general-chat

[median herald]

tell me🙏

[ripe ridge]

Didn’t know that was them tbh since they are known for horror

[jade gust]

https://tenor.com/view/hi-fi-rush-808-808nod-hi-fi-rush808-nod-gif-27480237

[meager linden]

Google are existing🗿

[ripe ridge]

You have gamepass right

[median herald]

i had a fricking seizure reading that and it was three damn words

[median herald]

yes i do lol

[ripe ridge]

Ok pretty sure it’s still on gamepass I could be wrong tho

[jade gust]

To be fair, Tango Gameworks was founded by Shinji Mikami, the guy behind Resident Evil 4. But he also clearly wanted to do things other than just horror

[ripe ridge]

Ah fair

Sadly I can’t play their ghost Tokyo game since it’s only series x and I’m still on last gen

[jade gust]

Ooof

I haven't played that one yet either

[ripe ridge]

I’m planning on getting a job this summer and buying a series x

[steady jolt]

Oh right, sweet. In that case, definitely interested

[jade gust]

Aye

[median herald]

LOL i was scrolling through youtube and i saw a video called “is there femboy elites” then the next video was called “why elites dont have pink in their armor ranks”😭

[jade gust]

I'm glad they found a new home for the studio after what happened last year, so here's hoping their new parent company just lets the team cook

[ripe ridge]

How does one ask the question of femboy elites of course that doesn’t exist 😭

[median herald]

you’d be shocked.

[jade gust]

Like, give me Hi-Fi Rush 2 with more wacky antics

[meager linden]

You definitely need to clear your watch history on YouTube

[ripe ridge]

I thought Xbox shut them down tho or was that a different studio Im thinking of

[median herald]

we wont talk about the video that goes “are elites breedable”

[jade gust]

Tango Gameworks got saved

[ripe ridge]

Oh that’s good to hear

[ripe ridge]

Nah that one makes sense tbh

[jade gust]

Krafton aquired them and kept all their staff on

[ripe ridge]

Oh glad to hear Xbox didn’t kill another good company

[median herald]

yeah, the femboy one tho😭 i wheezed

[ripe ridge]

They definitely did that for views

[median herald]

theres a reason SOME halo fans get a bad rep, that is why

[ripe ridge]

Every fan base has bad fans 😭

[median herald]

yeah fr we aint gonna talk about zenless zone zero

[ripe ridge]

Cod has a terrible reputation for their charecter getting sexualized

[median herald]

zenless zone zero fans are FREAKY

[jade gust]

You can find freaky people everywhere

[ripe ridge]

I had to look up that game I’ve literally never heard of it tbh

[median herald]

yeah but particularly zenless

oh god

[median herald]

just dont scroll too much

[ripe ridge]

Even in doom?

[meager linden]

Yeah yeah
It's me

[median herald]

so the fannon states that issable and doom slayer canonically date so you can guess where certain people would take that

[ripe ridge]

I forgot about that tbh

[median herald]

Lol

2 days back i was watching frogarchists stream and i saw in chat someone abbreviated checkpoint😟

[steady jolt]

This is stuff we don't need to be talking about

[fickle drift]

How’s everyone

[median herald]

meh

[fickle drift]

Why meh

[median herald]

personal and some i cant say

[fickle drift]

Well I hope you get it all figured out

[median herald]

mhm yeah

[fickle drift]

Life gets better so

[median herald]

yeah guess so

[fickle drift]

Well if you ever need to chat I’m always around

[median herald]

alright, i’ll probably find another dc sometime soon, talk chat ones are nice and funny, and the stuff people say in those servers is so unhinged it gets me wheezing

[fickle drift]

Ya I get what your saying

[median herald]

yeah, like crontex’s army

its halo and pretty free to speak

[fickle drift]

Ya I try to keep my little server free to speak to I’m mostly just around just to hang out and chill I also do a little bit of twitch stuff lol my mind be off of stuff

[median herald]

yeah, i keep getting banned from dc servers because they are all so damn strict, i’d rather live in north korea for a week

[fickle drift]

Ya I mean I get rules but you should also be allowed to joke around to tho

[median herald]

once i literally called a admin sir because their profile pic was a dude and so was their name and the mod got mad and week muted me

[edgy osprey]

God forbid people have rules.

[steady jolt]

Joking around generally doesn't get you banned

[median herald]

god forbid people have some humor

[hasty zinc]

exactly, people joke and say that reach is the best but you dont' get banned for it

[fickle drift]

That’s crazy

[median herald]

i wasnt talking about here

[edgy osprey]

You can make jokes that are compliant with the rules

[steady jolt]

Generally comes down to the content and context of your "jokes" - which it sounds like they weren't funny at all

[median herald]

i wasnt saying here

[steady jolt]

Neither was i

[median herald]

i was talking outside here

you refrenced my jokes dawg

[rare cedar]

God forbid you agreed to the rules when you joined and then cry about it when you get punished for breaking them

[edgy osprey]

Well, obviously. You weren't banned from here

[edgy osprey]

And this.

[steady jolt]

This was a generalized comment about most servers

[median herald]

i got 2 warns one was for telling a story and another was forgetting i had cap lock on.

[steady jolt]

Maybe you should go read the #rules-and-guidelines again

[median herald]

thanks for telling me stckr

i did alot actually!

i dont think stories are against rules sir.

[fickle drift]

How’s everyone’s day anyways

[hasty zinc]

really sick 😦

[meager linden]

Kinda mid

[median herald]

? what’s happened?

[steady jolt]

Damn, sucks :(

[median herald]

just a cold?

[fickle drift]

But in a good way

[hasty zinc]

dunno, just a general sickness going around, I caught whatever my wife had

[steady jolt]

I spent the entirety of yesterday with a headache, barely ate

[median herald]

oof, that sucks

[median herald]

for be being so big i shockingly eat way less lol

[normal owl]

Dang sorry dude, if it's anything like what I had, you have my deepest sympathies, but also my congratulations for your pending weight loss.

[meager linden]

I can only get sick a couple of times a year, and even then, by the end of summer there is a 100% chance that I will get sick

[median herald]

last time i was sick i vomitted alot and was up 2 nights

[rare cedar]

Is Aegis down with the sickness?

[median herald]

at least i didnt get a sore throat😭

[jade gust]

I think he did get down with the sickness

[normal owl]

Aegis is the illest.

[median herald]

no no, im the illest

[rare cedar]

OH-WHAA-AA-AA-AA-CHOO

[median herald]

wait we talking about mental state?

or no….

[ocean herald]

🤨

[edgy osprey]

They were right.

[median herald]

reach is the best in emotions but halo 2 cooks in every other department

[edgy osprey]

[median herald]

[hallow oyster]

halo 2 my beloved

[median herald]

Hot-take

halo 2 legendary isnt that bad and yall have a skill issue

i loved halo 2 all the time

no matter how annoying

[edgy osprey]

Sure is a hot take

[median herald]

LOL

[meager linden]

My unpopular opinion to Halo games
Reach - good
Halo CE - horrible
Halo 2 should never exist
Halo 3 - Good
Halo 4 - Good
Halo 5 Guardians - Good
Halo infinite - best

[median herald]

no.

THAT is a hot take

[edgy osprey]

Definitely unpopular, you two are on a roll

[molten pelican]

Aegis is infected with death?

[median herald]

HEY MINE IS MORE VALID

[rare cedar]

unpopular fo sho

[median herald]

LOL 😭

[rare cedar]

Is that you at the wedding reception

[hasty zinc]

https://tenor.com/brkvK.gif

[rare cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/of-course-gif-21373815

[steady jolt]

That is disturbed

[median herald]

just beat halo reach on easy at a hour and 57 minutes AMA

RECLAIMER?

