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6/9/2005 6:23:22 PM
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Humpday Hoopla
This week's Humpday Challenge actually took place on Tuesday night. We were originally planning to play the guys from Halo Babies last week but due to last minute conflicts we had to postpone. And, since their team is unavailable on Wednesdays, we settled for a Tuesday match. Obviously I haven't been in a huge hurry to recount our latest in an ongoing string of defeats... but, to give props to our opponents, it's only fair that we at least acknowledge that the match took place.
Here's the quick and concise recap of what happened on Tuesday night.... (check out the Halo Babies website for their take on what happened).
[b]Team Bungie[/b]
Shishka, Achronos, Evil Otto, New001, Ninja on Fire and myself
[b]Team [url=http://www.halobabies.net]Halo Babies[/url][/b]
TMC Elite, Gruntsbane, AllMaster D, Milk N Cereal, Live killa and hnbmrsmiley
[b]Game One[/b]
Team Slayer on Lockout (BR start)
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStats.aspx?panel=stats&gameid=198563545&player=Shishka]Game Stats[/url]
Duration: 04.53
I actually sat out this match since the Halo Babies team was short a player. I can't speak to the specifics of the match but the score pretty much speaks for itself. Live Killa represented his team with a nice 7 kill spree while Milk N Cereal gained the most amount of overall kills with 14. Achronos was the top scorer for Team Bungie with 11 kills but our top player New001 had a disappointing 5 kills and 9 deaths.
Final Score: Halo Babies wins 50 to 37
[b]Game Two[/b]
1 Flag CTF on Burial Mounds (first to 3)
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStats.aspx?gameID=198598573&player=ske7ch]Game Stats[/url]
Duration: 22:46
Gruntsbane decided to show up for Team HB so I was able to return to even out the teams. CTF on Burial Mounds CAN be fun.. but before the game even started we knew this was going to be a drawn out struggle. As anyone knows, playing the first to 3 scores often results in an insanely long match that could very well take up the entire night.
The first round resulted in a stalemate for both sides as each team tried to feel out the other one for any signs of weakness. Halo Babies managed to get our flag outside but a well coordinated defense prevented them from scoring. On our second offensive round we pushed hard and managed to break through their fortifications and get the flag out into the open. As you know, once the flag is outside the base, the chances of scoring increase by approximately 90%. And score we did. Credit for our first (and only score) goes to Shishka.
We continued the back and forth push and pull for several more rounds and neither team made any real progress in their effort to score. Finally, after spending over 20 minutes on this game, we decided we were calling it. We gave Halo Babies one last offensive shot and then we ended the match (we had already gone through 4 full rounds and Halo Babies had their 5th shot on offense). This would prove to be a bit controversial but since we ended up losing 2 of the 3 matches nobody made it into a big deal. Kudos to New001 for stepping up and finding his game with a match high 36 kills. (where were you last game??)
Final Score: Bungie Wins 1-0
[b]Game Three[/b]
Team Snipers on Coagulation
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStats.aspx?gameID=198612292&player=ske7ch]Game Stats[/url]
Duration: 8:01
This was the game that we picked since New and a few of us are quite fond of sniper games. At least, we used to be. The match started out great with both teams picking one another off at long distance while the lead switched back and forth. It was neck and neck for the first half of the match but then things started to slip away.
Yours truly played incredibly horrible (partly due to nearly a 2 week hiatus and the inevitable decay of my reaction time). Acrhonos and I managed to get a mere 2 kills each (compared to 7 and 9 deaths respectively). In the end our entire team became pinned down at the base while Halo Babies took up positions on the ridges and rocks surrounding our spawn points. It was a closely fought battle but in the end we couldn't quite pull it off.
Final Score: Halo Babies wins 50 to 46
And there you have it... another humpday, another close defeat for Team Bungie. I can honestly say that the team is starting to feel the effects of loss after loss. I hope the weekly tradition can continue well into the future but losing is only so much fun. : )
Until next week...
