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Title: before the zealots beat me to it, it seems halo online is mildly successfull
Post by: mm on July 23, 2002, 03:14:48 PM: http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2875346,00.html

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Bungie\'s first-person shooter for the Xbox becomes the first console game to grace iGames\' list of most popular multiplayer games

i doubt certain aspects about the testing become accurate
they probably polled a bunch of college students to see what
online game they\'re playing

regardless, halo is a cool game that deserves to be played online WITHOUT paying m$ a frickin cent

im very curious to see how it fares next month
Title: before the zealots beat me to it, it seems halo online is mildly successfull
Post by: Watchdog on July 23, 2002, 05:18:56 PM: I can\'t believe there are enough people playing online Halo (such as it is) to be that high on the list. There is some manipulation of the stats there I\'m sure.
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Post by: cloud345 on July 23, 2002, 06:24:30 PM: pfft......whered they get that list? Im sure Warcraft 3 should be on that list.
Title: before the zealots beat me to it, it seems halo online is mildly successfull
Post by: Watchdog on July 23, 2002, 07:53:27 PM: Is what I\'m saying cloud.
Title: before the zealots beat me to it, it seems halo online is mildly successfull
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on July 23, 2002, 09:40:43 PM: Quote
Originally posted by cloud345
pfft......whered they get that list? Im sure Warcraft 3 should be on that list.

That\'s from June. You can expect to see WC3 on top 3 for the next few months, for a while longer even. Until World of Warcraft comes out, even then tho, Blizzard will own like 5 spots.
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Post by: Chrono on July 24, 2002, 05:38:46 AM: Quote
The list above ranks games according to popularity at more than 150 game centers across North America.

Uhh.. exactly how do they tell how much a game is played online from game centers?

They must be going by sales, in that Case THPS3 for ps2 should be on that list.. halo is not even offically an online title... very strange list
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Post by: Watchdog on July 24, 2002, 07:52:39 AM: They do not go by sales. :rolleyes:
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Post by: nonamer on July 24, 2002, 09:29:00 AM: It works like this:

Halo IS an online game (sort of). It\'s just that since Xbox Live is coming out a full year afterwards, Bungie decided that it isn\'t worth it to fully develope the online feature. What you can do is have a LAN party with Xbox and some gaming centers can simulate a LAN party to allow online gaming for Halo. Look closely at some of the maps as they support far more than 4 players (I\'ve some could go as high as 32. Any confirmation on this?)
Title: before the zealots beat me to it, it seems halo online is mildly successfull
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on July 24, 2002, 09:29:11 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Watchdog
They do not go by sales. :rolleyes:

I love the smiley usage. But it\'s true. :eek:
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Post by: pstwo on July 24, 2002, 04:40:36 PM: (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bungie.net%2Fimages%2Fsite%2Fbnet%2Fnews_images%2Fnews_national2.jpg&hash=4f08954785f437bc0bdef819ac9cbd33097026a8)
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Post by: mm on July 24, 2002, 05:00:12 PM: i took the time to uncover the secret subconcious message embedded in that pic

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psx2central.com%2Fmm%2Fxbox.jpg&hash=a90790707ab1303c54501f0996391b51d1f1decb)
Title: before the zealots beat me to it, it seems halo online is mildly successfull
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on July 24, 2002, 10:32:01 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
i took the time to uncover the secret subconcious message embedded in that pic

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psx2central.com%2Fmm%2Fxbox.jpg&hash=a90790707ab1303c54501f0996391b51d1f1decb)

bwahahahahaha

*wipes tear*

mm, that was classic
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Post by: ooseven on July 25, 2002, 12:27:58 AM: Shouldn\'t that be

"Slowdown more" :rolleyes:

Sheeshhhhh if SlowDown in One player is bad enough...i don\'t even what to see this in multiplayer and Online

even with a Cable or ADSL Connection

me has the fealin that Frame Rate Will Suffer.
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Post by: Ginko on July 25, 2002, 05:04:35 AM: Quote
Sheeshhhhh if SlowDown in One player is bad enough...i don\'t even what to see this in multiplayer and Online

Now knows ooseven hasn\'t played Halo...
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Post by: Chrono on July 25, 2002, 05:11:22 AM: I think he was refering to framerate.. but thats just me
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Post by: jm on July 25, 2002, 05:43:06 AM: Yikes, 32 people on a single map.

Imagine what the FPS would be??

