general-chat

[hearty flame]

In other news, do we know if Squad Battle will be staying?

[obsidian wyvern]

tryna add this audio to this recording

if you could get it together itd be appreciated

[hearty flame]

Okay I'll be home to do it in a couple minutes.

[obsidian wyvern]

thanks

[obsidian wyvern]

and nope we dont know

[hearty flame]

That's a shame. It's a great gamemode and I've been longing for a classic maps-only playlist in Infinite like the Social ones we had before

[jaunty yoke]

If the playlist doesn't stay I hope at least the maps do

[hearty flame]

The maps are kind of awkward sizes though. They really only fit 8vs8

16 people on Valhalla would be absolute chaos

[jaunty yoke]

It could be updated too considering there's also a Narrows remake that was upscaled to be BTB

[bronze breach]

ruined my btb kd to do challenge because i was finding it way too hard to complete it

[jaunty yoke]

And although there are some Sandtrap remakes it wouldn't be the same without the Elephants

[obsidian wyvern]

even though the elephants did nothing for gameplay, i agree

[hearty flame]

Infinite SUCKS because it doesn't have ELEPHANTS 😡😡😡😡😡 || /s ||

[obsidian wyvern]

the most ive seen it do

[jaunty yoke]

The highlight was in capture the flag when the base of the flags were in the Elephants, making them essentially mobile bases, so you could get both Elephants together and end the match in minutes

[crimson sun]

After playing on xbox 360 and one x and series x I just got the halo today

Ofter 10 years

[hearty flame]

You can now validly go "Dun dun dun DUN" like the song

[jaunty yoke]

I wish I were you aran

[viral dune]

I love that clip

[obsidian wyvern]

wait dont trouble yourself recharge, i think i got a bypass

[obsidian wyvern]

my fav clips of yours

[jaunty yoke]

I would be enjoying Halo in its entirety even more now if I had just started playing now and not after over 20 years of negativity. toxicity and serious attachment problems

[winter flame]

I just wanna commend my 6 team mates who didn’t leave despite how lopsided this game was lol

[fierce mango]

Yikes

[jaunty yoke]

Why yellow and purple?

[winter flame]

I copied Lucid

Nah I actually made team mates yellow so the radar matches old games

And then purple cause I found it hard to track red enemies

[obsidian wyvern]

is the audio synced up well enough

[winter flame]

Purple being close to red

[winter flame]

It didn’t feel like we were getting stomped that bad

[obsidian wyvern]

i used to do purple and yellow at launch too, eventually moved to blue and pink

[winter flame]

Like they didn’t have a tank or something for the whole game, they just out gunned us on the strongholds ig

It was wraith and banshees only

[viral dune]

I do blue and yellow

[jaunty yoke]

Wish they added multi teams back

[hearty flame]

Oh you got it! Wonderful

I'm still walking, sorry I couldn't have done it for you sooner.

[winter flame]

Yellow and purple works well enough other then on maps with a lot of purple lol

Arguable yellow is the best colour for enemies but I wouldn’t get use to the radar

[hearty flame]

I use Blue for Enemies and Red for Teammates

[jaunty yoke]

It's not too difficult to adjust to the default settings

[vapid siren]

ive seen that unironically used

[obsidian wyvern]

nah its fine, but thanks for the offer

[vapid siren]

a guy ik uses red for friend and yellow for enemy

[amber mirage]

Average Gears Locust player

[jaunty yoke]

In MCC I have all 5 games in their default controllers and while they all play differently, muscle memory does the job

[obsidian wyvern]

ive recently swapped them all to my infinite binds

might as well keep it as the game i play most

[jaunty yoke]

Kinda crazy to look back at the fact that Halo 3 is the only game on the MCC where you don't reload with the X button on default controls

[amber mirage]

All because of dual wielding

[hearty flame]

Dual Wield Energy Swords and Gravity Hammers when?

[winter flame]

I’m pretty sure I met a guy using walls in a game but I can’t for the life of me get to that part of the game using theatre. It changes to a different player and I can’t select my player at that point in the clip

[jaunty yoke]

You say it like the game awards 2023 already happened

They haven't happened yet

Hmmmmm

No, Gollum should

I don't think Spiderman 2 would even be a candidate for this year

Games released after late october get moved to the next year

[timber charm]

wait wut map is that

[bronze breach]

man the ultimate challenge was so hard, had to go negative 5+ to even complete it

[winter flame]

I tried to freecam to where I saw the guy wall hacking and my console has frozen completely

[jaunty yoke]

God you're gonna get banned the same day you joined, God I hate trolls

[winter flame]

@tight remnant

[bronze breach]

I am the Anti-Monitor, to put it shortly, the DC version of Thanos

[jaunty yoke]

The DC version of Thanos is Darkside, the Antimonitor is more like Ultron

What the hell mods

[winter flame]

@vapid siren

[timid crane]

I cry in HD

[bronze breach]

The Anti-Monitor successfully destroyed the DC universe, did he not? More than Thanos ever accomplished

[jaunty yoke]

It doesn't help Thanos that in the comics he just wants to marry Death

[bronze breach]

@winter flame look at recon calling in air support.

[winter flame]

@forest lagoon 3rd time lucky

[fickle drift]

Thanos be like ‘what do you mean organic life repopulates?’
Man’s resource plan would be negated within like twenty years on our planet

[bronze breach]

@steady jolt your assistance is needed!

[vapid siren]

what

[winter flame]

Scroll up champ

[steady jolt]

Got it

Thanks

[winter flame]

This is the reaction they want, just ignore and ping the mods

[forest lagoon]

Oh, that's why mine failed

[bronze breach]

Oh man I found another great movie to watch

The thinning seems like a dope movie

[jaunty yoke]

Battleship?

[bronze breach]

Already watched that

[rapid gyro]

anyone wanna play mcc?

[steady jolt]

It's not often there's nobody around to catch things within a few minutes, but it happens.

In those instances please just be patient and we'll get to it. We'll often leave it up a minute longer so it can be reported. Please just ignore obvious trolls. Don't engage.

[jaunty yoke]

Not until mod support comes to Xbox

[bronze breach]

I thank youtube movierecaps - so far I need to watch a quiet place, greenland and now the thinning

[jaunty yoke]

You gotta be kidding me

[bronze breach]

No.

[jaunty yoke]

I wasn't talking about your movie backlog

[bronze breach]

Oh lmao

Dat moment when you forget that you were charging your phone and end up charging it for 3 hrs...

🤦‍♂️

[jaunty yoke]

At least it's fully charged

[bronze breach]

True true

[winter flame]

It will survive

I wish iPhones you could just cap at 80%

I never run out or even go below 20%

Samsung phones have that feature I think

Apple be like “we won’t charge to 100% until we think you’ll need it”

Please just give me the choice to never do that man

[hearty flame]

It's so strange that batteries lose most of their durability between 0 and 20, and 80 and 100

[winter flame]

As I understand it’s mostly just how long it takes to charge that last 20%

As if it doesn’t wanna be charged to 100% and ur just forcing more energy into it

That’s probably a really simplified way to put it though

[pulsar cobalt]

You know what's stress all games having a battle pass litreally overwhelms me these days

[bronze breach]

Wonder if Gears 6 will have a battlepass

Gears 5 had career rank with rewards which changes every season

[queen remnant]

100% likely is going to have one

[paper fog]

Have they nerfed the pistol in halo infinite or is the hit registration that bad that I allmost had to mag sim a guy in the head to kill him?

[hidden dragon]

they like to be so-so ig

[pulsar cobalt]

Skill issue

[earnest umbra]

its the bloom

[obsidian wyvern]

i have a giant list for you

[obsidian wyvern]

idk the name but its a community map

[dense stag]

When firefight comes to infinite, do you think it’ll be only for those who bought campaign?

