Absolute Dog

This is the final count on the Member Voted Awards! The Nicest Member is Choot'em. The Funniest Member is Donut. The Toughest Mod is Absolute Dog. Thanks to all members that participated in the voting! It is good to see who has the community spirit here in the forums.

This has turned into quite the little thread Bobo! Good to see all of the positive responses!

Sure, I do at least. I had older brothers and we had our ways of being "brothers". Take your time FIREN4 and add the to the Map Room when you can.

Hey Xephler, we have already met, but wanted to officially welcome you to the forum. I see you are finding your way around okay, so enjoy our little bit of Halo paradise.

First links has been burned and the Twitter is......well, humorous to me. I could only figure if Waypoint burned the story it is false.

Okay, one was first and the other has the best of intents. I have merged the two together because you are both really good members and deserve credit for your research.

Here is a little taste of the car in real life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svxRpqeqFRY

Xelpher, Welcome to the forums! You need to please post your Forge ideas either in the Reach forum or "Official Halo 4 Forge Thread". The clan information and invites go in the Clan Forum. Just click on the highlighted word and it will link you to the appropriate areas. Thank you. I will transfer thread to the Reach forum for now.

Just got a message from Twinreaper: "I have a Halo 2 PC server running for 343i.org. Spread the word on the site. I will be updating to include viewable stats for those who play on the server in the coming months. Just my way of giving back, even if I am not there."

We are off topic, but for a good reason. The filter applies only to certain words or inferences. The rest is left up to the Mods and the community to deal with.

That's because you don't need to make those kinds of references to get your point across.

The quit ban for the most part has a good foundation. For example, you say you like multi-team and probably have your favorite game types. How would you like it if every time your favorites came up 1 or 2 team mates quit every single time? I rarely play Reach alone and would never quit a game on a friend and have only left a game deliberately on a few rare occasions that required me to. I have won numerous matches short of a team mate and out of simple respect to the other team, I fight on, giving them my best fight. I find quitting a game because you don't like it or because others quit to be poor sportsmanship. I think you get why you are getting banned, so I don't really need to address the "why", but if there was no quit ban and few honorable players, the match making would end up a joke in the end with players only staying in games they choose to play. You can't have a hundred play lists to appease everybody, so you might as well play the few unwanted games on occasion rather than be continually banned.

First off, the code is located on a card on the left panel of the box. There should be two cards along with a brief game instruction. One card will have the codes for the male and female Master Chief avatar armor and the other had the Map down load code and the 2 Days Gold XBL code. If these items were not in the sealed package, you need to return it to the place of purchase and request a new copy. If the actual box was covered in the factory clear plastic, it would have had white panels with the Game title and UPC code bars across the clasp area for the box. The entire package, including the "dust cover" sleeve the box was in would have also had factory clear plastic enclosing it. The down load code is part of what you paid for, it does not have to be purchased separately! When the time comes that you have either a good copy of the new game, or are offered the down load codes for the purchased items, then you cam use the code to down load the maps at any time that you enter Reach match making. If you have any issues with the retailer contact Xbox.com or select this link and request a call back or you can chat in real time with a member of the company. I hope this helps and hope to see you in my sights soon!

Player still do flock to Reach. The has been a TU (Title Update) that has addressed the bloom, Armor Lock and other components of the game that were adjustable. Depending on how long you have been away, the very competitive Squad Battle, a 5 vs 5 slayer variant, is a serious version of Team Slayer without AL. When you combine the HCEA play list to the current TU, there are plenty of new ways to enjoy the game.

To The Director and Mayhem, I would rather eat the savory chicken like Jackal and 10 hots all in one sitting! WYR Play cards all night with a Zombie who constantly wants to bet for your brains or have dinner "with" Dr.Hannibal Lector?

Andrew you have the basis for a good idea there I think. Give the players of the game, not just the active forum communities a voice. The voting of a play list in an "existing" versus a "TU" play list seems good on the surface. There would have to be a rather lengthy time for comparison due to players shifting from one to another play list, infrequent players coming on, etc. You know, as well as others, that when you offer something update wise and some players like it, then find it removed due to popularity issues, it creates another group of those who feel neglected. It is a hard decision for the developer, or in this case the games custodian, to make sometimes. You are right that the active "people in the forums" should not be the only voice because most players do not get involved in the forums. It can be used in some cases as a litmus of where the community as a whole stands, but the numbers in the forums and overall opinion currently do not reflect the community as a whole. Neither do you! Using terms like "Crappy TU Beta" and "no one that matters likes it" is only going to ruffle feathers, so find a better way to give example without the colorful remarks and you may find better discussion on your thoughts. Hopefully you will see this and do a "TU" for your "OP"! P.S. One more thing to consider is that the TU may be the shape of things to come in Halo 4. So, if you are one of the Reach faithful that said others needed to "adapt" to what Reach offered, you may want to consider "adapting" to what may be comming in Halo 4!

Congrats on the milestone "Big"! You have to be one of the most needed to be met on Live members of the forum. You ever want to put the "Beat a Mod" award up on the line, I will turn the clock off next time! Cheers mate!

No friend request has been denied to that account ever!

Let me start by thanking all of those who showed up. That was by far the largest group yet for a community play date. There were times I laughed so hard I cried! It began with AgentLofi an I sitting alone at 8:00 am CST wondering who would show up and how long it would last. We had discussed the play list earlier in the week and decided on a fun set of custom maps, not realizing what members themselves had on hand for us to enjoy. Just as the two of us were about to head into a Team Doubles match to warm up, here came the members. The fun ensued. As we played the group continued to grow. We had a riot playing Bumper Trucks, a 3 lap race map that was insanely fun and some of the wildest and sensory overloading Infection game types I have ever seen, played or heard of. I have honestly never seen a flaming Wart Hog move so fast! Though the predominant top killing members, were AgentLofi, Biggles Brown and assorted others, I can honestly say that the kill count or K/D spread was the least of our concerns. It was just flat out fun! There were some fun and interesting member created invasion maps that I hope to see shared in the Map Room. The torch was passed from member to member to share some of their favorite custom maps and creations. Some of the games seemed to never end. When it came to playing in match making the teams were mostly balanced between the members, but there were some blow outs. Speaking of blow outs, if I remember correctly were DOMINATED in BTB against all who dare challenge us. I do not recall the exact number of total members, and a few of the members friends, that joined us through out the day, but we never once lacked a fun, talented and lethal group of killers. The games began right around 8:00 am CST and I finally had to take a break around 5:30 EST. Still not the longest play date, but it did rival the funnest one. Thanks to AgentLofi for stepping up and handling the games for us. This communitiy rocks!

On of my favorite songs is: Peter Gabriel :

Not true! My mothers bridge partner's grandson goes to school with a kid whose dad dated a girl in school that looked like Kiki Wolfkill and at a 30 yr. high school reunion recently she said her exhusband's son who works at K-Mart said it was being released on the 18th of November!

Okay, the new member and I have had a PM discussion and I believe he was just showing off a copy that he is proud to own and has no intention of selling. Unlocked, and carry on.