Absolute Dog

Choot'em I personally think that you have done a great job with the play dates. We have had great fun on them and they have spanned many different time zones considering how long we stay online for them, one time we played for over 6 hours! You have given plenty of notice and responded to any input you have received. The community needs to show up, get involved! I see mostly the same members at each play date, believe me they are a friggin blast, but more should be there.

I liked this as I saw it get posted. Welcome to the forums Tramell! I am enjoying a lot of the responses. My member name is my GT (gamer tag). It was an extension of my previous GT Absolute Dark which I created years ago. That one meant "hidden", unable to be seen, so dark that no light got in. It was a pure creation that sounded good as you said it. Absolute Dog was basically given to me from my friends at that time. I had a reputation of chasing down snipers, I used to hate them with a passion. After years of chasing them down, killing them and taking their weapon, I became good with the sniper. If you had a sniper rifle my friends said, "I would absolutely dog you, hound you, until I killed you.". P.S. Both were much better than my first GT which was a mistake! Somehow I reversed my GT with my password and instead of ending up with my military units name, my GT was my password..........Uncle Todd. Thing was it became instantly popular, my family and players I met online thought it was kinda cool and my nephews friends and friends online, the kids, mostly thought of me as there uncle anyways.

andrew if you don't like the TU Beta then don't play it! I have no clue what you came here to post about. It is one play list. It is a test in response to community input, just as Bungie listened to the community.

As much as I love bees, get it, ilovebee.com. I would go the day without clothes. WYR play the fiddle as Rome burns or play the fiddle as Ash writes on the chalk board, "I will not not wear my bathrobe while posting in the forum?

For his contribution to the membership of this forum and for stepping in during Egytianghetto's absence, Quantum Matrix has be awarded the stature of MOM. Soon after he joined he became very active, and then, without any reason other than to help out, he began making signatures for a member or two. Noticing this and seeing his work and desire to help out, I asked him to fill in for Egypt and he did with the spirit we all enjoy here. All Hail Quantum Matrix aka Spartan 468 In addition he will be awarded 1600 MS Points and a 3 Month Gold Membership! There will also be another perk that will be seen tommorrow.

I am not going to just miss you, you SOB, I will be wait patiently at the door, lights on, expecting your return. I know the feelings of having some of the members sights set on you. I have gotten PM's that really challenge your efforts, it seems, but in the you should know what I know. Members like you are part of the nervous system of the site, more like the brains in your case, and where it may feel you are on an island by yourself sometimes, you are not. Twinreaper........I have sent you a PM, I hope that you use it!

DBUK I am happy to see that you and others a finally getting the chance to play matchmaking again. I am very grateful to the members who showed there support for these players. To Twinreaper, you gave your best efforts here and it shows. You bring so much to this community with your knowledge, your relationships in the gaming community and your desire to give us the best answer that you can give. I thank you most of all!

Thread already exists here where it belongs in the Halo CEA forum.

You see! This is the answer right here! Thank guys.

I will say this here to you and all of the members. I like you guys the way you are, your original names. I know that some of you change your name more than I can remember. I hope that you keep your current name Ash.

Thank you FIREN4 for bring this thread back to life. We need some loving here!

Good OP!

I am not technical expert by any means of the imagination, but it is my simple under standing that the H3 engine will be used for Halo 4 along with the Reach engine. I would think that would give life to, and the desire to maintain, the Halo server. I honestly do not know the difference, or what others may refer to as, the Halo 3 server and engine. That said, I would hope that the Halo 3 game would always stay in play to allow any one, new or old to the series, to enjoy the game in it's closest semblance to the original Halo 2 match making. Halo 2 will most likely never return. It is, and always will be the original and true Halo match making experience, and will live on in the hearts of those who played it. Remaking the game as 343i did with HCEA will not bring it back. Halo 3 has a chance of surviving like the OP said, if we can just show the fans support.