And I’m not complaining because I have it

[obsidian wyvern]

no

[dense stag]

Really?

So free PvE

[obsidian wyvern]

if even forge is free, i feel like this will be too

[queen remnant]

Yup

I mean AI forge is happening too, I really really doubt that firefight would be paid

[dense stag]

I didn’t know abt AI forge

[pulsar cobalt]

Why would they charge for firefight

[obsidian wyvern]

`ignoring waffles laughter, i just found this video and what happened to the shadows on this map 😔
https://streamable.com/tvposi

[pulsar cobalt]

was this in the flights ?

[obsidian wyvern]

yea

[pulsar cobalt]

I think infinites lighting got changed slightly from flights to launch

Probably why you don't see the shadows anymore

[obsidian wyvern]

it looked so good then

[vapid siren]

yeah it was axed probably for performance optimizations

a bummer cause they really were just

also live fire just has weird lighting nowadays where coatings look extra flat and weird

[winter flame]

I’m imagine it’s tricky with games like infinite where you can’t really remove shadows for lower end systems because of the competitive nature of the game

[vapid siren]

outlines largely negate the issue of lighting

they're pretty lighting agnostic which was one of the selling points

[umbral yacht]

Bruh halo infinite butchers my pc idk why it runs everything else just fine

[round laurel]

What's your specs?

[umbral yacht]

I’ll have to check

[elfin glacier]

50/50 it's gonna be:
core2duo with Radeon 6800HD and 6GB DDR3 ram

or

AMD Epyc 384core with quad SLI RTX 4090s and 256GB ram

[umbral yacht]

Def don’t got that welp looks like imma need a new graphics card to run it

[molten crane]

Hi

[elfin glacier]

jokin btw cuz it feels like whenever someone asks for specs the reply is either ancient hardware or a top of the line rig

[umbral yacht]

It wasn’t even a joke at this point if I put quality anything about medium my whole character disappears and it’s just a gun with mushy textures 😭

Like where tf my Spartan go

[vapid siren]

well what do you have

@umbral yacht it is still wroth looking at what we're working here lol, so what're we lookin at?

[umbral yacht]

How about a picture cause I genuinely don’t remember what I got it’s been so long

Nevermind can’t send pics

[vapid siren]

youre on the pc rn yeah?

[umbral yacht]

Yes

[vapid siren]

aight so you can see what you have using either system information or dxdiag

system info

[umbral yacht]

Okay lemme check

[vapid siren]

dxdiag

[umbral yacht]

It’s a gtx 1650

[vapid siren]

and im assuming this is in a desktop right?

not a laptop?

[umbral yacht]

Yea I built it

[vapid siren]

what of the cpu

[umbral yacht]

I sent it to you

[vapid siren]

ok lets take a looksie

@elfin glacier the specs good sir

well one thing i can say off the bat is that running on a 4k tv with that system is asking for pain

im assuming youre running a lot of resolution scaling, but yeah thats still probably not the most ideal situation

[umbral yacht]

Well I have a monitor I just had to move it for the time being

[vapid siren]

mm

[round laurel]

@umbral yacht I assume you have all graphics settings on low? I also assume you have your resolution set at 1920x1080?

[umbral yacht]

Yes exactly

[round laurel]

Okay, and you recently switched your display to the TV, correct?

[umbral yacht]

Yea

So I got to be on a monitor it looks like

[round laurel]

Are you ure you didn't plug the HDMI into your motherboard?

[timber charm]

Did u uninstall hd textures btw

[vapid siren]

[round laurel]

Because then it'll use your CPU's integrated graphics

[vapid siren]

have the issues only started when you had to use the tv?

[umbral yacht]

@vapid siren yes

[round laurel]

haha, I saw that

[vapid siren]

judging by the deleted message that seems like you did

[umbral yacht]

@round laurel oooooo I feel slow

😭😭😭

[vapid siren]

that's rough

it happens

[umbral yacht]

Imma fix it

Thank y’all

[wind wedge]

when will 343 remaster halo legends

[wind wedge]

pour water in it

[elfin glacier]

no Frankie no Legends content

[cedar turret]

https://tenor.com/view/image-loading-loading-buffering-slow-internet-gif-5806573

Perhaps you’d like to hear the story of the legendary spartan darksniper420rulezassasinman

He claimed he was the best and everyone stole his kills and he never saw that warthog coming

[vapid siren]

no mroe of that guy anyways

[elfin glacier]

h

[dreamy stirrup]

i

[vapid siren]

m

[rare cedar]

z

[pulsar heron]

himz. good job team

[cedar turret]

If my time as a cheerleader taught me anything it’s that spelling doesn’t count

[pulsar cobalt]

Yoroi event today

[clever jewel]

Tomorrow for me. Can't wait to blast through the pass

[pulsar cobalt]

looking foward to the store more then the pass haha

But i am excited for the pass also

[clever jewel]

Yeah I want some of the older armor content to come back. Need to round out my Mark VII build a little

[pulsar cobalt]

I wonder if they gonna make the unrelased stuff for yoroi buyable

[clever jewel]

I barely have anything for that core. Been running VII and V mostly.

[tight remnant]

Me too

[tired wraith]

Igotta Glock I’m my rari

[amber iris]

Ok I have one of the halo figures and it came with a code but I can’t get it to work

How am I supposed to put the code in

[cedar turret]

Waypoint

[amber iris]

Yeah but it won’t give it to me

Do I put the - in myself or just use spaces or nothing at all

Because I’ve done all three and nothing worked

The code is from 2020 does it have a time limit?

[rare cedar]

it'll say on the code

[amber iris]

I don’t see anything

I would send an image if I could

[hasty zinc]

is this from the Jazwares Spartan collection figures or World of Halo figures?

[cedar turret]

If you did that someone else would use the code

[hasty zinc]

you put the dashes in

[amber iris]

Well I was gonna cover it up

[calm fiber]

To disable the ping/tag when replying, please click or tap the "on" button at the right hand side of the chat box in order to turn it off.
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[amber iris]

aAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGGH

IM GONNA EAT A DORITO VERTICALLY

Anyways

Idk which it’s from

Upon further research I think it’s world of halo

[cedar turret]

Are you certain it wasn’t already claimed since you’re not sure what it’s from?

[amber iris]

It’s a jackal sniper

My friend just bought it and said I could have the code

It’s definitely world of halo btw

[cedar turret]

Since we know jackals grow on trees. How many jackals does a tree produce each season?

[amber iris]

Oh geez I haven’t studied up

I believe 7

[wide sable]

Why am I playing steam and suddenly my controller won’t work?

Input method always has been my controller and now it doesn’t work

[fickle drift]

Anyone know if squad battle is going to stay or will it rotate out tomorrow?

[worthy abyss]

Lmao how the hell do you make a mistake like that 343 https://twitter.com/iSpiteful/status/1681110639668871169?t=QulexMLa9kHvZIUk8ixHdw&s=19

[amber iris]

Just tells me it’s an invalid code

[worthy abyss]

So onyx you get emblems for each rank and he didn't receive a corprol nameplate but the colonal one instead.... How

[rare cedar]

Ever heard of human error?

[amber iris]

Welp

I think the dream is dead, I’ve reviewed the code 6 times now

[wide sable]

Why does my controller suddenly not want to work with Halo MCC if gamepass is the preferred control?

[ember snow]

So the background bug that 343 said for HALO: The Master Chief Collection was fixed but it's still there.

[amber iris]

What would it even have given me

[wide sable]

This is getting real stupid now, I can’t verify the files on steam for halo MCC?

[ember snow]

The update is useless for Xbox users on Halo MCC.

[wide sable]

I’m on steam

I just want to know why I’m unable to use a controller… WHEN IT SHOUKD BE USEABLE

Like, the option is selected

[pulsar cobalt]

on PC ?

You using a PlayStation controller or a normal xbox controller ?

