general-chat

[hearty flame]

Especially if they can get stable 60fps 1080p without DLSS

[ocean herald]

generative a.i used in media is what i was clarifying

[simple wave]

I even want regular warzone firefight to match on H5. Population is so tiny that it likely won’t anymore.

[ocean herald]

meaning i don't want to play games, watch movies, etc that use gen a.i to substitute human artists

[zinc bear]

they absolutely could. halo mcc is really easy to run on any hardware.

[normal owl]

Warzone Revived via release on Switch 2 would be my greatest gaming moment of the year it [will sadly never] happens.

[zinc bear]

you support the fund to gen AI used in media by using chatgpt btw

[scarlet siren]

highguard is like as if someone asked chatgpt to make a game

[ocean herald]

i don't. that's like saying having a spotify membership is supporting the ceo's investment in military tech

[scarlet siren]

half the time nothing happens and you move around the map 3v3 is not it lmao

[zinc bear]

having a spotify membership does support the ceos investment in military tech though. that was a bad example.

[normal owl]

You do the same if you use any products/services by or involving Oracle, Nvidia, Disney, Amazon, Softbank, or Microsoft (e.g. Xbox).

[scarlet siren]

concord actually had better moment to moment gameplay

[normal owl]

Those are all massive partners of OpenAI.

On Jan 26, 2026, there is no moral high ground for genAI critics unless you don't use the internet or most modern communication electronics.

[scarlet siren]

openai is 96$ billion in debt

[zinc bear]

im aware, and it makes me sad, but i dont have a way to avoid it.

unless i live isolated with no access to technology

[pliant hatch]

I saw an article that said around 60% of ceo's haven't seen a profit with ai, lol.

[zinc bear]

yay!!!

[normal owl]

That's true, most of us don't, but that also means there is no place for criticism without hypocrisy. So let's drop any judgment and let people use what they enjoy.

[scarlet siren]

with how much debt they have im sure we dont have to endulge the slop for much longer and the bubble pops

[analog knot]

AI is a solution looking for a problem

[hasty zinc]

just give in and accept your new 1 and 0 overlords

[faint mantle]

They're doing research and all but in the end they can't turn a profit. Last week they released a statement mentioning they're considering ads.
https://openai.com/index/our-approach-to-advertising-and-expanding-access/

[zinc bear]

noooo

[scarlet siren]

it has made more problems than it has solutions

[ocean herald]

no, we're working on 2 different definitions of support. i was using it as "endorsement" of

saying i'm endorsing the use of gen ai in games/movies/etc because i use a gen ai tool is the fallacy i was point out with the example

[zinc bear]

son 😭😭 im crine 😭 its way easier to avoid using chatgpt than it is to not use the internet at all

[normal owl]

It's time to go back to penpals!

[faint mantle]

Did I ever tell you I used to have one of those?

[hasty zinc]

I had a penpal in Nova Scotia when I was a kid

[scarlet siren]

you use google and autamtially use their horrible website explaining ai

[normal owl]

I had one in New York that I had a huge crush on.

[zinc bear]

you are tho
using chatgpt boosts its popularity, which makes others want to invent into its generative AI mechanics.
and youre literally supporting the app by using it

[hearty flame]

A man can dream though. A man can dream.

[hasty zinc]

MCC on switch 2 would be dope

[analog knot]

I wish it didnt feel like a total pipe dream

[ocean herald]

again, 2 different definitions of "support" here. i don't endorse the use of gen ai in the arts to substitute people

[zinc bear]

lol

[faint mantle]

I just checked the pen pal website, my pen pal hasn't replied yet

[hearty flame]

Imagine it forces them to rework the co-op campaign netcode so we get less input lag online

🎵Life could be a dream, life could be a dreeeeaaaam🎵

[zinc bear]

or force them to make all campaigns crossplay 🙏

[hearty flame]

But... (Holds up my Switch 2) This is an Xbox

[normal owl]

I had a storybook outcome with mine: we stayed in touch then ended up meeting up over a decade later...and made out. I could not believe my luck. Then she got married lol.

[hearty flame]

To you, right?

[faint mantle]

Awh

[ocean herald]

switch 2 actually runs cyberpunk really well. i wouldn't be shocked if it could do halo infinite justice

[hearty flame]

Tears

[zinc bear]

eh.. idk. halo infinite isnt that well optimized. i think it could do it at like an upscaled 1080p 60 like series s

[normal owl]

It was still such a cool "life storyline" moment though: no regrets.

[hearty flame]

Honestly I'd imagine it could do 60fps multiplayer and 30fps campaign if they really wanted

[zinc bear]

1080p upscaled 60 fps multiplayer and a native 1080p 30 fps campaign.. hmmm

[scarlet siren]

also for how highguard looks it runs poorly

[hearty flame]

I think it could do native 1080p 60fps mp

[zinc bear]

highguard slander is allowed

[scarlet siren]

and also its like 3v3 and the map is the size of a bf map

[zinc bear]

i dont think it could do it stable tho. probably be a quality/performance mode

[hearty flame]

I think the biggest reason Infinite won't come to Switch 2 is because they don't seem to want to work with Slipspace much anymore, especially with the pivot to full-blown Unreal

And if it does it won't be optimized super well

[zinc bear]

the small highguard maps are going to bf6 and the actual battlefield maps are going to highguard 💔

[ocean herald]

it'd have to be ported/optimized for the switch 2, but my comment was moreso that the switch 2 is actually decent

switch 1 was an exclusives only device for me, but i actually play cyberpunk/sw outlaws on my sw2

[hearty flame]

I can see them putting Infinite on the Switch 2 just to say that it's available there if they bring MCC to it and maybe doing patches and updates to it later to fix it up

[normal owl]

So while we're dreaming impossible, let's just go big: MCC+5 UE5 Remake released on Switch 2. Hear me, universe!

[scarlet siren]

i think this is like easily one of the worst games to come out this year easily

[hasty zinc]

just give me a Halo on switch 2, idc which one

[hearty flame]

What, is UE4 in MCC not enough for you???

[scarlet siren]

no thought has gone into its mechanics

[ocean herald]

rea,.

[obsidian wyvern]

curse you with halo reach

[hasty zinc]

ok I care a little

don't give me reach or ODST

[zinc bear]

honestly.. it really doesnt look good. and the way they hyped it up as a "from the devs of titanfall" really disappointed me

[scarlet siren]

its like a battle moba ish and there arent even any npcs

[zinc bear]

ODST is peak and reach is good shut your yap partner

[obsidian wyvern]

because its from the devs of titanfall lol

[scarlet siren]

and titanfall had npcs

[zinc bear]

but its nothing like titanfall and they made it seem like it would. thats what i was saying

[ocean herald]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-homer-simpson-simpsons-worst-day-of-your-life-so-far-bart-gif-11689059539835963602

[hearty flame]

"devs" of "Titanfall"

[scarlet siren]

in mp matches that were extremly well implemented

[obsidian wyvern]

but isnt it quite literally the devs of titanfall

[ocean herald]

i was a day 1 Concord purchaser. i know pain when something gets taken from you

[normal owl]

Fireteam Raven: I was saying that as a joke but really it would be a natural fit for motion controls, especially fitted to a gun peripheral.

[amber mirage]

Devs make a game they wanted to make. Fans angry it wasn't a game they wanted.

[obsidian wyvern]

and yeah, its not uncommon to mention a big game youve worked on to advertise your next game

[scarlet siren]

it is a part of that original titanfall 2 and apex team

[zinc bear]

concord enjoyer and reach fan? get obliterated /j

[ocean herald]

and chatgpt user

[obsidian wyvern]

how did they make it seem like it was a titanfall game lol

[zinc bear]

it just doesnt look good. i never had any high expectations, it just.. looks mid.

[hearty flame]

Apex

Put some respect on their names. They developed CoD 4, too.

[zinc bear]

at least you acknowledge your flaws, osky ❤️

[scarlet siren]

i mean you dont really make a game for yourself you see what people want so your product sells everything else is stupid

[amber mirage]

You can not be interested and not hate on it for it being something you don't want. Just move along.

[ocean herald]

i think Geoff carries some of the blame. i think if they don't take that slot on tga, none of this discourse is a thing

[obsidian wyvern]

crazy idea, they thought their game would interest people

[zinc bear]

well it looks bad so i will hate on it 🔥

[scarlet siren]

its how it was hyped up and then such a big letdown

[ocean herald]

exactly. the concord situation is a prime example

[normal owl]

Now certified by a mod: heed this @scarlet siren @zinc bear

[amber mirage]

Not everything will appeal to you. You don't have to hate it because it doesn't.

