Halo 2 Online (NOT VISTA FUCK VISTA)

[Llama Juice]

Hey guys, I know a lot of you have fond (and not so fond) memories of Halo 2, and.. well it's going away soon. As sad as that makes me, it also makes me know that it's going on to a better place.. or something... fuck it.

COME PLAY HALO 2 WITH ME

I'm on my LlamaJap account 'cause my main Llama Juice account is banned from matchmaking and such. (silly bungie thinking I modded....)

Add me and hop online. NAOW

All the maps are free to download, so if anything else grab those before they're gone forever. :P

[Futzy]

just finished downloading the maps

[annihilation]

Will you be on tomorrow?
I might be able to get on tomorrow.

[Llama Juice]

Yessum. Tomorrow is the last day it's up.

[Donut]

youd think they could have at least saved live support for games like halo 2...

i wasnt in the xbox scene when halo 2 and xbl were a big deal though, so i cant say im going to cry over seeing it go.
isnt there some thing that simulates a LAN game over the internet? is it hamachi?

[paladin]

xbox originals go down the same time taxes are do

:raise:

[Llama Juice]

There will still be ways to play online, but having the game do the setup work for you is so much better.

[n00b1n8R]

Wait what, they're scrapping H2V's live too? Even though it's PC?

:lmao:

Also, llama, pm me what to do to set this shit up ok?

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

h2v isnt going down to my knowledge.

[Llama Juice]

Where'd you pull that out of n00b? H2Vista is staying.... but the Xbox version was much better... so that's what this thread is about (hence why it's not in the H2V board)

and PM you how to set what up? Nothing in your post made sense. I'm going to assume that the thread title was misleading, where I said that this thread isn't about vista, so you assumed it was about vista.

Anyhow, tomorrow around 7 PM EST work for everyone else?

I figure giving a set time would help actually coordinate things.

I'm gunna pretty much be online constantly though, if I'm not, or not responding IM me on AIM.

[Kornman00]

I'll be playing tonight...if I'm lucky enough to leech someone's internet connection T_T

[paladin]

You cant leech mine. That is if you have 3 sat dishes and a HAM radio tower

[Kornman00]

No but I do have a turkey radio

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I guess since G4WL seems to work off the 360 era XBL system it allows games like H2V to keep on keepin' on. But you do have to wonder...what the fuck is making them take it down? I'd figure it would be to allow restrictions to be lifted...but will that mean we'll get to have 100+ friends now? Has there been any actual explanation for ending Xbox1 support?

[paladin]

the government lifted a $25 million dollar tax break on MS over live services (http://www.customweb2.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/404-basic.gif)

[annihilation]

For whatever reason they're ending LIVE support for Xbox is completely retarded.

[Kornman00]

Think of the kids MS :ohdear:!

[n00b1n8R]

:words:
Thought this thread was about h2v, disregard my previous comment.

[DEElekgolo]

For whatever reason they're ending LIVE support for Xbox is completely retarded.
It is for future additions to the xbox live service, they don't want to be held back by the original xbox live.

[Llama Juice]

^That's basically what they said, yar.

I made a clan in Halo 2 last night. "Oh The Memories"

Yea, you can have clans in that game, which was a good idea, just impossible to implement it properly with ranked playlists and such.

Anyhow, if anyone's gunna be getting on hit me up on AIM, so I'm not sitting around waiting for MrBig to sign on after he said he downloaded the maps and then never actually played :(.

[annihilation]

It's still stupid.

[beele]

When will the bungie people drop in to play?

[Kornman00]

After they finish playing Reach :realsmug:

[Futzy]

^That's basically what they said, yar.

I made a clan in Halo 2 last night. "Oh The Memories"

Yea, you can have clans in that game, which was a good idea, just impossible to implement it properly with ranked playlists and such.

Anyhow, if anyone's gunna be getting on hit me up on AIM, so I'm not sitting around waiting for MrBig to sign on after he said he downloaded the maps and then never actually played :(.
Sorry, got dragged out somewhere. Will be on till around 12 est
Also, some fuck tried to steal my controller from my hands a few days ago and the mic plug broke off inside my controller, so I wont be able to talk.

[Llama Juice]

MrBig and I are online now if anyone else feels like being cool.

[JackalStomper]

play halo 2 with someone I don't know? sounds like a blast, I'll send a FR.

[Kornman00]

MrBig and I are online now if anyone else feels like being cool.
kornmanOO (ohs). I'll party up if I'm able to get on tonight

[annihilation]

I might be on at like 12 pm (Pacific time).
If I can't make it then........that sucks.

[Kornman00]

Halo 2 MP ain't what it use to be...to me. Spoiled by the likes of Halo 3 and ODST :x

[Llama Juice]

I just got offline, if anyone wants to play some more, IM me. :P

[Futzy]

I'll be on again 9 est when bungie gets on.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Should I make a temporary online profile, or use my banned (from matchmaking) normal profile?

[Futzy]

Bungie says they'll be giving rewards just for playing, so I'd make a profile you'll want to keep.

[Lateksi]

Didn't notice this thread but I played with you today, Llama. Oh, and avp Dragon too :o
Goodbye, Halo 2!

