JW’s Comprehensive List of People Who Are Ruining Halo 3
Here I am, sitting in the computer lab at my college with an hour and a half before my next class. Since I have nothing better to do, and I am also a cheap, dirty $2 whore for website traffic, I figured I’d talk a bit about Halo 3’s online multiplayer. “Why?” you ask? Well, because I can and odds are everyone under the sun owns it by now.
In short: It’s awesome. That’s really it. I could just put up a stupid image of Master Chief quoting Lil John and call it a day, but no. I fear that I have to vent a bit. You see, through my time playing Halo 3, I’ve come across quite a few groups of people. From the creepy old men who tried to talk about sex acts with his ex until EVERYONE muted him, to ten year old children who have mouths more foul than Pig-Pen’s underwear drawer.
Now, there are, literally, hundreds of different categories for which to lump gamers into. This list deals exclusively with those that, I feel, taint the game for those of us who are on to have a good time. Those groups of players who, no matter what, you just can’t stand.
Douchebags.
#1.) Swordsmen
The first group of people are those who use the swords… not all of you, don’t get nervous. Hell, we ALL use the swords. Even I use the sword from time to time. “Swordsmen”, however, are classified as those people who use SOLELY the sword, clutching it so tightly you’d think it gave free handjobs. The worst of these punks are those who hang around near the sword’s spawn point, camping like a little pansy ass until it spawns. 9 out of 10 times they can be found hiding in the corner or behind a ramp with either a rocket launcher or Spartan Laser. This leads me into group two…
#2.) Rocket Whores
This is a group that has been part of online gaming since the first Quake. If you aren’t yet sure of who and what a rocket whore is, I’ll sum it up for you: They use rockets. Only rockets. All the time.
Halo 3 (and, for that matter, Halo 2) deserves special mention, however. For you see, the rocket whores in Halo 3 are of a special breed, known as “intercourseius remediali”, or in lamens terms, “fucking retards”. While you can certainly make the argument that all rocket whores are to a degree dipshits, the ones in Halo 3 are unlike no others. Never before have I been shot by a rocket whore at point blank range. Of course, at point blank range the blast kills both you and said whore o’ da rocket, thus negating any progress in the game.
Congratulations, fuckstick — you’ve failed at fragging. (Missile Pods count as well, though Brute Shots do not)
#3.) Laser Lovers
Kind of like the Rocket Whores, only… I don’t want to say they’re even more absurd than the whores of the rocket variety, so let’s just consider them “different but equal”. These are the ones who’ll take the Spartan Laser and try to use it as a standard weapon… seeminly forgetting that it takes a good five or six seconds to charge and fire the damn thing. In that time, if someone is near by, you can very well get your ass kicked eight ways from Tuesday. While they’ve never really pissed me off, they’re just… well, stupid, for a lack of better terminology.
#4.) Children
Mom, dad, come here for a minute. Just you and me, ok? Is the kid gone? …good. Grab your case for Halo 3. I’ll wait.
…the jewel case. Don’t try to be a show-off and present your Spartan helmet. I have one, too. It’s not that impressive… ok, you have the jewel case? Good. Now, look in the lower lefthand corner for a second. You see that? That giant M? Guess what that means.
IT MEANS IT’S M FOR MATURE! On the back of the damn box, lower right-hand corner, it says and I quote:
Mature 17+
(Giant M) Blood and Gore
Mild Language
Violence
ESRB CONTENT RATING www.esrb.org
Now, to recap: Rating on the front of the box, rating on the back of the box accompanied by brief explanations of why the rating is what it is. So, when your kid snaps and goes on a murderous rampage through his high school because the cheerleader turns him down for the “Enchantment Under the Sea” dance because she had a date with that new, hip Calvin Klein kid, maybe you should look in the mirror and blame yourselves for not stepping in and being a damn PARENT!
Of course, considering most of the children I come across in that game, I wouldn’t doubt that these parents have failed in every facet of life. I shouldn’t be out-cursed by a ten-year-old.
#5.) Campers
Much like #2, #5 on this list can be found in just about every FPS title in existance. Campers, as I’m sure we all know, are those who stand perfectly still in a single spot, waiting for someone to come across their paths before engaging in combat. Some (mostly campers, themselves) consider this a “viable tactic”, but I just find it to be laziness on a level unmatched by normal human beings. If you can’t even get the will power to move your damn character, then… well, that’s your malfunction. Also, how do you people have fun? I would imagine that sitting there with your thump shoved firmly up your ass, sucking on your Pepsi and munching Fritos while you wait for someone to round a corner must be boring as hell.
However, when you kill a camper, it is one of the most rewarding feelings on this Earth. It should be pointed out that snipers aren’t classified as campers due to the nature of the weapon, but the sniper rifle does lead me into the next group of people…
#6.) Hip-Slingin’ Snipers
This one is just bizarre. There are some people who will go through hell and high water to get their hands on the sniper rifle. Once they get the weapon, rather than going to a high spot and picking people off as, say, a sniper would, they go all gunslinger with the damn thing. I don’t have any real complaints about it, and it doesn’t really take away from the game experience… it’s just odd.
Let’s move on.
#7.) Achievement Whores
Look, people. When a developer puts an achievement into the game, they do so expecting you to earn these feats. So when you get into a lobby and ask “hey, do you want to do achievements?”, you’re inadvertantly undermining the efforts of the development team who went through the trouble of creating these achievements. Also, you support terrorism and the drowning of kitties in burlap sacks.
I normally don’t care about whether or not people cheat to get achievements in online games. Usually, when I hear people talking about it, I exit out of that games lobby and find a new game. Unfortulately, with Halo 3, you can’t do that. Once you’re in a game, the only way to exit out of it (without penalty) is to exit all the way back to your damn dashboard. If only Bungie would have included the option of exiting out of a game before it began (I.E. USE THE B BUTTON!) this wouldn’t even be mentioned. But alas, Bungie wanted to force feed us matchmaking, so now we get stuck with this crap. Fantabulous.
#8.) Deserters
You people should be taken out back and castrated with hot curling irons. You, those people who exit out of a game the moment it begins simply for shits and giggles. I’m not going to name any names of people who do this, because frankly I’m above that… thankfully, A1PRIMA and dannte1971 are Xbox LIVE handles, and I have no problem pointing out to all the world that you two are schmucks.
There is no excuse for this. There simply isn’t. If you get online, and get into a match, just shut up and play. Exiting out of the map (especially in team games) only hurts your ranking, and hurts the team as a whole… of course, if you exited out, you didn’t care about the team in the first place. You only go about pissing off people… like writers of fairly successful video game websites…
#9.) Heavy Breathers
Pull the microphone away from your mouths! For Christ sake, some times I get on Halo 3 and it sounds like I’m on a “party line”. This is easily the most annoying of the groups, because they are easily the most distracting. Every two seconds you hear the heavy breathing sounds of someone who, if you heard said breathing at random, would think they just ran the Boston Marathon. I would be able to at least partially forgive it if, you know, they actually talked during the game. But 99.99478675309% of the time, they don’t. They just breathe… and breathe… and breathe…
There you go. The comprehensive list of people who are ruining Halo 3 for the rest of us. Now I’m sure this will piss off a lot of Sword-clutching, camping rocket whore ten-year-olds with asthma out there, but you know what? You’re wrong. Period.
Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, Bungie, Halo 3
October 20th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Bwahahaha! That was awesome!
October 20th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Man, u don’t know how true you are. Btw, how come I don’t see no li’l kids comment to these posts?
October 20th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Halo 3 is gay anyways, use it as a frisbee and toss it. I beat it in 6 hours then never touched it again it’s for noobsause luvers
October 20th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
You forgot one. Those pussies who complain about people who can play the game. LOL rocket whore its not possible you only have 4 bullets and you have to shot the ground just about everytime to get a kill I can get more kills with a BR than anybody can with the rockets swords or any of that stuff sir go get your skill up and stop bitching instead of writing this you should have been learning how to play.
October 20th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
It’s funny because alot of those complaints are legit tactics in all FPS games.
Nothing much more fun that watching idiots run into the sword spawn in The Pit, even though I am their with the sword killing them over and over again while saying to myself… when will they give up? lol.
I don’t expect much from complaints in Halo 3 other than, “hey, this tactic is annoying anc cheap because I’m getting my ass handed to me”.
October 20th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
@tak2ulata
I’m sure we’ll meet on LIVE someday. “MaximusPaynicus”. I can hardly wait to prove you wrong.
October 20th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
If you can’t take the heat stay out of the kitchen.
October 20th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Not that I’ve played Halo 3, but I’ve played other multiplayer games and you see the same type. My point being…what’s the problem? Are they not playing fair enough for you? The game itself sets the rules, and people smart enough to exploit them so that they do well are the ones who will…do well. If you don’t like it…find a way to top them, quit complaining since its just a game, or quit playing entirely. I’m not good at multiplayer FPS either, but I don’t blame the other players…I don’t even blame myself…its just a game and as long as I’m having fun, who cares?
October 20th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
I have never played Halo 3, but that was some funny shit.
October 20th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
hahaha loved the back to the future reference
October 21st, 2007 at 1:05 am
this list wasn’t funny at all
October 21st, 2007 at 1:05 am
I think “Joey Joe Joe jr” deserves to be on the list.
The guys who claim to have finished the game is less time than it takes to watch all the cut scenes in order, and acting like it’s a kid’s game.