[wide sable]

Normal Xbox

Literally used it JUST FINE 2 days ago

[gloomy pond]

Imagine the game now only allows you to match in gamemodes you hate (Infection)

[pulsar cobalt]

Weird maybe a new S4 bug maybe ?

[wide sable]

That’s so stupid

I’m on steam but even then it should’ve worked

[pulsar cobalt]

Yeah odd

[wide sable]

Like, it’s as if it’s not recognized AT. ALL.

[rare cedar]

restart pc?

update the controller?

[wide sable]

It’s a wired controller

[gloomy pond]

Weird

Maybe the cable is damaged

[wide sable]

Never moved

[wide sable]

It is

[forest lagoon]

I've had that happen before, but a restart of my PC fixed the issue

[iron ocean]

Best thing of every halo?
👇

[clever jewel]

CE: Atmosphere
2: Dual wield
3: Story and music
4: That Broadsword mission at the end
ODST: Smooth jazz
Reach: Entire campaign, i cant choose just one aspect
5: Multiplayer was fun
Infinite: Open world Halo ring

[iron ocean]

Fax

[clever jewel]

I forgot Wars since I haven't touched those in a while 😅

[iron ocean]

Well My turn

[rare cedar]

CE: LAN party
2: Story (Different perspectives of Human and Covenant) & Music
3: Multiplayer/Forge/Theater
ODST: Music & Firefight
Reach: Story (Different perspective of what Spartans went through to kickoff CE)
4: Story (Showed the human connection between MC and Cortana)
5: Warzone
Infinite: Story (call back to the past and gives room for the future)

[iron ocean]

CE: sand box (worst thing is that the half missions are recicled)
2: LORE GOD DAM
3: MUSIC GOD DAM and also lore (worst thing sand box and movility by far)
ODST: MUSIC GOD DAM and ODSTs (i like it if it does not see)
Reach: MUSIC GOD DAM and noble team
Wars: You fell youre fightin for ur life
4: graphics and sound effect
5: excelent movility, also the weapons and the variations feels BETTER THAT NEVER
...and lore (expanded)
Wars 2: IS HALO WARS BUT 3 TIMES BETTER THAT HALO WARS GOD DAMMMMM-
Infinite: the BETTER gameplay ever (feels like Doom eternal) the colors and the lore

[near tree]

CE lan parties are a blast
Halo lans in general

[iron ocean]

Yea

[neon shuttle]

does anyone know how to make a one life infection with the new infection gamemode?

[iron ocean]

No idea bruh

[clever jewel]

Firefight in ODST is unmatched imo

[wide sable]

@rare cedar I’ll try a restart

[iron ocean]

I think it means that firefight is the first to appear in that game

[clever jewel]

I'm considering buying up a bunch of OG Xbox to do a LAN party like my childhood man

[iron ocean]

Waste of money ☠️☠️

[rare cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/sgt-johnson-halo3-halo3odst-halo-cigarette-gif-24918854

[clever jewel]

Naaah man, especially in my line of work, going without internet is a common thing

[iron ocean]

Well, i cannot talk about that

[rare cedar]

Halo + LAN parties defined the military back in the early 2000's

[iron ocean]

I have a massive collection of mega blocks halo

[iron ocean]

Yea, but in 2023 feels like a chinese torture

[clever jewel]

Still kinda does. Alongside the couch co op.

[iron ocean]

Especially the spawns

You can be backpunched in any moment

[forest lagoon]

Troubleshooting 101:

[iron ocean]

[forest lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-it-have-you-tried-turning-it-off-and-on-again-telephone-on-call-gif-15495555

[clever jewel]

The classic fix

[fickle drift]

I love that show

[iron ocean]

🗿🗿

[forest lagoon]

Of course you love it. You have great show taste

[dreamy stirrup]

I just need a stick 😭

[forest lagoon]

Short stick? Long stick? Looks like a stick but is actually a steel bar for real destruction stick?

[rare cedar]

wat

[clever jewel]

Or a stick shift?

[iron ocean]

Oh hello there

[dreamy stirrup]

sticky kill

stick shifts are 10/10 to drive

[rare cedar]

Don't tag/ping 343 plz

[dreamy stirrup]

no u

[rare cedar]

https://giphy.com/gifs/taylorswift-music-video-taylor-swift-taylorswift13-pJmnk86fXFNmrUb8LB

[forest lagoon]

Ping 343 plz? Ok

[rare cedar]

[clever jewel]

stick shifts are god tier.

[iron ocean]

[dreamy stirrup]

i keep getting modes that have no supplemental grenades on maps

am sad

[rare cedar]

if only you had a challenge swap or something

[dreamy stirrup]

i refuse

[clever jewel]

Gotta tough it out to the end Spartan

[iron ocean]

Someone waitin the multiplayer mythem set from mega?

[fossil skiff]

Agreed!

Learned on a friend’s S550 mustang. Factory clutch was stupid easy to start with. Plus V8.

[hasty zinc]

I learned stick on a 1989 Ford Ranger

it was the quickest I have ever learned anything

[fossil skiff]

I can’t wait until I can buy one

[hasty zinc]

30 minutes is all it took

after work from best buy in my coworkers truck to my house

[fossil skiff]

Oh dear, in rush hour?

[hasty zinc]

nah was night

[fossil skiff]

Oh. I was about to say, talk about a trial by fire

[hasty zinc]

he kept saying I was fooling him and that I knew how to do it already

[subtle lotus]

hi

[hasty zinc]

I mean it obviously wasn't a perfect start but it didn't take long

stalled out a few times

[fossil skiff]

can’t imagine trying to learn on something like a rotary

[hasty zinc]

like a mazda?

[fossil skiff]

dang things weigh virtually nothing in comparison so gotta give it the steppy step

[dreamy stirrup]

i learned in like a 1980 something ford festiva

[fossil skiff]

yeah. RX-7 or RX-8

[dreamy stirrup]

no power steering or breaks

lol

[hasty zinc]

[fossil skiff]

who needs pre workout when driving is the workout

[rare cedar]

rotary engines are amazing

[fossil skiff]

Never fail to make me smile

https://tenor.com/view/homer-rotary-engine-rotary-engine-rx7-gif-19084217

[dusty fossil]

How easy is it to find people here for MCC Team Slayer?

[fossil skiff]

What I would give to hear 787B in person

[hasty zinc]

do a rotary swap on a Miata. You won't

[fossil skiff]

I did in forza

Would you like to guess how long it took to go off the road?

[dreamy stirrup]

2 seconds

[fossil skiff]

pretty much lmao

dang thing was like a go kart with a rocket engine onboard

[hasty zinc]

lmao

[acoustic echo]

Any of y’all got MCC on steam?

[dreamy stirrup]

https://tenor.com/view/shaggy-scooby-motorcycle-fast-run-fast-gif-17006267

[hasty zinc]

old cartoons are a trip

[fossil skiff]

so accurate

have you seen the guy who strapped a corvette engine to a motorcycle

[hasty zinc]

I have not

[muted rose]

Who what?

[hasty zinc]

reminds me of the Dodge Tomahawk though

the motorcycle with a viper engine in it

[fossil skiff]

Yeah that thing is nuts too

[hasty zinc]

Viper my dream car

[hearty flame]

What's that?

[fossil skiff]

But yeah someone slapped a LS7 into a motorcycle and as if it wasn’t already ridiculous proceeded to pro charge it and add nitrous

[hasty zinc]

well specifically a 1999 Dodge Viper GTS. Blue with white racing stripes

[muted rose]

It isn’t exactly rocket science, but at that point it’s rocket science

[hasty zinc]

lmao. I'll look it up

[fossil skiff]

I’ll dm the video right now

Vipers are beautiful cars.

[muted rose]

And animals. Ever seen one yawn?