[obsidian wyvern]

im sure they wouldve advertised themselves as the devs of titanfall even without tga

[scarlet siren]

i mean hate and discussing the game is 2 things

[normal owl]

Rok: today's Paragon of Common Sense

[scarlet siren]

nobody bashing the game for no reason

[ocean herald]

no for sure. i meant they took the single biggest timeslot of the night

someone payed a pretty penny for that

[amber mirage]

I abdicate the throne. Ain't no room for kings in my country

[zinc bear]

same with that 4:LOOP game. the creator hyped it up cause he was the director of l4d2, said it was gonna be like it, and it looks very.. disappointing.

[normal owl]

duly edited

[obsidian wyvern]

i dont see how tga is the reason for the discourse though

wasnt it also like, the final game to be revealed

[amber mirage]

That's pretty much the reason

[ocean herald]

you do know that the timeslot they took on tga is the biggest reveal of the night, right?

[hasty zinc]

yeah the "one more thing" part

[ocean herald]

it's like THE thing people wait til the end for

[obsidian wyvern]

lol i didnt realise

[amber mirage]

If it wasn't given the timeslot it was given, then people would probably forget the game existed.

[zinc bear]

waited all night for concord 2 announcement 💔

[obsidian wyvern]

i figured youd have your bigger games at the start, then youd get something smaller right at the end

[zinc bear]

other way around partner

[amber mirage]

I still think the discourse is overblown and needlessly toxic

[obsidian wyvern]

thats pretty funny then

[normal owl]

I think they usually do a sandwich: "you've been waiting for this" leader > filler > cool surprises > filler > wow closer.

[hasty zinc]

I didn't hear anything after TGA about Highguard until release today, but I chalk that up to how I ingest my news

[scarlet siren]

and then it gets fully hyped at tga

[hasty zinc]

usually with water and bread

[obsidian wyvern]

thats because they themselves did no advertising till 2 days ago

[amber mirage]

They saved all their marketing for today

[obsidian wyvern]

the only advertisement was the community going "where tf is the advertising"

[simple wave]

I just can’t wait to see more of the halo remake.

[zinc bear]

same

[scarlet siren]

i blame the playtesters

[obsidian wyvern]

dareal, for someone so hung up on morals, yours are low

[zinc bear]

??

[ocean herald]

i think if it took literally any other spot in the show discourse would have been "oh cool" "oh the titanfall people made this"

and then it dies down for a bit until release day

[amber mirage]

"Huge devs" Literal indie studio

[scarlet siren]

maybe the playtesters are biased so they get paid more

[waxen rose]

Huge dev singular: Toby fox

[obsidian wyvern]

i think its fine to hate on the devs

[scarlet siren]

this is general

[waxen rose]

Who said this

[simple wave]

Constructive criticism.

[obsidian wyvern]

he just said it no lol

unless i misread and that was rex

[ocean herald]

https://tenor.com/view/lisa-disaster-artist-tearing-me-apart-upset-gif-12209868

[zinc bear]

that was NOT what i meant. i meant that i have no sympathy for big devs getting hate on a game thats considered bad to the general gaming community.

and yes, they are huge. they worked on titanfall and apex.

[obsidian wyvern]

small group of devs count as huge because they worked on a big game

[waxen rose]

I go to sleep for 50 minutes and evil happens

[amber mirage]

Then left to make their own company. They're the prime example of what every virtue signaler wants

[obsidian wyvern]

i worked at ikea so i should count as huge if i start my own coffee shop

[waxen rose]

I used to be a barista i can help

[obsidian wyvern]

ill take it

[amber mirage]

I'll be your day 1 hater

[obsidian wyvern]

ah man not you too

[amber mirage]

Gotta show my support

[obsidian wyvern]

[waxen rose]

Please leave me a tip rok because even while you hate revenant’s coffee and co. you will buy our iced coffee every Tuesday at 6:32 am

[amber mirage]

I don't even drink coffee

[obsidian wyvern]

we can help change that

[amber mirage]

How much do I tip for a glass of water?

[waxen rose]

I have to hand filter that water.

[obsidian wyvern]

theres no tipping culture at my coffee shop screw the guy above

youll just overpay for the water

[faint mantle]

Make a coffee/Warhammer game shop called Nikaea

[waxen rose]

8 bucks please

[misty marsh]

Can we share

[obsidian wyvern]

i dont think freak would work for me then

[waxen rose]

I'll just pretend the warhammer statue doesn't exist if you dont let it look at me

[obsidian wyvern]

you can be my accountant

[misty marsh]

I'm gonna make us rich

[faint mantle]

What's wrong freak? Afraid of plastic?

[waxen rose]

I eat plastic every day wdym

Im afraid of the type of business 40k will draw in
The type of… folks it'll attract

[faint mantle]

BOO

[waxen rose]

He's so ugly💔

[faint mantle]

It's the sunlight

[obsidian wyvern]

[waxen rose]

Its the eyes

[obsidian wyvern]

ok i have to agree with you here

my 40k lore is half a game that i wont ever fully understand because theres too much warhammer to take in

[normal owl]

It would be chaos.

[simple wave]

The 40k world… oh dear…

[obsidian wyvern]

reminds me of bionicle

[waxen rose]

“You didnt make my iced coffee almond joy oatmilk late just the right temp. Remake it AGAIN and I will NOT be repaying you.”

“Get out of my establishment.”

[simple wave]

Bionicle was goated.

[hasty zinc]

oatmind

[waxen rose]

Oatmind
Gravemind if he was a sad beige mom

[faint mantle]

Gaming when

[obsidian wyvern]

have u finished the campaign attorney

[slender plinth]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/528481109617541142/1427792747389128714/attachment.gif

[simple wave]

Is that safe?

[faint mantle]

Unfortunately yes

[obsidian wyvern]

doesnt deserve embed - forgive me if its bad

[normal owl]

ahhh you both are [rightfully] calling me out: I have not played SM2 any further after running late that one morning because an operation took like 45 minutes instead of the short run I thought it'd be.

@faint mantle @obsidian wyvern

[obsidian wyvern]

yeahh i did say theyre very long lol

[waxen rose]

I hate you tung tung tung tung tung sahuer

[faint mantle]

It's always a good moment to set another time block on your calendar

[obsidian wyvern]

its annoying because the operation modes cant be saved like the campaign

[normal owl]

I bought that special steelbook edition and everything

[zinc bear]

once darealtungtung shows up you betta run 💀 🥶

[normal owl]

maybe this Saturday I can, because I the rarest jewel of all: no meetings on a Saturday at all.

[simple wave]

I tried space marine 2… it is brutal… and I guess it will remain brutal forever

[obsidian wyvern]

i figure ill be at work when u do, but do ping. always down for sm2

[normal owl]

Techmarine sounds like my kind of class. I love classes that delegate tasks to other things.

[simple wave]

I guess playing in co-op would make the campaign a little better to play

[zinc bear]

super mario 2 mentioned

[simple wave]

like I literally had to do the lowest difficulty for the tutorial

[normal owl]

[obsidian wyvern]

the games pretty hard i wont lie

took a ton of getting used to

[simple wave]

I’d imagine space marine 3 will be hard too.

[normal owl]

I think so too, because it is really challenging. In a fun way that feels fair though.

[obsidian wyvern]

i hope they keep the same sort of gameplay, its unique to anything else ive played

[normal owl]

It's such a simple and elegant inversion of the bunker-down-to-heal instinct: run in to heal.

[faint mantle]

Let me know what hour you set so I can set it to my calendar as well.

[normal owl]

I will look now.

[obsidian wyvern]

the class i play lets you completely heal if you pull off an execution within like a second of placing down flag. so its pretty chaotic tryna run in for a kill

[waxen rose]

Holy learning curve im afraid of💔

[obsidian wyvern]

i figure if you play soul games itll be easier

[simple wave]

Steep learning curve probably with space marine/2.

[obsidian wyvern]

tryna get my head around parrying/dodging/shooting at the same time wasnt fun at first

[zinc bear]

it made me really mad the first time i played it
i could NOT figure out how to do like anything
deleted a few minutes later and now i have a hatred for sm2

[simple wave]

A lot of hacking and slashing.

[normal owl]

Same, I instinctively roll, so parrying was tough for me.