October 21st, 2007 at 1:06 am
I have to completely agree with this one, especially the kids entry. Earlier today I was online playing and some punk 12 year old (on my team, mind you) felt it absolutely necessary to talk trash to the team. Not only did he claim superiority amongst the obviously inferior red team, but decided that the only way to prove such stupendous ranking amongst us lowly spartans was to try to team kill. Only fully killed one of us, probably to avoid getting booted. Of course, as soon as one of us died by his hands, he was gone.
October 21st, 2007 at 1:19 am
#9 pisses me off too, but a better name is “Mouth Breathers”. I can only assume that these people were not born with noses.
October 21st, 2007 at 1:30 am
Joey Joe Jo jr finished the game in six hours, which is about what it would take a good player. On ‘Easy’.
October 21st, 2007 at 1:31 am
What the author is trying to say is “I hate the online community for every reason under the sun including being better than me at Halo3″
October 21st, 2007 at 1:36 am
While I agree with some of these entries. Especially #2, #3, #4. Some of the complaints are legitimate tactics. For example. If you are guarding an area. It is moronic to move around constantly. It defeats the purpose of guarding. While Spawn campers I hope get castrated and bleed to death slowly, camping an area in general, especially as a solid guarding point in things like Capture the Flag only make sense.
#9 I also agree with completely. These individuals should have their Mic rights stripped away, but Deserters (#8) I can’t completely agree with because sometimes things come up that prevent us from staying in the game. And so we have to quit before we intend to. Now if you are specifically targeting the schmucks that drop out as soon as things look bad because they would rather quit than have a loss mark. Well thats different.
October 21st, 2007 at 1:41 am
to zelab: deviated septum could be the cause, though, not likely.
October 21st, 2007 at 1:45 am
“Halo 3 suxor cuz like I finished it in 4 hours and then burned it in my microwave it was so bad and I threw the mastershake helmet in too I could pwn all you fags”
I keep seeing posts like that all over. Evidently these guys are all so awesome that they automatically play every game on Legendary/Nightmare/Most-Awesome-High (emphasize the HIGH) and can finish most games in minutes where we lowly novices must plod through killing enemys, checkpoints, cut scenes, plot, and finding nice little easter eggs here and there.
These are of course the same douche-bags that will ruin a movie for you without even realizing what a douche-bag that makes them and then say things like “What? Any idiot could have figure out that he as Luke’s daddy right from the start!”
October 21st, 2007 at 2:00 am
I would be willing to bet that the guys saying “get some skill” “get out of the kitchen” are the very noobs that are mentioned in the list and got their feelings hurt. By the way this list could also be easily modified to fit Socom Players but number 1 on the list would have to be the 15 year old freckled kid with his puberty voice who just got his hands on Code 9 and thinks he is a god.
October 21st, 2007 at 2:04 am
Everyone has their own strategy for playing these games and for the most part those strategies are valid. But let’s just take a moment to be realistic. How fun is it really to sit in one place and do the same thing over and over and over again? What kind of intelligence or skill does that really take?
Example: When I play sniper I snipe and then MOVE. In between I’ll switch weapons and tactics until I get to the next good sniping point. Repetition produces predictability and then you start getting your butt handed to you because people know exactly what you are doing.
Great that you found some exploit, trick, or corner to use and “pwn” everyone. You’re awesome and now you’ve made the game suck for other people.
October 21st, 2007 at 2:05 am
Whilst I agree with what you said on the number of freaks who go on… I totally disagree with you telling someone how they should play or use a particular weapon.
If a games designer has left open a flaw or bug that can be abused then there is nothing wrong with them abusing that. That’s the developers of the game’s prerogative to change something if it’s so bad with patches.
If you’re playing on a public server you should expect that kind of stuff. It’s a bit like jumping on a train and complaining about old grannies and young people.
I don’t know if this applies to you but I never used to play on servers that are full of random people and prefered games which are organised.
October 21st, 2007 at 2:07 am
“If a games designer has left open a flaw or bug that can be abused then there is nothing wrong with them abusing that. That’s the developers of the game’s prerogative to change something if it’s so bad with patches.
”
AND THIS LADIES AND GENTLEMAN is how games get ruined so quickly by noobs!!
October 21st, 2007 at 2:13 am
The term is layman’s not lamens
October 21st, 2007 at 2:14 am
Everyone of facepunch, fuck off you incoherent little cuntbags.
October 21st, 2007 at 2:37 am
People, if you want to debate whether or not I’m right, be my guest — but leave the “bovine growth hormones” out of this.
October 21st, 2007 at 2:42 am
we need people like this in online communities, and just communities in general, because without them, theres just the regular players and the top players and thats it, the “people who are ruining halo 3″ actually keep it interesting in a way, they give you someone to hate and piss you off, just think; without them, how would there be a bottom?(there would be no order, they are there to maintain the “food chain”, or structure of the community) they are the freaks that are a vital part of the community
October 21st, 2007 at 3:04 am
Sounds to me like you are looking for a revolutionary war style of fighting. Line em all up and the last ones standing wins. kwitcherbellyachin
October 21st, 2007 at 3:05 am
Your fault for playing a crap game :).
I’ve never yet had a problem in TF2 like you’ve described.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:09 am
JW, your first post made me laugh but not for being funny, your tough talk while having the lamest gamertag ever was quite humorous.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:11 am
I dont know weather to stab you because of your stupidity or just say you suck at games and life.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:15 am
1. Swordsmen
The sword is a situational weapon. You’re not going to kill a sniper with a sword unless you A) Sneak up on him, or B) He’s a lousy shot. That being said, I hate seeing my teammates camp the sword only to either be killed while camping it or get it and then die because the guy they wanted to kill with it had a gun and was too far away to lunge at.
2. Rocket Whores
Generally an invalid argument. Using rockets in an FPS still requires a certain degree of skill, especially given the small ammo reserve. However, people that regularly pull off kamikaze point-blank attacks that kill themselves need to die for real.
3. Laser Lovers
Yeah, but they only suck when they’re on YOUR team.
4. Children
Ugh…don’t get me started.
5. Campers
Camping is a viable tactic. In real life, they call this “Ambushing”.
6. Hip-Slinging Snipers
Hey, if you can get kills that way, go for it.
7, 8 & 9. Achievement Whores, Deserters and Heavy Breathers.
Retards, the whole lot of them.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:21 am
#10 People who make crappy lists.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:23 am
@[ME]ISAFAG
You know, the above article is 1,563 words long. You have proven my point in 20 words. Once you get out of the Huggies and into big kid pants, you are more than welcome to return and try again.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:33 am
HALO IS SERIOUS BUSINESS AMIRIGHT???????
October 21st, 2007 at 3:38 am
@ JW
lol, sounds like -you- are the kind of person who’d be breathing heavily over the mic in frustration of getting killed by younger players and the like.. it’s just a game mate, get over yourself.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:44 am
@ Chris
Actually, I’m the guy who always sniffles because I constantly have some kind of illness.
October 21st, 2007 at 4:10 am
gotta love the little kids with their balls still up in their lower stomachs
October 21st, 2007 at 4:24 am
1. Get a distance weapon. (BR, Sniper, etc.)
2. Jump.
3. The laser is useless. It takes so long to fire. If you can’t kill somebody before that thing charges and fires, then I have no pity for you.
4. Mute
5. If they are camping then when you re-spawn you should know exactly where they are at right? Go back there and light them up!
6. Ya, that is weird. I have ran into some people who are insanely good with a point blank sniper.
7. Mute / Bad Feedback
8. Bad Feedback
9. Mute
October 21st, 2007 at 4:42 am
The people who attack the OP for the article on the grounds of “no skill” are either terrible at Halo or trolling. Any cookie cutter tactic like camping or swordwhoring won’t produce results fast enough to win a game. Also, I’m by no means amazing at Halo 3, but its so easy to kill campers and swordwhores once you figure out where they’ve been hiding that it makes the tactic doubly ineffective. That said, it’s goddamn fucking annoying to be playing a game against other good players and some swordcamper you haven’t seen once the entire game, with 3 total kills and a foul mouth, pops out of a corner and smacks you in the face and promptly begins humping your body and calling your mother names, as if he’s accomplished something. Even when I head back to where he’s camping and kill him, I’ve still only gained one kill for one death =(
October 21st, 2007 at 5:28 am
Good list, fair points. What is the point of trash talking someone because they have a different opinion to you?
October 21st, 2007 at 5:29 am
its moaning ass bitches like you that make the spoil the experience for everyone. Half of your complaints are about super weapons there put in difficult places for a reason u idiot. If Joe Noob(you) doesn’t understand the strategical point of stopping the other team obtaining these weapon your a fucking moron. You call this site the ultimate gaming resource what a load of crap your just another site riding sucking at halo 3s success.
October 21st, 2007 at 5:41 am
Tell that to the sword spawn point in The Pit… designed for the patient camper to be able to own even the most diligent motion tracker watcher who passes through on their way to bigger and better things.
October 21st, 2007 at 5:55 am
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October 21st, 2007 at 5:55 am
This is true. Im not kidding. I met a girl in halo 3 she was 9 year old. She said her dad bought the game to her. I cant belive her parents let her play this game…
October 21st, 2007 at 5:56 am
I do three of those on there, sort of. I camp as far as I move around the map and then find a valuable spot to protect my team, get the kills and then move on to the next spot. I’m also the hip-slingin’ sniper when I’m forced into it. But really nothing beats acquiring a headshot in a second or less and pulling it off. I love the sp’laser just because it’s not meant to be used on people it makes the kill twice as funny. I have over a hundred kills with it so it works but you have to know when to use it.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:04 am
While I have agreed with you on #4 since the release of the original Xbox Live. I don’t think you quite understand the intent of a game. It sounds like someone expects themselves to be much better than they are. Let me guess… you don’t have 12 hours a day to play Halo 3 and everyone else around you is better. It’s called having priorities and getting a life.