:nerd:
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on July 25, 2002, 05:56:55 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Ginko

Now knows ooseven hasn\'t played Halo...

*..nods..*

ooseven.. you\'ve been listening to mm way too much.. I havent seen one instance of slowdown in the single player. There is slight slowdown in co-op (but it is ONLY noticable if you are looking for it)

But I\'ve never played the final level. Perhaps thats the only level ooseven has played :)
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Post by: mm on July 25, 2002, 07:19:20 AM: yer lying to us and yerself if you say you havent noticed slowdown in single player

the 2nd or 3rd level where you start out landing on the beach and yer attacked right away

MASSIVE slowdown

dont get me started on the last level
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on July 25, 2002, 07:24:49 AM: mm.. I\'m as anti-XBox as most fanboys.. I don\'t even particularly like Halo.. but I\'ve never seen slowdown.. nor have i seen "massive slowdown"

:)
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Post by: mm on July 25, 2002, 07:31:23 AM: then i must have a defective copy

hmmph
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on July 25, 2002, 07:44:57 AM: Well now.. I find it highly unlikely that both you and ooseven have defective copies..

;)
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Post by: Ginko on July 25, 2002, 07:47:42 AM: Quote
yer lying to us and yerself if you say you havent noticed slowdown in single player

the 2nd or 3rd level where you start out landing on the beach and yer attacked right away

MASSIVE slowdown

dont get me started on the last level

The slowdown is noticeable but extremely rare...until the last level. it\'s almost to the point of unplayable

"Sheeshhhhh if SlowDown in One player is bad enough...i don\'t even what to see this in multiplayer and Online"

I was merely pointing out this is an exaggeration.
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Post by: Watchdog on July 25, 2002, 08:03:59 AM: There is only slowdown on the last level. Every where else, if there is some, it is very minor, and cannot be called massive.

I\'ve played 8 player lan, and the framerate is stable. I think the max player limit is 16.
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Post by: mm on July 25, 2002, 08:33:23 AM: welp, there\'s no point in arguing on and on about it

we\'ve been thru this many times before before

all i can say is BRING ON THE PC VERSION! W00T!
shame i have to wait till next year
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on July 25, 2002, 08:58:37 AM: I thought there was no point in playing it again once you had beaten it on Legendary.. ;)
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Post by: Chrono on July 25, 2002, 09:15:02 AM: Quote
I thought there was no point in playing it again once you had beaten it on Legendary..

Considering the PC version will be online, and have extra features...
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on July 25, 2002, 09:16:15 AM: It was a joke towards mm, Chrono.. sheesh :)
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Post by: seven on July 25, 2002, 09:23:14 AM: Maybe the NTSC version has more slowdown then the PAL one? Only figuring since mm most likely played the NTSC version while Bobo and ooseven probably played their PAL version.
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on July 25, 2002, 09:27:36 AM: ooseven supposedly experience mass slowdown (on the level that mm did).. although it doesnt appear uncommon that different copies of the same game have varying amounts of slowdown.

I know slowdown in my copy of MoHFrontline is rampant, while others report none. I didnt see any slowdown in Halo while others say it is horrible. Hell, some people have even seen slowdown in Jak & Daxter :eek:
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Post by: pstwo on July 25, 2002, 11:02:53 AM: *Remebers PC Morrowind framerates*

PC Morrowind < Xbox Morrowind

*Low cost to play Halo*

PC $1,200 < Xbox $199

:yawn:
Title: before the zealots beat me to it, it seems halo online is mildly successfull
Post by: mm on July 25, 2002, 11:51:43 AM: please dont even compare the xbox morrowind to the PC version

they are two entirely different animals

its takes complete xbox brainwashing to think it runs better on the xbox, *laff*

oh, i didnt know it only cost $199 to play halo on xbox, i guess the $50 game is free
:)
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Post by: jm on July 25, 2002, 01:23:24 PM: Hahahhhhah

:D
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Post by: pstwo on July 25, 2002, 01:48:03 PM: Quote
oh, i didnt know it only cost $199 to play halo on xbox, i guess the $50 game is free

:laughing: I forgot!

$199+ Video card + $50 PC Halo game < $50 Xbox Halo game

:D
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Post by: Watchdog on July 25, 2002, 01:51:06 PM: The game isn\'t free on PC either. Not sure what the point is.

