Twinreaper

So let me get this straight.... I am an.idiot and a noob because I think the Black Ops 2 title looks very good and and I plan on buying it? Wow, way to really judge people you don't know and way to go on insulting people who.frequent these forums. You both need to learn some respect for your fellow gamers and thier title.choices.

I beg to differ. This community as fractued as it is has an equal swarm of hate surrounding all the press and vids released about Halo 4. The only thing people are crying about with the Black Ops 2 reveal is the storyline. People have gotten used to CoD using traditional real world scenarios for their story. this is the first time CoD is not using anything real world. but even saying not usaing realworld is a misinterpretation. We have tons of unmanned aircraft and weapons that the enemy could easily steal and use against us given proper technology advances or opportunity. With all do respect, both titles have opposite sides of complaints. Halo 4's main complaints are all multiplayer based, at least probably 90% of them. Equally the CoD side of things has issues with the campiagn. very different complaint positions.

What I want to see more than anything is a private build of real editor tools to be offered. I like DLC content as much as the rest, but most of the time we modding community members churn out higher quality map products. They should really look to license community members tools to build DLC content that 343 can in turn choose from and offer as DLC maybe once a month or so. Enpowering the mappers in the community could look to both free up dev time for 343, and continue to offer new products to the gamers on a regular basis. Win freeking win!

Yeah. You should see the updated current builds I have of this as well as Crater and Arbitration. The lighting is sick as hell and the shaders being used well....just makes you feel all warm and fuzzy all over. If you have Halo 2 Ashlynn, I would love to show you a current project build of some of my teams maps. Private showing of coarse

All I see is graphics that are far superior to Halo. That image of the in-game rendering system of gameplay footage trumps anything from Reach, and even the cinematics from Halo 4.

Thanking Treyarch for what? Destroying the Halo population? I don't know what goes on inside your guys' heads but this title looks pretty slick. First off Terminator focuses on AI becoming fully sentient and waging a war against humanity. Black Ops II focuses on what happens when the enemy forces against us, takes control of computer controlled weapons that we own and use. Very different stories and very different agendas. The graphics look overall much of an improvement over MW3, in terms of shader use and lighting. The refelction mapping on some of the surfaces look like it may be actual reflections and not cube mapping which is very good. Even Halo has yet to use actual reflections for Chiefs lonely visor, let alone environmental surfaces. The particle system and amount of on screen particles shown looks phenominal. Halo slows down to a crawl when you try to add around 7 to 8 large dust clouds of particles...so CoD has them beat there. Now depending on how multiplayer turns out, this could be bad news for Halo fans, not good news. Do not forget the swarm of hate and panic that is plaguing our community as well as CoD's. Noone is certain what will happen. Jumping the gun a bit on the year's big game winner aren't we?

Congrats Azaxx, welcome to the MoM club bro!! I guess even an Apple user wins sometimes huh? lmoa just kidding man, congrats! Couldn't have a picked a more deserving member myself. Make us proud soldier!!

First off Rug welcome to the forums. While I do sense and.see your frustration about Halo 4 and what will become of it, please do not over reach and say you speak for the community. Obviously your interaction and opinion gathering is either going to be one sided or limited to the amount of personal contacts you establish thru websites. All of that funny stuff aside,.Halo will be successful regardless. Halo 4 cannot resume or pick up where the state of core gameplay left off. We are seeing a new breed of gamer and as well, a new evolution in FPS's in general. To stifle the innovation and throw Halo back a.decade mechanic wise does not make fiscal or progressive sense. Halo NEEDS to adapt to the changing culture in which it spawned, not run like a sad puppy with its tail between its legs. As it was already stated, certain numbers of things are already confirmed. It is far too early to jump the gun and state it will fail, or make.assumptions about its future based on the limited and very skewed information that has been released via third party media. Halo 4 will not be in any way shape or.form anything lime Halo 2 or Halo 3. Regardless of how many times it is.said that it is returning to its roots, you must also remember that, that single statement itself is a perspective based one. What 343 considers "root", may not be what others consider it. Halo is a game, and as such spawns a.different perspective and take on what is "core". Please be a little more opened minded and please do try to get more information correct in the future when.trying to push or display things that may be fact or.opinion. Once again, enjoy your stay here!

I definatly should be in the top 5. I mean c'mon.........it's me! Not to mention I got that gnarly thug hotty loo going on. Remember that epic photo of me I had posted on my profile. Top 5 material fo sho!

Wow man just wow. I'm still in shock about this. It's like a dream I can't wake up from. For you to suddenly not be here anymore is enough to almost bring me to tears. We have been friends on here for almost the entire length of out time, and I have come to respect you greatly as a Moderator, as a mentor and most of all, as a great friend. I can understand how life sometimes interupts us and requires our full attention so i can relate and appriciate the hard descision you have to make. You will be sorely missed, and I don;t think anyone could ever fill your shoes. Please take great care of yourself and please stay in touch once in a while. I look forward to and miss already, our conversation over live. we really need to do it again sometime when you are not busy. Good bye old friend, may peace and prosperity be with you always! Now that the sad sappy part is done..... I CALL HIS MOD SPOT!!!!!

I've been planning out a way to have an Ipod/Ipad/Iphone/Android app that allows registered users of the site to have a "Shoutbox" only wa y of keeping in touch. basically the app is just a shoutbox connector so you dont have to load the site in explorer or safari, or whatever. I'll keep you guys updated if I decide to take this idea further.

