To the hardworking and underappreciated Halo 3 Matchmaking Veto Gods,
I haven’t written to you in a while; as a matter of fact it’s been nine long months since I last deposited a note into your inbox. While I freely admit I am more than a little high maintenance, I do attempt to keep my complaining to a minimum. Lately though as I find myself in the same frustrating situation time and time again, I have watched my patience slowly wane until ultimately being consumed by anger. Thus I am back, again with the same simple request.
First I’d like to say that I recognize your job of choosing a second Halo 3 gametype after the initial selection is vetoed as being quite difficult. I don’t question that and I admire the blood, sweat, and tears you have poured into your work for the past several months. You still seem a little confused about something though so please allow me to make a few comparisons in order to assist in the clearing up of that haze. If you were to offer me a glass of red wine and I declined, your next suggestion would not be a Merlot. If you were to offer me a plate of calamari and I declined, your next suggestion would not be squid. If you were to offer me anal sex and I declined, your next suggestion would not be to stick your dick up my ass so STOP GIVING ME FUCKING LAND GRAB AFTER I VETO TERRITORIES! It’s essentially the same exact gametype, fucking sitting in a tiny ass spot for a torturously long time. If we were dogs that had to piss in order to capture the territories, timewise it would be equivalent to numerous morning pees and satisfactionwise similar to getting your right testicle bitten off by a psycho bitch of an ex-girlfriend.
In summary, I would appreciate you fixing your shit. Thank you much!
Posted by grinandbearit on July 16, 2009 at 2:50 am
Bollocking gruntbags, this happened to me yesturday. What’s the point? Its not a veto if you do the same thing on a different place its just a change of scenery with the same lame squatting to fill a bar…
Posted by the Light Show on July 16, 2009 at 2:51 am
angel… i <3 you…. =D
Posted by CrazedOne1988 on July 16, 2009 at 2:55 am
you tell ‘em
Posted by Don A K Bab on July 16, 2009 at 3:18 am
There’s nothing like a good rant to clear the rage away…………………….at least for a few minutes anyway.
Posted by Mr Viper on July 16, 2009 at 3:42 am
Not as bad as it used to be.
“So you don’t want Team Snipers on Valhalla? In that case, here’s Team Snipers on Construct!”
Posted by bs angel on July 16, 2009 at 11:57 am
I’ve had a similar thing happen before, vetoed sniper/shotties only to get sniper/shotties. Talk about my blood pressure rising!
Posted by Zwooosh on July 16, 2009 at 4:19 am
Ah yes… that happens a lot these times :(
Reminds me of Bungie day… EVERY TIME you vetoed, the 2nd game was Multi Flag BR on that foundry map with the lift in the middle… also quite frustrating…
Posted by BigCountry1369 on July 16, 2009 at 5:37 am
Ummm, I don’t understand the anal sex analogy
=P
I would sign this memo
Posted by triptup on July 16, 2009 at 9:37 am
i understand the mental image provided by the suggestion after the vetoed anal sex, but i was hoping for a reference to butt plugs or anal beads :P
Posted by JLay on July 16, 2009 at 6:21 am
I agree and have a follow up question. How do you feel about vetoing One Bomb and then getting a Nuetral Bomb game? I was pi$$ed…what was the point of the veto!?
Posted by bs angel on July 16, 2009 at 11:58 am
Same concept, definitely. I don’t think that one has happened to me though.
Posted by HellCat on July 16, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Yeah but who doesn’t like assault? its great but standing still for 30 seconds really does suck
Posted by Leeumm on July 16, 2009 at 6:23 am
That made my morning. <3
Posted by Kato on July 16, 2009 at 6:45 am
“If you were to offer me anal sex and I declined, your next suggestion would not be to stick your dick up my ass.”
A truer metaphor has never been uttered. Good show. *starts slow clap*
Posted by Captain Spark on July 16, 2009 at 7:01 am
I wondered how long it would take for you to write about this after the forum night last week.
Posted by bs angel on July 16, 2009 at 11:58 am
Not long enough, LOL!
Posted by DeepCee on July 16, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Ah yes…that game on Snowbound does bring back memories.
Posted by 2L on July 16, 2009 at 7:19 am
the butt sex metaphor doesn’t work, unless you are trying to say that the two game types are IDENTICAL and just have different names. Land grab and territories are different, if only slightly. They both suck monster ass, but they are different. A more apt analogy would be asking for cowgirl sex, getting denied, and then asking for reverse cowgirl, or something like that.
