X3F Live: Halo 3 tonight and our new Social Gamertag for the X3F Army

Good idea with the gamertag.

I'm f'n in! Well that is if the fiance doesn't have any bars lined up she wants to go to. ...hmmm...maybe I should just stop by the liquor store on my way home....

Going to be doing the new maps on COD4 tonight with another 1 million other fools, I wonder if Live is going to be pushed to the limits again tonight like in the holidays.

Fucking right doggie! Thanks Xav!

This is a good idea. I've been hoping for some more community stuff for a while. No boosting!? ZOMG! What about the sweet ch33v0z? !?! !?

Hahaha! So when can I expect a COD night?

Xav,

Your probably right, I typically dont pay for maps and stuff but from what I've been hearing from some buds its been insane trying to get the maps, slow downloads etc.. There will be quite a few that grabbed them.

I still havent dl'd the Halo maps.

I have been hosting 16 player Halo 3 partys every two weeks for some time now over at my site you can check it out.

http://unifiedsource.webs.com/gamenite.htm

I used the same idea with the friends of friends its really great however if you have never hosted a 16 player party in Halo 3 theres a few things you need to know. For Everything to run smoothly.

1.Make sure the gametype is soild, Quick respawns, 110 speed and a good starting weapon always keeps people into it yet they are subtle enough changes that it wont effect the map.

2.When 16 people are in a lobby loading a custom forge map and gametype they all are streaming alot of data from the host. The Gametype settings, item placements on maps, the name of the map descriptions stats and more. During this time if you click a new gametype or map it will take around 30 seconds to switch because its streaming to everyone in the large party. My advice out of experience to you is not to rapidly click the gametype/map over and over it just makes things worse. Just wait it out its a very short wait if you dont rush it.

3. LAG watch out for it 16 people on a small map never works all that well. I have done a number of tests over the months to get optimal performence out of 16 player partys on small maps and still i dont know the right combination. My advice is to start the game up on foundry default and Slayer and do a quick lag test if you see people having red bars try and locate the source and eliminate it.

4. Last and maybe the most important of them all especially for this type of Game Night, make sure the map is fun, well made, and works. Check things like starting points to see if there is 16 or see if there are enough respawns. Make sure that everything is set to spawn in because run times often die in 16 player partys. And just be sure sure that the map has been given good reviews and will be fun to play.

Well i have given my 2 cents or perhaps $2 but i hope you give this a look and keep this stuff in mind. I am going to download the map and gametype and test it myself and see if i can find anything that could prove to be bad.

im so there guys.., XBL tag DrunknIronRabit
for those that cant get that tag friended. i havent played in a long while so's prolly get my @$$ kicked but its gonna be fun~! hopefully Ill get some new friends that are proactive about playing together and not just halo gamers or this game gamer or that.., diversity people come on~! Thats why you got a 360 this aint PS3 lol ~Quinn

>HazyCloud >

be sure that you get all the ingredients for her favorite drinks man or youll be in trouble lol jaja had to do that for my ex sometimes too.., became a good decent bartender out of it, natch.

>Project Ekim>

Used to host those 16 player lan sessions on sats and sundays @ my place they were mad fun..., had some great custom types we made like boom which was a fun modded shoddys and handgrenades usually warmed up the partys with a little wizard rockets ish was tight. cheers for keepin it alive

~Quinn

xbl tag> DrunknIronRabit

i want in my car is in the shop till monday im not going anywhere

I'm stoked to play this map... this is going to be great.

Adding X3FLIVE right now via Xbox.com

Added, my GT is egret of regret BTW...!

Gamertag zourskittles. Ill be there.

gt: ry38read

i will try to get in on this

damn. a lil too short notice. :(

Drat. X3FLIVE friend list is full...