

she’s old and has been retired as a character in my head though

[neon halo]

Exactly

Romance in halo is already meh

Imagine the writers writing trans love

[candid solar]

Oh right, I forgot you can't read.

[floral pollen]

Not sure if anyone in the actual Spartan program in the games or lore is trans tho

[candid solar]

Not as far as I know.

[neon halo]

Is it allowed in military

[smoky token]

I think the thought is definitely appreciated but I also kinda have to agree with Meowlnir

Halo isn’t really a franchise particularly known for its romance plots

[candid solar]

Yes.

[candid solar]

^

[neon halo]

Then it probably exists

[candid solar]

It's not about it existing. It's about it literally never being mentioned.

[neon halo]

You want them to pander?

[smoky wraith]

how is that character building

[smoky token]

there’s a difference between pandering and representing

pretty big one actually

[candid solar]

It's expanding the characterization of someone. You don't need them to have a loving email.

[neon halo]

Yes

[stoic rapids]

shouldn't just have one for the sake of having one, feels cheap

[neon halo]

^

[candid solar]

Not gonna lie, I was not responding because there's no way for me to temper how annoyed I actually got by that response.

[timid crane]

Hey everyone let’s just calm down a little

[candid solar]

That gulf is massive.

[smoky token]

mhmm

[timid crane]

Just a suggestion

[candid solar]

Anyways, no, I don't mean romance.

Never did. Anyone who thought I meant straight up romance is an idiot.

[timid crane]

I’d rather not have angry mods roaming, I’d prefer normal mods

[neon halo]

Titan you gonna let him say that to you?

[timid crane]

Wat

[neon halo]

Also this lol

[smoky token]

All due respect you are kinda the one instigating here

[candid solar]

Yes, because I totally meant that in the same sentence in the same context with the same characters despite being two entirely seperate statements.

[neon halo]

Are we at a point having a different view is instigating

[timid crane]

Titan the goat 💪

[candid solar]

And I hate to pull Redditor garbage, but /s.

[neon halo]

Redditor

[candid solar]

You're the one who needed the help.

[smoky token]

let’s calm down, alright?

[candid solar]

Anyways, it's the lack of representation that bothers me, not the lack of romance. It's largely irrelevant to Halo's general plotline.

[neon halo]

[smoky token]

Purely for my own curiosity, how well do you think you would fare in a Halo writing room?

[candid solar]

Hell, I'd like just relationships and religions and other societal things be outlined for Halo in general. The Kilo 5 Trilogy actually touched on both and more a surprising amount, and I rather enjoy that sort of out-of-military focus on a franchise.

[smoky token]

Yeah it’s very nice

[candid solar]

Absolutely awful. I'd get utterly destroyed for one reason or another that I can't comprehend.

[smoky token]

We’ve only gotten one canon look at religion outside the covenant in the form of Triage in a halo short story no one remembers

[candid solar]

I like to think I'm very well informed, but I don't know the full story behind the scenes and I don't like to pretend I do.

That said, I'm going to keep asking about shoulder lore, dev team, I know that statement for Hazmat's hitech shoulders was directed at people like me.

[smoky token]

what’s the statement in question?

[candid solar]

Paraphrasing, but it's basically "The name answers your question"

[neon halo]

Lol nice devs

[candid solar]

Eh.

It's kind of a good natured ribbing from my perspective. It's unreasonable to assume an explanation for every damn shoulder.

Even if I wish Mark VII got wording for those things.

[neon halo]

“Hey devs what was the code name for the season 1 battle pass?”

[candid solar]

There's like 20+ shoulders

I don't expect them to try hard for all of em.

[neon halo]

They do a lil trolling at 343

[candid solar]

Just curious, or have some marvelous insight to establish?

Not meant as a diss, am curious. Kind of an out there question.

[smoky token]

I don’t have any insight into 343 lol

not more than you have at least

[wild sleet]

So is it possible to still play the old CE PC Port, looking for some old Nostalgia

[smoky token]

Yes

Halo Custom Edition

it’s considered abandonware so it’s pretty much free

[stoic rapids]

Should have tutorials on youtube

[smoky token]

yup

[stoic rapids]

However it's the gearbox port, inaccuracies to the xbox versions and such iirc

[smoky token]

only minor visual ones

[candid solar]

Figured I'd ask. Was kind of an out there question.

[smoky token]

But yeah it’s basically the same experience as Halo CEA, only in CEA you can play with anniversary graphics whenever you want

[candid solar]

I'd rather be humble and pleasantly surprised than saying some outrageous statement of competence. I don't have the answer book they read from.

[smoky token]

Custom Edition has more custom mods I guess

[stoic rapids]

No steam workshop support though

[smoky token]

yup

[stoic rapids]

Easier to get mods through mcc, but not all ce mods were ported anyways

[smoky token]

But any person who actually cares about modding doesn’t mind the lack of Steamworks

[candid solar]

Like, I commit to the sin of hubris a lot, but when it comes to an understanding of lore, I know what I know and I know what I fill in.

I fill in a lot.

What I fill in, is dubious.

[smoky token]

You’re one of the only people I personally know who actually knows more lore than me

Up there with like… Haruspis, I think

[candid solar]

God, y'know, I really wish that wasn't the case.

[smoky token]

But i don’t know him personally

[candid solar]

He's a cool dude, from what I know.

