Halo 3 sep 25th... Free XBOX Live 3 days! [Archive] - Sports Car Forum

nthfinity

09-14-2007, 12:00 PM

Ok

I'm actually going to buy a xbox 360 in a few days, and halo comes out in 10 days + 12 hours.... you can bet I'll be on xbox live at that time.

I don't think I'll be disappointed!

No idea if i'll resurect my old gamer tag, or not... but I'll keep yous guys posted. I know r2r mentioned he'll be doing the same thing as me :)

Be warned, I used to be good LOL... somehow, I'm not sure I am anymore.. haven't played in a lonnnnng time.

Date:
sep. 25th @ between 12am, and 1am EST (about 6 am GMT) and following on through :)

bmagni

09-14-2007, 12:14 PM

damn, I'm gettin H3 a week and a half later :(

gis

09-14-2007, 07:03 PM

got my order on one so should have it aswell by then.gonna rock :D

vexor

09-14-2007, 07:44 PM

i'm in

vex 604

Pokiou

09-14-2007, 08:11 PM

count me in also !

nthfinity

09-14-2007, 11:18 PM

AWeSOME :)

nthfinity

09-17-2007, 11:59 AM

Gamertags

nthfinity 2
Pokiou
vex 604
MC Latin Lover
acmarTTin
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unconfirmed
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fiorano94
redwingfan2k1

others?

(i bought my 360 yesterday... kinda silly... was going to buy one used, but i couldn't resist getting the Halo edition 360 to match my halo edition Xbox :P :) LOL )

nthfinity

09-18-2007, 06:48 PM

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo3/promotions/pontiacpartner/default.htm

Register for a few free days of xbox live for Halo 3 and chances to win shit :)

vexor

09-18-2007, 07:42 PM

^^^ boo it's only for the americans

bmagni

09-18-2007, 07:57 PM

my gamertag is MC Latin Lover, but count me in a week and some days after the release

nthfinity

09-18-2007, 08:29 PM

my gamertag is MC Latin Lover, but count me in a week and some days after the release

Sounds good!

does "latin lover" help you get the Xbox live ladies? :P :P :P just kidding of course

bmagni

09-18-2007, 08:36 PM

my gamertag is MC Latin Lover, but count me in a week and some days after the release

Sounds good!

does "latin lover" help you get the Xbox live ladies? :P :P :P just kidding of course

LOL, not really, it helps to get all the "go back to your country" bashing...

nthfinity

09-19-2007, 10:22 PM

Pirated Halo 3's have hit the web.... some retailer in UK was selling copies a week early... MS has officially announced they wont be banning accounts of people showing up online early except Bungie staff I guess...

I won't be downloading the pirated version, mine is coming in next week anyway.. I can wait...... I can .... wait :P :P

acmarttin

09-19-2007, 11:14 PM

I'll play with you guys when I have the chance. I wish I were still in school cuz I'd play all day :)

GT: acmarTTin (case sensitive I think)

gis

09-20-2007, 06:43 AM

Man this game is gonna be HUGE,the online store i get all my games from,whenever i have a pre order they started packing it and despatch of it 2 days before release.its a week away from the UK release of halo 3 (well 7 days yesterday) and i got an email from the store saying due to the high demand of the game and the ammount they have to send out,they are doing the packing of the game and charging peoples cards for payment today!!!

twboy1999

09-20-2007, 08:50 PM

played it last nite :lol: :lol:

graphically i think it is on par with gear of war,, if not better

bmagni

09-20-2007, 10:07 PM

anyone has watched the new vidoc? i think video editing is really cool, as for "forge" it sounds kinda weird but entertaining

bmagni

09-23-2007, 02:08 PM

nice vid:
The Halo 3 Hoedown - YouTube

vexor

09-23-2007, 05:37 PM

My friend has Halo 3 !!!!!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

he got it this morning in the mail from futureshop but he's being a prick and won't tell me what it's like cause he doesn't want to get off it

nthfinity

09-23-2007, 06:20 PM

My friend has Halo 3 !!!!!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

he got it this morning in the mail from futureshop but he's being a prick and won't tell me what it's like cause he doesn't want to get off it

BUllish :P

One.... more..... full... day

hehe

blinkmeat

09-23-2007, 06:39 PM

is it that good?

I might get a new system - and 1&2 sucked balls

vexor

09-23-2007, 07:29 PM

BUllish

i wish.... but it's true, he has his messenger connected to his live account

nthfinity

09-23-2007, 07:41 PM

BUllish

i wish.... but it's true, he has his messenger connected to his live account

not bullish to the fact he got it... but the fact we dont ;) :( :(

Pokiou

09-23-2007, 09:09 PM

mog omg omg omg omg

nthfinity

09-23-2007, 10:02 PM

mog

1/2 Man, 1/2 Dog.... Mog..... he's his own best friend!

acmarttin

09-24-2007, 02:02 AM

Apparently you guys who say 1 sucked didn't play it when it came out because I had never had so much fun playing a game with my friends since Goldeneye.

