general-chat

[elfin glacier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n7eNFj_9Vk

🐍

[fickle drift]

HI

HI?

[obsidian wyvern]

bye

[fickle drift]

hello fellow Spartans, and yes before anyone asks I did just rejoin. Lets just say I have been concerned about the 100 server limit for non-Nitro users and as a result I've developed a bad habit of quitting servers and later rejoining them like several times.

I'm saying this in case the mods noticed that and were confused, I'll try not to leave this server again.

[sour gate]

that's a you issue if you've reached the limit of servers joined

[sour gate]

funny creature

[fickle drift]

just saying because I know like a few servers that have mods that get all confused or nosy because of it, just trying to avoid that y'know?

and fortunately I'm nowhere close to that limit as today I just counted and I'm at around 50 servers

anyway, did I miss anything important during my absence?

[fickle drift]

gotta love artificial evolution amirite?

[warm fiber]

I don’t think so

[fickle drift]

alrighty then

Random question but wasn't the reason why the reclaimer glyph changed from basically being the Marathon logo to the new reclaimer glyph because of legal issues with Bungie?

[dapper glen]

Imagine

[fickle drift]

don't get me wrong I'm perfectly okay with the new 343i glyph but I don't represent every Halo fan ever so...

[meager rover]

How would you guys feel if a new halo releases every 4-5 years

[smoky token]

the marathon logo was never the reclaimer symbol

[pulsar cobalt]

Rather just have halo infinite

[vapid siren]

so

how bout that mega xbox set

https://tenor.com/view/thirsty-spongebob-i-dont-need-it-sweat-gif-5031443

[pulsar cobalt]

Kinda neat

you 100% need it for nostalgia reasons

[vapid siren]

tfw i had a black 360

think mine came with reach too to put into perspective when i finally got an xbox

CE PC went brrrrr for a while

wait wtf

[fickle drift]

erm... then why is it used instead of the 343i reclaimer logo in the Bungie games? have I been cheated and lied to?

I think I have

dear god...

Though its even on CE's OG Xbox box art if you look very closely at the game's title on said box art

[hasty zinc]

I would have picked it up if they chose Halo 4 instead of 3

[molten pelican]

you need it. you NEED to have it. it has halo 3 in the picture

[steady jolt]

That would have been awesome

[hasty zinc]

I would have also settled for the Sega GT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future bundle

we all know without those two games that xbox wouldn't be here today

[jade breach]

why does no one capture or defend the flag in ctf?

[warm fiber]

Idk

[jade breach]

total control is the best game mode. Ppl acually play the obj and its fun

[warm fiber]

Rank every fps halo game( if you haven’t played all of them rank the ones you have played)

[jade breach]

ive only played reach, 4, 5 and inf

i think reach had best campaign and 4 had best multiplayer

[warm fiber]

My ranking is: 1. Halo 3, 2. Halo CE, 3. Halo 2, 4. Halo 3 odst

[vapid siren]

Tfw idc that much for h3

[fickle drift]

Speaking of lights. Did 343 fix the lighting for some of the cutscenes/cinematics in halo 4?

[valid grotto]

As part of anti scam group I'd like to warn all of you about a scam going around, there are people sending discord users there's steam accounts and claiming them a there own please do me a favor and DO NOT MESSAGE OR CLICK THE LINK these scammers are attempting to steal your account and gain your trust, as part of the halo community I'm sending this message to attempt to keep this community safe and put together.
Aside from this report

Please spartans stay safe and good luck to you out there on th battle field

salute

[limpid nova]

Anyone playing mcc tying to do warthog rustler challenge isn't working

[midnight trench]

Anyone else noticed that onyx is completely broken atm? 1500 get matched with 2000+

[amber mirage]

There's only a small percentage of people in the 2000+ range. It needs to find them matches, so it puts them against other Onyx ranks.

[jade breach]

dead game

[valid grotto]

I don't think so

[steady jolt]

Let's keep it constructive please

[midnight trench]

Yeah understandable but tonight all ppl on my games have been multiple 100’s of higher rank than me and my duo. I’ve played multiple games with team Quadrant lol

[valid grotto]

Halo is single handedly one of the best game series to exist (in my opinion)

Yoooo hi stckr

[steady jolt]

Hello

[amber mirage]

Probably there weren't more players searching Ranked around your exact skill and with good connection at that time.

[valid grotto]

R spartan 4s forklift certified?

I know Spartan 2s and 3s are

[steady jolt]

They probably are

[summer flame]

Wait….he’s got a point

[outer bobcat]

Hi

[valid grotto]

Something that sounds cool but probably won't happen

Halo infinite:
A 50vs50 on a big open space map in big team battle,

The falcon and the spartan Lazer gets introduced to infinite so the troops can have a better advantage

The magnum is reintroduced and placed in as a weapon drop that's stronger then the side kick.

Bubble shields reenter

It sounds cool but it would take a while for them to do that's just a cool idea tho

[granite sky]

i want 343 to make it so easyanticheat is not needed for custom game lobbies in mcc, so people can just host modded content and mod will download if u join the lobby. i also want simpler mod stuff like wraiths inatead of scorpions in halo ce.
if someone is cheating host can ban them anyway, cgb should just be all mods deep mods if people want

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah but then if tons of people cheat in customs and it becomes hell

[earnest umbra]

wouldnt be that bad if a 1500 would max get -5 CSR for losing to a 2000 but if you do bad you can still get -10

[obsidian wyvern]

you don't wanna spend more time banning others than playing

[granite sky]

maybe itll be huge but what else can 343 do to make mods so easily playable like in halo custom edition cheating wasnt that huge an issue but mods and custom maps were great

[oak cave]

Hello

[fickle drift]

I mean TF2 had an update recently that added a 100 player mode despite the game's horrid optimization and that somehow still worked

So its probably possible

However, I don't think it'd be ideal especially in Infinite where people are grappling all over the place. Might be overthinking it tho

[valid grotto]

Or.... hear me out... playable elites

[fickle drift]

true.

[earnest umbra]

is that a new glitch to where the enemy picks up odball and the marker on who has it dissapears?

[cedar turret]

Pass

[pliant hatch]

here come the no elite memes.

[cedar turret]

https://tenor.com/view/coroner-chronik-fiction-noel-christmas-gif-24210809

[hard sleet]

[steady jolt]

It took me a minute, but well played

[candid solar]

IIs and IIIs are significantly less likely to be forklift certified due to having no possibilities of working in logistics. I'd wager the maximum number is less than 1.

IVs have a chance to have been logistics troops, so it's likely a small section may have if the UNSC has an equivelant to USAF Red Horse, USN Seabees, or other Engineering units.

Nerd answers are better than meme answers.

[meager rover]

Are they ever going add casual matchmaking to the social modes in infinite

[steady jolt]

I was almost tempted to tag Alex about this

[candid solar]

For my answer or Pip's question?

[steady jolt]

Oh, for the question. Heh

[candid solar]

Aye

I mean it's not unpossible, it'd just be stupid if they were certified because like

Why tho

[steady jolt]

Can't have unqualified Spartans riding around in Forklifts during campaign

Safety first!

[candid solar]

Also, Noble Six clearly does not know how to use the actual tines of the forklift, so he is clearly not certified.

[steady jolt]

Probably why he's always performing unsafe exiting maneuvers during Nightfall

[candid solar]

Caution; Improperly exiting the Forklift may result in spatial collapse.

[cedar turret]

Walls are for suckers, just walk right through

[fossil skiff]

Found the Promethean

[candid solar]

NGL, the whole teleportation thing is why I imagine one of the worst possible deaths in Halo was the crewmen of the UNSC Navy in orbit over Earth during the Created uprising.

Because your ship's reactor's suddenly out, your O2's leaking, you've got no real working anything short of guns (You're out of luck if those gun cases have fail-closed locks), and glowing robots can teleport in and hunt you down-one third trashtalking you, and the other two thirds growling like rabid animals, and all seeing you perfectly through walls.