The fact of the matter is do you truly think that Bungie would have made certain weapons that much more powerful and unstoppable. If you stop and think for a moment you can usually find a weapon that will counter any other weapon on the map. It is called balance. It makes for fun gameplay. Halo 3 is not Halo 2. So throw out your old preconceived notions and create new tactics.
Spartan Laser… just snipe him or use a rocket.
Rocket guy… don’t get close to him and use a BR to the head a few times or snipe him.
Swords… toss a couple of grenades in before you go charging into the Sword spawn point. Or take him out with a shotgun.
Campers… a well placed rocket between the lot should get you the triple kill.
Warthog with gunner and rockets in passenger… Plasma pistol or Energy drain (with a grenade to top it off)
Etc…
Lastly, your trite close-minded statement:
“You’re wrong. Period”
only goes to show that you are not willing to expand your horizons and look at the possiblity that you could be wrong as well.
I am certain you will disagree with me but frankly you don’t know what you are talking about and shouldn’t be allowed to touch a keyboard,ever
(see now wasn’t that last statement a little close-minded)
Thanks for listening.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:14 am
It seems that OP needs to L2P.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:14 am
Some of those are true, but others (such as camping) seems like you just get killed by campers so much you’re complaining about it. Halo sucks anyway, go play TF2
October 21st, 2007 at 6:31 am
sounds to me like you’ve just listed all the people that kill you as the people you don’t like
October 21st, 2007 at 6:40 am
Weak sauce. When anyone complains about how someone else uses a weapon they’re completely weak and shouldn’t be playing FPS. Also, CAMPING is part of every FPS. Any experienced player would know how to check for campers and exploit their weakness.
Now, the parts that don’t have anything to do with what weapons people use aren’t bad. I agree kids should not be playing 17+ rated games. And that join/exit crap is annoying as hell.
Finally, Halo 3 and all other Halo titles suck ass, and so do their multiplayer aspect.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:44 am
Sounds more like a crappy game than crappy players.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:57 am
all you guys with fancy surround sound systems - turn that shit down if you’re going to be using a mic.
thank god halo3 made it so easy to mute people, eh?
October 21st, 2007 at 6:58 am
And why aren’t you on this list?
“to ten year old children who have mouths more foul” Reading your article through, it seems like you’re one of those.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:05 am
That was great i was laughing my ass off the whole time. I agree totally if you’re gonna play don’t be a bitch about it.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:14 am
Harharhar. I enjoyed the list, as I have qualms with all of those types as well. Though, I enjoyed the pathetic comments much more. People are just stretching for ways to attempt to insult you. Saying that you have a lame gamertag? That much sting, huh?
October 21st, 2007 at 7:21 am
“If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.”
October 21st, 2007 at 7:34 am
for god sakes don’t you have ANYTHING better to right about? its fucking halo 3 calm down, you prolly have an organsm when you hear the name
October 21st, 2007 at 7:36 am
if you suck so much that you cant kill the sword campers…or the snipers or anyone for that matter then you are in fact the one that is ultimately ruining halo 3…the people that whine and bitch because they cant kill the guy with the sword so they cry to the internet…no one twists your arm to play multiplayer. You actively choose to go online and play and thusly you subject your self to the fuckholes that you mentioned here. You are infact missing one category, self loathing cockfags, like yourself.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:41 am
Halo 3 sucks quit playing it and go to college.
October 21st, 2007 at 8:26 am
Quit crying and just play. People like you are ruining the “real world” with all your pissing and moaning. Lamer.
October 21st, 2007 at 8:44 am
a lot of crap
October 21st, 2007 at 9:10 am
It seems to me like many poster here didn’t really listen to Wil Whedon’s keynote at PAX this year.
October 21st, 2007 at 9:29 am
I think you left one type of player out of your list:
“Anyone who kills me!”
Nuff said.
October 21st, 2007 at 9:31 am
Interesting synopsis. This list probably isn’t close to complete. - Eric Monse
October 21st, 2007 at 9:49 am
Hah. Obviously the author gets rocked by all of these on live. HEY BUDDY. HALO 3 ISNT THE FIRST GAME TO FEATURE ALL OF THESE TYPES OF PLAYERS. A good gamer would accept it and deal with it. Here you spread your menstruation around the web for everyone to see. Not even close to funny. I mean, did you ever play Counter-Strike? Get with the program. This is nothing new. You are talking about shit older than Moses.
October 21st, 2007 at 10:06 am
the thing i hate most is kids who get spawn kills and bash you as soon as you appear from behind.
i van never remember which is bash…or hit it fast enough
October 21st, 2007 at 10:10 am
Nice list, though I won’t say I agree with all of it.
October 21st, 2007 at 10:16 am
Hmm.. yeah. I guess I could say the same shit about Broodwar Players who go carrier. But the satisfaction of beating them at their own stunted game makes it welcome.
October 21st, 2007 at 10:18 am
What?!! People are using the weapons that Bungie purposely included in the game?? How DARE they!
October 21st, 2007 at 10:18 am
are you serious man?
it’s part of the game. if people were cheating, say, going through walls or using auto aim, then i would be pissed too, but they are not breaking any rules. you just have to deal with it.
you’re saying that they’re playing “cheap” just because you can’t beat them. learn to counter, then they’ll counter you, and the whole game will get deeper.
October 21st, 2007 at 10:23 am
Hey u can be #5 but just stay away from the action with a sniper rifle i get like 20 points a game that way
October 21st, 2007 at 10:38 am
I always thought the thing that kills ANY video game experience is whiny people that do nothing but complain about the other folks playing the game.
Instead of bitching about those that don’t play Halo 3 the way YOU like, why don’t you just, oh, i dunno, shoot them?
It’s a video GAME… a game, and dedicating all this time and energy to those that irritate you makes you seem, well, like a retard… you might just make the comprehensive list of fucktards that have nothing better to do than cry about 10-year-olds with vastly profane vocabularies…
..go buy a girlfriend or something…
October 21st, 2007 at 10:50 am
Your an idiot. Those are all methods of play, and just because your not skilled enough to counter them, you bitch about it. Stfu and learn to play. And as for kids, if you dont like them, mute them with 2 BUTTONS. done. i love how so many people have this option that a 4 year old could figure out and instead of using it, they listen to the kids and then bitch. i think you all really like hearing the little kids voices, since you don’t have any women friends, their low-octane voices are the best you can get.
I also love how you complain about not being able to quit games without penalty, then in the very next bitch-fest you complain about people who quit. Shut the fuck up and go play madden, where you can mingle with the rest of the brain-dead gamers.
October 21st, 2007 at 10:52 am
For as many times as you say, “They’re not really annoying,” or “it’s really just stupid” or “I don’t actually have any complaints about this,” you’d think you were just pulling stuff out of thin air for filler for the two or three types of people who really do upset you.
Furthermore, if you can’t handle the playerbase, find a new game. Less QQ, more Pew Pew, my friend. Or do they not teach you that in FPS School anymore?
October 21st, 2007 at 11:45 am
OK, “Heavy Breathers”, “Deserters”, “Children”… I can agree to some extent with those. Only “Deserters” are really ruining the game though.
But “Swordsmen”? “Rocket whores”? Those are weapons in the game man, people are going to use them. It’s not hard. Bungie balanced the game well, there’s a strategy for everything. For the swords guys, try BACKING UP WHILE SHOOTING. Seriously, it works every time. And the Missle Pod makes the person carrying it so slow you should be able to jump, dodge and run right in there and take them out. Or jump, dodge, and run the other way.
It sounds more like you are seven kinds of suck, and instead of practicing up, would rather bitch on the ‘net.
Maybe that’s what’s missing from the list? “Whiney Little Bitch”: the player who complains about EVERYTHING every time he loses…
October 21st, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Children ruin everything.
October 21st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
amen chris
October 21st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Play a different game…
October 21st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
…Sorry to burst your bubble there, buddy, but you’re missing a few things that you are in dire need of considering:
1) Game Mechanics.
-This is hard. Real hard. Trying to get them to work correctly without ending up with somebody finding a cheap-ass way to kill everyone as a game developer can drive you insane. They obviously didn’t put forth much effort into this in the 3rd installment to a copycat.
—There are tactics already in-game to deal with those people. But, all it really comes down to, is simply a flaw in the design.
2) If you make it, they will play it.
-Common friggin sense. You make a game, and you try and control the audience it seeps to. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Yeah, not so much luck with that, eh?
-This goes onto the second point; if you make it badly, they will play it badly. Simple as that. A flaw, an exploit, or any imbalance, will be used to the fullest extent. Whether you call it cheap, crude, or even strategy and just using what the game mechanics gives you, it’s the same thing. It’s the design, not the player.
3) You can always play another game. I’d suggest Team Fortress 2. You won’t be encountering many of these problems, because once you pick a class, you learn it. You can try and sit there and whine that one class is overpowered, but I can assure you there will be someone sitting right next to you to tell you that the spy is nothing against the pyro, and that the sniper is nothing against the spy. Game. Mechanics. Learn that just because a game is done, doesn’t mean all the little kinks and hiccups are worked out to shine perfectly. It depends on how much the developer actually tried, and obviously with Halo 3, it’s just another cash cow.
