Double XP

This was my first double xp weekend, in halo 3. This was Creeping Dead weekend [1. Aka. Zombies], and while I do like infection, i dislike the way bungie sets it up. The gameplay they seem to choose is fairy boring, tedious, and one sided. Either the zombies are overpowered, or the humans are. Generally, it leans to the zombies. Also, the various maps bungie uses aren’t exactly fun, and they seem to be the very basic most forge stuff, nothing advanced like over at forgehub. Also, betrayal penalties were enabled. While this is understandable, as people dislike being killed by a friend, games like Creeping rockets [2. Gametype in which the zombies are invisible and humans have lasers and rockets] are not fun, as you may see a zombie, and shoot at it, only to accidentally kill a teammate. Generally, the person you betrayed will always boot you, even if you shout sorry!.

New Map mullings

The new map release is approaching quite rapidly (tomorrow!), and excitement is building. Bungie has released a vidoc about it, in a machinima style. In said machinima, they joke around about several things, including the way that one forge filter makes the game look like gears of war.

Pricing

Many people have complained about the fact that bungie will be charging 800 MS points [3. $10US] for the maps, and has no plan to release the maps for free. People, bungie owns the IP rights for halo, but they do not own the sale rights. MS does. Microsoft still gets to set the pricing and other things. Also, bungie has to develop these maps, and that requires wages, bills, etc, and things to be payed. Finally, its only $10. Thats an hour and a half’s earnings at minimum wage. If you don’t have a job, you either need to stop playing halo and get one, or are too young to play halo.