general-chat

[steady jolt]

Looks at Bungie in the news right now

https://tenor.com/view/tedlasso-yikes-gif-27201348

[left bone]

bait used to be believable

[hasty zinc]

https://tenor.com/H5pA.gif

[ocean herald]

I wouldn’t be opposed to Reach 2

[hollow tundra]

So like is this game alive again? Im finding basically every mode in like 10 seconds after searching

Even ranked

[nimble portal]

humble request for enemy outlines to be disabled by default in Firefight

[bold sparrow]

You think he's gonna keep all those cars or

[cloud holly]

https://tenor.com/view/cringe-eeee-gif-24636179

[elfin glacier]

i know this is old but

fresh ideas
lol

[covert dove]

[pulsar cobalt]

Bungie is literally not the same 😂

I would rather have 343 make the game thanks least they care and actually listen look at all the great stuff they have done to infinite

[bleak shoal]

Based

[bleak shoal]

Am I wrong?

-<-

[solemn scroll]

Halo Reach 2 and it's just a farming simulator during the rebuild of civilization on the planet

[bleak shoal]

Even if the game isn't as big as it once was. It's still really alive and well.

[bleak shoal]

Uhm new weapons ok good. Story uhmmm. Campaign uhmmmm. Hunters uhmmmm. Atriox uhmmmm. Endless uhmmmm. Many environments uhmmmm

Ok real talk. Hunters almost getting cut from the game is crazy which explains their horrible gameplay in the campaign so that gets pass. The skimmers are just nerfed drones that hover on the ground. Atriox barely being in the game doesn't even make sense

[ember shoal]

Agreed. Bungie has made some questionable decisions post halo

[cerulean belfry]

idk how it doesnt work for everyone else but for me it just does (sometimes… Im still at a major disadvantage)

[bleak shoal]

They littleraly shut down a studio when they made halo wars

Hmmm If u got any other console fortnite is free on there too

Definitely worth getting tbh 👌

[cerulean belfry]

i got a og account on my xbox but my sister took that account 💀💀💀

[bleak shoal]

Lol

Should take it back or just make a new one

[cerulean belfry]

i gotta figure how to migrate the switch account cause its still a good account with rare items

i got the best master cheif combo on there

[bleak shoal]

Just use your epic games account

It should be the same when you log your Nintendo epic games account to whatever console you try to play Fortnite on

[cerulean belfry]

yeah

[fickle drift]

I hated every second of halo ce

well, at least of the second half

everything starting at attack on the halo main controls and through the final mission, amazing story but the level design and the flood... and the flood AND the covenant

actually gave me a brain tumor

still miles better than anything 343 has written ever

[left bone]

"uhmm uhmmmmm uhmmm"

you're literally texting, you can't stutter or make imperfections here 💀

[fickle drift]

infinite multiplayer is far from the issue

the issue with 343 isn't their gameplay creation capability, the issue with 343 is how bad they've butchered the writing of Halo

bungie as much as I dislike destiny 2, had peak writing in its prime and still has exceptional gun play.

and the sad part is that 343 won't hire anyone from Bungie due to the Microsoft grudge after reach

[cloud holly]

EAC error again

[pulsar cobalt]

This is false by the way

[fickle drift]

oh yeah and 343 can't keep up servers to save their life

[fickle drift]

it's not, they've stated it before outright

[cloud holly]

I assume EAC is part of the server related problems recently.

A lot of streamers have the EAC issue too.

[steady jolt]

Kami, all you've done since you got here is trash on 343 and it's getting tiring. Find something more productive to do with your time

[fickle drift]

Microsoft got a big f you from Bungie, even if 343 wanted to hire ex Bungie Microsoft wouldn't let them

[cloud holly]

Constant rebooting the game

[pulsar cobalt]

Uny has literally said few weeks ago bungie devs are welcome

[fickle drift]

I have only trashed on them where it is deserved.

which is mainly in the writing department lol, I'm not going to change that stance

I think they're killing it with the gameplay personally

is the old halo formula get old for a lot people, yes. does that mean 343 and their work on the gameplay of Halo is bad? absolutely not

and I'm positive that a lot of the hate 343 got at the beginning of infinites run was heavily because of the f2p multiplayer and micro transactions

[pulsar cobalt]

Infinite wasn't hated due to that it was the bugs,desync and lack of content and main features

[bold sparrow]

Bungies 200 cars and layoffs after final shape, lol

[fickle drift]

also Infinite servers have struggled off and on since release btw. but that's not the first time Microsoft based servers have had uncontrollable aneurysms

[fickle drift]

it was also the story direction and people weren't fond of the F2P formula.

[pulsar cobalt]

Even if it was paid the game still would of been the same lmao

[cloud holly]

No. Game has been good to me. It's only since the crowdstrike issue.

[bold sparrow]

Haven't had issues with it myself either.

[fickle drift]

ye but it's happened in the past, not just with halo

the first descendant ran Microsoft based servers on release and it hardly worked for a whole day

wat are the most populated modes in matchmaking

[shell forge]

well looks like there will be 4 matching suits of mirage at hcs worlds 2026

[elfin glacier]

fortnite is trendchasing incarnate

[fickle drift]

no no, I think people being upset about the multiplayer being F2P to push long term money gain from players through micro transactions and battle passes is absolutely valid.

But that's more a modern gaming criticism these days, but still not a good thing

[elfin glacier]

xbox live gold says hi

[bleak shoal]

Ok I get where your coming from but that's mainly skins your talking about

[fickle drift]

it can't say hi it's been dead for years

[bold sparrow]

Assuming they have HCS 2 years from now

[bleak shoal]

Goodbye Xbox live 😢

[elfin glacier]

i don't think you get the point

[shell forge]

2026 is gonna be the big year

so they gotta have it fr

[bold sparrow]

Great, cool, tell me when I can get excited cause I'm not putting energy towards something 2 years out

[elfin glacier]

the roguelike thing they did? the splatoon movement with the chrome or whatever?

[bleak shoal]

Hey it's keeping more players on the game lol

[shell forge]

well 3 of us should have the suits done this year

all 4 of us should have it done by February

[fickle drift]

the unreal engine creator

[shell forge]

but since we're all in seperate states its hard to meet up for events

[elfin glacier]

what

[bleak shoal]

Timothy Dean yo

[elfin glacier]

a game editing tool isn't original

[bleak shoal]

Ceo of Epic games and creator of what Kami already said lol

[fickle drift]

It is trend chasing

[bleak shoal]

What?

[fickle drift]

fortnite is trend chasing the game

[elfin glacier]

don't you mean Tim Sweeney

[fickle drift]

no one calls the ceo of a billion dollar gaming company by their name because no one cares to know who they actually are

[elfin glacier]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games

[bold sparrow]

Actual SPI or Infinites Mirage 2c

[bleak shoal]

Timothy Dean Sweeney?

[elfin glacier]

Key people Tim Sweeney (CEO)

[bleak shoal]

Lmao

[fickle drift]

wasn't epic games responsible for gears of war back in the day

[elfin glacier]

i have seen literally 0 people besides you call him Timothy Dean

[bold sparrow]

Somewhat. Much of the lore writing was by *Karen Traviss& (blech)

[elfin glacier]

yes

[shell forge]

mix

[fickle drift]

how times have changed lol

[bleak shoal]

Why does it matter lmao

[shell forge]

base of infinite core with custom modeled parts of the original spi armor

[bleak shoal]

Yeah

I've never played Gears of War. I have gamepass so imma try it out

Is it good?

