Promote everything "Halo" in Halo 4

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Hey guys, some of you may know me, and some of you may not, but I’m Proto from the MLG and Halo Council forums. I wanted to make this thread to get feedback and comments on an idea to continue Halos growth, both in the competitive and non competitive scenes. It has to do with showing anyone who plays the game that not only is there more to Halo such as competitive leagues, but give them everything they need to see as soon as they play.

What I mean by this is - anyone who plays the game should be aware of what goes on outside of just hopping on and playing. We have seen Halo expand past a game - and now we have competitive settings and communities thriving. We now see players making their living off Halo. I understand that many people do not like MLG and its players, but I’m not making this thread to be biased towards MLG. This goes for all tournaments, events, news, etc that is Halo.

So my idea, again for Halo 4, and look at the way Starcraft 2 and League of Legends promote big tournaments, patches in the game, leagues, events, etc.

Here is an example:

This picture of the SC2 main menu has a “News and Community” section you can cycle through and read all the news on events such as MLG, IPL, Dreamhack, and so on. If you log onto SC2 right now (if you play) you can read a variety of news about patches to the game, tournaments happening, etc. League of Legends does the same thing also - and even more now with the LoL spectator mode - you can watch matches live and Riot also promotes LoL streams and tournaments

So whether it be an MLG tournament, a BTB competitive tournament, or small FFA tournament being streamed, or just news in the Halo world about “Halo 4 DLC on sale at Gamestop…”, just anything Halo related that deserves coverage, put it right on the front page of the game - the main menu just like SC2 and LoL. I do understand 100% that these things are currently done right on the website and the waypoint game for 360, but think about it this way: If you are inviting new people into the game, are they inclined to just pop their disc in and play the game first or not?

We all do it ourselves - we reserve our copies of the next Halo game, buy it the release day, and rush home to play. Especially for new or casual players, they just pop the game in and play. Now, as eSports and tournaments are becoming huge as are news and updates on Halo, lets spread the word to everyone who plays the game as soon as they load up the game.

My main point in this is - lets promote all aspects of Halo and any Halo events that deserve coverage, spread the word as soon as people load up the game. Whether is a tournament, league, title update for the game, news on a sale at gamestop, anything Halo related worthy of coverage people should be able to see as soon as they are on the main screen. Thoughts, comments, concerns, all welcomed. Discuss

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I’m not sure what Halo is anymore. Its difficult to get behind it since what I love about it has been snuffed out with each new Halo game.

If Halo went back to faster kill times and no gimmicks I’d do everything to help it grow.

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This sounds like a great idea, would really look good for 343 as well as no other console shooter has that kind of involvement with their community. I agree we should be promoting everything Halo, part of the fun of the old days was all the -Yoink- that used to happen on a weekly basis with Halo lol people were always creating new content.

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> This sounds like a great idea, would really look good for 343 as well as no other console shooter has that kind of involvement with their community. I agree we should be promoting everything Halo, part of the fun of the old days was all the Yoink! that used to happen on a weekly basis with Halo lol people were always creating new content.

Definitely. COD sort of does it now with a ESPN type news feed at the bottom of the screen, but it should be done how SC2 and LoL both do it. Promote and support all parts of the game and all its members and communities. It makes it a lot easier and is much more convenient for all players to be up to date and anything and everything going on in the Halo world. I can say it myself because I play both SC2 and LoL, I always read the articles and stories about tournaments and any news being talked about on the home page. That’s how it should and I think needs to be done in Halo 4.

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I wish one side wouldn’t try to dominate the other in terms of casual and Competitive. I play for fun and to win, sometimes just to hang out with friends after a long day of school.

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This really is a good idea. It would be like a mini halo waypoint in the game… so you wouldn’t have to exit the game to see all the good stuff.

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> I wish one side wouldn’t try to dominate the other in terms of casual and Competitive. I play for fun and to win, sometimes just to hang out with friends after a long day of school.

Yea, I’m definitely not trying to start anything between between the competitive and casual, its just a divide in what both communities like and enjoy. As a competitive player myself, I still love Halo at its core and I started just playing for fun back with my brother in the CE days, and BTB when I first got XBL in Halo 2. I’m definitely not trying to cause a separation, I just meant that in terms of the news being shown such as a large tournament or event, that sort of thing

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Man, I would love a system that just held tournaments all of the time through the game. Similar to Warcraft III if anyone ever played that.

You could just sit in your lobby with your 2v2 or 4v4 teammates in the right queue, and it would match you up against your opponent in your bracket, and if you won it would advance you in the bracket, where you’d play your next match after the current round ended.

Weekly (or daily) tournaments like this would give me SO much incentive to play, because it would be a free and easy system for me to compete on the settings that I enjoy (sorry, just too horrible at MLG settings lol).

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Halo Waypoint needs to be integrated into Halo 4 instead of being a separate Xbox app. I imagine a lot more people would use it that way.

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& by promoting he means to subscribe to my youtube & watch my I can’t edit montages! haha <3

Nah, but in all seriousness very good thread I still don’t like the idea of Halo being compared to Starcraft though =/

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> Halo Waypoint needs to be integrated into Halo 4 instead of being a separate Xbox app. I imagine a lot more people would use it that way.

Definitely. I know I barely use the Waypoint XBL app because I always forget about it without it being “right there” if you know what I mean. As others have said, my idea is basically a version of waypoint right on the main menu of Halo 4