October 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Dude…. You whine about deserters, but in the post above you mention that when you hear someone speak about achievements, you simply leave… or “desert” as you call it. Also you bitch about campers, and the point after you bitch about hip-slinging snipers.
Grow up. All these tactics can be countered and is a way to play the game. The only valid point is about kids and deserters(even though you are a deserter yourself). As for the rest, if you can’t counter swords or rockets you are a n00b.
October 21st, 2007 at 12:42 pm
I’m sorry that you suck at Halo and that it’s making your pussy hurt.
October 21st, 2007 at 12:56 pm
LOL, this is what you get if you actually make it as easy to play a game as Halo 3.. even the most retarded ones are able to join a game (not, not playing, but joining one, that they can ruin afterwards :D)
So, have fun :D:D:DD
I’ll wait for the PC release ;]
October 21st, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Whew, I always thought I was under the category of “camper” because I do so when I get the sniper. Thank you for reassuring me that the job of a sniper IS to camp, basically.
Then again, I have been called a camper before…but is that just because they are pissed of me shooting their head into oblivion…Now I’m worried again.
WHAT AM I?! A n00b?! A ROOKIE?! TELL ME!!!!!
October 21st, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Ok, where to begin… Firstly I agree with you on the whole deserting thing. It is totally unacceptable, and I think that the ranking system should be much harsher than taking away a mere 1 EXPp oint.
But. the rest just don’t make sense to me. Sure, you get people who camp. But if you are an avid Halo fan you must realise that once you know where they are, you can go in with a shotgun/sit back with a sniper rifle and end their spree (one “killjoy” award for you) swordsmen… Again, no big deal. they have a sword, so DONT GO NEAR THEM! pick them off with the assault rifle or sniper. Rocket whores… The tactic to use? get in close with a shotgun. Even if they fire they will most probably kill themselves in the process, at least allowing the rocket to respawn. Annoying children? mute them. Annoying adults? Once killed, corpse-hump them… They get so mad! Every tactic has a counter-tactic and you simply need to know which ones to use in a given situation. Oh and achievement whores? Well, if the idea is to gain achievements, then why not get some mates, and play through co-op skull-hunting etc? You have a good game with your mates, and everyone’s gamer score goes up… whats your problem?
October 21st, 2007 at 1:12 pm
This crap is really all online FPS games, unfortunately.
I think my most hated are the ones who don’t understand the concept of “team game”. Racking up kills doesn’t mean shit if your team loses, so stop spending ten minutes trying to get that one guy on the other side of the map because oh, he killed you and you’re mad, and go find something useful to do with yourself.
Which actually brings me to the next type of person, the vengeance killer. He’s the douche who, if you kill him, makes it his personal goal for the rest of the game to kill you, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. His base could be under full attack and he’s tooling around somewhere totally else, looking for you.
October 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm
@ kitten
I like the vengeance killer one. In fact, I may just include that one in the next “Comprehensive List”, since this one seems to be so damn popular.
October 21st, 2007 at 1:31 pm
if you are afraid of swords in halo 3 you suck bad, shotgun or dual maulers always beats them.
the only tactic that makes the game less fun is intense camping, which can be beat, but it is just less fun, and takes less skill.
i kind of hate campers in lone wolves because I can be +5 and lose because the campers just pick off people running into them repeatedly.
quitters - some people have kids and things like that and can’t finish a game. if they quit when your down by a lot sent it to avoid.
just mute annoying kids, although i will say it’s annoying.
but the melee system is what you should be complaining about, it allows less skilled players to have a chance to win battles they shouldn’t
October 21st, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Does it really matter if kids play m games? I’m 15 yrs old been playing them for years. Quit stereotyping and get over it. All of you too.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:31 pm
I bet you’re that gay fag in my chemistry class that everybody hates because he only talks about video games all the fucking time. Guess what, we all hope you get struck by lightning on the way to class. STFU!
October 21st, 2007 at 3:35 pm
[…] over at 1P Start posted his list of the top nine things that ruin his online Halo 3 gaming experience and we must […]
October 21st, 2007 at 3:36 pm
@ yea
Sorry, I don’t have Chemistry this semester. You fail.
October 21st, 2007 at 4:01 pm
so all weapons are whoring except the smg and battle rifle? looks like someone needs to go play Rainblow Six…
October 21st, 2007 at 4:24 pm
This is quite possibly the best article ever written about HALO 3.
SG
October 21st, 2007 at 4:28 pm
This was obviously written by someone pretty new to gaming.
The complaints in the article are common to all FPS video games and whining about them in blog form makes a little voice in my head whisper: “n00blette”.
It is likely that the author of the article would be well served to call a Wahhhmbulance for a quick infusion of Wii bowling or guitar homo or some similar tripe made for today’s halfwit generation of whiny and spoiled little pussys.
This is one of those types of articles that has no purpose, other than to waste bandwidth because it has Halo 3 in the title.
Grats on a useless piece of self serving bandwidth spam that wasn’t funny (if that was the intent), nor did it offer any legitimate commentary.
I’d suggest you go ask your mommy if she can gut punch you until your nuts drop and you find that elusive thing we call “manhood”.
Best of luck with that.
October 21st, 2007 at 4:29 pm
@ Tehone
I’ve quite possibly been gaming longer than you’ve been breathing, child.
October 21st, 2007 at 4:34 pm
You are in college, I’ve got stuff stuck in my colon that is older than you.
October 21st, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Wow, funny — well-written. Grats on the traffic man, stat whores of the world unite!
October 21st, 2007 at 6:19 pm
@ Tehone
I have a hard time believing someone over 20 who isn’t an alcoholic would use the term “Guitar Homo”.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:25 pm
hmm i was hoping it was going to be a list of names of people not a list of types of people
October 21st, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Douchebags that commented because they are douchebags:
Joey Joe Joe jr.
Tehone
Drugs for Sale
yea
Zon ( little douchebag likely to rot in jail )
DNA
Thaipo *
Dave Greiman
RTM **
Josh
lol.. ** and ***
urmomismyride ****
Daniel **
halo3isZZZZZ
blah
and many many more (heck, if you posted saying halo sucks, or this guy is a moron and your comment was in no way constructive, you are a DOUCHEBAG, douchebag!)
* Special note for you. Someone who exploits something is a douchebag period. Exploit: (verb) to benefit unfairly from the use of… So, people who use exploits are the problem, not the exploits themselves.
** I think you missed the point douchebag. He is not complaining about people who use rockets/swords/etc, he is complaining about people who ONLY use them. I guess your reading ability is below a grade school level. If you only can win by using the rocket pod over and over again, you suck. PERIOD!
*** STFU STOP RUINING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE YOU FUCKING RETARD!
**** Similar to what you are saying, if you don’t like his opinion, don’t read it. And most importantly, don’t comment. That is just a waste of everyone’s time.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:42 pm
“@ Tehone
I have a hard time believing someone over 20 who isn’t an alcoholic would use the term “Guitar Homo”.”
Curious, what monsterous path of mental masturbation did you have to take to equate alcoholism with using a phrase like “guitar homo” ???
First, I’d suggest you stop replying you are only embarrassing yourself.
Secondly, I’ve played real guitar for over 30 years so when I see kids excited about playing air guitar on a fisher-price preschool piece of plastic crap in front of the television all I can do is think of phrases like “guitar homo”…
Finally, the majority of comments here agree that you are a n00b gamer that whines like a small girl because the game doesn’t play like he wants it to and he doesn’t have the skill to beat kids who spend all day playing.
Work on your self esteem and you won’t feel the need to publicly cry when you get beat in online video games.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:46 pm
“**** Similar to what you are saying, if you don’t like his opinion, don’t read it. And most importantly, don’t comment. That is just a waste of everyone’s time.”
Gee, kind of like what you are doing, huh ?
October 21st, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Tehone: Umm, no. I agree with his opinion. You should have your drinking water tested. Seems to be making you stupid.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:02 pm
The weapons are in the game for a reason. I die more than anyone else I know in that game (I’m the guy that drives the goose around the whole game honking the horn like a tard) and if someone kills me with any one of your girly complaint weapons, you know what I do? I wait all of 5 seconds to RESPAWN! *insert picture with hilarious omg no1 kares wut wepuns u dnt lyk!!!1*
That is all.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:12 pm
@Tehone
A.) I never mentioned my own game skills in this piece. All of you who are saying I wrote this to vent about my personal frustrations are the ones assuming that this was about me. As I clearly stated — I’m a whore for traffic, and I am doing my part to milk the Halo cow by saying what many are thinking.
B.) Fine, “stoner”. Whatever you prefer.
C.) Holy crap, we agree on something. I’ve never been a big fan of Guitar Hero, nor have I been a fan of Dance Dance Revolution, or any other game that is essentially full-motion Frequency.
D.) 30 years? Impressive. So that must mean you’re in your 40s, unless you were some sort of child prodigy. You’re part of the crowd who is questioning “manhood” because of a video game. You want to talk about embarrassing?
October 21st, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Whether or not you agree with it, the article was funny. You run into so many of those people…
And most of these are true. Remember, the author’s point was that the players described make the game less fun to play. People who grab the heavy weapons consistently, and never use weapons that require more skill, are definitely annoying. People who camp with them are worse. If you’re saying that spawning into a rocket explosion is somehow enjoyable, have your head examined.