[hasty zinc]

I've seen 4 IRL and every time I just melt

also that comment works for mcdoubles question too

[muted rose]

[fossil skiff]

As seen in Texas Mexico they are terrifying fast with a proper twin turbo setup

Like…in the time it takes some cars to do 0-60 MPH this thing was doing 60-150 MPH or something

I actually just found the video on one. Lmk if you want to see it too Aegis

[hasty zinc]

shoot it on over

[iron ocean]

o k

[shut nymph]

why didn't Microsoft buy Bungie

[hasty zinc]

they did

in 2000

[shut nymph]

permanently

[dreamy stirrup]

cuz sony did

keep up

[hasty zinc]

lmao

[forest lagoon]

That's why we could play halo on the PS2, didn't you know?

[hasty zinc]

oh no not that again

[forest lagoon]

Again?

[pseudo wraith]

thats a salty mod

[shut nymph]

we could have had some cool destiny x halo cross over events, imagine

[forest lagoon]

I'm not sure you know what salty means

[pseudo wraith]

super defender to the rescue

[forest lagoon]

[near tree]

If you have buddies with Xbox ones, they can bring em over and you can connect via MCC

[hasty zinc]

there was a whole Halo/PS2 thing years back

[forest lagoon]

That's probably why I mentioned but my brain tonight forgot about it

[dreamy stirrup]

wait who was salty?

[forest lagoon]

[hasty zinc]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[near tree]

Me

[forest lagoon]

Maybe we're all salty

But the good kind

Like the Ocean

And popcorn

And electrolytes!

[near tree]

Maybe after a hard day in the gym

[hasty zinc]

and olives!

[fossil skiff]

Sweet n salty. Fantastic for trail mix

[forest lagoon]

@pseudo wraith please, identify the salt. We must know

It's a slow night

and Sam needs a stick

[fossil skiff]

for s’mores?

[forest lagoon]

Probably

I've just been using my butane torch and a butter knife in my kitchen

[hasty zinc]

sky had the receipts ready

[dreamy stirrup]

wait i have a torch

i should do that

what a great idea

also i've heard using pb cups is a gamechanger

[forest lagoon]

I am NOT responsible for any home fires

[rare cedar]

too late

[forest lagoon]

I've never heard of this!

[dreamy stirrup]

ur welcome

or i'm sorry

lol

[forest lagoon]

I did this Friday for lunch so the pic was recent

[fossil skiff]

s’mores do sound really good now..

[forest lagoon]

I'm definitely going to try the PB cups soon. I wonder if it's the smaller ones or the regular size that's recommended. Full size almost seems like it'd be too large and melt off

[fossil skiff]

I think it would

Also is it weird that I think they taste better cold?

[forest lagoon]

Not weird at all. They have a satisfying snap when cold

[fossil skiff]

shoot, that reminds me. There is a baskin Robbins near campus I need to raid before I go home

[hasty zinc]

I eat uncrustables frozen

they're so much better

makes up for the fact that they HAVE A CRUST

[forest lagoon]

The Almond java/mocca at BR is great!

[fossil skiff]

Same but I let them thaw just enough to not break my teeth Aegis

[forest lagoon]

OMG I thought I was the only one that liked them like that!

[fossil skiff]

I will try this when I go

[forest lagoon]

I don't remember if it's called java or mocha there, all I know is I hadn't eaten there in a long time and severely underestimated how much ice cream a triple was

I ended up putting some in Tupperware in the freezer. For the price id say it's a good deal for the amount of ice cream you get

[fossil skiff]

so much ice cream I’ll end up in a math textbook

[acoustic echo]

The master chief collection on pc

[hasty zinc]

ice cream soup best ice cream

[acoustic echo]

That’s milk

[hasty zinc]

nah

[forest lagoon]

That's now your thing. You officially have your own "hot OJ" thing

[rare cedar]

Another scholar in the Milk department, I see

[acoustic echo]

Hot orange juice 🤤

[forest lagoon]

Found the icky alt

[fossil skiff]

Boy do I know someone who you would be best friends with

[acoustic echo]

Who

[rare cedar]

that's something icky's alt would say

[fossil skiff]

The legendary connoisseur of Hot OJ himself Icky Spartan

[acoustic echo]

I’m not icky

[acoustic echo]

I will message him

[hasty zinc]

https://youtu.be/oESTzG4r3VA?t=1158

[viral dune]

Hi

[acoustic echo]

Hello Icky

[viral dune]

Hello

[acoustic echo]

I enjoy the room temperature orange juice

[viral dune]

I enjoy hot orange juice

[acoustic echo]

How hot

In the microwave for 20 seconds hot?

[hasty zinc]

10 minutes

[acoustic echo]

Or like sat outside for awhile hot?

[viral dune]

1 hour

[acoustic echo]

Stop trolling me

[fossil skiff]

Not 3599 seconds, not 3601. Precisely 3600.

[viral dune]

Exactly

[hasty zinc]

what if you miss?

[acoustic echo]

That’s what Cortana said that one time and she said to not make the promises if they get broken

[fossil skiff]

I won’t

[hasty zinc]

thanks sol!

[fossil skiff]

Remembering random lines do be a superpower

[hasty zinc]

fr

[meager lake]

hi

[acoustic echo]

This is what joe chief said in reply to the Cortana doubting

Cortana for Windows 10 virtual assistance

[meager lake]

bro i just cant with team doubles

[acoustic echo]

Ask for help

Use a console command

[fossil skiff]

coding in command prompt > using IDE

[acoustic echo]

Set_LOD_smoke=3

To make sure your game doesn’t crash^^

[iron ocean]

Guys

Did someone know how to upload a picture?

you have to level up?

[stoic rapids]

you need the inheritor role

[acoustic echo]

Posting images is only for the best of us

[cedar turret]

What is it you were intending to share?

[lyric burrow]

lmao oh lawd. my first game of squad battle ever and every person on our team went 25+ kills and >5 deaths

i'm almost afraid to queue again because i'm half convinced sbmm is going to throw me against a full stack of onyxes next

[acoustic echo]

I have no clue what any of that means

[lyric burrow]

uh

did gud so gaem will probably make me do bad now

[acoustic echo]

Ah I understand now

You did so good that now you will get paired with other really good people

And they might be REALLY good

[burnt frost]

i didnt want to go to sleep anyway.

[lyric burrow]

yeah, especially since i did not deserve my performance in that match at ALL lol. our team just managed to finagle control of all the tanks on the field

[lapis merlin]

is halo campain cross play like xbox and pc? i heard that only halo 3 is but i still can play?

is there a certain way i need to run it

[fossil skiff]

I hope squad battles is sticking around because dude rats nest slayer is some next level chaos. I’m in love

Spent the match Tokyo drifting around the edges and making dale proud

[lyric burrow]

i think i'd enjoy rat's nest if it didn't tank my fps so hard lol

[fossil skiff]

That seems to be a bug on the maps right now. Hopefully fixed soon

[lyric burrow]

i hope so, because in theory it looks really fun

[rare cedar]

works fine on my XSX 60hz 😄

[fossil skiff]

I think I’ve only seen it on Zanzibar so far

Then again…capped at a measly 45 frames on my pc

[lyric burrow]

my poor gpu screams in pain lol. weirdly enough, it's just rats nest in particular for me, everything else is fine ... well, except for that one map in the community playlist a few months back, can't recall the name off the top of my head. like, an industrial-ish base in the middle of a swamp? that one was bad for me too

[gloomy pond]

I almost felled in a hole in one location on Zanzibar (in the room left to the wheel), but it was more a ping issue

[rare cedar]

I’ve heard others tank on Valhalla when walking in the water but every machine is different

[lyric burrow]

i just lost a team slayer match because someone on my team with 3k matches played went 0-17. wtf

[open stratus]

Just realized 1990 to 1995 is 5 years

But 1995 to 2000 is 5,000 years

[gloomy pond]

????

