Episode 2 Shownotes
- New co-host Spelchek, you can email him podtacular@gmail.com
News
- Halo 2 Nationals
- Major Nelson’s Blog
- Old Grandma Hardcore
- Older Gamers Article on MTV.com
- Older Gamers Unite!
General Tips
- Cycle though seeing the players on your Team (Hold Select + Keep Tapping A)
- Voice Communication Won’t Turn Off Until it “Clicks” Off
- Jump and Fire Down When Using Rockets, Also Works With Grenades
- Jump and Melee Down (Part of the Auto-Update) It lunges a little even though it’s not the sword
- Strafe to Limit Damage, or shoot back…
More News
- No-Scoping Laggers and Non-Movers
- Sleeping Gamers in Matchmaking
Specific Strategies
- Tip 1 – Avoid floating in the hover beams, VERY VISIBLE!
- Tip 2 – Go for the close range weapons so your enemies won’t have them.
- Tip 3 – Jump and get a full bounce on the floating platform when going for the sword.
- Tip 4 – Hide in a good corner.
- Tip 5 – Catch enemies unawares with plasma grenades in tight places
- Tip 6 – Use plasma grenades on covenant blast cores
- Tip 7 – Be quick to turn around when using the elevators.
- Tip 8 – Use unconventional ways to get in bases
- Tip 9 – Throw grenades across the entire map into the other base before nearby teammates go for the bombing/flag
- Tip 10 – Frag grenade smoke is good cover
Big Team Tips
- ASSAULT: Send a Big Team or Sneak it In
- Radar isn’t reliable, so crouch walking will easily trick them when sneaking in
- Make a mad rush for rockets and snipers, or rush inside while the other team is going after them
- Banshee provides an unfair advantage at some maps (Coagulation – Assault)
- Beat Downs with Bomb are easy, bomb can strike multiple times quickly
- Aim for the back when trying to beat down
- Double your firepower, stick with a teammate
- CTF: Toss the flag up to a person on top of the base
- Position Teammates at Transporter with Warthog for an easy take back to the base
- HALO 1 Battle Creek: Jumping Through The Large window On CTF makes for an easy entrance and exit with practice
Super Jumping/Bouncing
- Find a Certain Spot to Crouch, Certain Spopt to Jump and just fly
- Get on top of Buildings, levels, roofs, and on top of the Zanzibar Wheel
- Not affected by auto-updates
- Not Cheating, just frowned upon
- Doens’t really make you invincible, but provides some great sniper spots
- Certain XBOX will not allow you to super bounce (UK)
- It’s Just Exploiting a Bug
Custom Game of the Week
- Called: Tower of Power/Defense/Tower
- Based On: TEAM SLAYER
- Played On: Ascension
- Points: 250-Unlimited
- Turrets: On
- Banshee: Off
- Sheilds: Off
- Motion Sensor: Off
- Active Camo: Off
- Overshield: On
- Grenades: Off
- Starting Weapon: Shotgun
- Secondary Weapon: None
- Weapons on Map: None
- Point of the Game: Take control of the turret tower and use the turret to rack up a bunch of killtaculars and killtrocitys, practicly slayer still just with different health and weapon settings. And, since the only weapon is a close rangeweapon, superbouncing is useless
Final News:
- Juggernaut Games in Matchmaking? (Source: http://www.majornelson.com)
- Lots of Feedback! Thanks to Jimmy and Audio Revolver and everyone else!
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- Report cheaters gamertags on Xbox Live, or to us podtacular@gmail.com
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- Don’t forget to turn on voice modulation while you do it, since it’s so annoying!
- Creative gamertags rock, “You got stuck by a stickynote”
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Game Over.