[bold sparrow]

It's pretty fun

[elfin glacier]

it doesn't it's just weird/confusing

[bleak shoal]

Still doesn't matter lol and it ain't weird or confusing. No one really cares

[bleak shoal]

Bet. Just finished RE2 Remake so playing something that's not a horror games is gonna be relieving

[fickle drift]

all the way up to gears 5 is good imo, although people aren't fond of the direction recently

[bleak shoal]

Yeah I notice alot of that in video games

Aight gonna get dinner while 1st game is installing cya

[winter flame]

i think 5 is just meh

it does some stuff well

[fickle drift]

the dlc makes up for it

[pulsar cobalt]

5 is meh but warzone and breakout was real good modes what i enjoyed the most

[fickle drift]

gears of war 3 pve mode where you played as the locust

[winter flame]

i dont actually think the semi-open world concept was badly done, though i definitely think its the weakest gears game overall

[cloud holly]

that's in an interesting take considering you don't like new halo

[fickle drift]

a lot of people don't

but I think 5's writing was meh, I actually thoroughly enjoyed 4

following JD was the right decision

[winter flame]

yeah

[pulsar cobalt]

Personally i hope they stick with it it has so much potential as a pve mode for infinite that they could support or any future games

[winter flame]

i also just think the campaign gameplay wasn't refined much and probably a regression from 3/4

[fickle drift]

we're not talking about infinite

[fickle drift]

it was odd to see the locust awaken in the labs, I honestly wonder if any survived

although as of right now we will be getting a prequel, which is gonna be sickkk

Eday is such a cool concept

[winter flame]

yeah im pretty excited

[fickle drift]

imagine Skorge and young raam

[narrow lichen]

being an MCC enjoyer rn sure is fun 😀

[pulsar cobalt]

Oh right recon said gears 😂

My bad

[winter flame]

infinite's open world dont really like ngl

to me gears is how it should have been done, if at all

open mission design basically

[fickle drift]

gears of war is the only IP keeping me on Xbox, I've always been a Microsoft sided guy but I've come close to buying a PS5 just for exclusives and bloodborne

[fickle drift]

it's typical Ubisoft run around and complete the tasks on the map

[pulsar cobalt]

Problem with infinite's open world is it was abit lifeless and there wasn't really much to do with it after you completed the story i 100% think it should of been a pve mode after though with 343 adding stuff to and new biomes

[winter flame]

tbh Gears made my Series X worth the investment. The entire franchise at 60fps.

[fickle drift]

and people still play the ever living helllllll out of multiplayer gears

[cedar turret]

Honestly, I think it's too soon to go exclusive with any console. Shop around before you buy that ring

[cloud holly]

I enjoy Gears of War. I don't have issue with it. I enjoyed all of them.

i dont mind eday and the new team. i hope they bring fresh ideas and hopefully a complete game on launch

[fickle drift]

I actually fw the swarm as a race heavy, I just wish they would flesh them out more without the whole kate stuff

[cloud holly]

I kinda wish 343 put more investment in PVE cause Gears 5 PVE was gas.

[fickle drift]

Eday is gonna be good I trust tbh

[cloud holly]

it's a whole new team and leadership. i hope so

[winter flame]

Series X will be my last console that I buy at retail price. Maybe I'll get other consoles when they're being tossed in dumpsters but basically every game is getting a good PC port these days and I'm patient so I don't mind waiting to upgrade my PC for a new game

[fickle drift]

I wonder if we will ever get mainline gears of war 6 lmao, it's been yearssss

[cloud holly]

xbox let them choose what to do. the article outlines eday is a soft reboot while telling a new story and game at the same time. Gears 6 wont happen until after eday or hopefully they can spit out games with 2 studios working on gears now.

i imagine eday's success will shape what they do and put in gears 6

[fickle drift]

I'd love to see coalition get some fresh minds and writers in play with the new team, could make gears 6 absolutely phenomenal and right the wrongs of 5

[cloud holly]

At this point a Gears collection or any hope of a remaster is dead. Xbox is going forward with new games only.

[signal wedge]

PC is the future

ha! get warned

[cloud holly]

the future is streaming the way things are going with modern gaming, be warned!

[signal wedge]

watching people play games my PC won't run

[winter flame]

they need to nail the gameplay for Eday. I feel like every Gears game has its ups and downs gameplay wise and I just wish they'd refine it.

Halo Infinite does have satisfying gameplay even if it lacks the variety Gears offers

[cloud holly]

no, games stream, no install, like watching netflix, like gamepass cloud. no buying or installing.

[signal wedge]

that already exists

Xbox and playstation have it

Subscription based is stupid though.

I wanna own the games I play

[pulsar cobalt]

Halo infinite atm mostly lacks modes and sandbox additions and maps and a commendation type system with medals and that to collect

[winter flame]

PC is just kinda a no brainer if your patient. There's so many games you can play on mid-to-low spec gaming PC and then just upgrade when its affordable to play newer games

[signal wedge]

Also I just got 1 month of Netflix and realized how many movies and shows im interested in is not even on Netflix....

I will never again subscribe to Netflix

[cloud holly]

well that's the direction of gamepass, eventually. Xbox on your tv via gamepass cloud.

[pulsar cobalt]

Also i think a daily login reward system type thing would be good for infinite also these rewards would end up in the exchange after few months or something

or a monthly reward claim system

[cloud holly]

it will be interesting if Steam will have any clout to stop this trend becuase Riot games Xbox and other big names will certainly move to streaming to milk more $ out of you.

[winter flame]

i think Steam is gonna do fine, a lot of people aint streaming games even if that's the only option

[cloud holly]

want to play valorant? subscribe to play and get all these skins and free battlepass. Ubisoft is already beta-testing this with R6.

[winter flame]

like there's too much competition for games to go cloud or subscription only

[cloud holly]

And I'm not saying this will happen now or in a few years. This is a long corporate game by Microsoft. You won't install windows, all cloud access too.

[winter flame]

the only reason F2P worked is cause its free, people like free stuff. subscriptions are the opposite, netflix only suceeded cause it's value proposition was nuts to begin with

you've just got this huge market of players who will only buy games and play on their own hardware. there's always gonna be publishers willing to cater to them

[cloud holly]

We'll see. R6 is beta testing this now with a membership to access the battlepass and skins paid monthly - spread out cost.

[signal wedge]

• • • • Ubisoft

Ubisoft games are low quality messes

except the old AC games

[cloud holly]

i hope so, we need push back. it's already bad in my opinion that steam set the trend of killing of physical. I know it's a bit redundant but even a tokenistic physical release with a steel book adds value to my $60.

[signal wedge]

the new ubi star wars game is gonna flop hard

[cloud holly]

if i spend $80 on a collectors edition i want the good old day of a real art book, soundtrack cd and steel book, not some pdf and mp3 zip

[pulsar cobalt]

I don't think it will

[molten shoal]

Does anyone have a pet that died or alive

[pulsar cobalt]

What kinda question is that 💀

[cloud holly]

It looks good. What happened?

[molten shoal]

Answer

[cloud holly]

Seems like Limited Run helping keep physical games alive even if its over priced.

[signal wedge]

LOOKS GOOD? OPEN THY EYES MAN

[bleak shoal]

I had a goldfish that died

Name was flippy and he was a betafish

[signal wedge]

it looks horrible, and not for woke reasons

[pulsar cobalt]

How does it look horrible ?

not all games have to be graphically amazing

[signal wedge]

well for one she can knock out storm troopers with one hand, that I feel is unrealistic

[normal owl]

It still looks good. Following the updates has transformed the game from a "meh seems like it'll be ok" to a "wow they really understand what has worked and what hasn't in past games". They've been mindful of the pitfalls of other classic Ubi games, and the fact that it was most heavily inspired by Ghost of Tsushima is great.