[ocean herald]

I feel people hold CE to a really high standard. Without CE we don’t get the rest of the series

[median herald]

we gotta start the rings man

[edgy osprey]

CE is also a game released in 2001

[trim saddle]

i wanna know if therye down with the thiccness thoooo... 🤣

[median herald]

ion wanna be that guy but

[median herald]

what the sigma

[fickle drift]

What

[median herald]

yall’s should NOT laugh at this.

[fickle drift]

Ok skibidi

[median herald]

ok i laughed

[jade gust]

https://tenor.com/view/the-batman-pattinson2021-gif-18213870

[median herald]

Oh my gawd STAWWPPP🤭

[fickle drift]

[jagged silo]

It is peak wdym

[median herald]

that sounds like i disrespected NA now😭

i love NA so much

accept in my runs, i hate it when i run reach

[trim saddle]

[fickle drift]

[median herald]

[trim saddle]

YES another dance partner

[median herald]

THERE MUST BE ANOTHER

STCKR

YES!!!!!!

Bruh, stckr dance wit us😔

[jagged silo]

Mantis is the best part of halo 4

[median herald]

Yes

SLAYER DANCE WIT US

[jagged silo]

No nitro😔

[median herald]

cant you use a server emote if your in the server?

[jade gust]

Not the animated ones

[median herald]

Ohh.

Damn.

Guys would you rather square up on a “Corruptor” or a “juggernaut”

just to give yall a chance you get any armor of your choice to fight one😭

[molten pelican]

@obsidian wyvern did you get it all done before the new year

[obsidian wyvern]

yep

[molten pelican]

Very nice

[steady jolt]

[molten pelican]

Got a hardest achievement and most fun achievement in mind?

[median herald]

?

what’s happening

[molten pelican]

conversation

[median herald]

about?

[forest lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/whotalksfirst-starwars-funnygif-i-talk-first-gif-5489131

[median herald]

lol

[molten pelican]

MCC achievements

[median herald]

oh! which?

[molten pelican]

All of them

[median herald]

you mean someone getting em all? or yall talking about them

[fickle drift]

Rubbish

[obsidian wyvern]

excluding laso master, def h2 laso

most fun? probably annual

[molten pelican]

Alright I figured that would be it

[median herald]

h2 legendary gave me ptsd

[molten pelican]

I thought you said it wasn't that bad

[median herald]

my clan name is “i hate jkl snpr”

[meager linden]

I did it twice

[median herald]

i said it was fun

[obsidian wyvern]

i wanna think excluding laso/legendary for hardest

[median herald]

even getting my buns cooked i enjoyed it

[molten pelican]

Yeahh those are give ins, I imagine some of the multiplayer ones being grindy

[median herald]

[obsidian wyvern]

if u had to do this legit i guess this

[molten pelican]

I forgot about the anniversary mp achievements lol

Do you even get matches in h2a ?

[obsidian wyvern]

i boosted myself for it

got a second account on my xbox and queued the 1v1 playlist

[rare cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-youre-a-big-fat-phony-gif-11361132

[obsidian wyvern]

lol

[molten pelican]

Nah I'd do the same lol

[median herald]

chill guys😂

[molten pelican]

Did you just respond to yourself

[median herald]

people react to my message

[meager linden]

I often do this

[molten pelican]

oh lol

[median herald]

lol

[steady jolt]

I did all the Spops legendary achievements before they patched the load/quit issue, so I can't be mad at this 😛

[molten pelican]

He's going to get a new account and do it right this time around

[obsidian wyvern]

amazing glitch i wish i couldve taken advantage of

[rare cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-youre-a-big-fat-phony-gif-11361132

[molten pelican]

Alas, like the curly fries you fail to be supplied with

[median herald]

[obsidian wyvern]

most infruriating achievement

[rare cedar]

Yup. Arby’s is the biggest phony of them all

[median herald]

fr

[molten pelican]

Ate there about 3 years ago and got sick off of bad mac n cheese

[steady jolt]

I think this only took me about 15 minutes. Setup took the longest time

[obsidian wyvern]

i was there for like 4 hours lmao

[forest lagoon]

Wow, stckr no honor player frfr, this is the darkest timeline, no more cope left, skibidi sad bru ong

[steady jolt]

Oof

[rare cedar]

You go to Arby’s for the meats, not Mac n cheese

[molten pelican]

I was actually looking at this trying to determine if it would be incredibly difficult or solved with a custom match

[hasty zinc]

https://tenor.com/bOQiM.gif

[forest lagoon]

[median herald]

Wowww

[obsidian wyvern]

a few of us did it in customs over several days

you can do it on the maw but that requires some luck

[molten pelican]

I was punished for my sins

[steady jolt]

Mb Mb, totally Ohio non-based memeski

[median herald]

“sons”

[rare cedar]

Aegis all these Iron Man videos hitting twitter via Marvel Rivals and the comments showing the Jarvis memes has restored my faith in humanity

[obsidian wyvern]

pain

[forest lagoon]

Can't go to arby's anymore since the closest one had a freezer incident and they never reopened

[molten pelican]

Jarvis clip that

[meager linden]

Ohio?
About which Ohio are you talking about?

[molten pelican]

You will get better with age

[hasty zinc]

have you played any Rivals?

it's pretty fun

[rare cedar]

Playing it everyday

[obsidian wyvern]

he has been playing

[steady jolt]

The one in that place, by that thing, with the huge whatsitsname

[obsidian wyvern]

i may start next week lol

[rare cedar]

Good

Need a tank player

[obsidian wyvern]

i usually play support in those kinda games

[rare cedar]

Too bad

[median herald]

i love taking shots for my team in most games

[rare cedar]

I’m support

[steady jolt]

No you're Panda

[molten pelican]

I might dabble in a round or two, see what the hype is about

[rare cedar]

Oh

[forest lagoon]

Found out I'm gonna be able to get a motorcycle this year

[rare cedar]

Quick match is cross play, but ranked is platform based

[steady jolt]

Nice

[obsidian wyvern]

nicee

[molten pelican]

Got a model in mind?

[obsidian wyvern]

do u play it on ur xbx

[rare cedar]

Both

[obsidian wyvern]

ah cool

[rare cedar]

Mainly on Xbox cause my pc isn’t stable

But I’m ranked over 10 on each account, so I can play ranked.

I’m bronze 1 on Xbox

[molten pelican]

How does controller / KBM feel

[median herald]

[meager linden]

If everything goes well, maybe this year I'll buy myself an electric bike

[rare cedar]

I’m controller on both and aiming is harder on pc

[obsidian wyvern]

all i see is that everyone hates iron first and jeff

[rare cedar]

Jeff isn’t bad

[molten pelican]

Iron fist been a horrible character since it was brought to media lmao

[rare cedar]

Iron fist can punch itself to death. I wouldn’t mind

[obsidian wyvern]

i am the only person i know who liked the show

[forest lagoon]

Honda Rebel 500

[hasty zinc]

I main Psylocke

[rare cedar]

She’s crazy

[steady jolt]

Speaking of Jeff, OneDrive gave me this gem from 5 years ago

[rare cedar]

Me taking on a whole team as C&D

[molten pelican]

Maybe lol

[steady jolt]

@prisma latch

[signal wedge]

Jeff is so cute

[molten pelican]

Not sure if I can get into hero shooters

[rare cedar]

It’s fun if you have a group of people

[meager linden]

You have nice girl skin👍

[steady jolt]

Inb4 don't tag Halo Studios employees 😛

[steady jolt]

[calm fiber]

Please don't tag 343 employees. See #rules-and-guidelines for more information.

