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Obviously the subject of quitting has spawned a lot of threads. Your idea seem fine on the surface, but if you end up on the team that has the quitters, what is to stop the remaining players from throwing the game in order to have it not affect their true skill. Example: One player quits, the games starts to drift away, so one or two of the remaining players either AFK or run into the open to die. The remaining one or two who continue to fight hard for a win or their respective stats. This could create another unfair situation by trying to resolve another. It would also seem to be more variables. What if you were expected to win the game 4v4 and lost 3v4 badly enough to hit your proposed threshold? I played Arena Doubles while it was available and in the games where a team mate quit I rarely won. Wins did happen though, either due to players lesser opponents or slowing the pace of the game and trying to separate the players for 1v1 fights. sometimes hologram use. Point is, quitters have long be more than an annoyance and the only thing that has been somewhat effective is punishing the quitter. Here is a link to a thread you may or may not have seen what do you think of this thought being applied to the stripping of rank status for quitters? Read post #8 for my ideas.

That just means there are more people to buy and play Halo 4.

It's fitting it should end with this song: - David Bowie

Would like to take the opportunity to pay tribute to a friend who showed me a lot about Halo 3. I used to save the videos of him playing and study his style to improve my game. For Afflicted......... [media] [media/]

Having always been a personal fan of ranked doubles and knowing ranked play has always been an integral part of Halo, how many of you would really like a more complete ranked play list? Take the time to explain why you like ranked play and a particular game type.

That may not be a bad idea. Since the MLG players tend to be the more competitive and FFA has suffered from a lack of interest recently it may be an area that it has a better chance of surviving. I remember when it was removed from Arena play along with Doubles, which I played, it was missed by the FFA crowd. Let's see how much interest the thread pulls.

Please link the info.

You may apply a link in your OP, just edit and add it. Thanks for being polite enough to ask.

Really nice find, good job bro'.

Well said Mystic.

Usually once a week I get back to the roots and play Halo 3. Sometimes with friends, sometimes by myself in Ranked Doubles or Objective. Though I do not have the disk with me while visiting family, I will be back home next week. I would like to play with fellow members in both Reach and Halo 3. A Reach play date is already in motion, I would like to set one for Halo 3 on Saturday November 12th starting at 6 pm EST. I will be on at that time if anybody would care to join just send an invite to let me know you are on. I will be on the entire evening.

I will be the first to admit I am not a "tech" guy! lol That is why I differed the technical aspects to Twinreaper.

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Welcome back Death. That sounds like a line from a horror film! lol We are still the same boring, unfriendly scoundrels you left behind.

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I actually used to play a lot of it until I realized two things. One, when playing Texas Heat you are mostly playing against avatars from players who quit or lagged out. In my own tournaments that I set at a $50,000 minimum by in, players who lost interest and left were replaced by AI's that played as the retired players avatar and would sometimes win. I find that incredibly frustrating. I do still on occasion play private games for high stakes. will friend you next time I play.

You may well know this, but the maps offered with HCEA will be played on the Reach engine. That means they will be part of Reach MM, similar to a DLC, which is how they will be made available to players who do not have HCEA. I have to assume the new maps would have Infection played on them. Hope that helps.

You know they will be here on ocassion You all know they will get in here on occasion. They just can't stand the good thing we have in this forum. Jealousy is the best form of flattery.

We could find a world that has been left abandoned and become inhabited by a new species. We may finally get a chance to come in contact with the Forerunners themselves or find an old familiar enemy that has taken control of the advanced technology and is now even more powerful than before. I can imagine an environment that has amazing futuristic structures that both housed the creators and allowed them to manufacture all means of weapons, vehicles and ships. There would have to been an extensive network power, mechanical and waste tunnels to support such a large creation. There would have to be research, command and control, education facilities, etc. I also hope there will be natural landscapes that have rivers or large bodies of water, forest areas and even underground caves and waterways. Could it be possible this massive creation was built around a small planet or moon? I am extremely excited that the Halo 4 game will at least start, if not be fully played, in a completely new and alien environment.

Unafraid : Queensryche Brings back some good memories.

I agree, There should be a way to find out how long we have had accounts and been playing the games. I would freely offer all of my account and pertinent information to verify them to get an early shot at the Beta, if one is to be made available. I have invested over two thousand dollars since the beginning in XBOXes, MS accounts and Halo game purchases. I would love an early crack at it myself.