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I don't think I've ever met a fan of Halo's lore in the wild. Almost all of my interactions with Halo fans has been through fansites like Bungie.Net, HBO, Waypoint, Fanfiction.com, or Spacebattles. The internet lets birds of a feather flock together like never before. But in my hometown... not really.
Two weeks ago, we were down at work for maintenance issues, which meant that the factory floor was quiet enough that I could carry on an extended conversation with the other people on my line. And this one guy who kept disappearing to the bathroom every hour apologized and explained that he had a third degree sunburn on his back that he needed to treat every so often. That got us onto the subject of jet skis, ATVs, extended-range four wheelers, etc. And then the line started back up for all of three minutes.
So we got back to talking, this time about video games. Fallout 4, the latest Battlefield, will we ever get another Bioshock/Chronoshock game, etc. Then we got onto the subject of Halo 5. I opined that the weapons looked to be improved from Halo 4, but nowhere near as good as Reach. He said that he couldn't believe that 343i was turning the Chief into the villain.
Interest meter pegged.
I explain that it seems to be a big misunderstanding, and if anything the new characters might be the bad guys. It was all explained in an audiodrama called Hunt the Truth. He said that he hadn't listened to it, he'd only read the books.
And... geek out!
The only thing that nerds love as much as talking about the things they adore is bitching about the things that they hate. We got a good fifteen minutes of conversation over why the Didact is a shitty villain, how the Prometheans are just a lazy reskin of the Covenant with a few extra gimmicks, how the Halo 4 weapon sandbox sucked all the fun out of the game... you know, geek stuff. Then we moved back over to Fallout 4, then shooting sports.
So, for a certain definition of 'at large', I ran into a person at large who had the same Halo values.
I get what you're saying though. I've read Halo fanfiction, I've written Halo fanfiction, I've tried to get a mod going, and I've talked to people who ragequitted Reach over features I enjoyed. I know that Halo fans have a hard time agreeing on what makes Halo good. But finding people who agree that you can't trust 343i/MS's quality control further than you can throw a cheesecake underwater is actually not all that hard. And even if we can't agree on that, we can look at other people's impressions and LPs on Youtube to accurately judge how we'll like a game.
It's a wonderful world we live in.
Are you preordering Halo 5? | Moorpheusl9 | 7/5/15 11:54 am |
Definitely NOT preordering | scarab | 7/5/15 12:16 pm |
i pre-order halo 5 | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/5/15 2:04 pm |
Re: i pre-order halo 5 | Grizzlei | 7/5/15 2:42 pm |
Re: i pre-order halo 5 lets be honest | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/5/15 3:07 pm |
Re: i pre-order halo 5 lets be honest | Hyokin | 7/5/15 9:01 pm |
Re: i pre-order halo 5 | General Vagueness | 7/6/15 12:19 am |
Will continue to pre-order from those I trust... | yakaman | 7/6/15 2:13 pm |
Re: Will continue to pre-order from those I trust. | thebruce0 | 7/6/15 3:01 pm |
Re: Will continue to pre-order from those I trust. | yakaman | 7/6/15 6:17 pm |
Re: Will continue to pre-order from those I trust. | Azo 'Galvat | 7/6/15 4:48 pm |
+1 | Grizzlei | 7/6/15 5:08 pm |
Re: +1 +1 *NM* | kidtsunami | 7/6/15 6:12 pm |
Re: +1 | yakaman | 7/6/15 6:14 pm |
Re: +1 +1 *NM* | thebruce0 | 7/7/15 9:14 am |
Maybe | Vincent | 7/5/15 1:22 pm |
Yep! | Grizzlei | 7/5/15 2:37 pm |
Re: Nope. | Hyokin | 7/5/15 2:45 pm |
Depends | Urban Reflex | 7/5/15 2:59 pm |
Re: Depends | Moorpheusl9 | 7/5/15 3:19 pm |
Re: Depends | asa | 7/5/15 3:59 pm |
Re: Depends | Moorpheusl9 | 7/5/15 4:13 pm |
Re: Depends | asa | 7/5/15 4:23 pm |
Probably. | serpx | 7/5/15 3:26 pm |
Preordering it? Ha! | Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) | 7/5/15 4:34 pm |
Just curious... | yakaman | 7/6/15 2:24 pm |
Re: Just curious... | Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) | 7/6/15 6:15 pm |
I strongly disagree with you | kidtsunami | 7/7/15 6:18 pm |
Pre-orders are meaningless today. Stop doing them. *NM* | Revenant1988 | 7/5/15 4:51 pm |
But, midnight launches. *NM* | Gravemind | 7/5/15 6:10 pm |
Nope. | Phoenix_9286 | 7/5/15 5:06 pm |
Nah. | Quirel | 7/5/15 5:28 pm |
Same here. *NM* | robofin117 | 7/5/15 5:56 pm |
Noooope! | LostSpartan987 | 7/5/15 7:08 pm |
Absolutely not | padraig08 | 7/5/15 8:06 pm |
very few people at large have the same halo values *NM* | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/5/15 9:15 pm |
BTW, your new nickname is Mr. Sunshine. | Quirel | 7/6/15 3:04 am |
Re: BTW, your new nickname is Mr. Sunshine. | Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) | 7/6/15 6:03 am |
^What he said... Oddly enough. *NM* | munky-058 | 7/6/15 4:56 pm |
Great words, my friend. | robofin117 | 7/6/15 6:02 pm |
Thanks. All of you. *NM* | Quirel | 7/8/15 1:01 am |
Yea | zofinda | 7/5/15 8:56 pm |
You're an idiot if you do. | Pkmnrulz240 | 7/5/15 9:30 pm |
It is the year 2016 C.E. | Grizzlei | 7/5/15 9:43 pm |
Re: It is the year 2016 C.E. | Hyokin | 7/5/15 9:54 pm |
hey look at me | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/5/15 9:47 pm |
I don't think he means the game itself | ZackDark | 7/5/15 10:03 pm |
oh hell no | hunt3r | 7/6/15 5:18 am |
They are meaningless. | Revenant1988 | 7/6/15 6:55 am |
Re: They are meaningless. | Gravemind | 7/6/15 2:32 pm |
Re: They are meaningless. | Revenant1988 | 7/6/15 7:25 pm |
*path. Path of least resistance. *NM* | Revenant1988 | 7/6/15 7:29 pm |
Re: They are meaningless. | Gravemind | 7/6/15 11:13 pm |
*drops mic* *NM* | thebruce0 | 7/7/15 9:19 am |
Re: They are meaningless. | Revenant1988 | 7/7/15 7:18 pm |
Re: I don't think he means the game itself | Pkmnrulz240 | 7/6/15 12:23 pm |
it may be a weak arguement | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/6/15 3:59 pm |
Wrong. | munky-058 | 7/6/15 4:51 pm |
Re: Wrong. | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/6/15 5:30 pm |
Re: Wrong. | thebruce0 | 7/7/15 9:23 am |
Re: I don't think he means the game itself | serpx | 7/7/15 4:20 pm |
Re: hey look at me | General Vagueness | 7/6/15 1:13 pm |
Re: Are you preordering Halo 5? | MacGyver10 | 7/6/15 10:15 am |
Probably not... | yakaman | 7/6/15 2:16 pm |
Re: Are you preordering Halo 5? | GreyThor | 7/7/15 3:31 am |
*OT* gah! | thebruce0 | 7/7/15 9:24 am |
There, there. *pats on shoulder* | robofin117 | 7/8/15 12:19 am |
Re: Are you preordering Halo 5? | ForeignDevil | 7/11/15 1:17 am |