[obsidian wyvern]

fair lol, it doesnt do much for teaching either

[waxen rose]

I perchance do

[obsidian wyvern]

some of our matches are just rolling around the map for 2 mins to try get everyone to spawn back in lol

[zinc bear]

you dont wanna know what i almost did to my ps4 first souls game i tried

[obsidian wyvern]

@misty marsh did u ever finish the jedi game

[obsidian wyvern]

im tempted to play one because of how hard it seems to be

[normal owl]

Probably 2-ish ET but have to confirm no after-lunch activities going on. I'm calendaring it just in case but not 100% yet. + @obsidian wyvern

[zinc bear]

i might try it again cause my anger issues are under control
it was so annoying

[waxen rose]

@floral pollen playing dark souls on her jet engine laptop

[obsidian wyvern]

i am not spending any money on games till june though, that forza purchase has put a dent in my spending lol

[zinc bear]

sweet mother of gabagool 💔

[waxen rose]

I listen to her play and im like “girl how do you live like this”

[obsidian wyvern]

which i found out today is halfway through my exam period so i wont even touch it till june

[naive turret]

What version did you end up getting just the standard?

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah the standard, not spending £110 and the other ver didnt appeal

[naive turret]

Aye reckon it’ll be the same, I’ll wait to see what the expansions are before bothering

[misty marsh]

No lol

[zinc bear]

was thinking of buying borderlands 4 since its better optimized for my gpu now
but i dont wanna give randy my money 💔

[odd anchor]

Forza

[naive turret]

Feel like the deluxe doesn’t do much to entice ngl

[obsidian wyvern]

i remember u ragequit that boss fight

[simple wave]

No doubt even on the lowest mode, SM2 can feel ridiculously tough.

[waxen rose]

Puking I hate this

[odd anchor]

I can't wait for the cherry blossoms!!!

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah exactly

[misty marsh]

I kept saying I would last week but I was dreading that boss fight too much and helldivers was more appealing

[zinc bear]

i love microtransactions!!

[simple wave]

That game does not play around. So many monsters at once… all the time, hard to keep up.

[obsidian wyvern]

🤝

[fickle drift]

Hello friends 🌞

[zinc bear]

helldivers is the only game where i can keep losing and still be having fun i feel you

[obsidian wyvern]

i said id beat both games during winter but that was a lie

[misty marsh]

I will return to jedi eventually
Next time I go home maybe

Trying not to leave it for so long I need to restart again

[naive turret]

Was it the bat on Dathomir you got to?

[ocean herald]

Who you fighting?

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah it was the bat i think

[misty marsh]

Yeah, I kept dying like literally seconds before it would end

[obsidian wyvern]

the last bossfight was such a pain

[naive turret]

It’s such a jank encounter tbf so I don’t blame you

[misty marsh]

I'd rather fight that ninth sister again

[zinc bear]

how was the 6 or 7th sister?

[obsidian wyvern]

i still never really understood the parrying

it was like a split second before it hit you but it didnt feel consistent

[zinc bear]

im so funny

[misty marsh]

I'll sometimes understand it

[naive turret]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-light-saber-inquisitor-helicopter-helicopter-helicopter-gif-4121937557044336813

[zinc bear]

guys am i funny 1/10

[waxen rose]

Why are you 1/10ths funny

[zinc bear]

awww

[misty marsh]

I understood it with the sisters but like the nydaks and the bat I swear it's just Russian roulette

[obsidian wyvern]

the jedi temple guard masks from this episode 😩

[obsidian wyvern]

it was understandable with the sister but she just fought in such an annoying way

[simple wave]

One thing I learned about Helldivers is to NOT solo missions. That bug count is insane.

Co-op makes them overall feel better to play.

[floral pollen]

I love Elden Ring, like genuinely

[simple wave]

Automatons… don’t think I’ve ever battled those yet.

[zinc bear]

shouldve told me that last year
ive only co-op dived with rev kit and icky

[waxen rose]

I know you do

[obsidian wyvern]

bugs still ur favourite kitso?

[naive turret]

Get helicoptered into a corner and die scrub - her

[floral pollen]

eh, solo is fine unless ur clueless
solo high level is painful tho

[obsidian wyvern]

legit

[waxen rose]

Grraaaah im scratching at the walls buy your pc buy your pc NOW

[obsidian wyvern]

i think she also had a ramming attack that was annoying

[zinc bear]

hello i am your little brother you need to let me play helldivers with you 2 ok

[naive turret]

Where she just runs at you? I think I remember

[obsidian wyvern]

something like that yeah

[waxen rose]

Is helldivers for xbox one

[obsidian wyvern]

no

[zinc bear]

💔

[waxen rose]

You can wait a little longer till I buy my xbox series x then

[obsidian wyvern]

i dont think it runs the best on new xboxes either lol

[zinc bear]

its good

[simple wave]

Helldivers is only on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series.

[zinc bear]

runs like any other game. has a performance and quality mode

[obsidian wyvern]

i think freak had it on ps5 but didnt wanna pay for ps+

[waxen rose]

Yeah I dont want to

[zinc bear]

wow you spy rev

[obsidian wyvern]

i just remember slightly useless info

[waxen rose]

50 bucks for the ultimate version or whatever and I just dont have that kind of extra cash to spend of useless junk

[zinc bear]

its like 5 bucks i thin

[waxen rose]

10 bucks for online

[zinc bear]

oh

[waxen rose]

I love you PlayStation but I will not be buying more of your subscription junk

[zinc bear]

i do not love you playstation
console wars never ended /j

[waxen rose]

When I will only be using it for one game ill play like twice

[naive turret]

I was worried about barely playing the game when I first got it

lol, lmao

[waxen rose]

I just dont have time

[naive turret]

That’s fair

[obsidian wyvern]

probably the best £20 ive spent lol

[simple wave]

Helldivers deluxe had some neat skins.

[waxen rose]

When I played it I didnt enjoy it

So it just collects dust in the basement

[simple wave]

The ODST Warbond gear will remain equipped.

[obsidian wyvern]

u tried the lure mine yet h8

[simple wave]

Although, a Helldivers x ODST game woulda went so hard.

[waxen rose]

Their only similarity is “cool armor yaaaayyy lets kill aliens yaaaayyy”

[naive turret]

Nah but apparently it’s got some great utility

[lyric vessel]

I may have just discovered a 25 year old EasterEgg.
So it's common knowledge that the Halo Marines used the faces of Bungie employees. but did anyone know that the Marine on Halo CE's cover art is the Marcus Lehto Marine

[obsidian wyvern]

im wondering how well itd work if attached to a strider

[simple wave]

Wild discovery.

[naive turret]

Enemies prioritize it over turrets so if you put it on the high ground it works really well with the Tesla for example

[simple wave]

Turrets definitely do come in handy on missions.

[obsidian wyvern]

giving me more reasons to use the tesla is not good for you lol

[naive turret]

[waxen rose]

I typically dont stare really hard into their lifeless soulless eyes but thanks for letting me know, I appreciate it

[simple wave]

Sometimes the bug count can be overwhelming, so more turrets may be needed.

[obsidian wyvern]

long way to go 😔

[simple wave]

Oh an emote huh.

[waxen rose]

For what context does he gotta sit like that😭💔

[viscid swan]

Hello, I'm trying to get the alpha ring mod working on my steam deck. Would anyone know where I would go to ask someone if they know how to fix that?

[simple wave]

Maybe I should get Helldivers 2 again.

[obsidian wyvern]

victory pose weirdly, seems like it should be an emote

[simple wave]

Oh not an emote?

[waxen rose]

That peice sign is not it please tell your little helldivers to lock in

[misty marsh]

Hell no

I like the clankers now

[obsidian wyvern]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1084278630915526777/1453558577888493711/revhd2handshake.gif

[simple wave]

What was the like zombie/undead faction?

[naive turret]

The Illuminate

[misty marsh]

Flip them

[simple wave]

The Illuminate. I see. I tried to defeat em man they are tough.

[obsidian wyvern]

i love fighting their ships with snipers

[simple wave]

So I’d be usually sticking to bug missions.

[naive turret]

I still kinda think they suck but the Killzone accelerator rifle is really good against them

[simple wave]

Are the robots hard?

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah the killzone guns and honestly that sword i got made it so much more fun

[naive turret]

I mean yeah but they’re the most balanced / manageable imo

[naive turret]

The sword lmao

[obsidian wyvern]

its peak

[naive turret]

You were putting work in with it so I can’t even say anything tbf

[waxen rose]

It’s giving 1770’s French revolution💔

[simple wave]

I may as well do robot missions again if I get the game again.

Problem with the bugs is they are easy, there’s just overwhelming amounts.

Few of those GIGANTIC bugs.