I know I'm unpopular amongst lore crowd types because I'm very...

Caustic? Argumenative? Don't appreciate people who idolize Bungie lore?

[smoky token]

Self awareness is good at least

[candid solar]

Doesn't do as much good as I'd like to admit.

There's an impass with knowledge and acedemia, regardless of discipline, that popular opinion can outweigh fact.

While Halo isn't a real, well, knowledge base lorewise, the same principle applies.

[smoky token]

As has been shown time and again

[candid solar]

Yep. Logic Plague and whatnot.

[smoky token]

I still personally believe that one

so maybe not a good example to tell to me lol

[candid solar]

I'm still vehemently against it because it makes little sense from a narrative perspective.

Not that much has since 2015, but whatever, splitting hairs.

[smoky token]

It’s either that or an informational overload from Alpha Halo

[rare cedar]

What are we on about?

[candid solar]

HiddenX's theory about Logic Plague and Cortana (Rampant shard)

[rare cedar]

Ah…

[candid solar]

Personally, I can't ascribe a dislike strong enough.

[smoky token]

I’m curious as to what Haruspis’s take on that particular theory is

[candid solar]

I doubt you'd get an answer.

If he has one, it's likely not one he can share.

[smoky token]

worth a shot

[candid solar]

Oh, always.

[smoky token]

I’ll ask sam to ask him for me tomorrow

[candid solar]

I'm going to bite my tongue on that one, but I hope you get an answer.

[smoky token]

I don’t think it’s the end-all-be-all either way

the way cortana got to that point i’d pretty irrelevant

what’s way more important is that she is/was at that point

[candid solar]

I still think most anything that isn't coming to that conclusion as a primary shard of her own volition is a negative.

Ugh. I really do wish I'd have more context behind Brian Reed's decisionmaking.

Like, I do think he was, in his own way, a visionary about lore stuff, but I don't think he was all that able to execute properly.

[smoky token]

343’s writer?

not familiar with the name

[candid solar]

I'd love to do a proper interview. Professional, courteous. I really want to know.

[candid solar]

He was lead for story on Halo 5.

He got ousted because the community harassed him excessively.

[smoky token]

As they do…

[candid solar]

Couldn't take the pressure, understandably so, and dipped.

[smoky token]

He probably has his email listed on LinkedIn or something like that

[candid solar]

Personally, I hold no malice over it. I want to know his plans, what he intended.

[smoky token]

You could shoot him an email, he may or may not respond to an interview

[candid solar]

I doubt it. He went dark hard after the debacle.

From what research I've done.

[smoky token]

Hope he got paid well during his tenure at least

poor guy

[candid solar]

That's part of why I'm rather respectful towards him.

I don't think he did anything wrong.

Might've benefitted from better research on military practices and procedures, but who doesn't?

[smoky token]

Even the prime military shooters of the last decades can’t get that right

Wouldn’t hold it against him

[candid solar]

Bottom line is, from an outsider perspective, he got done dirty. I'd rather give him the benefit of the doubt and respect him accordingly.

[smoky token]

agreed

[fickle drift]

why is everyone in the team slayer playlist toxic and sweaty

its not even ranked

[floral pollen]

Team Slayer does have BR starts, so it can be good for practice

[fickle drift]

yeah i wish they just removed the BR starts for team slayer, BRs are hard to use on controller (maybe my senstivitiy is too high idk)

[gusty elk]

If I was you I keep practicing useing br to get better with it

[eager mango]

Chilling on kick

[sand quartz]

Anyone know if you can buy battle passes from previous seasons?

I can’t really test it because I already have 1-3

But I didn’t finish season 3’s battle pass

So, I want to finish that for the 1000 credits to buy season 4’s battle pass

[floral pollen]

You can, I got the S1, 2, and 3 passes a while ago, but never played S1 or 2

[sand quartz]

So, you got 1 and 2 during season 3?

[smoky wraith]

yes

you can purchase and complete whenever you want

[sand quartz]

Thanks

[smoky wraith]

switch between earning xp for any whenever you want in the menu by making one your active pass

[sand quartz]

I know that

But it was the buying I was uncertain about.

[smoky wraith]

gotcha

[sand quartz]

I’ve been mostly playing cod which is extremely grindy and my friend exclusively plays that, so I couldn’t really grind halo infinite for a while.

[brave prairie]

I still haven’t finished s2 battlepass

[livid aspen]

anyone up for some modded campaign

[lone turtle]

It's good that u don't have to worry about spending money on battlepass and it expires if u not play it u can complete whenever u want and no spending money everytime

[quick escarp]

It just turned July 4th for me recently, happy colonized day.

[gusty elk]

That's why I love about halo infinite

[velvet latch]

Hey does anyone wanna play coop in MCC? I just got it yesterday

[obsidian wyvern]

#lfg-campaign

[final heart]

Anyone wanna team up

Infinite ?

[velvet latch]

What game?

Multiplayer or campaign?

[vale jewel]

Anyone want to play cursed halo on mic

[final heart]

I’m new to infinite and come from halo 3 mpg days … looking for the same vibe and to for a serious squad.

Mlg*

[velvet latch]

I can install it real quick

Alright I've got it

[vale jewel]

Also install cursed halo multiplayer maps for mcc

[velvet latch]

Is that in workshop?