Heavy weapons are anti-vehicle weapons. That’s their purpose, that’s why they are included in the game. That said, if a situation calls for you to kill a few infantry with a rocket in order to survive… well, who can blame you? But if you kill yourself with a point blank shot, then you are an idiot, plain and simple.
If you can’t utter a sentence without profanity, then you have larger psychological problems. I, as a player, do not want to deal with your foul mouth and dire need for therapy. Grow up! there are better, cleverer ways to express your distaste. There is absolutely no call for such childishness.
If you can no-scope and get headshots, more power to you.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:35 pm
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October 21st, 2007 at 7:36 pm
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October 21st, 2007 at 7:50 pm
The author has mentioned several times that he’s a whore for traffic.
He is clearly basking in the flamers’ and trolls’ comments, because they are driving up his traffic. Like most bloggers, he honestly does not care what anyone thinks about him, his videogame skill/knowledge, or his article. All he cares about is hits, and this apparently controversial article has succeeded in driving them in.
My sincerest congratulations JW, you surely do know how to manipulate a mindless crowd to your advantage.
October 21st, 2007 at 8:11 pm
I think you forgot a prominant class…VEHICLE WHORES!!!1one! Aka the people who stay in their banshees the whole game in valhalla until they get raped by a missle pod.
This one 6 year old has burned a sentence into my mind from his constant repetitive phrase in a match that lasted oh too long.
*in high pitch “retard” voice*
“THIS IS SPARTA!!!” OMG I muted him..
Well this list gave me a good laugh, HAHAH, good times…personally I think they actually degraded rockets by making them travel slower? I’ve seen about 10 idiots in valhalla hauling huge missle pods around spamming all the rockets at one person (and not hitting the person -.-”). It is rediculous. They made the missle pod to lock on to vehicles for a reason. Personally, I find the missle pods only useful to kill banshee whores.
I also agree with nhavar, there are WAY too many people who are dissing halo 3 saying it sucks when they havn’t even played the whole game enough to enjoy it. If your just buying a game to beat the game on extra hard and then never touching it, don’t but the game, and don’t discuss about it because you obviously don’t like the game and you don’t need to ruin the majority of the population’s experience. Theres this extremely stupid fatass in my school that was dissing halo 3 a whole month during lunch before it came out. How are you suppose to know how good or bad it is before you have even played it?
OK, I’m done with this rant. :]
October 21st, 2007 at 8:11 pm
[…] Halo 3 The title pretty much says it all. Have a look at this, I must admit funny as hell, list of people that are ruining Halo 3 for the average gamer just looking to have fun and woop some ass. […]
October 21st, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Yeah, you’re a dipshit. Some of these things are annoying, but most are just things your upset by when you’re getting you’re ass beat in Halo. I will credit that to your lack of intelligence, like when you scheduled your classes an hour and a half apart. After reading this I’d like to murder the counselor that let you do that. Stop whining.
October 21st, 2007 at 8:31 pm
The majority of the comments here just prove the guy’s points. Why would I want to play with you wankers?
It is possible to play these games and be considerate of other people’s enjoyment. I naively thought people respected that. But apparently all that matters is being awesome, figuring out how to be as awesome as possible irrelevant of other peoples’ enjoyment, and lamely slagging off people who have the audacity to say they don’t like it.
October 21st, 2007 at 8:37 pm
i like the part about drowning kittens in burlap sacks, thought that was pretty funny
October 21st, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Don’t try to mooch by linking your rebuttal. You want to say it? Say it. Not hard, dude.
October 21st, 2007 at 9:15 pm
I figured it would be rude to post what I blogged about your blog here… If you want, I can post it here too, but I didn’t want to do it in front of your audience.
October 21st, 2007 at 9:19 pm
@That 0ne Guy
You may disagree with the article, which is all well and good, but I’m not some kind of comment fascist. If you have something to say, everyone is welcome to say it.
…so long as it isn’t a link to your rebuttal, or some sort of personal attack on my family. Then we have issue. But other than that, we’re ok.
October 21st, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Just shut up and play…
If you know me at all, you know I’m a huge fan of the Halo series. Well, its also First Person Shooters in General that I love. I find I have the most fun playing those, and Halo 3, I gotta say gave me an amazing gaming experience. Single-player, and Online Multiplayer…
Now with EVERY game you play online, you are going to run into the dingbats who semi-ruin the experience for you. Let me give you some examples of people who just aren’t fun to play with online:
Minors who think they are funny and can cuss with the worst of them.
People who are in general jerks, and from the beginning of the game try to tell you, you are a noob or try to tell you how to play. (Same team or opposing team.)
Perverts. (I shouldn’t have to explain this…)
Ect…
If you have played a game online before, you know what I’m talking about. These people can be annoying…
Well, I ran into a little blog, that kind of annoyed the ever living hell out of me.
You can find it here.
If you don’t want to read it, I will summarize it for you. He basically talks about “People who ruin Halo 3.” Which as I’ve stated above, there are people who can semi-ruin your experience, but the term “ruin” is a bit of an over statement. Considering there are several ways to eliminate the problems, or deal with them.
Let me go through the list JW has compiled for us.
1) Swordsmen
“… Are classified as those people who use SOLELY the sword…”
“The worst of these punks are those who hang around near the sword’s spawn point, camping like a little pansy ass until it spawns.”
Now the sword is a Power Weapon. It’s good for short range attacks. All you need to do is get your reticule to turn red, and hit the right trigger and BLAM! Beat down. Instant kill. This can be agitating if it happens to you a lot, but that means you are rushing in to quick, or need to change your strategy.
How do you stop this “sward” wielding d00d who keeps owning you every time you get near him? Stop getting so close… Use a midrange weapon. A few bursts of the battle rifle to someones head takes care of them quite quickly. Maybe a few bursts and a grenade? How about a sniper? Rockets work great. Hell, I’ve killed them with an Assault rifle. If you can’t figure out how to get past a sword, then you still got a lot of experience to gain, because you apparently are still a n00b.
2) Rocket Whores
“They use rockets. Only rockets. All the time.”
“… The rocket whores in Halo 3 are of a special breed, known as “intercourseius remediali”, or in lamens terms, “fucking retards”.”
It saddens me that JW has to get upset about someone taking control of a weapon. The fact of the matter is, the Rocket launcher is a Power Weapon. Much like the sword where it can be one shot, one kill. People who know how to use them, typically have a good idea on how to avoid getting killed by them as well. So if someone is rocketing the crap out of you, find a way to avoid getting rocketed. Kill or be killed n00b. To bitch about something legitimate is completely useless. It just makes you sound like you are a sore loser. Rockets, just like the sword can be defeated. Try to anticipate where they are going to fire. Keep the rocket whore at a distance and it won’t be nearly as hard to stay alive. Stay away from corners and walls, because rockets tend to blow up when they hit something. I find grenades, and running behind things tend to get a rocket whore double-shotting at you, which means after two shots, they need to reload, which is when you need to take action. How you do this is up to you, because the reload time on rockets are slow, so you have more then enough time to do the damage you need to do in order to kill them. Silly n00b.
3) Laser Lovers
“These are the ones who’ll take the Spartan Laser and try to use it as a standard weapon… seeminly forgetting that it takes a good five or six seconds to charge and fire…”
“… They’re just… well, stupid, for a lack of better terminology.”
So what? They don’t know how to use the damn thing. Practice makes perfect you know? Why are you whining. In a Team based game, it tends to be a good idea to watch each others backs. So if you see your buddy getting messed up because he sucks with the laser, maybe you should help him out. If you’re better with the Spartan laser, why not try to ask him if you can use it? If you’re polite, people tend to respond better.
4) Children
“IT MEANS IT’S M FOR MATURE! On the back of the damn box, lower right-hand corner…”
“So, when your kid snaps and goes on a murderous rampage through his high school because the cheerleader turns him down for the “Enchantment Under the Sea” dance because she had a date with that new, hip Calvin Klein kid, maybe you should look in the mirror and blame yourselves for not stepping in and being a damn PARENT!
Of course, considering most of the children I come across in that game, I wouldn’t doubt that these parents have failed in every facet of life. I shouldn’t be out-cursed by a ten-year-old.”
Yes, children will be annoying when they can, and I got to say, this is the most ignorant thing this guy has said so far. Kids are stupid, immature, and can be little shit-heads. This I understand, but because a kid finds he can swear and get away with it, or be a little shit-head, doesn’t mean the parents failed. Kids act out. Also to say that the kid is going to go on a murderous rampage is quite ridiculous. You know what I do when there is someone of any age being obnoxious on their microphone. I use this neat option called mute. Don’t listen to it if you don’t have to. Also, if you report them for it, eventually they will get in trouble for it, and possibly have their Gamertag banned. Be proactive, don’t whine about it and act like it’s the parents fault that the 10 year old who knows right from wrong has a foul mouth.
5) Campers
“Campers, as I’m sure we all know, are those who stand perfectly still in a single spot, waiting for someone to come across their paths before engaging in combat.”
“Some (mostly campers, themselves) consider this a “viable tactic”, but I just find it to be laziness on a level unmatched by normal human beings.”
“However, when you kill a camper, it is one of the most rewarding feelings on this Earth.”
I can agree that killing a camper is oh-so-satisfying. Although, camping IS a viable tactic. If you are dumb enough to just run into the same person in the same spot over and over again, you deserve to be killed over and over again. If you get killed in the same spot twice, then you can be sure they are camping, so go throw a couple grenades where they are and watch them panic as you kill them. Campers are easy. Don’t whine because they are kicking your ass, because you fall for the same thing over and over again.
