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9/25/2007 8:59:05 AM

i haz haloz

9/25/2007 9:22:31 AM

haha, i had it preordered at eb at crossroads, i called and he said they had like 500 or so preorders most likely to come out so i said eff that...

called mission valley blockbuster, they got 9 copies to sell, dude said just be inside before midnight

moral of the story.....there were 3 people who bought it from blockbuster and were playing by 1205

9/25/2007 10:08:28 AM

yeah i got it from Target, went this mornin, two guys were there before me checkin out, and that was it
no problems at all, i was at the counter for 15 mins cuz i had to swap out the first LE one i got and swap the case on the one that had good discs, but i got all of it as i wanted. they have copies and nobody was there, so whoever wants one there's just another place

9/25/2007 10:12:24 AM

I heard something like 2.2 million copies were on pre-order. I wonder how many more actually were sold. Some kids are playing it on a hdtv at the dh hill library now.

9/25/2007 10:30:40 AM

"Bungie tuned the multi-player game like a fine grand piano, with well-balanced weapons and smartly designed maps"

i'm so sad that I have to be at work. i am going to get it during lunch. maybe i should call in sick after lunch???

9/25/2007 10:49:09 AM

^bad chinese food or other similar excuse

9/25/2007 11:02:15 AM

I'm off at lunch today

can't wait to pop that bad boy in

9/25/2007 11:23:22 AM

I'll admit, I'm dying a lot during the campaign on heroic.

Definitely need more peeps playing if I am going to have a chance on legendary. The damn covenent snipers are ridonkulous

This is the clan list I am using so far, if you are not on it and want to be: Copy and Paste everyone's name in your post and ADD your own gamertag. I am lazy

TWW CLAN SIGN UP LIST:

mildew23
UsingThePeter
chronic narnia
f5volcomf5
Sik NCSU
CarZin
Golovko
MainlineSix
oneNASTYbyrd
sirleche
ItsAJackal21
jchill2
Talibus
kainen1
II BadKids II (those are i's)
FreshDesh
SNV

[Edited on September 25, 2007 at 11:42 AM. Reason : clan should be up today or tomorrow]

9/25/2007 11:40:51 AM

Waiting out at Best Buy till midnight was worth it.. got a Halo3 cap and a T-shirt The game is awesome Btw..

9/25/2007 11:44:49 AM

Here is my emblem btw, if you want to try to be cool and really be part of the clan you can do the same one. I think it is fitting for TWW.

9/25/2007 11:45:37 AM

Fry, that was me and my roommate at target this morning. no problems at all there. quick and easy, and halo 3 is fucking sweet....now to go take a test :-(

9/25/2007 11:58:22 AM

Clan update:

Bungie did not build clan support into Halo 3 They are saying it will be implemented in the fall update We have to wait until then

9/25/2007 12:04:33 PM

^^^Yeah my roommate got the wolf, I just kept the same one I had in Halo 2, the Triad.

9/25/2007 12:07:20 PM

me and a friend stayed up all night to beat the campaign mode (u can connect with someone online and yall can play in the same campaign)........we played on normal just to try to beat the game.



I will say though that the last level is freak nasty

9/25/2007 12:15:10 PM

Quote :

"'ll admit, I'm dying a lot during the campaign on heroic. Definitely need more peeps playing if I am going to have a chance on legendary. The damn covenent snipers are ridonkulous"

agreed, we played 4 of us at one time and we still had people dying, snipers are on point





oh well on clans but the logo is cool, ill try to make that

9/25/2007 12:16:02 PM

weren't there something like 4 million discs pressed? I'm about to go try and pick up a copy in a few.

9/25/2007 12:45:59 PM

me and a buddy popped it in

when starting a game, i'm getting black bars on the left and right side of the screen

shouldn't it span to fill the entire screen? Is there a setting i'm missing somewhere?

1080i tv, 1080i setting on the xbox

9/25/2007 12:54:30 PM

that logo is awesome up there. Troof!

9/25/2007 12:55:07 PM

and can you not give handicaps anymore to level playing fields?

wtf am i missing

i feel like there is a menu somewhere that will fix all this but i can't find it

9/25/2007 1:35:39 PM

Sorta spoiler..

Make sure to watch all of the credits

[Edited on September 25, 2007 at 1:45 PM. Reason : .]

