Podtacular: The Unofficial Halo Universe Podcast

Podtacular Episode 196: Multiplayler Tips for Map of the Month: Isolation
for the week of July 12th, 2009

(Hosts: Dust Storm, GLewis & Adswellfit)

Opening Discussions

Guest Introduction (Adswellfit)

Random Frags

Hi guys me again all the way from the UK. I have told all my friends online and the guys i work with to listen to Podtacular cos its rocks keep up the good work. Now the one thing we never get in the UK is LAN parties or tournaments :(
Anyidea how to go about setting one up.

Thanks and keep Fragin the Noobs or better yet my MOM LOL LOL

Yo Dust Storm I sent you a friend invite and luckly u accepted it, I also played a kouple custom games with u, and betrayed(lol), and I wuz wondering if you would accept my challenge to a 1v1 battle on Guardian, with battle rifles and then tell everyone on the next podcast how bad you lost.

Keep on fragging Lewis when he is in a car w/ chicks eating tacos, and stopping at super market to pick up some meet for ur BBQ and then geta pinnapple in ur butt with peanutbutter after getting hungover with some ROOT BEER in Texas.
(my home state yeeeeeeeeee ha)

Hey Podtacular. This isn’t really a submission, more of a hello and encouragement. This is A Baked Grunt from Black Water Ops.

Yes, my spelling and grammar is impeccable. Probably because I come from Australia; or just because I have a spell checker ;)

Love the show, you guys have been doing really well since you started the podcast back up. Keep it up! I’ve been listening each week with high expectations. =P

Keep on fragging frags while truckin’ over midgets. (the poor midgets, doesn’t anyone feel sympathetic toward them?)

geelewis, the anouncer ghost really did say “stupid kill”. the map zanziber is a built in halo 2 map. i am not the policman who tazers grandmas. i am 14. i dont have xbox live and as such dont have a gamer tag. also, drugs are bad for u. keep on fragging wrinkly old midgets who disguise themselves as policemen who tazer granmas who dont sign speeding tickets.

Hey guys, this is mugglecrew,

I was wondering around YouTube when I found this video showing this guy showing the intro to halo 3 pc.

Just wondering if u guys knew anything about this. The link is below.

Thanks,

Mugglecrew

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57DUXy8i1V0

Hey podtaculapadapa, this is the death cap from the land down under and I just need to tell you that fart juice came into the podtacular encyclopedia via moi, myself, Fungus. I submitted for, I think it was high ground tips and said to frag monkeys that spew fart juice out of their mouths and melt your face. I am sorry for the inconvinience caused, as it is now set in stone as a less than tasty part of the podtacpedia.(I never thought it would really catch on.) Just clearing that one for Dusty. PS I think you should have Stallmeplease on a show and have a debate over whether crypto or Dust Storm’s watch is better.
Keep on fragging people who say SAD FACE and HAPPY FACE to indicate emotion, you should just say Colon ending bracket or Colon starting bracket.

Oh GLewis, thanks for the Facebook Friending. I think everyone in the Facebook group should add each other as friends in a Podtacular Facebook network. Anyone in the Facebook group listening? Let’s add away!

the fart juice joke started on episode 176 or 177 it was a submission by giffyboy i think

Isolation Tips

PunxsatownyPhil

Hey guys, it’s PunxsatownyPhil here, PunxsatownyPhillin’ you in with tips for Isolation (thank you for that tagline, Ryaaan14).

Tip 1: VEEEEEEEETO!
Tip 2: If it’s team snipers, move around a lot. Maybe get someone to draw the other team’s fire by driving around on a Mongoose. One person on a Mongoose is an irresistible target, and the sniper smoke trails will betray their positions.

Guys, I sent a friend request to A Podtacular FL per the Facebook group’s instructions, and last I checked it hasn’t been accepted. Also, would you guys accept my friend request if I sent it out? I plan on sending some out soon. I play Halo 3, Halo Wars, L4D, and [PROTOTYPE], which I hope they release a multiplayer DLC for soon. Thanks.