[signal wedge]

are you talking about AC shadows

[normal owl]

Star Wars Outlaws

Reading the more revent developer interviews is very insightful. A lot more has come out since the initial round of previews.

[signal wedge]

okay on second thought the AI might seem a lil dumb but it looks alright

[worthy ginkgo]

Good thing the food nipple is waiting for me at the starship because man have I worked up a big grunty thirst

[normal owl]

The previewers agree with you: enemy AI seems a bit--well--normal Ubisoft level lol. But the way they were intentional about balancing meaningful choice and progress instead of just making the map a giant empty marker-filled wasteland is very encouraging.

Gutted that I had to return this game. One of the OG action tower defense games on modern consoles...and it decided to stop launching on any console I tried it on. Rest in beautiful memory, Dungeon Defenders.

[smoky token]

just watched Kneecap in theaters

great movie

[eager mango]

gn playin halo

[remote otter]

goo goo gaga

[bleak shoal]

Hey Fallout reference 😄

[cerulean belfry]

I need a weapon.

[cerulean belfry]

goated game TF2 is

[smoky token]

...ok?

[molten shoal]

???

...

Hello?

[smoky token]

sorry

server's dead

[molten shoal]

Yea

U want some?

[smoky token]

sure

[molten shoal]

Ok I'll dm a couple

I cant

Ur only accepting messages from friends or ur on do not disturb

[meager linden]

Good morning Spartans

[molten shoal]

Good morning

?

[fading mantle]

close to be a good night for me

[ebon kayak]

hello chat

is the port at the bottom of the xbox controller only for those three official xbox accessories? the chatpad, headset, and the headset adapter? are there third party accessories that make use of this port?

[worthy ginkgo]

343 can you change the AR back please k thx

all the other changes are pretty good imo

[cerulean belfry]

I dont know i just thought that since im gonna be here awhile id get to know the mods. Nothing else really

[smoky token]

oh, cool i guess

sorry i’m a little autistic so social things can be a bit hard for me

:)

[cerulean belfry]

i get it i just suck at tone and it sets people off all the time

[smoky token]

yeah ur good

you play much TF2?

[bleak shoal]

Did I hear Titanfall 2?

[smoky token]

also a good game

$2 on Steam right now

[bleak shoal]

😢 we not talking about TF2?

[cerulean belfry]

i played on my friends steamdeck a couple times but i dont got a strong enough pc

[bleak shoal]

Dang. I'll see myself out then

[smoky token]

how was it on the Deck for you?

i only just got a Deck today and have been looking for games that would be good to play

I’ve been mostly playing Celeste and Stardew Valley on it so far

[cerulean belfry]

pretty smooth actually had fun

[smoky token]

controller wasn’t too difficult for you?

[smoky token]

also, the game is from 2007 lol how bad is your PC?

[cerulean belfry]

can barely run google i feel bad calling it a pc

[smoky token]

damn

look into Firefox

Chrome is kinda a resource hog

[cerulean belfry]

ive always been a controller guy

[smoky token]

ah

[cerulean belfry]

I gotta invest in a savings account and get a half decent pc

[smoky token]

I can spec one out for you if you are comfortable building it

building one yourself is always cheaper than buying a prebuilt

and the ones you build also tend to be of much higher quality

[cerulean belfry]

i got a uncle that is really good at that stuff

really its just an im broke situation

thatll change soon enough

[cerulean belfry]

ight sure what do you recommend

[bleak shoal]

👽

[cerulean belfry]

alienware?

[smoky token]

no no

alienware is prebuilt

i’m talking about just buying the parts and putting it together

[bleak shoal]

Dang

[cerulean belfry]

so whats the usual price of the parts all together?

[smoky token]

well it depends

a good price for a nice shiny new PC is usually somewhere between $1000 and $1500

the max you can spend is typically something like $4000

[cerulean belfry]

like just trying to get something that works but nothing fancy

[bleak shoal]

No water coolants

😤

[smoky token]

and why not?

[bleak shoal]

It too fancy like he said

[smoky token]

ah

[cerulean belfry]

ight im actually pretty tired think im gonna clock in for the night

its almost 12 for me

[smoky token]

i was about to go on a whole spiel about how AIOs are much more efficient than normal air cooling

[bleak shoal]

Just gets fans cuz u not gonna waste water :))

[smoky token]

you don’t need to replace the water in a water cooler

unless it’s a custom loop

that’s different

[bleak shoal]

I just settle for fans but how do water coolants fare

[smoky token]

I have a 12 core CPU and my temps rarely get above 60

[cerulean belfry]

ight I’ll probably ask again tomorrow

[smoky token]

360mm EK AIO

[cerulean belfry]

gn

[smoky token]

with EK Vardar fans

gn!

[bleak shoal]

Ok lets say I run a game too much for my PC to handle. Hypothetically can the water boil

[bleak shoal]

Good night

[smoky token]

the “water” in a water cooling loop isn’t actually just water

it’s a water glycol mix like what you’d find in a snow globe

the actual boiling point is something like 120 celsius

[bleak shoal]

So it's fake water hmmm

[smoky token]

for reference once you get to 100 celsius on your actual CPU die (or somewhere around there) your entire PC will start to thermal throttle, which is the process of slowing itself down so that it doesn’t overheat and melt itself

[civic walrus]

I’m gonna guess that’s quite hot in Fahrenheit

[smoky token]

iirc that’s something like 250 fahrenheit

that’s an estimate though

[lapis ivy]

Do cooling fans work on PCs

[smoky token]

uhh

yes?

cooling fans are kinda necessary in all PCs

[lapis ivy]

I had one back in 2020 and it stopped working

[meager linden]

I updated my computer only for Halo, I saw randomly on YouTube that guy are playing, so I also wanted to update my computer components in order to play

[lapis ivy]

Jesus I keep forgetting to call my PC shop and ask them if they can upgrade my PCs storage cuz I don't want to mess anything up without expertise

One of my PCs don't want to turn on either

[elfin glacier]

https://fit-iot.com/web/products/airtop3/ blocks ur path

https://www.onlogic.com/store/k803/ alternatively

[pure jetty]

Finally the 10min timer ended and I can write stuff

[amber remnant]

i like cheese

[bleak shoal]

Pepper jack, Cheddar, Swiss, Blue, etc there's too many options

[amber remnant]

ikr

out of interest, what do you guys play on

for halo and other games

[rare cedar]

[meager linden]

Oh I got it
Pc and Xbox s

[hollow tundra]

Anyone still up

[pure jetty]

"still" it's 9:39 am where I live rn

[drifting spindle]

When will the Grunt backpack be enabled in MCC? 😔😔

I was looking forward to redeeming my points for the Grunt backpack

[uneven sierra]

Anyone playing infinite on pc? Do yall use gsync on the nvidia planel? Getting some weird input lag, aim seems off sometimes and shots not registering. My internet is fine

[candid tusk]

There are a few reddit threads about it, but I can't speak of it first hand. If you're still having a tough time maybe make a thread in #1075989764026675210 about it, the folks in there can be helpful when they're online.

[trim saddle]

Good Morning Spartans!