In any event, I am AMAZED at the lack of ingenuity in Halo matchmaking. If you bust a custom game out w/ your friends there are SO many ways to play: escort, phantoms, shit you’ve never even heard of. Why does matchmaking mostly consist of 4 game types and 8 maps.
“just play customs” you say. Well, i’m 25 and don’t have many friends that play video games. It’s hard to meet people online that will consistently join a custom game and be cool. So, we matchmake…
Posted by TheChrisD on July 16, 2009 at 7:48 am
You people still play Halo enough to bitch about it…?
Posted by Mizzy on July 16, 2009 at 11:34 am
You still play Pokemon and not get bored with it…?
Posted by bs angel on July 16, 2009 at 11:53 am
I fully expect to not see your name on any more Forum Night sign-ups from this point forward. ;)
Posted by Mizzy on July 16, 2009 at 12:06 pm
What exactly is a forum night signup anyway?
Posted by bs angel on July 16, 2009 at 12:18 pm
We have organized (and not organized, LOL) forum festivities on a regular basis. While we meet on various games, H3 is always a favorite of course. There’s a forum link at the top right of the sidebar. Feel free to stop by if you feel so inclined. :)
Posted by obsidianchao on July 16, 2009 at 8:59 am
They fixed it? Finally. I completely agree.
Posted by mendicantbias00 on July 16, 2009 at 9:22 am
Im scared…someone hold me.
Posted by DeepCee on July 16, 2009 at 4:50 pm
*hugz*
Posted by nixproto (Drake) on July 16, 2009 at 9:24 am
LOL amen! i’m gonna laugh tomorrow when bungie posts a update saying:
we have improved the second gametype after vetoing. we apologize. is it okay now, angel?
haha. love it.
Posted by DethPwn on July 16, 2009 at 11:21 am
I do not trust the veto system. Point blank. I only veto if I HATE the gametype or I’ve played the same map 20 billion frickin’ times in a row. *stares angrily at Guardian*
Posted by Will Pwn 4 Food on July 16, 2009 at 5:33 pm
DUALS!
Posted by DethPwn on July 17, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Lol
Posted by CBD on July 16, 2009 at 12:54 pm
This is one of the reasons why I stick to LAN, well that and because XBOX Live is run by homophobic douchebags
Posted by LAZR Blade 14 on July 16, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Aw, c’mon, Territories is fun! Am I right, guys?
…Guys?
…I’m so lonely.
Posted by FluidDarkness on July 16, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I hope Shiska reads this post, if nothing else. :)
That said, it does seem like every playlist consists of only 4 maps and 3 (at most) gametypes. I find I have to REALLY like the playlist to stick with it longer than a week or two. It’s a good thing I am a huge fan of the Social Big Team, although Sand Trap rarely ever shows up in that one (I have to play Social Skirmish to get my fix, I think.)
Some more variety (5-6 maps, 4-5 gametypes) would be nice. Or a playlist that includes ALL maps (I don’t think I have ever seen Cold Storage) for people who want to play at least 4v4. Although if I never see Narrows or Isolation again, I’m totally cool with that. Please don’t tell me to play custom games. I want the experience points since I’m taking the slow route to becoming a higher ranked officer.
Oh yeah. Down with Team Snipers. The worst gametype ever. I don’t like being forced to play the long range thing through the whole match.
Posted by HellCat on July 16, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I love social skirmish so its my favourite (why have the objective as killing when everyone is busy capturing and planting you kill them) and when territories comes up i cry and everyone says “hey everyone Veto” because everyone doesn’t like territories i thought everyone would veto but most don’t -angryness- and when they do its land grab which is slightly better especially on the Narrows but still i’d rather have one bomb or one flag
Btw your analogies are intriging… So you don’t want butt sex?
Posted by ElusiveEagle on July 16, 2009 at 4:35 pm
That’s my girl!
Posted by tortacular on July 16, 2009 at 4:48 pm
bs angel prefers grabbing other things in matchmaking.
Posted by DTA_MoonDawg on July 19, 2009 at 11:13 pm
FOR THE LAST TIME, I DONT WANT FUCKING ONE BOMB ON NARROWS.
*Veto*
BULLSHIT! ONE FLAG ON NARROWS?! GOD DAMMIT!!!
Posted by A Deaf Boy on August 11, 2009 at 7:20 am
LOL!!!!!!
Posted by Gnoizic on October 23, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Sadly enough, I can attest to the psychobitch ex-girlfriend part. That’s why they call me Lefty :/