: Frankly, I'm amazed that we lasted as long as we did that game.

You guys managed to get to the base undetected a bunch of times, which was impressive.

: I saw those teams and I was like "That seems a bit unbalanced... Oh,
: well, I don't play a lot, so I'm not familiar with current skill levels:
: maybe these guys on my team will make up for the fact that they have
: Schooly, Nart, and Nando on the same team!" My guys put up a valiant
: effort, but alas, it was to no avail.

To be fair, the last time I touched a Halo game was probably the LANboree. I'm pretty sure only a fifth of my shots were remotely near an enemy. Definitely lost the vast majority of any "skill" that I may have had.

: No hate to GV, but OMG I was going to lose my mind when he insisted on
: camping in the base with the shotgun. I held my tongue, but I knew in my
: heart that all that that meant was that we were going to be a man down
: until someone got within line of sight of the guy, and then some sort of
: engagement would happen, and then our team would be a man down again until
: someone else got in his line of sight.

His (almost) impenetrable defense of the base provided us with plenty of great moments (as seen in the machinima), and plenty of laughs.

: Now, secondly, I love and hate that you had Paddy that whole time. I was
: laughing hard over here just from watching the video, it's no wonder why
: everybody was rolling over the mics on your team! lol.

His voice is the life-force of our team. He could bring fun to an Xbox One.

: Mad jelly, because that was an active and powerful morale boost for you guys.

Indeed. I credit his drive as the main force behind our victory (besides his two flag captures, of course)...

: I'm also given a profound appreciation for Snipe's work that match. He was
: ice skating uphill, and that had to be frustrating, and he saved our bacon
: many times. Thank you, Snipe.

Being one of the only HBOers who still plays Halo, I'm not surprised that his edge remains sharpened. He was way more of an annoyance than I remember.

: I about lost it again when Schooly saw that Korny killed himself in order to
: bring Schooly that sniper ammo. His reaction was priceless.

Gotta know your team's strengths and weaknesses, and adapt accordingly... Even if it means standing on your own grenade...

: Korny, this video showed me that you are a scarily good tactician. You were
: doing things this game that I almost never see other skilled Halo players
: besides myself doing. I'm gonna have to keep my eye on you, and hope that
: you're on my team next time -- you were not holding back in your execution
: of tiny little things that end up making a huge difference - like your use
: of Armor Lock and smart grenade bouncing against your vector. ...heh, I
: still hate you for smacking me out of that hog before I could successfully
: bail, though. :p

I'm flattered, but all I remember was telling Paddy that it would be funny to hop in a flaming hog and rush the enemy base... repeatedly. :P

"It's the last thing they'd ever expect!"
*Hog explodes*
"Apparently they were expecting it..."

Also, it's been a long time since I used Armor Lock... And boy did I miss the hilarious situations you can get in.

: But yeah, just a really fun time, even if it was so frustrating and difficult
: so many times. I'm still amazed that we did as well as we did. GG!

It was a blast. Despite 343's best attempts, Halo can still be fun!