[hasty zinc]

https://tenor.com/nBnCX4IfgI.gif

[pine frost]

Hiii guys

[analog knot]

It won’t be another year and a half I believe

Last I checked it rotates in the exchange on a 2 year set timer, it was just here in December 2023 so December 2025 would be the next time (which is disgusting btw that’s an insane amount of FOMO lmao)

[trim saddle]

they cant FOMO me if I dont give a hoot 🤌

[meager linden]

Almost evening on my time
Good morning

[trim saddle]

Ah yes, its 9am here lol i hope your day is going well

[covert dove]

Central time will always be superior to Eastern

[trim saddle]

Opinions are like backsides, everyone has one 😉

[amber mirage]

I don't

[covert dove]

Oh

[cerulean belfry]

mornin

[meager linden]

Perfect day
Gonna want to buy pizza

[fickle drift]

pizza?

in this economy? damn

[amber mirage]

RIP the days of the dollar slice

[cerulean belfry]

dollar twenty five slice 💀

[amber mirage]

Must be nice to have it that cheap

[cerulean belfry]

it is

truly a blessing

[amber mirage]

Unless its like cardboard pizza

[signal wedge]

so since stocks are low price now....

[cerulean belfry]

it’s actually pretty decent all things considered

[covert dove]

You’re a pizza

[cerulean belfry]

yo Aegis what the difference between moderator and superintendent?

[obsidian wyvern]

I'll take whatevers in your pfp

[signal wedge]

elder vs co leader

[hasty zinc]

5 letters

[cerulean belfry]

that’s probably the best way you could’ve put that

[fickle drift]

just noodles.... lol

[fickle drift]

youre a gamer man dude person american dude human

[covert dove]

Come at me

[obsidian wyvern]

my brightness was too low to be sure lol

[bronze sable]

hey im new to halo i just got infinite can i get the campaign mode from xbox and use it on steam???

[rare cedar]

I believe that won’t work, unless you download it on the Xbox App

[fickle drift]

lmao

[rare cedar]

Most importantly, must have Xbox game pass ultimate ™️

[bronze sable]

but its free on there to

[bronze sable]

why ultimate

[rare cedar]

Multiplayer is free to play, campaign is not

Ultimate lets you have access to the xbox library on pc

[fickle drift]

and need to make sure its a play anywhere™️ title

[rare cedar]

Exactly ™️

[bronze sable]

i have that tho its called the xbox app

[fickle drift]

™️

[obsidian wyvern]

mcc isn't, I can't remember if infinite is

[bronze sable]

huh

[rare cedar]

I believe my campaign save on Xbox did not carry over to steam, but my armor customization for multiplayer does.

[fickle drift]

i cant remember if microsoft let steam use gamepass members or not like EA did

Gamepass is not available on Steam, no.

that answers that then

so yep microsoft store is your best friend

[hasty zinc]

You only need ultimate if you want the discounts/perks or want to stream games using cloud gaming

[obsidian wyvern]

mcc isn't a play anywhere title, so if you have it on Xbox, you can't download it on pc unless u pay for it again.

I can't remember if infinite is the same case

[bronze sable]

oh so i wasted 3 hours downloaded it on steam

time to download it again

[obsidian wyvern]

lol

[hasty zinc]

yeah if you want to play MP you can play on steam for free. If you want to play campaign via Steam you have to pay for it

[bronze sable]

i can get campaign for 1 dollar ok

[obsidian wyvern]

? ok, have fun

[bronze sable]

how much

[obsidian wyvern]

more than a dollar

[hasty zinc]

not sure, you can just check on steam

[bronze sable]

k

[fickle drift]

i havent bought a campaign in ages ngl

[covert dove]

[hasty zinc]

looks like it's full price right now

[fickle drift]

It does go on sale frequently so there's that.

[bronze sable]

ya 59$

is there any free halo campaign games ?

[obsidian wyvern]

you should put 3 dollars to Titanfall 2 whilst it's on sale

[fickle drift]

Nope.

[bronze sable]

😭

[bronze sable]

whats that game

[obsidian wyvern]

the best multiplayer FPS game I've played and the campaigns level design is also probably my favouritein an fps I've played. the story was okay though

[fickle drift]

Respawn should hire you Rev, you do more for advertising that game than EA has in the past half-decade.

[fickle drift]

protocol 3 😭

[obsidian wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/bread-titanfall-gif-25177683

[bronze sable]

i never see any ads or anything for respawn

[hasty zinc]

at this rate we'll get HL3 before TF3

[obsidian wyvern]

I just want 3 man 😩

[bronze sable]

whats that

[rare cedar]

You got Halo 3 wdym

[bronze sable]

can someone explaine all this im new to halo

[fickle drift]

one day ill get embed perms

[trim saddle]

half life 3, team fortress 3

[fickle drift]

not that id be able to stream stuff here anyway ;-;

[hasty zinc]

Titanfall 3

[fickle drift]

titanfall 3 lol

Portal 3. Desk Job does not count.

[trim saddle]

portal 3 is a must

[rare cedar]

[fickle drift]

your pfp looks really different when really tiny

i didnt even realise you had a shirt on let alone it was a needler you where holding lmao

[trim saddle]

its hard to get all the important stuff in such a small circle lmao

[obsidian wyvern]

id rather have portal 3 than team fortress or half lifeb

[bronze sable]

i started to play portal from the 360

[fickle drift]

TRUE thats why i change my pfp so much

[obsidian wyvern]

me with the same pfp for like 3 years now lol

[rare cedar]

Be like me and be a cute lil grunt

Sippin on some juice

[fickle drift]

that things from halo 5 so surely more than 3 years?

I uh...yeah.

Hi.

[trim saddle]

i want to print that little grunt and have him hang off the back of my car.

[obsidian wyvern]

I remember like every single pfp of yours

[fickle drift]

im sorry since when was spongebob a suported profile effect

[rare cedar]

Couple weeks ago

[fickle drift]

terrifying

[obsidian wyvern]

maybe like 6 years, all I do is change the colour every few months

[fickle drift]

Need to do a gallery sometime.

he is starring holes into my soul

I still really like this one.

[bronze sable]

whats that

[rare cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-meme-funny-cute-gif-13109113

[obsidian wyvern]

my god my data here is so bad, can't see the image but is it the one on your letterboxd

[rare cedar]

Was this you then? Lagging so bad, I had to wait for his connection to get better so I could snipe him.

[fickle drift]

bros connection was awful lmao

[rare cedar]

[fickle drift]

ngl my pet peeve in the game

is that sheild colour is tied to your accesability options for team colour

[hasty zinc]

Pineapple gang

[covert dove]

My pet peeve is that infinite has some of the worst video game players I’ve ever experienced playing with

[obsidian wyvern]

oh I was right lol, where's it from again

[obsidian wyvern]

I really hate how bright it is compared to pre-flights

[rare cedar]

It’s perfect now, trust

[fickle drift]

thats every game lmao

[fickle drift]

I found it on some article about Deja Vu when I was researching it for a script

ive been palying thew mecha break playtest

and by god.... the amount of dreadful teamates ive had has been hilarious

ive somehow come out of a match with 0 deaths as a light dps compared to heavy tanks and dps'

[covert dove]

I mean true, but not to the extent that infinite is lol

[fickle drift]

idk i rarely play pvp modes now

firefight makes it easy to gain levels lmao

[covert dove]

Yeah I haven’t seen you on in awhile

I’ve just been grinding Helldivers for the last week

[fickle drift]

i played yesterday and the day before :p

[covert dove]

Wow, no invite is crazy

[fickle drift]

:p

[covert dove]

[fickle drift]

just get better :kaguyashrug: :p

[covert dove]

As if I don’t carry you every time

[fickle drift]

other way around pookie :p

[rare cedar]

Wow I’m not even on y’all’s friends list, that’s crazy ™️

[covert dove]

Yeah, okay, fake news

[covert dove]

Where the invite at

[rare cedar]

It’s 1112pm bro, I did my Spartan killin’ earlier

[meager linden]

Another day, another grind for hero
I love wasting my time for nothing lol

[fickle drift]

:seele_sipp:

so... fortnite now has fallguys

[trim saddle]

♫ add me ♫

[rare cedar]

Add me and I’ll add yall back!

