You Know You Play Too Much Halo When …
11 04 2008Judging from the number of responses people submitted to last Friday’s Do You Play Too Much Halo? question, I think it is safe to say that all of us do in fact play too much Halo. Just in case you aren’t sure if that describes you, I (and by I, I mean all of you) created this handy two part quiz to help you figure it out. For each “You know you play too much Halo when …” statement, check the corresponding box if it applies to you. After completing the quiz, count the number of checks you have. There are 26 statements in all so a simple majority probably qualifies you for admittance to the “Proud to be Addicted to Halo” group. Whether it’s high or low, be sure to post your score in the comments. And you know you play too much Halo when you not only score extremely high on this quiz but you also pass it along to all your friends, confident that your score will pwn theirs.
You know you play too much Halo when you start measuring time in the number of matchmaking games you can play: “I have an hour, so I can get in roughly 3 TS, 2 BTB, or 5 Lone Wolves.” - mendicantbias00
You know you play too much Halo when you overhear someone claiming how amazing they are at Halo and you butt-in mid-sentence with “Ohhhhhh REALLY”. - -S-
You know you play too much Halo when you hear someone ask if there are any ‘tea bags’ and you laugh out loud. - ResilientMonkey
You know you play too much Halo when your gamertag becomes your nickname.
- Andrew Alliance
You know you play too much Halo when you use LOLCats speak in everyday conversation: “Mom, I can haz lunch?”
- RyJen
You know you play too much Halo when your email is Halo related (aka: spartan_###@hotmail.com).
- Colonel Z
You know you play too much Halo when you don’t think of golf when you hear the word Sandtrap.
- flying_squirl
You know you play too much Halo when you find yourself trying to kill yourself with road cones in a desperate attempt to get recon armor.
- -S-
You know you play too much Halo when you’re disappointed that Master Chief “doesn’t” show up during your dreams.
- thewilleffect
You know you play too much Halo when the weather service issues a flood warning and you grab your shotgun.
- Al
You know you play too much Halo when you start shouting out Halo medals while you’re watching a movie! - The last “Die Hard” was a great one. There was even a Skyjacker medal!!! - b0aneges
You know you play too much Halo when you stay up ’til midnight on New Year’s Eve waiting to blow up a huge collection of fusion coils and scream “Happy New Year!” to everyone in your party. - Colonel Z
You know you play too much Halo when playing Halo, making a Master Chief costume, and making a Halo comedy movie are your plans for summer. - Ocean Man
You know you play too much Halo when you propose to your significant other in Forge.
- -S-
You know you play too much Halo when you named your cat “Halo”….
6 six years ago.
- calidan777
You know you play too much Halo when you still can’t bring yourself to throw away the Helmet protective fabric bag because it has the “3″ on it, but you’ve YET to find a good use for it. - Mike
You know you play too much Halo when someone mentions Zombies and you no longer think of George A. Romero.
- Fuseli
You know you play too much Halo when you think Halowiki is better
than God.
- Seamus Stuart AKA Jark212
You know you play too much Halo when you write a blog asking for “You know you play too much Halo when…” quotes. =)
- Alekat
You know you play too much Halo when you try to start vetoing things presented to you in real life that you don’t like: “What’s for dinner tonight? Meatloaf? UGH, vetoooo veto veto.” - -S-
You know you play too much Halo when you live in a tiny house and insisted on buying the Pepsi Master Chief Standup, which is now standing in the kitchen, for lack of room anywhere else. - Mike
You know you play too much Halo when you fire up Halo 3 Campaign and an hour or so into gameplay you realize you have your headset plugged in and on your head when you’re playing by yourself. - GreyThor
You know you play too much Halo when you buy Microsoft Points to get the map packs WAY before they come out.
- Z3R0OneOneSe7en
You know you play too much Halo when someone can say two words to describe a location on a map and you know EXACTLY where that is. - DenimDan312
You know you play too much Halo when the act of watching montages make you hot.
- -S-
You know you play too much Halo when you’ve ever woken up in the matchmaking post-game lobby …..
(- Xor1an)
- and you had a positive score for the game
- and you don’t remember the start of that game
- and you don’t remember switching to that playlist
- and it was a ranked playlist
- and you don’t recognize the people in your party
- and you’re the party leader.