[fossil skiff]

Probably falling to the surface in some cases too

[candid solar]

Oh, and there'd be no gravity, either. Or even emergency lighting.

Escape Pods won't work and would likely hasten your death.

[fossil skiff]

Also…I dig the halo themed input icons. The 117 controller was clean. Good choice.

I guess if you were lucky to not be boarded by Prometheans you would still eventually fall into the atmosphere and crash

[candid solar]

Or the Prometheans could also just choose to do nothing.

Let you drift and slowly die.

[fossil skiff]

The ISS loses 300 feet a day just from drag, I imagine a UNSC ship would lose much more

[candid solar]

Not like the Created needed to care about the crew.

Not gonna lie, I'm gonna call BS if the Navy over Earth somehow remained in UNSC hands

Because the Created basically should've gotten a free fleet out of that

Not to mention any other warships they knocked out from the Banished, Ex-Covenant, etc

[fossil skiff]

Mass effect arrival at Earth moment but it’s a bunch of hot OJ powered angry bois with human, banished, and covenant fleets

[fickle drift]

hey everyone

[opal girder]

hi

[quick escarp]

🫵 ❔

[tall star]

such nostalgia.....

[opal girder]

Halo Infinite is good now

[smoky token]

THAT IT IS

caps lock

[safe dawn]

yes

[dreamy stirrup]

@low narwhal v important lore question

[steady jolt]

LOL

(ty)

[low narwhal]

I must consult the 26th century OSHA handbook 🙏

[steady jolt]

[dreamy stirrup]

i will absolutely tag alex in for memes

lol

[blissful horizon]

Asking the real questions here

[lone jacinth]

Tbh I didn’t like Reach as much as master chief centered ones

[fickle drift]

Gasp!

How could someone NOT appreciate the beauty of Halo Reach!

It was after all. The last REAL halo game

Bungie ended out with a BANG!

that's something that I will always admire it for

Doesn't get anymore REAL than that

[hasty zinc]

Forklift Certifications are what make Spartans Hyper-lethal

[arctic zinc]

I finally got a chipotle burrito that was back to the normal size, they are usually so much smaller than they used to be

This message brought to you by diarrhea

[quartz ridge]

I want Steve downes to come out and say “there’s more to halo than me”

I’ll say it again; sometimes I wished halo fans were like Mario fans

[fickle drift]

what is they were like sonic fans Imagine the fan fictions and ocs 😏

[candid solar]

... We already have those

And both are cringe. Except mine, mine is based.

[tall star]

was halo infinite the last halo game

[candid solar]

Problably not.

[fickle drift]

not if Pierre Hintze Nope.avi's those fan fictions and OCs into oblivion, Hehehe... /j

also do you guys think someone could pull off a Halo spinoff in the idTech engine since MS owns both Id and 343i?

and no I don't mean a DOOM mod

i mean if you go on goggle play or iso a company called Dobermann Studios has made 2 halo games Spartan Firefight and Spartan Runner which are both clealy halo based

Well my family doesn't use Androids for phones (sadly)

They are on apple too

I'd rather play something like Installation 01 (if that ever comes out) because I'm no mobile gamer

that's fair i don't much anymore either

Star Rail is like the only one i keep up with now that Brave Frontier shut down

speaking of Installation 01 and fangames that will seemingly never come out, anyone ever heard of Project Borealis? a team has been trying to recreate the "leaked" HL2 Episode 3 script in Unreal Engine for literally over 5 years but most of that time has seen nothing but radio silence

last news was a twitter post by them showing a crowbar buried in snow

As for why they didn't use Source, look up Boreal Alyph which did the same thing but was cancelled completely due to problems with tools n such.

dude thanks for brings fan game up i just recalled one i was following but haven't checked on in like 7 or 8 years

no problem

looks like it is still being worked on least till a year ago after that no info. Guy was trying to make the star fox game many wanted

[quartz ridge]

Sonic fans are wonderful, the play the games no matter how much they change the formula

Im grabbing sonic superstars later this year

Now if they stop playing around and create either SA3 or SH2, then I will be one happy gamer.

[fickle drift]

inb4 we get Shadow the Hedgehog 2 instead

I'm kidding please don't destroy me

nah we're going to get a second part to sonic 06 with all the wonderful game mechs

[quartz ridge]

Am I the only one annoyed they never replicated how cool shadow ran in SA2 compared to any other game that came after it?

[pallid island]

I saw a tiktok were they rank games if they are gas or trash

On halo 2 everybody on the tiktok video said it was trash, based ppl

[smoky token]

halo 2 is gas

[civic walrus]

campaign’s better if you’re not a tryhard

[pallid island]

Nah only the story is good, gameplay sucks stinky

[neon halo]

Halo 2 gameplay slaps

[pallid island]

Say that to the master chief with 30 health and the AI with barely dodgeable projectiles

[civic walrus]

say that to the arbiter cutting down heretics AND the flood

[zenith talon]

anyone wanna 4v4 in infinite

[static orchid]

I know it's horrible I forgot

But who is the name of the dude in reach with the minigun

[civic walrus]

Jorge

[lone jacinth]

I simply did not find any character really intriguing (other than noble 6 and Kat (for obvious reasons)). Sprint was nice tho

[fickle drift]

My boy Jorge. Was a true giga chad. How could you not???

[fickle drift]

Aged like milk

[lone jacinth]

Yeah George was cool. He just died too early to be that memorable

[pallid island]

Oh yeah you immediately die because you are so weak and enemies do so much damage that you can barely be free to use the sandbox

[fickle drift]

I think every character was perfectly fleshed out in reach imo

[lone jacinth]

Not Emile bruh

[fickle drift]

Reach was the cherry on top for bungie halo

[lone jacinth]

I liked halo 2 story, but the gameplay was so difficult. It hard even on just normal difficulty

[pallid island]

On normal i find it boring

[lone jacinth]

Guess I just suck

[pallid island]

only mods do the pleasure of balancing the enemies and the stats accordingly

[fickle drift]

Tf that bungie was able to put out masterpiece after masterpiece in the span of 9 years is impressive

[pallid island]

still the level design sucks regardless

[pallid island]

except halo 2, and kinda 3

i still like 3, but i think is overrated

[fickle drift]

HERESY!!!

[pallid island]

Sorry i said true words

[lone jacinth]

H1 level design sucks. Most forerunner structures are too repetitive and you do too much backtracking

H3 superior game. Love the marine armor

[pallid island]

H2 level design is worse it makes you wait in alot of rooms and CE did that like 3 times through the whole campaign

[fickle drift]

Bro could NOT bxr in Halo 2 😭

[lone jacinth]

Yeah but the library

[candid solar]

[pallid island]

Idc about the MP honestly is not worth to talk nowadays since is not 2004/2007

[candid solar]

The Library's one of the better levels in terms of design for CE.

[lone jacinth]

Nuh uh

[candid solar]

The best part is that it has 0 vehicles tbh

[fickle drift]

Halo 2 and 3 mp have aged like fine wine. They are much worth to talk

[pallid island]

Is filled with veterans so despite being great for that time now yeah not so much

[candid solar]

UT2004's the better 2004 FPS tbh

[fickle drift]

Nah Halo 2 and 3 still play flawlessly

[pallid island]

Thats because you played it on 2004-2009 ofc

[candid solar]

Flawless like a decently cut chunk of quartz.

