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Would like to see all halo games put together in a collection of remasters for xbox scorpio after mcc was botched, call it Halo One or something. All the games. Halo CE Remaster, Halo 2 Remaster, Halo 3 and ODST Remaster, Halo Reach Remaster, Halo 4 Remaster, Halo 5 upgraded for scorpio. This is how far 343 must go to get anyone back on the halo train and it is what the Halo franchise DESERVES. Microsoft has failed their flagship franchise. This is what they would need to do to show me as a halo fanboy that they actually care about the artistic and cultural integrity of the franchise.

Matchmaking for every single game. The new Halo 5 customs game browser applied across all games. MCC isn't enough and it hasn't even functioned properly. In my opinion this is what Halo needs more than warzone...

@arabes: I care a lot about non constructive comments on an internet forum. Why not find a post to comment on in a positive fashion rather than one to post on in a negative manner and actually add to community discourse?

@dudeglove: Why is that? I'm not attempting to use or take anything that is under the umbrella of CBSi, simply asking whether something of this nature would be possible and if so why it might be successful on some level for a website I've invested time and money into and care about.

@arabes: You put in much less effort pal.

@adequatelyprepared: This guy gets it, I was going to take that role but sure.

@bollard: For teams don't you have to be all male or all female? That's more or less what i was attempting to communicate. Are female teams allowed to compete in tournaments with male teams?

Hey my name is Dan Poole I and I've been playing games since the n64. My first and favorite game of all time is Mario 64 and spent most my time playing this game as a kid until I got every star. My 3 favorite games on the N64 are Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, and Wave Race 64. Then the gamecube came along and I never looked back and spent most of elementary school losing friends because of my Super Smash Bros Melee technique. I've been mainly a console game player my whole life but in college got into pc games as it was what all the friends I met and dearly miss (graduated in 2014 from UCSB with a major in Physics) were playing. I got into SC2, League of Legends, and then lost a year of my life to Diablo 3. Due to some extraneous life circumstances I haven't been playing video games in the past two years, other than the occasional black ops 3, and gave my ps4 to my brother. But I want back in the game and have decided if I do so its going to attempt to be in a competitive fashion.

My passion has been console fps or tps since Halo 2. I've always pondered creating an e-sports team with other passionate game players (notice how i do not use the word gamer because its a terrible word that should be ended). I have the capacity to play Gears of War, Halo, and Call of Duty at a professional level (unfortunately not Star Craft because I only build thors).

In the latest podcast which I've started listening to again and is great, the team joked about the idea of a gb esports team, but I think its a fantastic idea and I have personally always thought gb would make a great site to stream esports. The video podcasts are really cool and have always appreciated the site since its inception. Especially the Deadly Premonition endurance run which is probably the best content anyone has ever put on the internet, at least in terms of video games in my honest opinion.

I'd want this team to be comprised of the best international players the gb community can muster. Doesn't matter what country you are from, what ethnicity you are, or what religion you practice or don't practice. Everyone should be welcome to try out and join. But I think you have to be male for tournaments and speaking english is going to probably be a must as communication is necessary for success in any game unless a team is created entirely of people who speak fluently in a different language.

WE CAN BE THE BAD BOYS OF E-SPORTS. Think of the Oakland Raiders. That is the vision I have.

Here are some benefits of Giant Bomb becoming part of e-sports.

1. Any publicity is good publicity. I call this the Kardashian Effect. Even if the team is the worst group of players there ever was and we lose every game and only negatively effect culture and the collective conscious there should still be an increase in traffic to giantbomb.com. According to the Digital Sherpa 75% of users visit the brand’s website after viewing a video with the brands logo in them.

2. Merchandising in e-sports is insanely profitable and could further help the site and its long term goals, with the sale of uniforms, hats, scarves and maybe even giantbomb.com themed controllers/headsets. I wish i had an xbox 360 giantbomb.com faceplate. Help move giantbomb.com even closer towards being a lifestyle not just a website.

3. It could help strengthen the gb community by giving members something to root for and find pride in.

4. Streaming of tournaments could give the gb team another feature for subscribers to take advantage of. Im pretty sure the gb team could do their own commentary over the games (only games the gb teams are playing in) that could be very unique in terms of what is out there in e-sports land. I think most commentators take themselves too seriously and a three stooges approach (not saying you guys are ignorant about the games but humor isn't easy and the gb team has always had a certain way with words) to commentary might be what is severely needed to give some character to tournaments.

5. E-sports is growing and at a rate faster than ever. This doesn't seem to be a slowing industry, its an expanding one.

6. Having an e-sports team would encourage more advertising agencies to see giantbomb.com as a platform to place their products on.

7. It would advertise the giantbomb.com brand to those outside the video game review industry, people who only observe games but don't play them or care to know what critics think of them. Other websites would in effect advertise the giantbomb.com website on their own if they stream tournaments with the giantbomb.com team in them.

8. Team members can stream practice and online games/ post videos through twitch, azubu, youtube, facebook to reach larger audience and augment the ways in which people learn of giantbomb.com and eventually become consumers and maybe even subscribers of site content.

9. Giantbomb Team reality videos to let community members get to know the players and understand lifestyle build players into characters that community can empathize with.

10. Leave this open for best idea community comes up with in comments

I would want to be an active player on teams therefore there might need to be a person that isn't me with the sole focus of managing/promoting the teams and keeping things under control/ operating smoothly and efficiently. I could work closely with this person to ensure success in whatever problems arise. I have a close friend who might be able to fill this role but I'm not sure at this moment if this is a possibility anyways.

POSSIBLE E-SPORTS FOR GB TO COMPETE IN INCLUDE:

CS:GO

League of Legends

DOTA

SC2

Street Fighter V

Call of Duty (whichever one is out)

Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered

Halo 5 (presumably Halo 6)

Gears of War 4

Overwatch

There are most likely other games not listed that could ensure some interest. If anyone reads this feel free to add games to this list.

I love this site and want it to grow and prosper for as long as possible and see this as a path for just that to occur. Thanks for reading and hope that the community will add to this and hopefully create a discussion in regards to this post! Criticism welcome as well as anything that adds to this post.

Aside: I was in Petaluma for the first time recently and it had the best cheesy gordita crunches from any taco bell I've ever frequented. A giantbomb.com and taco bell collaboration is something this world desperately needs.

http://paynefears.com/sites/default/files/publications/Entity%20Choice%20for%20Esports%20Teams.pdf

that links to a document on how best to go about creating an e-sports organization.

Never thought i'd come out of this e3 wanting a wiiU so bad, they sure have mastered how to make nostalgia arise. Maybe its just because Killzone has never done anything for me, but nothing really sticks out (at least for me) in the PS4 line-up. New Order seems cool but if its another 4 player co-op 3rd person shooter with its only personality coming from setting I dont know if its grab me. What is exciting you guys in the PS4 line-up?

FUCK THIS SHIT. Stop trolling for that piece of shit game on every gaming forum. I wouldn't be so mad but first the LoL forums and now Giantbomb, seriously just play LoL and stop acting like you are more hardcore for playin HoN.

Ya its really dumb. I doubt North Korea will still exist in 2026. There bound to fuck up some time in the next 16 years and then will be subsequently wiped clean. If Koreans were muslim then America would've already invaded, but our government is still worried about fighting its holy war against the middle east.