How to Master the Art of Vetoing
August 11, 2008 21 Comments
Vetoing in Halo 3 is serious business. One single vote can determine whether or not you play VIP for the tenth time in a row. Would you like to improve your chances of cinching that ever elusive last veto desperately needed to turn the tide in your favor? With a few basic tips, you too can master the art of vetoing. Learn these strategies, love these strategies, and live these strategies so you never have to play a gametype you despise again.
Strategy #1: Intimidate
The scenario: You’re searching for a game and quickly get matched up with another party. The gametype loads and it’s Shotty/Snipers on Standoff, the same exact thing you have played (and lost) four times in a row now.
What not to do: Immediately start groaning and lamenting over the fact that you are stuck yet again with the same shitty gametype you just finished playing where you repeatedly spawned in the open with absolutely no cover and got spawn killed for twelve minutes straight. That reaction will ensure that the other team will not veto because now they know that not only do you positively suck at sniping but also that they are guaranteed certain victory.
What to do: Begin spouting off ridiculously obnoxious statements designed to intimidate your opponents. Anything resembling, “OMG, I fucking love this gametype! I just played this and got ten times as many kills as the whole other team combined! It was like we were playing Whac-A-Mole because they kept popping up right in front of me and I just kept beating the shit out of them! I lost count of how many exterminations I got, it was so awesome!” is sure to get them vetoing in no time flat.
Strategy #2: Bribe
The scenario: Much to your chagrin, you are suddenly face to face with Slayer on Snowbound. Being one of the few people who doesn’t utilize the “grab the shotty and camp the shield doors for 20 minutes” strategy makes you cringe at the prospect of the playing the most boring and uneventful gametype ever.
What not to do: Begin asking the other team if they are like 99% of the Halo nation who are pussies that prefer pitching tents and roasting marshmallows behind the shield doors instead of actually coming out to fight.
What to do: Offer the other team a bribe. As a generality, people are more inclined to take action if they feel like they are getting something in return. The most common bribe I hear when playing Halo 3 is “Press X for candy!” but my personal favorite is “Press the guide button and then hit Y if you want to see some hot Spartan pr0n!”. Mmm, Spartan pr0n. Who could say no to that?
Strategy #3: Deceive
The scenario: One-sided VIP on Valhalla comes up and you are apparently matched against the only eight people in the world who enjoy that particular gametype because they aren’t vetoing. While the rest of the Halo population got sick of camping the ledges back in the Beta, your opponents apparently missed the memo that this is the suckiest stalemate known to man.
What not to do: While you know they are complete dumbasses for not vetoing a gametype that is sure to end in a tie, telling them that in so many words is not likely to get you very far. I have discovered that insults are not the quickest way to get what you want. Go figure.
What to do: Try the very popular and effective reverse psychology technique with this one. Just like putting a gigantic red button next to someone and telling them not to push it will ensure that they will do the exact opposite, saying to the other team, “Whatever you do, do NOT veto this gametype!” almost guarantees they will immediately hit their X button. Need more proof that this strategy works? Close your eyes and then do not, under any circumstance, picture your mom naked.
Told ya so.
It works. I totally just pictured your mom naked BS. Thanks for that.
On a side (and completely related) note, that was a great write up. Lets get together and practice these….All of them. :D
Haha or you could veto at the last second. It really helps
Milady, I do not need to close my eyes to picture my mother naked I could simply grab one of her pictures off the wall… preferably the one where she is painted wearing something and try to imagine that she really does.
I gotta try some of these
not to double post, but i remembered the funniest deception trick I’ve ever seen. This guy would find a player that seemed like a noob in the pre-game lobby. He would then say that he had hacked their xbox, and made it so they couldnt turn it off, and tempted them to “go ahead and try!”
I think that there are roughly 75% of all the Halo gamers that need to read this…then maybe they would realize that “VETO OR YOU’RE GAY!” doesn’t really work.
=)
While funny, I don’t see how going to dashboard works since a yes/no screen comes up. And, IME, if a team has significantly fewer players than your team, they usually end up winning (more for them to kill, less for you to kill).
Also, Im fairly positive the only seed Bungie uses in its randomization algorithms is time. Why? It seems like certain days and certain times of day come up with the same stuff over and over again. If they just passed extra, truly random seed values (such as the matched players’ gamertags), they’d find more variety.
You forgot the hidden veto. Conspire with your team to wait until 1 second to veto together. Usually there’s someone on the other team that veto’s just for the heck of it at the last second. Catch them off guard by a group veto just at the buzzer.
Whats what Spartan doing to that Elite…?
@ kenraves:
Well you see when a Spartan and an Elite fall in love, sometimes they…you know what…I’ll tell you when you’re older.
=)
the last pic should be captioned: “These are not the n00bs you are looking for, move along”
@ mendicantbias00
I’m gonna be fifteen in a few days…
lol nice!
This strategy is LEGIT. I use number 1 all the f***ing time.
Go BS Angel!!!!
I’ve got another good tactic to make sure your favorite game DOESN’T get vetoed:
Tell the other team “At least it’s not VIP”
Usually they all say ‘Yeah, he’s right’ and don’t veto
Thanks for putting that picture in my head, angel. I can’t think of anything else now.
It also helps to have a girl on your team, if a girl says to veto, you’ll see a very quick reaction most the time
“Strategy #3: Deceive”
Alternate caption/title for the screenshot below:
“This is not the gametype you are looking for…”
You are quite welcome caelan96. I’ll try to remember to post it on a regular basis just for you. :)
Even with or without these strategies, almost every game gets vetoed.
And when they do veto it and get something less fun, then I chime in with a “And what was wrong with (insert vetoed gametype here)?” :)
I hate when people veto at the last second like it’s fucking eBay or something.