[pallid island]

You have experience

[fickle drift]

If Halo 2 mp released today it would be a masterpiece

[pallid island]

For a new player on the mcc collection is difficult and just call it quit

[candid solar]

🎣

[fickle drift]

Well. It was much better than fortcrap

[pallid island]

Thats why is kinda dead the MP

[lone jacinth]

Halo 2 was good it’s just too friggin hard

[pallid island]

Nope

Halo 2 mp was succesful because of a key feature

[fickle drift]

Classic halo?? Difficult??? How??
It's as simple as it gets

[pallid island]

They didnt have online multiplayer back then

[lone jacinth]

As a new player, I found it rather simple

[pallid island]

Simple yes but pretty hard to know where the guns spawn if the maps keep changing constantly (aka no map vote)

[obsidian wyvern]

wasn't halo 2 legit the start of online matchmaking

[fickle drift]

Halo 2 mp was successful because it's still peak

[fickle drift]

Bungie burger are God's

[lone jacinth]

H4 was the best fr

[pallid island]

Yeah it was peak, but nowadays is outdated and infinite does a better job at multiplayer halo

[fickle drift]

343 could never

[fickle drift]

Halo 4? Ew

[lone jacinth]

Actually h5 was the best

[pallid island]

ew no

i got a match in that game and yeah no

[lone jacinth]

🧌

[fickle drift]

No. This is heresy RIGHT HERE!!

[pallid island]

h2a mp better

[fickle drift]

How could one say such things

[fickle drift]

Bro can NOT be fr 🤦‍♂️

[pallid island]

I said true words..............
Sorry bungie fan you gotta accept it...................

[fickle drift]

U def born in 2014

Ofc you'd think halo 4 and 2a mp is good

But I'm not going to even bother with this at this point

[pallid island]

Also this is personal taste but i prefer h2a over h2c

[fickle drift]

Needless arguing ends to no good

[pallid island]

But if you are a skilled pro player yeah i can see why you prefer h2c

[fickle drift]

Campaign wise? Fair enough.

[quick escarp]

I just simply don't like h2

[pallid island]

Both good, but both extremely outdated

[pallid island]

I said multiplayer wise

[fickle drift]

Yep ok. That is insane

[pallid island]

Same, on multiplayer can be good though

[fickle drift]

Plus it has like. Half the maps of og halo 2 😂

[pallid island]

Fun especially h2a despite the lighting bloom (my eyes)

[quick escarp]

It can but most of the times it's just people sweating and exploiting all the bugs that are now "features" in the game.

[fickle drift]

Also the lighting in halo 2a mp is wack

Too much visual clutter

[civic walrus]

it’s hard, but when it gets good, it gets really good

[fickle drift]

I hate it

[pallid island]

Thats why i prefer h2a it doesnt have all of that and still kinda like halo 2 mp

Except the lighting yeah i hate the lighting of that game

[pallid island]

Agreed

[quick escarp]

they fixed the bugs in h2a? Didn't know that

[pallid island]

H2a MP doesnt have the same engine of OG h2

Has halo 4 engine, but it doesnt have weapon loadouts thankfully

[fickle drift]

I will give halo 2a mp credit. It has custom skins. Something I wish og halo 2 had

[pallid island]

they could put them in classic halo 2 mp but since only tryhards play it, could be worth it idk

[quick escarp]

Yeah, always wondered why most of the armor is so bulky though.

[fickle drift]

Nah not all try hards play it. I've been able to get into a couple of matches playing against ppl who were probably born yesterday 😂

[quartz ridge]

I hope you realize the blam engine has been the staple engine with every mainline halo game since 01

[fickle drift]

It's a 50/50 I feel

[pallid island]

Ik but still different in some regard with game to game

Im surprised how halo 3 looks visually (well except the faces) using the same engine from 01

They definitly did the upgrade, not like halo 2 classic visuals which are awful

[pallid island]

Eh hard to get a match like that, i prefer halo 3/reach for casual matches tbh

Or if i want halo 2 mp well h2a is there for me

[quartz ridge]

Well yeah, but it’s still under the same engine is where I was only getting at.

[pallid island]

Yeah

[jolly pebble]

My internet disconnected and now I’m back to gold 2

Not fair

[static orchid]

I'm confused

In reach why did Jorge need to blow up the ship?

[earnest umbra]

unfortunately thers no reconect feature so yea you will get max penalty for quits

[civic walrus]

because the bomb broke

[static orchid]

Why did it need to be blown up anyways

[fickle drift]

They just don't make them like they use too

[civic walrus]

I think it was the main carrier over reach at that time

[static orchid]

So?

Couldn't they steal it? Didn't seem to be that much covenant on it or couldn't he crashed it

[civic walrus]

why would they steal it?

[static orchid]

It's a covenant ship with a massive weapon on it

Can't they use something with a huge weapon

[pliant hatch]

I doubt they knew how to drive it

[static orchid]

When it comes to fighting aliens I don't think there are any rules of if your vechile can be identified as the enemy or as a friendly

[pliant hatch]

and it probly takes an entire crew

[static orchid]

Then get some more people there and fight off the covenant as they wait

Like committing suicide to blow it up should be a last resort

[obsidian wyvern]

welcome to reach

[pliant hatch]

the planet is being destroyed. finding people who could fly it are likely far and few between and they needed a fast solution. Stealing it wouldn't gain anything.

[fickle drift]

yeah like if you think Jorge's death don't make sense wait till you see some of the rest of them

[static orchid]

Why did they need a fast solution

[fickle drift]

reach is my fav halo but yeah the deaths in story could have gone better

[pliant hatch]

cause they were losing the war

[obsidian wyvern]

Jorge was one of the ones that made sense, the rest...

[pliant hatch]

Kat's made sense

[fickle drift]

I mean the last one does kinda he was snuck up on

[obsidian wyvern]

bro has a radar

[static orchid]

I feel like kat death made sense, they were a bit distracted and didn't see the aircraft and she was shot in the head for it

[fickle drift]

what are shields

[pliant hatch]

they didn't have shields cause of the emp

[civic walrus]

L

[obsidian wyvern]

was that the actual lore reason lol

[static orchid]

What kind of shields do NPCs have

[fickle drift]

and then carter, carter could have just jumped out of the ship

[static orchid]

Like in odst those NPCs can really take some abuse

Heck even in reach one of them survived 3 of those tanks exploding

[obsidian wyvern]

they're just built different

[static orchid]

I bought halo ce

Now I need to wait a couple months to get a original xbox

[fickle drift]

why didn;t you just get MCC?

[static orchid]

I have mcc

That's how I played all the halos that I have so far

Well other then infinite and five

[fickle drift]

Okay so why then cuz halo ce is in MCC also brb match starting

[static orchid]

I want to play the original halo ce

And halo 2, not anniversaries

Plus if I get a xbox I can play the godfather

[final rose]

You can change the graphics

[static orchid]

Is the godfather xbox or xbox 360?

[static orchid]

Yeah but anniversary is a bit different and I assume controls are also

[obsidian wyvern]

as in you can change to the original version of the game

[final rose]

I mean, you can play with classic graphics

Press back on the controller to go to classic graphics

[obsidian wyvern]

if you're on controller, it's the 2 squares button

[static orchid]

People say the anniversaries didn't add anything to the games or remove anything but they only improved the graphics, but those same people said terminals weren't in halo ce and halo 2

[obsidian wyvern]

it also added skulls didn't it

[final rose]

to ce, yes

[fickle drift]

They added Terminals and Skulls for CE yes
They added Terminals and more skulls to H2

[obsidian wyvern]

you can't view the original cutscenes for 2 in mcc, right

[final rose]

you can

[obsidian wyvern]

really? is it the same button to switch

I've always tried but it's kept to the blur one, which isn't really a complaint

[final rose]

if youre on classic graphics you see the classic cutscenes

[static orchid]

I may get halo 2 also but I'll wait a month after getting the xbox

[fickle drift]

So in CE:A you can only retrieve either with Anni visuals on, in H2:A the Terminals are Anni only but the Skulls are on both

Yeah the H2:A cutscenes let you switch while watching them, CE:A is locked to whatever was set beforehand

Then CE:A lets you swap soundtrack and visuals independantly but H2:A doesn't

[obsidian wyvern]

might have to try that out whenever I next get on

[coarse sphinx]

Hi

[civic walrus]

hi

[coarse sphinx]

whats going on in halo ifinite rn

[fickle drift]

Rat

[civic walrus]

you can put halo 3 rat on your guns

[coarse sphinx]

thanks

ive been grounded for two weeks bc/ i got below an 85 in a class

[civic walrus]

oh also this thing called husky raid which is basically fiesta CTF but it’s a straight line

[coarse sphinx]

Oh ik husky

I played it and got 6 killtaculars off the turret on smahlhalla

lol

[static orchid]

Honestly Jorge death was sad

[civic walrus]

yeah

[static orchid]

Only because he wanted his death to count

But it didnt

[pliant hatch]

he gave his life thinking he just saved the planet. we should all be so lucky.