[obsidian wyvern]

[simple wave]

Hive Lords. Those are the gigantic ones.

[waxen rose]

That's what you get for showing off

[obsidian wyvern]

they all killed each other anyway so it doesnt matter

[simple wave]

Also Bile Titans… those are big too.

[zenith silo]

AAAAA

[molten pelican]

Hi

[rare cedar]

Morning chat

[molten pelican]

Morning panda

How are you

[glad aspen]

the current content drought of halo made me go back to halo 3 ☠️

i didn't know i was good at this game

[rare cedar]

Doing good homie

[waxen rose]

Recon misses you, mantis

[ocean herald]

This is an unapproved sticker

That’s gonna be a $5 fine

[floral pollen]

I'm trying 🥀
I'm not getting payed atm tho 🥀

[waxen rose]

Better not be spending that saved up money

[floral pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meme-gif-14922675818058709477

[waxen rose]

If I find out…

[floral pollen]

I meannnn
not atm
but I have

[waxen rose]

Oh my chudly….

[floral pollen]

I prolly could have like $1200 by now
but I'm horrible at saving 🥀

[waxen rose]

Girl...

I wont say im judging but you can tell

In a loving way ofc

[simple wave]

Heatwave better horizontal or vertical?

I think horizontal…

[ocean herald]

Vertical 1000%

[obsidian wyvern]

vertical

it deals more damage vertically

[ocean herald]

But you land less shots

Oh wait

I meant vertical 🙃🙃🙃

[subtle harness]

How I make my halo 3 look like that

I’m on console

[obsidian wyvern]

look like what

[glad aspen]

look like what lol

[obsidian wyvern]

just seems like lowered/off centred gun

[glad aspen]

its just halo 3

[subtle harness]

My bad I just figured it out I haven’t played mcc in so long I didn’t even remember I could center and lower my gun

[glad aspen]

i didn't change anything

[obsidian wyvern]

lol

the setting does exist tho

[slate kestrel]

is it possible to join my friend on co op mcc?

[ocean herald]

Depends which halo and if you’re on the same platform

[pulsar heron]

^
halo 1, 2, 4, and reach are co-op on the same platform only (pc to pc and console to console works - but pc to console doesn't)

halo 3 and odst have crossplatform coop (pc to pc, console to console, and pc to console all work)

[floral pollen]

Ik 🥀
I'm judging myself too dw 🥀

[waxen rose]

I appreciate the self awareness

[floral pollen]

there's like maybe $100 more of stuff I want atm, when I get payed next, then I actually prolly won't spend anything until I get a new PC
or like barely anything anyway

also don't forget Warframe tomorrow twin @waxen rose 🩷

[waxen rose]

I remember twin

[chrome shadow]

Who would I speak with about a possible partnership?

[waxen rose]

I'll get on after I get home from afternoon class

[naive turret]

I spent a bunch of time re-unlocking Ivara and then made peace with not wanting to play anymore.

😌

[floral pollen]

peak

[grand halo]

Is anyone here planning on going to Halo Fest?

[simple wave]

60% done with operation frontlines…

was fighting for my life in firefight… 5 matches, 3 perfections, finally finished session with such a medal.

[ocean herald]

https://imgur.com/a/IzRf8tM @waxen rose

[obsidian wyvern]

halo 3 checkpoints SUCK

[ocean herald]

So similar dog different font lol

[waxen rose]

Oooooh she is so cute omg

[ocean herald]

He’s about 90 lbs currently lol

[waxen rose]

What’s his name?

[ocean herald]

Scout

[waxen rose]

I see you have a Burmese

What’s her name?

[ocean herald]

Oh not mine lol, we were dog sitting

Her name is Maggie

She’s an old girl, nearing 8 yrs old. Scout is almost 4

[waxen rose]

Awww

My old dog Chief he is 16 years old

[ocean herald]

Omg he’s lived a long life!

What kind of dog is he?

[waxen rose]

Chief is a black lab

[ocean herald]

Love labs

I think if I ever get another it’ll be a chocolate lab

[waxen rose]

He has trouble seeing and hearing but that’s okay
I’m just greatful for every day I get with him

[waxen rose]

Oh I love their beautiful brown coats, they’re just such lax dogs

[misty marsh]

They really do

[ocean herald]

Yeah I love their personalities

He looks so sweet!

[waxen rose]

Chiefie is very sweet, he likes to lay his head on my bad knee and pass out LOL

Named him after my grandpa who was a chief medical officer

[ocean herald]

That’s very special ❤️

[pulsar heron]

have you tried that thing where you put an egg in a lab's mouth and they will just carry it and not try to eat it

[waxen rose]

No, I haven't. I should

[odd anchor]

I've seen these videos on TikTok its soo cute and wholesome

[waxen rose]

Thank you

[hearty flame]

Finally

Anyhoo

[waxen rose]

Anyways… what did recharge have for dinner today

[hearty flame]

Shwarma

Chicken shwarma after I hit the gym. It was so tight, bro. Except they made the beef shwarma more expensive and started mixing it with lamb. What is that bro? Just serve beef or lamb with a mixed option.

Wby

[waxen rose]

I had fajitas after convincing my family why we need to have fajitas twice a week

[hearty flame]

God bless bread 🙏

Wrap for breakfast. Wrap for lunch. Wrap for dinner.

[waxen rose]

AMEN

[hearty flame]

Fajita Fridays and Taco Tuesdays? 🤔

[hybrid plover]

its cold

[waxen rose]

Only if it's softshell taco

[hybrid plover]

snow, lots

[hearty flame]

TRUTH NUKE

[hybrid plover]

tamales?

[waxen rose]

Tamales thursday

[hybrid plover]

yippie

[drowsy tiger]

Someone to play tmcc

pls

[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.

[latent pewter]

Fellas I just beat Halo 5, and I gotta say, that was awesome!

[candid solar]

It's p good

[latent pewter]

I honestly loved the charge and boost, like I was zipping around everyone and just reverting to monkey and punching everything!

[waxen rose]

Have you found the charge shortcuts yet?

[latent pewter]

What do you mean charge shortcuts?

[waxen rose]

There are certain shortcuts on missions you can accomplish if you charge into a breakable wall
You just gotta find em

[latent pewter]

So I could've been zipping around the warden even faster?!

[waxen rose]

Always

[latent pewter]

I wish I found those

[waxen rose]

Still can

[latent pewter]

Eh too late now, next game, Infinite, then I'll have beat every Halo campaign

[waxen rose]

Just wish Infinite had breakable walls and a better dashboost
Curse you stupid xbox one port for cutting down what could've been peak

[latent pewter]

Eh maybe they'll do more of that with the next chronological game

[waxen rose]

I doubt it but I hope they will

[latent pewter]

Here's hoping

[waxen rose]

Right

[latent pewter]

Hey have faith like Cortana did in Chief in the third couple games before you know

[waxen rose]

Cortana knew Chief had no other friends so she knew that broke boy was coming back LOL

That's my silly head canon for the day

[latent pewter]

broke boi comes back for more, sounds like every toxic relationship

[waxen rose]

Cortana was sick and tired of it so she unfriended and BLOCKED him at the end of h4
Trust me this is canon

[latent pewter]

I honestly believe that

Chief probably need therapy

[waxen rose]

Master chief went back to his old oomfs in H5
Sigh😔

[latent pewter]

Bro needs doctor Phil to get away from Cortana

[latent pewter]

sadge

[waxen rose]

Boy not probably
Definitely

That paycheck better be good with all they put him through 😭🤞

[latent pewter]

He better be getting enough wealth for 15 generations to live in luxury with taking inflation into account

Aight it's late as balls for me, I go sleep. Good night

[waxen rose]

Dealing with the flood, cortana, covenant than banished, forerunners and prometheans, lord hood and his horrifying face, cortana again
That packcheck must be 10 digits

[hybrid plover]

hmmm, quesadilla?

[silver hound]

the goat is back

litte active but atleast it is in halo

[dawn juniper]

Sup

[waxen rose]

Quesadilla Saturdays

[left bone]

hello #general-chat

[drowsy sorrel]

I'm Choosing the book "Fall of the Reach" for my school book to share at the end of the unit.

[hybrid plover]

yippee

[hybrid plover]

you been staying safe tho?

[waxen rose]

Trying to

[hybrid plover]

have you been out?