2 is a different story.

3 better deliver.

That is all.

nthfinity

09-24-2007, 11:40 PM

T minus 19 minutes! :P

r2r

09-25-2007, 02:10 AM

I'm getting the 360 as soon as I can buy the game. I can't wait!

nthfinity

09-25-2007, 02:39 AM

I'm getting the 360 as soon as I can buy the game. I can't wait!

Game is good.... controls are awkward right now... not quite 'original' :?

r2r

09-25-2007, 02:42 AM

Game is good.... controls are awkward right now... not quite 'original' :?

Dam, no way. Why did they change the controls? they were almost perfect!

MidEngine4Life

09-25-2007, 04:49 AM

I just picked up the game and OMG.....my friggin 360 dies. Im so angry right now.

Edit: I just popped in Dirt and it runs like a dream. Maybe I got a bad copy?

gis

09-25-2007, 05:44 AM

well my copy was despatched yesterday,could arrive this morning.if nto will definately get here for our release of the 26th

EDIT - just as i posted that knock knock att he door and oh guess what is handed to me,lol

nthfinity

09-25-2007, 06:03 AM

ok.... a few hours in.... "training matchmaking" isn't that good.... too generic with too much swords, hammer things, and "juggernaught" and "oddball" type games.... where are the capture the flags for those? I haven't read a thing yet...

Solo campaign.... graphics are UNBELIEVABLE :) well, they are believable that they are a game :P but VERY good.... game play.... goofed up buttons, would make it dificult for me to currently be satisfied going through in "hard" mode... so easy for now :P

Not much in the area of cut scenes yet... but I have to call it a morning. So I cant spoil what I don't know... I guess that makes the first level HUGE :) The Brutes are 3 parts better, 1 part worse.... but when allying with the Elites, that changes things I guess...

Zot09

09-25-2007, 06:51 AM

I picked it up around 1AM and have been playing multiplayer mostly...the controls are a bit different, but I'm sure I'll eventually get used to it. Seems alright to me.

MidEngine4Life

09-25-2007, 07:10 AM

I made a video
Halo 3 Hates Me - YouTube

Bizi Jones

09-25-2007, 11:59 AM

^^
haha...the ring of death soon awaits u... :twisted:

nthfinity

09-25-2007, 03:51 PM

I made a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nTkwEJjENo

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/gameplay/discreplacement-program.htm

gis

09-25-2007, 04:30 PM

lol microsoft cant do shit right can they.i got the collectors edition and the discs werent held in there place.luckily they dont seem scratched

MidEngine4Life

09-25-2007, 04:56 PM

^^
haha...the ring of death soon awaits u... :twisted:

Your right I just started getting it for the first time ever. Looks like im going back to the store. Damn this sucks

acmarttin

09-25-2007, 05:17 PM

Oh jeebus MidEngine, I think you've made the funniest video on youtube

ae86_16v

09-25-2007, 05:18 PM

Haha @ MIT:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4864/halo3kw3.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=halo3kw3.jpg)

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N41/graphics/halo3.html

In recognition of the release of Halo 3, a highly anticipated video game by Microsoft and Bungie, MIT hackers adorned the John P. Harvard statue, in Harvard Yard, with a Spartan helmet. The back of the helmet, which is worn by the protagonist of the game, Master Chief, was labeled with “Master Chief in Training.” The statue was decorated with an assault rifle (bullet count of 2E), as well as a Beaver emblem on the right shoulder.[MIT]

MidEngine4Life

09-25-2007, 05:49 PM

Oh jeebus MidEngine, I think you've made the funniest video on youtube

<bows> thank you thank you. The subtle humor is priceless

Update: Contacted Microsoft. Guess they have a box coming for me to ship out my 360. I just hope they count it as under warranty because if they dont theyre going to send it back unrepaired and then ill have to make a second request to pay 100 bucks for them to fix it and repeat the process all over again.

gis

09-25-2007, 06:17 PM

if they are going to charge you they should have done it when you was on the phone,thats what they did with me.if its a 3 red lights thing then it has a 3 year warranty and gets repaired for free

MidEngine4Life

09-25-2007, 06:54 PM

Oh well, Im confident now that it will be fixed for free because the damn thing wont boot up at all now. Red light crazyness

666fast

09-25-2007, 06:54 PM

I went to Best Buy to grab a CD and decided to see if they had any copies of Halo 3. To my surprise, they had about 60 of them. So HAHA to the suckers that sat in line for the thing.
I'll start playing it after I beat Skate.