[coarse sphinx]

emiles was the saddest

[molten pelican]

halo infinite is now a good game

[elfin glacier]

@smoky token snor mimimimimi

[coarse sphinx]

aggred

[smoky token]

hjonk mormormor

[elfin glacier]

snor snor miiiiii

[haughty crypt]

the only way that aliens like Ceph Stalkers make sense in CoD: MW universe is anything that has to do with Area 51

btw, fighting the Ceph Stalkers in Crysis 2 is the closest thing to fighting against enemy Pilots in Titanfall 2 campaign and Frontier Defense

[iron maple]

@sturdy terrace what is your favorite elite

[hasty zinc]

a dead elite 👏

[quartz ridge]

They weren’t in those games originally

[candid solar]

It absolutely still counted.

He didn't save the planet, sure, but he cost the Covenant a signficant toll in manpower, ship power, and artifacts.

But anyone rational would know Reach's life was on a timer, even if the Long Night of Solace caught on and merc'd the Ardent Prayer.

[fickle drift]

Always has been

1997

Halo starts production

[molten pelican]

halo was invented in 1776 I was there

[candid solar]

Halo was never invented

It isn't real

[fickle drift]

Halo hasn't been good since 1989 imo

Doom hasn't been good since 2002

[molten pelican]

wheres that "halo, its reaaall" guy

[fickle drift]

Also ppl say halo 2 and 3 lobbies were far toxic back then? Lol.
I bet the most "Toxic" insult during the typical halo 3 lobby was "u are fat and ur mom gay"

[candid solar]

People just want to say lobbies back then were toxic to justify their not-so-thinly-veiled racism.

[molten pelican]

what

[candid solar]

What to what part.

[fickle drift]

Facts

Rizz 100 gyatts

[molten pelican]

how did we get here that was so random

[candid solar]

From here

[molten pelican]

I see

[fickle drift]

Halo 3 would be so awesome if instead of fighting the flood you fought against skibidi toilets from ohio

[pliant hatch]

no, toxic lobbies were much worse.

[fickle drift]

Bro it's soo hard not to swear here 😭

Isn't halo a M Rated game franchise??

[molten pelican]

not anymore

[pliant hatch]

discord doesn't equal the game rating

[fickle drift]

That's weird

Well since the flood ain't in the game anymore ig

Let's be honest. The only reason as to why halo 3 was M rated was because of the flood alone

Tell me. When I'm telling lies

[static orchid]

Ok I'm confused

I want to do this mission right, in the pillar of autumn we are told to stay low

Is stealth a actual option?

[coarse sphinx]

No

[static orchid]

Ok

[coarse sphinx]

Nuke em

Its halo CE the nades are nukes

[pliant hatch]

think they're referring to Reach

[static orchid]

I am

They are all dead

[pliant hatch]

you can do parts of it stealthy

[static orchid]

Oh...

[coarse sphinx]

what campign are you playing

[static orchid]

.

[coarse sphinx]

oh

I dont play any campaigns anymore I just sweat in Halo Ifinite Multiplayer

also I spell my name Caden instead of Caiden

lol

[static orchid]

Cool

I love in reach how you can steal any wraith you want in any mission

[iron maple]

yea

[static orchid]

I struggle in normal difficulty, I can't imagine legendary

[rare cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/trying-not-to-laugh-zoom-in-close-up-holding-it-back-gif-17288301

[static orchid]

Uh... why do people think six is alive

[hasty zinc]

out of the corner of my eye I thought that was Jim from the office

[static orchid]

Dude was stabbed 6 times with a energy sword

No way he is alive

[static orchid]

Well maybe 4 times, idk we only saw 3

He was stabbed until he stopped moving for sure

[civic walrus]

because he’s the only player character to have died in the same game he was introduced in

[static orchid]

There is a first for everything

He can be the first for that

[hasty zinc]

Forge in Halo wars 1

[smoky token]

not a player character

[static orchid]

And now idk what to do, I beat every campaign in mcc and infinite and halo 5

[rare cedar]

[static orchid]

Halo wars aren't my style

Isn't there something called spartan strike?

[hasty zinc]

yep and spartan assault

[static orchid]

Are they fps

[hasty zinc]

twin-stick overhead

[static orchid]

?

Ohhh

Based on screenshots it looks like halo wars

Sad

I'm assuming spartan strike is the same thing?

[rare cedar]

Yes

[smoky token]

not even close

[rare cedar]

Wait am I confused

[smoky token]

yes

[static orchid]

Yeah, it is

[coarse sphinx]

six is alvie

[rare cedar]

[smoky token]

true!

[coarse sphinx]

bro fell from space and lived

[static orchid]

Welp, that was probably my last halo until I get a new Xbox unless I get bored and want to replay any

[coarse sphinx]

he could get stabed and live

[static orchid]

Not a ton of times

[coarse sphinx]

blackbeard was stabbed 20 times and shot 5 before he died (:

[static orchid]

Whats the difference between halo: spartan assault and halo: spartan assault

Both made by microsoft

[coarse sphinx]

idk

[granite sky]

hes alive trust me

[static orchid]

Whats the difference between a arbiter and a elite

[hasty zinc]

alright, let's see how this goes

[hearty flame]

Learning how to work on your hardware is such a productive and fulfilling thing to do, I hope you enjoy it

[hasty zinc]

thanks! I've disassebled them before, just never swapped out a board

[hearty flame]

Logitech stopped selling their G600s with braided cables and the only thing that broke on mine was the scrollwheel, but those are too delicate for me to work on so I got a new mouse and transferred the cable over

[deft thicket]

The raindrops keep falling on my head

[pallid island]

Based?!

[hearty flame]

I hate that people won't understand this

[near tree]

Arbiter is a role, an elite (sangheili) is a species
The Arbiter is an Elite

[static orchid]

So sangheili and elites are the same?

[hasty zinc]

yes

[fading silo]

Affirmative

[sinful solar]

Trying to stream my game to discord for friends. Is there a way I can view my own stream to make sure it’s working?

[rare cedar]

You can try it out in your own server

[sinful solar]

I’m in a little server with friends only and trying to view from my phone but it won’t show up

Not sure if it’s because it’s still my account? Maybe I can’t view my own

[rare cedar]

More than likely, yes

[sinful solar]

Darn

[rare cedar]

since you're already streaming to that voice channel via xbox

[sinful solar]

That’s a bummer

I’ll see if a friend can see it or not

Thank you @rare cedar

[rare cedar]

🙂

[blissful horizon]

I gotta ask what happened with all the custom games ping

Somehow central us is 280ms but west us is 400ms

I’m so confused

[granite sky]

idk, something is messy for infinite cgb the mcc cgb performs fasterand lags much much less for some reason idk

[rare cedar]

different network engines

[granite sky]

yea u r probably right

[rare cedar]

I know I'm right lol

[granite sky]

i dont know anything i tend to put everything in question marks even what people say idk man

[rare cedar]

wack

[left bone]

meow

[final rose]

The Breacher BR and Impact Commando are useless

[final rose]

Spartan assault and spartan strike

[static orchid]

I mean spartan assault and spartan assault

[final rose]

Elite is how the humans call the Sangheili species

[tawny wadi]

ᗜˬᗜ

[hallow pollen]

Whats this weeks ultimate challenge?