6) Hip-Slingin’ Snipers
“This one is just bizarre. There are some people who will go through hell and high water to get their hands on the sniper rifle. Once they get the weapon, rather than going to a high spot and picking people off as, say, a sniper would, they go all gunslinger with the damn thing. I don’t have any real complaints about it, and it doesn’t really take away from the game experience… it’s just odd.”
Why would you whine about this? They are easy to kill and it can get you a Power Weapon. Also, if you’re good enough, you can snipe someone who is running right towards you. It’s called practice. A sniper should never sit in one spot for too long either, for fear of being found and teamed up on. You need to be able to move. Normally I grab me a Battle Rifle with the sniper, make sure I have a few grenades, snipe a few people from one spot, and move, and typically, people who you have sniped previously, will go to where you once were, and you snipe them unexpectedly from somewhere else. It’s called strategy…
7) Achievement Whores
“Look, people. When a developer puts an achievement into the game, they do so expecting you to earn these feats. So when you get into a lobby and ask “hey, do you want to do achievements?”, you’re inadvertantly undermining the efforts of the development team who went through the trouble of creating these achievements. Also, you support terrorism and the drowning of kitties in burlap sacks.
I normally don’t care about whether or not people cheat to get achievements in online games. Usually, when I hear people talking about it, I exit out of that games lobby and find a new game. Unfortulately, with Halo 3, you can’t do that. Once you’re in a game, the only way to exit out of it (without penalty) is to exit all the way back to your damn dashboard. If only Bungie would have included the option of exiting out of a game before it began (I.E. USE THE B BUTTON!) this wouldn’t even be mentioned. But alas, Bungie wanted to force feed us matchmaking, so now we get stuck with this crap. Fantabulous.”
I think it is lame to not obtain achievements like you are suppose to, but if that is what people want to do, let them do it. Now, if you stay in the game, and you just try to play anyways, people will get frustrated and start fighting back.
Don’t drop the game if you care about your experience. You lose experience if you drop from a game for any reason. If you lose, it doesn’t hurt your experience. That is why it was set up this way. So if you have morons who “De-ranked” in Halo 2, you don’t de-rank because of it, that’s what makes the Halo 3 ranking system better. This sucks when you run into groups like this, and there is no real way to avoid these people if they catch you in a group, but oh well, it isn’t going to hurt you either. Can’t win them all. Quit whining about it…
Deserters
“You, those people who exit out of a game the moment it begins simply for shits and giggles. I’m not going to name any names of people who do this, because frankly I’m above that… thankfully, A1PRIMA and dannte1971 are Xbox LIVE handles, and I have no problem pointing out to all the world that you two are schmucks.”
There is no excuse for this. There simply isn’t. If you get online, and get into a match, just shut up and play. Exiting out of the map (especially in team games) only hurts your ranking, and hurts the team as a whole… of course, if you exited out, you didn’t care about the team in the first place. You only go about pissing off people…”
Deserters suck. It’s true. They do screw you over in ranked games if you lose, but the beauty of Halo 3 is, you don’t lose experience if you lose the match. You may lose skill level, but that is easy to make up. I also like how JW first states how he is above naming names, and posts two GamerTags. Who is the schmuck here?
There is no excuse? Maybe their connection dropped? Maybe their dog caught a network cable or power cable? Maybe a kid brother or sister accidentally spilled something on the X-box 360. RROD? There are a number of genuine excuses, or maybe they just didn’t want to play with your whiny-ass because you were being a whiny-bitch in the lobby? Shut up and get over it… Practice what you preach and play the damn game.
9) Heavy Breathers
“This is easily the most annoying of the groups, because they are easily the most distracting. Every two seconds you hear the heavy breathing sounds of someone who, if you heard said breathing at random, would think they just ran the Boston Marathon. I would be able to at least partially forgive it if, you know, they actually talked during the game. But 99.99478675309% of the time, they don’t. They just breathe… and breathe… and breathe…”
I do believe I already mentioned that neat little option called Mute. Try it. Or why don’t you send them a message, or try letting them know they are breathing into their microphone. Politeness goes a long way.
There you have it, my break down, of what makes JW whiny, and lets me know he probably needs to find a new hobby other then Halo 3. I find it sad when people have to whine about shit that can be beaten, or completely avoided. The real fact of the matter is, it’s just a game, and if you find yourself getting pissed off, maybe you should turn it off for awhile…
October 21st, 2007 at 9:42 pm
qq scrub
http://www.sirlin.net/archive/playing-to-win-part-1/
October 21st, 2007 at 9:44 pm
It was either Clausewitz or Sun-Tzu who said “the best battle to go into is an unfair one to your advantage.”
I agree with you on children and heavy breathers. All others are unfounded.
October 21st, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Let’s leave the bestiality comments out of this, shall we?
October 21st, 2007 at 10:05 pm
the 10 year old kids that play the game constantly are the most annoying. the parents buy their kid a 360 and whatever game they want regardless of the rating so that the retarded piece of crap that is their kid will leave them alone. when kids play with mature people they will adopt the language of the people they play with and i shouldn’t be out cursed by a kid whose balls haven’t dropped yet.
i haven’t seen it yet in halo 3 but in halo2 the people who used the noob combo were the absolute worst people playing. they would kill me with the combo after i raped them with a single smg and say that i sucked. the assholes that rely on the noob combo need some skills.
October 21st, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Or maybe you need to work on avoiding the n00b combo.
October 21st, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Now you are a true halo 3 patriot. I would second geuss tossing that frag at you on the battlefield any day. Good man and Good Article.
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October 22nd, 2007 at 1:08 am
wow, i hope to see you online… sound like you have never heard of tacticts and just like to cry when someone outwits you… easy kills for the rest of us i guess
October 22nd, 2007 at 1:49 am
Would that include yourself? Any veteran of Halo wouldn’t have a list like this…
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:24 am
A veteran of Halo always complains, because decent fair play tactics are never used, I almost completely agree with this article, apart from the sniper section, tbf, if your gonna have a sniper, you are gonna camp, thats how they work, perhaps moving every so often, but thats how a sniper works really. It is annoying though, but i guess we just have to put up with it.
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:26 am
Seriously, so one man decided to post what annoys him at a game on the internet, why does that make some of you feel like this is your lifetime opportunity to seem like a bad ass and make fun of him, which makes his point valid since you are making more of a fool out of yourself cause you’re SHIT TALKING ON THE INTERNET. To the others who are only here to put down the game itself, why are you even here? No offense but grow up and stop picking fights for no reason, in fact how about you go create a game and see how successful it is. I agree with some of these people on the list, but hey, these things come with the territory, there will always be something out there that will piss us off. Competitions a bitch, it brings out the worst in most of us, but we can all agree, theres an “M” rating for a reason.
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:10 am
OH, GEE, I’M SORRY FOR BEING A 12YR OLD WITH ASTHMA
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:16 am
That article was definitely entertaining and you raised some good points that I have to agree with. People who breathe too heavily on mics, Little Kids with foul mouths playing the game and quitters are my favourites to hate.
And people, please stop moaning unless your going to be putting a constructive argument instead of names such as, and I qoute, “Pussykiller” and “JWISAFAG”.
Also, there is such a thing as the English language, please use it if you are going to have a go at this guy. Instead of “noob, owned, pwned” and some foul swearing to try and promote your argument because you don’t have any real intelligience.
I understand that all of his article is not entirely fair but still he makes a good point and was brave enough to do so as well, knowing full well he would come up against, let’s say, idiots.
And for those stating that the camping is a “tactic”, please, camping at a spawn, waiting for them to respawn can hardly be called a tactic.
And please, no responses to this comment with death threats, promises of hurting me online or real life and under no circumstances, no LOLS.
There we go, rant over.
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:40 am
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October 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am
Wow, i haven’t read all of the comments but it seems like most of them are just proving JW’s point.
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:55 am
quit your complaining kid, grow some balls and just play the game
October 22nd, 2007 at 11:45 am
cry me a river about all the weapon whoring and camping. it annoys me just as much, but that’s when you just have to sack it up and come up with a way to take the camper/whore down. just a part of the game, man..
oh, and your comment about the kid going on a rampage b/c he plays halo? *rolls eyes*
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
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The author is right, if you disagree eat shit.
How often do you see pro’s whoring sword or rockets?
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October 22nd, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Some of these complaints are legit(mainly the children), but the whining should stop when it comes to player tactics.
Lets face it, if you don’t know how to get a weapon from a weapon spawn point, you have no reason to play this game. These are tactics that have been used since the Doom days. Get a clue and learn some strategy.
If a player wants to use only one weapon, let him, it is the weapon of choice. Learn to kill him before he gets any kills and he will get a new weapon. I like the shotgun in CS, some people complain, but I tend to hang around in hallways, and the shotgun works great in these areas. It is a tactic and if it ruins your game go play a turn based game like World of Warcraft.
This article for the most part is a waste of space on the world wide web.
October 22nd, 2007 at 1:35 pm
People who are bashing him take offense to his complaints simply because they are included in those categories. People who are backing him up are fed up with being killed by the above said people. Enough said, telling people their ‘pussy’s hurt’ and that he should raise his skill level.. Should get a life, most of us work for a living and play video games on the side. Not the other way around.