Keep on fraggin’ purple bellied Nay Nay midget-clones who ride around on folding trucks while trying to steal Dust Storm’s watch, which is also a Special Assault Rifle, all the while yelling “VETO THE AIR BECAUSE WE HAVE NONE OR WE’LL STEAL YOUR FISTFUL OF BANANAS, YOU N00B!” and proceed to get sniped in the anus armor by Dust Storm who is using tiger butt plugs as ammo while defending the ‘turlet’ full of Shotgun Awareness manuals.

Shout out to everybody who listens to, hosts, and/or submits to Podtacular.

PunxsatownyPhil, the groundhog that’s just chill, signin’ out.

Funnyboy78

Hello it’s the funnyboy, here for some tips on….wait….ISOLATION? Are you people out of your minds? Oh well here it goes. Since there’s no warthogs on isolation, we need to take a different approach, grab the rockets and get to the gost. Since you’ll have the rockets there won’t be anyone to stop your charging purple awsomeness. Jusst splatter anyone in your path and shoot anyone who believes that they can escape your blue plasma blasts of uber fury. Obviosly, I hope this helps. Shout outs to everyone cool, and fishermanq, and let’s not forget razza 119. I love you all!!!

tactical Leader

Hey podtac crew it’s me tacticalleader.

For Isolation, you’ll want to make a run for the shotty, because it is an important weapon in the game, secondly, go into the flood pit and wait in the flood infested bunker, for your victims, because that is where they usually will go. this is the way I win my matches.

Keep on fragging duststorms watches.

P.s. Your new timex watch looks very nice on my dresser.

TActical leader out!

MLempire14

Hey Podtac! This is my first ever submission, so bear with me as I attempt to explain and organize this mess.

Well, whenever you get this horrible map, attempt to veto. If this fails, follow these instructions: 1. Someone goes for the Ghost [at least in Slayer] eventually. Get some Spike ‘nades from near the hole next to the bridge [where the Needler is], then stick that sucker and run. 2. If you plan to spend time and trap [or get trapped!] the other team underground, then the Shotgun is probably your best bet at flushing the other team out [or getting out.] This is located toward the top, where the little “Forerunner Hill”, as I like to call it, pokes out of the ground, it’s at the base of this hill in between the arches. 3. Meh, the rockets. I GUESS IF YOU HAVE TO, get them. They are a good asset for destroying targets from across the map, but otherwise, useless. You will ‘splode yourself if you try to use it underground in the bases.

That’s all I have! Thanks for listening and tell me how I did! Keep on TRUCKIN’ FRAGS. [Dust Storm -._-.] Til’ next time, ML, out.

ODST EJY

I have some tips for Isolation on Lone Wolves. Depending on where you spawn, there are important weapons to get. If you spawn near the shotgun, grab the Special Assault Rifle and then the shotgun. Move around a little bit to attract attention. Someone will throw some grenades and come out of one of the slits in that shotgun room. They should be busy. So just shotgun him and melee them. If you spawn near under snipe, bottom mid, or wormhole go grab the ghost and then get the rockets. You now have the tools for yummy, colorful, down-right sexy, pownage cream applying. All right that’s all I have to say, sorry if the submission was long or if there are any spelling or grammar mistakes. Keep on fraggin trucks that are full of noobs that eat my delicious pownage cream to think that it will make them better at Halo 3. What they don’t know is I replaced it with fart juice from rabid monkeys which turns them all into midgets that I continually kick of the edge of Rats Nest and laugh until I am bored and steel Foo Mo Jives folding bike and drive it away laughing. Then domaku the Official Podtacular Sith comes out and electrifies me over the side along with all my stupid midget friends. Shout out to the Never Back Down Clan.

RicE sNak RozZ

Hey guyz what r going down in this level.

well i will tell you. Isolation what can i say. i veto this map so much i hardly play it. ok one tip is right up the back of the map where the shotgun spawns there are trees you can jump onto, if you try that out you should get quite a few kills just as long as no one sees you.

Thats all from me shout outs to Arbitation, Fungus Oz, Fisherman Q, Capta1n Plan3t, Glewis (with all his bitches), Crypto, Hanimex12, Chuckie J, Foo Mo Jive, Tokyoinamerica and so many others to name.

RicE sNak RozZ over and out….

GLewis

oh hey podtac long time listener not long time poster. I do however from time to time so I figured I write something in this week.

