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Re: Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings.
Posted By: Ryan Broxterman <Tomtomtom1990@sbcglobal.net>Date: 6/26/05 1:38 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings. (Count Zero)

: I suggest you go back and read Matt's posts a few more times, because you
: seem to be ignoring a lot of the points he made. The best thing to keep in
: mind is that this online forum is a tiny fraction of the Halo community
: not representative of the whole, and for every ex-Halo 1 player who was
: upset by some aspect of the Halo 2 game and marketing there are thousands
: of people, both new players and veterans, who were completely happy with
: the game but don't bother to come here and post about it.

: It may be a hard fact to swallow, but we here, the ones who most loudly and
: frequently profess our devotion to the game, are on the outskirts of the
: Halo community. The real Halo community is the one you never see online-
: the millions of people who bought the game, took it home, and simply
: played it. And chances are they bought the game because they saw one of
: the ads that everyone here loves to complain about. The ads look silly and
: "dumbed-down" to us because we are not the audience that
: Microsoft is trying to attract- and that audience is FAR larger than the
: group that will be upset by the marketing campaign.

Excellent point.

I'd like to share a story. I played through Metropolis today, except I never reloaded my checkpoint. If my Marines died, war is hell. Live with it. If my warthog blew up, I walked. it was a really cool experience, fighting Ghosts and Wraiths on foot. Some of my Marines survived, and ran along with, me dodging, and shooting, and taking cover behind debris. I found plenty of RL's and ammo, not to mention a Sniper Rifle. I had quite a time shooting rockets, and boarding. When I finally got to the makeshift Marine HQ, I ran out of rockets shotting wraiths. there was one left. Then, right on time, A pelican swooped in, turret blazing, and blew up the Wraith. It dropped off 3 Marines. I swapped my empty launcher for a Battle Rifle, and headed inside to meet up Sargeant Banks.

Just one of my favorite parts in the game. Another time, I was palying Quarantine Zone, and my vehicle had been destroyed,and all my Elites were dead.
As I passed through a tunnel, into a huge valley swarming with Flood and Sentinels, with the huge Library looming overhead, A Phantom swooped in, and dropped off 3 elites, and 2 ghosts. Good ol' Half-Jaw, had sent me his bestest warriors, apperantly.

Oh, but remember; Halo 2 was a HUGE dissapointment, and made us cry, and bitch, and moan about it in our awesome forums.


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Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogDiss3nt 6/24/05 8:34 p.m.
     Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogLOTIONMAN 6/24/05 8:58 p.m.
           Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogDiss3nt 6/24/05 9:04 p.m.
                 Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogJ 6/24/05 9:26 p.m.
     Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my Blogzink 6/24/05 9:37 p.m.
     Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my Blogdeadmonkey 6/24/05 10:38 p.m.
           Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogDiss3nt 6/24/05 10:50 p.m.
                 Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogMilhouse 6/25/05 1:41 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogShaun 6/27/05 2:03 a.m.
           I like it! I commented as well, Rio258k *NM*rio258k 6/25/05 9:57 p.m.
           Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my Blogyurahn 6/29/05 8:56 a.m.
           Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my Blogyurahn 6/29/05 8:57 a.m.
     I agree.Mr. Mech 6/25/05 7:27 a.m.
           Re: I agree.Diss3nt 6/25/05 7:52 a.m.
     I very rarely post, but needed to say somethingStickFigureNinja 6/25/05 12:04 p.m.
     A Lesson for the Misguided and IgnorantAn anonymous game developer 6/25/05 12:11 p.m.
           Re: A Lesson for the Misguided and IgnorantDiss3nt 6/25/05 1:25 p.m.
                 Re: A Lesson for the Misguided and IgnorantJester VR 6/25/05 1:41 p.m.
                 Re: A Lesson for the Misguided and IgnorantEndbringer 6/25/05 2:19 p.m.
           Re: A Lesson for the Misguided and IgnorantSpartan235 6/25/05 9:54 p.m.
                 Re: A Lesson for the Misguided and Ignorantrio258k 6/26/05 12:25 a.m.
           Your title applied to you as well.Jinno 6/26/05 12:19 a.m.
                 That's probably why he posted as "Anonymous" *NM*GameJunkieJim 6/26/05 12:25 a.m.
     Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogMatt 6/25/05 6:09 p.m.
           Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogChaos Recon 6/25/05 6:51 p.m.
                 Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 6/26/05 9:01 a.m.
                       Shakespere was a hack ;-) *NM*GameJunkieJim 6/26/05 9:45 a.m.
                 Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogDan Chosich 6/26/05 9:24 a.m.
           Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogJester VR 6/25/05 7:21 p.m.
                 Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogDiss3nt 6/25/05 7:56 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogFlawed Legacy 6/25/05 9:06 p.m.
                             Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogDiss3nt 6/25/05 9:14 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogJinno 6/25/05 11:37 p.m.
                             Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my Blogblaz 6/26/05 12:20 a.m.
                 Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogMatt 6/25/05 11:03 p.m.
                       Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings.Jinno 6/25/05 11:32 p.m.
                             Re: Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings.Count Zero 6/25/05 11:59 p.m.
                                   ^^Good Point^^ Very Well Said *NM*Mintz08 6/26/05 12:44 a.m.
                                   Re: Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings.Ryan Broxterman 6/26/05 1:38 a.m.
                                         another good point^^ *NM*RC Master 6/26/05 10:35 a.m.
                                   Re: Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings.Diss3nt 6/26/05 9:52 a.m.
                             Re: Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings.Scarab 6/26/05 12:22 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings.Diss3nt 6/26/05 12:42 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings.Scarab 6/26/05 1:04 p.m.
                                               Re: Halo 3 Advertising... My Musings.Jinno 6/27/05 6:05 a.m.
                       Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogArt Vandelay 6/25/05 11:51 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my Blogpushbak 6/26/05 1:46 a.m.
                             ^^Good question^^ *NM*Coffin Joe 6/26/05 2:00 a.m.
                                   ^Not really.gspawn 6/26/05 10:10 a.m.
           Excellent set of thoughts. I agree. *NM*serpx 6/25/05 11:29 p.m.
           Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my Blogda 6/26/05 12:52 p.m.
           Re: Halo 3: My Musings on my BlogMthdDirector 6/26/05 11:50 p.m.



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