[final heart]

Wat happened tot he good ol days

Wen we would jus play competitive 4v4 battle rifles only

Smh

[vale jewel]

Ya

[fathom lance]

HAHA do you remember ME HAHAHA

[bronze breach]

No

[fathom lance]

😈the logos normal😈

W

[bronze breach]

Logo fine

[fathom lance]

Exactly

Bazinga

[bronze breach]

Anyone alive?

[valid creek]

sorta

halfway

[bronze breach]

[valid creek]

its 4 am and im playing siege

[bronze breach]

Rip

I'm at work

[fickle drift]

Kinda but I'm working

[hallow pollen]

Do y'all think Infinite will ever get actually big?

[bronze breach]

It is big

[hallow pollen]

Idk, 6k players rn doesn't sound that big

[high elm]

It´s better on Weekends

I think

[queen remnant]

Steam numbers when the game is fully crossplay with xbox moment

[high elm]

Yeah, that too..

Thinking about it, there are possibly more people on Xbox than on Steam

[queen remnant]

100%

[hallow pollen]

Yeah ig so, a big part of the player base is adult so they've got work... Imma have to check on Sunday if I remember to

[hallow pollen]

Oh yeah guaranteed

[high elm]

But I don´t think the gap will be that big

[bronze breach]

According to a reddit post apparently, infinite lost 98% of its player base

[hallow pollen]

Wait how were there 180k players in December and only a month after it dropped down to 30k?

[bronze breach]

150k were my alts

[high elm]

Well, Reddit isn´t always a good source

[hallow pollen]

I mean it's kinda weird getting the same team 3 games in a row

[high elm]

Although I agree it isn´t going to be a small drop-off

[bronze breach]

Especially if the OP believes the game cost 500 million to make

[high elm]

Oh, this

[bronze breach]

[fickle drift]

Halo as a whole is big

[high elm]

I know people tried calculating that through employee pay, but that´s the reason Microsoft hires those mercenary employees

But yeah, it´s not going to be a small budget, either

[fickle drift]

With all the sales merch and multiplayer stuff surely it's been kicked into profit

[high elm]

Yeah, good point

[bronze breach]

Profit probably goes back into the game and esports fund pool

[high elm]

That would make sense.
Of course, Microsoft is definitely taking a share.

[bronze breach]

Yeah. I'm sure they set revenue targets for 343

[fickle drift]

So it's big and we're helping to keep it going

[obsidian wyvern]

woo

[bronze breach]

Nice. Congrats

[obsidian wyvern]

ty

[high elm]

Congratulations!

[fickle drift]

Well done !

[hallow pollen]

Yeah I hope we can kick it back into the place it deserves to be in

It's a really fun game (except for when I come across 3 guys after 5 seconds of spawning )

[bronze breach]

Yh game has bad spawning

[high elm]

To be fair, spawning isn´t exactly great in any FPS

[fickle drift]

This

Cod still has the worst ever for me

[bronze breach]

Spawn in btb, get killed by tank 5 secs later

[fickle drift]

When a player gets a helicopter or some kind of gun ship just put the pad down and walk away

That's why I quit cod lmao

[hallow pollen]

The only complaints I have about Infinite are the spawning, the BUTLR glitch and how weak some of the guns are for no reason

[fickle drift]

If you get the butlr glitch when changing cores, manually selecting butlr and switching to your chosen ai usually fixes it for me. It's an unnecessary step but it works.

Ah thanks for that ! I didn't know that was a fix

I got all nostalgic thinking about dot from reach I'd love to have that as an AI or possibly cortana / weapon

[fickle drift]

It's silly, but it's faster than exiting the game or waiting for it to fix itself after a few matches.

[fickle drift]

I do wish they had those in the game, as it would make sense to have them...

[bronze breach]

Infinite armor core when

[obsidian wyvern]

thank you and jx

[fickle drift]

Aw! You declared your independence today...for the road.

[cinder berry]

I’m still waiting for the QoL update that let’s us choose what cores we want shown in the armour hall

It’s like a life long journey to get from the equipped core to (as of now) HAZMAT

[long oyster]

I’m still wondering why they forgot that superintendent AI’s voice is supposed to be pitched up

Right now the superintendent is not actually the superintendent, it’s just Joe Staten talking funny

[quiet edge]

Match making algorithm sucks.

It's absolutely lazy.

[cinder berry]

What are the odds they’ll get Auntie Dot’s voice wrong too 💀

[queen remnant]

I wonder what model would look if they do Auntie Dot AI

[hallow pollen]

Wdym "too"?

[fickle drift]

I'd love another campaign where you take your custom Spartan through the story

[cinder berry]

Bruh Echo literally talking about the Supe AI like right above

[high elm]

Spartan Ops but with more lore?

[fickle drift]

Something like that or you are the main character like the noble 6 with the situation on zeta and the unsc struggling to survive I reckon it can be done

[high elm]

Oh yes

[steady jolt]

Don't worry, we'll get the colorful one back again soon :)

[queen remnant]

And leave it for all the year

Pride all year

[fathom lance]

You hear the bill that passed

[steady jolt]

Not something we need to discuss here

[fathom lance]

Yo mods their harassing me

[steady jolt]

Whatever it is

[calm fiber]

For server moderation concerns, please message @bleak yoke.

[fathom lance]

@bleak yoke yo help

[steady jolt]

Need to send a DM

[fathom lance]

🚔

[quiet edge]

Question why am I getting paired against pros in match making?

