Seems familiar?Jimmy Jangles assesses the Noble Pack Maps
So, what a surprise that Bungie (Microsoft) release the two best multi player Maps they've designed for Halo: Reach as downloadable content. I have no doubt Tempest and Breakpoint will prove to become some of the most popular Halo maps of all time. Still, I miss Turf.
Here's my assessment of the three maps after a few hours playing on them:
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
To Boost or not to Boost: Beware Roosting Chickens in your home.
I like the image K?So Bungie has laid out how they treat gamers who Play Halo: Reach (and Halo 3 presumably still) by boosting. Boosting is where you manipulate the game to your advantage to get better game statistics. Usually this is done by creating game play situations where logged in players sit around with their tits in the air doing nothing, waiting to be killed.
Bungie explains their boosting policy as such:
OKAY: Full Party Boosting
Playing with a full group where nobody is idle and everyone is running around getting kills, headshots, sticks, and sweet rejections. Nobody is AFK.
NOT OKAY - Idle Boosting
Getting into a full or partial party with guests or other Gold accounts who are not manned in order to kill AFKs. Also not acceptable is having EVERYONE AFK to attempt to get Credits for time played.
Got it? Good. As always, more nefarious behavior such as network manipulation is right out. The Banhammer catches that kind of behavior in its sleep - and it is always cranky first thing in the morning. Best to let sleeping dogs lie.-What this means is when the Bungie Banhammer comes down (and it will) you will wake up and suddenly you can't pwn noobs no more in the best game ever. Ever.
But for us honest folks at home, WTF is boosting you might ask? You'll note Bungie used the acromym AFK. This is geek speak for Away From Keyboard. So the point Bungie is making that if you play games with players in the game who's specific purpose is to be the meat in your sandwhich, you run the risk of being banned.
Generally speaking Boosting is the practice of playing a competitive multiplayer xbox game against (or rather with) accomplices, in order to easily gain ranks or achievements which would require significant time or skill to achieve during regular play (it's like how everybody lined up in Halo 3
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Bungie explains their boosting policy as such:
OKAY: Full Party Boosting
Playing with a full group where nobody is idle and everyone is running around getting kills, headshots, sticks, and sweet rejections. Nobody is AFK.
NOT OKAY - Idle Boosting
Getting into a full or partial party with guests or other Gold accounts who are not manned in order to kill AFKs. Also not acceptable is having EVERYONE AFK to attempt to get Credits for time played.
Got it? Good. As always, more nefarious behavior such as network manipulation is right out. The Banhammer catches that kind of behavior in its sleep - and it is always cranky first thing in the morning. Best to let sleeping dogs lie.-What this means is when the Bungie Banhammer comes down (and it will) you will wake up and suddenly you can't pwn noobs no more in the best game ever. Ever.
But for us honest folks at home, WTF is boosting you might ask? You'll note Bungie used the acromym AFK. This is geek speak for Away From Keyboard. So the point Bungie is making that if you play games with players in the game who's specific purpose is to be the meat in your sandwhich, you run the risk of being banned.
Generally speaking Boosting is the practice of playing a competitive multiplayer xbox game against (or rather with) accomplices, in order to easily gain ranks or achievements which would require significant time or skill to achieve during regular play (it's like how everybody lined up in Halo 3
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Halo Remake: worth taking a look?
game is being quietly remade by Microsoft's 343 Industries. All the speculation appears to be based on a interview with Steve McGill a high level English Xbox Executive.
The original question was:
Eurogamer: Is a Halo remake something you personally would like to see? Do you think it's a good idea?
Steve McGill: I imagine it's a good idea. I think some people want to go back to older games and see them revisited and I think a lot of developers want to see that too.
But statement was taken out of context by Halo fans and journalists who ran with it - here's the question that was asked about Halo just prior to the one above:
Eurogamer: "Why aren't you doing any HD remakes? The God of Wa
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The original question was:
Eurogamer: Is a Halo remake something you personally would like to see? Do you think it's a good idea?
Steve McGill: I imagine it's a good idea. I think some people want to go back to older games and see them revisited and I think a lot of developers want to see that too.
But statement was taken out of context by Halo fans and journalists who ran with it - here's the question that was asked about Halo just prior to the one above:
Eurogamer: "Why aren't you doing any HD remakes? The God of Wa
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Without New Zealand, there would be no Halo
New Zealand. Best country in the world and that's a fact. Without New Zealand's Chris Butcher on the programming job, Halo would not have made Halo as totally freaking awesome as it originally was and still is. And that's a fact too.
