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4/16/2010 9:56:31 PM
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One Final Effort
There are those who said this day would never come...
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Im still on. playig tell something kicks me off. Bungie, the final fifty are not the only thing awesome. Thank you for making this game so amazing. The memories this game gave cannot be matched. Thank you for an amazing 5 years. I hope Reach will be half as good as Halo 2 was. Bungle... yall are awesome!
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We better get some of those sweet gifs as avatars.
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My favorite Halo 2 memory is from the build up to the release date. I had worked at an unnamed evil game retailer for the first few years of Xbox's existence, but moved away to college before Halo 2. I came back into town just to play in a free-for-all tournament, the prize for which was a Collectors Edition copy of Halo 2. I felt somewhat guilty that only about a dozen 10-13 year old kids showed up and I, the 22 year old college student, crushed them for the grand prize. (On a side note: after years of listening to 10-13 years old's call me a noob and hump my lifeless body, I don't feel so bad anymore.) The only hitch in claiming my prize was that if my college football team made it into the playoffs (D II), I would have practice on release day and not make it back to pick up my game. So I found myself secretly hoping that we would lose so I could fully enjoy such a big day. We lost, I kind of won, and attended an all-night lan-party to celebrate. It's both a proud and shameful moment in my gaming career.
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The game was not only great, it was historical on so many levels.
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Boo, no explosion :(
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Wow. So many memories in this thread. Simply amazing. I remember so many of those pictures. Thread saved. Simply amazing. Blown away with tears in my eyes. Thank you, Bungie! <3 -oj
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So those were Flood sea monkeys? Always wondered what those were. Let's see now most fondest memory (other than the playing the story and finding a ton of easter eggs) would be this: My guests and I were playing on my old account, Sinraptor2 (I know dumb name but it's still precious to me), and we got a BTB Slayer game on Headlong. Well, almost instantly we lost all our teammates. It me and my two guests (my bro and my best friend). We lost but we left our mark. in the pregame lobby the opposing team was stunned saying, "We actually won!? Holy S*** we won!" Even though we were losers we knew we had done well. The final score of the game I believe was 98-100. We were the red team. It's our fondest memory. We did play one last time together before Halo 2 was lost to the the void. That made me really happy. Now here's my bro's fondest memory. It was 1 v 1 on Terminal. We connected two Xboxs so there was no screen looking. I had the sniper down to the far end of the tracks were the Wraith spawns with the sniper rifle. For the longest time I could not find him. I was about to move and when I turned around -blam! shotgun facial. Then he proceeded to beat my body. I found out later that he had ninja'd his way to me from across the map and picked up the overshield on the way. Then he got right next to me and waited until I noticed him. That was a sad, embarrassing day for me xD
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getting out of headlong was the most fun
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Good night sweet prince. :(
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Bought the limited edition the day it came out and have loved every minute of my campaign playing and my limited MP action this week. One of my favorite moments happened just a few weeks ago. I had landed on Delta Halo and was clearing out Covies for the Pelican landing when one of my marines ran up to a dead Jackal, emptied his SMG into it and yelled, "That was for Reach!" So awesome! Thanks, Bungie!
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Seeing those stats blows my mind. My favorite memory was a game called pistol death. It was one Beaver Creek where everywhere was a safe zone except behind red base. Only pistols and instant headshot kills. Holding that position on your own was tough but so much fun. Some friends and I are planning to connect some old xboxs so we can play it again.
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This was really awesome. The 14th was really awesome. And congrats to the people still online! You're all super dedicated!
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This is Frogger56870 reporting in, im still playing. over
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Thank you Bungie for this game. I spent 1/4 of my life on this one game. It introduced me to xbl. It introduced me to sooooooo many friends that I am still close with even today. It introduced me to my first love. Through the zombie games where nobody would ever switch teams, to the HOURS UPON HOURS spent on every map; glitching out of each one. Halo 2 was and still is the best around. It sucks that I was forcefully removed in the afternoon on the 15, otherwise I would probably still be on it right now. HALO 2 WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!!!! -RIP Halo 2- -There are those who said this day would never come.
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A great read. Thank you all who contributed.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] frogger5687 This is Frogger56870 reporting in, im still playing. over[/quote] ^Champion. My best Halo 2 memory? Easy. One bomb, Terminal, defense. The attacking team's Ghost had been really pestering us, and after a couple of tries, I stuck it. It exploded, and the resulting flying piece of debris killed two other enemies. It was almost too awesome. There are those who thought this day would never come. What have they to say now? [Edited on 04.16.2010 2:41 PM PDT]
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R.I.P Halo 2 we have all huddled round to watch a close friend pass on to the afterlife when the life support is finaly switched off a tear will come to my eye. You will never be forgotten.
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Halo 2 was the first video game I was good at. I played at a friend's house, and immediately went out and got an xbox (sold my gamecube). A year later, that same friend got live. I played at his house, and immediately went home and got xbox live. That was 9th grade. 4 years later, Halo 2 is still the best online gaming experience I have ever had. I miss all those custom games with a bunch of kids I would see in school the next day. I miss my other friends being young enough/having enough time to play every day. I am the only one of our 12 member clan that still plays somewhat regularly. People change, I guess, but not Halo 2. I guess in some respects Halo 2 died for me only when my friends stopped playing, and I think I can bring her back to life every time I switch on split-screen with my roommate.
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Those Xbox Live Statistics were almost unbelievable! Fine, and final R.I.P update.
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I really wanted to play halo 2 until i was forced off the server but sadly my 360 is on my way back to me from getting repairs and my original xbox is long gone, but camped up at a buddys house and played while he wasn't home, then i logged off for a brief moment to go back to the dashboard only to find that i couldn't log back on, but boy did i have tons of memories with that game, from standing in line at midnight, to zombies, all the custom games where all we'd do was glitch until we explored the whole outside of the map, ive fallen asleep many times on halo 2, all the online friends I made, just so many good times, Halo 2 Impacted my life greatly, and ill never forget these times. Earth will never be the same.
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I Lasted till something like 4am your time until I got kicked off :| Would still be on but oh well, it was the most fun I have ever had on Halo 2 Live.
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3 people on my FR were in the last 50. I wish I could have been there.
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My fondest memories of Halo 2 are of all the friends I made. Being stuck in a relatively rural/suburban area like mine, the chance to meet people who are into games or even up-to-date on ANY technology are rare. I met my closest friends in Halo 2 and 3, and I owe Bungie a lot of happy and awesome moments because of that. I don't think I'd be as good a person were it not for the people I've learned from in my Halo travels. Thanks for all the great years Bungie. I could never properly express my gratitude to you guys. Here's to many more years in gaming! To Bungie.
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I was hoping to be playing it until the end, but I know that I wouldn't have stayed online for such long periods of time. I played a good portion over the last 2 days and i thoroughly enjoyed my time playing. For me, Halo 2 is the best game that I have ever played, I've not had a better experience than playing system link on Lockout, King Of The Hill, Shotty Snipers. What a masterpiece, no time to reminisce though, I heard that there's something big coming from Bungie! :) [Edited on 04.16.2010 2:55 PM PDT]