Not playing any ranked games but I play slayer and I'm getting paired against pros and I'm nowhere near their level. I notice no matter how good I am half my games are meant to be lost. I use to have a positive KDA and whatever they did it's negative now.

[wild sleet]

They need to fix the eyes on Superintendent they’re still missing

[cinder berry]

Could have easily been reality if we had a brand spanking new original character to play as but you know Microsoft gotta milk the Master Chief’s popularity for the money 🤡

[steady jolt]

343 does something without Chief: "Should have been Chief smh"

343 does something with Chief: "Just milking Chief smh"

[jade gust]

I second that

[cinder berry]

Imo 343 has never done anything without the chief that should have been done with the chief instead

[bronze breach]

Chief story should have ended with 3

[queen remnant]

Or with halo 2

[oblique maple]

is this game still trash or does it have content now?

[bronze breach]

Play it and find out for yourself

Dont rely on the opinion of others

[oblique maple]

if u dont have an opinion then dont answer

[bronze breach]

Play nice.

[steady jolt]

Let's try and keep it constructive please

[bronze breach]

Everyone has different opinions, some might say it's good now, others might say it's bad.

So only way to know, if to play it and form your own opinion

[fickle drift]

THATS IMPOSSIBLE

[bronze breach]

If he wants an opinion. Here is an unbiased and objective one.

Infinite has improved alot and there is lots of content with s4, with minimal bugs

👍

[pulsar cobalt]

Infinite is getting better each season and S4 is actually really good

[bronze breach]

One bug I hate is why slayer predominantly the mode in btb and other playlists

[pulsar cobalt]

Slayer in btb is fun though

[bronze breach]

It's fun, but having it 70-80% of matches is not fun

[pulsar cobalt]

But I think it could do with land grab and king of the hill btb

[bronze breach]

I like ctf, but majority of my matches since the past week has been slayer

I definitely think it's an unintentional bug with mode weighting somehow changed

[fickle drift]

Hi

Am i the only person without halo infinite

And halo 5

And halo 1+2+3

[round laurel]

It has received 4 seasons worth of updates. While it lacks some PvE elements, it now offers plenty of content, much of what you'd expect from previous Halo games. I'd say give it another go.

At the end of the day, it's free and the download size isn't gigantic. So even if you still aren't a fan, it's not much of a loss.

[pulsar cobalt]

I really wish 343 did do unlocks/rewards for the career rank would mean getting those ranks would be more worth it and to show of items for grinding would of been good

[fickle drift]

Wise words especially in this gaming generation we find ourselves in

[pulsar cobalt]

I know we have events to get free items but career rank should of been it also

[fickle drift]

[obsidian wyvern]

does the event end today

[amber mirage]

Should go for another week, according the the Discord event

[obsidian wyvern]

oh it's only been a week

felt like it started ages ago

[amber mirage]

It's been a long week

[obsidian wyvern]

mm

[fickle drift]

Asking if this game is trash or good is like asking if ice cream is tasty or not

[amber mirage]

So, the only people who'll say no are the lactose intolerant?

And not even all the lactose intelorant people will say no

[fickle drift]

I set myself up for that one haha

[normal owl]

I'm allergic to dairy but I remember when I wasn't, and darn right it was tasty.

[amber mirage]

Now we know that the only people who dislike Infinite are just allergic to it

[thorn pumice]

https://tenor.com/view/avengers-tony-stark-iron-man-how-about-that-gif-19436107

[amber mirage]

The power of Infinite is too much on their bodies, so they had to cut it out of their lives, or settle for substitutes.

[thorn pumice]

tbf infinite just doesnt have enuf content atm

[normal owl]

That's actually true for me: e.g. last night I tried to play but the customization and shop pages were taking forever to load so I just gave up.

[thorn pumice]

only new thing since launch except some maps have been the bandit and the quantam transloacter and the shroud

[grand pecan]

Rn I’m doing the mcc on legendary with at least 2 scoring skulls on for each game, I’ve just finished reach and ce and I’m up to 2, it’s my first time playing reach, ce and 2.
What are some scoring skulls that could make it more interesting without destroying my chances of completing the game

[thorn pumice]

actually ridiculous, we need new vehicles and as much as i know it isnt happening campaign dlc and weapons

[amber mirage]

Plus new game modes and forge.

[thorn pumice]

both shouldve shipped at launch

its a good game dont get me wrong i enjoy the gamplay but the content is lacking

[cinder berry]

Halo was never a good frachise to use the live service format. The gameplay loop is incredibly short and has very little long term replayability.

[thorn pumice]

thats just imo tho

someone get sit

gets it*

[candid solar]

Add Yoroi vehicles

And Eaglestrike Weapons

[normal owl]

Just wanted to say that this is very refreshing to see a critique of Infinite expressed this way. So many times people just rage about it without taking time to describe the good and bad together. Thank you!

[grand pecan]

Any recommendations?

[candid solar]

Shouldn't club it to death over that tbh.