[obsidian wyvern]

but you'll still stick to festival lol

[trim saddle]

This is the way ™

gosh ALT codes are so much fun ☼

[amber mirage]

You're going to be playing Paradise City on Expert tonight, right?

[obsidian wyvern]

yes (no)

it took me weeks to get around to the linkin park songs, they can wait

[fickle drift]

mhm :p

[fickle drift]

theyre adding guns n roses???

[amber mirage]

Yeah

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah, just paradise city from what I saw

[fickle drift]

bet theyre gonna be the next festival pass :p

[hasty zinc]

ugh my head is killing me

[amber mirage]

https://x.com/FNFestival/status/1820822303178953149

Fortnite Festival (@FNFestival) on X

Only 2 more days n nites until these new Jam Tracks arrive 😏

Twitter · Aug 6, 2024, 2:00 PM

[obsidian wyvern]

https://x.com/FNFestival/status/1820822303178953149

Fortnite Festival (@FNFestival) on X

Only 2 more days n nites until these new Jam Tracks arrive 😏

Twitter · Aug 6, 2024, 2:00 PM

[brisk pier]

Is there a place to join servers here?

[fickle drift]

was just about to grab that lmao

[obsidian wyvern]

nvm I was just focused on paradise city because of burnout

[fickle drift]

only 3 there i care about

[amber mirage]

I play everything

[fickle drift]

i only the songs i like

[amber mirage]

Sometimes I'll find new songs I like by trying new stuff

Plus, I just like pressing buttons to the beat, so more content to go through

[obsidian wyvern]

oh idk if you remember, but rok is the friend I said was high up on festival leaderboards

[brisk pier]

Hi

[amber mirage]

I've been slipping

[rare cedar]

I recommend purchasing slip-resistant shoes then.

[brisk pier]

I need to grind mcc so I can get the odst armor

I’m falling behind

[brisk pier]

💀

[amber mirage]

They don't come in my size

[rare cedar]

[fickle drift]

nah i dont remember :p

[left bone]

what are we, some kind of halo infinite?

[fickle drift]

i still have yet to fc ride the lightning ;-;

[rare cedar]

That’s a tough one

[fickle drift]

p sure my high score

has no misses and one strike lmao ;-;

[amber mirage]

Hate to see it

Which difficulty?

[fickle drift]

im kinda tempted to go from 2x track speed to 2.25

[fickle drift]

expert i dont own a guitar hero controller ;-;

but i own guitars so if i really wanted to play them i can just play them on guitar :p

[amber mirage]

Only 1 strike on RTL is pretty impressive

[fickle drift]

eh not really

i know i can fc it since i fc'd wayward son pretty early on

and fc'd one but one is def easier than rtl

[amber mirage]

Better than what I can do. RTL I'd need to actually practice

[fickle drift]

oof

i do also have the rythm game autism tho :KaguyaShrug:

[amber mirage]

I could probably FC it without misses, but probably not strikes

[fickle drift]

i play OSU muse dash ff and dj max so.... yeah

[ocean herald]

i always thought yours was a voodoo doll

[amber mirage]

I stopped osu when I got into "premium" games

[fickle drift]

havent thrown the like 400 bucks at dj max tho

[amber mirage]

I have

[fickle drift]

dang

[amber mirage]

Probably less since it was on sale

[fickle drift]

i could never not just cus i cant afford it but 400 bucks for some songs is a bit much

[amber mirage]

You can get everything for probably less than 200 when it goes on sale

[fickle drift]

true but thats still quite a lot of money

[amber mirage]

Was worth it for me. Comes out to less than $1 per song with over 500 songs

[fickle drift]

(ignoring the 1.2 grand ive spent in warframe that totally doesnt exist im p sure)

[fickle drift]

true but still... thats a lot of money in one go

[amber mirage]

Goes on sale like every two months, so you can spread it out

[fickle drift]

true

[amber mirage]

I didn't get it all in one go

[fickle drift]

hmmm 2.25 speed is too fast for me sight reading and my dodgy input delay

[amber mirage]

If the note track was longer it would probably be better

[fickle drift]

true

[amber mirage]

Lift notes are also a pain on higher track speeds

[fickle drift]

lift notes are just wacky

[covert dove]

😐

[fickle drift]

sometimes you have no choice but to tap them other times tapping them is actually worse

and dont get me started on the lift notes on drum maps

[amber mirage]

A visual redesign connecting them to the preceding note would make them a lot easier to read and deal with. Chunithm is probably a good example

[fickle drift]

fair

https://imgur.com/a/GOIDMUw ouch i expected better from myself ngl esp since i finally got my audio offset correct

[obsidian wyvern]

https://imgur.com/a/GOIDMUw

[fickle drift]

lol

[wary kelp]

Yo

[fickle drift]

i have reached peek frustration

https://imgur.com/a/wfL0XgL at the easiest part as well ;-;

[amber mirage]

Did better than me

[fickle drift]

i play the game a lot tho ;-;

[amber mirage]

Understandable

Most songs I've only tried once

Waiting for the persistent leaderboards to arrive before I really decide to practice

[fickle drift]

would be nice but i doubt they would add that

[amber mirage]

They announced it

[fickle drift]

they did?

[amber mirage]

Yeah. Around the Season 2 launch

[fickle drift]

dang i always through they didnt have it cus they thought people would stop playing after fc a song lol

[amber mirage]

Should be before the end of the year

[frosty siren]

Can I have a picture of all the amouro coatings this event brought because I don't have my x box currently because I moved

[fickle drift]

ooooo nice

i still cant work out what camo to run on my spartan

[fossil skiff]

The neverending battle for the look of the day

Personally I always circle back to Grey Hunter. I love it on Mark 7

[cerulean belfry]

Can never go wrong with winter camo if thats an option

[fickle drift]

Scorpion Punch since I unlocked it tbh.

https://tenor.com/view/red-arm-c3po-threepio-you-probably-dont-recognize-me-because-of-the-red-arm-gif-21099228

[fickle drift]

true but eh i like a bit of colour

hi chat i’m playing peak (Bloodborne) peak game btw (Bloodborne)

[cerulean belfry]

what about urban camo

[hasty zinc]

I just re-did my camo/armors yesterday. Pretty happy with where they're at

[amber mirage]

Somebody probably has a screenshot, but I don't think I'll be changing my look from my tried and true

[fickle drift]

i dont own any any urban camo is all grey lmaooooo

its tempting to use the like MKIV coatings i got from the store

but then its like to i use the red one the blue one or the yellow one

tbh i just dislike the preset camo thing

dont get me wrong its allowed for some nice camo options

but its also stuck it in a box

thats at the behest of 343

[cerulean belfry]

i dont got a lot of camos i stopped paying attention to infinte for the most part

sometimes.i come back for some husky raid cause that mode is just PEAK fun times

[fickle drift]

like the disability pride month camo has some really nice texturing on it

but i dont like the colours

or the location of the colours

[cerulean belfry]

are we talking about camos or all armour coatings

[fickle drift]

amour coatings sorry

theyre basically camos tho :p

then theres the 3 steel paints which i love but at the same time i dont wanna run red blue or green :p

[cerulean belfry]

i got the free coatings from the campaign and bought a gold and red for my samurai suit

I forgot what they actually call it

[fickle drift]

fair

i havent actually played or bought the campaign

[amber mirage]

It's my snipe Rev from 500m away simulator

[fickle drift]

what is?

