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Re: Halo Nationals...
Posted By: John Denton <john_denton@hotmail.com>Date: 9/2/02 3:54 a.m.

In Response To: Halo Nationals... (PCDestroyer)

Well, I don't feel that strongly, but I certainly know what you mean.

I think it's difficult to make one on one play have any depth beyond basic combat skill. I really think slayer mode should count deaths against the player in some way. This would deter exactly the kind of mindless rampages that won the tournament. In the first finals round, notice that Darkman has more deaths than anyone else.

I also didn't like the choice for the last round. The pistol is the absolute king of a map like Blood Gulch with no shields. Darkman's tactic must have been incredibly frustrating for the other players. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking him, he's just a perfect example since he won. It only takes one or two shots to take someone out with no shields. And the plasma pistol is completely worthless at that range. Hell, they wouldn't have time to charge up before they were killed. I suck more than Evita compared to these guys, but I think I could do pretty well in a position like that.

It's true that team matches require more strategy, but if you look at how the Bungie team fared against the finalists, tactics just don't cut it against raw combat skill. I really hope Halo 2 is more tactically oriented, for multiplayer and single.


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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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