October 22nd, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Okay, I agree with pretty much everything here. Those of you here who are against this list, are most likely included in one of the groups. The only one I’d have a disagreement with, (and only to a minor degree) is the hip-slinging sniper. I, for one, prefer a scoped weapon such as the BR or the sniper over one with no zoom, and occasionally, if I get caught at close range with my sniper and have no chance to switch, I’ll use the four shots and then attempt melee. Other than that, the list is definitely true. As for everyone complaining and bitching, 1.) Go get a life and 2.) Learn how to play a game the right way.
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Nice one.. So you leave games when ppl want to get acheivements and u want to ban ppl who leave games before starting the match. Idiot.
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:38 pm
best way to even out the game is just find some plasma grenades and get to work. the good ol BR and one of those will send and cheese ball running.
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
These complaints fit for every FPS MP game, it’s not just Halo it’s 50% of the people playing all online FPS. But, then again, it’s way more fun kiling those douches sometimes.
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:32 pm
You forgot about the annoying guy who complains about the way everyone plays because they can’t play themselves.
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Mk, well i have to say these are REAL complaints. but i also must have to say, about the sword. DONT GO NEAR IT or if your dumb… die, snipers, if your a true one you move alot but to nice spots. rockets, well you can pick up the rockets to, dont complain. Laser dumb complaint. campers, same as sword either dont go near there or set up plan to kill, remember DONT SUCK. oo yeah the Gamertag is GODN4 so if you want a chalange, add me
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:25 pm
most of your complaints were legitimate tactics. you are a douche bag, for thinking someone who likes to use rockets is a cheater. maybe you suck. one of my friends loves halo but sucks at it and all he does is make up stupid excuses, just like you. “He was like, 10 feet away from me…” and Damn, the sword is the cheapest weapon ever”
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October 23rd, 2007 at 5:40 am
i don’t know what’s funnier, the well written rant, or the childish responses below (for the most part) i agree with everything you said, man, good show! cheers!
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:41 am
U 4GOT RACIST ASSES THAT I ABSOLUTELY HATE
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:05 pm
True, yes. The only thing I’ll say, is that the ESRB rating is only there to inform and suggest. I’m not saying someone under 17 can’t play Halo. Hell, I’M under 17. What it really comes down to is that parents don’t pay attention. Some little boy will say “Mommy can I buy this game?” And the mom will just say “Sure, sweetie” without even looking at the box (or case, or whatever your game comes in). It could be Hot Super Beach Sex 3D and the parents wouldn’t even notice. If parents think their kid is mature enough to handle it, it’s one thing. But being a bad parent and not even paying attention is another thing.
And yeah, the cursing thing pisses me off, too. I don’t mind the occasional curse. But I shouldn’t be cursed out by an 8-year old. And when I say “Does your mom know what you’re saying, you little punk?” I don’t want to hear “My mom lets me say whatever I FUCKING want!” Either his parents are terrible parents, or he got lucky and his mom had to go get some coffee. I’d love to just record one of these kids one day, find their parents, and make them listen to their own kid.
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I agree with most of what you said…
Out of everything you listed, the swearing little kids are the WORST! It’s not so much that they are swearing as it is the fact that their voices can almost break glass!
Seriously… Halo 3 shouldn’t be M for Mature, it should be rated B for “Can’t play until your balls drop.”
I agree with Crimm above… keep an eye on what your kids play and what they say. Let’s record them and let their parents listen, lol.
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
good list i must say. one thing though, some of you people are missing the meaning of #1 and 2. simply having rockets or sword doesn’t make you a “whore”. its when the little fucker spends the entire game waiting on that single weapon to respawn instead of playing slayer and atleast trying to use other weapons. there are other weapons out there kids.. get some practice.
also, if you ever kill someone camping (especially sword whoring), after he is dead leave the area until he respawns without grabbing his little weapon. then go back, get it, and wait. the little fucktacular will most likely be back for it. slice him. then proceed to pwn his team the legit way. a fun tactic to use. also dont forget to teabag on the way out.
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Look mate, I can understand your frustration at getting your ass handed to you on a regular basis by that ONE GUY who refuses to use any other weapon than “insert power weapon here” but if you cannot find a way to counteract the tactics of people you find “annoying” and “cheap” then to be honest that means that you are actually the worse player. For example if some fuckwit decides to camp the rocket spawn on narrows in a game of slayer, what do you do? Shoot his ass! If he goes there again…. Then Lather. Rinse. Repeat. And if the player carries on using said tactic then you should know EXACTLY what to do. And now for my next annoyance at your supposedly “Comprehensive” article, the Hip-slingin’ sniper who as you put it. That goes all “gunslinger” now by going gunslinger I assume you mean he charges in there and kills them at close range, if so… Then more power to em’ if they can clear a room of enemies at close range with just a sniper rifle then they have serious, SKILLS! And now for my last disagreement with this article. “Children” Yeah sure we have all been matched against some 10 year old who thinks that he could “fuck you up” in real life, but you can’t just lump all kids into this category. I myself, am 14 while I do not consider myself a child this particular section of your post left me with a really bitter taste in my mouth, I mean you are a gamer right? And I’m sure you just hate it when these smart ass “lawyer” types blame videogames for everthing from the columbine school shootings to drug dealing and unemployment RIGHT? So when you say “when your kid snaps and goes on a murderous rampage through his high school because the cheerleader turns him down for the “Enchantment Under the Sea” Then you are just stupid beyond belief, I’m not even going to explain why I disagree with that but I’m sure even YOU you can work that one out for yourself. So… My final thought, honest to god I couldn’t possibly sum up all my feelings for that article in a simple sentence all I can say is, the next time some 10 year old is sniping you at close range IN THE FACE and not breathing heavily, not screaming, not whining, Deal with it! If anybody has any thoughts on that wall of text I just summoned up due to the sheer naivety of an idividual who CANNOT stand losing, please fire away. If you wanna make sure that I know how you feel about what I just wrote then email me at [email protected]
I am looking forward to hearing from you guys.
Thanks for your time
Joe
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:20 pm
if everyone played the game the exact same way, it most certainly would be boreville.
people would hover around the sword in halo 2 much more then halo 3, the swords not even the best weapon in the game anymore.
not even many of the maps have rockets, and if they do theres no more rocket ammo in any levels so you only get what 4 shots ? have fun with that.
the list was enjoyable, but those people never make the game worse, 9 times out of 10 you beat the crap out of a team with those players.
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:54 pm
I am enjoying the new words and syntax these children who are flaming the author and anyone who posts a lucid comment. The article was hilarious. That is the point … its funny. If you take offense to this article and flame JW you MUST be one of the punks he is talking about. Do we all want these aforementioned douchebags to leave the Multiplayer of Halo 3? No… we just like making fun of you. For all of you learned critics who are saying Halo 3 sucks… Did you have your halo 3 shirt on as you wrote that comment?
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
@Whatever
I hope to god you are not talking to me, if you are… Prepare for another wall of text about why people like YOU think you are so much better than people who are younger than you. And you are enjoying the new words and sytax… You fail at sarcasm >.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:56 pm
I agree with JW that all these types of players exist, and yes, sometimes they can really piss us off. But That one guy is also right, there are ways to deal with them. I admit, I hate these kinds of people sometimes, but that’s just life, there will be people you do and don’t like and you just have to deal with it unfortunately. But really, it’s only a game, nothing to get all mad about, but I sometimes fail to realize this too.
Anyways though, JW I like the montages you made, so gratz on those and if you want you can send a friend request to me, my GT is PWNFiend
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 pm
This is the truest, funniest and best Halo article I’ve ever read. I don’t know what gunslinging is, but I don’t do it.
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October 23rd, 2007 at 9:44 pm
why complain about age old things that have been used in FPS games for centuries, instead of being a bitch and crying about a sniper sniping you and never leaving his spot, how bout you go kill him instead of sucking your ass all the way over to him and dying prior to getting to him. i dont even own a 360, i just think its some weak shit crying about things that have, can, and will be used all the time in FPS games. its not like in real life if a sniper is killing a bunch of people he starts feeling bad about getting so many kills without actually being in close combat. its called smart gameplay.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
…did half of you even read the blurbs under the titles? I gave the sniper an EXEMPTION. Jesus, it’s a sniper rifle, for Christ sake. What else are you going to do with it?
I’ve been cool with the comments. It’s expected when you bring up a game like Halo 3. But I am starting to seriously think some of you just aren’t understanding some of what is being said.
October 24th, 2007 at 1:06 am
Whats wrong JW? You should be feeling pretty stupid right about now.
October 24th, 2007 at 1:17 am
Hey 1990 called they want their list back. These are all problems that have been fixed in modern PC shooters. Add one more point to PC’s over consoles.
October 24th, 2007 at 1:46 am
If you do not like Halo then you are an idiot, and stop reading up on it if you loath it so much. Tops to JW.
P.s. Stop swearing.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:09 am
I would say I belong to tha same group of gamers as you, I go online when my friends are so we can go and have some fun. I have my voice set to ‘team and party’ so I’m not bothered by kids or shit talkers.
But seriously man, you need to stop moaning about how people play and just enjoy the game for what it is.
October 24th, 2007 at 5:59 am
In my opinion, this article is fantastic. He (JW) states his opinion in genrally well-thought out arguments. What really bugs me, though, is all the people flaming this poor man for expressing himself, people who don’t even understand what the man is writing.