[amber mirage]

The infinite campaign

[cerulean belfry]

or have your sentinal beam run out of ammo after 5 seconds of firing it

[fickle drift]

i see i see

OH

and theres the some prothstetics not having coatings applied to them but others do

[covert dove]

[midnight patrol]

When is the skibidi toilet update coming to halo infinite?

[pliant plume]

Do you think every customizable on Infinite will be carried to the next installment?

[hasty zinc]

we dont know

[pliant plume]

Yeah, but what do you think?

[fickle drift]

one can hope but i wouldn't bet on it

[covert dove]

When are you getting banned

[pliant plume]

Me neither

[cloud holly]

Games aren't copy paste. The assets would be made from new or modified to include higher detail and polys.

Has there ever been a game where the studio made this happen?

[pliant plume]

Wish they didn't start with the monetization stuff

[fickle drift]

only time its happened was mw3 which was the same engine as mw2

so they just ported assets inc guns

[covert dove]

^

[fickle drift]

but mw3 wasnt supposed to be a stand alone game

thinking about it i might actually look into the in game store statistics for mw2 compared to mw3

see if them actually porting the cosmetics caused a spike in sales or not

but idk if they release those statistics or not

also speaking of taking assets and design and resuing

*reusing

plaza from halo 5 is in infinite

its just been altered visually but the layout is almost identicle

yeah solitude

is just plaza from halo 5 lol

p sure most people here with common sense know that cosmetics are worse than maps esp with the multiple armour cores but this is also the first halo game where paid cosmetics have played a large part in customisation

so it would be nice to see cosmetics carry over or they port everything from infinite into a stand alone game and use that as a multiplayer hud game kinda like mcc but its a contained unit they can build on

and then just sell the campaigns seperatly but eh we will see in years from now what happens

[shut ocean]

Kirk Hammett’s Wah Pedal

[obsidian wyvern]

he just kept betraying me from places I couldn't even see him :(

[fickle drift]

get eyes in the back of your head smh smh

[obsidian wyvern]

https://x.com/Halo/status/1821584722536833360?t=UbU3bUw64l7n5148VDslsw&s=19
really thought this was for the game because of my notification

Halo (@Halo) on X

Something MAJOR is coming this fall 👀

The Covenant's gift: Halo X @GelBlasters

Join the waitlist—don’t miss out!

https://t.co/MyVTpz4GgG

#HaloPlasmaBlaster

Twitter · Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 PM

[lapis ivy]

Like a replica?

[tired wraith]

I think it actually works

[cloud holly]

Don't get excited, It's a toy, not a new weapon for the game.

[tired wraith]

Even better, we can actually use it irl

[lapis ivy]

Ik its a toy but something I would collect

[fickle drift]

those arent even in the game anymore

[left bone]

might aswell use it for a cosplay

[fickle drift]

😭

[lapis ivy]

Well Halloween is near around corner and they have stuff like that

From halo I got an energy sword

But I don't remember where I put it away

[pulsar cobalt]

Ah man thought that was for infinite then got all excited then noticed it's a toy

[lapis ivy]

Except I don't do Halloween anymore i only got that and a needler as collectibles

[left bone]

i dont do halloween either

[trim saddle]

funny that they are promoting it with halo infinite art but infinite doesnt have the rifle lol

[left bone]

the area i live in is too dangerous for that

[lapis ivy]

The only holidays I do is Thanksgiving and Christmas

[lapis ivy]

Where's that tho?

[left bone]

tennessee, dangerous US state i live in btw

no ones gonna catch me being dead in a pokemon costume

[trim saddle]

Oh I trick or treat in detroit/flint, MI for fun -ahem-

[lapis ivy]

Yeah I stopped Halloween cause it's better Thanksgiving and Christmas I used to do Halloween cause of the candy

[left bone]

thanksgiving is a filler holiday

[bold sparrow]

We dont have a scale prop Plasma Rifle for purchase yet.
If it comes as is right there all it would need is some cheap LED stuff and you have a screen accurate cosplay prop

[trim saddle]

halloween restocks my candy supply for the year lol my kids and I dont eat it much

[left bone]

all you do is eat eat and eat

[pliant hatch]

It fills my belly so I'll take it.

[lapis ivy]

Cept during thanksgiving we don't turkey much like we used to Christmas is only decorating

[pliant hatch]

I like ham and gravy more

[lapis ivy]

I like everything

Candy I can eat while playing Xbox on halo infinite when forging

Something distressing at least

Ham and turkey and gravy with a Pepsi on the side

[hasty zinc]

gravy in the Pepsi*

[granite sky]

fried gravy pepsi

[lapis ivy]

Nah turkey and ham with gravy and a Pepsi

[fickle drift]

deep fried gravy covered beef wellington with a pepsi popsicle in the middle then drizzled with a pepsi and chicken stock glaze

[granite sky]

how to stay fit

[fickle drift]

if you drink a diet fizzy after the sugar they canel out :)

[meager linden]

What?

[whole stone]

Pretty sure this fella just had a stroke.

[fickle drift]

you havent seen that clip?

its from one of those like programs where they try and help obese people lose weight and its what one of the obese people said

[meager linden]

Good night Spartans

[fickle drift]

yeah here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIAFe7zaCRU

[jade walrus]

Is there an in-depth positioning tip video that isn’t “take high ground, hug a rock”, because most positioning tip videos are just ranting for 1 hour while playing ranked

[ocean herald]

you mean camping videos?

[jade walrus]

Positioning and camping are different because camping is killfarming

Positioning is surroundings

If that makes sense to you

Because you can’t camp an area for too long

[trim saddle]

"camping the flag" no dude its playing the OBJ lol

[jade walrus]

I’m meaning camp spawns

[fickle drift]

can i be honest with you?

best way to learn positioning is just playing the game whilst testing different things

you also cant learn how to read people from a youtube video

but after putting enough matches in you build the knowledge yourself

there are probably some tips and tricks people can throw in for certain maps

[jade walrus]

What if enemies are on all sides

[pliant hatch]

just find power positions in btb. you're not gonna control the map if you're playing solo.

[analog knot]

High ground, dont chase, you dont have to commit to a fight

Dont chase being the most important

[fickle drift]

depends what you have around you what they have their hp whos closer etc etc

theres tons of variables not just a oh theres a guy over there pew pew

also changes with gamemodes

and your loadout as well as what youre better or worse at

[whole stone]

Didn't know that.

[fickle drift]

now you do :) you have gained funni internet knowledge

[jade walrus]

I’m gonna try side-push power positions

[trim saddle]

flank and move is my fav, yes.

[fickle drift]

i dont even have a clue what that is

but personally youll just gain the knowledge by playing and wont have to think about it

Where are the halo flood stickers

Or emojis

[jade walrus]

Just from getting a side position I get 50% accuracy

Someone had 71% accuracy on my team

[forest aspen]

[urban python]

🤔 Someone should make a Halo game but its roleplaying game. I volunteer Kilo Five story from the trilogy novels.

[graceful inlet]

Good Night Spartans!
(And Our Marines. 🫂)

[meager linden]

TitanFall 2 almost looks like Halo
They even have their own ODST and Mantis
Even almost looked like Spartans

[fickle drift]

Is Respawn doing covert marketing or something right now or are folk just wilding that much on it being obscenely cheap for like, the fortieth time?

[hasty zinc]

rev is covert marketing for them

[trim saddle]

I think im gonna pre order that plasma rifle gel blaster, when they start it.

[candid tusk]

Had to look it up. Those gellets look neat.