[normal owl]

Critiques are what help Infinite improve; raging does not. We need more thoughtful discussion of it like @thorn pumice

[pulsar cobalt]

Lot of people loved infinite at launch just lack of modes, bugs, desync, progression,mad fomo caused people to go

[thorn pumice]

yea i agree, i just see people ragging on the game with little constructive criticism, infinite has such great potential and all 343 has to do is just tap into it but it is kind of annoying they dont, like all this hisotry of the zeta halo which can be explored or the depth of the chief can be even more fleshed out with the weapon just like halo 4. but yea i agree lol

[cinder berry]

Most successful live service game last because there are substantial evolutions added to the core gameplay loop every update or season. It keeps the "service" element of the game fresh. But the problem with Halo is that once you change the gameplay loop, people get mad.

[candid solar]

I doubt that is entirely their choice.

[candid solar]

Preeeetty much.

[grand pecan]

I kinda wish 343/Microsoft would sell halo

[pulsar cobalt]

You really wouldn't

[grand pecan]

I kinda would

[normal owl]

Yeah it's like a solid core that just hasn't been fleshed out. But I'd rather have an excellent steak with missing sides and drink and dessert than vice versa.

[grand pecan]

Halo 4, 5, infinite are pretty far from what halo used to be, 5 was cheap

[thorn pumice]

i wish they didnt sell but let other studios develop content for it

[round laurel]

I don't really understand what you mean by 'substantial evolutions,' as every GAAS doesn't receive drastic gameplay changes unless you're counting balance updates? Like, Fortnite removed building, but other than that, I'm not sure what would be considered substantial. Do you have any examples?

[cinder berry]

Granted 343i's changes have not been the best, but change has always been in the genes of Halo. H2 gave us dual wielding. H3 gave us equipment. To say there is only a fixed list of things that makes Halo Halo is obtuse.

[thorn pumice]

that is a very fair point

[grand pecan]

I’m more so concerned about campaigns

[thorn pumice]

i just find people dont give it a chance and take the popular opinions side bysaying its trash and a dead game, but its neither

[round laurel]

5 was an excellent game. It's a shame they didn't stick with the gameplay changes made there.

[grand pecan]

They feel rushed and they don’t seem to be very memorable or interesting, granted I grew up on halo 3 so I’m biased, halo 5 just doesn’t feel very memorable

[pulsar cobalt]

Problem is tons of people liked 5 MP

[candid solar]

Honestly, no game changed the Halo formula harder than 2 did.

[pulsar cobalt]

Only complaint for 5 I saw was the story

[normal owl]

Very true. Sadly, in today's age of borrowed opinions, balanced views are DOA lol.

[thorn pumice]

gamplay was fun, but felt more like titanfall and the campaign wasnt too great but locke was a cool character

[cinder berry]

This I must agree. In my opinion, the Halo story has been hamstrung by only focusing on one character. I wholeheartedly subscribe to the idea they should have left MC in the freezer and continue in the vein of Reach and ODST's stories.

[obsidian wyvern]

every moist critical opinion

[grand pecan]

Locke was cool and all but the way they didn’t introduce the rest of the Spartans before 5 was pretty whack

[amber mirage]

I agree that not every live service game needs to or does change their core gameplay loop pretty substantially, and instead can just rely on delivery of new new content (being iterative rather than reinventive).

That said, Fortnite does pretty substantially add new content and change the gameplay loop each season. New content, plus vaulted content makes each season play pretty differently from the last.

[thorn pumice]

honestly, its tragic cuz i find people just brushing off games that are truyl great such as titanfall and/or halo its a shame

[candid solar]

No dude you don't get it he's just so funny with his deadpan delivery and mid jokes

[grand pecan]

I understand they were introduced in the books and all but they weren’t really put into the storyline of the games well

[round laurel]

It was a long time ago now, obviously, but I do remember some critical discussions about 5's multiplayer offerings being a bit anemic; and of course, Forge didn't release on launch.

[obsidian wyvern]

I cannot post the picture about his jokes because of the rules 🙁

[pulsar cobalt]

Yeah was long time ago haha

[grand pecan]

Anyways I didn’t come here to diss on halo 5 and infinite, I came here to get a recommendation of a skull or 2 I should try playing with in halo 2 on legendary

[candid solar]

All skulls

[grand pecan]

No

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah so 2 laso

[candid solar]

Is the only way to play Halo 2

[grand pecan]

Please man I wanna keep my sanity

1 or 2 scoring skulls

[obsidian wyvern]

9

[candid solar]

Iron and Black Eye

[obsidian wyvern]

15

[fickle drift]

In some sense I wish some sort of sbmm would be present

[grand pecan]

Y’all are cruel

[candid solar]

[pulsar cobalt]

In infinite ?

[obsidian wyvern]

you asked he delivered

[wild sleet]

Catch, Tough Luck, Cloud are 3 scoring skulls I recommend

[fickle drift]

Like on one hand it stops games being fun getting absolute sweat lords that have crazy accuracy

[candid solar]

Nah, gotta go for those skulls with some chest hair

[fickle drift]

But at the same time I want to stop getting bot teammates while I’m grinding my ranks

[grand pecan]

There is no tough luck or cloud on halo 2

[amber mirage]

SBMM is always present. It's a core layer of the matchmaker. It's just tuned differently for different playlists.

[grand pecan]

Is cloud just thunderstorm?

[obsidian wyvern]

what's your rank atm

[fickle drift]

Career rank is what I meant

[obsidian wyvern]

yea ik, just curious

[fickle drift]

Not ranked rank, can’t find any games for that lol

[hallow pollen]

Bro I just lost a 9.3 kda game cuz one of my friends had a kda of -7.7 AND HE GOT 50% OF THE TEAM 😭

[fickle drift]

Silver Major grade 2

[obsidian wyvern]

oh

[amber mirage]

SBMM is still present for social playlists. It's just tuned to be less strict.

