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2/5/2010 5:53:15 PM
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Halo 2, Xbox LIVE and You

Microsoft announced today that Xbox LIVE support for original Xbox games will be discontinued on April 15, 2010. [url=/news/content.aspx?type=news&cid=24704] click for full story [/url]

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  • Hell Yeah man I'm with you on that Re-Releasing Halo 2 for the 360 Would be GREAT better graphics hell maybe a few new features with the glitches patched then we could continue having fun. [Edited on 02.08.2010 11:03 PM PST]

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  • Well Halo 2is where Xbox LIVE started for me although I hated the matchmaking and the glitchers I loved having fun with my friends and enjoying hilarious moments This will be the end huh for halo 2 a good game buried We will miss you!

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  • I see lts of people saying re-release the game on 360. The problem is that MS has to above the game. And they won't do it becuase that game is simply not up to 360 standards graphically or gameplaywise. I know everyone loves the keycobos but MS wouldn't let those glitches in and would require them to be fixed anyWay. The best idea was compliations disc, Halo Trilogy, that way you could the 3 campains and 3 multiplayer setups. But really I know a very very very small portion of the gamers overall are upset but really most people are ok with this. And if H2 really meant that much to you then there would be more then 4000 matches being played daily (prior to this announcement). Play your last few games then pick up h3 or ODST becuase they really are better games.

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  • Me too. They shouldn't do this!

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  • We have spent a lot of money on these games and Xbox Live service to allow them to shut down acess for playing all Original XBox games on Xbox Live. Let's show them how much we are all in favor of keeping these games active on Xbox Live as we have continued to enjoy them on a daily basis!!! Please sign and forward this website link to as many people as you know who currently play Original Xbox games on Xbox Live, so they can sign this as well to help save our access from permanently being banned!!! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/keep-original-xbox-games-on-xbox-live

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  • Halo 2 was the sole reason that I bought an xbox and joined xbox live. If it were not for halo 2, I might have gone down the path of the playstation, but because of it, I am a dedicated xbox fan, and I cant wait for Halo Reach. Halo 2, you will be missed

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  • Hey guys i got an idea. It might sound stupid but do it for H2. In April 15 go outside and WE SHALL REMEMBER HALO 2!

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  • A sad day indeed. Halo 2 online, we shall miss you.

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  • ARE YOU SERIOUS??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Halo 2 is awesome, this shouldn't happen. But i knew it would eventually.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] gravy666 April 15, 2010 is going to be a very sad day in video gaming history.[/quote] Indeed it will be. : (

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  • April 15, 2010 is going to be a very sad day in video gaming history.

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  • xbox has gone from first person shooters to facebook and twitter isn't that for little girls on their moms laptop, wow microsoft you guys suck at your jobs thanks for taking off the best halo game yet

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  • i did it too. everyone should do it if they wanna keep playin halo 2!

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  • I called 1-800-4MY-XBOX and the guy said that it was good I called, I got to file a complaint and he said that if enough people call it could definitely help, so take some time and save halo 2 !!

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  • how are u supposed to get the maps now??? i got a new xbox 360 and tryed to transfer everything from my old 360 with a transfer kit and the maps for halo 2 got corrupt. now it wont let me get em back cuz they started taking them offline. can anyone help? i at least wanna play till aprill 15th.

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  • bungie needs to rebel, re-release it onto the 360

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  • I'm going to sing 'Still Alive' in every Halo 2 game on April 14.

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  • This sucks.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] xzodia [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] samsaBEAR i don't mean to sound horrible, i'm sure you all love Halo 2, but there's been three more Halo games since that was released. get over it and move on.[/quote] Wow. Clearly, you never experienced Halo 2 because that statement is just ignorant. But I don't want to start a fight here.[/quote] Agreed, nothing like all-nighters of halo 2 with some friends and pizza. ..oh and NOOOOOOOOO

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  • Damn. I'm no network engineer, but I'm pretty sure XBox LIVE [i]gaming[/i] is predominately P2P, so what gives? Yes, save for a few oddballs like Delta Force: Blackhawk Down using dedicated servers, EA games connecting through EA and Steel Batallion (which was shut down eons ago anyway), we are effectively paying to play these games by hosting them on our boxes. Why am I still able to play PC games from the DOS era on-line yet, as of April 15th, won't be able to play Original XBox games on-line? The LAN tunneling services (XBConnect, Xlink KAI) are pretty much case and point, we can play 'on-line' using those at no cost, so why can't Microsoft let us do the same through some sort of server-side emulation layer that only lets us play without allowing access to XBox LIVE features such as friends, messaging etc? I wouldn't be in such a rage if I knew the technical justification behind such a decision. Yes, Nelson claims that Microsoft's engineers gave it great thought and I don't doubt that, but we aren't idiots; they owe us a reason considering we pay for the service. But maybe us being intelligent consumers is precisely the point, any "justification" could be shot down in flames by a resident/lurking network/software engineer. I haven't posted on here in over 5-6 months, but this news was just too shocking. End Rant. -- What about DLC? I can only assume that DLC access will be removed. If that's going to be the case, allow us to download DLC for any title at no cost; it's going to become worthless anyway, right? Of course, not all games are going to be [i]drastically[/i] affected. Quite a few games had a LAN option, so one could always use tunneling software. Halo 2, SC: Chaos Theory, Unreal Championship/Liandri Conflict, Pariah and Doom 3 come to mind. In fact, most LIVE-enabled games had some form of LAN access, so it's not all doom and gloom! Fighting games are the exception to this rule, however, so don't expect to play Third Strike, MK:Deception, KOF:Neowave or Capcom vs. SNK 2 online; then again, fighting games are best played locally anyway. We only have the "please can we have more than 100 friends" whiners to thank. Well you got what you wished for, and then some; what scares me is that Microsoft might pull a similar stunt in the later generations. I doubt we'll get a price cut, as the yet-to-be-announced features may offset the savings brought about by this decision. Oh well, that's progress for you. Time to give Halo 2 the send off it deserves; my 5508+ games will not be forgotten. Goodbye XBox LIVE 1-3.x, bring on the next generation.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TURBOGURU I am saddened by this news because it means we have no choice but to put up with the cr@p load of s**t multiplayer that halo3 is. Halo 2 FTW - you were the best multiplayer ever![/quote] aha I know ! I'm not going to put up with that -blam!- though, the only reason I could stand it is because I could go back to halo 2 anytime I wanted, because it was always amazing. Screw reach I'm not buying the game if they're taking away my options to play what I want. It's stupid. I've supported both bungie and microsoft by buying games, bungie pro, xbl subscriptions and no I'm getting fcked in the ass by MS. amazing

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  • Halo 2 rocked. But there were other awesome originals. Like Battlefront 2 with 32 player. But it sucks their getting shutdown.

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  • I am saddened by this news because it means we have no choice but to put up with the cr@p load of s**t multiplayer that halo3 is. Halo 2 FTW - you were the best multiplayer ever!

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  • This is a very smart decision by Microsoft. Yes Halo 2 was a great game, but it's been going for 5 years. Let it go. Plus this reopens the 360 realm for a game that'll blow that stupid MAG out of the water.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] samsaBEAR i don't mean to sound horrible, i'm sure you all love Halo 2, but there's been three more Halo games since that was released. get over it and move on.[/quote] Wow. Clearly, you never experienced Halo 2 because that statement is just ignorant. But I don't want to start a fight here.

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  • i don't mean to sound horrible, i'm sure you all love Halo 2, but there's been three more Halo games since that was released. get over it and move on.

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