Which reminds me, fi you don't play skate, you are a communist loving dolphin eater.

gis

09-25-2007, 06:59 PM

i dont play skate and i rock still,so your wrong.

and same here,losers out in the rain right now waiting for it at midnight and mine turned up a day early,lol

nthfinity

09-25-2007, 09:03 PM

I don't play skate....

I picked mine up last night, and will be the last time i buy something that I have to stand in line for... granted, i was in line for only 5 minutes, and met a few coolish people. I just wanted my documentary disc pack :P

nthfinity

09-25-2007, 09:32 PM

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo3/launch/seattle.htm
http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/F58752BA-655B-4D35-9682-664B76C89E5E/0/ilmgates.jpg

LOLs

man, geeks..... :oops: :)

Pokiou

09-25-2007, 11:39 PM

i got halo 3 WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

666fast

09-26-2007, 12:29 AM

So it seems Halo 3 did kind of alright. On the Bungie site, it tracks users on Xbox Live, it hit damn near a million people. LOL

On another site, they are predicting the total money brought in will shatter the record for first day sales in any entertainment media.

novass

09-26-2007, 12:46 AM

Which reminds me, fi you don't play skate, you are a communist loving dolphin eater.

LOL Skate is a great game, i need to go get me a copy, I have only played at a friend's house.

I need to get Halo 3 too, I just didn't want to wait in any lines. I would rather wait a week than 30 minutes in a line :bah: :lol:

TNT

09-26-2007, 01:24 AM

yeah i just got done playing a good 8-9 hours or so. love teh single player but the multiplayer menus and the way you get into games is fucking junk. WTF is wrong with a list of room and what they are playing? what is this random ass shit? gay as fuck!!! but that is my only fault with Halo3 as of now.

MidEngine4Life

09-26-2007, 01:51 AM

lol he cant get on youtube?

Pokiou

09-26-2007, 09:56 PM

halo rocks !!! i play about 2-3 hours and im just at teh start of the mission where you start to drive outside after you jump the bridges !

TNT

09-26-2007, 11:06 PM

^^^ yeah i am somewhere in the middle of mission 4

nthfinity

09-27-2007, 12:28 AM

^^^ yeah i am somewhere in the middle of mission 4

I've not had a chance to play much today.... but i'm somewhere on the Ark. About to upgrade to Gold Live tomorrow I think.... I picked up a 13 month deal for $40, so thats less then what I paid for my old xbox live account :)

vexor

09-27-2007, 01:50 AM

i just finished the game on heroic.... interesting ending... yes there is an ending

now onto legendary...

bmagni

09-27-2007, 02:23 AM

i just finished the game on heroic.... interesting ending... yes there is an ending

now onto legendary...

hows heroic?? I plan to take first on legendary...

Pokiou

09-27-2007, 03:10 AM

does teh game have different endings??? so the harder the game the more different ending.

vexor

09-27-2007, 12:38 PM

i just finished the game on heroic.... interesting ending... yes there is an ending

now onto legendary...

hows heroic?? I plan to take first on legendary...

heroic, honestly, felt a bit easier than the previous games

but i just tried legendary last night and it feels just like the old games, it took me at least 30 min just to get half way through the first level.

gis

09-27-2007, 08:03 PM

Just been playin multiplayer on live and there was 502477 people online playing at that time,insane

TNT

09-27-2007, 09:05 PM

yeah last night i saw 577,xxx people :shock:

Pokiou

09-27-2007, 09:06 PM

i havnt tried online yet.. im to into the story line :d .. but im gonna try it tonite i think..

I also like how some of the machines have a weak spot like the anti aircraft tank thingy.. its weak spot is a plate in teh back.. a few hits and it explodes :D

novass

09-27-2007, 09:43 PM

Some random Halo junk

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N41/graphics/halo3.jpg
In recognition of the release of Halo 3, a highly anticipated video game by Microsoft and Bungie, MIT hackers adorned the John P. Harvard statue, in Harvard Yard, with a Spartan helmet. The back of the helmet, which is worn by the protagonist of the game, Master Chief, was labeled with “Master Chief in Training.” The statue was decorated with an assault rifle (bullet count of 2E), as well as a Beaver emblem on the right shoulder.

And how about a real Warthog?
http://media.techeblog.com/images/warthog_77.jpg
More pictures (http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-life-sized-halo-warthog-vehicle-in-the-wild) - and a video (http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-real-life-halo-warthog-vehicle)

nthfinity

09-30-2007, 06:25 PM

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/last-one-standing/halo-sweeps/halo-sweeps.html

Halo short :)

r2r

10-02-2007, 11:02 PM

^^ That's a well made clip!

Now somebody needs to start making the movie already.

