Where did you go?

Dunno man, after the movie comp, it completely died. Active at peak went from 50-70 to about 4 now

cot didn't give a fk about halo tho

Yeah, I log in maybe once every two weeks to check if anyone I like has made a recent post. Sighing and disappointed, I sign off. This is the case 99% of the time.

Discord killed the forum format.

Hi

343 killed Halo which in turned killed the community. I know the forum isn't the same but no one started The Halo Forums just because. We were on here to discuss about Halo but whats to discuss? I do want a revival though. Not just from the community but from Halo 

I always believed Halo 3 should have never left the mainstage. Super Smash Bros Melee is STILL being played in competitions with THOUSANDS of viewers each event. 

I havent signed in since the new site. I guess I just made a new username and one post and that was it. A lot has happened to me in the last couple years and just kinda drifted away. And halo died lol. Kinda thought the site died with it.

But its cool to see all these old names again. Miss you guys. Miss the community we had :(

Watched a couple of the downloaded montages I had while clearing out my hard drive and thought I'd check this place out for nostalgia's sake.

Tbh it was already dying after the competition and I hated the newer Halo games so I just moved on league, csgo, pubg, etc. I definitely miss the fun times I had in Halo 2/3/Reach and I still love making little videos for my own entertainment whenever possible, although I have less and less time for it.

I still get people commenting occasionally on the few videos I made during the competition and I'm happy I was able to leave some sort of mark, however small. Feels nice to know that a handful of people still enjoy my videos even though no one really cares about the game anymore.

Hope everyone else is doing well too :)

I honestly think going back to the old forum would spruce some life back into this place, it would at least be less intimidating and nostalgic for old members checking in so now and then which is really all we have left at this point.

Halo is dead, forums are dead, we're all old.

I'll pour one out for the old days.

https://www.twitch.tv/warriorrfresh 

Halo 3 in return.. bored check out my twitch! Trying build it up. Thanks playas 

suh

im ready to die lol

A lot of factors, really. The first and most obvious one is age. Every single person who enjoyed Old Halo and met or started here in those days are all now fully grown adults, with either careers, significant others, families, major responsibilities, or all of the above. Or dead--unfortunately.  The second biggest reason is moving on. In addition to growing up, our tastes and desires have changed, too. Everyone has moved on to more advanced, bigger, current, and--no point in denying it either--frankly better games. While classic games may always be in our hearts and while we may still own them or play them, inevitably we find ourselves gravitating towards the newer stuff regardless. Even video games themselves are taking a backseat to other forms of entertainment. Hell, I just binged the entire series of Bojack Horseman over the course of 10 days, and I'm 1/3rd through The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. I barely even play video games anymore.

While FPS's are always going to be here to stay, as of right now, they're not the most popular gaming genre out there--battle royales are. At least for this month. So video game genres might be a semi-permanent fixture, fads will keep them rotating as flavor of the month. And right now, FPS games aren't up top.

Finally, calling Halo "dying" isn't entirely the most accurate term to use. While I don't know exact numbers or semantics, tournaments and eSports are still featuring the New Halo games on an almost constant basis. Halo is essentially adapting for a new generation, and going in a different direction because of it. It may not be a direction that Old Halo players would like, but so many new changes have been made to reflect the newest staples of first person shooters.

To paraphrase and steal from an old friend, I'm going to drop a truth bomb that you guys won't like, but only because you'll realize deep down it's true:

You may not want to admit it, but you all don't really want the old Halos back. You want to be 14 years old again, gaming in your best friend's basement subsisting on a diet exclusively of pizzas and chips and orange soda. Bad news. You're not the core demo anymore.  If 343i took out Sprint and brought back the 3-shot pistol, you'd still be working 9 hours a day and playing Overwatch or Apex Legends for the only half hour a night you've got free.

It hurts to say it, including myself, but that's the fucked up hardship of it: Halo isn't dying.

We are.

The huge pile of cringe that is stuck to my account. I'm not the person I was even 5 years ago and I just feel a bit embarrassed logging in anywhere with this name still.

Luckily I got roasted so much I actually learned from it, so I hold no grudges. It's insane how many names I still remember. See you all on PC :)

Sup

Anyone else log in here every once in a while just to feel like a teenager again?

 

Just me?

 

Okay... C ya in a few months...

I miss this place and the connections I had with everyone back then. I'm almost 30 now for fucks sake.

I thought I heard recently that all Halo's were being released to PC through Steam, hopefully that'll reignite my cold dead heart.