[waxen rose]

Especially now in all the chaos lol

[waxen rose]

Mostly for work and school, almost got stuck in a snowbank last Sunday coming home from work

[hybrid plover]

ah jeez thatd be no fun

[safe dawn]

good luck

[waxen rose]

I was using my moms car which her tires are really bald and I keep begging her to change them but we dont have 800 bucks atm
So yeah but thankfully I got out of the snowbank

[hybrid plover]

ye thats why i was asking about ya the other day

[waxen rose]

My dad is doing better now if you’re referencing that

[hybrid plover]

glad youre safe, hope yall can get those tires replaced soon

oh nah i dont know what happened to your dad :/ but thats great to hear

[waxen rose]

Oh okay

[hybrid plover]

i dont think i can say here

[waxen rose]

Thanks

[waxen rose]

I can always dm if you wanted me to

[hybrid plover]

🧊

[waxen rose]

Have you been out of harms way though? This snow storm was terrible

[hybrid plover]

for the most part yeah. however i did crash my truck a week ago

[waxen rose]

Omg im so sorry what

Is it bad if you dont mind me asking

[hybrid plover]

some lady turned into my lane way to close and when i went to break i just slid on the ice

its pretty bad, about 3k in repairs

[waxen rose]

oh my goodness

[hybrid plover]

but im okay!

[waxen rose]

Im so sorry to hear that, I’m glad youre okay though and weren't injured!

[hybrid plover]

thank ya kindly

[waxen rose]

Hope it’s fixed soon, this road ice has been terrible on everyone
Its upsetting to not see more salt trucks out

[candid solar]

Dr Phil is like one of the single worst people what

[hybrid plover]

how cold is it for yall

[waxen rose]

Dr Phil try not to victim blame challenge impossible

[waxen rose]

It was -40 last Friday and -35 yesterday
Highest today was 10 but it's been miserable

How about y'all?

[proper drift]

I have not had school for 2 weeks its bad

[dawn juniper]

WTH 😭

[hybrid plover]

holyyyyy

[hybrid plover]

nothing even close to that

[proper drift]

Lowest its been here is -15

[waxen rose]

I've been refusing to go to school because I do NOT wanna walk home in -20+

[proper drift]

They dont cancel???

[waxen rose]

Only if it's -21

[hybrid plover]

thats wild

[proper drift]

Holy crap i wouldn't go either

[hybrid plover]

they should just switch to online

when its bad like this

[proper drift]

Trust me it gets repetitive ive had it for 2 weeks straight

[waxen rose]

I hate online school but whatever i gotta do to not get frostbite is good in my book

[hybrid plover]

yeh i did online for a bit during covid

[proper drift]

Aw crap I cussed

Forgot you cant do that here

[hybrid plover]

awe shucks

[waxen rose]

What's the lowest its been this past few days for y'all qa?

[candid solar]

-14

[hybrid plover]

like -5

[waxen rose]

I want to see higher numbers

[hybrid plover]

we did get 8 inches of snow tho

[dusky swan]

It's gone as low as 8 here

[waxen rose]

8 inches isnt bad but it gets horrible when it mixes with mud and it becomes all nasty ew ewww eww

[hybrid plover]

yeahh then you kick it all up on your car

[waxen rose]

It gets tuck on the tire ugghughh

[faint mantle]

I'm at 0°C rn

[waxen rose]

Americanize it for me pretty please

[faint mantle]

My dog snuck under my blankets bc she's cold

[faint mantle]

32

[waxen rose]

October weather

[hybrid plover]

32 sounds like summer rn

[faint mantle]

Yeah yeah

[waxen rose]

stay warm or else the cold will come

[waxen rose]

Summer is either 32 or 110 and I hate it 😭

[dusky swan]

Put your PC outside

[hybrid plover]

best of both worlds 👐

[waxen rose]

Pubby

Baby bird is cold, put more blankets on her

[hybrid plover]

smells like fritos under them blankets

[waxen rose]

Im trying to be warm while playing halo and she is JUDGING me

[hybrid plover]

aweeeeeeeeee

her judging is adorable

[waxen rose]

Pearl is judging me for dying 10 times at two betrayals

[polar folio]

Wassup general

@plucky osprey GET PINGED RANDOM CITIZEN

ight I'm out of here

[delicate cliff]

Just watched the Halo 5 "A Hero Falls" commercial and wdym this was a commercial 😭

Just enjoying your day and then bam

God there was so much potential for the show those Halo 5 trailers were beautiful

[pallid sorrel]

Hi

[meager linden]

Good morning people of Halo

[hearty flame]

Yes a common complaint people had on release is that the trailers and the short series Hunt the Truth had started to tell a story so different from what we received

I think back then I was even predicting that John was going to pass the torch to a new main, which was my hope at that time and it would have been perfect to introduce a new main imo

I can't name a single main star character in gaming who's been playing the same character for almost 30 years off the top of my head

Especially one whose VA started in their 50s

[scarlet shoal]

I hate being screwed in halo, I lose because the players have better adaption (mostly genetic), better processing speed (mostly genetic), better working memory (mostly genetic), better focus (mostly genetic), better shift of focus (mostly genetic).

[soft cliff]

Anyone active for halo 5 warzone?

[scarlet shoal]

I feel like I am fighting a huge uphill battle with genetically gifted people

Knowledge doesnt matter in these fights

Not anymore.

Anyone hates that?

I do.

[deft shore]

What the hell are you talking about man

[deft shore]

Could not be more dead

Actually I didn't check, maybe its just not true

[dawn juniper]

It’s very alive

[dawn juniper]

So many afks and horrible teammates on mcc right now lmao

[tight remnant]

i dont like that i need gold to play halo 5 😭

[stark jewel]

Hello guys, Is there anyone alive on halo 5 ?? Its been 30 minutes since i started queuing for a combat zone, impossible to enter a game or anything

[dawn juniper]

Only can search warzone or ranked slayer or super fiesta

[stark jewel]

Yeah i was talking about warzone my bad, no game founded in 35 minutes now

[chrome heart]

I'm only one who like brutes weapons in most halo games?

I really enjoy using spiker

[vale wren]

The brute spiker was my favorite to use in ODST because of how common it was and the damage it did along with the melee
Great weapon to sustain yourself with

[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.

[hollow vine]

Im feeling a bit funky today

Abit silly

[meager linden]

Good day people of Halo
How it's going?

[candid tusk]

It's going silly funky.

[ocean herald]

Good, hbu

[hollow vine]

Orah!

[ocean herald]

Gonna actually try and drive on the roads today. Seems like most of the ice has melted

[jade gust]

Nobody could ever be as funky as Funky Kong

[meager linden]

It could be worse, but currently good

[hollow vine]

Silly kong

[ocean herald]

Still no electricity?

[normal owl]

I salute your love of H5 WZ

[faint mantle]

I had an interesting dream

Edible sugar Lego

[candid tusk]

Those sound like something I've seen though.

Yeah, they're 100% a thing.

[jade gust]

You could recreate the Rancor boss fight (With you being the Rancor) from Lego Star Wars if those were a thing

[normal owl]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/01/26/try-the-new-xbox-cloud-gaming-web-experience-now-in-public-preview/

[waxen rose]

Absolutely not

[candid tusk]

Why not

[waxen rose]

Too sleepy

[ocean herald]

I used remote play on my pc, haven’t really dabbled with cloud

I feel like I need a backbone type thing for my phone before I try it

[wise pecan]

👋

[soft cliff]

Only multiplayer tbh 🫠😂

[normal owl]

Same: I put untold hours into Warzone. That rush when you disembark from the pelicans got me every time.

[frosty beacon]

How in the world i always end up playing some weird games

[hearty flame]

FRICK it was such a good experience

I enjoy Halo the most during large-scale experiences. Squad Battle, Team Battle, Warzone, big customs, etc

[normal owl]

Large-scale x MOBA x Gun Game Halo was the beautiful alignment of the stars that I'm not sure we'll ever see again

Putting out H5 WZ standalone as free-to-play on all systems would be my dream come true.

[hearty flame]

If only.

[pulsar heron]

i desperately want to see a warzone variant appear in halo's future once more. once i started playing that i didnt really return to normal h5 mp until after the wzff update

[meager linden]

Good night people of Halo

[analog knot]

When is the last time Halo 5 has even been mentioned by Halo Studios, besides the tweets saying there are no plans to move it to PC

[normal owl]

https://klipy.com/gifs/waiting-waiting-forever

[hasty zinc]

october of last year for the 10 year

so like 3 months ago

oh, exactly 3 months ago today lol

[worn cloud]

am i the only one that just realized john patrick lowrie is sword control

[hasty zinc]

plus like tiktoks that show H5 clips and stuff

[analog knot]

I remember Halo 2s 20 year stuff, sigh. Onward we march

[gray heart]

hcs community stage i thinnnnk?