[paper fog]

Huh

[fossil skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/calculation-math-hangover-allen-zach-galifianakis-gif-6219070

[split sinew]

Squad battle is one of the best modes on this game, do not remove it please

[paper fog]

Ik it’s so refreshing having some og maps back and not having another city type map

[gloomy pond]

in Halo Community's every Infinite map should be a rehash of Halo 3 maps, doesn't it? :V

[paper fog]

Not saying that I just like the design of the og trilogy maps and If some new maps could be made in that style that would be great

[fair rock]

Someone knows how i can send an image?

[gloomy pond]

the Staff must authorize you to send pictures

[calm fiber]

Inheritors are folks with veterancy, a record of good behavior, and currently active

[fossil skiff]

You can send images if you have Inheritor, but linking with Imgur also works if you don’t

[elfin glacier]

literally mod abuse

[rare cedar]

Only abuse around here is what you’re doing to your k/d

[candid solar]

The prophets when monke mines good

[acoustic echo]

The Profit

[elfin glacier]

leaf name

[candid solar]

News of my death was greatly exaggerated.

[elfin glacier]

you truly are

entrenched

[timber charm]

panda dgaf

[river hinge]

looking for 2 more Halo 2 campaign already have 2.

[candid solar]

I thought Halo 2 campaign was only 2 player?

[river hinge]

Im not sure isnt it not 4 player on line co op in MCC

[candid solar]

IIRC it's 4 player for Halo 3 on. Halo CE and 2 launched with 2 player co-op and unfortunately IIRC that's what they got stuck with.

[river hinge]

Well shoot.

[candid solar]

TBF, I wouldn't want to play 4 player Halo 2 co-op

[jaunty yoke]

I'll clarify

[candid solar]

It automatically turns on Iron skull, so that's 4 points of reset instead of just 2.

[jaunty yoke]

Halo CE and Halo 2 are only 2 players max, it's from Halo 3 onwards that 4 players can play together

[worthy ginkgo]

just got home from work its Halo time

[dusty fossil]

I really hate it how I will do well on some matches, and do bad on others like why can’t my skill set be consistent instead of it being all over the place.

[candid solar]

Get more sleep.

[dusty fossil]

In good matches I can average around 12 kills on bad ones I would only get 4 kills, and I hate it.

[worthy ginkgo]

thats just online games for ya sometiomes you win sometimes you dont

[dusty fossil]

I know, but some people I watch they can stay more consistent then I can.

I been playing Halo off and on since 2001.

[jaunty yoke]

Ask yourself a question

[dusty fossil]

Halo 3 is my most favorite Halo game out of all of them, and I played the heck out of that one when I was a teenager.

[jaunty yoke]

Would it be fun if your team won the match every time?

[dusty fossil]

I kind of do get that high feeling from it which I like.

So yes.

It makes me want to play it more each time I win or rack up the most kills.

[worthy ginkgo]

i kno for me most of the time when i lose its because im not using team work well

[dusty fossil]

Yeah.

Maybe I need a group of people around my skill set to keep the winning kind of consistent instead of relying on luck with random matchmaking.

[worthy ginkgo]

r u playing rn?

[mighty ferry]

Doe’s Infinite have big brother matchmaking?

[mossy bison]

Hello

[fickle drift]

Day 2: praying for 343 to add Halo mcc on mac

[lapis dirge]

MCC isn’t on Mac?

Scam alert

[fickle drift]

nope on steam.

[lapis dirge]

Ah ok I see now

[turbid stirrup]

cloud gaming?

[jaunty yoke]

Cloud gaming my friend, my love, and the only way I'll be able to play Starfield

[bronze breach]

My potato pc too weak to play starfield

[jaunty yoke]

It's not that I don't trust the Series S, but I appreciate that Xcloud streams the Series X version of games

[bronze breach]

"On Monday a group of video game players asked the Supreme Court to block a $69 billion deal that would merge Microsoft and gaming giant Activision Blizzard"

Oh man, here we go!

[sage timber]

why my halo is start crash today

[obsidian wyvern]

detail your issues in #1075989764026675210 and someone will help

[bronze breach]

This weeks ult better not be hard as last week

[obsidian wyvern]

i didnt even realise i had done it

[bronze breach]

Went -8 in btb just to complete it

[broken cobalt]

Because you had a flood and a master chief on it at the same time.

[fickle drift]

should i get the master chief collection?

[steady jolt]

Definitely worth picking up I'd say

[fickle drift]

xbox version or pc version?

I go to croatia

[stoic rapids]

steam has mod support

and I think uncapped fps

[fickle drift]

ok, pc version it is then

[stoic rapids]

make sure it's the steam one, don't think ms store version has access to steam workshop

[fickle drift]

well, i have steam so....

also the stuff the grunts say is pretty funny

[hearty flame]

Yeah remember to keep the IWHBYD skull enabled. If you don't know, skulls are game modifiers that can change gameplay or other parts of gameplay a little bit.

IWHBYD makes funny rare dialogue occur more often.

[cedar turret]

Also grunt birthday party always and prophet birthday party if playing h2a. And cowbell

[steady jolt]

@fickle drift If that's your video, drop it into #1076327824924872755 - it will embed there

[fickle drift]

Sorry just did.

[livid lion]

I was wondering, has 343 put the final cinematic for Halo 4: Spartan Ops?

[hasty zinc]

I'll let you know in a minute

[novel tangle]

how much longer until yoroi starts

[hasty zinc]

5.5ish hours

[hasty zinc]

yep!

now to see if I can start that episode that was broken

YES! it's fixed! I can finish Spops solo legendary now

[scenic dragon]

my city has introduced something called the “bee network” and it makes me think of halo 3 odst every time

“link up with the bee net”

[obsidian wyvern]

#lfg-customs

[stark pecan]

My bad

[obsidian wyvern]

nws

[pulsar cobalt]

I thought i completed the last challenge strange

[floral sinew]

They are selling the color blue for 8$ in infinite halo is truly saved

[pulsar cobalt]

So ?

[elfin glacier]

go back to reddit

[slate marsh]

Happy Tenrai Tuesday spartans

[safe harness]

Sitting in meetings with 2 old guys that get to talking makes me want to quit my job and go live in a van down by the river.

[obsidian wyvern]

got kicked out of my own custom game??

well everyone got kicked out for some reason

[pulsar heron]

computer said no

[vital lantern]

Puter be trolling

[pulsar heron]

oh i'm now realising that perhaps quoting little britain might go over some people's heads

i... feel somewhat old.

[vital lantern]

We are all old, that's why we play halo

[obsidian wyvern]

a few of my irl friends were watching all the episodes in vc a few months ago

[pulsar heron]

phenomenal

[obsidian wyvern]

I watched 1 episode and didn't really bother going back into it though lol

[hasty zinc]

speak for yourself, I'm only 21

[obsidian wyvern]

I'm only 40

[vital lantern]

Im 23

[obsidian wyvern]

omg it's sieg2

[bronze breach]

I'm too old. I forgot my age

[obsidian wyvern]

ngl I was struggling to remember whether I was 17 or 18 a few mins ago

[bronze breach]

[elfin glacier]

imposter

[hasty zinc]

what did you decide on?

[obsidian wyvern]

I can't remember

[elfin glacier]

i'm older than time itself

[vital lantern]

Wew

[hasty zinc]

have you listened through rock and metal and time?