[rare cedar]

There we go

[molten pelican]

smh

[rare cedar]

Oh we should update the command

[steady jolt]

Oh yeah

[meager linden]

Old info

[rare cedar]

Smh stoopid Iratus

[molten pelican]

Today years old when I found out you can air fry biscuits

[calm fiber]

Please don't tag Halo Studios employees. See #rules-and-guidelines for more information.

[obsidian wyvern]

fast

[steady jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/finger-gun-blow-guns-stephen-colbert-gif-8125509

[calm fiber]

Call me stoopid one more time

[steady jolt]

Hi stoopid one more time

[rare cedar]

Oh no

Icky took control of stckr’s account

[obsidian wyvern]

https://vxtwitter.com/GashnorOfficial/status/1874665644517650500

[steady jolt]

BAHAHAHAHAHA

[molten pelican]

Thanks lol

[rare cedar]

That’s disturbing

[meager linden]

That's so gross omg

[rare cedar]

Gunna go to bed with that in my head now, thanks

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1131266989638295653/1156058780941942854/attachment.gif

[lapis ivy]

How's everyone

[meager linden]

Try not to think about it

[molten pelican]

Il remind you of the disgustingly straight curly fries

[median herald]

Gn my skibidi sigma ohio rizzlers that obtained the level 19 gyat from mewing on beta’s

[meager linden]

Master Chief mind telling you what are you doing?

[molten pelican]

This has gotta be revs posture during his laso runs lol

[signal wedge]

stop brainrotting or ill call the police on you

[obsidian wyvern]

going into pinned msgs and seeing this lmao

[median herald]

im a 100,000 year old robot that shoots lethal lazers

try me.

[median herald]

WHAT THE HELL!?

the 343 ride is INSANE

[obsidian wyvern]

dude dont ruin it

[obsidian wyvern]

real

[meager linden]

True
Halo 5 is a better halo game than 2, 3 or reach

[forest lagoon]

Quick! Stckr, what are your thoughts on Hot Orange Juice?

[steady jolt]

Ew

[meager linden]

I can confirm that

[steady jolt]

Wait

[forest lagoon]

Ok, I think we're safe

[obsidian wyvern]

we're in safe hands

[steady jolt]

I mean

Eww

[lapis ivy]

When was the last time we got an update for forge I can't remember lol

[haughty moat]

“For those looking in pinned…you thought it was halo related..

but it was me, DIO”

[meager linden]

After Great journey update?

[haughty moat]

Now to wait for it to be pinned /j

[forest lagoon]

[obsidian wyvern]

i prefered the drawing with icky on the ground

[molten pelican]

@viral dune you drinking

[median herald]

😀

[lapis ivy]

I believe so I wonder if we're getting another forge update

[median herald]

gn yall

[lapis ivy]

Gn

[meager linden]

Yeah, I also want to try Halo infinite forge

[obsidian wyvern]

are you actually british

[molten pelican]

They will probably be back in 5 lol

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah was thinking

[molten pelican]

It's not that late there

[obsidian wyvern]

its 3pm

[molten pelican]

Yeah lol

[lapis ivy]

He's American but he says that guilty spark is British but it turns out adjutant resolution is the actual British monitor

[molten pelican]

They aren't East coast then

[wintry depot]

halo 3 rat

The strongest animal in the entire universe

[trim saddle]

YES. What are you looking for? Ive been looking at an Indian Scout Bobber lately.

[wintry depot]

Halo 3 rat can survive the halo array firing

[rare cedar]

Such a glorious day and drawing

[trim saddle]

I love seeing spilled oj

[haughty moat]

“Rats, rats, were the rats”

[meager linden]

Cool drawing🔥🔥

[trim saddle]

Wheres my H3 rat coating or vehicle customization?

[wintry depot]

"rat sounds" ~halo 3 rat, 2552

[trim saddle]

OMG Can we get a H3 rat unicorn emblem??

the horn is just the h3 rat

[rare cedar]

[digital idol]

chat dead fr

[rare cedar]

frfr

[calm fiber]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/601435851305648158/865380354156265492/dead_chat.gif?ex=6621b242&is=660f3d42&hm=fe86c4bf40d885c7af1a879547532da64564f7621ec0e3b8a0b0a266d2fc6c83&=&width=709&height=195

[haughty moat]

We need a rat Easter egg achievement

[meager linden]

And it will be looks like a chimera
Rat with unicorn horn
It's hard to believe

[trim saddle]

rats dont lay eggs

[digital idol]

and happy new years y'all

[trim saddle]

ham a good year everyone

or at least try

[digital idol]

fr

[meager linden]

At least you didn't suggest mixing up human and dog

[trim saddle]

-brother-

[wintry depot]

Just finished reading Halo: Glasslands vote 7.5/10

[hasty zinc]

tomorrow the statute of limitation on Happy New Years begins

[trim saddle]

anyone else cringe at anyone saying new year new me?

[digital idol]

me

[rare cedar]

New year same me cause I wasn’t the problem

[meager linden]

That episode always gives me chills

[digital idol]

that got me cracking up

[wintry depot]

I will use this sentence as a quote

[digital idol]

alright I am heading out, so chat dead again

[edgy osprey]

Wort wort wort

[trim saddle]

it was active before you and will remain active lol

[digital idol]

chat, how blessed am I that when I log onto YouTube the first thing I see is "Master Chief teaches you how to reload the fuel on 1800 Nissan Murano"

[edgy osprey]

Do you have an 1800 Nissan Murano

[digital idol]

no

[edgy osprey]

Very blessed

[digital idol]

fr

[trim saddle]

they made cars in the 1800s?

[digital idol]

yeah

I think so

idk

[meager linden]

Yoo
You will be free in the next 2-3 hours?

[trim saddle]

Nope! barely halfway through my workday.

[meager linden]

Dang
I wanted you to help to reach Hero rank

[trim saddle]

I would gladly join if i could Spartan 🙂

[wintry depot]

Omg i just discovered the LASO speedruns

[molten pelican]

I find it funny that people wait until another year to start something

[forest lagoon]

Ooo that's a nice one!
I'm looking at the Honda Rebel 500.
I think the scout might be a bit tall for me and I want to be able to flat foot my first bike so I don't tip over tip toeing at a red light because I got nervous

[digital idol]

but even though you are showing me how to change the fuel on my Nissan Murano which is my father at the milk store, I would need some gas, Master Chief

[trim saddle]

which is why 99% of them flutter out of it before anything bears fruit.

[tough iron]

Hi

[meager linden]

Just ping me
When you will be ready

[molten pelican]

I skipped the gym on new years I was worried it was going to be packed lol

[trim saddle]

which is why im glad that my gym is in my basement lol

[molten pelican]

Sweet, I have a squat rack and plates outside, it's nice if I don't have time to travel out to the gym but need to hit something

[trim saddle]

all my workouts are bodyweight, except dumbells for the biceps lol

[molten pelican]

Oh nice, never got into calisthenics too much, I can handle my body weight but don't have proficiency in it yet

[forest lagoon]

Re-looking the seat height is a lot lower than I remember it being

[digital idol]

I forgot that guy's name in Infinite who saves Chief in the beginning, all I know it starts with Echo

[molten pelican]

Just get a mini bike on Craigslist for 200 bucks

[meager linden]

Fernando Esparza

[digital idol]

huh...never thought it was that

[forest lagoon]

Spork wants me to die, confirmed

[molten pelican]

The pilots name

[digital idol]

yep

[molten pelican]

It will be exciting, safety is my uncles middle name!

