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  1. What exactly is a "useful life"? Is spending your entire life in the service of others a useful life? Is providing others purpose leading a useful life? Is ending the lives of those who would harm others leading a useful life? Is providing entertainment but not being productive useful?

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    2. The Director

      The Director

      And is imitating a dog on a forum leading a useful life?

    3. GermanShepherdD

      GermanShepherdD

      bark or in human talk yes :3

    4. emeraldriver

      emeraldriver

      But is one doing this day in, day out, for a living? because yeah, that's unproductive, but i've not known anyone to lead their life like that....

       

  2. An MLP song. I think it's a fan made one, and I think it's called Discord or some-such. Tou wants a tomahawk, but I want Monster Energy drinks. As many as I can get. Or money, to buy Monster Energy drinks. 546852.42 logs. Yes I do, and it would be "Sunlight" by Modestep.Warning, Graphic Material. Viewer discretion is advised. tl;dr don't blame me if your parents ground you for watching this:
  3. I am thinking that Halo 5 will not have Cortana throughout most of the game, however the ending will be a massive cliffhanger that will lead into Halo 6, where you rescue Cortana and repair her, just before somehow getting trapped in space with her. Again.
  4. I seriously doubt that there will be a recreation of the S-II program, mainly because of Admiral Parangosky revealing the naughty details of the original S-II program to the public. This means that if children begin to go missing again, the parents will begin to speak out thinking that their child was kidnapped by the government. And the S-IV program is going pretty decently, so there is no need to shut down the program. The S-II program was shut down because of the risks of being found out, the S-III program was shut down because it was deemed unethical to continue it in a time of peace, but the S-IV program uses "safe" genetic enhancements along with volunteers, so there are no ethical dilemmas that will cause the program to be shut down. Plus, what would they call it? Spartan II.I? .-.
  5. Like, actual debut? It was as Smith in Recreation. However, he's played a lot of "non-characters" in the series. Either 2014 or 2015. Do you mean a saucer pass? No I don't. Three apples high. Because you need to private message a moderator telling them what you have liked, subscribed, and followed. lol
  6. Because you are growing up. One day, Christmas will be only about buying people presents for you. Then you'll have kids and it will become stressful, oh so stressful. To Bacon. Also, an interesting little tid-bit, the original verse "To be, or not to be, that is the question. Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer the Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, and by opposing end them: to die, to sleep no more; and by a sleep, to say we end the Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks that Flesh is heir to?" is questioning whether it is truly wrong to commit suicide. Kind of odd that "To be, or not to be" became so famous when you think about it. I prefer honey ham. I'm not a huge fan of sausage. Yes, but it's not my favorite.
  7. I do not give out personal information. If win then: (tslv+otsl)*(wp-tmsl)=SP SL+SP = CSL If loss then: (tslv+otsl)*(wp-tmsl)=-SP SL+-SP = CSL That means: SP = Skill Points, SL = Skill Level, CSL = Current Skill Level, wp = Win Percentage, osl = Opponent's truskill Level, tslv=truskill level, tmsl = team mate skill level. In Halo 3, your truskill level is based off of a 0.00 to 1.00 score that is determined from how good you are in the game. It's very similar to Halo Reach's BPR score, except with a decimal. That number is then added to your opponents truskill level (also 0.00 to 1.00). Then your win percentage is turned into an average (similar to k/d ratio) to eliminate "accidental wins". This number is then subtracted from your team mate's truskill level. The lower your team mate's truskill level, the higher the resulting number will be. This is why deranker boosting is effective. Anyways, you multiply the two numbers together to get the amount of Skill Points you earn from that match. As you can guess, that number is usually a decimal. If you lose, then the number becomes a negative. So here is how it would work. If your tsl is .5 and your opponent's is .4 and your teammates is .6 and your win percentage is 70% and your SL is 25 then: (.5+.4)*(.7-.6) = If win: 0.01 if loss: -0.01 0.01+25=25.01 -0.01+25=24.99 The number is not rounded up (the decimal numbers do not appear), so you would see a drop from 25 to 24 by losing that match. The max is 50, the min is 1 (as you already know). This is information that I have gleaned by the way that the ranking system in the MLG playlist seems to work. Bungie has not released the actual mathematical algorithm for their ranking systems, so we may never know if this is actually the algorithm or not.
  8. 0%... Because I need internet to be able to access this post... And therefor the questions... There are actually several. If someone has told you that there is only one, then they are mistaken. There are separate algorithms for nearly every gametype in Halo 3. Team Swat, Team Slayer, Lone Wolf, etc. There are also two separate types of rank as well, one has a very simple algorithm (1 win = 1 exp) and the other varies as stated previously. The algorithms for the second ranking system (i.e. 1-50) range from complex to rather simple. "It's one of life's great mysteries, isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some... cosmic coincidence? Or is there really a God, watching everything, you know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know man, but it keeps me up at night." - Grif (or Griff according to Caboose) Or something like that. lol
  9. Considering that: 1. Most of the time in the first trilogy they were separated for various reasons. 2. Most other Spartans do not (and have not had in the past) AI counter-parts. 3. The cost of a Smart AI outweighs that of a fleet of normal ships. 4. The possible security risks of having a spartan in the field with an AI in their suit (i.e. captured AI). 5. The reason that John was paired with Cortana (going by in-game canon) was to prevent her capture by the covenant boarding parties aboard the Pillar of Autumn, and to disarm the bomb in Halo 2, and he simply didn't have much chance to return her to a safe location after both events for the rest of the games. There is a chance that John Spartan 117 will not receive a replacement for Cortana.
  10. A cat. Helping people. Mongooses. No, really. What are you talking about exactly?
  11. I crave immortality. Not because I am afraid of death, but because I want to experience all that life has to offer.

