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Completed Tsavo Highway on Legendary Solo...has to be the toughest battle ever fought!!! The brutes are so freakin smart n cunning!!! And those snipers jackals were merciless...

 

it was awesome... :wOOtjumpy:

 

Have reached Voi..the surroudings are beautiful!!

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Ranked Big Team Battle is Live in Halo 3

 

This week, Ranked Big Team Battle arrives in Halo 3’s matchmaking playlists. This playlist is an eight versus eight playlist with a focus on Slayer and objective games. Like Halo 2's Big Team Battle, there is a tilt toward Slayer gametypes.

 

Here’s a quick and dirty breakdown of what gametypes, maps and rules have been incorporated into the first release of Ranked Big Team Battle.

 

Primary Weapon: Battle Rifle

Secondary Weapon: Assault Rifle

 

Gametypes: Team Slayer, Multi Flag CTF, One Flag CTF, Neutral Bomb Assault, One Bomb Assault, Territories

 

Maps: Last Resort, Standoff, Valhalla, Valhalla Covies, Rat’s Nest, Sandtrap, Sandtrap Covies

 

This hopper is live now.

 

source : http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?ty...s&cid=13204

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Map Flap

 

Frankie :

 

Some changes are afoot in our plan for the next batch of DLC. Although the next group of three maps is nearing some semblance of completion (don’t get too excited by that fact, since there’s still oodles of polish and testing to be done before they’re ready for the mainstream. But there has been a significant change since we last mentioned ‘em.

 

One of the maps, actually one of Luke and I’s favorites, the oft-mentioned “Purple Reign” is being held back after class, so to speak and will not make it into the next DLC pack. Booo! That’s the bad news. The good news is that it’s being replaced by something potentially much more exciting – a map we haven’t really spoken about because it was a ways behind.

 

But things change. That map’s progress accelerated as Purple’s slowed a little. As we looked at the schedule it became apparent that we could probably leapfrog one to the advantage of the other. Now, I can’t tell you much more about this replacement map, beyond the horrible codename I just made up, “Moonlight Sonata” but I can tell you that it will be universally adored. Of that there is no doubt. Usually I am in the business of soft-selling new maps in case folks have adverse reactions to ‘em “it’s too big!” or “it’s not symmetrical” or “where’s XXXinsert fave map hereXXX” but this time, confidence is high. It will be beloved.

 

Luke and I have been playing it a lot recently as Luke struggles with his hopeless inability to jump, while I wrestle with my colossal failure to point the reticule at opponents. Yesterday I beat him fairly soundly on that map using a technique I think of as a carrot-stick approach. I will lure him towards me and he won’t realize that the path to me is littered with fusion cores. He gets too close and I take a safe shot at the core, sending him hurtling to whatever hell is reserved for Michigan Wolverines fans (which may simply be a normal game, but with flames on the periphery).

 

So during a later one on one deathmatch (it is a relatively small map) I dropped a Bubble Shield and backed out of it while simultaneously throwing a plasma nade (the old, “Splosion Igloo” trick) but I failed hard. The nade came out of my grasp, slid on the surface of the shield and stuck to my face. Luke of course tried to make a clip so that he could laugh and touch himself – but as he was watching back the film, I saw his new fear-driven technique. He was systematically destroying every fusion core on the map to stop me from using them against him. He also leaves near-empty weapons lying around for me to pick up. His favorite trick is to leave one round in a Carbine. In many ways, he is worse than Hitler.*

 

Let me tell you a few other Luke-isms before we move onto new business: He yells at his own teammates that they suck during games. He uses the Needler constantly. He can’t play oddball. He smells faintly of rabbit, or other gamey meat. His car is full of old newspapers, like a homeless guy. He can't eat Fatburger or he faints. Did he beat me? That’s irrelevant.

 

Now, it’s been a while since I made a Mister Chief. But now there’s a good reason. I AM PAINTING A REAL ONE! On a large canvas. With some kind of fancy color art sticks that Lorraine gave me because she felt sorry for me. I will take a photo of the result and print it her next month. And maybe eBay it if I can think of a good charity. Suggestions welcome. Here is a sketch of what I am thinking:

 

* Obviously he is not worse than Hitler.

 

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Am still far way....karan u finised it on solo?

 

yup... all done!

 

btw, don u think Tsavo Highway is like d most beautiful level in Halo 3? i cant get enuf of it!

dats d level iv playd d most... wt bout u?

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Am still far way....karan u finised it on solo?

 

yup... all done!

 

btw, don u think Tsavo Highway is like d most beautiful level in Halo 3? i cant get enuf of it!

dats d level iv playd d most... wt bout u?

 

True that bro...its has to be one of most gorgeous places...i even love the part when the first scarab arrives in Voi...left me breathless!

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True that bro...its has to be one of most gorgeous places...i even love the part when the first scarab arrives in Voi...left me breathless!
Retina scorching Scarab explosions FTW !!!

 

its truely a blinding moment wen d sh*t explodes!

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  • 2 weeks later...
Bungie is planning to fix the melee issue(whtever that is) in their future updates...

yup... by end of dis month

fr all those who r happy 2 hear dis; plz don get too excitd...

its pretty much d same... dey hav explaind d AU in their weekly update

 

here, check it out...

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?ty...s&cid=13233

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GDC 2008: People Like Halo 3

More than a million gamers playing online matches every week.

by Hilary Goldstein

 

From IGN

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February 20, 2008 - Bungie's session on the successes of Halo matchmaking wasn't packed with news or grand revelations. It was a hot topic for fans of algorithms and programming speak. For dunderhead newsies, there wasn't much to write home about. However, during the presentation, Bungie matchmaking guru Chris Butcher laid out a few stunning facts about Halo 3's online popularity.

 

According to Butcher, 1.2 million unique users play Halo 3 online every week. Many of those same people continue to come back. Halo 2's retention year-to-year was an unheard of 80%. Halo 3 is likely to hold a similarly high retention rate. More than 3 million people have played at least 100 games of matchmaking, meaning that Halo 3 is not a one-and-done experience.

 

For those who complain about the limitations of matchmaking, consider that only 16% of all online Halo 3 matches are custom games.The other 84% are ranked matchmaking games. Of the matchmaking types, Team Slayer is by far the most popular, easily doubling the other playlists.

 

Recently Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 have battled for the top spot as the most played Xbox Live title. Over the past few weeks, COD4 has come out on top. Considering the high number of users playing Halo 3 online, we can assume that more than a million gamers are also playing COD4 each week.

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Amazing !! Thats over US$ 50 mln a year in Live subscriptions right there.

 

--MT

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True that bro...its has to be one of most gorgeous places...i even love the part when the first scarab arrives in Voi...left me breathless!
Retina scorching Scarab explosions FTW !!!

 

its truely a blinding moment wen d sh*t explodes!

Zombie Scarab(check this out especially the end)

i.........din......understand it :huh:

was it a campaign level or wat????

ALERT:i still havnt even strted da campaign on halo ;):)

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