[stoic rapids]

breacher BR is good, just has a reduced range, Impact commando is useless

[quick escarp]

Kill 30 people, simple.

[hallow pollen]

cool

[quick escarp]

Impact commando is only good as a melee weapon without being a melee weapon

[hallow pollen]

haha how fun when i need 65 more cumulative score to do the last challenge before the weekly ultimate

[static orchid]

Why did the covenant want reach so bad

And why did humans want to keep it so bad

[blissful horizon]

Google says reach was the biggest military planet for humans

[static orchid]

Yet it failed at surviving the covenant

Also why did the covenant stop producing needler rifles

Like they were pretty good, did they not have the resources for them?

[quick escarp]

Well they sent most forces to reach then any other battle I THINK.

[jade gust]

Well the Covenant fell, so they aren't producing anything anymore. The Needle Rifle is still produced by Maeleesh Bazaar in the post war era. We just haven't seen any in the games

[bold sparrow]

It showed up in Glasslands, Vaz got shot by one.

Also as a whole Blamite weapons are less common than before because the moon that its ammo comes from is controlled by the Sangheili.

[quick escarp]

Closest we got is the modification of the carbine but with blamite needles in 5

I think they’re a swords of sanghelios weapon..?

[bold sparrow]

Produced by allied artisan-armerors yes

[quick escarp]

That weapon was super OP though, I think better then the needle rifle.

[bold sparrow]

It was. The Needle Rifle needed three needles to detonate but like six to get through the shield.
The Blood of Suban just made you explode no matter what. Didnt need to headshot even, you just had to spam to the body and boom, DEAD.

TTK was ridiculous.

[quick escarp]

Actually one of my top weapons in 5

As far as the ones I remember and have actually played

[rare cedar]

Blood of Suban was probably my favorite covie weapon in H5

[jade gust]

It was such a fun weapon

And if we do see the Needle Rifle again, I think making it function like the Blood of Suban would do it wonders

[jade gust]

Well Chief is still alive

[fading silo]

Yeah he didn’t go blankie mode permanently

[quick path]

chief all the way

[fading silo]

I mean technically..no? To each their own ya know

🤷‍♂️

[fading silo]

I don’t really know what Halo 2 was like because i never really got to experience its multiplayer as i was relatively young when it came out (like 5 or 6) but you’re pretty spot on with Halo 3

They could get heated

[real hemlock]

Hello everyone

[weary lodge]

is it worth it to get helioskrill on halo 5

[quick path]

NO

halo 5 is trash

[queen remnant]

If you want sure

Just go for it

It's a cool armor too so

[weary lodge]

NUH UH DONT SAY THAT

[fickle drift]

So i was forging, then all of a sudden it tells me that i reached the global buget limit even though it's only at 30%......anyone else have that problem????

[weary lodge]

ig

[blissful horizon]

Too hard

I personally feel better when I call things trash

[queen remnant]

In a cave

[quick path]

it is tho

[obsidian wyvern]

we lost panda to the noble 6 propaganda

next he's gonna be calling him and only him hyper lethal

[jade gust]

He's a new tier of dead called super dead, with no chance of coming back

[steady jolt]

Hyper Deadal

[last thicket]

H o l a

How is everyone.

[blissful horizon]

Doing ok

[pale kite]

Wdym

[pale kite]

https://tenor.com/view/fade-away-oooooooooooo-aga-emoji-crumble-gif-20008708

Epic embedded failure

[blissful horizon]

Why does nobody use comms?

[fickle drift]

Only campaign

Multiplayer is aight

[fickle drift]

Halo 2 is trash

Halo ce is trash

Halo 3 is trash

343 good

Glad bungie left after reach. Could you imagine them making halo 4 💀

[tawdry shore]

Starfield wasn’t what I wanted so I’m going back to halo again

Can’t wait for halo finite

[jade gust]

He was stabbed by Elites to death, and if he somehow survived that, he was in a bad shape after, meaning he'd be struggling to fight. And if he somehow was able to still fight, the Covenant glassed most of Reach, which would kill him either from the glassing beam melting him, or from the changes the atmosphere would undergo due to the glassing beam

[hearty flame]

Uhm ackchually he was in a cave deep under the crust of the planet and he lived because glassing is superficial and also the cave had hundreds of medpacks so he didn't bleed out and also and also and also

[tall star]

i mean, halo games get a lot more hate because of 343 but the games are fire though

I like every halo game

[molten pelican]

yes

wait ive never seen someone be the opposite

this time its bungie bad thats wild

[tall star]

I love going on halo 2-3 and destroying scarab's

[hearty flame]

I think the 343 games get a lot of hate because each of their instalments lacks a major aspect of what the franchise was known for

[tall star]

Yes

I've seen halo infinite get alot of hate because of helmets and armor colors being 7$

[molten pelican]

personally I just dont love free to play games but it doesnt matter, no one forces you to buy helmets that cost 7 dollars lol

[hearty flame]

It's not about the fact that the helmets cost $7, it's about the poor practice surrounding pricing in Halo Infinite

[molten pelican]

ig I wouldnt know I spin my wheels in MCC🤷‍♂️

[hearty flame]

Real

You do you, mi amigo

[molten pelican]

🤝

Il give it another shot when S5 comes around probably

[jade gust]

If I recall, someone compared the shop prices to other games and Infinite's shop prices were a little bit lower than those in COD or Apex

Plus I don't see enough people talking about how when you buy the season pass, you get to keep it in Halo, whereas other games don't

[molten pelican]

this is kinda why I prefer the 60$ have it all games lol

yeah halo def better at it then the other leading games

[restive plover]

That is a fair perspective.
I am not going to start a comparison of Bungie vs 343 games (that has been argued enough), but I do want to know how many Bungie employees moved to 343 when they took over to keep working on Halo.

That would affect how much 4 would have kept that Bungie feel.

[jade gust]

Not as many as some people think, as there's some people out there who believe it was half of Bungie staff at the time that stayed and worked on Halo

Like, there definitely were some that stayed with Halo

And some who worked on Destiny and later came back to Halo (And vice versa)

[restive plover]

The usual then.
Tbh, I think some people mix up the debates of 1) whether 343 games kept that "Halo feel", versus 2) whether 343 games kept that "Bungie feel".
As they are two factors in the franchise, and not the same.
Imo, 343 clearly wanted to keep the "Halo feel" but wanted to diverge from the Bungie style.

[jade gust]

I'd argue that for most of Halo 4, it still felt like a Halo

I know people complain about the Forerunner structures in that game but given that the location is a Shield World and not a Halo Ring, it makes sense that things would look different. Not to mention that in the real world, architecture varies allot, so if anything it would've been more weird if all Forerunner locations had they exact same architecture

[hasty zinc]

stop using logic H8

we don't do that around here

[hearty flame]

Irrelevant, transactions in all games are stupid high

[dreamy stirrup]

Doggy day at the pool

[candid solar]

[normal owl]

Finally celebrating the end of two months of crunch with a weekend at a lakeside cottage, steak, and massage. Work is paying for it as a write-off.

[jade gust]

But I like using logic, it makes things make sense

[hasty zinc]

NO! Only complain

[jade gust]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-rebels-darth-maul-no-maul-star-wars-gif-17336122

[hasty zinc]

enjoy it man!

[restive plover]

Enjoy your massage!
I married a massage therapist. My back never hurts.

[hasty zinc]

I'm headed back to Mars to day to relax and explore

[normal owl]

And I'm bringing my Xbox to play Starfield perhaps lol.