9/25/2007 1:44:40 PM

ncsu919 howd ya know that was me

haha. can't wait to get home and play some more... freakin classes.

mildew i'm already rockin the wolf, was awesome to see that thing as an option.
has the clan been created? i need an invite to this motha

9/25/2007 1:56:16 PM

mildew23
UsingThePeter
chronic narnia
f5volcomf5
Sik NCSU
CarZin
Golovko
MainlineSix
oneNASTYbyrd
sirleche
ItsAJackal21
Squadoosh
jchill2
Talibus
kainen1
II BadKids II (those are i's)
FreshDesh
SNV

9/25/2007 2:16:00 PM

Quote :

"me and a buddy popped it in when starting a game, i'm getting black bars on the left and right side of the screen shouldn't it span to fill the entire screen? Is there a setting i'm missing somewhere? 1080i tv, 1080i setting on the xbox"

as am I...i made sure that the little switch was set to HD and everything. I'm not sure what the deal is. The intro was in widescreen, but it looks like the game is in 4:3 for some reason.

and yeah, i'm dying like a mother fucker on Herioc.

9/25/2007 2:16:00 PM

my copy of the collector's edition was scratched...good thing I checked it before I left the parking lot!!! They ended up just opening up one and handing me a new disc, I actually played till like 9 this morining with a friend in the camp over live and got to the last level in camp...but now it's hard as a mofo by myself...Hit me up if you wanna help me beat the last level on herioc gt= oneNASTYbyrd

9/25/2007 2:25:22 PM

question: anybody know if it's even possible to have guests with their own profiles? (appearance, controls, etc, but signed in as a guest for matchmaking)

9/25/2007 2:58:52 PM

Who's ItsAJackal21?

LOL

9/25/2007 3:01:10 PM

i know you?

9/25/2007 3:01:50 PM

That wolf emblem looks good, I just made it myself, but I think it looks better with the wolf colored silver/light gray rather than the dark gray.

9/25/2007 3:09:25 PM

mildew23
CMoody
UsingThePeter
chronic narnia
f5volcomf5
Sik NCSU
CarZin
Golovko
MainlineSix
oneNASTYbyrd
sirleche
ItsAJackal21
Squadoosh
jchill2
Talibus
kainen1
II BadKids II (those are i's)
FreshDesh
SNV

9/25/2007 3:23:11 PM

if anyone likes to explore like me...on the one where you're defending the hangar (mission 2 i believe), if you go in the opposite direction in one hallway, you'll find a guy trying to get into a locked door. it's the folks from red vs. blue and it's pretty funny.

-how do we know you aren't a bad guy?

i'm talking to you aren't i?

-we're still not letting you in...

9/25/2007 3:26:50 PM

Quote :

"The intro was in widescreen, but it looks like the game is in 4:3 for some reason. "

What the hell are you talking about? You saying its not in freaking 16:9??????

9/25/2007 3:38:34 PM

Mine is 16:9...

9/25/2007 3:43:56 PM

Quote :

"mildew23 UsingThePeter chronic narnia f5volcomf5 Sik NCSU CarZin Golovko MainlineSix oneNASTYbyrd sirleche ItsAJackal21 jchill2 Talibus kainen1 II BadKids II (those are i's) FreshDesh SNV muexi"

add me okay i am mexican and can add a little spice to the clan tia

9/25/2007 4:01:39 PM

Quote :

"What the hell are you talking about? You saying its not in freaking 16:9??????"

i dont think it's in 4:3, but its definitely not in 16:9. I'll take a picture of it with my digital camera after I get off work and post it. It's really weird, but atleast i'm not the only person seeing it.

9/25/2007 4:06:16 PM

I think its widescreen when just one person's playing either campaign or multi.

But 4:3 when two or more players are playing on the same console.

I think this is because its a horizontal split, so the aspect of half the screen with the full 16:9 would be wider than the full screen 16:9 so they cut it off on the edges.

9/25/2007 4:14:24 PM

pretty shitty if you ask me...i mean GoW did it.

9/25/2007 4:18:17 PM

incubuz: if you want to be in the clan, at least use the most current list doof.

add onto this list
mildew23
CMoody
UsingThePeter
chronic narnia
f5volcomf5
Sik NCSU
CarZin
Golovko
MainlineSix
oneNASTYbyrd
sirleche
ItsAJackal21
Squadoosh
jchill2
Talibus
kainen1
II BadKids II (those are i's)
FreshDesh
SNV
muexi

[Edited on September 25, 2007 at 4:34 PM. Reason : .]

