The Director

You'd be wrong about that one. Military Doctrine changes depending on which military it's applied to, and in this case (UNSC) he was removed from command immediately upon returning to Earth. This was BEFORE the Didact attacked either the station or Earth, which means that they removed him for conduct unbecoming of an officer (in this case cowardice).

Actually, by the rules of most modern navies, Commander Laskey would have been within his rights to commandeer the vessel and confine Captain Del Rio to his quarters on grounds of cowardice.

Want to know my observations? Moderators (both blue and gold) and staff members spend a massive amount of time on this site to make it a better place. No, seriously, we are on pretty much around the clock scouring the forums for flame wars, spam bots, and other things that need our attention. There are members who think they would do a better job at this, and are willing to go so far as trying to get moderators fired to prove it. There is a long standing rule (more of a gentleman's rule really) about demeaning someone in public, and this goes double for a moderator or staff member. There are some members (one in particular you seem to be familiar with) who know about this rule, but completely disregard it and constantly try to undermine moderator decisions. The fact of the matter is, everyone has to abide by these rules. Even if AD or SJ were to break these rules, they would be removed and possibly banned. It doesn't matter who you are friends with, what you have done for the site, or what color your name is. As a matter of fact, there is a tendency to be more strict on staff members and moderators than regular members when it comes to rule breaking. As for whether or not this spells the end for the site, no. It doesn't. The fact is we've had prominent staff members and moderators fall from grace before. Believe it or not, it was actually just as messy, if not a little messier. Eventually though, the members of the community realize that they don't need these people to continue to enjoy the site. Whether they consciously realize it or not, they begin to realize that while these members were fun to talk to sometimes, overall they were a detriment to the community as a whole in the position they were in. Overall, the only thing this community has to worry about is it's members. Running in cliques is fine, as long as you don't alienate the rest of the forum while doing it. Making friends with moderators and staff is fine, as long as you realize that you will not be exempt from punishment if you break the rules. Being competitive is fine, as long as you play by the rules. Telling newer members that something they are doing is against the rules is fine, as long as it actually is against the rules and you aren't speaking over a moderator to do it. Having a healthy debate is fine, as long as you don't instigate or participate in a flame war. And if you have a problem with another member (especially a moderator or staff member) you PM them instead of chewing them out in the shoutbox. Really the only issue is that a lot of members feel a sense of entitlement. They feel like the have the right to know why we do what we do. When in reality, the only time you have the right to know "why" is when you are the one who is being given disciplinary action. It doesn't matter how long you've been a part of the forum, how many posts you have, or how many awards you have (it's damned unlikely that you will beat me in any of those anyway) the fact is that when someone gets banned or removed from staff, there is some embarrassment to that. Some people can't seem to get that through their heads. They put on the shining armor and "ride to the rescue" without even thinking about the feelings of those involved. Maybe One and Vitamin PWN didn't WANT you guys to know what happened. Maybe they would have preferred it to just say, "I screwed up and don't really want to talk about it." Honestly, the fact that it went this far angers me. I want to clarify that you aren't necessarily the one I'm angry at Admiral Ackbar, but rather the ones who helped you formulate the opinion you spelled out for us. They should be deeply and irrevocably ashamed of themselves.

39. Getting flooded.

31. Green water.

Might be. He got an upgrade from HCE to H2. So it's possible. I don't know if they'll all out change it though.

Well, it would be pretty cool to get an actual qwerty keyboard that didn't make your controller feel heavy. lmao But for actually playing games? I lawl at the thought.

Dastardly - Red Dead Redemption.

They weren't eliminated, just simply stopped. For now.

Granted, however I do believe he meant something like "it takes more skill to use than armor lock". Which would be valid. I am of the mind that armor abilities (with the exception of sprint) should be pick-ups rather than starters.

Landing 4 body shots is easy though. Landing the headshot is not nearly as easy, especially if both you and your opponent are strafing. SWAT, in this case, allows the player to become more familiar with the head's hitbox, and thereby learning (over time) exactly where to aim to nail the headshot. For some reason, the head's hitbox seems to change in every game (i.e. in H3 the best place to aim was the top of the head, in HR it was closer to the chin, and in H4 it seems to be just below the top of the head, nearer the visor), so playing SWAT will help an inexperienced player learn to get the vital fifth shot immensely. Of course, the players first couple of shielded games after their SWAT playing will **** because they'll be aiming for the head, but they'll soon learn that aiming for the body until the shields pop is the name of the game. Also, the worst possible advice you can give anyone would probably be something like, "If you like energy drinks so much, you should get an IV with them."

The last time I played Halo 3, it was capture the flag. I forgot the name of the map, but it was the one that had the flags on the elephants. I snuck around the combat to the other team's elephant, and instead of taking the flag, I grabbed the elephant. I then drove the elephant all the way across the map, still avoiding the red zones, to our elephant. Once I got close enough, we simply captured the flag until it was game over. It was hilarious the amount of crap-talk was heard in the post game lobby. xD This can be verified by certain forum members, but it was a while ago and I don't remember who those members were exactly. I think Archangel Tyrael was one of them. Anyways, the point of it is that the elephant isn't that difficult to steal, but once I grabbed it no one touched me. Some tried, but I had one teammate with me, and they got slaughtered by the turret. If they had any sort of teamwork though (the other guys on the team must have muted the ones with mics, because one of them was screaming about the elephant getting stolen xD) they would have easily overtaken us and got their elephant back. So it's easy to steal, but easy to steal back as well. It's not much of a stretch to assume the Mammoth would be the same way. I wanted to drive the Mammoth too. :/

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No worries. I took care of it for you. lol

The game that I want the most this year is Deadpool.

Duplicate thread. Thread locked. http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/23067-emergegaming-all-around-gametypes-professional-esports/

I think you'll find you mean Spray and Praylist. ;D

http://www.343indust...bers-for-halo4/ Duplicate thread. Please read this: http://www.343indust...thread-bumping/

Actually, it's a community forum. While it's obviously Halo related, there is a reason that there is an "other games" sub-section. That's because some people enjoy multiple games, and also play Halo. I would appreciate it if you did not attempt to alienate other members based on which games they enjoy playing.

Hello and welcome to the 343i.org COMMUNITY forum. We are not run by 343i or Microsoft, but rather the community. The official site for Halo is halowaypoint.com I'm sorry that your experience seems to have been ruined by a few bad apples, but I hope that you'll have some great games that make up for it soon and maybe stick around here to have some fun.

Well, anyways the answer to the OP is obviously, "no." As such, no further discussion is required. Topic closed.

I'm glad you were able to find the help that you needed. I'm going to lock this topic now so that people don't use it as an excuse to post spam lol (and so that the trolls will gtfo). Hope to see you and your son around

Here you go. http://www.343industries.org/forum/forum/81-map-testing/ It's not just for THFE, but it's usable by them as well.

^Don't listen to him. He's a bagel. And a sweaty one at that. lol Anyways, as far as BR tips go, try using it in short-mid range maps rather than long range (more often than not DMR wins in long range). Try decreasing your sensitivity down to 2 or 3 (this will increase your accuracy) and aiming with your left stick rather than the right (i.e. move your player rather than his head to get a better shot). Oh, and learn to jump shot. People hate jumpers.

Lmao But yeah, anyways, topic locked. There's already a thread for what you want in Halo 5. Here's a link to it. http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/22813-the-official-what-you-do-and-do-not-want-in-halo-5-thread/