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If the aft portion of the Forward Unto Dawn had the armory in it, then it might be a toss-up between an AR and the BR. Classically, it's always been the AR, but who knows. Maybe in the process of being cut in half all the AR's got sucked out into space. I think the reason 343 emphasized the BR so much in the First Look ViDoc is because they're trying to win the favor of the fans. It may or may not be a case of a company pulling the wool over the eyes of the consumers. But let's hope not.

I like it. I'm huge on the idea of Uniquity, especially when I think of tens of thousands of players running around in "Steel" armor and a black visor, as though it makes them harder to see and hit. Heck, give me my old orange and white armor, paint a bright red bullseye on my chest and light my helmet on fire - it doesn't make a lick of difference to me. And regarding the notion of keeping our personalized colours on teams, and instead having a red or blue band on our arm or something... No offense, SHH, but absolutely not. You know how high everybody's Betrayals count would be? Half of us have a hard enough time already when it comes to watching for friendly IFF markers. While it might make these players think more, that just means it will also slow the action down, and the last thing we want is to slow things down again. You know what I mean?

Sad as your point makes me, it is a very valid one, Twin. They could be terrified of the reception of a beta if they're using something in the game that they know will elicit some major community rage. On the contrary... One of the things they're implementing could be something so new, so innovative and awesome that they don't want to risk leaking it to their competitors in the industry by releasing a Beta. After all, they've been working on the game for how many years now? Going on three? The last thing I'd want, if I was them, was to see my main competition snapping up my idea, turning it around to work for their main title, and releasing their next game before or at the same time as mine. And we all know that if any game could do that, it's CoD. So perhaps they are afraid, but not of what we think. That's me trying to be hopeful.

Already congratulated you in the Shoutbox earlier today, H4TW, but here it is again. Gratz on making MoM. I'm sure you'll keep doing what you did to earn MoM, so there's really no point in my saying the following: Keep up the good work. But there it is anyway.

- the Portal 2 OST

Hey there! I can't believe nobody gave your your cookie yet. ( : : ) There you go, compliments of the Bracket brothers and the Colon twins. Welcome to the community and I hope you enjoy things here. It's nice to have you and I hope to see you around the forums.

Hey there, Don, and welcome to our community. I hope you have as much fun as I have here and that everyone treats you with decency and respect. If they don't, daddy's gonna have to get out the whoopin' stick.

Happy birthday, Drifter. You made it another year. That's worth celebrating.

You have a point, adam. If you look at it like that, it does kill the mood of H3's Legendary ending a bit. You know what would kill it even worse? "Wake me... when you need me," the Chief said as he laid back in the cryo-tube. The tube door whirred to close and sealed with a hiss. Cortana, distraught by feeling as though she was losing her other half once again, placed her glowing hand on the glass of the tube and whispered a painful, "Sweet dreams." 3 minutes and 21 seconds later... Hissss, the tube unsealed and its door whirred back open. It settled into its fully opened position as the Chief stirred within. "Chief! I found something!" Cortana said with a pleased look on her face before the image of a large container flickered on next to her in the holoprojector. "What is it?" Chief replied, his gruff voice concealing his concern for his friend, the surprise of being awakened so quickly, and the desire to know what was inside the box. "It's a surprise," she told him with a hand on her hip and a cheeky smirk. Then, lowering her voice into a sultry, seductive tone, she added, "but I think you'll like it." The Chief climbed back out of the cryo-tube and floated over to Cortana in the gloom of the Forward Unto Dawn . "Where?" is all he asked. "Right..." she replied slowly, her hand sliding down her tight stomach, crawling toward the darker center of her pelvic region, "here." Then, where her hand stopped, a three-dimensional map of the aft of the frigate popped into view and her finger directed the Chief to a cryo-bay nearby. The Chief, seeing his destination, quickly made for the door. I don't think anyone needs me to continue. PS: Cortana.

I agree on most points there, haloaddict. Don't hate me, but I feel I have to say it... Wrong forum. Posts dealing with Halo 4 have their own.

