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Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343
By:Pkmnrulz240
Date: 8/9/13 10:31 am
In Response To: Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343 (Kal)

: Grifball is as popular as ever. GrifballHub is more popular than ever. The
: biggest Grifball league in Halo 3, when the league was run on Rooster
: Teeth by Burnie Burns himself, had 270 teams. The biggest league on
: GrifballHub in Halo 4 had over 400 teams.

: We still work with 343 in maintaining the Grifball playlist and several
: prominent 343 employees play in our league.

: And this is on top of the unheard of support that Grifball received before
: Halo 4 even launched. With all the gametypes and features that were
: dropped in the transition from Reach to Halo 4, we are still incredibly
: grateful that Grifball was not only included in the game, but also given a
: "promotion" from an Assault spin-off to its own gametype. The
: fact that 343 worked with GrifballHub to bring in real Grifballers when
: developing the game, and that Grifball was playable for everyone on day
: one, is truly amazing.

: I would say that 343 has been more supportive of Grifball than Bungie was,
: but that's not really a fair comparison, given that Grifball has a
: comparatively larger community now than it did in the Halo 3 and early
: Reach days when Bungie was in charge.

: We're not blind, either, to the fact that part of the closeness between 343
: and GrifballHub is that we literally have nowhere else to go. Other folks
: can go shoot things in Destiny or COD. Grifball will always be a Halo
: exclusive.

: We know that Grifball isn't 343's top priority, and we don't hold it against
: them when our playlist updates aren't first in line or our suggestions for
: weapon tuning aren't implemented. But we've still been blown away by their
: level of support for our gametype and our community.

I'm sure others will disagree with me here, but I feel like the relationship between 343i and GrifballHub is a little different, and can't be compared with the relationship between 343i/Bungie and HBO. The sole focus of GrifballHub, just as you said, is Grifball. It's a very niche... erm... sport, and the GrifballHub forums don't even have a section dedicated to non-Grifball Halo matters. While I'm sure many members of GrifballHub have lots of input to offer to 343i on non-Grifball Halo affairs, there really doesn't seem to be much of a place for it, versus a place like HBO, where we're concerned with basically everything under the sun.

Now, I won't go so far as to say that the close relationship between the Grifball community and 343i is wrong... but I will say, it's interesting/strange that this relationship is so strong when the rest of the game has so many other problems that members of the various more-general fan communities are *dying* to give constructive input on. Grifball may be great, but if the rest of Halo 4 sucks, I feel like 343i's priorities need to be reexamined.

Complete disclosure: I hate Grifball. F*cking lagfest.


Messages In This Thread

Halo 4, fans, and 343Schooly D8/9/13 2:27 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Pkmnrulz2408/9/13 5:01 am
           Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343bluerunner8/9/13 8:00 am
                 Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Pkmnrulz2408/9/13 10:19 am
                       Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Captain Spark8/9/13 10:42 am
     $10 to the charity of your choicekidtsunami8/9/13 5:31 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343ZaneZavin8/9/13 8:22 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Kal8/9/13 9:36 am
           Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Pkmnrulz2408/9/13 10:31 am
                 Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Kal8/9/13 10:57 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Ragashingo8/9/13 9:55 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343The Lionheart8/9/13 9:57 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343DEEP NNN8/9/13 10:22 am
     It's no secret...padraig088/9/13 10:50 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343TDSpiral8/9/13 12:16 pm
     Positive comments insideUrban Reflex8/9/13 1:59 pm
           Re: Positive comments insidethebruce08/9/13 2:26 pm
                 Re: Positive comments insideAvateur8/10/13 12:10 am
                       Re: Positive comments insidethebruce08/12/13 10:46 am
           Re: Positive comments insideDEEP NNN8/9/13 2:56 pm
                 Re: Positive comments insidestabbim8/9/13 8:53 pm
                 Re: Positive comments insidethebruce08/12/13 10:49 am
     Speaking as a fan of Halo 4...Dervish8/9/13 2:30 pm
           Re: Speaking as a fan of Halo 4...thebruce08/12/13 10:58 am
                 Re: And by David I mean...thebruce08/12/13 11:25 am
     I am minority.Revenant19888/9/13 5:05 pm
           here here *NM*davidfuchs8/9/13 7:00 pm
           Re: I am minority.Schooly D8/9/13 7:06 pm
                 Re: I am minority.Revenant19888/9/13 7:32 pm
                       Re: I am minority.Avateur8/10/13 12:48 am
                             Re: I am minority.Revenant19888/12/13 8:26 am
           Re: I am minority.Avateur8/10/13 12:45 am
                 Re: I am minority. (pt 2)Revenant19888/12/13 9:37 am
                       Re: I am minority. (pt 2)Quirel8/12/13 8:25 pm
                       Re: I am minority. (pt 2)Avateur8/12/13 9:35 pm
           I definitely stay for the peoplepadraig088/12/13 10:26 am
                 Group hug time!LostSpartan9878/12/13 8:49 pm
           Re: I am minority.Kermit8/12/13 1:03 pm
                 Re: I am minority.Revenant19888/12/13 1:24 pm
                       Re: I am minority.Stephen L. (SoundEffect)8/12/13 2:57 pm
                 Re: I am minority.Miguel Chavez8/13/13 12:00 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Cody Miller8/9/13 7:34 pm
           Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Kermit8/13/13 11:54 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343nillapuddin8/9/13 8:26 pm
           Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Quirel8/9/13 9:09 pm
                 Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343nillapuddin8/9/13 9:39 pm
                       Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Quirel8/10/13 12:30 am
                             Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343nillapuddin8/10/13 4:45 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343stabbim8/9/13 9:25 pm
     My thoughts...bryan newman8/9/13 11:08 pm
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Avateur8/10/13 12:15 am
     Re: Halo 4, fans, and 343Azo 'Galvat8/10/13 1:07 am
     A challenge to the lurkers:Quirel8/10/13 2:27 am
           Re: A challenge to the lurkers:Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)8/10/13 5:55 am
           Re: A challenge to the lurkers (and 343)thebruce08/12/13 11:41 am
     Figured it outCody Miller8/12/13 3:01 pm
           Re: Figured it outDHalo8/12/13 3:02 pm
           Johnson!scarab8/12/13 3:18 pm
                 Firefight and Orbital don't countscarab8/12/13 3:30 pm
           Elite plasma rifles! *NM*scarab8/12/13 3:19 pm
                 Reach - DOH! *NM*scarab8/12/13 3:20 pm
           Re: Figured it outCaptain Spark8/12/13 3:22 pm
           Re: Figured it outrhubarb8/12/13 4:05 pm
                 'What could have been...'rhubarb8/12/13 5:46 pm

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