[hasty zinc]

massages never do anything for me

[restive plover]

I have been one click from buying Starfield.

[jade gust]

Sorry to hear you've been crunching for two months, definitely enjoy this weekend

[normal owl]

You are a lucky lucky person.

[hasty zinc]

absolutely

[hasty zinc]

do it

[restive plover]

Stupid lucky. 😊

[normal owl]

Thank you! My body is finally accepting that it's over, so I'm in a fog of fatigue 24-7 now and it feels amazing to rest.

[restive plover]

Which skill tree yall looking at in Starfield?

[hasty zinc]

my skills are all over the place lol

[restive plover]

Avoid the caffine and alcohol and perform daily exercise. Brings the body back.

[normal owl]

One of us! One of us!
Welcome to Constellation!

[candid solar]

Only drink a mix of monster ultra and malibu rum.

[hasty zinc]

I ordered a new PCB for my 20th anniversary Attorney

[normal owl]

Cooking. Can curl your tongue. Rapping.

[hasty zinc]

but can you roll your r's?

[restive plover]

Those are all great talents.

[hasty zinc]

also which curl? halfpipe or clover?

I can do halfpipe but not clover

[normal owl]

Ok I must have the wrong definition, unless this is your definition of romance?

[restive plover]

Can anyone here clover?

[hasty zinc]

lmfao, for my 20th anniversary controller

[near tree]

Help me out, how demanding is starfield? Can you feasibly play 3 hours in the weekend and pick back up where you left off a week later?
Is there a lot to keep track of? I know its size is part of its appeal, but how complicated is it?

[hasty zinc]

not my wedding anniversary

[normal owl]

Ohhhh hahahahahahaha

[candid solar]

The clover curling mutant is guileful and will never reveal themselves, I'm sure.

[restive plover]

I totally had the wrong idea then.

[hasty zinc]

ok I'm gonna be honest. There is A LOT to do. Almost too much to do

the game doesn't hold your hand

[normal owl]

Same lol.

[candid solar]

I suppose that's par for the course for a Bethesda RPG.

[hasty zinc]

that being said, I don't see why you couldn't play a few hours then come back later

[candid solar]

I've been playing Oblivion a lot and I forgot how many weird and random side quests there are.

[near tree]

How much are you expected to do to get a decently full experience?

[restive plover]

I am interested in Starfield's combat. If it isnt fun, i am not sure if i will enjoy the game.
If there was a demo I could try...

[candid solar]

Dogbag

[dreamy stirrup]

Someone gonna be Nemo

[restive plover]

Small dog?

[dreamy stirrup]

Yee

[hasty zinc]

hmm, that's a tough one. I feel like I've barely touched the game

[dreamy stirrup]

He’s a sinker lol

[normal owl]

So actually in my experience this game is both endlessly huge and completely optimized for bite-size occasional play: because there is no IRL time limit on things. No seasons, no battle pass, no vaulting of content, no multiplayer population. It's very relaxing to be able to know you can completely roam at your own pace. Got a ton of things left to do? No problem, the game will be there for you whenever you're free.

[hasty zinc]

yeah that

[candid solar]

That sounds refreshing in a way.

[restive plover]

🤔 sounds lovely.

[normal owl]

It really is.

[candid solar]

Too bad it doesn't have driveable mechs

[restive plover]

Or grunts for that matter.

[hasty zinc]

it really needs some sort of rover

[near tree]

Awesome! That's reassuring
I'm still not sure I'm going to buy it now, but I'll have to give it a spin sometime

[normal owl]

It's like a town near a vacation home: whenever you go there you can meander, explore, and do activities.

[round laurel]

I feel like rover customisation would be perfect for their first DLC pack.

[restive plover]

I enjoy the meager tasks, mining, lumber, processing. Is it good with those?

[near tree]

Also this is exciting
Does this mean the next few walks of work will consist of normal work hours and moderate to low levels of stress?

[normal owl]

You always just do the very beginning until you join Constellation in order to unlock the ability to do all the basic game systems, then come back at your leisure. I've just been acclimating to the first big city and enjoying talking to people until I feel the itch to get off-world. Others have taken off at the first opportunity. All up to you and in your own time.

[normal owl]

Aegis and the others can speak to this better than me, but yeah you could sink all your time into economy and outposts and such if you wanted to. I'm going to in the future for sure.

[normal owl]

I think so! We finished a huge transition and now have even more freedom, so the next quarter will be methodically sanding down rough edges, structuring workflow the way we really want, etc. I enjoy looking at processes and improving efficiency, so I'm excited about it.

[near tree]

Awesome!

[restive plover]

Ah yes, the life of quarterly targets 😏.

[molten pelican]

keyboard go thocc

[molten pelican]

oh I got the perfect name for this one, how about clownfish

[restive plover]

Holy crap. 😍

[molten pelican]

run
pet
no run

[normal owl]

Hahaha aww having fun!

[molten pelican]

dynf sol and ultimo otw to play h5

[dreamy stirrup]

Swimmy day

[restive plover]

🤔 A single leash with 3 branched smaller leashes.

[dreamy stirrup]

Yes

Cerberus

[molten pelican]

why would you want to hold 3 leashes

[restive plover]

🤷🏽‍♂️ That is what I have always done.

[normal owl]

They go by faster and faster.

[molten pelican]

the future is now old man

[restive plover]

Mine are like a carriage wheel, once one ends, it starts all over.
Government work.

[restive plover]

Never! I love my flip phones!

[molten pelican]

probably better than the new samsung ones tbf

[hasty zinc]

I want a foldable

but I want to wait a few years

they're getting better

[molten pelican]

we got one when they came out and it kept breaking for no reason

[normal owl]

But a lot of advantages to public sector work! Can I ask what you do?

[molten pelican]

prob bc it was the first model

[molten pelican]

thats classified attorney yk that (CIA)

[normal owl]

Well there's all kinds: from local government to federal.

[molten pelican]

no, its either CIA or black ops.

[restive plover]

Mathematician with the federal DOL. Analyze the economy and report to congress.
Great work after the service. Family life balance is fantastic.

[molten pelican]

I was mistaken

[molten pelican]

thank you for your service

[normal owl]

That is seriously awesome: more importantly the lifestyle fit, but also that area. So fascinating. You must have your plate full especially recently.

[molten pelican]

my brain capacity could never with any sort of math related subjects, impressive

[normal owl]

Same. I'm always querying the analysts vs guessing myself.

[restive plover]

Thanks. I didnt get my full term in. Injured, medically separated.
Yea the pandemic threw us into overdrive.
Y'all see my numbers in the news all the time. Ever wonder how they figured out how much stimulus checks should be?
But like Attorney, need a vaca.

[molten pelican]

How were you injured?

[molten pelican]

il fly you to the bahamas mate

[hasty zinc]

I'm so good at persuading in this game

[restive plover]

Bahamas? Any place less sweaty?

[near tree]

Momsters

[normal owl]

Oversimplified perhaps, but does that mean you have better access to one of my biggest data wishes: educated guesses about which career fields I can smartly prepare my future children for?

[molten pelican]

montana ranch

yo ken how are you a new member?

[normal owl]

I'm about to level up finally: been persuading every potential crew members I see to drop their price so I can rack up persuasions. Really leading them on.

[restive plover]

Depends on how old they are now and therefore how far down the projections would be for.

[normal owl]

Come crash our lakeside cottage weekend. 70° all weekend.

[near tree]

Will do, thanks

[normal owl]

Thank goodness. There's beach here, we need an expert.

[normal owl]

That'd be such a blast if we had our own meetup: like a Halo-server-con.
Oh wait, that's World's, and I can't go.

[restive plover]

Appreciated. That does sound perfect.
I am totally jealous of your vaca.

[normal owl]

I am jealous that you married a massage therapist. That's a jackpot.