[steady jolt]

Echo 216

[digital idol]

thats the name

thanks for the reminder!

[steady jolt]

His real name is Fernando

[digital idol]

alr

havent played Infinite in a while now

[trim saddle]

yuuup and the price isnt too bad either. I had 2 bikes before. a CBR 600 F4i and a Triumph Daytona 675.

[normal owl]

One advantage of calisthenics: great excuse to wear a nice unitard.

[forest lagoon]

Originally I was looking at a 300, but I know I'll out grow that quickly and the extra power will def be needed for the roads around here

[meager linden]

I have some kinda of strange feeling, that we will get another Banished themed season pass
I don't want to be right, but at the same time, banished armor pieces are the best

[molten pelican]

New year new me

[normal owl]

https://tenor.com/view/aerobics-leotard-dance-strong-masculine-gif-16011736

[trim saddle]

600s are a good place to learn or even stay at. Im on the smaller side so I dont need a 750 or 1000 for sport bikes.

cruisers are a different thing lol

[forest lagoon]

I'm avoiding a sport bike right now so I don't give in to the temptation

[molten pelican]

You do anything for New Year's Eve / day?

[meager linden]

I guess he is sleeping, just like a normal human will do

[molten pelican]

Or he has a life and is not obligated to respond lol

[trim saddle]

thats a good idea lol they can be trouble.

[tough iron]

[obsidian wyvern]

he fell asleep by accident

[tough iron]

Or someone knocked him out

There are thousands of possibilities

[tough iron]

Wort wort wort

[normal owl]

lol yes @obsidian wyvern is right: I thought I could play some Xbox to keep myself awake for midnight but fell asleep long beforehand. Then NYD I hung out with family all day and enjoyed some nice Japanese whisky. Yourself?

[meager linden]

Good night Spartans

[molten pelican]

Haha nice I did the same, fell asleep around 11, got up early and drove up to mount Roger's in VA and had a nice hike to the highest point in the state just so I could say I started the new year "on top"

What's the differences between Japanese Whiskey and North American Whiskey?

[forest lagoon]

Well, one is from North America, and the other is from Japan

[meager linden]

Genius🗿

[forest lagoon]

I love helping out!

[molten pelican]

Too far fetched for me

[normal owl]

NA whiskey is essentially the children/grandchildren of various UK whiskies, resulting in different styles like Canadian, bourbon, and an endless variety of sub-styles, mash ingredients, etc.

Japanese whisky is most akin to Scotch: the founding distillers learned from Scottish makers. However, there are 2 key differentiating factors special to Japanese whisky: they don't have the smokiness of Scotch, and they take great pride in the purity of their water during the process. The result is a very clean and mild-tasting "scotch". I really really enjoy it.

[molten pelican]

Very interesting bit of history, good to know

[normal owl]

If you're going to start with one, I'd suggest finding a great one called "Whisky from the Barrel" by Nikka, one of the two oldest Japanese distillers. It's a wonderful "this is what good Japanese whisky tastes like" standby to have. Won some awards too.

only about $80 (in MI, USA) too.

[lapis ivy]

My favorite is Italian roscato

[tough iron]

I like vodka

[meager linden]

Ew, talking about alcohol
That's not my theme

[normal owl]

That sounds really fun and delicious. Now you've got me wanting to get some!

[steady jolt]

I got gifted some Pomegranate liqueur for my birthday, really nice

[normal owl]

whoa that does sound good. Would love to try some.

[lapis ivy]

It's actually not bad and hard to get tho I find it at Walmart and HEB stores and pretty cheap too

[tough iron]

Hmmm, sounds interesting

[lapis ivy]

There's Moscato as well

[normal owl]

personal GOAT will always be Macallan 18, but the most fun one I rely on is Glenmorangie Nectar d'Or. If you guys haven't tried that yet, it is just so good and solid.

[trim saddle]

iiiiim gonna find this very soon

[normal owl]

Yes! Total Wine has it reliably.

[floral pollen]

If it was solid, wouldn't that make it a bit hard to drink?

[tough iron]

Tequila

[normal owl]

I see what you did there, and I respect it.

[tough iron]

Hi

[sterile tinsel]

Hiya!

[tough iron]

Sup

[sterile tinsel]

Existing

[fickle drift]

Russian?

[meager linden]

Yes

Just bought some tasty food to this night

[noble wyvern]

the legendary master chief Saga Playlist is just ultimate lasso

[trim saddle]

if i didnt have a lot of leftovers in the fridge, id be hitting up my local sushi shop for dinner

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah its weird

needs to be fixed lol

[fickle drift]

[noble wyvern]

I'm trying to do gravemind on laso but jail Part is killing me

[meager linden]

[lapis ivy]

Are you taking about the high charity mission?

[meager linden]

Yep

[noble wyvern]

Gravemind

[meager linden]

But located on High Charity

[noble wyvern]

Yeah

[lapis ivy]

I can imagine playing it on legendary on laso must be harder

[noble wyvern]

There's a level called high charity as well

[meager linden]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[obsidian wyvern]

took me 6 hours to do the skip

[noble wyvern]

So hard to pull off

Get a brute in the left and wait and do it

[obsidian wyvern]

and then i didnt even get a checkpoint once i completed it

https://streamable.com/qvj23j

[meager linden]

Pain🔥

[tough iron]

Yes and no jaja, Just check out my profile lol

[obsidian wyvern]

https://streamable.com/s2vagm my way up was slow as hell

[tough iron]

I had breakfast

[obsidian wyvern]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/01/02/a-halo-and-doom-secret-level-crossover-was-shot-down-by-microsoft-says-creator/

pain

[steep isle]

This reminds me of the time I watched the Halo TV series... both seasons

[trim saddle]

much pain, very sad, many ouch.

[meager linden]

Feel pain, embrace pain

[hybrid plover]

mmmm hi

[tough iron]

Hi

[hybrid plover]

squid games season 2

good

[granite sky]

Oof that is so painful. It would've been great based of the wh40k episode 😢 dang who is making those decisions some old disconnected guy?

[steep isle]

Examples of times I dislike Microsoft

[hybrid plover]

https://tenor.com/view/one-more-round-seong-gi-hun-squid-game-let's-play-another-round-one-more-game-gif-4404216604174505820

[granite sky]

Oh well maybe there's a chance still for one in a new season or something...😭

[fickle drift]

Vladimir?

[molten pelican]

Trust me there will be an ODST, Assassins creed, Titanfall, and RDR episode Its not hopium

[hybrid plover]

oh dang. Master Chief in DOOM would go krazy

Master Chief in destiny 2

Master Chief in GTA 6

[muted rose]

Or siege

With Kelly as well

Wear the skin just to make the milsim kids mad

[hybrid plover]

r6s?

[muted rose]

Yes, there’s a Chief skin for sledge and a Kelly skin for frost

[hybrid plover]

WHAT

HOW DIDNT I KNOW THIS

[muted rose]

It was awhile ago tbf

They’re both still available

[hybrid plover]

well. looks like im getting another skin

[normal owl]

Yeah I truly am surprised that there wasn't an AC episode: wonder how none of the suits thought "why not get some nice marketing out there for our next tentpole game coming out at around that time?" as Ubi had their settings etc. for Shadows and Jade set years ago.