[floral pollen]

Wild Magpie sighting???

[gray heart]

hello!

[waxen rose]

Have you written your daily poem

[floral pollen]

Whu

[waxen rose]

I hate halo 3
So much
It fills me with anger
When I see kitso enjoy halo 3
That’s my poem

[coral yoke]

other than the consumable mechanic and the weird audio mixing issues it really doesn't feel that much different from halo 2

[waxen rose]

Halo 3 story vs halo 3 gameplay are two different beasts
Its just that one beast sucks immensely.

[meager linden]

Writing OC is damn hard
I had to check canon to be sure, that I won't miss anything
Mostly from canon I know, it's only from Halo wars 1 and to Edge of Dawn, nothing else from other books

[meager linden]

I already imagined it
Dota 2 X Halo
Some Halo skins to Dota, and some weapons or equipment from Dota to Halo

[waxen rose]

Boy I get it but you dont gotta stick to canon 1:1

When I made my first halo oc I knew like NOTHING about halo lore LOL and that’s okay
Making characters shouldn't depend on how much lore you do or dont know: it should be a creative expression that brings you joy to craft their story no matter how wacky or noncanon it can be

[jade gust]

My take is that only one level in Halo 3 actually utilises its gameplay mechanics well, and that's The Ark. The rest don't utilise most of the mechanics all too well

[waxen rose]

Halo 3 should've spent more time in that little Bungie oven of theirs💔

Halo 2 aswell but we already hate brutes enough

[jade gust]

Halo 2 needed allot of things to happen differently

[waxen rose]

But youre right the ark is good

[jade gust]

Halo 3 has so many levels which are just like "Oh, we're kinda just doing this for a while" before ending

[meager linden]

"Cortana":

[waxen rose]

Halo 3 gives me ce vibes but in the wrong kinda way
“Okay so when will we move on. Is it over yet? Please let it be over.”

[jade gust]

Like, the weakest part of The Ark is the Scarab fight, if only because you have multiple tanks to easily kill it and the arena you fight it in isn't as interesting as the first one you fight on The Storm

[waxen rose]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-scarab-go-my-scarab-meme-halo-3-gif-11290511412758789772

[meager linden]

Aww, hornet

[jade gust]

And if I said that one's the worst Scarab fight because of how the Hornet completely trivalises it

Also they kinda just stay where they land

[waxen rose]

Its so easy to kill scrabs in the hornet because you can just hang out under their belly and blast their knees

[meager linden]

I heard in that mission a lot of outcomes

[analog knot]

Still pretty cool and fun though

[jade gust]

Or destroy everyone on top with machine guns and then land on the Scarab

[jade gust]

Oh, don't get me wrong, me saying it's the worst isn't me saying it's not fun, it's just the weakest of the three Scarab fights in Halo 3

[waxen rose]

Like make these little bugs crawl around and chase me
Instead of just… standing there. Menacingly.

[meager linden]

I bet the hornet is much better than the wasp in Infinite

[waxen rose]

I only like the scarab because they remind me of shockwave

(Its def the singular eye)

[waxen rose]

Oh yeah no the wasp gets blasted by like one hit by a hunter

[misty marsh]

Wasp sucks

[misty marsh]

This fight is peak idc what anyone says

[waxen rose]

I want a little animation where the scarab uses their little claw and pierces the hornet like a kebab and thats a kill animation idk im just silly

[jade gust]

The Wasp should've kept its energy shields from Halo 5

[meager linden]

It's on my top of battles in whole Halo games

[waxen rose]

It was underwhelming in h5
I like you h5 but yeah

[misty marsh]

Genuinely a highlight of my childhood

[jade gust]

It was better at surviving in Halo 5 at least

[waxen rose]

True..

[meager linden]

I didn't played Halo 3 in 2007, but I played Halo 3 not so long ago, but yeah, it's peak

[waxen rose]

Playing halo 3 in 2007 holy unc💔 /j

[misty marsh]

That's the only right way to spend ur time in 2007, no excuses

[waxen rose]

Instead of being a clueless toddler just hop on h3 🙄

Like, it's what all the cool kids are doing

[misty marsh]

If ur old enough to have at least one cell of biological matter, ur old enough to play h3

[waxen rose]

Microscopic bug? Doing nothing? Get on h3 poser

[lean hemlock]

Halo 3 saved my life

[tacit atlas]

Halo 3 ruined my life!! /J by how they ruined the arbiter character

BRO DOES NOTHING

[jade gust]

Most of the missions in Halo 4 take place during the day time

And the only one which could be considered "night time" is mission 3, Forerunner, which is in the core of Requiem

You definitely don't spend 80% of the game underground

Unless you're gonna tell me that being inside the shield part of the shield world means you're underground

[pulsar heron]

obviously youre inderground for that one

[gray heart]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1366690534701404160/1458955799689826386/lv_0_20260108164908.gif

[jade gust]

https://tenor.com/view/star-trek-spock-logical-agree-yes-gif-3326013

A majority of the missions in Halo 4 take place inside Requiem

Do you take issue with Combat Evolved featuring too many Forerunner structures too?

Well Halo 4 doesn't take place exclusively inside Forerunner structures;
Dawn is on the Forward Unto Dawn
Requiem takes place within grassy cliffs and some Forerunner sites
Forerunner takes place within the planet core and the site where the Didact's Cryptum is;
Infinity is primarily dense jungle and inside the Infinity
Reclaimer takes place in a desert with only one Forerunner building you enter
Shutdown is about flying between Forerunner spires in a Pelican
Composer is onboard a UNSC space station orbiting a Halo
Midnight is about flying a Broadsword and entering a large Forerunner ship

[candid tusk]

Play each mission by walking backwards as much as possible.

You'll remember the game a lot better that way. Trust.

[jade gust]

I would definitely not say Halo 4's campaign doesn't have enough biome diversity

And that's not even mentioning the unique environments seen in Spartan Ops, like an active volcano

[naive turret]

Remember the green volcano

wild times

Shatter I think

[candid tusk]

There wasn't a Candy Cane Lagoon or a Gingerbread Forest, so it's not diverse enough.

[waxen rose]

I love halo’s new Instagram post about heroes because they obviously heard me complain about no Fred and put Fred in there

[jade gust]

I sadly never played much on that map since it was DLC

[waxen rose]

Im just greatful for the fred content

[jade gust]

I agree Spartan Ops needed a focus on quality over quantity

[jade gust]

I'm surprised Locke isn't there, but I am glad Vale is

[waxen rose]

Trenchbird is so joyous rn

[meager linden]

Friendly reminder, most of them are KIA or MIA

[waxen rose]

FRED ISNT MIA

He’s… reading a book in a library

Not that library

[wide brook]

he died

[waxen rose]

Rookie is GONE

Brains are atleast

[wide brook]

mickey got him killed a few years after odst

[meager linden]

Noble team(except Jun), Johnson, Cortana, Keyes, Miranda, Cortana, Forge, Rookie

[waxen rose]

Me and my homies hope Mickey and Romeo burn

[waxen rose]

Thank you for the (except jun) king

I hope one day jun goes Kia in halo 8

[wide brook]

they did but after the war ended his squad was fighting insurrectionist mickey betrayed them got the rookie captured and when buck with the rest of his odst squad went to save rookie and capture the enemy commander they executed the rookie in front of them all

[meager linden]

Is the Red Team MIA for UNSC or not?

[waxen rose]

Literally Mickey public execution in 3 days

I think they're still stuck on that ship or whatever aren't they

[meager linden]

The Ark

[waxen rose]

Yeah aren't some of them still stuck there
Forever playing uno

[jade gust]

The Banished don't have Uno

[hasty zinc]

smh still no Lasky

[candid solar]

Emile
Hero

I'm sorry what

[naive turret]

Jun

[candid solar]

Isn't like

His whole thing being an edgelord who is not a hero because he explicitly wants to brutalize civilians

Rhetorical, that is literally his thing

[waxen rose]

It pmo. Us lasky enjoyers need to unite

[viral dune]

"heroes"

Master Chief is in there

Hmm

[waxen rose]

He is NOT my hero

[waxen rose]

Did chief hurt you? 💔

[viral dune]

Rev hurts me

[waxen rose]

I mean he hurt me too
Gave me a stupid rifle and he took my bazooka.