  12. Well I guess I'll put my two cents in here. I don't use the boltshot very often, and have only gotten a few kills with it. I've only died from it a few times as well. So for me, it's just one of those weapons that people will use for a while until they realize that if they keep using it their k/d is going to become laughable. I already toss a random grenade around most corners because of shotgun campers in previous Halo games. I don't know why people don't do that instead of constantly get pwnd by the corner campers. As for it being as annoying as Armor Lock, not even close. AL was the cheapest, crappiest, most annoying thing ever to be added to a game. EVER to be added to a game. Just for the lulz, let's do a bit of comparing here. Annoying things about the boltshot: 1. Can be used as a mini-shotgun. 2. Has about the same range as a normal shotgun, if not a longer range. 3. Is OP with Promethean vision. Annoying things about Armor Lock: 1. Slows down gameplay. 2. Makes splatter vehicles almost useless. 3. Can be used offensively (i.e. you can get kills with it. No really, you can.) 4. Sometimes glitches and gives a player about a second more invincibility than they should have had. (the frosting effect) 5. Repels stuck plasma grenades. 6. Cannot be shot through, even with the most powerful weapons in the game. 7. Repels rockets (as in actually changes the direction they go in). 8. Has an EMP, so if you (or your vehicle) are too close when it's released your shields are gone (and your vehicle is disabled). 9. There are a ton of players who use it to "delay the inevitable". 10. It's one of the most broken components ever added to a video game (seriously, portable invincibility that you can activate at any time? Come on.) So yeah, even if you take out the numbers that are strictly in my own opinion, AL is still more annoying than the boltshot. Statistically, that is.
  13. Nah lol I just got bored a while back. This kept me entertained. So basically, in a molecule of Ammonia how many unshared electron pairs are in the Nitrogen atom? One.
  14. Unfortunately I do not have the power to do that, as I do not work for Microsoft or 343i. My suggestion is to play on a different console for now. I was born with a decent brain and haven't let it slip into a state of decay. And yes, if you take the time to look the words up and learn how to pronounce them. Here's a list of Halo books, in no particular order. The Fall of Reach The Flood First Strike Ghosts of Onyx The Cole Protocol Contact Harvest Halo Evolutions (1 and 2) Cryptum Primordium Silentium Glasslands The Thursday War and "Halo Graphic Novel", which is a comic book. If XBLS said you should be good, then you should be good. Otherwise, I would suggest checking both accounts to see if you get the code. Which you should have by now.
  15. Congratulations. A long time coming in my opinion.
  16. It wouldn't be an issue of muscles, it would be an issue of whether or not they could obtain lift. No matter how hard you flap your arms, you will not be able to obtain lift, and it would be the same for the Yanme'e... Unless their exoskeleton isn't made out of chitin, and is instead made out of a lighter material. Or perhaps they have gas bladders, similar to fish. There's about a billion different explanations for how they fly. Take your pick of one that fits with the story lol
  17. Staff Response Cheating/boosting is not condoned on this forum. Topic locked.
  18. Staff Response Boosting/cheating is not condoned on this forum. Topic locked.
  19. No, neither card will increase your life-points. Wall of Revealing light requires you to PAY life points, which is not the same thing as taking damage. Self-Destruct Button kills both monsters on the field, however with PMD you can sacrifice a card instead of having him die. However, neither situation gains you any life points. I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni. Unfortunately for you, it was assigned reading for me in high school Italian class lmao I can still barely speak Italian though .-. They shouldn't, if they are made out of aluminum. The only way they would effect them then is by messing with the circuitry, however I've been told there are ways around that. By posting 500 times. However, if you post things like "lol" and "okay", and other posts that don't really contribute to the topic at hand, then your posts may be removed and you may get slapped with a warning. You need to contact X-Box Live support for this. Your main concern should be that your account was stolen rather than that you were banned from Halo 4. Here you go: http://support.xbox....box-live/browse