[hybrid plover]

what show are you talking about

[trim saddle]

secret level i believe

[normal owl]

https://youtu.be/SvY9Uq7I30Y

[hybrid plover]

oooh okay yeah. ive heard of that. thanks for telling me

[fickle drift]

My favorite episode so far is warhammer

[hybrid plover]

is it like documentary style?

[normal owl]

Anthology of short stories.

[fickle drift]

Yeah some episodes are like 10 minutes and others are 18 minutes long

[hybrid plover]

ooo thats pretty neat

[iron otter]

hi guys

[knotty sundial]

Speaking of assassin's creed on secret level anyone else excited for AC Shadows release next month?

[fickle drift]

Wsp chat

[iron otter]

im new on the server

[fickle drift]

Love the viper pfp

Dodge this

Wait

I’m stupid

[iron otter]

thanks

voodo one viper on station

[fickle drift]

That’s not viper

[iron otter]

xd

[fickle drift]

That’s his daughter right?

[iron otter]

no

his doughter have his helmet

in apex

[fickle drift]

Ohhhh

[iron otter]

do u know is there a replay match in halo ifinite?

like u can replay

[fickle drift]

Idk

I don’t have infinite

[iron otter]

cuz im trying to record tts from halo

[iron otter]

then why u on the server?

just sking

no offens

[normal owl]

Incredibly so! Can't wait for the collector's edition:

[normal owl]

Many server members don't play Infinite. This is a Halo server, not just an Infinite server, so you are absolutely very welcome and we hope you enjoy chatting it up here with us!

[knotty sundial]

I didn't get to see the collector edition that's actually sick

[fickle drift]

Because it’s a halo server

[normal owl]

I am so freaking excited to get lost in that game.

[fickle drift]

I have the master chief collection

[knotty sundial]

Same here its going to be great

[fickle drift]

And I’ve played every other halo game

[normal owl]

Do you anticipate selecting Yasuke or Naoe more?

[iron otter]

real my favorite halo is halo reach

[fickle drift]

I love halo 2

My all-time favorite

[iron otter]

thats true too\

[knotty sundial]

Naoe for sure i might play yasuke some but I'm glad the option is there for dueling and stuff

[knotty sundial]

Same!

[iron otter]

i love every game halo except 1.3

[normal owl]

Exactly the same: doing mostly Naoe run to max out the Assassin vibe.

[fickle drift]

I love every halo game but my sweet spot is 1-3

[fickle drift]

Giving the covenant their bomb back

[knotty sundial]

I really like the new stealth mechanics they're adding this time around also

[normal owl]

Same! It'll be neat to use the literal shadows and pounce up croc-style from ponds haha.

[past tapir]

how do i get the master chief armor in halo infinite

[knotty sundial]

That's going to be fun and I'm a splinter cell fan so being able to take out light sources for an advantage is great

[knotty sundial]

Hit hero rank unless you are talking about H2 mark 6 or mark 5

[normal owl]

Yes! Just small thoughtful details like that are really exciting in this game.

[past tapir]

ok

[knotty sundial]

What rank are you?

[past tapir]

i just got back into so i forgot how to check i havent played in like a year

[knotty sundial]

Select the start button then press my profile and it will show

[past tapir]

career rank cadet 3 i only played halo infinite once this my second time i usually only play reach

[knotty sundial]

Awesome, yeah I play mcc and infinite I go back and forth between games often. But when you hit hero rank you will unlock the chiefs armor. We probably have 2 years until the next game so its not pressing I have been taking my time

[past tapir]

yeah i wonder what will be after halo infinite

wait so for mark VI i have to hit hero rank or is it different armor?

[knotty sundial]

I think it's probably the Halo CE remake in unreal engine 5. There are alot of evidence that supports that. I think it will come out in 2026 for Halo's 25th anniversary

[past tapir]

that will be fun

[knotty sundial]

Yes

The halo ce mark 5 and Halo 2 mark 6 are in the game as bundles you can purchase but if I'm not mistaken they were time exclusive

[past tapir]

Alright

dang hero will be a while to get to

[knotty sundial]

Oh yeah it will

[past tapir]

why does my camera go from first person to third person some times?

[trim saddle]

Im almost on the General rank right before hero and its been a blast

[trim saddle]

some things in combat are forced for 3rd person, like getting in a vehicle, using a turret, walking with a dismounted turret.

[knotty sundial]

I recently hit onyx im almost onyx corporal

[past tapir]

its always tho

[trim saddle]

there is an all 3rd person mode for normal firefight and its really fun

so youre probably playing that right now.

[floral pollen]

Honestly
not a personal fan of it
its not bad by any means, but just not my favorite personally

[hot sundial]

Hello, anyone to play halo 1 in MCC co-op. MY xbox live id is "RynerKurou"

[calm fiber]

If you're looking for other Spartans to join you in battle, check out our LFGs:

#lfg-competitive – For ranked/competitive matchmaking
#lfg-social – For social/casual matchmaking
#lfg-campaign - For campaign co-op
#lfg-forge - For map/mode building and testing
#lfg-customs - For custom games
#lfg-other – For firefight, spartan ops, etc
#lfg-español – Para jugadores hispanohablantes en cualquier categoría de juego
#lfg-hcs-scrims-or-teams – To help you find a team or secure some scrims

Don't forget to check out #lfg-and-voice-chat to learn about the !lfg bot, how to use it, and how to create your own voice channels.

[past tapir]

What armor version does chief wear in infinite mkV?

[floral pollen]

Mark VI Gen III is Chief's armor in Infinte

[jade gust]

Aye, with his Gen 1 Mark VI being represented via the recent armour kit they added back in November and his Mark V being represented with the kit added in 2023

[floral pollen]

Mark V was CE
Mark VI Gen I was 2 and 3
Mark VI Gen II was 4 and 5
and Mark VI Gen III was Infinite

[jade gust]

Technically it was the Mark V Gen 1 MOD in Halo 4 but it looks the same as his Gen 2

[median herald]

WHATS UP CHAT!

[past tapir]

i hope halo reach never dies

[median herald]

real

[meager linden]

I wonder which type of armor Chief will wear in next Halo

[median herald]

any of you guys play halo?

[floral pollen]

Most likely Gen III again

[meager linden]

No, we are playing on Helldivers 2

[median herald]

yall like democracy

jesus. Yall mid

[lapis ivy]

And u don't play Xbox?

[median herald]

i play xbox

[lapis ivy]

👍

[median herald]

[lapis ivy]

Well speaking of which I missed the opportunity to get the black galaxy Xbox series x I might as well get the standard issue Xbox series x from Walmart soon

And hopefully it's not dented

[ocean herald]

[median herald]

oof i missed the limited ones and got the deft. But hey if it works it works

plus i can play mcc at 30+ fps

[tough iron]

My xbox controller already has drift lol

[median herald]

i have 8 with drift

[lapis ivy]

Well it would've been an upgrade since it was a two terabyte exclusive

[median herald]

mf i have a collection of drift controllers

[median herald]

DAMN.

[lapis ivy]

Yep a total ooof

[median herald]

i got 2 tb because i have a plug in to my xbox my friend got

but its not the same😔

[lapis ivy]

Yeah something you have to manually plug in

Quite expensive too

[median herald]

plus most games (as if i play anything but halo) need to be in the cloud too

so honestly complete L i taked there

[median herald]

you play halo infinite forge?