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

If anyone wants to play some customs, add s1r 0wns alot on xbl :)

[Futzy]

Didn't notice this thread but I played with you today, Llama. Oh, and avp Dragon too :o
Goodbye, Halo 2!
I thought I recognized your name

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Hell, I gotta get the maps :(

[Llama Juice]

Didn't notice this thread but I played with you today, Llama. Oh, and avp Dragon too :o
Goodbye, Halo 2!

That's where I recognized your name from haha.

My main account is banned from matchmaking, so I'm not going to be getting any bonuses.

[sdavis117]

I'm going online now, and should be online most of the night.

My GT is sdavis117

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I've got a game ready, if anyone wants to play, add me on xbl: s1r 0wns alot

[t3h m00kz]

XBL: t3h m00kz

let's do this before we all have to revert to Xbox Connect

I'm also gonna be recording tonight's session if I can get my capture set up.

[CodeBrain]

I am on Halo 2 right now with sdavis.

XB Live Tag: CodeBrain

[Donut]

i cant find my fucking halo 2 disk. im so mad :maddowns:

btw what is bungie giving out for people who participate in this last hurrah?

[Futzy]

They haven't said what they're giving besides that it'll have to do with reach.
e: realized I never posted my GT: avp DRAGON
already added most of you already though

[Donut]

FFFFFFFFFF i want reach bonuses too
it figures the first time in a year i want to play halo 2 is the only time i cant find it :smith:

[t3h m00kz]

was a legit last few games, gg gents

[Llama Juice]

It's still up, I'm still playing haha.

Also, for those of you who missed out, there's a ton of witty fun little things that they put in the "Did you know?" box.




SMG Starts! Okay, we admit it. It was a bad idea.



Lockout! A pixel perfect remake of Halo 3’s Guardian, the spiritual successor to Blackout.



If you’ve yet to experience Phantom Pistols on Waterworks, there’s still time!



Tired of obnoxious teammates or opponents? Use the handy mute feat..oh wait, it hasn’t been invented yet.



BXR. Yeah, it’s cheating.



Admit it, the first time you boarded a vehicle it was pretty awesome.



This will be the last time you’ll ever get to experience Backwash online. Bummer, eh?



Woosh! You know what would make this game more awesome? Jetpacks!



Honky Tonk! Honk your horn while driving the Warthog to alert your team mates that a ride is available! Or, you know, just to be irritating.



Needz Moar Laser! Know what would make this game even more awesome? The Laser.



Grenade Party! Can’t four-shot? Chuck some grenades.



Superbouncin’! Even from waaaaay down here, you still look like a douche!



Squat and Hobble! Although crouch-walking is slow, it makes you invisible to enemy motion detectors. It’s also a sweet way to force a fallen opponent to suck your crotch.



Finish the Fight! The exciting conclusion to the Halo 2 cliff-hanger wraps up in Halo 3 for the Xbox 360!



I am your Father! Use Voice Masking to add at least ten years to your online persona!



U R GARBAGE! Remember you can send hateful messages to players from the Post Game Carnage Report! “Oh, there you are!”



Title Update 4 adds Theater support, screenshots, and Forge to Halo 2! Coming: NEVER.



Dual Wielding. When all else fails, circle strafe.



Trouble Spot? Having problems playing on Xbox LIVE? If it’s after April 15th, we’ve got a good idea why!



Thanks for playing. Seriously? More than five years after launch? You’re awesome.

[sevlag]

played last night, no one wanted to actually play, saw darkhalo003 from gaylomaps and taunted him

I'm gonna miss 2 flag CTF on coag D:

[Llama Juice]

I'm still on if you wanna play haha.

[Futzy]

I'm still on if you wanna play haha.
It's still on? I'll be on after breakfast

[sevlag]

will be on later on say around like 4 pm EST earlier if possible

[Llama Juice]

My 48 hour card thing runs out soon, and I'm tired as hell. I'm goin to bed haha.

During my 48 trial I played 115 matches of Halo 2 online.

I will miss this game.

One more small snippet of fun messages from Bungie is in the Xbox Live menu where you can choose between the Quickmatch, Optimatch, Create Party, or Content Download there's a box in the bottom right of the screen.


They say all good things must come to an end. Well, we say that totally sucks! Thanks for treating our old gal right for all these years. And thanks a million for playing. <3, Bungie.

[bravo22]

Well, a sad goodbye to online services on one of the best console multiplayer games of the past generation :( TBH, I sometimes found Halo 2 online to be more fun than Halo 3 online at times because of how unbalanced the sword was.

Anyway, my brothers discovered that it's possible to system link the X360 to the original xbox 1 (we own both consoles). This summer, I'm buying a 2nd copy of Halo 2 xbox, inviting a large group of friends over, and having some 8 player split screen on 2 TVs to relive some old memories.

[Kornman00]

I only had fun playing H2 again when it was more-so casual game play. Like when we were in BTB. It just feels so different going back and playing serious games now. Still would be a fun game to mod and have good times though...just like Custom Edition!

[Llama Juice]

Apparently the service is still up? There's 35 people online right now haha.

[Kornman00]

So in other words it's back to normal user levels ;p?

Maybe not all XBL servers have been taken down or the X1 services running on them have stopped.

[sdavis117]

Maybe some people found a way to make it so that they aren't kicked from the game when they disconnect from XBL and they are just sitting in a server?

I know the number of people online is getting steadily smaller.

Edit: According to Bungie if you are already in Matchmaking you can stay in matchmaking till you quit, but after that you can never get back in.