[restive plover]

Oh, i have a job too, I am her personal human calculator.
...And the accounting, taxes, legal paperwork, blaaaah.
We are a great fit for each other.

No Ms. Attorney yet?

[hasty zinc]

he's married to his work

[restive plover]

😆

[normal owl]

This is actually true. Though I wasn't thoughtful enough to get Work a circuit board for our anniversary.

[hasty zinc]

lmfao

see I made the mistake of getting 2 special edition controllers instead of one special edition and one regular controller I can throw around

[normal owl]

I thought you were going to buy a regular knockaround controller? I feel so strongly about special controllers that it would be my pleasure to literally mail you a new unused regular white one.

[hasty zinc]

haha, nah it's all good. If I remember I'll just pick one up while I'm out. I always forget though

[normal owl]

As a prank, I should get it autographed by a celebrity.
"Nooooooooo now I can't use it either!"

[hasty zinc]

although my real plan is to get a shell replacement for my other controller because the grip glue started to peel and that's why I ditched my old one

[normal owl]

Series controller or one of the XB1 gens?

[hasty zinc]

I just need a back shell this one

[normal owl]

Literally gasped bc I have this one.

[obsidian wyvern]

woah that looks sick

[hasty zinc]

you see my problem with limited edition controllers right?

I literally do not have a regular basic controller

[normal owl]

So I actually bought the shell for that controller but in army green to put on a plain controller so I could enjoy the design without degrading the actual blue one

[hasty zinc]

5 controllers and they're all special editions

[normal owl]

It's like having to choose which child doesn't get dinner.

Well, maybe this Recon controller will be the workhorse since you have to source a back cover anyway.
I feel like you could get away with OEM black for a while until you find the actual Recon back.

[hasty zinc]

I was looking at used ones for a shell swap but it grosses me out thinking about someones skin crud on the grip

[normal owl]

Ok this is just cruel lol

[near tree]

Which infinite did you play?

[hasty zinc]

this bundle looks good though

[jade gust]

That's my old controller!! I still have it too!! Use it for stuff on my PC these days

[hasty zinc]

it's a great controller

[normal owl]

One of us!

[near tree]

Just go over it with a Clorox wipe

[hasty zinc]

we all saw it and went "oh yeah, that's the one"

[normal owl]

That's better than what I'm seeing. Might be the one to go with.

[hasty zinc]

it looks very clean for used

[near tree]

Can't pass up that deal

[hasty zinc]

grips look good, no peeling or wearing that I can see

[normal owl]

Oh that's right, it has actual grips. I forgot bc mine lives in its rubber cover.

[jade gust]

Like, this thing has been so nice to use. Honestly tempted to refurbish it as the grips peeled off a few years back and the joysticks have seen better days (It's also been sat unused for a bit too)

[hasty zinc]

I do not want to buy new because then I'll be in the same situation with another new special edition controller lol

those joysticks

[normal owl]

Yeah the slate blue is so nice.

[hasty zinc]

holy

[jade gust]

I used it allot

[jade gust]

Reason I got it, I love the blue

[normal owl]

Exactly! We understand the power of the temptation we would invite upon ourselves.

[normal owl]

• shipping = totally worth it.

[jade gust]

I can assure you, most of the wear on the joysticks came from not knowing that Battlefront II had an option to make sprint a toggle for way too long

[normal owl]

Is that a black + grip back? @jade gust shows what I think is original: a darker slate blue. Just ensuring you're getting the actual issued back.

[jade gust]

The grips fell off mine, it used to have the same grips seen in the picture that was on Aegis'

[normal owl]

But color is like a deep blueish rock right?

[hasty zinc]

yeah

pic does look black though.. hmm

honestly though the 2-tone doesn't look that bad

[normal owl]

Was thinking the same. But if that's the case, you could get a OEM black back for cheaper.

[hasty zinc]

yeah I don't know if I want to do grips again though

[normal owl]

I think regular OEM black didn't have rubberized grips, just the standard textured slight plastic bumps. Which is cheaper also.

[hasty zinc]

yeah

[normal owl]

I might have some actually from my controller customization days.

Or did I purge all that during my basement reorg. I'll have to check.

[hasty zinc]

idk, I might just same-day a standard black series x controller

[normal owl]

Then you can finally enjoy it without care.

Like a fast food meal.

[hasty zinc]

I'm glad someone understands how I feel about using these controllers

[normal owl]

[hasty zinc]

it's hard to explain to people why I don't want to use the controllers I purchased

"it's just a controller"

NO

[normal owl]

My friend bought me the XB1 red sport edition years ago as a gift and I had her sign the back in marker with a little message. She made me promise to use it bc she knows how I am. Well I haven't.

Better to break a promise than a controller, I think we all agree.

[hasty zinc]

agreed

[normal owl]

People like that don't understand art. So sad.

[coarse sphinx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOzPmX4GvF0

the saddest death In halo reach

[fickle drift]

this is random but good news about the drought in my area I mentioned awhile ago and also semi-bad news: good news is that we had our first big thunderstorm in literally 3 months, semi-bad news is that the storm knocked out my power for a bit.

And somehow I slept through the storm

[coarse sphinx]

nice

[hasty zinc]

so much lightning last night, was like paparazzi outside

[coarse sphinx]

We had lighting here in TX too

[fickle drift]

you live in Texas too?

[coarse sphinx]

yeah

[fickle drift]

nice

[coarse sphinx]

dallas area

[fickle drift]

I live near Houston in a suburban area, thats all I'll say about it to avoid doxxing myself 😅

[hasty zinc]

too late

[coarse sphinx]

same lol

[upper trail]

Halo custom edition is alive guys

[fickle drift]

lemme guess: you figured out I live in the Milky Way Galaxy? 🤣

[hasty zinc]

you live about 10-15 minutes away from HEB right?

[fickle drift]

oh no

welp wouldn't be the first time I revealed my (not-exact) location

[hasty zinc]

lol I just picked a popular store in texas and a generic timeframe

I have a friend in texas that talks about HEB

[fickle drift]

Well all I know is that I live in Central Time

[upper trail]

Still alive...

nostalgia has made a group of programmers revive the game after a long time

[fickle drift]

I used to have a motherload of friends thanks to school, but since I graduated most of them left me behind and all I have left is a few people close by and a couple friends I gained/regained contact with via Discord

it just isn't the same without them ._.

fortunately I joined Discord as a last resort and its prevented me from becoming extremely lonely in the end

[jade breach]

can enemies see me on the radar if im crouching?

[hasty zinc]

no

[fickle drift]

if they did they're likely cheating

[jolly pebble]

Yo how do I get better teammates

[fickle drift]

pray to the precursors

Anyone have an issue finding ranked matches? The wait says 1:06, but been searching for 30 mins now (restarted my game 4x) I have no clue how to fix this problem. Been suffering with it for weeks.

[eager patrol]

maybe there's no one in your area or close enough to your rank? can't speak for ranked, but the wait times aren't set in stone. team slayer said 0:31, but i found a match instantly.

[obsidian wyvern]

ranked should be decently active at this time for their region

but I've also had that problem

[shut nymph]

when is firefight dropping in Halo Infinite

[pulsar cobalt]

Season 20 with elites and dual wielding and warzone 😂

[steady jolt]

Nothing has ever been mentioned about this being a thing

[meager rover]

No

[fickle drift]

Jun didn’t unfortunately

[meager rover]

Jun survived

[eager patrol]

where'd you see that?

[storm summit]

Carter flew into the Scarab during the battle of Aszov or however it's spelled, Kat got shot in the head in New Alexandria when they were trying to get to a glass shelter, Jorge teleported a third of a super carrier to oblivion with him above Reach and around Anchor 9 (i think?), Emile was stabbed in the back by a zealot at the Aszov Ship breaking yard while covering the PoA, and Six died around the end of the battle of Aszov after fighting for hours

I'm pretty sure the dead Spartans and Army troopers are people he'd been fighting alongside

Jun survived with Halsey, but no one really knows how

There's a fan comic that's really good which makes an explanation for it or something

I think it's called Halo: Fist Full of Arrows or something

[restive plover]

I hear that from a lot of people here.
That is why we are a community, and what is life if not to help each other?
We should set up regional events though to further strengthen the halo community.

