Forums have a way of bringing out the worst in Humanity. The internet brings dbags together and makes them troll each other. Its a sad state of affairs… I mean, it seems like the only people here come to complain about something or someone ruining their very existence. 343i did THIS and bungie sucks that… I get it, if you are having a good time you don’t feel the need to offer feedback. Out of sight, out of mind. And then someone accidentally their TU all over everything and suddenly you rage. Then when you DO have a problem you take to the interwebs to bash someone you’ve never met for changing something you’ve never talked to them about before.
Well, I’d like to take the time, since it IS almost Valentine’s Day to say a few of the kind words that can be said about Halo… Without further ado, why I love Halo.
> Dear Halo,
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> You gave me the option to make terrible decisions even when you knew it wasn’t good for me. A game with 300 % speed with lasers and hammers? You did not scold me.
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> You gave me Assault so that I could have Grifball.
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> You gave us VIP so that we could have RR.
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> You make betrayals possible and for that I am eternally grateful, not only so I can kill the afore mentioned jerk who bashed you on the internet, but also for the lolz that are a Halo Standard. Bungie Vid
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> You create, or at least allow, WTF moments where I can yoink my teammate, steal the kill that they rightly stuck and then just have some fun watching people fall to their deaths or get no-scoped.Bungie Vid
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> You gave me Forge and let me spend hours there, mostly wasting my time, but you never criticize or tell me I’m dumb… no you may tease me with your rotation snapping but mostly you let me take charge and do what I will with you.
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> You continue to produce maps and gametypes for the community. Sometimes I wish I had the power to do it all on my own, take a break from “us”, but you are worth the wait.
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> You gave me Invasion before I knew I loved it.
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> You gave me the Focus Rifle when I thought I liked the Beam Rifle… I was wrong, you were right, the focus rifle IS better, not because it kills faster (it doesn’t). No, its because I already have a sniper rifle AND a DMarksmanRifle but I’ve never had a gun that could blind a player AND deafen them while it melted their face off like in that movie… never. Now I do.
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> You gave me Rocket (Hog) Race in all its glorious versions… I like to ride side seat and EMP.
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> You gave me Ninjas and Assassinations and all sorts of ways of reminding those other players of what they already knew… not to chase… you are a fickle one you saucy minx.
> Bungie Vid Bungie Vid
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> You make me want to be better even though I wasn’t born with the skill, I want to be better, for you.
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> You are the reason I own an Xbox… and without my xbox I wouldn’t have Netflix and without Netflix I wouldn’t bother with the internet because as much as I love it there isn’t a lot to do without you around. I shouldn’t be thanking you for all that since its keeping me inside on such a nice morning but I can’t help myself when I’m around you…
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> You gave me vehicles, awesome vehicles like the MLG Boat and the Hornet and the spectre and the Revenant.
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> You gave me the Warthog, or rather you gave LouieBlack the warthog and he decided the rest of us should have one too just to make the game look fair.
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> You gave me Wheelmen in more ways than one 
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> You gave me Bubbles
> You gave me no-scopes
> You gave me bull-trues
> You gave me perfections
> You gave me hate mail
> You gave me a mute ban?
> You gave me dual wielding
> You gave me custom games
> You gave me gametype settings
> You gave me a fileshare
> You gave me a file browser
> You gave me Bungie Favorites
> You gave me Powerups
> You gave me Equipment
> You gave me Armor Abilities
> You gave me a Jet Pack
> You gave me my CQB armor
> You gave me shenanigans
> You gave me splitscreen
> You gave me a soundtrack to my life
> You gave me GG’s
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> You gave me butterflies… I can’t wait to see what you have in store for me next. There is SO much ahead for us. I wish I could put into words what needs to be said but its tough… So many people want SO much from you. It wont be easy but I know you are up to the challenge. You can do SO much more than you think you can…
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> I guess my best advice to you is… give everyone exactly what they want. Not in just in MM or campaign but in Forge, in customs, in FF, Custom Gametypes and Custom Powerups, Custom Bloom and custom bleedthrough. Custom vehicle health, custom vehicles! Custom AA, custom safe zones, custom player models, custom colors… use 2 disks if you have to… Use 3! There is SO much more inside of you than any of these people can see. I believe in you. Show them what you are made of.
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> You are now, and will forever be, Amazing.
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> My Dearest Halo, I love you
> Sincerely,
- Luv Gunn