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I hate to say it but ever since u Bungie people got real busy on being "popular" with all the maps u guys have been sucking on ur humpday challanges. U guys need to focus ur energy on doing good and showin people whos boss @ Halo instead of gettin laid to boast to ur friends. This is all constructive critisism. U need to focus ur energy on kickin @ss to the lower class Halo players. U guys should be the top dogs. Why not go for being the top people on the leaderboards. Or since ur control them, hack ur way to the top. Nobodys gonna care if u guys r on the top.
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Too bad Bungie doesn't accept challenges from fans... Especially those loyal to the forums...
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Reading all of these responses, it's obvious that there are a lot of bungie haters out there. Very true, the perception is that the creators of a game should be the best, but this is not true. Bungie puts more time into making the greatest game on xbox even greater than they do actually playing the game. Sorry, they do play the game only to test it to make sure it's great and get our approvals. Think about it, if your job was to make a game, and test it out for whiners to be quiet and content, do you really think you would have the ample amount of time to play the game the way every one else does? I don't think so. Just imagine how much the Bungie team would dominate if they put in half the amount of time you put in to playing the game for real, and not just testing......It's easy to say someone sucks without playing against them......Stats just show the end result of the game without showing the struggles of the games. Stop complaining about the weapons and testing. If you can't stand the fact that the playing fields are level, it must really say something about your skills. Leveling the playing fields actually makes for a better game experience, and allows everyone to get better with all weapons.
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Mabey HAL0 Humpday name should be changed to [b][u]Bungie-Beatdown Day![/u][/b]
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This week's HDC sounds like it was a great event with great fun for everyone. Sce7ch makes it sound like Bungie were owned in that Snipers game, but the end results shows a really close match that could have ended either way. How do you get to be a candidate for having this much fun together with our heroes? I've tried PM:ing Sce7ch and stosh but maybe they get too many PMs to stand a chance to answer. I know a clan member of ours has spammed all Bungie people he could think of. (Don't worry Bungie, I've forbidden my clan members ever to do that again.) Let it be known that the [url=http://h2wiki.halowiki.net/wiki/Clan_of_Bobs]Clan of Bobs[/url] has challenged Bungie for the HDC. Our clan has grown stronger with all the new recruits of the latest weeks. But judging from the video footage I've seen from some HDC events it still looks Bungie could use us Bobs to boost their self confidence. =) [Edited on 6/10/2005]
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Hey Bungie, you could always play against me and my friends. I'm sure you can kill us and get your confidence up, or not...... :P
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Okay...im not gonna tell you how to play, but seriously. You guys MADE THE GAME! you guys should be the Ultimate Halo 2 Gurus of Extreme Doom and Destruction. what you need to do is determine the date of the next Humpday challenge, and then Train. Constantly. Every day. you do it every day, it almost becomes second nature. you hear a grenade bounce of the wall, you automatically sidestep without thinking. thats the level you need to get to. no offense...but the way you talk, it sounds like I could beat you. You have to find out if you are good at long range, close quarters, or assaulting. you must find your special weapons. weapons that you have an almost uncanny skill with. and you practice with that weapon, then find different secondary weapons and practice with those.then you must practice with headshots. then you find at least 2 maps you are extremely efficient at. and then gametypes. like i said, im not telling you how to play, im only giving you my advice. i think you need all the advice you can get, Bungie morale must suck. im sorry. i wish i could help in some other way...but i cant. i hope perhaps you can use my adivce somehow, even though it is basic stuff that everyone should know. good bye! -Mr_Stewy (Halo playing name: Fubar)
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ya dog the -blam!- knows, u ungratefull meanie pants