[misty trout]

helloguys

[rare cedar]

I graduated high school 15 years ago, and I only have 3 best friends as a core group. Being in the military, friends come and go and you make really good ones rarely, but what you’re saying is unfortunate but it’s the way of the road, as they say.

[candid solar]

Life happens.

Speaking of life, I caught a bird last month, and I can actually post the sneaky devil now.

Randomly flew into the office on a drill weekend.

[misty trout]

cute

bird

[jade gust]

They're a friend!

[misty trout]

frend

[rare cedar]

I’m pretty sure every safety briefing I’ve heard always mentions to “not mess with the wildlife”

[misty trout]

But its cute

[elfin glacier]

^

[candid solar]

Tbf, I was rescuing it, not messing with it.

It flew in and caused a mess.

[misty trout]

Is your pfp a frog?

cool froggo

[candid solar]

Yes, a frog emblem from one of the cosmetic sets in Infinite

[rare cedar]

Would you consider this cute?

plz say yes

[candid solar]

Angry and cute

[misty trout]

beautiful

[candid solar]

Slightly smaller than my thumb.

[hasty zinc]

MAKE IT GO AWAY

[rare cedar]

@candid solar post it again but with spoiler tag, folks have phobias

[candid solar]

Ah.

Garden spider on an Earthmover near my shop.

I... think it worked that time.

[rare cedar]

It did, thanks

[candid solar]

I like orb weaver type spiders. Did freak me out a bit when it suddenly sprinted to the edge of the web.

It caught a fly.

[coarse sphinx]

whats its name?

You should Name it John

[candid solar]

I called it stinker.

It committed biological warfare on my supervisor's desk before I could catch it.

Poor little fella.

[quartz ridge]

You got the inheritor role? How?

[candid solar]

I am just that good.

[obsidian wyvern]

same question we're all asking

but honestly, where's force commander's inheritor role

[round laurel]

Got lost in the post.

[calm fiber]

For server moderation concerns, please message @bleak yoke.

[obsidian wyvern]

😔 one day you'll get it

[quartz ridge]

False

[pulsar cobalt]

One day we will get mark IV and mark VI

[candid solar]

It's probably because I consistently communicate.

... and constantly.

[fickle drift]

Always has been

[hearty flame]

What if I told you AAA game development has been bad for years

Overworked devs being one of the worst parts about it

[muted rose]

I distinctly remember you saying you wouldn’t get it, how wrong you were

Either way congrats

[candid solar]

A bit sus if you ask me.

[pulsar cobalt]

Trenchbird got inheritor before me crazy

well to be fair i haven't been active lately so that's probably why

[pliant hatch]

bruh, there's someone sitting across from me with plumbers butt

[pliant hatch]

It just wants kisses

[muted rose]

That’s a huge rattler!

Looks like a diamondback too

[bronze breach]

same, too stressed out in life, so i dont come here anymore or play infinite. as a result missed last week's stream coatings and probably going to miss out on this event lol

[eager patrol]

start of school?

[bronze breach]

nah, I work at a law firm as a paralegal, things been stressful since July lol

[obsidian wyvern]

things have been stressful for you ever since you joined from the sounds of it

[eager patrol]

yikes

[timber charm]

😢

[bronze breach]

yeah, but its gone worse, since July and I whistleblowed the problems to my the founder of the law firm and the CEO.

I don't know if I'll be back here anytime soon, but I do check here every once in a while...

like I know siege got inheritor xD

[timber charm]

not spiteful?

[bronze breach]

nah, too much on my mind to think about inheritor haha

[timber charm]

i meant the youtuber ispiteful lmaoo

[pulsar cobalt]

Least your having a nice break though man

you be nice and refreshed once you start playing again

[bronze breach]

oh lmao.

[tardy thistle]

I know spiteful he added me on Xbox then my hype got killed discovering he just adds a ton of people

[bronze breach]

hopefully, I can pick up infinite once season 5 starts.

[obsidian wyvern]

you're gonna miss the rat charm 😱

[tardy thistle]

H3 rat

[cinder beacon]

Rat charm looks like a rat

[pulsar cobalt]

They should of made that the discord picture

[obsidian wyvern]

100%

[pulsar cobalt]

its worthy enough

[tardy thistle]

Rats can carry diseases and it’s the containment even 🧐

Event*

Contaminant* oh my god

[cinder beacon]

Wat

When does the new season come out

[pulsar heron]

so can cats and dogs

[tardy thistle]

Ur right

Why did rats get that stereotype

[midnight trench]

Im getting 2200 onyx players in my ranked games, sweaty

[jade gust]

Erroneously being blamed for almost wiping out half of Europe with The Black Death when in reality it was the fleas that carried the bacterium

[obsidian wyvern]

check the pins in #halo-discussion

[tardy thistle]

Yea I remember from this one Pixar shorts movie the rats were saying it wasn’t them that was responsible it was the fleas idk how that’s my only way of knowing 😂

[obsidian wyvern]

https://twitter.com/FunLilCharacter/status/1700552714680250407?t=iwcI5ubF_qZXaVmmwtB2DA&s=19

gub gub 🇮🇪 (@FunLilCharacter)

They put the Jimmy rings in the starfield

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[steady jolt]

Whoa

Missed opportunity to call him Master Cheeks

[queen remnant]

Now Starfield is peak

[timber charm]

ive gamed unhealthy amts of starfield

[muted rose]

No such thing

[hasty zinc]

give me the numbers

[timber charm]

2days9hrs

[hasty zinc]

respectable

do not judge me

[timber charm]

its my first bethesda game so

[timber charm]

FOUR

[hasty zinc]

listen

[timber charm]

DAYS HAHA u got premium upgrade

[hasty zinc]

yee

well I just flat out got deluxe on steam

[timber charm]

kinda wish i got collectors

how long in character creator

[hasty zinc]

eh, about 20 minutes. My wife was helping me make a character

[timber charm]

ngl i took about an hr

made, remade, remade again

the sliders, so many sliderss

[warped tree]

Not the paramount chief

[muted rose]

Haven’t seen one of these for awhile

[timber charm]

master 🍑

[warped tree]

Jimmy rings

Need someone to make Steve downs

The real master chief

[muted rose]

Someone will find a way to make halo 4 chiefs face despite only seeing the eyes

[molten pelican]

how does your wife feel about this

[molten pelican]

master cheeks is in starfield now. time to purchase

[summer flame]

guess who was able to get there roommate to get him pizza cause he's lazy?? This guy!!!

[steady jolt]

[misty trout]

Grounded

[forest lagoon]

Always called them Banana Spiders because we always saw them around the plantain trees

[young wave]

Why not go back to the old matchmaking isntead of SBMM? Sell it to me

[steady jolt]

SBMM has been in every Halo FPS since Halo 2

Including social

[young wave]

Correct but not quite turned up to 50%

I’m not completely against it

[steady jolt]

It's been pretty much the same since Halo 3

3 and 5 used the same underlying code

Infinite very likely uses the same setup, but with tuning from feedback after 5

[young wave]

I just don’t see a real benefit or study of it retaining players is all. I’m just trying to get more versed in it. I see everyone complain about it.

[steady jolt]

It's designed to help prevent constant blowout matches. The kind of matches that make lower level players quit and not come back

[smoky token]

SBMM exists in every multiplayer game these days

[young wave]

I see, is there actually numbers that support that? I mostly just see the everyday player complain that they have to sweat to have a decent time instead of having a more casual playlist without it.

[smoky token]

really without exception