[lapis ivy]

Yeah most of the time it's quite addicting lol but I need to focus on which map I need to finish first 😄

[median herald]

what have you made bro?

i make custom’s in reach

lol

[jade gust]

Aye, most likely, unless they do a large time skip or have Chief lose his current armour at the start of whatever the next game is called, I doubt he'll be changing out of it

[lapis ivy]

Well I'm thinking of making Hyrule warriors age of calamity maps for FF koth and forerunner maps etc

[jade gust]

Wouldn't mind Chief slapping some ammo pouches to his armour though

[median herald]

DANG, i wanna make maps based around the flood i like the flood and they are so bad***

like a infected spartan takes a mac round to take down😭🙏

[lapis ivy]

I need pictures of the maps in age of calamity for me to make exactly the same maps

[median herald]

dang i just go off gut

[lapis ivy]

Could find them in Pinterest

[median herald]

i use google:)

to search anything

like if i ever do need a image

its google i’ll use

[lapis ivy]

I used google but most of the search results are YouTube videos 💀

[median herald]

LOL FOREAL😭🙏

[jade gust]

Does the Zelda wiki not have pictures of the maps in Age of Calamity?

[lapis ivy]

I'll have to check it out tho

Or play age of calamity on the switch and take screenshots

[median herald]

btw my goal is get 10k hours in halo mcc just so i can say “yeah its good”

[median herald]

oh that works but searching is easier if the results dont hate you

i get the same image 10x over when i need images

[lapis ivy]

I have issues with MCC on PC cause my controller gets stuck after quitting it and relaunching it is a total pain

And that's in steam

[median herald]

pc problems

[meager linden]

Gotta start tomorrow another my own challenge(Halo infinite campaign)
Using only energy sword
Skulls
Bandana, IWHBYD, Catch, Fog, Thunderstorm, Mythic
Difficulty legendary
Grenades only plasma
Equipment only grapple

[median herald]

dayum GL bro🙏

[meager linden]

Thanks
I want to do that after beating LASO infinite campaign, but save with LASO are collapsed

[lapis ivy]

If I had the picture of Hyrule castle town from age of calamity I could build with a lot of detail

[lavish hamlet]

^

[jade gust]

Why did you reply to yourself from months ago?

[median herald]

i died alot in easy diff infinite, its mainly cause i cannot drive for 💩

[viral dune]

Hi

[meager linden]

iH

[steep isle]

Probably the same Mark VI, Gen 3 or Mark VI, Gen 4. Idk we'll see

[steep isle]

How I've beat the OG trilogy with LASO with no skips... but still died a ton

How is beating Infinite on easy hard 😭

[dry turret]

huh

infinite on legendary felt easy

[steep isle]

Oh Zelda fan. Same

[steep isle]

Exactly but someone said it was hard on easy. I'm not saying they should feel bad but it just doesn't sound right

[trim saddle]

thats a solid skill issue response

[dry turret]

lol

[steep isle]

So real

[median herald]

car and cliff

[steep isle]

Might as well play Halo CCE lol

[median herald]

CCE?

[dry turret]

car and cliff evolved

[median herald]

Ohhhhh

yeah im cooked🙏

[steep isle]

I do feel like Halo CE was better than Halo CEA however

[fickle drift]

However

[candid solar]

I don't have a lot of beef with CEA aside from being a remaster instead of a remake.

Oh, and being the only Halo with a codex system and it's tied to the freaking Kinect.

[steep isle]

...it doesn't feel the CE vibe

[fickle drift]

[hasty zinc]

but it did have 3D which was sweet to play

[trim saddle]

no youre sweet to play

[hasty zinc]

https://tenor.com/M0VR.gif

[trim saddle]

wait. uhm.

[molten pelican]

Favorite Toy Story movie

[fickle drift]

Toy Story 2

[trim saddle]

[hybrid plover]

midwest gang. yall ready for the snow Sunday??

supposed to get alot

[steep isle]

I'm in Texas so...

[hybrid plover]

if yall get snow the whole infrastructure implodes in texas lol

no im not wrong lol

8-12 inches

[hybrid plover]

anywayyyy... i cant wait

i lobe snow

[haughty moat]

Just killed two scarabs with one hornet

[hybrid plover]

omg no way

[steep isle]

That's the Halo 3 mission

[haughty moat]

Also got the dirge of madrigal achievement

[steep isle]

You're supposed to wdym

[hybrid plover]

im being cheeky

[steep isle]

In Halo 3 you're supposed to kill 2 Scarabs with a Hornet

[hybrid plover]

korean pizza

[haughty moat]

It’s easy to do without leaving the hornet

[steep isle]

It ain't that hard with LASO either

[steep isle]

Obviously

[hybrid plover]

halo halo

halo reach

[steep isle]

Why would you face 2 giant plasma-firing crabs by yourself when you have chainguns and missiles?

Beat the OG trilogy with LASO like me and then we'll talk

[haughty moat]

“Who needs vehicles when you have a one man army”

[steep isle]

"Beat the OG trilogy with LASO like me and then we'll talk"

[haughty moat]

Anywho is halo 3 the only game with campaign ee achievements? Trying to get those done with all games.

[hybrid plover]

halo 3 rat

[haughty moat]

Halo 3 odst has the madrigal Easter egg although I may have heard they changed the image of the holograph person dancing.

[hybrid plover]

i dont belong here. yall know so much more about halo than ill ever care to know

[haughty moat]

I’m new to halo mcc

Surprisingly. I’ve just heard of some Easter eggs.

[past tapir]

Will there be a sale for the infinite campaign I played every halos campaign besides this one I want to play it so bad

[hybrid plover]

I prolly know like 4 easter eggs in the whole franchise. I beat the games as they came out years ago and havent revisited that much

[jade walrus]

that would've been fun though

[hybrid plover]

i know conan has a voice line in 3

or something

[jade gust]

I thought he was in Halo 4 as an Easter Egg

[hybrid plover]

maybe its 4 idk

i just want unreal engine halo

and the Achilles helmet in Halo 5

[fickle drift]

No politics

[steep isle]

No politics

[steep isle]

yeah what he said

[fickle drift]

👍

[normal owl]

Thank you for understanding that any political discourse is not a part of this particular Discord server. Your help in keeping this place a casual getaway for Halo fans is appreciated.

[hybrid plover]

No politics

[vernal timber]

Speaking of politics. I think it was pretty stupid for 343i to focus on a massive faction of elites still loyal to the ideals of the Great Journey when the entire point of the Great Schism happening is that Truth didn't think the Elites were dumb enough to blindly follow his laws to the grave and thusly spent decades trying to replace them with the brutes so he could blow up the galaxy in peace. Its a change that lessens the universe and makes past events irrelevant which became a bit of a tag of 343i's writing over the last decade.

[hybrid plover]

ban

banned

[vernal timber]

Like, it's just a weird thing to have a story.

[steep isle]

No politics in irl

politics in Halo is ok tho

[hybrid plover]

halo

[molten pelican]

Ruth Charet should be impeached from the UEG!

[normal owl]

That would be pretty Ruth-less.

[vernal timber]

Honestly, I don't think there was a single narrative decision I agree with that 343i made...

[jade gust]

Jul's Covenant don't believe in the Great Journey. They do however, still believe that the Forerunners were gods and that by finding the Didact, they'd be able to wipe out humanity

That and they're directly against the Arbiter, who has worked on building relationships with humanity, more specifically the UNSC, most of Jul's followers don't like that

[steep isle]

"한 번 더"
That's "one more time"

[jade gust]

More than one religion has a singular god, not just Christianity

[vernal timber]

I know but I'm referring to their god when I say "god" in that context.

they're literally doing everything the Covenant was doing just without a race designated as the Prophets.