[waxen rose]

What did emile do to help ‘save’ reach like genuinely 😭

[dawn marten]

Tucker did it

[naive knoll]

forge <3

[waxen rose]

Emile has a crypto pyramid scheme

[normal owl]

https://klipy.com/gifs/spider-man-spiderman-3

[waxen rose]

LOL

[obsidian wyvern]

maybe i just wanted to take on the scarabs in a tank

[zinc hatch]

I didn't think I'd get to post this one so quickly

[obsidian wyvern]

??

[waxen rose]

Please meet my original spartan oc: chudly

[zinc hatch]

"Very good map"

Bottom 3 launch map

[obsidian wyvern]

that isnt bazaar, and hes broken through the walls

[zinc hatch]

Wait what map is that then?

[obsidian wyvern]

some new one

[zinc hatch]

My brain completely fooled me. I thought it was that side area off spawn that has that bottom pathway to the dark room with the Cindershot pad.

At a glance anyway

[analog knot]

Can you replicate? Or did they noclip

[obsidian wyvern]

i didnt see how he did it

[zinc hatch]

You could probably check Theater but last time I tried using that on Infinite, it hardly even worked.

[obsidian wyvern]

oh yeah i did it

there was a roof with no collision, could grapple through it and then grapple the ball up

[analog knot]

Correct me if I'm wrong, I thought Infinite had a very detailed q/a process before a ~~game ~~ map could be added to matchmaking? How did this slip through lol. Or maybe that was years ago

[obsidian wyvern]

surprised its the first time ive seen that

idk about that when they banned tons of forge devs for using an exploit in their own map lol

this map is also forge made and in ranked

[thick furnace]

when they flaming yo goat buy yk they right

[hybrid plover]

hmmm. tostada?

[gray heart]

It does! Things like that can just slip throwing the cracks sometimes unfortunately

[analog knot]

Yep makes sense - its a shame if that process is prohibitive when things can get through anyway, you know? Its good to see them take risks, assuming thats what happened here 😄

[steady jolt]

You could QA every day for 3 months with 20 people and still miss things

[jade gust]

Having worked QA, sometimes you just miss stuff, other times it's not deemed a big enough thing to dedicate resources to at the time over other, higher priority issues

I know the team I worked with definitely missed stuff

[candid tusk]

They needed that 21st lad. 😔

[willow hedge]

Noble six glazers are delusional bc wdym he beats fred
Who chief has said is better than he is himself
And kelly and linda
All 3 are miles better
Someone said he beats KURT
yk
THE GUY WHO TRAINED HIM

[steady jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/turn-fish-gif-2661450688707713913

[candid tusk]

It's important for the pupil to rise above the master. Basic storytelling.

[willow hedge]

Lemme put it this way
Fred survived reach
Six didnt
They both were there
End of story

[candid tusk]

We don't know that. No body, no proof. Six is alive and well sipping coca-cola on the beach of Reach.

[willow hedge]

While that is good in storytelling it doesn’t really make sense here

[candid tusk]

All of Halo is a story. It's not real.

[willow hedge]

Yes
But it doesn’t make sense in this context for this story

The damage of having a self insert for the player be the main character and its consequences

[candid tusk]

Too true actually. I'm alive, which means that Six lived too.

Good catch my dude.

[willow hedge]

My fav part of halo three the only game ever was when noble six showed up and said its spartan 3 time then the killed gulty spark

[willow hedge]

Guy writing fire gif

[candid solar]

Obviously this means Buck would beat Six

[pliant notch]

buck solos the covenant

[polar zodiac]

ODST who's voice actor went on to voice cayde 6 in destiny and then reprise his role in halo 5 throws hands with my third favourite reach character

[candid solar]

I mean by the time of Halo Infinite, Buck has 4-5 years of experience as a Spartan and over 20 years of experience as an ODST.

Six would only have a fully trained Spartan for about 7~ years when he died.

I'd say it'd be a tossup tbh

TBH it seems like most IVs in general with a noteworthy story are more experienced than most of the individual members of Noble other than like, Carter, Jun, and Jorge

[odd anchor]

Hello everyone

Hope everyone is having a fantastic day..

[pliant notch]

whats everyones favorite halo

[keen vault]

3 for story 5 for pvp

[pliant notch]

im unable to play 5's mp due to no pc port

[keen vault]

Its kinda dead now besides the 10 year anniversary day

[hybrid plover]

halo 5 best halo ever

[waxen rose]

Amen

[hybrid plover]

still play it pretty often

[waxen rose]

Fred from h5 makes it automatically one of the best halos

[hybrid plover]

lol fredddd

his armor is pretty cool

what was the name of the dude with the orange armor? it was a old promotional thing bungie did along time ago. i forget

[waxen rose]

Uhhh

[hybrid plover]

i had him as an action figure

[tight remnant]

RvB stuff?

[hybrid plover]

nooo one sec

[waxen rose]

Right I couldn't find anything
Maybe safari hates me

[eternal tendon]

What are your guys thoughts?

Making Halo: CE relevant to younger players isn’t about piling new features onto the campaign. Sprint is cool, and staying true to the original designs while enhancing them is the right move, and extra missions are great for longtime fans. But that’s not what’s going to hook a new generation. Younger players want something they can log into every day, grind, compete, and play with their friends. That’s why Halo 2 pushed things forward with dual wielding and vehicle jacking, and Halo 3 Forge was so special, it created endless replayability and social experiences. Halo 5 proved Halo can work as a real competitive multiplayer game. Halo CE never really had that kind of competitive multiplayer identity, and without a strong PvP experience, Halo just feels like a one and done campaign instead of a game people live in with their friends. Bringing Halo to PlayStation is a smart move and will definitely bring in new players, but without a real competitive PvP ecosystem, that growth will only be temporary.

Making a dope forge map like sand box on halo 3 but on the halo ring on the map as soon as you escape the Pillar of Autumn (The Truth and Reconciliation and the Basment part of the map could be The Silent Cartogapher part of the mission with the giant glowing bridge

[hybrid plover]

i think i found him

McFarlane Toys Halo 3 Series 7 Spartan Soldier Security Exclusive Action Figure [Orange]

i thought he was in a promo video but i guess not? idk i was a kid

[pulsar heron]

i have that one i think? i went on a spree of buying random game merch at the height of the pandemic

[pliant hatch]

people answered your thoughts in the other channel when you asked it earlier.

[pulsar heron]

you might have been relating it to the grifball spinoff series, which i have a slight feeling bungie commissioned roosterteeth to make?

[waxen rose]

Holy yap..

[hybrid plover]

that very well could be it. i used to watch that stuff all the time

dang if i just kept all those halo figures in mint condition id have a couple hundred

dollars

[tranquil wedge]

The key to bringing a younger demographic back to Halo really comes down to three pillars. First, the game has to become social again. Halo used to be the place where you’d meet people, joke around, and build little communities inside the game itself. Re‑introducing things like perimeter chat and letting players of different skill levels actually play ranked together would go a long way toward restoring that sense of connection.

Second, the sandbox needs to feel alive in a way that’s actually new. Not just “fun weapons,” but weapons and equipment that interact with each other, where combining tools creates amplified effects or unexpected abilities. Younger players love systems that stack, chain, and reward experimentation. If Halo leans into that kind of emergent, combinational gameplay, you get those spontaneous “did you just see that?” moments that spread on their own.

Finally, the storytelling and lore need to matter again. We the fans have been clear about wanting a narrative that respects the universe, gives them characters worth caring about, and ties the campaign and multiplayer together in a meaningful way. When the world feels coherent and the stakes feel real, people invest.

Do those three things, and Halo will be just fine

[candid solar]

They should add emotes to Halo.

Important for social interactions in games.

[tranquil wedge]

Oh gad no! Don't make it fortnite.

[candid solar]

Damn, wild to say you hate Helldivers.

[vagrant kettle]

You might be on to something

[candid solar]

Also wild to say you hate Space Marine 2

And Gears 5. Doesn't Warframe have Emotes? Destiny?

[tranquil wedge]

I don't hate those games. Just don't think Halo needs to follow trends to be successful. They need to make the trends.

[odd anchor]

I concur

[candid solar]

I mean, following trends is literally how CE was successful? So IDK why you're lying lmao

Halo improved because it learned from others. Pretending otherwise is revisionist.

[tranquil wedge]

CE followed the trends. Wrong. CE when it came out was new and fresh. No other console had multiplayer like Halo did. They set the trend.

[candid solar]

Bro's never heard of a computer 💀

Bro's never heard of Unreal or Quake or Half Life 1 💀

Bro's never heard of Doom multiplayer 💀

Bro's never even heard of ChuChu Rocket 💀

[tranquil wedge]

None of those where on console. Halo set the trend for console multi player.