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] glorfindel87 Maybe Bungie can realize how much they stink at Halo and let good players playtest their weapons and mpsa and gametypes for H3?[/quote] Although saying Bungie sucks is a little cruel, I have to agree it would be better if they let some outside players (who are really good at the game) help a little in choosing gametypes, weapons, etc. It seems like people at Bungie do stuff to make more people like them (who aren't very good) better at the game. Just let the good people be good, except your not-so-skilled-ness, enjoy the game, and don't try to even the playing field! Also, i'm amazed I never heared about the humpday challenge, We would have smoked Bungie if I was helping out ;)...then again, i did leave the HB clan (what can I say, they just weren't good enough ;). With the exception of Akba, Grunstbane (and smiley, sometimes) the rest of the clan sux.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jbiggs DM [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Skin Cancer I think you guys at bungie must absolutely suck at halo 2... no offense, you did a good job designing the game, you're just awful at it[/quote] They're not so good at the game unfourtunately because they most likely don't get much time to practice because guess what, they're working on the next project for the amazingly ungrateful commughghfgnity.[/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Skin Cancer I think you guys at bungie must absolutely suck at halo 2... no offense, you did a good job designing the game, you're just awful at it[/quote] They're not so good at the game unfourtunately because they most likely don't get much time to practice because guess what, they're working on the next project for the amazingly ungrateful community.
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W00T! Hint: Gruntsbane is on my friends list, and I play with smiley and crew in clanmatches, but didn't participate in that game.
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First page, maybe second who cares, play the Ash warriors, we'll take it easy on ya Jedi
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Maybe Bungie can realize how much they stink at Halo and let good players playtest their weapons and mpsa and gametypes for H3?
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Dude Bungie, seriously, play the [url=http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/sneakers/GroupHome.aspx] Sneakers! [/url] We'd get our faces owned anyway. And if we do too good in our first game, I'll force my cat to play. [Edited on 6/9/2005]
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[quote]What about doing a humpday challenge where a couple of Bungie guys go and play 3 games against some randoms on XboX Live, that might get the moral up. Perhaps a few team trainings, whenever I'm losing I jump into training and just relax no pressure and own.[/quote] I think that's the best idea yet. Or maybe where all 8 members of Team Bungie do a Rumble Training match. The ultimate Humpday would be if Bungie did a matchmaking game and got standbyed. Talk about bad timing for the cheaters!
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wewt! 1st page! but anyways, i cant believe bungie lost! i always thought that they were the ultimate masters of their own games... but i was wrong. and by the way, is therea video of Terminal? because someone said there is a train that goes 300 m/p/h( exxageration i know, but still, a movie???)
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wow bungie should stop sucking at halo
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What about doing a humpday challenge where a couple of Bungie guys go and play 3 games against some randoms on XboX Live, that might get the moral up. Perhaps a few team trainings, whenever I'm losing I jump into training and just relax no pressure and own. It' would be cool to see Frankie giving props to random gamers for good TSK, TS, BTB games. I'm up for it, it would be neat.
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honestly, I thought that it would be a very close contest between the Bungie Crew and team Halobabies....and I was right. good job both ways for your hard work and team play. GO HALOBABIES!!!!!!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You got beat by halobabies. I get beaten by everyone else.
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Come on Bungie start winning some of the challenges. and hey if anyone wants to duel or go play some team games on live then send me a message. my gamertag is MasterElite55.
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I really wonder how good the Bungie guys are cause I have never played anyone they have played so i have no clue what to compare them too. I bet my clan would own them though especially with a four on four team i have in mind versus whoever they got.
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You can always play 2070 again and get Team Bungie's moral up. [ ha, I'm joking. ...or am I? =) ] We could play some Dumpster Love on Turf, The Man Pageant on Lockout, Team Fist Ass on Midship? Yes, yes? : )
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Those new maps are gonna be awesome, I can't wait!! The video of Terminal was so cool, that train goes so fast, like 300mph!!!
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I think that the Bungie Vs. Bungie idea is pretty cool, I'd like to see how that would end up.