[steep isle]

censor that part out plz

[jade gust]

They're a splinter group of the Covenant empire that fell. You get those when a large empire falls, people who want to continue the fight against their enemies

[steep isle]

나두!

[jade gust]

Like, not everyone is just going to sit down and accept the results of the war

[vernal timber]

I'm not saying it isn't logical to have a splint faction, I'm saying it's weird for that splinter faction to exist as a force that directly contradicts previous parts of the story.

[hybrid plover]

why did you delete my message lol

[jade gust]

Jul's Covenant doesn't contradict previous games

[vernal timber]

like Merg's faction seemed like they jsut wanted powerful tech but I could be misremembering.

I literally does, like I labeled above.

[hybrid plover]

ㅋㅋㅋ

[normal owl]

Yeah I agree that all the Jul stuff was not handled well. Apparently much of it was fleshed out in transmedia outside of the games, but something that needed that much context in order to be properly understood and accepted by an average Halo gamer should have been better fleshed out in-game.

[vernal timber]

Jul not following the faith and playing the game was a neat idea. That I liked but then he got merked :/

[steep isle]

They were shown as unreligous mercinaries

[normal owl]

You may want to re-read #rules-and-guidelines : this is an English server outside of the #español channels.

[vernal timber]

No they weren't they were extremely religious, there was even a counter religions uprising by his troops in the comics where they disagreed with each other's faiths.

[jade gust]

They were sat outside Requiem for 4 years broadcasting the Didact's name in the hopes of it opening up Requiem, that's not something random mercs would do

[normal owl]

Yeah it was very "hey here's this new guy that--and he's dead."

[vernal timber]

yeah just poor handling of Kilo 5's legacy

[steep isle]

They were? Probably because I haven't watched the comics in a long time. Pretty sure they're in a box in my attic somewhere...

[hybrid plover]

squid game squid game

[vernal timber]

you're good we can't remember every detail but yeah their faith was a heavy part of the group. Of course the jackals were mercs and the grunts were slaves but as far as everything else goes, they were there purely from faith. It's even said that Jul's first recruits were from a highly religous colony of elites who were out of the loop for the events of the HCW.

They just wanted heat and smoke for what happened and thought the elites breaking from the Covenant was insane.

[hybrid plover]

id love to see everyday life of the covenant

how their citys look and what not

[steep isle]

Can't tell if you meant "You're good, we can't" or "You're good we can't"

but ok

[vernal timber]

i thought about writing a fan story about it but I didn't think anyone would be interested

[steep isle]

Use writing AIs or smth

[hybrid plover]

id be interested. if its good yk

no dont use AI, yuck

[steep isle]

oop

[normal owl]

It would have been a neat touch during Halo 2 Anniversary to add to a cutscene simply showing some elites disagreeing with Arbiter or something, just to sow seeds that not all elites felt the exact same.

[jade gust]

Give me a GTA clone set on High Charity where we play as a civilain Elite

[steep isle]

Now why would you want that?

[vernal timber]

sorry I meant to say "You're fine remembering every little detail isn't something I expect everyone to do." it's a story from like 12 years ago. I'm not at all shocked someone forgot about it lol

[jade gust]

Because it'd be an interesting way of exploring High Charity without the lense of us being there from the perspectives of a super soldier and an alien warrior

[steep isle]

ohhhhhhhhh nah ur good

[steep isle]

High Charity still gives me chills whenever I get back to the games for some reason

[vernal timber]

But that's the thing, it they didn't disagree with him. The elites on their own started attacking the brutes, they started the Great Schism in Halo 2. The Arbiter was ignoring his kin and didn't join up with them until the Mohawk backstabbed him. Thel was the blind faith, the other elites were the logical ones...well, semi logical. They did start a civil war during a flood outbreak

[jade gust]

The Brutes started the Schism, not the Elites

Brutes began killing Elites on Truth's orders, forcing the Elites out

[vernal timber]

It was the elites, Cortana says so herself in Halo 2 and Truth reaffirms it when he's exhausted about the elites being so upset and threatening to leave the covenant.

[jade gust]

In the aftermath when the Elites began trying to rebuild, there were disagreements, leading to groups like Jul's Covenant, Merg Vol's Covenant

[vernal timber]

Later sources muck it up but in Halo 2 the elites start it off.

[jade gust]

Tartarus quite literally betrays Arbiter

Like, Arbiter didn't trip and fall, Tartar and his Brutes surround Arbiter and push him down

[vernal timber]

that wasn't the start, the start of it as the mission before that

[jade gust]

The Elites hadn't left the Covenant

They were still part of it until Truth ordered Brutes to begin killing them

[normal owl]

Yeah definitely the elites did not start it: can't blame them for leaving the company after being laid off.

[vernal timber]

I know, like I said, they were threatening to do so and fights were breaking out in the city. That happened before Tartarus betrayed Thel

[hybrid plover]

how do covenant reproduce?? genuine question

eggs?

[vernal timber]

well they weren't laid off, they got demoted, ANGY, then they stole the coffee machine

[jade gust]

Fights hadn't broken out until Brutes began killing

[jade gust]

Depends on the species

[steep isle]

It was shown in Halo 2 after Truth found out of the Elite heretic he would soon change all Elite positions into Brutes and blamed for the death of Regret

[vernal timber]

that isn't stated in Halo 2, what we know is that the elites were leaving because Truth blamed them for regret's death.

[hybrid plover]

alright

[vernal timber]

Violence then hit the streets, we don't know who fired the first shots but the elites were certainly the ones who started the schism when the changing of the guard happened

[jade gust]

There wasn't riots on the streets until Brutes started killing Elites

[normal owl]

lol but genuinely discussing: being demoted past a certain degree does constitute being laid off. That's a principle across cultures in our world, so certainly it rings true in the case of the elites here. The role in which so much of their honor and purpose was bound up being summarily and arbitrarily taken from them was not practically different from laying them off. That's like demoting someone from being a decision-maker and saying "well you still have a job so technically you're starting the conflict".

[hybrid plover]

is all this canon??

[pulsar pagoda]

Late to the party but happy new year everyone ✨️

[hybrid plover]

happy new year

[vernal timber]

yeah I agree, I just find my previous comparison funny and the idea of the Covenant not being some massive religious pyramid scheme but a corporation where they fired all the security guards for janitors then the guards burn down the building lol.

[normal owl]

I like that as well lol, including them sipping in satisfaction from the coffee machine you noted they took first haha

[hybrid plover]

i wonder if the covenant have famous people. like a famous country singer covenant dude

[jade gust]

Ok, double checking things, Truth ordering the Brutes to kill the Elites on the High Council is the beginning og the Great Schism, there were no riots from Elites before this. This slaughter occured around the same time as Arbiter being pushed by Tartar

[vernal timber]

That's why I said later sources muck up the events and was specifically referring to Halo 2's story where that isn't the case.

[jade gust]

This isn't stuff from later sources

[vernal timber]

Like, in Halo 2 Thel says all the councilors were murdered by the brutes but later sources say that only the elites councilor were and then not all of them.

sorry edit

[vernal timber]

I don't recall that from Halo 2, is it said anywhere in the game or written?

[jade gust]

Rtas says that and he didn't know if any had managed to live at that time

[vernal timber]

Nah that was 100% Thel, Rtas pulls up in the Wraith and is shocked Thel is alive then asks him.

[candid solar]

Right? Xytan and his believers of the great journey and the continued killing of humanity is so weird because it contradicts Thel's... Wait a second

[vernal timber]

It's just a weird link of sources.