[obsidian wyvern]

thought you would be around plat because of how quickly you finished the bp

[fickle drift]

Been slacking on the grind due to playing MWII but yeah

[obsidian wyvern]

but thinking about it now, I think you said you paid for a lot of it lol

[fickle drift]

Yeah I do

[grand pecan]

I think imma go with catch and boom (it’s not a scoring skull but could be interesting)

Enemies throw more nades, nade range X2

[pulsar cobalt]

Crazy they still haven't added a new lmg in mw2 lmao

[grand pecan]

Also gonna use malfunction because it adds a very very minimal difficulty

[fickle drift]

But what I was saying, I don’t think it’s cool that my team are basically bots while I’m going up against fairly skilled players that are better than me

[grand pecan]

Almost like every other sbmm game… ever

[fickle drift]

Quick question what times are you all on halo infinite usually???? Be cool to hang out sometime

Like maybe an hour ago I came across mint blitz and he went like 45-7 on one flag farming kills

[thorn pumice]

i am on rn

[fickle drift]

Felt like the only one at least challenging overshield against him

[thorn pumice]

yea he killed me 6 times in the span of maybe 2 minutes

[thorn pumice]

in a btb game

[fickle drift]

I'm still traveling I won't be on until later but I'll take note !

And people are complaining about the bot bootcamp thing when you can boost like that normally

[thorn pumice]

hell yea alright

[grand pecan]

Score multiplier of 4.40, I beat reach and ce on legendary in about 2 and a half days each, halo 2 is apparently a lot harder tho

I’ll see how I go

[pulsar cobalt]

You really can't lmao

[wild sleet]

Me being Australian, normally 11am ANZ time

[candid solar]

The one time I ran into him I almost splattered him with a mongoose.

Annnnd then one of his teammates hit me with a dynamo.

[cinder berry]

It's obvious they have to nerf xp gain in bot bootcamp otherwise pvp population will skydive

[candid solar]

I quit pretty soon after because I didn't really feel like sticking with a game that was so heavily stacked in the enemy's favor skillwise that Mint Blitz wasn't even topscoring on his team a few minutes in.

[thorn pumice]

infinite?

what is the fastest way of gaining xp in infinite actually

[wild sleet]

Super Fiesta I’ve noticed gives good amount of Xp

[obsidian wyvern]

because it's just easy to kill

[cinder berry]

FFA's are usually harder to get xp

There are more conditions against you

[obsidian wyvern]

this is cool

but 5k games damn, ive only got about 2k so far

[pulsar cobalt]

Something tells me they gonna add the reach ranks after hero

[wild sleet]

I think I’m the same rank as you in Gold Grade

[obsidian wyvern]

i havent played much over the last few days so ive been slacking

[pulsar cobalt]

Same

[wild sleet]

I’m probably slacking off tonight in the mood to play something else other than Halo

[fickle drift]

Just stick to arena modes like the unlimited one atm and quick play

[obsidian wyvern]

problem is I prefer ranked

[fickle drift]

Fast games and plenty of opportunities to get good points

[fickle drift]

Can’t relate

[pulsar cobalt]

Been playing diablo 4 lately so I've been proper slacking

[candid solar]

I've been playing Endwar a lot lately

[obsidian wyvern]

hitman here

[wild sleet]

I’ve just been on PlayStation playing Ghost of Tsushima

[fickle drift]

Honestly I’ve just taken a step back and played less games in general

[normal owl]

Heard that's excellent.

[normal owl]

That's my life, but because work is always nuts and forces me to have less time to play lol.

[fickle drift]

Life has not been the best over the last few weeks and even though games are a good distraction personal things comes first

[normal owl]

Wowww you're just too skilled.

[wild sleet]

It’s a really stunning & gorgeous game honestly jumped up to be one of my favourites

[normal owl]

I'm sorry that life hasn't been the best. Doesn't help to hear now I know, but every tunnel ends sometime though, and hopefully you're finding peace as you work through it.

[cinder berry]

This is actually one of the reasons some people are worried about Halo's population health. That working adults with less time to play are the dominant demographic of Halo players against a smaller number of younger players who have more time to play.

[normal owl]

I actually have its background theme on my PS4 and own the game: just that life hasn't cleared the way for it yet. Seems right up my alley: open roaming, choice on how to approach a combat area, historical setting.

Last week was a rare lull where I didn't have to work into the evening, so I filled every nook & cranny of time with The Outer Worlds and it's been so enjoyable. The dark corpo-dystopian humor reminds me the most of Fable 3 and its corporations' posters haha.

[hearty flame]

Consider that this reason is dominantly because Halo failed reaching a good # of players in general by releasing in a state that made most people unhappy

Leaving the remainder of people to comprise of mostly loyal franchise fans who have been here for over a decade at this point

[normal owl]

Another way to look at it though: Infinite's rocky life has also been a stress test of the franchise vs just the relay race of individual tentpole game releases. With the longtime building of the IP's transmedia and the release of the TV show, Infinite also served to show that Halo does not live or die on Infinite alone.

[cinder berry]

Maybe I'm smoking, but I feel even if Infinite had been released in working order, it wouldn't be the industry shaker its predecessor was in 2007. My experience has so far told me there are less people among the younger generation of players interested in Halo's style of shooter than the amount of people the older generation had.