Calling me out huh? Listen boy, there were so many things wrong with just about everything you stated. A cheap trick is something a player uses by exploiting bugs in the programming code to achieve an advantage over another player. BxR and BxB and any amount of multiple projectile shooting is a cheap trick. These things were not meant to happen, and unfortunatly since it's an issue with the core engine it was not patchable, otherwise it would have been. Even Bungie themselves said that button combo exploits were cheating. get a clue. Button combos were easy to pull off, especially with bullet and reticule magnetism. Anyone who pratices it, needs to learn a real way to play. In fact, most servers DO NOT ALLOW this type of combo to be used. Some will allow it in slight moderation, but for the most part they frown on it. There is no skill involved with using it, and anyone who thinks there is, sucks at doing the combo then. I've seen complete new players play Halo 2 for the first time, and just try to use it based on videos they may have seen, and they pull it off perfect without missing. I lost my creditability? Really? So you know me personally? You have known and played with me for years? How about this troll ****, go onto a Monstrmoose server and ask around about me. That will tell you everything you need to know. Halo 3 was just as fast paced as Halo 2. The only thing that made Halo 3 even slightly slower than halo 2 if at all, was the way in which the newer weapons added functioned. The core metrics used to make MM was the same exact settings and values that Halo 2 had. All the player movement and weapon functions were nearly identical and indistiguishable to a non-programmer/modder. You can all say what you want about this topic, but the fact remains that the very definition of a cheap trick or hack applies to button combos. The BxR and all other button combos were not purposely put in or intended. Further, there is no tag definition value that they could use to simulate this effect outside a code bug. The tag system and engine is not setup to allow this type of combo to be a core feature. Get over it and try using some other weapons in the game, there are plenty to choose from.

Wow I need to get on here more often longer...I didn't even see this till now. Thank you so much guys. It's awesome to know that i have helped make this place a real home and overall better for you guys on a daily basis. Thanks again. And congrats to everyone on the list!

I like that idea Derp. It could be done easily enough thru the multiple bsp usage function, but the only issue is, that only players on that particular loaded bsp would be able to interact directly with eachother. Although I doubt they could they could get the server to properly respond to people being on different bsp sections though...who knows? Maybe the new H4 engine has some crazy functions even I never thought of?

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Ok, so I know some of us probably have an uber sweet case mod or complete custom case for our Xbox's. Even if it is a special Edition Console we would all like to see it. So I will start off... Partly finished. Still need to install my Talismoon fan and LED's but other than that it came along nicely. The paint got scuffed big time during my move last month so I now need to take it apart and repaint it. Next up, is my Forerunner case mod with the spare case my brother gave me from his RROD console.

I would imagine that since they are using the term "carbine" for it, that it would be an assault, lower powered Cov Carbine. That would be pretty sick, having a Cov carbine that has maybe it's barrel shortened, and the stock parts fattened up a bit to allow a smaller caliber fuel rod slug to fire at fast rates similar to the standard Carbine. Hmmm...I smell a Halo 2 mod coming on...

Well for the perspective of faster gameplay, that relies on everyone having a DMR or fast percission weapon, or the ability to take out the target quickly depending on the weapon you weild. Not everyone likes to play with a DMR all the time. I almost never pickup a DMR and usually opt for a needler or a plasma repeater. Now, I havent played any MLG playlists so I cannot speak from that end of the spectrum. But also the DMR is NOT the only weapon out there. There are many weapons to choose from and all of them have an equal ground to play with via pros and cons. That is the only thing that bugs me about bloom and everyones perspective on it. So many times the game over, people complain about it, yet never just go around and use a different weapon. Why such a love for the DMR/Needle Rifle/Sniper? Where is the love for the non-percission weapons? That is the real issue here. By MLG standards it seems......the percission weapons are the only ones that should be in Halo since it's the only ones that are ever complained about. Please correct me if I have my intel wrong here, but thats the way it seems after going through tons of MLG posts from random players around the web. Where's my ZB Plasma Repeater?!? I can no haz?

For the last time, arguing against bloom is pointless. Everyones perspective of what takes skill vs what you think takes skill is always going to be radically different...there is no real right or wrong way to determine skill. Skill is just that, and it comes in a wide variety of flavors and instances. Also, please keep in mind that reach IS the VERY FIRST TIME we ever had an absolute "0" bloom denominator in effect. That being said, you cannot simply dismiss "bloom" lovers, since they were also people who played Halo 2 and Halo 3, and may have been awesome with the BR. All in all, you all have your own view and I cannot stand seeing you guys argue about it anymore. NOONE IS RIGHT OR WRONG HERE....IT'S ALL PERSPECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL INSTANCES!!! Bad Boy, you say bloom is less skilled because with ZB, you know for sure where your shots are going, and stray bullets means no room for aiming or firing error. Thats fine. For your playstyle and battle instances this is true to your perspective. As with the others, bloom adding an extra calculation to which your bullet may go, and you can judge, that is fine also. Your both right for your own style and lets just leave it at that. case closed.....hopefully?

Gotta say I'm very dissapointed. All that work they put into recording hours upon hours of recorded weapons on a range, and all we have for a BR is a amplified silenced SMg sound from halo 2?!? The sound may have been muted a bit, but the effect and range of the sound won't be muted nearly as much if it were a more powerful sound. I failed to see any recoil on the weapon. 9 shots in 5 secons should have equated to the weilder having to reposition his reticule much more than he did. From what i saw even slowing it down, there was no apparent recoil. Of coarse, we have no idea how old this footage was that they put in. Likely it wasn't current as the sound sucked and the recoil they SAID the BR would have was not there. That aside, the lighting is top notch. Compared to the previous titles, the lighting angle change was flawless and full. Very impressed with that part.

Funny you posted that. Over at Monstrmoose, the team and I started making Forerunner weapons last year. I have a Plasma Pistol already done like the one from halo legends. You know the one where it has the short looking energy sword beam that comes off of it. And that image you posted above, someone in the team had begun modeling it for use as a Forerunner neural sniper. That reminds me....I need to see what ever happened to that weapon.