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Halo Nationals...
Posted By: PCDestroyerDate: 8/30/02 11:44 p.m.

Did anyone else think that Nationals were really really WEAK in how they went off and the type of competition?

Frankly... the gametypes chosen, with the exception of Blood Gulch Slayer... are all pretty random in their outcome. Especially "Race" and "Oddball" where you start going in circles in Race and just keep going to see who tags each one first. One game people went in circles without killing each other and the guy who started closest to the first flag won... because he grabbed one earlier than the others... BAH!
Oddball was marked by EVERYONE in EVERY Game taking the Ball into the Cave near the Red Base and just keeping it there... IT WAS KOTH with a STATIC Hill in the Cave... because it is the easiest place to defend the Ball with a couple nades or rockets... BAH again!

Okay, all of that aside... It's still pretty weak in how it was carried out and the fact that a lower caliber of player often moved on due to luck... pure unadulterated luck. No rule was made against teaming up... so many moved on that way (hell, my buddy and I did... we weren't going to let everyone else do it and get left behind as a result) and it just made things unfair even if a really great player was in the mix... bottom line, he was alone, the others had him by numbers... BAH!

Everyone and their grandmother is looking forward to Halo50k and it's good to see someone put in the EFFORT to make a TEAM tourney...
Nothing against the Halo Nationals... I'm sure it took some planning... but hell, it was Announced in Late July and the Tourney commenced and ended in August... quickly planned and carried out.
Halo50k has a loftier goal... and a longer time frame... why? They are DOING IT RIGHT...

I'm sorry if I am ranting a bit... but Team gaming is where it's at... no more random respawns all around your enemy, in front of vehicles (unless betrayed) and you have only your teammates to blame for a loss... instead of some joker who happened to respawn next to the HILL every single time he died... stayed there for a minute or two, he gets killed, respawns next to it again... INSANITY!

Team games are simply less Random and more skill is required...

That's just the way it is...

Most of these guys who made the finals haven't heard of the 7th Column, or don't care... and usually aren't even part of a team... To tell the truth... many of them couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a pistol... and they made it in... because many games required sitting and watching a cave entrance with your rocket raised... yeah, lotta skill to hit the guy 5 ft. away and grab the overshield to "heal" yerself for the next guy through...

All I gotta say is... PFFT!

PCD

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Replies:

Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 8/30/02 11:44 p.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 8/30/02 11:55 p.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...B-Sharp 8/31/02 1:03 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...*Ar-Isildur of *WP* 8/31/02 1:44 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...B-Sharp 8/31/02 2:53 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 8/31/02 1:11 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...BR*Kiriyama 8/31/02 3:49 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...dolbex 8/31/02 10:55 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 8/31/02 7:49 p.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...dolbex 9/1/02 3:50 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:24 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/2/02 3:54 a.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...vector40 9/2/02 4:56 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...Narcogen 9/2/02 11:38 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/3/02 12:39 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:31 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/4/02 2:20 a.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/2/02 12:19 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...Louis Wu 9/2/02 12:27 p.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/2/02 2:45 p.m.
                             Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:36 a.m.
                                   Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/3/02 11:50 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/4/02 11:03 a.m.
                                               Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/4/02 3:41 p.m.
                                                     Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/5/02 2:26 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/3/02 12:58 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/3/02 1:13 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:34 a.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:28 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...bVANc 9/4/02 8:28 a.m.
                       Relax...Miguel Chavez 9/4/02 10:54 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/4/02 11:09 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/4/02 3:48 p.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...vector40 9/4/02 7:15 p.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...bVANc 9/4/02 8:20 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/4/02 11:14 a.m.



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