[obsidian wyvern]

absolutely not

[hearty flame]

The fact of the matter is that the number of people engaging in the franchise is at an all time low inside of a game's life cycle, no one can say it lives or dies on Infinite alone because we have nothing to evidence this. I'm just saying Infinite is unpopular, leaving the loyal fans who comprise mostly adults since these games release so infrequently

[obsidian wyvern]

its the only playlist with br starts and objective modes

idk why there isnt a casual playlist

[normal owl]

@CrackShotRev

[obsidian wyvern]

CantHitAShotRev

[hearty flame]

It is harder to break boundaries on the industry today than it was 15 years ago, I'd argue no FPS really has aside from whatever the original popular BR was

[normal owl]

BroadSideOfABarnRev

[obsidian wyvern]

on a good day

[hearty flame]

I miss the old Rev

The 5 and 0 Rev

[normal owl]

TheREVolutionHasBegun

[fickle drift]

I’ve definitely had worse but thank you for the kind words

[dim moon]

To be fair since bungie

[hearty flame]

Huh?

[dim moon]

Someone was joking about since when

But to be fair halo has always been casual

Or mostly

[fickle drift]

For me, anything to avoid comms

[dim moon]

Comms?

[normal owl]

Fair points by both @hearty flame and @cinder berry . Maybe the difficulty of predicting how far to reach is what motivated the diversification of development into the Certain Affinity game.

[fickle drift]

Mic, same thing

[wild sleet]

In game chat

[fickle drift]

Vocal audio

[normal owl]

Mouth noises

[fickle drift]

Speech frequencies

[hearty flame]

EUGHHH

[wild sleet]

Vocal cord movement

[dim moon]

We need a recharge in here

[hearty flame]

These Caveman noises are not a natural formation

[dim moon]

^

[wild sleet]

These Ooga boogas are not natural formations

[cinder berry]

I think any long time franchise has this problem. The big question of "who to serve?" Throw a net to catch new blood at the cost of possibly alienating your old guard, or stand by your old guard at the cost of possibly losing interest among the new blood.

[hearty flame]

If Halo Infinite added a Taylor Swift AI, I would play it forever

[dim moon]

Xd

[wild sleet]

Hear me out Samuel L Jackson Ai

[normal owl]

I've never been able to get into open comms in PvP. Too many times someone's static-y music is blaring into their mic. Not trying to hear that.

[dim moon]

What if you could add yourself as an ai

[hearty flame]

I've personally never seen this as a problem anywhere, especially in Call of Duty which is known to have multiple developers. People stick to the ones they like, some people stick to specific developers, that's it.

[wild sleet]

If I was an Ai I’d have no filter

[dim moon]

Who needs filter when most players are toxic nowadays

[normal owl]

I do not envy that dilemma: backlash from either a vocal nostalgic minority or the company's goals you're employed to reach.

[dim moon]

Although just don't stoop to their level

[wild sleet]

BT from Titanfall 2 as a Personal Ai

[fickle drift]

Since playing cod I’m now aware of way too many players eating, having domestic discussions (or disputes), loud babies and/or small children, tiktoks/YouTube shorts and videos or just random angry people

[dim moon]

^

[wild sleet]

But don’t you love the sound of crunching Doritos

[dim moon]

And that's why i don't play cod

Except for zombies

[hearty flame]

Since playing CoD I'm certain I've spoken with every single youth in Mexico

[fickle drift]

Not as much as screaming toddlers during intense matches

[hearty flame]

As a Canadian, ping has been a massive concern

[dim moon]

That reminds me speaking of ping

[fickle drift]

You get used to it

[dim moon]

Any of y'all still playing custom edition

[wild sleet]

Bro I’ve had a kid call me white trash in COD I’m like goddam

[dim moon]

I know a few people i still play custom edition with

[fickle drift]

All my friends are from US (mostly East Coast) so I’ve gotten used to performing poorly when playing with them

[fickle drift]

I was told to go back where I come from lol

Makes me feel horrible but whatever

[pulsar cobalt]

What about the people that use to blow In there mics and people that were literally eating there mics haha

[dim moon]

Where do you come from

[normal owl]

I've been told that IRL lol

[fickle drift]

I'm American lmaooo

I'm already where I came from

[dim moon]

So am i

[wild sleet]

I’m just Australian lmao

[fickle drift]

Same

How can I go back to the place I'm from when I'm in the place I'm from

[dim moon]

I guess you just don't move

[pulsar cobalt]

Americans to this day are still obsessed with the queen jokes haha and crumpets and tea lmao

[dim moon]

Lol

Not everyone

[cinder berry]

Well if you're white american, you can go back to europe /j

[fickle drift]

I mean to be fair you guys just do school shooting jokes in my experience

[fickle drift]

That and upside down land

“Crikey”

[normal owl]

StrayanSpartan

[fickle drift]

Let's make fun of dead kids it's a real riot

[dim moon]

Im more obsessed with deep frying

[hearty flame]

Much like the queen, pretty sure those jokes died out a while ago

[dim moon]

Especially my candy

[wild sleet]

I mean I’m totally not eating crumpets right now

[fickle drift]

You’re not British though

Unless?