  20. When Halo 3 was released the only online matchmaking playlists available were (in ranked) Team Slayer, Lone Wolves, Team Throwback, and MLG (may have missed one or two). Later, Team Swat, Team Snipers, Team Doubles, and several others were added and removed, depending on their popularity. It was the same thing with the unranked playlists as well. The only Halo game that has come out with a multitude of playlists right out of the box was Halo Reach, and a decent percentage of those playlists were hardly played. The way it's looking, people who enjoy certain playlists (i.e. Team Snipers or Team Doubles) that are not super popular will still be able to play on their playlist when it's cycled back into circulation. This also makes it easier to find a game by consolidating players. Honestly though, it's a bit of a roundabout way of doing things in my opinion lol
  21. I feel you about the maps (can't wait for the map packs to be released) but I completely disagree about the DMR. I'm one of the guys who use both the DMR and the BR, and I LOVE it when people use the DMR on certain maps, because they end up giving me a killing spree. For this reason I think I have more sprees from the BR than I do from the DMR.
  22. Cortana was created by humans (to be specific, Dr. Halsey) using a clone of Dr. Halsey's brain. The Didact called her an "advanced Ancilla" because Ancilla is their word for "smart" AI's like Cortana. And she is "advanced" because he had not expected humanity to have Ancillas at that point in time. I also think it was more of a shoutout to the Gravemind in Halo 2 and 3 (What are you hiding from me? lol)
  23. I use Turtle Beach Earforce X-11's, and these things are pretty boss. Good sound quality, and they are durable. They allow you to hear "directional" sound, so when you are playing a video game and someone is running up behind you you will hear it as behind you. Pretty nifty while playing an FPS that has back-smacks as a 1sk (1 smack kill lol) They have volume control, so you can turn your television all the way down and just listen with your TB's. You can make it loud or quiet, and they function as a microphone as well. You can control both the chat and game volumes, so if you are playing a game that the sound isn't important and talking to someone, you can turn the game volume down without having to worry about not being able to hear your friend, and vice versa. As far as durability goes, I've had my turtle beaches for about two years. While I take care of them, I'm not exactly obsessive with the care I give them. Literally the only two downsides of this headset is the cost and the wires. However, they are cross compatible with all consoles (even the N64) and can work on your computer. I use my Turtle Beaches to not only play video games, but to record voice-overs on gameplay videos as well. Here's an example of a PC game recorded with a voice-over using the Turtle Beach X-11's Here's an example of an X-Box 360 game recorded with a voice-over using the Turtle Beach X-11's (without gameplay audio)
  24. No. A person with DID is still just one person. And even if there is a second personality threatening suicide while the "first" personality doesn't want to commit suicide, that's still considered suicidal because the personalities are based off of the person's (as a whole) brain. Dynasty* lol and the reason (as explained by the lore) is because they no longer felt worthy of maintaining the mantle because they were unable to save the galaxy from the flood without killing everything in it, which is sort of the exact opposite of what the mantle entails.
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