Hey, everybody. Just thought I'd toss my thoughts into the hat along with yours. I'd like to see... ...Subsequent Betrayals/Suicides after the first (or second) having more impact on a match and a player's ability to play. • What I mean is: harsher score penalties and longer suspensions for unsportsmanlike conduct. • I know accidents happen, but they shouldn't happen more than a couple of times before a player wisens up. ...A scoring system that doesn't just take the Quantity of kills into account, but the Quality of the kills, as well. • I'm talking about rewarding the Speed, Efficiency, and Teamwork of you and your team (if you're technically on a team). • I mean, just because you can rack up a large bodycount doesn't necessarily make you an artist of death, it just means you're as frenetic as a squirrel on crack. ...Armor Abilities that are balanced against each other, against the map, and against the match type. • If a map is very vertical, then I might want a Jetpack, but don't penalize me on that map just because I don't select it. • If I snap on Armor Lock because I'm surrounded and don't stand a chance, don't make my opponents have to wait for the inevitable. • If bullets can pass through a hologram, why then can't I? • I could go on... ...A ranking system that takes more than just your Win/Loss ratio into account. • Players with high stats in Betrayals, Suicides, Booted/Banned, and/or Quits could be isolated to games with others who have similar stats. • This could match-up players according to all sorts of criteria: the Hardcore, the Casual, the Trolls and Team-killing f***tards, et cetera... ...Separate stat listings for different playlists. • If someone does well in Teams and not in Rumble Pit, they shouldn't have stats that muddle these facts. ...A lot more armor paint-schemes, colours, and emblem customization options. • I know I'm in the minority of people who obsess over uniquity. • But even doubling the customization options for emblems and colors would go a long, long way toward finally making me happy with this issue. • And I would settle for having a handful of preset paint-schemes/designs that we could then choose the colours for. ...Parkour. • That's right. I want my half-tonne SPARTAN-IV to be able to run up and along walls while sprinting, and grab and pull himself up onto high-ledges when I jump. • I'm not entirely serious about this one, but I think it would be pretty sick to have more verticality in my gameplay without the need for a Jetpack. ...Alternate fire settings for some weapons usable via the D-pad. • If the Battle Rifle is coming back, we should be able to make use of its 3 settings: semi-automatic, 3-round burst, and full automatic fire. • Other weapons could be tailored to specific settings as well, whether to reduce firing rate for an increase of accuracy, or to switch SpLazer between anti-tank and anti-personelle settings. • Again, not entirely serious about this idea, but I think it would be nifty. Well, that's all for now. If I think up any more I'll update this post.

Mystic. Beautifully put. I agree absolutely. Once again: you, my girl, are a genius.

The Day the World Went Away - NIN

Okey dokey. • Favorite number: 9 • Favorite color: Yellow • Favorite breakfast food: Pancakes with syrup. • Favorite lunch food: Soup and sammiches. • Favorite dinner food: Spaghetti and tomato sauce. • Overall favorite food: Pancake sammiches and tomato sauce. • Favorite Halo campaign memory: H3 (Ch. 1: Sierra 117; "Quid Pro Quo") - Falcon Punched a Brute through the side window where they were holding Johnson and a few other marines. My, how I lol'd. • Favorite Halo MM memory: Reach - Covering my team's sniper on Boardwalk while sneaky active camo sneaks try to sneak up and take him out all sneakily. Might as well have been wearing bells. I miss Doc and Zed. • I can't access XBL due to two reasons: An important update that wouldn't finish installing on my 360 Slim. Can't afford XBL Gold just yet. • My level of community activity: Hasn't been the best, but I'm hoping to pick up the pace. Would be a lot better if I had XBL and could log on even just for Silver. Then I'd be able to update my XBL friends and get ready for when I get back on the horse. • How do I feel about being Spiritual Leader: It's not bad, actually. Most members don't care one way or another about my position, and I'm thankful for them because they don't need me to tell them to be kind and respectful to others. I kind of wish they'd play along with the "Praise Twam" thing, but it's not super important; I asked Twam about it but he never replied, so I just took his silence on the matter as a "Meh..." All in all, it's good times. That enough? Should I go on, A-Dog? :

I know how you feel, Squidley, and I'm right there with you. I've especially been obsessing over the blue Sparty in the one dude's computer monitor (the one that looks like they're holding a long-barreled weapon). I think it's Linda.

Kill the King Helpful longtime community member Lets me call him Shag All around cool guy

Welcome to our community, DyN. Don't worry, we're virtually all friendly here, so your level of enjoyment will depend mostly on you. If you're cool, everything'll be cool. Cool? Cool.

Welcome to our community, StAR. Already met you in Shoutbox, but what the heck! It's good to have you with us and I hope you like things here.

Welcome, and it's good to have you. This is definitely a Halo-centric community. Enjoy your time with us.

Welcome, welcome, welcome, to 343i.org, SHH. It's a pleasure to have you here and I hope you enjoy our forums.

DJ, I know we've spoken in the Shoutbox prior to now, but I just want to officially welcome you to the community. It's good to have you with us.

http://www.nestle.ca...fee_crisp/index I prefer cold bevvies over hot ones, so I suppose if I had to choose a caffinated beverage, I'd go with an iced coffee. Honestly, I haven't had much coffee in my time. But when I was working at Sears building pallets for a ship-out, I ate 3/4ths of a box of Nestle candybars and the energy I got from it put me into overdrive. I got 3hrs worth of work done in about 50 to 60 minutes, and when I was finished I wanted to do more.

Nicely detailed specs, V. When possible, you should put up some concept art. *pretends we hadn't already spoken about all this* Do you have ideas for characters? You gave me permission to use your name and likeness in my fanfic (WIP), and I even asked for a suggestion regarding the character based on your likeness, so you have my permission to use my name and likeness in yours if you'd like. I won't be offended if you don't... Not for long, anyway... Not after I get my revenge. BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.... Ahem... c:/run composure.exe I like the idea, V. Just don't let the scale of the subject matter overwhelm you. Consider characters and ensembles, and timelines and conflicts carefully, and I think it'll be a good work. I look forward to even a glimpse or excerpt. Twam guide you, V.