[amber mirage]

overt*

[obsidian wyvern]

it's working omg

[trim saddle]

hope some in game promo item comes with it, even if its a plasma rifle weapon charm that i wont use lol

[candid solar]

Y'know it's actually kinda funny

[left bone]

a weapon charm of a weapon that isnt even in the game yet 💀

[haughty wraith]

Anybody know what the 3 chords on the sax at the beginning of deference for darkness are?

[ocean herald]

I’ve heard it’s not very fun

[hasty ruin]

hello

[candid tusk]

Don't say that too loudly, Rev is always lurking.

[lapis ivy]

Which fella?

[whole stone]

Yes.

[lapis ivy]

Still don't know who

[ocean herald]

This is why I do this

[lapis ivy]

It's not really I don't really eat all that except for the holidays

But moving from the topic to a new one how's everyone me as always forge

[arctic vale]

Hey guys, does Halo have a Discord server?

[lapis ivy]

Ur in it bro

[jade walrus]

This one

This is the halo discord

[arctic vale]

wowowowow

[jade walrus]

I feel like the looking channels are inactive at all points

[bronze breach]

Think the guy be trolling. He been here since March 2023

[lapis ivy]

You mean as in dead chat?

[jade walrus]

Yeah pretty much, nobody responds to the “lfg” posts in it

[jade walrus]

1. 2024
2. I’m a girl

3. Not trolling

[lapis ivy]

Imi don't remember when I joined in lol tbh

[jade walrus]

You joined in dec 2023

[arctic vale]

fun fact about humans they breathe

i did not know this fcat

[steady jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-believe-you-gif-24248233

[lapis ivy]

Thanks

[bronze breach]

I was referring to the person who asked whether this was halo discord

[arctic vale]

i got it from a reliable source

[fickle drift]

They also think well some do

[jade walrus]

Oh

[bronze breach]

I seem to have joined in 2019

Been on discord since 2016. Damn that's a bloody long time.

[jade walrus]

Fandom wikis be like: “The source? I made it up.”

[jade walrus]

I’ve been on discord since 2018

[bronze breach]

Source: my next door neighbor is Microsoft CEO distant cousin twice removed

[jade walrus]

Source: I exist

[lapis ivy]

Funny I didn't know that discord existed till 2020

[arctic vale]

when is 343 going to make dat juciy halo 5 dlc?

[lapis ivy]

And then I joined

[lapis ivy]

??

[jade walrus]

What

[bronze breach]

I joined when xbox started the discord at the time near discord launched

[lapis ivy]

Oooof bro that is way past

[bronze breach]

Let me check xbox discord date. Hold on.

Wait xbox wasnt my first discord o.o

I joined discord on Jan 2016, xbox july 2016 lol

My bad

[meager linden]

I joined discord on 30 June 2018

[jade walrus]

Got a 65% accuracy round

[bronze breach]

Nice.

My combat efficiency is 0.45 in destiny 2. Playing poorly right now due to grinding out and using a new weapon

[willow hedge]

Thats a nice argument senator, why dont you back it up with a source

Wait wat I thought that message was just now discord must have done the thing where it randomly goes up

[cloud holly]

With those like to talk about dead games all the time, R6E has the Eclipse event back on. Think Extraction is back on the menu for that fomo.

[obsidian wyvern]

I've heard the same about you

[ocean herald]

Who said that

[jade walrus]

What message

Guessing discord was scrolled up

[hearty flame]

https://tenor.com/view/i-did-i-did-it-my-fault-ashamed-olive-gif-15385127

Oh this is the Halo server mb I thought I was in the cod server

Flipping between CoD, WoW, and Tarkov right now cuz there's so much going on

[meager linden]

Omg this flashbacks
Always scared me

[meager linden]

Why did nobody tell me about Titanfall 2
This is SO good

[obsidian wyvern]

THABK YOU

[meager linden]

Ok
Good night Spartans

[fickle drift]

Oh ffs

[obsidian wyvern]

ahahahah

[vapid siren]

[hasty zinc]

noice

[fossil skiff]

noice

[normal owl]

yes ice 🧊

[covert dove]

[cloud holly]

why is facebook an emote?

[normal owl]

because we're trying to be meta.

[steady jolt]

It's used in a few places, having it here just makes things easier than hotlinking or needing nitro

[hasty zinc]

#rules-and-guidelines

[robust spear]

This is my favorite halo character ever —>

[fickle drift]

I'm watching supernatural :p

[steady jolt]

Great show

[white valley]

People say about "infinite's warthog run" but I never saw any warthog run in that game

On the last part I just get on a Scorpion and kill everything. Can you pass it on a warthog evading enemies and not get killed ?

[amber chasm]

whats the european servers like for this game?

[white valley]

I watched all 15 seasons

EU is not a continent, there's countries on Europe which are not on EU. How would those countries pick a role ? Middle East is actually in Asia, so if you are from Qatar you would have to have both the Asia and Middle East roles. Also Mexico is both North America and Latin America. Latin America is from Mexico down to south of South America. North America includes US, Canada and Mexico. This is what happens when an American makes a discord server and tries to make geographical roles... 😂😂

[safe dawn]

What

You contradict yourself like 7 times each sentence there

[analog knot]

They are referring to the roles, EU is obviously Europe and not the EU but they are being obtuse

(And these are common terms, it’s not like this server made them)

[fickle drift]

Nice I'm on season 1 lol

[white valley]

Im only spitting facts

[fickle drift]

Not really

[cloud holly]

EU is a political lobby in Brussels made up of qualifying countries. Europe is land mass of many nations that may or may not be apart of the EU.

[tired stirrup]

does anyone know when the mr chief helmet for halo reach is gonna be in exchange?

[hasty zinc]

only 343 knows

[vapid siren]

wait VIP tickets for worlds already sold out?

nice

[cerulean belfry]

how’s everyone doing?

[fickle drift]

Great

[fickle drift]

I’m aware but that is just how servers function

[misty copper]

i tried to install mcc on my pc buts its not a play anywhere game so i cant unless i get game pass or buy the pc version

[winter flame]

i recommend getting it on Steam on sale

that way you have Steam Workshop for installing mods

on sale its cheap enough

[smoky token]

iirc you can use Nexus or what have you to install mods through the Xbox App

but Steam is a really nice client in general and the Workshop is just so convenient

[ember forum]

I finished ODST again tonight. 🫡

[smoky token]

nice!

what did you think?

[ember forum]

What a game. It would be so nice to get another ODST game following a different squad, or another Alpha Nine game.

[ember forum]

I think this game is good every time I play it. In fact, I think I enjoy the ODST campaign more than Reach's at this point

[cerulean belfry]

oh yeah you have my attention again I was about to pass out last night

[smoky token]

what were we talking about last night

[cerulean belfry]

pc parts

[smoky token]

yes

[cerulean belfry]

i think you and someone else were talking about fans and water coolers

[smoky token]

right

[ember forum]

It irritates me that ODSTs have not appeared in a Halo game since 343 took over other than Halo Wars 2

[cerulean belfry]

i dipped around here

ima be real i did not see the do not disturb was on mb

[smoky token]

its always on

[cerulean belfry]

oh

[covert dove]

[trim saddle]

Can we slow the look speed on the banshee? Almost every BTB match has some dude with MnK just wrecking in a banshee.

[smoky token]

Wouldn't be a bad idea actually

Uhh, I don't really know where to point you for game suggestions of any kind

[ember shoal]

That was something I’ve never noticed all these years and you’ve just blown my mind 🤯

[ember forum]

Also

Is Gamepass Game Streaming the only way to play Halo 5's campaign if I don't have an Xbox?