For Isolation the key is to stay on top of the map; keep the high ground whenever possible. Special Assault Rifles work wonders on the this map along with the sniper rifle. Also; I’ve found it quite dueling to find an opponent with a Needler; for some reason it just seems to work well for Isolation.

This map has it’s ups and it’s downs. The best game type for Iso; in my opinion of course, is one Bomb. It’s good for strategy whores such as myself. I was very sad to see Team Skirmish leave along with the game type. Which is odd; because even though my tip is to primarily stay up top whenever possible one bomb forces players to stay on the bottom for the majority of the map. However, with the strategy I came up with holding top is key.

Instead of just bum rushing the base with bomb afront; take the bomb out toward the sniper cliff and bring it atop the map. From there keep take the enemies out systematically and drop the bomb with a defender or two into your opponent’s bomb room. It works out well for Level 40’s such as myself.

Shout out to Dust Storm for pwning lvl 40’s on Bungie Day, my grandma is kicking cancer is the ass, and to everyone’s favorite ads for guest hosting.

Keep on fragging lvl 40 noobs who get pwned by the podtacular king who of course gets pwned by the podtacular prince; who of course is the Master Himself GLewis; with his taking face ability via the snipe and the special assault rifle.

razza 119

waz up pod tac its the 1 and only razza 119 here with tips for isolation my advice is grab a brute because they pwn on this map.

P.S i have a new 360 so be happy for me.

now keep on fraggin dust strom who stole some curry from india and the indians chased him back 2 his get away craft which was the fail boat and were about 2 kill poor helpless dusty BUT THEN glewis and uzamaki turned up and killed the indians glewis with his trusty sniper and uzamaki with his mak attack. they then sent dusty 2 the naught corner while they ate the curry.
razza out

shout outs 2 giffyboy92, funnyboy78, glewis, dust strom, chickenfot89, and fishermanQ.
BIG SHOUT OUTS to my clan members
bboy 155, mushu736, kid brent, jellybean247, henwn, ninjalemon007
kold killa 119, evil x pher and xx kronikkzZ

kold killa 119

hello pod tac it killa posting for the first time ever i have been lisning since show 179 i have loved the show keep up the good work. dust strom u need 2 improve after last week.
glewis u the man.
right any way on 2 my tip is to control either the place where the shotgun spawns or the place where the sniper spawns and grab a brute shot cause the own on this map.

shout outs to my glorios clan leader razza 119 who has lead our clan for nearly 6 years through the good times and the bad and has been like a brother 2 me

keep on fraggin dust strom who has just bought the fail boat

tylerthet3

I have a few tips for the podcast today that is controlling the white platform on the top of Isolation is the key to winning any free-for-all match, considering this spot is always filled with enemies. By the way, you can get a flag through the windows in the bases below, and I think Bungie should take this map out of Flag gametypes, cover up the windows somehow, or move the flag’s starting point because this glitch is exploited endlessly.

Shoot outs to all hosts and guest hosts.
Keep on trucking frags.

Farmer Elmo

Hey Farmer Elmo here. ooo r . Anyway yeah tips for isolation. Pick up a gun and pull the trigger.

hi, <”i like cans, i collect cans, i crush cans, i get 20p per kilo”>
sorry<

Keep fragin trucks

greg

hey podtac it pkmnmasterindy with tips for Isolation. Most of my tips are for team slayer spawns and not flag or bomb(because i play the map on team slayer more often on team slayer then anything else).

Tip 1: There is a Rocket on the bottom in the middle and it is really important
if you dont get the Ghost.

Tip 2: Get the Ghost. No explanation needed.

Tip 3: The Grav. Lifts, if used corectly, will let you sit on the trees so you could camp on the trees if you have the flag(I do not know if Bungie has fixed it to where you can’t sit on the trees).

Tip 4: There is a Sniper Rifle on the map near the Needler and Spike Grenades. Have some one who can use the Sniper well use it(on the enemy Rockets maybe).

Tip 5: There is a Shotgun near the tunnel leading to the Ghost(where you slide down) so you may want a few people make a rush to it.

Tip 6: There is a Brute Shot near each team’s base. If someone on the other team has the Rockets(aside from hardly having a chance of winning) you can use the Brute Shot on the ghost.