9/25/2007 4:34:07 PM

when is the fall update scheduled?

9/25/2007 4:40:56 PM

so far multiplayer feels a lot tighter than halo 2, best way I can describe it

I would like to implore people to submit player reviews as much as possible, I know its got a generally small impact but I think if enough people end up doing it we'll actually start seeing people with less than the full amount of stars lol

9/25/2007 4:50:47 PM

just got my copy

9/25/2007 4:56:28 PM

<3 the edition of the flamethrower. was playing at a friend's online with another friend who just started playing, and after i started torching him he's like OMG WTF is that shit??? LOL


the controls honestly feel smoother and easier to use i thought.. takes awhile to remember to reload with the bumpers and not throw out a random shield or such

9/25/2007 5:04:19 PM

yeah, that was a big change...a good change, but still a big one.

9/25/2007 5:11:16 PM

i need to know how the multiplayer is....that's the only reason i'd buy it anyway


is it just like halo 2 but with better graphics and different weapons?


how's the battle rifle?


does it even more heavily emphasize duel wielding?? i fucking hate duel wielding

9/25/2007 5:14:38 PM

less dual wielding and more granades

9/25/2007 5:18:35 PM

i never played halo2 multiplayer online, but i did hate duel wielding. grenades were what made the firs tso fun. i was grenade master at the time.

9/25/2007 5:18:42 PM

the multiplayer is leaps and bounds above Halo 2. Sure there are more weapons, better graphics, etc, but there's way more.

with Forge mode the possibilities of setting up a custom multiplayer game are endless. you can customize any weapon, obstacle, vehicle, teleport, spawn point, etc etc. not only like, oh this gun goes here but like, the gun respawns this often, etc etc.

the levels seem more interactive as well with stuff reacting to your play.

i like the battle rifle but it seems to take longer to kill people with it on MP.


also on MP you can adjust like every detail... gravity, how the score is calculated, radar options like how big of an area your radar goes, if you can only see your team, more and more.

there was too many options in MP to even mess with yet

[Edited on September 25, 2007 at 5:24 PM. Reason : oh and i love the mongoose.. it's a lot of fun to drive]

9/25/2007 5:20:50 PM

dammit, I think i'm going to have to cancel my amazon order and buy this in person...

Shipping Method: FREE Super Saver Shipping
Shipping Preference: Group my items into as few shipments as possible
Subtotal of Items: $59.99
Shipping & Handling: $4.49
Super Saver Discount -$4.49
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Total for this Order: $59.99


Shipping estimate for these items: October 1, 2007
Delivery estimate: October 8, 2007 - October 12, 2007

9/25/2007 5:28:07 PM

here are my thoughts after ~4 hours of multiplayer on the same console:

1) Is the only way to change a handicap for a player to log in their profile and change their personal variants? Much easier just to go to the menu, click on "minor" or "severe" and be done with it. Maybe I need to get used to this.

2) You're telling me halo 2 will stretch to 16:9 but halo 3 can't unless single player? excuse me?

3) No apparent way to "bookmark" or "flag" a replay video to a certain point. Meaning if you have a 25 minute game, and nail a sweet stick or headshot 24 minutes into it...get ready for a long replay. Sure you can speed up the replay...but to about 2x or 3x at most. You're still going to be sitting there for at least 8 minutes waiting to get to that headshot

4) Why doesn't Forge let me put whatever I want on whatever map? We spent about an hour trying to find a flamethrower to test it out, and a few of the maps won't even allow it

5) I liked having personal "start" menus in Halo 2. Now if someone wants to change thumbstick sensitivity, they pause the whole game?

I think overall it's going to be a great game. And i'm sure when Halo 2 came out I bitched about some of the features on there. I just think some areas are a step backwards.

then again, who knows. First day out, I could have missed some features of the game that allow me to do some of this. The manual wasn't much help on any of these issues.

[Edited on September 25, 2007 at 5:35 PM. Reason : .]

9/25/2007 5:33:23 PM

Quote :

"less dual wielding and more granades"

I think thats a big part of what I'm enjoying right now, I don't feel pigeon holed into a particular play style, I can be my supressing fire support style player who puts in with the assault rifle and can actually contribute rather than having to dual wield or plasma combo

now that sort of stuff will probably emerge later but right now it feels better balanced

9/25/2007 5:39:53 PM