[jade walrus]

Yes

XCloud is the only official way without mods

[urban python]

https://youtu.be/Z5HYPY6yj-E?si=2sR69yqeME1m_rfH

[smoky token]

yeah

its not all bad though, I just did it myself a couple weeks ago

at worst you'll get a line going down the screen for a second or two and some datamoshing some other times

[ember forum]

I dearly wish we had HW3. I need to know what happens to Anders

[fickle drift]

[elfin glacier]

wtf

[vapid siren]

ikr?

you get a ticket?

[elfin glacier]

not yet

[vapid siren]

[hasty zinc]

no VIP for siege

[rare cedar]

[fickle drift]

So if cortana has a headlight form.... Does that mean she can wield guns?

*hardlight

Hate autocorrect for when I wanna use words that don't exist

[rare cedar]

Not sure if wielding a MagLite would be an effective weapon, but I know it hurts when you smack someone with it.

[obsidian wyvern]

asking the real questions at 3am aoki

[fickle drift]

I mean she could literally just float about with a chain gun turret

And we all know they have infinite ammo when mounted so she'd be unstoppable

[obsidian wyvern]

https://vxtwitter.com/NativeGaming/status/1821671201951146141?t=Q1VoSEpqQWerQyGnWvEetA&s=19
bruh they really do want nothing but the bandit and br

[vapid siren]

this is so damn stupid

I will laugh at anyone that follows the GA

idc

[analog knot]

I haven’t played since the launch-beta, is the main ranked playlist the same as the HCS settings?

[obsidian wyvern]

they're GA'ing the disruptor too

[smoky token]

whats a GA

[vapid siren]

bruh

[vapid siren]

where people throw if you touch the gun

like sword and mangler from launch

[obsidian wyvern]

gentleman's agreement, basically no one uses the weapons mentioned

[smoky token]

ah

[vapid siren]

this is just stupid

[obsidian wyvern]

yes

[vapid siren]

you're a coward and a fool to GA this stuff

[rare cedar]

That’s not gunna last

[smoky token]

wait wait

[analog knot]

It’s not stupid, there’s a reason MLG/Hardcore had its own playlist. They can dictate whatever they want tbh, if they all agree they all agree.

[smoky token]

no bulldog, no ARs

[vapid siren]

pros are saying don't use shotgun, heatwave, AR, or disruptor

[obsidian wyvern]

it started with the mangler which is why the whole melee nerf happened across the board

[vapid siren]

its 2 months from worlds and out of nowhere they wanna GA stuff

no

this is dumb in every sense

[analog knot]

Idk why you wouldn’t have a separate HCS specific playlist tbh

[vapid siren]

and ranked already has that filled and even then it severely limits what is in the game sandbox wise

to do this removes what little there is and we quite literally end up with sniper, bandit, and br left

[analog knot]

What is the “we” there?

[vapid siren]

shock rifle still in btw even tho it has hipfire AA

[vapid siren]

because HCS GA's end up in ranked and then even social

we saw this with sword and mangler GA enforcers crying and throwing matches and hissyfits

I refuse to go back to that

[analog knot]

If 343 carries it forward then I agree that it’s stupid

[vapid siren]

halo players need to grow tf up

343 never carried it they just never enforced match collusion

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah because then they balance the weapons out for ranked and they have to do the same for social

the dmr RoF being lowered was a good ranked change but it's ruined the gun for social from what I've heard

[analog knot]

If they want to scrim (or at the highest level matchmaking) enforce their own settings I don’t see the issue.

[vapid siren]

thing is i would like to have some variety in map design influenced by weapon placement

[analog knot]

It’s the same concept from 2008 high level swat of “nobody play Dino”

[obsidian wyvern]

they can't even matchmake as a team anymore which is stupid, got a 2 man fireteam limit once you hit 1700

[vapid siren]

if we go to just like 3 guns again that limits map design and flow

it is unhealthy and bad

[smoky token]

i dont think ive ever heard of a whinier group of comp players

[vapid siren]

the AR honestly feels worse as of late anyways imo idk where that whole thing came from

[indigo lotus]

That is stupid and bogus.

[vapid siren]

they always complained about shotguns but it got reduced to 1 mag and became not all that viable

like

holy hell grow up and maybe control the damn power items like you're suppposed to in halo

stop asking to have the best gun in your damn hands off spawn

[obsidian wyvern]

the AR feels better but apparently I'm the only one who thinks that

well better at range, with less spread it's not as good in close range

[vapid siren]

i do not quite like it it spreads out faster now and cant really tap fire it

[rare cedar]

I like the new AR

[vapid siren]

it just feels weird not a huge fan

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah I've seen that, you actually have to hold down instead of tapping

[vapid siren]

but thats my thing too like im a precision shooter i like tapping long range so on paper i SHOULD like these GA's and even I think its asinine

this is just bad and unhealthy and is the opposite of what i wanna see for competitive halo

i want fresh diversity in the weapon pool, i want pros to actually push for real meaningful change vs.... going back to h3 ever so slowly

actual degeneracy we need a real changing of the guard

[obsidian wyvern]

I'm thinking this is probably the last year of hcs for infinite anyway

[vapid siren]

bruh the disruptor literally JSUT got buffed and its suddenly a problem

[rare cedar]

I love watching pro players use the sandbox in competitive play.

If HCS thinks it’ll be removed, then they’ll do so. Otherwise, it’s fair game at this point

[vapid siren]

its just stupid man

it kills interest for viewers beyond those who think they deserve to be on the stage

and just strokes the egos of opinions of the pros who really just want things to stay the same and never grow or change

i dont think theres any room for nuance cause we gave it to them last time and honestly it was dumb

[analog knot]

"the pros dont know what they want, I am the one who knows what they want"

[vapid siren]

in R6 Siege instead of GA's they jsut abused the busted stuff and showed it to everyone pushing the devs to actually make changes

do that

SHOW everyone why youy hate something

dont just say "oh we wont use it" and the lobotimized followers do the same without understanding

[vapid siren]

dude theyve said it loud and clear numerous times theyd rather just have bandit/br only with maybe a sniper

im sorry but thats the most boring garbage ever

[analog knot]

Yeah, so?

[vapid siren]

i dont wanna watch octagon

nobody wants to just watch octagon

no flair, no real decision making

just shooting

wow

[true grotto]

Yo

[vapid siren]

what THEY want isnt whats healthy for the entire game and because what HCS does and gets bleeds into everything else it is a very dangerous precedent

and THEY dont care

[analog knot]

Its up to the pros to decide their settings, not sure what to tell you. Like I said, there's a reason MLG/Hardcore was separated out in the past. And, lo and behold, the "no flair, no real decision making" won out in terms of viewership/longevity

[smoky token]

this was an issue with Halo 5 I remember

buncha stuff changed and nerfed and overall made less fun cause of the "pros"

[obsidian wyvern]

breakout I assume was affected by that

[true grotto]

Pros ruin everything

[analog knot]

If the pros say what they want and then 343 picks it up and runs with it, the pros are only part to blame there no?

[vapid siren]

they are still to blame cause 343 needs to follow the money and the money is largely in HCS

it trickles down dude

it really does you need to look at the big picture here

it is not good

[smoky token]

why dont they just... make a separate build of the game for HCS, then?

[analog knot]

Amazing 😄 Almost like there has been a precedent set for this

[true grotto]

Because that takes effort and they don't want to use effort

[vapid siren]

cause then you lose parity in ranked so now you need a new playlist for them to go stroke themselves and also causes issues in having a solid environment where anyone can theoretically climb to main stage