*Part Two of this quiz will be published next week. Tune in then for more of your hilarious Do You Play Too Much Halo? answers! And a very special thank you to ResilientMonkey for all his help with compiling this article. Very much appreciated.
yay. Now I feel bad about not playing Halo very often.
Answering honestly… I checked off 10. Is that bad?
I scored 7, but some were hard to judge, so it’s a rough score.
Also here are some more. I don’t know why I missed the boat for these:
You know you play too much Halo when you start adding “tacular” to the end of your words.
You know you play too much Halo when you start humming the Halo theme during your country’s national anthem.
Sigh. 16. And I haven’t been playing halo that much recently.
I really need to face facts and just admit I’m an addict…so, so sad…
^ Rooks
You know you play too much Halo when there are only 26 questions, and your score is 34. Hail to the king, baby!
w00t I got 10!
You know you play too much Halo when you use the words n00b, w00t, and 1337 h4xxz0rz … in your English essays … about today’s degrading society.
^_^
You know you play too much Halo when you still can’t bring yourself to throw away the Helmet protective fabric bag because it has the “3″ on it, but you’ve YET to find a good use for it. - Mike
Hey, there’s no need to waste something as useful as that. And there IS a perfectly good use for it. I just…haven’t figured out what that use IS.
-Disciple
I got 11, but possibly 1-3 less, as AusQB said, it’s kinda hard to judge.
Some good entries there.
*eagerly awaits next week*
I put myself at around 7.
Wow. I got 10, maybe 11. But does posting to this thread count towards the BLOG question? I just remembered being bored on a trip to Paris and I began looking for HALO related scenerey trying to take a picture of it… needless to say, it cured this addicts boredom…
I got a 4, but mainly because I either have not had a gold live account…or hadn’t had the time to warrant a ton of playing. -_-;
In the original Halo, back when I was in HS, that two words to describe something was totally me. But now, school, marriage, and child-raising have taken over
LOL!
Hey -S-, I almost added a bonus question at the end to the effect that you know you play too much Halo when you wrote every fifth statement.
I scored a 12.
hahahaha yeah I noticed that - I was like “hey! she used one of mine! …oh cool, look, 2! …hmm, 3, wow….uh-oh, 4? …ummmm…did i write too many of these…”
LoL and no one yest has to beat my 34
8, 1 more than the number 7 =P
I’m defnitly more obsessed with Halo than that. Seriously, ask anyone.
I asked everyone…they told me otherwise
I scored 9…
Not that bad, I should’ve gotten to at least 11 though! 
(I’m NOT taking this too seriously)
You know you play too much Halo when someone can say two words to describe a location on a map and you know EXACTLY where that is.
- DenimDan312
Uh… Big–Spinning–Fan
Oh wait, thats 3 words.
I got a 9
Nice work, Hawty!
Damn, I’m 15! Those are hilarious, though.
I couldn’t stop laughing.
Unfortuately, I only got about 8… =’( I liked the one about the Pepsi Master Chief standup. However, I didn’t buy mine. It was free!
Well, I would score myself at 11.
But I don’t know if I can even apply myself to this quiz, as I don’t any Halo game, or even an x-box. (360 or original)
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4!
booyah!!
if there was a “you spend to much time on halowars forums when…..”
then i’d get a 1,000
Very Funny Stuff!
Oh my god.
“You know you play too much Halo when you start shouting out Halo medals while you’re watching a movie! - The last “Die Hard” was a great one. There was even a Skyjacker medal!!! - b0aneges”
I was watching 28 weeks later not to long ago, with a friends that plays halo… one of the snipers kill 3 zombies.. I just said triple kill, for the hell of it.
Oh god….. I need help! O_ O
I only getz an 8 in this test
I got a 21!! Whoo!
I feel like I’ve accoplished something. ^.^
I scored 14. Some of them were painfully true too… :\
I found the use for the protective cover on the helmet. Use it as a dust cover so you don’t have to dust the thing every week to keep it clean.
Unless you want to stare at it as you fall asleep. which is creepy. and in that case I suggest you put the protective cover on your head and try to suffocate yourself.
How about:
“You know you play too much Halo when (in real life,) you see something moving in the distance, and your initial reflex is to zoom.”
I only got 2.5 on the posted ones, but I swear I’ve done that before.
i got 16
Cool, I made the list. Also, I scored a 15. Looks like I don’t play nearly enough Halo. I’ll have to fix that….
See you all on LIVE!
4 of these apply to me and Xor1an’s post is hilarious! Great quiz!