[elfin glacier]

yes but at some point i dropped my ear trumpet so now it is hard

[hasty zinc]

alright McGrath

[pulsar cobalt]

Everyone gonna be running around as yoroi today i bet

[fossil skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/hobbit-ear-trumpet-gif-21461420

[fossil skiff]

I have spent the past 4 hours finishing a space shuttle model for a class

[pulsar cobalt]

I really hope squad battle doesn't go

[fossil skiff]

Same

Rev and I had a lot of fun doing warthog shenanigans in CTF on rat’s next yesterday

[pulsar cobalt]

Rat's nest is alot of fun in infinite

[fossil skiff]

If it regularly rotates in I won’t be as sad. Otherwise,

[fossil skiff]

On slayer you’re bound to see some people dueling in warthogs. I love it

[hasty zinc]

need pics

[fossil skiff]

I would send one but I think the CAD software crashed

[hasty zinc]

nooo

[fossil skiff]

I’ve saved very often so work should be okay

It’s not a 1 to 1 replica but it’s good enough for what we’re doing

That nose and OMS pods were extremely tedious.

[elfin glacier]

me

[hasty zinc]

I was going more for wild wild west

[pulsar cobalt]

going 0 kills and like 12 deaths right now bruh...

[steady jolt]

I took way too long on this, but the gif didn't exist and the video is just funnier

[vital lantern]

John halo is a pretty cool guy and is not afraid of anything

[meager rover]

HALO INFINITE

[smoky token]

i know what’s wrong with it

ain’t got no gas in it

[livid lion]

I first start off watching the first cinematic before playing the firefight.

[stoic rapids]

what's with the iphone 13? some new card I'm not aware of?

[novel tangle]

still waiting on tenrai

[obsidian wyvern]

waiting another 3 and a half hours buddy

[novel tangle]

why does it refresh so late today, thought it was always 10am central

[steady jolt]

It's always been 10am PT/PST

[stoic rapids]

still gonna use kabuto

I'm just waiting to see that super bundle for tenrai

[novel tangle]

guess im just slow

[urban iron]

Super bundle is an instant buy for me just for those Dragonborn shulders.

[stoic rapids]

I just hope it isn't 4k credits or something

[urban iron]

Will be around the same cost as the first super bundle.

[obsidian wyvern]

he is so so close https://twitter.com/iSpiteful/status/1681304754717356034

iSpiteful (@iSpiteful)

LIVE NOW

The road to Onyx Brigadier General Career Rank in Halo Infinite begins... Lets see how far we can make it today!

Come say hi - https://t.co/enSViZAE1e

Twitter · Jul 18, 2023, 2:07 PM

[novel tangle]

40 dollor bundles or even 30+ dollar bundles are blashphemous to me

[obsidian wyvern]

the other dude is pretty much finished

[urban iron]

WAAAAY too much Halo lol

I'm getting close to gold.

[urban iron]

Where can you find these stats?

[obsidian wyvern]

https://leafapp.co/leaderboards/top-ten/most_xp

im like 2 ranks away from plat

[urban iron]

Thanks

[obsidian wyvern]

im not anywhere close wtf

[vast girder]

why doesn't halo infinite have cake yet

[urban iron]

Wow yeah you don't even hit one million till halfway into Plat

And Hero is 9.3 mil

[obsidian wyvern]

when the hell did we get destructible environments
https://vxtwitter.com/HaloGuyYoutube/status/1681285227375890432

[urban iron]

Is there even a confirmed Hero reward yet?

OH nvm he just said it's not even ready lmao

[hasty zinc]

2021

[novel tangle]

i think i either feintly remember, or 343 just wanted to polish the game after the fact lol

[novel tangle]

the cake is a lie

[vast girder]

halo reach had cake, why not halo infinite

[obsidian wyvern]

we mightttt get a playlist calendar

[plain lynx]

Hi

[timber charm]

Fr?? What modes are they grinding

[obsidian wyvern]

ffa

[normal owl]

PSA per the newly announced Game Pass Core for anyone wondering what the overall breakdown between all the Game Pass tiers are now:

Game Pass Core ($10/month)

• Online console multiplayer
• Select catalog of 25+ games (2-3 added/yr), but not day-one releases like on all the other tiers

Xbox Game Pass ($11/month)

• Game Pass on console
  [- does not include online multiplayer, though f2p games do not require paid online multiplayer access anyway]

Game Pass PC ($10/month)

• Game Pass on PC
• includes EA Play

Game Pass Ultimate ($17/month)

• Game Pass on console, PC, and cloud
• Online console multiplayer
• includes EA Play

Game Pass Core should really be called Game Pass Ultimate Slim

[timber charm]

Wuts different btwn core and xbx gp

[earnest umbra]

xbox live should just be added to all gamepass versions TBH

PC players dont have to pay for XBL to play their games

[normal owl]

The list above breaks it down. Xbox GP = full library but no online paid MP, vice versa for GP Core.

[steady jolt]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/07/17/xbox-game-pass-core/

[timber charm]

Core does get a library jus less right

[solid vortex]

Can I earn all the cosmetics in infinite through hard work and playing ?

[bronze breach]

Some are paid only

[earnest umbra]

all? no

[bronze breach]

Via store

[normal owl]

Yeah, selected by MS, and will not include day one releases like Starfield unless MS decides to add it.
On the other hand, Xbox GP has the full Game Pass library but you can only play online in f2p games.

[earnest umbra]

thers a lot of free stuff though

[solid vortex]

Sad to hear. Guess I’ll check back when the next halo drops

[earnest umbra]

💀

[solid vortex]

If it drops that is

[earnest umbra]

its a Free To PLAY game, how do you think they are suppose to make money?

[solid vortex]

How did they make money back in the 2000s with halo?

[bronze breach]

Paid dlc

[earnest umbra]

The games were $60

true DLC too

[steady jolt]

They locked people out of playlists

[solid vortex]

Okay so they can make the next halo $60

[bronze breach]

Not feasible in modern gaming

[earnest umbra]

i remember hating that in Halo 3 🤣 "you dont have the maps required for this playlist"

[solid vortex]

F2P is more scam than that Bullz

[stoic rapids]

didn't that shade fella cheat in bot bootcamp?

[obsidian wyvern]

people don't know the definition of a scam

[obsidian wyvern]

it's hardly cheating but yes

[stoic rapids]

cheesed it I guess

[steady jolt]

Halo being free to play is honestly the best direction they could go in.
So many more people get access to jump in and play - you only need to pay for what you really want
You could spend $10 in the store and get a cool looking Spartan

[solid vortex]

I heard they added old Halo maps to infinite

[cloud tundra]

What happened to pve

[stoic rapids]

or you could stick around for the free events

[steady jolt]

That too

[earnest umbra]

and if you really want to play the campaign you can do it for $10 on gamepass

[bronze breach]

Game development expensive, manufacturing gone up, salary for talent gone up.

It is expected a new model is used to drive profits to pay for this

[stoic rapids]

like tenrai this week with a free AR weapon model

[obsidian wyvern]

like today's event

[cloud tundra]

Halo free to play wasn’t a great decision

[solid vortex]

That’s the trap homie. You spend 10 get a skin. Get bored drop another 10. See a new shiny one that catches your eye you drop another 10. See my point?

[cloud tundra]

Maybe it being paid on game pass would be a better move

Guess you live and learn!

[solid vortex]

Predatory af

[bronze breach]

It's not a trap. You have a choice to buy it or not. It's not the end of the world if you choose not to

[earnest umbra]

I just with Halo infinite had some of the other stuff older halo games had

[stoic rapids]

you can apply this to anything

[elfin glacier]

xbox live gold

[solid vortex]

Yah and gambling addicts have a choice to not gamble

[normal owl]

Exactly. The partitioning done by map packs back in the day is being replicated today with paid vs f2p games. Halo needed to keep the gates open to new gens of players.