I would make an incredibly long keep on fraging but I gave 6 tips, it is incredibly long and i am just too lazy to do so. But I will get off with a simple “Keep On Fraging Trucks” or “KOFT”

moose0030

Hello all of Podtacular. This is the one true moose on the loose. moose0030(moose double o 30) I am here to share you some of my moose wisdom. First tip is that Power weapons are key. This is a symmetrical map mostly so in order for your team to win you need some of the power weapons. There are a total of 3 power weapons shotgun, sniper, and Rockets. There is also the Ghost. The shotgun is the least important. You want to rush the Ghost ,Sniper and Rockets. I suggest getting the Ghost first because he can give your team support while they get Rockets and Sniper. Once you have atleast 2 of those the game should start to tip in your favour. For Slayer game types beware of spawn camping as it is very easy to do in this map. You can’t really stop this except for killing them so,... kill them all. There you go Podtacular you squeezed out all of the moose juice from this moose but I’ll be back next week for another submission. Also for all of those who have not signed up for the Podtacular leaderboard at trueachievemtns.com, it’s out there so if you’re interested please join at trueachievements.com. I’d try to explain but I think this submission is long enough and there’s a post somewhere. Au Revoir! Poof!(Disappears into very thin air)

rabid diharrea

Veto it
No just kidding, make sure you take the rockets and the ghost or the other team will and you will be screwed
Keep on fraggin suicide grunts and Isolation

TheSlayerMayor

Hello, it is TheSlayerMayor with a tip for isolation. I think there is a rocket launcher on this map and i know there is a ghost so get the rocket and hide behind one of those walls with the opening. Someone will get into a ghost sooner or later someone will get into the ghost. Then blow them up. It’s a cheap kill but who cares? Keep on fraggin people who don’t play on Lancelot’s new Half Life 2 map he is creating

TheReal256

Hey podtac guys thereal256 is here to talk tips for Isolation even though i hate this map here are some tips for team slayer. Isolation is great for the ghost its small and open on top with very few hiding places for enemy players, another tip this one doesn’t need to be stated but i will anyway covet thy rockets, and last of the odvious tips BR FTW. shout outs to glewis, duststorm, glewis, and guest(s)

keep on fraging people who ride around in their fail boat which springs a leak and they must use their fail pale to stop it from flooding with fail juice

stallmeplease

Hey guys it is the officail watch stealer of podtacular, stallmeplease and I am here with my multiplayer tips for isloation. First off, grab a special assalt rifle and get in a postion where you can see the super special assalt rifle (sniper) spawn. Just keep picking off the people who run for the SSAR for some early kills. Later in the match, start gravitating toward the lower floor with the SAR or SSAR and pick people off who come down looking for the ghost or the rockets. Those are my tips. Keep on fraggin dust storm and his super stealable watches.
P.S. Dust Storm, you need to get Brinks watch security or some sort of alarm system for your watches. Until then, I will just keep stealing your diamond studded watches that get you all the fine Oklahoma ladies.
Stallme out.

Cpt bun bun

Hey Podtacular this is Cpt bun bun with my second submission. I have some tips for playing on Isolation. When I play on Isolation I noticed that everyone goes for the high gorund to get the shotgun. So I hang back and wait fort the other players to run up there and thats when I strike with my grandes and special assult rifle but you have to be careful and watch your back and keep you eye out for the sniper. Shout outs to Dust Storm, Glewis, Lancelot, Chucky J, the guest hostof the week, and a big shout out to my boys Epic Prophet, HTK button,Dante704, Red Dan3r and to all those achievment junkies that pick on poeple without samuri sword that suck. keep up that great work. Keep Fraggin trucks.

Anorexic Leader

Hey there Podtacular, this is Anorexic Leader here with some tips and tricks for Isolation

Now I know that this map is generally way up there on the most-hated map list, but ironically I have found that this map can be quite fun and competitive.

A few of us may remember a time when Isolation was actually an MLG map. I mean lets be honest, it’s made up of two bases, has a sniper rifle, is challenging to BR across because of it’s hilly nature and isn’t all that large of a map. I actually enjoyed playing games of Team King on the map, but wasn’t sad when it was pulled from V4.