I have seen cases in this forum and others that clearly show the failure of the automated ban system. Here is a current case in point posted by a new member DethDale. "I have been an active gamer for multiple years and pride myself in sportmanship and honesty in playing. Recently, my children became old enough to join the Halo family and I purchased a XBOX Live family account adding my two children and my wife to my account. To my disappointment, the ability to play Halo online with my family was quickly tarnished by a credit ban placed on all 4 of our accounts and my console. Apparently, my children and wife who are newer at the game and are still challenged at gaining kills appear as AFK according to the automated ban process used in the games. We even set the "skill" option to find players of comparable skiill to be turned on. My children were disheartened and my wife was frustrated. Even worse is that I received zero warning by XBOX, Bungie, Online or 343. I had no idea why it happened, and took hours of research to begin unravelling this issue. Please consider other variables to more accurately determine fraud on the system. My wife and children actively, move, shoot, change weapons, reload, throw grenades and other various actions that would certainly dictate them not as AFK. Please change this automated net, or we risk losing the future of young gamers if the difference between a novice player and one committing fraud is non distinguishable." Gamer Tag : DethDale, DethLisa, DoubleBar, KJDethKids Yet another story from Lexter: Gamer Tag: Lexster905 - Ban = Temporarily Banned from earning Credits. This ban began on the evening of 19Jan2012, EST. This is a new game for my 9 year old. She has been playing for ~ three weeks and is learning the game. She plays with her Aunt and a select group of experienced players who are online friends of my sister (her Aunt) for safety precautions. They play nightfall daily to help her learn the parameters of the game and advance her skills. Her Aunt says they "SPAWN" on her. My daughter was very excited to learn the game and is now very dissapointed that she cannot earn credits along with everyone else. This temporary Ban has been going on for six days now. We have no idea why she was banned from earning credits or how long this ban will take. I would hope that this will be resolved ASAP with an explanation of what the infingement was, if any, so that she can avoid it in the future. As a consumer, I am highly unsatisfied with this type of unprofessional communication. I shouldn't have to guess why a game that I paid $50 dollars for is now limited for what I can see, is no violation at all. It would be a good business move to include the reason and the extent of "penalties" assessed. I purchased the Xbox and Xbox LIVE and Halo purely for the purpose of my child being able to connect wtih the group online which she has been playing with. Currently, I feel as if it was a waste of $600. I am hoping you can resolve my frustration and buyers remorse and turn it into a positive experience for all of us. Looking forward to your reply, Frustrated Consumer I can list numerous more examples but........ These are a prime example of how the auto ban system fails the very players that were sought after by Microsoft and Bungie to play their hit games. Remember that, and I quote, "Microsoft spent more than $40 million marketing Halo 3.. The goal of the campaign was to sell more Xbox 360 consoles and widen the appeal of the game beyond the "Halo faithful" to casual as well as hardcore gamers." That info is generated by this article and referred to in Wikipedia under the "Release" topic, middle page. The same held true for Reach, they desired and designed a game for the more casual player and though the marketing numbers were never released, as stated here, Reach was even supposed to be more user friendly to the casual player. There are many young players, complete novices and just players who try to learn, but have no one to teach them the basics, that are constantly getting caught in the ban net. They were marketed to by the vary companies that sell the system, Gold Memberships and games and have now banned them from earning credits for being inexperienced. This could be your family, your friends, that are being punished for trying to learn a game and a controller that is completely foreign to them. We, most of us, take for granted our mastery of the controller and ability to move and kill in the game. It has become second nature to us. Telling new players to play campaign or customs to learn is no answer when they have every right to play a game on a system they paid hundreds for and on a subscription whose annual fee is $60.00, or more for Family Packs, and a game that initially cost in excess of $60.00. The families, much like the one given as an example above, should be allowed to have fun online just like we do. Offer any real and legitimate answers or opinions.

I understand and appreciate your issues with the ban. It is not ours though. We are able to look up the reason for bans by reviewing accounts. I know how fun it is in match making, but please consider playing a custom game. You can show them all the skills they need and have fun as a family. I will always add new players to one of my accounts friends list and work with them to teach them the ropes. I will PM (private message) you one of my accounts and you can send a friend request there. I play with a fun, mature group that enjoys helping new players and we are kid friendly, as most have youngsters of their own.

Game on! I have some talent. Which reminds me, I need to finish FIREN4's sig.

This Topic is closed. OP you can post your thoughts here. No external links please. Thank you.

Bobo you can find out yourself easily,just play a game and see if you receive credits.

I will take a look at your clan. I will have some time on tomorrow. Send a game invite to Absolute Dog when you are on.

It is people like you that ruin the experience for everybody. You deserved the ban for a fact! Keep it up and you will be banned for a much longer time. AFKing in MM is a nuisance at the very least.

DOC_R you know I like you and hope things work out and you get back soon.

I am not sure it is truly understood or if members really care how much we put into this site, but I am tired. I get very little feedback on what I do, for all the time I dedicate to this site. I have been alone as a moderator here for a long time and I need a break. Maybe some one on the staff will see that we need some more moderators. I am glad Jester is back and very happy Choot'em has joined the ranks, but I will be gone for a while. I have never felt closer to any forum as I have here. I have fought for what I thought was good for all of us, but there are times when you have to sit back and have fun for yourself. This is my turn. Until I see you again, enjoy the best forum around.

- Cypress Hill