Pokiou

10-02-2007, 11:34 PM

that was a fucking awesome clip.. is this like a mini series of halo3 ? or wat ?? i need more info.

bmagni

10-03-2007, 01:13 AM

that was a fucking awesome clip.. is this like a mini series of halo3 ? or wat ?? i need more info.

its some live action shorts, theres another one called arms race... supposedly they'll be releasing some...

MidEngine4Life

10-03-2007, 02:43 AM

Heres an update from me. PGR4 came out today...had it reserved...too bad I cant play it, just like Halo 3. Anyway the box from microsoft came and I shipped it off. Lets see how long it takes.

bmagni

10-03-2007, 10:23 PM

finally got itc!!! still I have to pick it up tomorrow, can't wait to see why does the box weights 17 pounds :D

Bizi Jones

10-03-2007, 10:27 PM

Heres an update from me. PGR4 came out today...had it reserved...too bad I cant play it, just like Halo 3. Anyway the box from microsoft came and I shipped it off. Lets see how long it takes.

ps3 :P

MidEngine4Life

10-04-2007, 04:50 AM

Heres an update from me. PGR4 came out today...had it reserved...too bad I cant play it, just like Halo 3. Anyway the box from microsoft came and I shipped it off. Lets see how long it takes.

ps3 :P

lol I had one, sold it. Worthless to me only a couple good games and I still hate the controller. Ive now owned and sold all 4 Playstations, but kept my xboxs. Im sorry but Microsoft delivers the games I want and thats all that matters.

TNT

10-04-2007, 10:27 AM

just an update, there was nearly 800,000 people playing Halo3 last night :shock:

gis

10-04-2007, 01:40 PM

has it hit a million at any point?

TNT

10-04-2007, 04:16 PM

not that i have seen.

Pokiou

10-04-2007, 07:46 PM

so far i loooooooove the game i just goto the stage where the you fly that aircraft ? that sooo cool... the graphics are just so .. sexy.

TNT

10-06-2007, 08:27 PM

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5726/haloonlineij5.png

taken Sat. night at 8:15pm EST

so close to 1 million! :shock:

nthfinity

10-06-2007, 08:58 PM

haha Thats great.... still got to unpack my 360.. :)

TNT

10-07-2007, 02:11 AM

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/6308/haloonlinehv2.png

over 1 million playing

Pokiou

10-07-2007, 11:46 AM

YAY i jsut clocked the game :D im so happy witht he halo series.. i was on the end of my seat ... :D

Pokiou

10-07-2007, 08:57 PM

Clocked halo3 ... I LOVED IT!

bmagni

10-11-2007, 11:51 AM

oh and spoiler

MASTER CHIEF DIES LOL

WRONG!

r2r

10-11-2007, 11:43 PM

nthfinity

10-12-2007, 12:00 AM

Is anybody using a Media Center PC component cable connections (those yellow, white and red inputs) to connect their 360 to PC and use the PC monitor to play?

I’m having problem connecting the two and nothing on the web is pointing me in the right direction!

no.... but a guess is you may have to go into the display settings on your pc... and switching to the inputs is necessary?

r2r

10-12-2007, 12:10 AM

I've tried doing that but nothing is showing up in the settings. It's like the PC is not even reading it. Strange. I'm going to try again and see if I can find anything on Microsoft site.

nthfinity

10-12-2007, 12:31 AM

I've tried doing that but nothing is showing up in the settings. It's like the PC is not even reading it. Strange. I'm going to try again and see if I can find anything on Microsoft site.

next question is do you have your xbox on the network, and connected as a media center connection? (no idea if this will help or not... i dont have media centerr)

r2r

10-12-2007, 12:43 AM

No I don't (not yet) It's possible to buy an extra cable that will connect the 360 directly to the monitor, but I'm trying to avoid the extra cost!

Tomorrow at EB games store I'll try to figure out my best option.

Thanks for your help.

EDIT:
Just read on another forum that using my type of connection would result in terrible graphics! :(

nthfinity

10-12-2007, 01:28 AM

nthfinity

10-12-2007, 02:14 AM

I heard they are working on a Marxist Sim CIty, where the metropolis is always moving toward an unstoppable economic crunch, should be more teh fun, eh?

nthfinity

10-12-2007, 11:23 AM

I heard they are working on a Marxist Sim CIty, where the metropolis is always moving toward an unstoppable economic crunch, should be more teh fun, eh?

Hell yeah :roflmao: oh and just a warning using teh is highly addictive :P

Yeah... I've been using "teh" since you were in diapers... granted, usually on accident until it started replace proper parts of speech.... :P

TNT

10-12-2007, 12:49 PM

Well i finally got a new router and can have my laptop and 360 running online at the same time. i haven't really lag tested it yet but who cares :D

ps: i also finally finished the story on Legendary! that was a bitch to get through, those beam rifle snipers :x

bmagni

10-12-2007, 03:24 PM