Before you comment, read the article. Not browse, not look at, but read. His arguments aren’t for people who grab a weapon(like a laser or sniper) and use it WELL, they’re for people who do everything they can to get said weapons and use it RETARDEDLY. Jumping into a giant melee between everyone else in the game is never a good idea with either a laser or the sniper unless you’re supremely, ridiculously skilled. Granted, there are a few people who are this good, but the majority of people aren’t (feel free to prove me wrong with a link to a file share video). His arguments about heavy breathers is valid too. People will generally inform you of whether or not you are being a nuisance in the game. If you continue to persists in being a nuisance, that’s what makes you a douchebag. JW isn’t bashing you for having asthma or anything, he’s bashing you for not having the etiquette to mute yourself (it’s that little button on your headset). The OP isn’t bitching about people who are very good at the game, but rather people who lack common sense, creativity, and courtesy. You know, the things that make proper human beings.
If you feel so strongly about your own opinion that it has to be expressed in barely intelligible, half-thought out curses, go start your own blog and rant about it there. Don’t pollute someone else’s opinion with your trash. Keep in mind that you came here, voluntarily, to read this man’s opinion. If you don’t agree with it, express yourself intelligently, not like a fool who spells with numbers or just rants about how right he is. Granted, the people who write such things will probably not even read this far down in my comment. They’ll just browse the top, see that I don’t agree with them, and flame me for it. Fine. Go right ahead, if it really makes you feel better. I, for one, appreciate this article’s blunt honesty.
October 24th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Wow, ive never seen so many anal retentive players. PEOPLE! THIS IS A GAME! WHEN YOU MAKE IT SERIOUS YOU LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT! having fun. When you cant enjoy a game, then it stops becoming a game. I for one loved halo and enjoy other FPS as well, so i know how frustrating it can be. So try this, next time you die or lose a game, go take a shit… itll help you all live longer!
October 24th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
my point was why complain about shit that is there and will always be there.. this shit has been bitched about at least 15 years ago, ya know when doom came out. its like complaining about someone using the same move over and over again in a game and choosing not to react to it or come up with an intelligent way to get around it.
October 24th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
oh, you forgot to mention the people who the second you start to beat the decide that you ” must be cheating” because you are a “dumb whore bitch” and leave the game, oh so fun playing with them. : )
October 24th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
That was fantastic. I was waiting to see which one I would fall under, and that’s when I saw the gunslinger. Nothing’s better than whipping out the sniper and no-scoping someone in the face.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
You know who I hate? The dumb noob retard who is a second level captain but still sucks at Halo because its only the second multiplayer FPS he’s ever played and ends up getting matched with super expert Halo veteran champions because of the matchmaking system and ends up bringing down the rest of his team because he sucks so much balls. Oh wait. That’s me.
October 27th, 2007 at 1:54 am
So you basically hate everyone on Halo 3? Why not just burn your game, or go play campaign for the nest month or so of your life? You’re never going to get along with anyone.
October 27th, 2007 at 3:09 am
So true I love it … but you forgot one Shit talkers / Show offs who try to impress totally f’ing strangers in a game saying “Sup Noobs Im Da Best” and then they only get two kills in lone wolfs which is funny ….
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October 30th, 2007 at 10:39 am
you forgot the the ‘tards that claim glitching is a “legitimate tactic” just to make up for the lack of their own skill
November 8th, 2007 at 12:30 am
JW…..you rock, fuck anyone else…sweet article, for the people who read it and actually comprehended what you were trying to get across, not just read and criticize before they even understand what your talking about. So you know this better than anyone i know…..Fuck Em.
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November 24th, 2007 at 5:12 am
What I find amusing is that many people keep saying “it’s annoying but it’s a part of FPS games.”
The author probably knows that. Just because it’s a part of an FPS game, though, doesn’t make it any less annoying. Just because there’s a way to counter it doesn’t mean it isn’t annoying.
Most of you agree that it’s annoying, so quit dissing the author.
November 24th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
What year are you in college? Your spelling is horrendous.
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January 31st, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Ok this is for all you douchebags:
1. Swordsmen: I doubt any decent player gets regulary owned by them, all JW pointed out that it causes no end of frustration when ou are on a running riot or the like a sword whoring camper pops out and ends it.
2. Rocket whores: Yes i agree with everyone they can be easily countered bout they are still very dangerous and also, like the swordwhore, annoying when they end that oh so close overkill etc. They are also typically bad players who use the rockets to rack up exp and skill lv. They are indeed a pain in the ass when you don’t see them, but with decent weaponry and skill they can be laid to rest.
3. Laser Lovers: People who don’t know how to use the laser should stick to campaign for a while. Don’t take the weapon if you can’t use it. The spartan laser, like all power weapons, is a useful, usually game altering weapon when applied using tactical strategy. However, I hate people who solely use power weapons and cannot use them for shit. If you can’t beat campaign on heroic, don’t play multiplayer.
4. Children: Yes you definitely hit the nail on its head for that one. I don’t have a problem with kids, but I have a huge problem with kids that get raped by you then they get a killjoy and go, “I pwn u n00b. wanna go mofo, gimme ur adress 1 on 1, and other gay comments. The mute button is a simple solution but kids can be just so annoying with their immature antics before you finally press mute.
5. Campers: Encountered in basically all FPS, the camper, part of the family terrible sniperus, is found when he or she cannot aim or cannot take a person one versus one. Camping is a completely fair tactic, and generally produces good results. I have a very low opinion, however, of people who camp solely and use it as their only tactic. Camping can be applied to certain areas with a maximum effectiveness of 5 minutes before everyone hunts you down. So when I find a good camping spot, I generally kill 2 or 3 people then resume normal play. Its camping whores who piss me off, because shotty camping takes soooo much skill. NOT. Campers should look up the meaning of ‘open combat’.
6. No Scoping Snipers: This is a great tactic as the sniper is such a powerful weapon. If you can pull this off, you have decent skill. I sometimes do this when moving from sniping location to sniping location instead of sneaking around avoiding people. JW is right saying that it is odd for people to “raise hell” to get it, I mean its not that amazing. Also no scoping puts them at an immediate disadvantage of using a sniper in close combat. So if you have a sniper, and can ‘gunsling’ with it, go for it, but don’t keep trying to get the sniper when you keep getting killed on the way.
7. Achievement Whores: Completely Valid point. Oh and for all you douche bags who says JW leaves these, he actually said he wish he could, and that we generally are stuck with it. He did not say he left it, only when he was in the LOBBY. So time for you dumb asses to brush up on your reading and comprehension.
8. Deserters: Easily the biggest fags to have walked in the Chief’s Mark IV boots. Deserters ruin the game as they put your skill lv at stake and (stupidly) lose their own XP. Complete idiots. Enough said.
9. Mic Breathers: Yes annoying but easily solved with mute, unless they are on your team in team slayer. This can get annoying because you need to communicate as a team. I hear you loud and clear.
JW has quite possibly written the most accurate description of Halo 3’s faults in online. I completely agree with most of the points, as I understand what he is saying. Again, he implies it is only a repetitively annoying inconvenience to have all these types of players in every game. This can make for an increasingly frustrating experience in game play.
I have no idea why you people insult him. He’s not whining or complaining, simply pointing out annoying truths during his spare. Also, for you douches who are getting upset because a lot of you are the whores he mentions, it is perfectly ok to use the rocket launcher. There is no taboo on it. It is not ok, however, to spawn camp with it or goes as far as to use it as your only means of defense. I have had people quit because they cannot get to the rocket launcher or missile pod. Now that is unacceptable. Period.
The easiest way for Bungie to solve these qualms is for them to make a ranked gameplay type with rockets only or swords only or with power weapons only. That way we (we being people with skill) can enjoy a artful, wonderfully realized masterpiece of an FPS while they (people who get enjoyment from blow each other to bits over and over and the like; usually people with little skill) can have their “enjoyment”.
On a final note, JW you are completely correct in all your statements EXCEPT for the children one. I find that kind of stereotypical, as I myself have met some very mature kids. However, I agree. Most kids aren’t mature if they are playing Halo 3 at 10 years old and loud mouthing us because they suck. All in all, great article man you compiled every fault in to a short piece of work that accurately describes those problems.
*To all douchebag commenters, you only insult him because you are a whoring noob named in the article written by JW above. Thanks for a great article JW. Truly hilarious. I at least understood your point.
Peace out all.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Can I just say that yeah, sometimes the community is crap, but you ccan get around it. System link, only play with your friends, in fact, why not make an evening of it. You don’t have to go out and make yourself a prime target for these idiots.
I’d like to add another to the list though:
vehicle abusers. Especially on Sandtrap, those who climb right up into the sky with their banshee, come down plasma cannons and fuel rod gun blazing and turn you into a small splodge on the landscape. Annoys me soo much when I have to quit my normal weapon choice (BR and spiker) to go and find something to take them down, only for them to hop in again once it respawns. There’re only so many times you can take satisfaction in this revenge before it turns into some kind of chore, and you simply camp the spawn point to try and deter them, thus detracting from my experience. Get out of the cockpit, Lt._shadowtrooper, and that red beam of death will cease to be the last thing you see. I have nothing against Warthog, prowler, or even mongoose teams, but if you have to surround yourself with a vehicle ALL THE TIME just to get kills then you need some serious practice.
Also, I think I’m a partial sword whore, as my 2nd favourite weapon combo is BR and energy sword. But watcha gonna do about it, JW? You can’t enter my system link, I don’t have to listen to you whine and what’s more, unlike you I have enough friends to have a worthwhile system link session, while you have to go online with people that YOU KNOW are gonna annoy you.
Ciao.