[dim moon]

Deep fried Oreos or Snickers and Reese's are a close second to french toast

[hearty flame]

French Toast is an L food

[normal owl]

I finally learned on Great British Baking Show what crumpets are: did not think they were sort of like pancake-ish.

[wild sleet]

My fathers side I’m part British

[fickle drift]

Lol

[dim moon]

Unpopular opinion

[pulsar cobalt]

Australians have ton of British in them so 😂

[hearty flame]

Why eat sad, soggy toast

[dim moon]

It's not soggy if you do it right

[wild sleet]

Yeah we’re British rednecks

[cinder berry]

This is a cook problem, not a food problem

[fickle drift]

New Zealanders are fun

I’m not a big fan of French toast but it is better than regular toast

[normal owl]

LOL I've never heard it put this way.

[hearty flame]

My stepmom gave me french toast once and it was sad and soggy and she gave me trouble for not liking it

[fickle drift]

Lmao

[hearty flame]

Fat RIP to the french toast trauma

[dim moon]

She prob put too much of some thing in it

[pulsar cobalt]

😂😂

[fickle drift]

You should make your own then

[cinder berry]

Then your stepmom is the problem. Don't blame the toast

[dim moon]

^

[normal owl]

Thoughts & Prayers

[hearty flame]

Time to remove the problem I guess

[pulsar cobalt]

They have not

[dim moon]

Either that or try making your own deep fried Oreos

[fickle drift]

I’m sorry what

[dim moon]

Just research first

[wild sleet]

Hold up

[fickle drift]

Stardust have you considered therapy

[wild sleet]

🤣

[dim moon]

Have y'all

[normal owl]

That's like every fair in the Midwest lol

[wild sleet]

Nah I can’t afford therapy

[dim moon]

I can tell just by looking you need it, but i don't want therapy its a waste

[normal owl]

Deep-fried Snickers. Deep-fried Twinkies. Deep-fried balls of butter.

[wild sleet]

Deep fried Kitkat

[pulsar cobalt]

Those Scottish people love everything fried haha

[hearty flame]

Deep fried deep fry

[fickle drift]

No wonder over half of the US population is overweight

[normal owl]

Every single summer fair in every county does those deep-fried treats.

[wild sleet]

Man I could go for some fried chicken

[dim moon]

To be fair it doesn't happen here except for events or if you make your own

[normal owl]

Actually yes lol: crap like this.

[pulsar cobalt]

Fried mars bar 😂

[wild sleet]

Fried Vegemite

[dim moon]

Its pretty much the same as Snickers

[hearty flame]

Closer to 1/3rd

[fickle drift]

Deep fry ice

[pulsar cobalt]

The UK is heading this way 😂

[fickle drift]

Your kitchen will love it

[normal owl]

Deep-fried ice cream is really good, from my pre-allergy memory.

[hearty flame]

Roight then, what's goin on 'ere?

[normal owl]

yoo wot?

[fickle drift]

I don’t think you read what I said

[hearty flame]

I'M A WOT

[dim moon]

Xd

[hearty flame]

Yer a wizerd

[dim moon]

No your a wort wort wort wort

[normal owl]

I did: it reminded me of ice cream, which prompted my thought.

[fickle drift]

Ah ok lol

[wild sleet]

Man I don’t even eat Ice-cream anymore it’s just 3 min Noodles for Lunch & I wait till dinner

[normal owl]

What's your go-to flavor?

[dim moon]

Anyone else noticed Johnson voice played backwards is the elites voice

If i remember correctly

[pulsar cobalt]

Curry flavour for noodles is the best

[normal owl]

Mmmm!

[wild sleet]

Spicy

[normal owl]

Nice!

[hearty flame]

No, Johnson voice is the Elite sounds played backwards.

[fickle drift]

This is common knowledge

[cinder berry]

No. THIS is common knowledge

[fickle drift]

My bad

[dim moon]

Lol

[hearty flame]

Yeah your bad

[normal owl]

Once I had restaurant ramen it ruined instant ramen for me. Miso ramen, cold ginger ramen.

[dim moon]

Like i said i found from a video

[fickle drift]

Wow ok

I see how it is

[wild sleet]

Man I need to go to a Ramen restaurant just can’t find any nearby for me

[dim moon]

Time to nova burst him?

[fickle drift]

What

[dim moon]

Idk

Was giving you superpower

[hearty flame]

When I was a kid and first had egg fried noodles, the game was over. I found my first and only true love that day

[fickle drift]

Uh ok

[dim moon]

Villian origin story

Xd

[normal owl]

Oh yes, egg fried noodles are top tier.

[dim moon]

Ok guys i gotta ask who the fuc microwaves a egg on top of a burger i remember some ad for it

[normal owl]

A lot of Japanese restaurants also have ramen on their menu. Something to watch for though, at least in my area: the Japanese-owned Japanese restaurants serve the best ramen by far.

[wild sleet]

I don’t think we even have a Japanese Restaurant over here but might have to try find one

[cinder berry]

I'm sure this is a captain obvious level statement in some way 🤔

[fickle drift]

Do you mean on the contents of the burger or on top of the actual burger

[grand pecan]

Yep that’s me for today, I just played 40 minutes of Cairo station

[normal owl]

Well, in my area, most Japanese cuisine restaurants are owned by corporations, Chinese, or Korean, so it's actually hard to find a Japanese-owned & operated Japanese restaurant within short driving distance oftentimes.