In an article about NZ economic growth and creativity, prominent media commentator Russel Brown had this to say:
"We've sent at least one star to the global industry in Halo lead developer Chris Butcher. Might we conceivably have an industry that could employ a prodigy like Butcher in his home country? Iceland managed it with Eve Online developer CCP, which has survived and prospered through that country's financial meltdown."
Why am I posting this? In an article about the New Zealand economy, it's nice to see Halo get a mention.
Halo FTW!
Fans may like to recall the time I actually met Chris Butcher. Labels:not really Halo related...You may wish to join the Facebook page or Follow on Twitter here Ω Get the RSS feedhere Ω Buy Halo: Reach from Amazon0Wills of the Prophets: Post a Comment Newer PostOlder PostHomeSubscribe to:Post Comments (Atom)Popular PostsHalo:Reach Desktop Wallpaper DownloadTekken a look at this!Is the Master Chief Noble 6?Cortana: Everyone's favourite A.I.Why Halo: Reach will be better than SexHalo Reach Goodness Round Up: Warthog of the SkiesMeet Spartan KatThe Space Ships of Halo: ReachMeet Spartan EmileMeet Spartan Carter
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In an article about NZ economic growth and creativity, prominent media commentator Russel Brown had this to say:
"We've sent at least one star to the global industry in Halo lead developer Chris Butcher. Might we conceivably have an industry that could employ a prodigy like Butcher in his home country? Iceland managed it with Eve Online developer CCP, which has survived and prospered through that country's financial meltdown."
Why am I posting this? In an article about the New Zealand economy, it's nice to see Halo get a mention.
Halo FTW!
Fans may like to recall the time I actually met Chris Butcher. Labels:not really Halo related...You may wish to join the Facebook page or Follow on Twitter here Ω Get the RSS feedhere Ω Buy Halo: Reach from Amazon0Wills of the Prophets: Post a Comment Newer PostOlder PostHomeSubscribe to:Post Comments (Atom)Popular PostsHalo:Reach Desktop Wallpaper DownloadTekken a look at this!Is the Master Chief Noble 6?Cortana: Everyone's favourite A.I.Why Halo: Reach will be better than SexHalo Reach Goodness Round Up: Warthog of the SkiesMeet Spartan KatThe Space Ships of Halo: ReachMeet Spartan EmileMeet Spartan Carter
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Halo Reach Game News Gets Site Links: Webmaster thrilled.
What am I on about? This may help. I'm all about the SEO optimization you see... Labels:not really Halo related...You may wish to join the Facebook page or Follow on Twitter here Ω Get the RSS feedhere Ω Buy Halo: Reach from Amazon0Wills of the Prophets: Post a Comment Newer PostOlder PostHomeSubscribe to:Post Comments (Atom)Popular PostsHalo:Reach Desktop Wallpaper DownloadTekken a look at this!Is the Master Chief Noble 6?Cortana: Everyone's favourite A.I.Why Halo: Reach will be better than SexHalo Reach Goodness Round Up: Warthog of the SkiesMeet Spartan KatThe Space Ships of Halo: ReachMeet Spartan EmileMeet Spartan Carter
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Happy Halodays from Bungie
Bungie's artists have come up with this very nice season's greetings card. I suspect it doesn't say Merry Christmas because of political correctness...
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Anya Stroud: The Cortana of Gears of War
is about to hit the Xbox 360 and the other lesser platforms and I thought it would be rude to not do a focus piece on shall we say the titular character of the Gears series, Anya Stroud.
Who the hell is Anya? you may well ask? Anya is the Coms person for G.O.W. She's the lady who tells Marcus Fenix and Dom that there is a courtyard free some where for them to fire cannons in. Boom!
Lieutenant Anya Stroud was a Gears of War officer in the COG Army and the daughter of Major Helena Stroud. Our heroine Anya joined the COG army to follow in her mother’s footsteps, but unlike her mother, she did not serve as a frontline Gear soldier. Anya Stroud instead became a communications officer and served in her mother's unit during the Pendulum Wars. It was during that time met soldier Marcus Fenix and formed a love interest with him, and also became friends with Dominic Santiago.
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Who the hell is Anya? you may well ask? Anya is the Coms person for G.O.W. She's the lady who tells Marcus Fenix and Dom that there is a courtyard free some where for them to fire cannons in. Boom!
Lieutenant Anya Stroud was a Gears of War officer in the COG Army and the daughter of Major Helena Stroud. Our heroine Anya joined the COG army to follow in her mother’s footsteps, but unlike her mother, she did not serve as a frontline Gear soldier. Anya Stroud instead became a communications officer and served in her mother's unit during the Pendulum Wars. It was during that time met soldier Marcus Fenix and formed a love interest with him, and also became friends with Dominic Santiago.
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