Oddball Playlist is Live

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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For those who are interested, Oddball is now large and in charge.

I enjoyed Castle Wars immensely, but Oddball should be fun.

> But wait, if Castle Wars is leaving, what will take its place? We’re glad you asked, because the next rotational playlist coming to Halo 5 is ODDBALL! Everyone’s favorite ball-grabbing activity will go live in the Halo 5 Social playlist next Thursday, 6/29. This custom mini-game version of Oddball has the general ball-based gameplay you’ve come to know and love albeit in a bit more ‘unofficial’ manner. This Forge mini-game is a 4v4 offering built on an “Assault” foundation and the game variant can be found HERE.

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Halo Community Playdate - Friday June 30th 3:30PM Pacific

> Ball Taken – It’s back! Today, we launched a new featured playlist into Halo 5 matchmaking – the beloved Oddball! Make sure you jump in and check it out, and if you fancy the opportunity to grab some skin while engaging in a bit of merry ball-play, make sure you hop online tomorrow (Friday), June 30, from 3:30-4:30 PM PT for another Halo Community Playdate. If you’re lucky enough to get matched with us, you’ll earn yourself a cool new Ice Unicorn Skin for your personal Assault Rifle. Also, we’re very much aware of reports regarding scoring, and the team is working to get it resolved as soon as possible.

Edit:

The scoring problem has been corrected.

> Thanks, we got immediate reports and it was addressed yesterday evening. Good times. @ske7ch343

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Was heart broken when I saw Castle Wars replaced today. Not sure what I’m going to do with my life now ;-(

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> Was heart broken when I saw Castle Wars replaced today. Not sure what I’m going to do with my life now;-(

Looks like we’ll be grinding those CTF commendations the hard way again, especially Defender of the Flag… :\

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Is oddball on forge maps? Haven’t tried it yet.

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Didnt know you already had a Oddball forum, so I made my own!!! XD

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> Is oddball on forge maps? Haven’t tried it yet.

I don’t think so, which is too bad. All that’s showing up for me is the standard handful of 343 maps.

There’s also a terrible amount of idling and quitting.

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> Didnt know you already had a Oddball forum, so I made my own!!! XD

…and soon the forums will be flooded with Oddball posts, much to the possible dismay of the mods.

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I haven’t played it yet. But I read that if you suicide you get 5 points and that the gametype is completely broken.

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> I haven’t played it yet. But I read that if you suicide you get 5 points and that the gametype is completely broken.

That’s what Shake tweeted; haven’t confirmed it personally.

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> > I haven’t played it yet. But I read that if you suicide you get 5 points and that the gametype is completely broken.
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> That’s what Shake tweeted; haven’t confirmed it personally.

Confirmation

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Perhaps an official playdate tomorrow:

> Oddball is now available as the latest rotational playlist in Halo 5. We’re looking to do a playdate tomorrow, details to come! @ske7ch

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> I haven’t played it yet. But I read that if you suicide you get 5 points and that the gametype is completely broken.

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> > > I haven’t played it yet. But I read that if you suicide you get 5 points and that the gametype is completely broken.
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> > That’s what Shake tweeted; haven’t confirmed it personally.
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> Confirmation

Bloody -Yoinking!- hell…

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Ahahahahaha…How does 343 screw up the playlist like that???

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> > 2533274827031089;4:
> > Is oddball on forge maps? Haven’t tried it yet.
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> I don’t think so, which is too bad. All that’s showing up for me is the standard handful of 343 maps.
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> There’s also a terrible amount of idling and quitting.

I don’t know about idling and quitting, but it definitely feels more competitive than casual. Or maybe that’s just the nature of oddball, who knows…

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> > Was heart broken when I saw Castle Wars replaced today. Not sure what I’m going to do with my life now;-(
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> Looks like we’ll be grinding those CTF commendations the hard way again, especially Defender of the Flag… :\

That one is actually not too bad to get - on most maps, in Arena, just play defense and camp at your own flag… let them get close to the flag before killing them (splinter grenades are awesome for this) or kill them immediately after they grab it… bit of a grind, but that’s how I did it!

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Hmm, new strategy is to see who can kill themselves the most with the ball to win. Is the playlist pulled out of matchmaking yet?

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This should be good! Castle Wars was fun but honestly out of like 5 matches straight only ONE flag was captured sooo yeah lol BUT what I would really like to see is a CAPTURE THE FLAG only playlist. Team arena has CTF but it seems like I almost never get a CTF match it is always strongholds. So yeah bring us a CTF only playlist that isn’t just castle wars maps

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> Hmm, new strategy is to see who can kill themselves the most with the ball to win. Is the playlist pulled out of matchmaking yet?

I thought after 3 suicides you get kicked. So that’s only 10 points (2 suicides) if you want to stay in the match.

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> > 2727626560040591;16:
> > Hmm, new strategy is to see who can kill themselves the most with the ball to win. Is the playlist pulled out of matchmaking yet?
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> I thought after 3 suicides you get kicked. So that’s only 10 points (2 suicides) if you want to stay in the match.

Still, on a four-man team, that’s a potential 40 point boost.

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> I thought after 3 suicides you get kicked. So that’s only 10 points (2 suicides) if you want to stay in the match.

Between four people that’s 40 points and could easily change the game in their favor.

Edit: Posted before I saw the previous post.