Either way, it\'s cheaper to play morrowind on xbox. Why you\'d want to play it is beyond me, but that\'s the no argument here.
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Post by: Chrono on July 25, 2002, 02:04:53 PM: the PC version of morrowwind is better, it has extras features that were removed in the xbox version cause MS was worried that it would give too much access to the HDD. Making the xbox HDD a glorified memory card.
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Post by: mm on July 25, 2002, 02:13:13 PM: but it is a glorified mem card

*rimshot*

:)
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Post by: Watchdog on July 25, 2002, 02:23:38 PM: Where the hell did you hear that Chrono? Forgive me if I don\'t take you for your word.

Gorified or not, it\'s better than buying a pile of mem cards to hold your saved games.

*Three pointer*

:)
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Post by: Chrono on July 25, 2002, 02:43:32 PM: Quote
Gorified or not, it\'s better than buying a pile of mem cards to hold your saved games.

I myself like taking my saves with me...
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Post by: pstwo on July 25, 2002, 03:01:08 PM: Quote
I myself like taking my saves with me...

Xbox has it too. Pick one. :D

By Microsoft
The Xbox Memory Unit provides additional storage space for use with compatible controllers.
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By Mad Catz
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xbox.com%2FNR%2Frdonlyres%2Fefbs54vqxknu5kg3i4o3jeziuwtjdlknww6x5ldvfzw74vfxkteh2oeuyz63ger5y7noioixayci66kwqrn2fgh2v5d%2Film-8mbcustommemorycard-0001.jpg&hash=c0328c7f40d5b7620a4abb5988116d0e083e21fb)

By Interact
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Post by: Mr. Kennedy on July 25, 2002, 03:50:33 PM: just wonderful. Everyone grow up.

pstwo, how can you say X-Box Morrowind > PC Morrowind.

PC > Consoles 100% of the time. I\'m sorry but the PC Morrowind was by far, and i mean by far, a much better game. By any chance, how are your mods going, being that X-Box morrowind is limited to what comes with it and PC can aquire mods of the internet. Geee, isn\'t that amazing?????
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Post by: mm on July 25, 2002, 04:01:41 PM: xbox got teh castrated version of morrowind
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Post by: pstwo on July 25, 2002, 04:51:18 PM: Quote
Originally posted by The Hurricane
just wonderful. Everyone grow up.
By any chance, how are your mods going, being that X-Box morrowind is limited to what comes with it and PC can aquire mods of the internet. Geee, isn\'t that amazing?????

Oh you mean the CHEATES? Ah just earn the weapons and stuff by doing the missions.

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xbox got teh castrated version of morrowind

By how much 10% - 20%? What a difference. :laughing:
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Post by: Chrono on July 25, 2002, 04:54:04 PM: /me can\'t belive pstwo is still defnding this... wait.. yes he can
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Post by: Ginko on July 25, 2002, 05:03:44 PM: Does all this really matter? Either way you go, you still have a solid game...
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Post by: mm on July 25, 2002, 05:38:53 PM: pstwo, there are several mods (addons, extra quests, etc) available for PC morrowind in case you didnt know

http://207.191.50.35/Matrix%20Theme/MatrixAllMods.html

man, you really suprise me

xbox is NOT yer messiah

just a random xbox morrowind shot, uGh reminds me of turok for some reason

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.armchairempire.com%2Fimages%2Fpreviews%2Fxbox%2Felder-scrolls-iii-morrowind%2Fmorrowind-xbox-1.jpg&hash=2b6704f4c58be11ffc091742c803d9c855244ff2)
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Post by: pstwo on July 25, 2002, 07:55:21 PM: Not!! It looks 20X better then that! :laughing:

PC shot:

*Damn PC has better textures!*
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teamxbox.com%2Fimages%2Fgames%2Fss%2F177%2Fimage1127.jpg&hash=480a34c82f3194cb7effc8eff7b010e93014a4f6)
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Post by: Mr. Kennedy on July 25, 2002, 09:28:54 PM: I\'d say X-box cut out 50% of the gameplay. Mods are half the fun. I mean the game is pretty much endless with the mods. Oh I\'m sorry, a version with lower graphics, slower gameplay, limited gameplay, poorer sound, +limited hardware is still better.

Now thats a funny story, and it\'s even funnier that you believe that.:laughing:
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Post by: ooseven on July 27, 2002, 02:09:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by pstwo
Not!! It looks 20X better then that! :laughing:

If thats the Case then why is that Picture From TXB ?