[elfin glacier]

there's something called basic self control

something the fanbase apparently lacks

[solid vortex]

Most people don’t have control let’s be real

[stoic rapids]

it isn't gambling bud, you get what you paid for

[steady jolt]

You're not forced to buy it, just like you're not forced to buy full priced games

[solid vortex]

Look at apex legends

[cloud tundra]

Which is why it should be fine for Halo to go back to full priced game with limited micro-transactions in game

[solid vortex]

Most low cost game they are making boatloads off the skins. Almost everyone I know has caved in at least several hundred

[elfin glacier]

sounds like a them issue

[cloud tundra]

DLC/season pass format would work nicely

[elfin glacier]

the model wouldn't work if people didn't buy in lol

[solid vortex]

Ok I can’t win this argument I yield

[bronze breach]

Then expect 440p graphics

[elfin glacier]

anyways, Infinite has been the cheapest halo to play by far

[normal owl]

It's only predatory if you're so witless with your money that you have zero self control, at which point that is entirely your own problem.

[cloud tundra]

Unlikely. It’s a Microsoft title.

[solid vortex]

I wouldn’t be mad with infinite if they at least gave F2P some better options

[elfin glacier]

i mean f2p got MkVII back in s1

[solid vortex]

Like the $10 for a color is insanely stupid

[steady jolt]

Halo being accessible to everyone trumps the need for it to be paid - having to pay for it doesn't magically change anything other than locking people out of joining in

[elfin glacier]

what more does one need

MkVII the goat

[elfin glacier]

r/halo is 2 blocks down

[cloud tundra]

They don’t have to buy it if they can’t. Right?

[bronze breach]

Microsoft isnt going to fund the game except the development. 343 is expected to make money on their own

[earnest umbra]

However i do like how the HCS store bundles cover all the weapons this time

[steady jolt]

Please remember to turn off the ping/tag before replying. Thanks!

[normal owl]

If you don't want to pay, then you don't get it. That is real life.

[cloud tundra]

I mean you’re here right now lol

[stoic rapids]

if they can't even afford a $10 item, they would've never been able to play a fully priced halo game bud

[cloud tundra]

lol funny you say that Xbox isn’t Xbox without Halo!

[steady jolt]

No, it's still Xbox

[cloud tundra]

I’m just elaborating on what Joseph Staten has said in statements

[bronze breach]

A console isnt defined by one IP

[elfin glacier]

^

[stoic rapids]

xbox has like 20 or so ips now

[normal owl]

Just as long as they don't drop Gears.

[elfin glacier]

Phil "I ❤️ Destiny" Spencer can say whatever, but at the end of the day it's all about the money

[cloud tundra]

Of course, but if that’s the way it is then you gotta accept the crap end of the stick

[bronze breach]

Unfortunately it might be dropped due to Microsoft establishing xbox technology group which will assist with innovation and development tools to be used by wider xbox studios.

As a consequence, Gears may be dropped or less games

[normal owl]

Nooooooooo. I would mourn your loss, my friend.

[cloud tundra]

There is no point in complaining when monetisation in these models are negative to the game experience and eventually get tiresome after so many years

[bronze breach]

Same 😦

[cloud tundra]

Would be nice to see a fresh take on live service

[elfin glacier]

yeah, I'm glad they moved away from predatory map packs to optional cosmetics

and are slowly phasing out hard-to-escape models like XBL Gold

[normal owl]

I remember when Games With Gold had decent games.

[elfin glacier]

I still don't get why people specifically think Halo map packs are something to return to when other games have done xpack content far better and less predatorily

[normal owl]

Like Gears 5!

[cloud tundra]

This sounds good until you realise that cosmetics in the game stop being as ‘cool’ or important as they use to be in for those who like them

[stoic rapids]

gp core shld have like 25+ games

I think I've seen the list somewhere

[normal owl]

Just like how your clothes are not cool because other people can buy them.

[elfin glacier]

damn

I guess i'll have to settle for playing the game and having all the (mp) gameplay content without paying

[solid vortex]

I personally just don’t care what I look like anymore

[cloud tundra]

I’m referring to challenge based cosmetics compared to paid stuff actually 🤓

[elfin glacier]

you mean paying for 2 games, xbl gold, and bungie pro just to complete vidmaster?

[cloud tundra]

Most games don’t even release with half the game these days. It hasn’t fixed anything 🤣

[stoic rapids]

just who cares that your cosmetics are earned through "challenges"? like you play against them one match and then you forget about them

[elfin glacier]

no no no guiz

[stoic rapids]

I have the whispered Sky AR, aka the notorious 3 killjoy challenge and no one cares

[normal owl]

Realistically, if you as 1 person don't want to spend a bunch of time in a game to earn a cosmetic but 9 other people want to spend money in a game to look fun playing it, the system will cater to those.

[obsidian wyvern]

imagine how many times youd have to pay for DLCs in that case

[cloud tundra]

Just because you don’t, doesn’t mean other don’t lol

[elfin glacier]

I'm not gonna lie the whole "PEOPLE UZED TO RESPECT U IF U HAD FANCY COSMETIC" thing is kinda... cringe

[obsidian wyvern]

need help red or black visor

[elfin glacier]

red

[stoic rapids]

I already said no one cares

[normal owl]

Green

No but red

[obsidian wyvern]

i also need to get rid of the sen nameplate because spartan 🤮

[elfin glacier]

like "oh cool you paid some mlg wannabe to get the achievments for you" or "you wasted hundreds of hours of your life on ruining grifball lobbies to farm reach cr"

[obsidian wyvern]

red it is, when i log back on

[elfin glacier]

wow so cool

[elfin glacier]

nice

[cloud tundra]

Yeah but there’s a line of overdoing it. When a games majority of cosmetics are connected to a storefront I personally see that as an issue. Maybe people just like throwing money at digital pixels so much these days and I just don’t understand.

[pulsar cobalt]

what red visor is that is that ?

[obsidian wyvern]

dragoon

[cloud tundra]

At least there would be content instead of an over reliance of a cosmetic storefront

[bronze breach]

I know someone on Gears 5 spent alot of money and bought 100,000 worth of iron

Iron is basically Infinite credits

[elfin glacier]

different teams do different things

[viral dune]

Dragoon all the way

[elfin glacier]

and before someone says "IF DA DLC WAS PAID IT WAZ GOOD" like no

[cloud tundra]

Yes but some games rely on the storefront for profits rather than the old model of relying on content dlc map packs for profit

[obsidian wyvern]

hiddenxperia moment

[candid solar]

"Oh no the guy's got haunted"

And a 45/1 average K/D because all he did was farm AFK's in Grifball.

[elfin glacier]

good

[normal owl]

Well I think that's just human nature. I live in an area where a lot of people spend loads of money on tricking out their cars Fast & Furious style...though no roads have speed limits over 70 and it snows here half the year lol. People just want pretty things.

[cloud tundra]

Yet here we are still not much better

[obsidian wyvern]

unbelievably dumb

[hasty zinc]

idk about y'all but I LOVED not being able to play with my friends because they didn't have map packs

[candid solar]

The fact people agree with him that that was a better model is a total brain rot moment.

[elfin glacier]

i'm honestly crying and shaking because i don't have 100 cosmetics i'll never use

I guess i'll just cry while playing all the mp content for free

buh buh release

ok it's not release anymore

[obsidian wyvern]

🥲

[elfin glacier]

😭

[hasty zinc]

yeah if you don't have every piece of cosmetic items then you don't get the "full experience"

[obsidian wyvern]

LOL throwback

[bronze breach]

Ez way to get all current skins and future ones too

[elfin glacier]

but missing out on the multiplayer you're paying for? now that's iconic

[bronze breach]

Buy out 343

[obsidian wyvern]

i wonder what happened to that person

[elfin glacier]

they uh

[stoic rapids]

the argument is that since map packs are the main way to earn money, they would focus on that content more

But it's not very consumer friendly

[candid solar]

Ran out of money, couldn't pay their power bill

[cloud tundra]

Not finishing your game isn’t either

[elfin glacier]

i still can't believe bungie thought it was ok to release Halo 2 like that smh

[candid solar]

(They bought every 2042, MW2, Infinite, Exoprimal, Team Fortress 2 cosmetic)

[stoic rapids]

bud, the "should've been at launch" is not such a good argument rn

[elfin glacier]

like yeah it's not great but

[cloud tundra]

I mean it’s a clear point

[elfin glacier]

it's not launch anymore

anyways Halo 2

[candid solar]

It's clearly a stupid point*

[cloud tundra]

You talked about people having brainrot

[elfin glacier]

yes

[candid solar]

And what, you wanted to prove me right?