[vernal timber]

Xytan was out of the loop of events. He basically heard brutes were betraying the covenant and said "OH BOY ALL ABOARD THE MURDER TRAIN!"

[candid solar]

And yet, Thel still had brute allies.

[vernal timber]

being a brute doesn't mean you're a prophet simp

[candid solar]

It's almost as though the collapse of millennia-old multispecies coalitions is an incredibly confusing and convoluted affair that Halo fans are hopeless to intuit the nuances of.

Crazy, that.

[vernal timber]

kind of needlessly hostile.

[candid solar]

Eh, I'm tired of seeing people fail to grasp it and claiming it's 'unrealistic'.

[vernal timber]

I never said that it was unrealistic

[candid solar]

When it's one of the things that's made the most sense about post-Bungie Halo.

[hybrid plover]

Simp? thats hate speech

[vernal timber]

I said it goes against the idea that Halo 2 setup

just becausse Xytan did it first

doesn't mean it wasn't equally as bad

[candid solar]

And the reason I prefer post-Bungie Halo despite growing up with it. It's like DS9 after Season 1.

[jade gust]

The idea that all of a species would unanimously agree to be friendly with humanity after they start trying to rebuild their own society just doesn't make sense anyway

[vernal timber]

I never said that did

[candid solar]

Except unlike Star Trek fans, Halo fans hate it when stories get better and more complex.

[vernal timber]

I said that the entire point of the great schism was that Truth knew the elites wouldn't follow blindly and it caused a civil war.

the idea is that faith doesn't drive the elites, its honor so he needed blind faith

Jul's faction having only faith goes against that

[candid solar]

"No it's not the entire species, it's just the entire species"

[hybrid plover]

isnt that racist?

[candid solar]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-thats-bait-tom-hardy-mad-max-gif-5055384

[hybrid plover]

banned

[vernal timber]

for someone whose upset about people not understanding the smaller details you seeem to be ignoring the smaller details of what i'm discussing here.

[candid solar]

Because you are missing them and misinterpreting them.

[steep isle]

https://tenor.com/view/based-halo-master-chief-halo-infinite-halo3-gif-25978708

[candid solar]

Jul's faction exists as the inertia of millennia of Covenant religious following.

[vernal timber]

I'm not, i'm saying a major part of the story of Halo 2 is the elites aren't blind faith fools.

[meager linden]

Good night Spartans

[hybrid plover]

woah woah. thats racist

[vernal timber]

sorry

[candid solar]

And you're saying the entire Sangheili species was A) Like that, and B) That Jul's faction still being like that violates the entire species being like that.

[hybrid plover]

how can you generalize the elites like that

[vernal timber]

made an edit

[candid solar]

Keep in mind, Jul's also a con man. He's not actually that religious. His faction is.

[vernal timber]

Never did I say that, you're putting words in my mouth rather than understanding what I'm saying because of people you've talked with in the past

[candid solar]

Jul's more interested in ousting the Arbiter.

[hybrid plover]

im just kidding. i got a warning for talking about homeless covenant. so i now think its funny to nitpick everything

[steep isle]

Just be thankful the Swords of Sanghelios exists after those events smh

[candid solar]

Because I've heard your argument before, in almost the exact same way, lmao.

The bottom line is that Jul's faction makes sense.

[hybrid plover]

sick armor

[vernal timber]

and? I've heard yours before too and I'm not being an overly aggressive or dismissive person towards what you're saying because I've heard it before.

[candid solar]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hybrid plover]

banned. both of ya. banned

[candid solar]

Is not agreeing with you whatsoever dismissive?

Or 'aggressive'?

[steep isle]

Please let's not get into an argument the day after New Year's

[hybrid plover]

its just halo

[vernal timber]

No, again you're trying to put an idea to my words instead of just understanding them. I've very clearly disagreed with many people on this matter even here, but only one of you I've called dismissive for obvious reasons.

[candid solar]

Okay, then unambiguously say what you mean clearly.

[vernal timber]

I did

[hybrid plover]

master chief didnt die for this

[candid solar]

Do it better, then, because I guess I missed it the first two-three times.

[vernal timber]

you're the one seemingly not understanding it

[candid solar]

Because the first thing I get from this is that you think the entire species of Sangheili should act one way.

[hybrid plover]

banned

[candid solar]

Like, you don't leave any real wiggle room for that interpretation.

[steep isle]

JUST STOP

[winged dragon]

whut happen

[candid solar]

You aren't an admin or a mod.

[hybrid plover]

purge 1 or 2?

[candid solar]

So I'm not exactly worried.

[vernal timber]

yes but they are someone who doesn't want us to be arguging. I'll stop for that sake alone

[hybrid plover]

Regular show hits

[steep isle]

Thank you please guys

I get we each have our own opinions but that doesn't mean we should critizise one another's level of understanding

[vernal timber]

no problem. I'M GOING TO GO PLAY RoR!

[hybrid plover]

i hate Halo (loves halo)

omg stop lol

[candid solar]

No.

[edgy osprey]

Blah blah blah.

[hybrid plover]

why are you being such a draaaaaag

jebus christmas

[candid solar]

Because I like talking about Halo.

[hybrid plover]

ok but nobody wanna hear you argue for no reason

[candid solar]

You'd be surprised.

[hybrid plover]

would i?

[steep isle]

he's gone to ply RoR in order not to argue anymore Trench

[edgy osprey]

If we would be surprised, go argue with the people that want to argue with you

[hybrid plover]

lool

[candid solar]

Gotcha, I'll ping him. Thanks for letting me know.

[edgy osprey]

Or you can just leave the person alone

If they don't want to argue with you, why harass them?

[steep isle]

Real

[candid solar]

Well, whenever you're done with that, here's what I got from what you started this with.

• Jul's faction is unrealistic because it is a splinter faction that is still loyal to the Covenant religion (Sentence one)
• The point of the Schism was that Truth was assuming the elites were not as loyal as he thought.

The existence of A does not invalidate B or vice-versa; What Truth would be worried about would be the Sangheili leadership, not the entire species' faith, as he would have no objective measure of that. He wanted servants, not marginal equals, and that's what the Sangheili species was. He wasn't necessarily questioning their faith (Though that is a powerful tool in a religious empire), he was countering their power by questioning their faith and lying.

[hybrid plover]

buddy is crashing out

[edgy osprey]

So argumentative.

[candid solar]

\ ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hybrid plover]

@normal owl

any rules against crashing out??

[haughty moat]

Halo 3 complete

[steep isle]

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[candid solar]

Huh. That's new zoomer terminology, haven't heard that one before.

[vernal timber]

if you want to continue this just DM me and I'll get to you when I'm done playing RoR. Others don't want this in general so this is a good middle ground

[candid solar]

Nah.

[hybrid plover]

how old are you?

[edgy osprey]

Such a strange hill to die on

[candid solar]

#lore-and-universe exists.

And is actually technically more for that than this is.

[edgy osprey]

Talks about zoomer terminology but isn't mature enough to drop a one sided argument

[candid solar]

It also doesn't have a text cooldown.

[steep isle]

Trench just DM him

[normal owl]

Everybody RELAX

[edgy osprey]

Order in the court

[calm fiber]

I don't care who started it; knock it off!

[steep isle]

I SUPPORT

[hybrid plover]

can you be my lawyer

[steep isle]

Thank you for clearing this up Iratus and Attorney

[hybrid plover]

i may or may not have hit and run

[normal owl]

I wish saying that was all it took lol

[hybrid plover]

ill give you my change jar and a fruit roll-up