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You Say Goodbye, I Say Halo

Tomorrow night marks the end of the line for the original Xbox Live, and we're sending it off in proper Giant Bomb fashion.

As Microsoft announced back in February, online support for the original Xbox and its associated games will be coming to an end soon--April 14th, to be exact--and, much like we did for The Matrix Online, we'll be live streaming the final minutes of the service. The focus will definitely be squarely on Halo 2--with members of the Waypoint team at 343 Industries potentially making some online guest appearances and beating our asses mercilessly--though we might try and sneak in a little Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge or MechAssault while we're at it.

So tune in tomorrow night, April 14th, at 10PM PDT for our live two-hour broadcast of these bittersweet end of times! Until then, enjoy this Warthog jump video, which remains my favorite Halo video ever. 
  

 
 

 
UPDATE: We've done some preliminary testing, and have created a shortlist of additional Xbox Live games we may spend some time with. If you've got an Xbox and want to join in on the fun, be sure and have these games at the ready!  

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I am 100% willing to only get 2 hours of sleep in favor of playing Halo 2.

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I'm very much looking forward to this, though I'm going to miss it because I work the 3rd shift tonight.  I can only hope that you guys archive the video so that I can enjoy it later.  The xbox was a hell of a first entry from microsoft to the console market.  A lot of unique stuff came out for this system and it was able to easily keep up with some great cross-platform games as well.  I was never very good at Halo 2, but the amazing online capability of this system really kept me coming back.  Crimson Skies was pretty rad too.  I never played MechAssault but I liked the mechwarrior games on the PC.  Good luck with the live stream guys.

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Im def gonna get some Halo 2 in now, i used to play the crap out of it on my old Xbox and old tag (which i was dumb enough to not transfer over)

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10 PDT? Thats 0700 in the morning! Hope you put this up on the site without editing out anything. 

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Me and my bro were up until 3 AM Dec 2001 doing this. Ah memories. The warthog jumps were...amazing.
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12 hours left. 7 AM here...

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That's like midnight here.

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I normally go to bed around 5:00am, I'll be able to stay up until 6:00am to watch the stream. Besides I'll be playing Halo 2 all night myself.

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@camozombie said:
" Anyone know what time this is in US Central, I'm not gonna lie I'm just way too lazy to google search it. "
If it is 10 PM Pacific it is going to be 12 AM for central.
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Anyone know what time this is in US Central, I'm not gonna lie I'm just way too lazy to google search it.

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@Rhaknar said:
"is it 7AM for peeps in the UK? thats not TOO bad then, i guess I can wake up earlier than usual, instead of staying up to watch it"

Think it's 6am, so I might be up.
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Halo 2/3  un-balanced? Ha!

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Oh man, that's hella late.

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@Blueman:
US PST is GMT -8 so add 8 hours, thats 18:00, which is 6 in the morning the 15th.
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2 AM here. So I'll probably be here.

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this is a sad time indeed.

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It is a good video...

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CLASSIC!

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Too bad I won't be able to watch this in the UK. 

But I've been having a few Halo 2 matches for the finale and I remembered why I hated it so much, it suffers from exactly the same problem as Halo 3.  The Battle Rifle.
Any match where it's not the default weapon is so much more fun, the damn thing is so unbalanced and the matches involve nothing but two people running at each other firing, followed by a melee attack.
 
Really can't wait for Reach where we won't have any of that.

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10pm? Awesome, since I have Fridays off I can get up at 7am in my time zone and watch another one of those awesome GB live streams. I hope there will be party mood and music to send me off in my friday :)
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@Junpei said:
" I'd watch but the playoffs start tonight for my Penguins... viva the Stanley Cup! "
Cros-bitch is going down!!!
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I'd watch but the playoffs start tonight for my Penguins... viva the Stanley Cup!

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I get that they want to capture right up until the service ends but God damn that sucks for anyone in the east of the world. I hope this is recorded and posted later although I know it's best experienced live just the MxO.

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I've played reach, so hah.

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That video took me back to being 13 and doing that for several hours straight with a friend. Still one of my favourite times with a game.
 
My heart was broken when I realised they redid the physics in Halo 2. :(

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Damn, 10 PM PDT means 6 AM on April 15 here in Belgium. Scheisse, I won't be able to watch. I hate you, time zones!

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Yep, we europeans are screwed if we want to watch this. Please record this for us!
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Learning To Fly, Purple Haze, and Song 2? Whoever made that video has great taste in music.

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@synt4x said:
" Damn that's 7 AM for me. Oh well I guess I'll watch it anyway since that's when I get up.
 
Here's a website that let's you convert time 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html "
Same here. But why not, I tend too sleep too much anyway.
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is it 7AM for peeps in the UK? thats not TOO bad then, i guess I can wake up earlier than usual, instead of staying up to watch it

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1 AM for me. No thanks!

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PDT? Is that a typo of PST?

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I would love to watch the live stream but as i'm in the UK it will be 5am so it's a no go for me. will have to make do with a video highlights if GB do one.
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@Rhaknar: yep... it sucks but if that's when the servers close, there's not a lot we or GB can really do about it
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Good times! ^^

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That Halo video is my favorite also Ryan. Good choice!

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Hmm 7AM possible, too bad I have to go to school :( 
Is this going on Ustream? If so perhaps the app for it will finally work and I can watch on my iPhone

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So, will we be able to watch the live stream here, or do we have to go to ustream?
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There are a lot better Warthog jump videos with better editing and WAAAAY better use of soundeffects/music. That was just annoying.

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damn, we europeans are screwed... isnt that like 5 or 6AM tuesday over here? >_<

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I've never played on an original XBox. Apparently I haven't missed much.

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@KTM4444 said:
"Awe you guys should play a little Phantom Dust to! That game is all sorts of fantastic. "

YES! PLAY PHANTOM DUST!!! I'll be sad to see that one go.
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Can't wait... oops hang on I'll probably be fast alseep. Bummer! Hope you put the video up on the site for us European folk. 

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Record for Europe. We beg you.

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4AM? Really? Lame... Hope you guys put this up on Giant Bomb

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I would really, really like to see this but I'm in Europe, there is no way I'm getting up at 4 AM for this.  
 
Please record it for great justice!

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Please please record this for us over here en europe, thanks.

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Awe you guys should play a little Phantom Dust to! That game is all sorts of fantastic.
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 Oh the nostalgia! That really is THE best Halo video. Love it.