[candid solar]

No it didn't lmao

[hybrid plover]

i just wanna twerk in halo

[candid solar]

It was one of many games that came out with console multiplayer in 2001

[polar zodiac]

I come back to the server after a quick halo wars 2 match to this exact sentence

[hybrid plover]

ur welcome

[candid solar]

It also wasn't even the first online multiplayer game on console in the US, that was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

[flat vortex]

yep

[candid solar]

Man I hate how all these people come in claiming they know Halo and they don't even know the most basic foundation of what it was inspired by

[tranquil wedge]

Get off your high horse.

[hybrid plover]

womp womp

[candid solar]

Lmao

Honestly the fact most people don't get how much Halo borrows from Unreal alone is funny as hell

[tranquil wedge]

I provided 3 pillars to garnering a younger generation to the game and you come up with Emots. LOL. Thats why your not some one making games.

[candid solar]

I mean, I'm half joking, but you also jumped straight for Fortnite like it's the damn boogeyman.

Some manner of player interaction beyond a ping is useful, either for humor or an actual purpose.

[tranquil wedge]

Okay then. Provide a sound and grounded respons to what will bring in a younger generation. GO.

[hybrid plover]

fortnite is the boogeyman

[candid solar]

I don't give a damn about younger generations, I give a damn about players in general. It's weird to fixate on younger players only.

You also ignored an entire list.

[polar zodiac]

fellas
I think we can all agree at least
the casette futurism aesthetic of the human tech was peak

[tranquil wedge]

I was responding to a post some one gave earlier about a younger player base.

[polar zodiac]

it may not be some folks favourites
but it was peak

[hybrid plover]

wait we can say damn

[candid solar]

Also, if you can't learn from what other games do right, and instead focus on directionless 'innovation', that just makes you sound like someone who just wants to endlessly critique instead of someone who actually gives a damn about games in general.

[hybrid plover]

damn, womp womp

[warped goblet]

:>

[candid solar]

Learn from Helldivers, learn from Overwatch, learn from Space Marine 2, learn from CoD, hell, learn from Fortnite. Halo as a game is a game that learned from other franchises, learned from other materials. It is a gestalt of tropes given new form.

Running from the shadow of 'but someone else did it first!' Is like shooting yourself in the foot so you can win on your own merits instead of learning from the technique of your competitors and your own learned experience. Not only do you look like a fool, you also lose.

[hybrid plover]

i agree tho i dont really want emotes, but whatever

[warped goblet]

We gettin emotes?

[candid solar]

I mean, I'd like the option to physically have my Spartan point at something, or do a handshake with another Spartan. Even a little salute.

[hybrid plover]

yeah maybe some basic ones could be cool

[warped goblet]

One can only dream…

[candid solar]

Since people don't use microphones or proximity chat in games very often, these have largely grown to be a part of player interaction.

[hybrid plover]

yeah whats up w that

nobody on mic anymore

[warped goblet]

Prolly their set up

[candid solar]

I don't like having slurs and abuse thrown at me by mid players and mute everyone, and I play with a party instead of randos.

This is pretty universal.

[pliant hatch]

teabagging or shooting your body already sends people ballistic. I can't imagine what an L dance would do.

[warped goblet]

Guessing you got your fair share of halo toxicity over the mic

[candid solar]

Eh, I used to play For Honor.

Wrong reply lmao

[hybrid plover]

for honor is good

[candid solar]

And CoD MW2 and other games

[hybrid plover]

for honor 2 when

[candid solar]

For Honor's another good example

Doing a salute to another player when you're about to solo duel is a sign of respect and good sportsmanship

[hybrid plover]

crouching after u kill someone 1v1ing energy swords

[warped goblet]

What’s sad about what you’re saying is that it’s 100 percent true and the only right answer, but so many will just say it’s “cringe” and that (if I can mimic them correctly) “it’s just a game, don’t cry over it, lol” (sportsmanship in games is what I refer to specifically)

[candid solar]

I'd rather do that one victory stance with the palm and fist respect salute or something but yeah

[hybrid plover]

i just dont want chief doing the milly rock

not my chief

[candid solar]

That's the thing like, what sort of games are you even playing if you think emotes don't assist with social experiences? They're literally a major component of it now, and it's not like people actually took this crap seriously like everyone pretends.

[polar zodiac]

I plan to make a game
if an enemy kills you and they're weaker than you (like say you're a super soldier and they're standard infantry) you'll see them up like in the arkham games
they'll then taunt you, become named and get an extreme buff
how would you react if this happened to you

[hybrid plover]

arc raiders is so good

[candid solar]

Uh, idk, that doesn't really sound like something I'd enjoy. Annoyed I guess?

[hybrid plover]

good?

[warped goblet]

Emotes are a cesspool of emotion. Like Lukapowa said, T bagging along can send someone ballistic, and those will be the same people who call sportsmanship in gaming “a joke” and that it’s “not that deep.” They can underhand their frustration as a joke as much as they want, but it will never change the fact that these people will legitimately get heated over small in-game movements

[candid solar]

(This is doubly funny for me considering I used to play a lot of Hell Let Loose and Rising Storm 2-both arguably games that take themselves very seriously)

[hybrid plover]

has anyone had the frito flavor twist chips

[warped goblet]

Never tried them in all my life times

[candid solar]

I think with Fortnite it's gotta be some Freudian thing.

[polar zodiac]

basically its my way of skirting past the stupid Nemesis system patent

[hybrid plover]

delicious

[warped goblet]

Dare I even mention Roblox

[candid solar]

Uh, no. My brother, who is 14 years younger than me, said he played that, and I instantly had a cane pop into existence into my hands and started collecting social security.

(I played that when I was his age... 14 years ago)

[hybrid plover]

real

roblox used to be the damn stuff

[warped goblet]

(I play it cuz it can be fun at times, only difference being between us that I’m still a sort-of youngster and an still in that phase )

[hybrid plover]

bruh. does roblox still do tools? like how you could flip a table or whatever

get real small

[candid solar]

I mean, ultimately, it doesn't really change the point-deriding something based off of how one singular thing does it is damaging.

I mean this works the other way too, but as gaming goes, this is a constant game of Darwinism in action.

You adapt by conforming while forming a competitive edge on top of it, or die to being a niche.

Older Halo games did this by incorporating a variation of something other games made popular (dual wielding, for example) in a slightly different way.

Newer Halos tried to adjust and got dragged for something that Bungie had already done (Hell, it's not like Destiny 1 was a novel concept).

[warped goblet]

Never heard of that in my time

[hybrid plover]

im oold

who remember wizard 101

[warped goblet]

I’m known as “unc” in my circles, so in some symbolic way I shall say I can slightly relate. Trust the process

[candid solar]

I remember endless commercials for it.

[hybrid plover]

the unc word, nooooooo

[hybrid plover]

it was pretty terrible

even then

[warped goblet]

You too are an unc

[ornate sequoia]

I've got the perfect halo weapon idea for multiplayer

... um is someone going to ask me what it is?

[vagrant kettle]

Is it a gun

[warped goblet]

I shall bite

[hybrid plover]

put it in the hat

of ideas

[ornate sequoia]

it's a yuuuge weapon

[warped goblet]

Nah, it’s you. They’re thinking of implementing you into the game

[vagrant kettle]

Sweet

[ornate sequoia]

It's super big, any guesses?

[deep night]

Hunter?

[hybrid plover]

death star

[warped goblet]

gonna be the Halo 2 Scarab plasma Gun

[ornate sequoia]

ah nice I like that

Alr since no one else is biting, I'll reveal it...

Its divine wind will rush through the stars, propelling all who are worthy along the path to salvation

[warped goblet]

[deep night]

??

[ornate sequoia]

Yes

[hybrid plover]

halo death star, take it or leave it

[harsh ginkgo]

Your mom

[fleet sundial]

yo tomorrow who wanna play halo infinite with me?

[pliant hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/regular-show-ooh-regular-show-gif-5715487

[odd anchor]

Your dad

[latent pewter]

Fellas I started Infinite today and I gotta say I'm loving it!

[low wedge]

does anyone know why my nameplate drop disappeared from my twitch drops

[latent pewter]

I love swinging around cuz it satisfies the urge to swing from stuff like Tarzan, and grappling into enemies and meleeing them is so fun! Also the sidekick has a nice design from a gun nerd perspective

[drowsy sorrel]

I’m looking for a group for original online halo Ce

[latent pewter]

I can hear this