Good advice for this map is to try and control the top middle. Though it is easily seen from nearly everywhere topside, being below it can mean not getting good shots on your opponents. The top grey structure is useful as well because not only are you located at the highest point on the map, it also can serve as an effective escape route from enemy fire. Controlling the Sniper and Rockets are very important on this map. I’d say that generally more people tread on the outside, rather than cower in fear in their bases, so the sniper can be crucial in holding down the top control. The map has two lifts that lead from the bottom, launching you high up in the air to the top middle. It’s not always a good idea to take this route if being concentrated on by BR fire, but it can be very effective if raining down a Rocket Air strike on your foes. As I mentioned, I’m not too accustomed to playing the default map, but I do know that there are plenty of weapons to deal death with. Be sure to take out the annoying kid always trying to rack up kills in the ghost. Never hardly ever take the mongoose, unless trying to cut off a flag cap, etc. You are generally very vulnerable when riding it on this map. The shotgun is found against the wall on top middle, and it can really do some good when taking out enemies rushing the hill or when entering the bases due to the close quarter nature of the bottom part of the map.

All in all, the map isn’t my favorite in the world, but it certainly isn’t the worst. cough cough EPITAPH cough

I hope the tips helped some.

I’m actually headed to Africa in a few days (no joke) so I’m gonna go explore the ark, and really finish the fight.

Shoutouts to Team TbR- Truth Be Reconciled.

Wackysplash, Redot, and No Fear.

Godtacular Bible Study

And all my friends here at Podtac.

Keep on fraggin trucks! Anorexic Leader out.

Knightlight02

Hey podtac it’s Knightlight02. Some quick easy tips: go for shotgun, for rockets and/or ghost and don’t use the mongooses! Keep on fraggin monkeys that spew fart juice all over nay-nay’s anus armor! Glewis you rock and I have added you on facebook so add me on XBL.

Fungus Oz

Hey podtacular this is fungus oz with a few tips for Isolation.
A really cool thing to do in CTF games is pass the flag through the windows on the inside of the base. if you have one person in the centre, one person in your base and another in theirs you can do a 10 second speed cap. This is probably one of the coolest things you can do in halo 3, and is very satisfying to pull off.
Make sure you have the ghost and rockets on this map. The purple hoverchairs of death are soon dead if rockets are possesed by the other team, and they are slow to respawn. The double bloop tube, on the other hand is the cause of many a death on this map, so keep it under control.
Another note is that if you stay in Isolation in customs or forge for more than an hour, it becomes more floodier. In the end there will be twice the amount of flood sacks (I don’t want to know what that could be a euphemism for…) nderground and the grass up on top will have faded from green to brown.
Keep on fragging Glewis because he ordered a McOz at Maccas, and when he heard they weren’t being sold anymore he got JVB, Chuck Norris and the army of fart juice monkeys to go brookland style on the sole person who decided to take it off the menu. Once the bloody one-sided war was over though, Glewis got the McOz back on the menu and found out he didn’t like it. So he just went back to eating shrimp that RiceSnakRozz and his b*tches were frying on the barbie.
This is the toe jam between your feet, signing off.

IceKatana X

Hey there this is my first submission. =)

First off it is important to keep control of either the top or bottom of the map. Try to stay near cover because of the many special AR’s on the map. Also, make sure to keep an on those power weapons (sniper, rockets). The ghost can be quite helpful on this map as well just make sure your team has the rockets. Oh and remember to keep your special assault rifle handy…it works well in those wide open spaces.

Have fun pwning newbz on isolation!

Tbird007

Isolation is the second worst map they have come up with for matchmaking the worst being sandbox. Some tips I have for this map are…

1. Watch your back: many problems people have is getting assanated or ambushed by opposing playas. always watch the radar for red dots it means that someone is near you…DUH.

2. Mongeese: On most maps it is general knowledge to avoid the mongeese but on this map it can be pretty effective if used right.

3. Ghost=splatters: use the ghost to kill people.

4. Rockets: rockets on this map are extremely effective and can be used to get multiple kills. though always save a rocket or two to kill the ghost, its pretty hard with out it.

5.Underground: DON’T GO THERE.

anyways those are my tips I am hoping it wasn’t to long. keep on fraggin bikes the faulty fold on peoples legs.