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Thursday Night Throwdown

Thursday Night Throwdown: 11/08/12

Drew Scanlon leads the charge as we venture deep into Halo 4's multiplayer only to encounter more Ghost Problems.

It's Thursday night and it's time for you to go up against us in a weekly throwdown of decidedly humble proportions.

Nov. 8 2012

Cast: Jeff, Drew, Patrick

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Halo 4

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More Wrastling!

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I think you mean to encounter Ghost Problems... More.

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Those first few min. were so frickin weird and dumb ! LOVE IT .

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#TeamBeard

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some of those kill cams, holy aim assist

edit: and that big map, holy low frame rate

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This was an awesome TNT through and through.  I usually get bored watching FPS's on these things but this was excellent.  Possibly due to collusion.

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Rockets on Haven is the new Rockets on Lockout.

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I am tupac.

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things I have learned about ghosts

they can't eat

they can't die

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dat intro

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Wished they did the whole thing with custom game modes, was trying to get Patrick to tell Drew the whole time, all it took was a PM to Jeff. 300% speed with big jumps and only Gravity Hammers would of been cool on a big ass map.

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Is this the end for tupac's ghost????

yes

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I actually like the look of Halo 4's multiplayer, I wasn't going to get it until I watched this. IMO it changed in a positive way

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nice :D

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Holy fuck Drew is ACTUALLY good at this game, in stark contrast to most of the GB staff with a lot of games...

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The sequel to Time Rock was absolutely amazing. Shoutout to whoever made that!

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spartans cant eat

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They should do a custom game type only Halo 4 TNT with of BLOPS2, because Blops2 will get boring after an hour.

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cs_dust? cmon patrick, it's de_dust, get it right.

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I don't know if you know this but... we are the Nation of Domination!

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Dshban (dishban) is a co-host from the Smart Wrestling Fan Podcast. It's a long time running (and amazing) podcast that I listen to weekly. If you're a wrestling fan, you should be listening to this already.

Anyway, it was so weird seeing the WWE13 quick look with Ghost Problems , then hearing the SWF podcast where Dshban said he made a story called "Ghost Problems." My two worlds collided. Coincidentally, Dshban is a big Giantbomb fan, so no wonder he used Time Rock in the sequel.

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@Geo4690 said:

cs_dust? cmon patrick, it's de_dust, get it right.

I'm not sure he was trying to spell out the map name in that way...just CS denoting that he was talking about counter strike.

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Great Simpsons reference in Ghost Problems More.

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I hear you've been having Ghost Problems son,

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I find it interesting that Drew uses the DMR almost exclusively in regular matches. It seems like the BR would go better with his lone wolf, close to mid range play style.

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@RanmaRanma said:

Dshban (dishban) is a co-host from the Smart Wrestling Fan Podcast. It's a long time running (and amazing) podcast that I listen to weekly. If you're a wrestling fan, you should be listening to this already.

Anyway, it was so weird seeing the WWE13 quick look with Ghost Problems , then hearing the SWF podcast where Dshban said he made a story called "Ghost Problems." My two worlds collided. Coincidentally, Dshban is a big Giantbomb fan, so no wonder he used Time Rock in the sequel.

Imagine how weird I felt waking up after making a dumb little joke story a few days before and having it be the thumbnail of a Quick Look.

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"I haven't played the multiplayer very much."....this is going to suck.

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This made me want to play UT 2004.

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@selfconfessedcynic said:

This made me want to play UT 2004.

YES!

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I was the jet pack guy in this video. :D

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Killed Drew a few times (including assassination!) Awesome TNT, I look forward to the stunning conclusion of Ghost Problems 3: Ghosts in The Big City

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The framerate chugging in multiplayer is goddamn ridiculous. That should be one of the highest priorities, especially for a game like this.

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Awesome ending!

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@bushpusherr said:

@Geo4690 said:

cs_dust? cmon patrick, it's de_dust, get it right.

I'm not sure he was trying to spell out the map name in that way...just CS denoting that he was talking about counter strike.

Well, other maps have the cs_ prefix (cs_office / cs_assault) so I'm guessing he got it confused with one of those. It's a grave error and he needs to be reprimanded for it.

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Patrick does a great job with the chat. Taking the good from the bad.

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@dshban said:

@RanmaRanma said:

Dshban (dishban) is a co-host from the Smart Wrestling Fan Podcast. It's a long time running (and amazing) podcast that I listen to weekly. If you're a wrestling fan, you should be listening to this already.

Anyway, it was so weird seeing the WWE13 quick look with Ghost Problems , then hearing the SWF podcast where Dshban said he made a story called "Ghost Problems." My two worlds collided. Coincidentally, Dshban is a big Giantbomb fan, so no wonder he used Time Rock in the sequel.

Imagine how weird I felt waking up after making a dumb little joke story a few days before and having it be the thumbnail of a Quick Look.

what does the podcast cover? i don't watch WWE/TNA/ROH anymore but i stopped watching it religiously a couple of years ago. still have a heap of wrestling knowledge, though and i always hear good things about wrestling podcasts done right.

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grifball is made by the rooster teeth guys, which make the web series Red vs Blue(which is a halo machinima that has animation too) and Grif is a character on that show and he is wearing yellow armor so that's why when you're holding the ball the armor turns yellow and also that's why it's called grifball.

Just so ppl know.

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The absolute best outro of any TNT. Vinny, you understated genius.

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Fantastic. Fuck other gaming sites. REAL and TRUE content. Ghost content.

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Great dark second chapter of Ghost Problems.

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InstaRail on Q3DM17 all day every day.

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Time Rock 2 sucked...

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I really kinda wish they left the commentary audio on in all the WWE stories.

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reach is better, personally.

Only way I've liked Halo 4 online so far was in Slayer Pro with none of the unbalanced powers and stuff.

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Ghost Pac spitting that mad heat. Silly Security Guard B, Ghost Can't Die.

Btw, get me Ghost Can't Die on a hot pink shirt.

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Custom games makes me think of Time Splitters 2 ^^ Might have to reconsider my ideas regarding Halo! Love this crazy shit!

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Wow, this game looks ugly. Are all games on consoles this ugly?

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I'm not really interested in Halo so I thought this was going to be one of the "less entertaining" TNT's. Always good to be proven wrong.

Absolutely great.

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I'm immortalized as the idiot committing suicide on the cover image of this video. How appropriate :)