[elfin glacier]

if you think Halo map packs were good well

lol
lmao

[cloud tundra]

If you defend these recent game releases that shouldn’t of released in the state they did, then yes

[pulsar cobalt]

Thing is map packs did offer more content it just completely split the playerbase which i thing was annoying

Same with season passes

But you really don't want to split the playerbase

[candid solar]

Nah, I don't defend the release. I just don't waste my time complaining that it should've started like that because it's usually obvious.

[obsidian wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/the-door-is-open-you-may-leave-gif-15357849

[pulsar cobalt]

litreally what happened with battlefront 2015 lmao

[elfin glacier]

here's the thing btw

other games do gameplay content xpacks way better

[candid solar]

It's why I don't rag on Halo MCC anymore.

[elfin glacier]

like Killing Floor 2

1 person has dlc content? Whole lobby gets it

[candid solar]

You know, the absolute dumpster fire called 2015 MCC?

[elfin glacier]

an actually player friendly system

[cloud tundra]

There is complaining and there is discussion with criticism

[pulsar cobalt]

2015 you mean 2014 ?

[elfin glacier]

you're doing the former

[obsidian wyvern]

lol

[cloud tundra]

Literally not

[candid solar]

Literally are.

[cloud tundra]

I think you just want to paint everyone as an issue

[elfin glacier]

you are crying about launch despite us being 1.5 years away from launch and the state of the game being wildly different

[cloud tundra]

I stated a point I’m not “crying”

You are taking this a bit more seriously than you should

[candid solar]

Lmao

[elfin glacier]

anyways I can't believe bungie thought it was remotely acceptable to release Halo 2 without staple features like a server browser or pvp bots

[cloud tundra]

It’s not that deep bro

[elfin glacier]

and h3 Forge? unfinished trash

literally more primitive than most map editors in existence

and you needed to buy a map pack for Foundry

you know I think that bungie explicitly removed server browsers to force people to use playlists so they couldn't get around the map pack paywall

seems kinda... Predatory???????

[cloud tundra]

There will always be predatory monetising to make money in these games

[elfin glacier]

yes
nothing is new under the sun, from unfinished game releases to awful monetization

[bronze breach]

A business needs to make money. Old models doesnt cut it anymore

[elfin glacier]

it's all been done one way or another

[bronze breach]

If it were up to me, I would charge $10 per game login 👍

[elfin glacier]

same

[pulsar cobalt]

outrageous 😂

[hasty zinc]

anyone know what these are?

[elfin glacier]

but i'd make the cosmetics not paid because i guess that's the true experience

[winter flame]

halo 3 forge made for the best customs for me. nothing since has matched it

[hasty zinc]

looks like some sort of forerunner drone thingy?

[candid solar]

You can deal with a 60 second respawn or pay $.50 to respawn instantly

[bronze breach]

👍

[pulsar cobalt]

Toilet fat kid, jenga,and the rest were so much

[obsidian wyvern]

they look like ships from another show

[cloud tundra]

Ok lets just remove them completely then lol

[stoic rapids]

forerunner turrets?

[candid solar]

They look like Onyx Sentinels. They aren't that though.

[stoic rapids]

I dunno

[hasty zinc]

oh I can ping CIA now

[elfin glacier]

for the record, as with many things i say here i exaggerate what I really think

H3 forge was primitive but an interesting way to do a map editor, and I think as it's matured it's been a good model. Instead of the map geometry changing, you add things to the map

[dusty sparrow]

i used an ai to remove the drums on the warthog run in halo 3

[bronze breach]

To remove monization, give 343 $500 million dollars.

[elfin glacier]

on a very basic level, forge 'maps' are basically a list of instructions/coordinates/whatever

[candid solar]

Use it to remove the pianos

[dusty sparrow]

it slaps without piano

[candid solar]

I'm so sick of pianos

[dusty sparrow]

wow you can't even say swears here?

[dusty sparrow]

No

[stoic rapids]

you can't

[bronze breach]

Bloody hell, an e scooter almost bashed into me. Smh

[elfin glacier]

"basemap: foundry. item: crate - location (3,4,6)"

[dusty sparrow]

the piano carries half of the songs

[elfin glacier]

that sorta thing

[cloud tundra]

Those things are death traps

[candid solar]

Yeah that's why half the songs are mid

[dusty sparrow]

especially the song in the beginning of the covenant

[dusty sparrow]

no you just got bad taste

[stoic rapids]

Halo CE vehicle collision?

[candid solar]

No u

[elfin glacier]

i'm too lazy but insert youtube video of halo 5 song with piano here

your argument: destroyed

[dusty sparrow]

im not the one saying the piano in halo 3 is mid so 🤷‍♂️

[candid solar]

You're the one taking me seriously.

[pulsar cobalt]

Wouldn't it be nice if 343 allowed us to buy those yoroi shoulders that have been around since the MP trailer overview 😂

[dusty sparrow]

oh my gosh its one of you

how am i supposed to not take you seriously

[candid solar]

[cloud tundra]

Read his bio for insults

[dusty sparrow]

there was like no intentions of me not taking you seriously because it was a pretty reasonable argument at first

[stoic rapids]

it would be nice for 343 to let us buy the dozen cosmetics that were added during S1, S2 and S3 which have not been released at all

[candid solar]

I really should've stuck with learning to play the piano tbh.

[stoic rapids]

go look at the coatings

[bronze breach]

Dat moment when you swing smoke and interact with a piano in Gears of War 3, you ended up freezing everyone's consoles

Thus was a bug that never been able to get fixed during the lifetime of the game

[candid solar]

It's not my favorite instrument but it's a rare skill now.

[stoic rapids]

there a bunch of them not even purchasable, and they're not even capstones

[pulsar cobalt]

Agreed

[dusty sparrow]

i have a 4 minute clip of halo 3 just reloopimg this one part of One Final Effort

its the part in the warthog run where cortana says "70% chief"

it got bugged while i was fighting the scarabs

so it just relooped that part of the song

[oblique reef]

I swear there are a handful of customisations from previous seasons that you CAN go back and buy? just not directly from the store?

Either way, I dunno, EVERY game does this I swear, you miss out on past seasons, you miss out? 🤷‍♂️

[amber mirage]

There are. You can purchase them directly from the Armor Hall.

[dusty sparrow]

the real question is

why isnt mark 6 in halo infinite

[pulsar cobalt]

No dude 343 had items ready but just never get released for some odd reason

[dusty sparrow]

i wanna look like a halo 3 noob

[hasty zinc]

at least the battlepasses never expire and you can buy past ones anytime

not a lot (if any) games do that

[winter flame]

so you want hayabusa for Infinite

[dusty sparrow]

kinda

but i also just wanna have default mark 6 with the green coatings and junk

[pulsar cobalt]

Best thing 343 has done

[hasty zinc]

one of the best

[dusty sparrow]

also its crazy how you can't swear in a server filled with mostly people above the age of 1

[hasty zinc]

outlines is #1 for me IMO

[dusty sparrow]

i don't get why you cant swear here

[pulsar cobalt]

Why would you anyway

[hasty zinc]

because they don't want you to

[dusty sparrow]

idk

i just like swearing

anyways im excited for season 5

campaign AI in forge after so long

[frozen gazelle]

Master chief doesn't need to swear, why should any of us