Inaugural Halo 2 Poker Night tonight

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:40 am

Boys:

I have no idea how many players my connection will support, but I'm more than willing to play host to the maiden Halo 2 Poker Night at 10 p.m. (EST) tonight. I'm picking up the game today at lunch.

Reply if interested!

Take care,
PK

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:42 am

in like flynn!

James_E · Post by **James_E** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:43 am

I'm in. I'll host if need be.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:44 am

If my DSL is up, I'm there.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:45 am

I'm in! My gamertag is my username. Can't wait.

Fshguy · Post by **Fshguy** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:57 am

I'll be there...

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:00 am

All over this...it better be good!

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:06 am

I'm there, and also willing to host if need be.

thejake · Post by **thejake** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:08 am

I will be around. thejake6 is my tag.

SoMisss2000 · Post by **SoMisss2000** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:10 am

i'm in!

TheTruth · Post by **TheTruth** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:12 am

I'm in if I can get the game today.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:30 am

send me an invite if you see me. I'll be bouncing from the OS game to DSP and back. Should be a fun night.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:33 am

I'm in. I think this game is supposed automtically shift the hosting to the best connection, if I'm not mistaken. So whoever sets up the game is not necessarily the host, right?

It's amazing this game, you can set up all kinds of multiplayer game variants, messing with different settings, from number of spawns to weapons available, to who knows what, and save them nice and easy. I mean you can probably have hundreds of different little variants for, say, king of the hill, or CTF, or whatever game mode, all saved on your machine and ready to go. I got lost in there checking out the settings you can change.

vraknari · Post by **vraknari** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:35 am

i'm in as well.

thanks.

mixdj1 · Post by **mixdj1** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:41 am

I'm in and Zeppo is right about the hosting duties shifting to whoever has the best connection.

mixdj1

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:49 am

what online modes are there?

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:16 pm

I think I'll have the game tonight, so send me an invite if you see me, PK. It would be cool if we can get 16-player nuttiness going.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:16 pm

Great response, fellas, although I'm not surprised! Can this game support 16 players online? Even more important, can anyone's connection support that much?

Maybe we should split into two rooms. Just a thought. Or James_E, you can host because we know your connection is a beast.

Take care,
PK

Granatofan · Post by **Granatofan** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:17 pm

in if there is room.

Ted

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:18 pm

Sudz wrote:what online modes are there?

Let's take a look at the ol' manual:

Slayer (deathmatch, team or regular)
Capture the flag
Assault (get a bomb INTO the enemy's base)
King of the Hill
Oddball (like briefcase in Goldeneye)
Juggernaut (one guy is powered up, he is the only one who can score, kill him and you become him)
Territories (multiple check-points around the map to capture)

What is very, very cool is that most of these modes have several varieties, like for example CTF you can have regular 2-flag CTF, or assymetrical 1-flag CTF where you switch sides each time, and some others. Plus you can get in and adjust all number of settings and create any number of customized variants of these game types.

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:20 pm

i'm hard.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:21 pm

pk500 wrote: Or James_E, you can host because we know your connection is a beast.

Take care,
PK

OK let's try this again; the game will choose as host whoever has the best ability to host.

Whoever sets up the room is not necessarily the host. So you can set up the game PK, throw out the invites, set the settings (there are TONS of options), and if Jamie or Web join, the game will automatically shift to that person to host the match. And I think whoever is actually hosting, you should still have control over the game settings etc. I can't say i understand it 100%, but I think the whole point is we don't need to worry about who will host.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:24 pm

SoMisss2000 wrote:i'm in!

Any way you can talk thelovebelow into playing?

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:18 pm

I'm in.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:36 pm

So who's responsible for setting up Clan DSP?