rhacer63

" @rhacer63 said:

" @Immuniity said:

" @rhacer63 said:

" However, my kids would lose there Live privileges if I found out they did something like that. "

...is this a joke? Would you honestly take away their game because they used a shortcut to get like..25 gamer score? "

Absolutely no joke. We don't allow strategy guides in our home until after the game has been beaten once. Boosting and cheating are anathema to all of us. We believe in earning your scores, medals, achievements, etc. "

So wait...  You're saying that customizing your own map the way you want it to work, one of the BIGGEST features of any Halo game...is off limits?! "

" @rhacer63: troll, troll, troll, troll, troll "

I think the fact that you hate them shows just how good a job Rockstar did of creating them.  I too disliked most of them other than the Marshall, Landon Ricketts and the McFarlanes, and Bonnie is part of what is likely the second most memorable scene in the game for me.

" @rhacer63  That sounds completely reasonable. I had you pinned as an odd purist but as i thought about it more, i (and most people i know) subscribe to the same theory. "

" @rhacer63 said:

" @Immuniity said:

" @rhacer63 said:

" However, my kids would lose there Live privileges if I found out they did something like that. "

...is this a joke? Would you honestly take away their game because they used a shortcut to get like..25 gamer score? "

Absolutely no joke. We don't allow strategy guides in our home until after the game has been beaten once. Boosting and cheating are anathema to all of us. We believe in earning your scores, medals, achievements, etc. "

How incredibly awkward. May i ask why you encourage such activity? Does it replicate in all aspects of their life? What i mean is, do you not let them read texts books because they should stumble upon the answers themselves, and not simply be given it?  I understand why you would frown upon look at strategy guides in puzzle games or the like. But to complete rule them out and BAN YOUR CHILDREN FROM PLAYING GAMES simply because they 1) Need help to pass something they clearly are having trouble with or 2) Want to get better (example; RTS, fighting games etc).  Do you ever aid them when they get stuck, or is that also against the rules and result in a console ban? If you do help them, what differentiates your help from the help of guides / internet / hint system.  Consulting a guide =! Cheating. At all. This is really aggressive behavior and makes me wonder if you are also a fan of calling high tier characters / strategies 'cheap'.  How about this, is there a difference between consulting a guide to find out how to do wake up moves in street fighter and cheating the system by preventing your character from falling down at all? One is consulting a guide to get better, the other is cheating to get better. Granted they have the same ends, but not the same means, therefore, shouldnt be so rashly lumped together. "

" @rhacer63 said:

" However, my kids would lose there Live privileges if I found out they did something like that. "

...is this a joke? Would you honestly take away their game because they used a shortcut to get like..25 gamer score? "

Marty O'Donnell writes amazing music.
 
He's also responsible for the other excellent sound qualities in the game.

Not a bad person. Not even a cheat by the letter of the law as you used in-game tools to do it.
 
However, my kids would lose there Live privileges if I found out they did something like that.