The sprint discussion thread

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> > > If you go to my file share, I did some runthroughs of maps from halo 3 and halo 2 that have been remade in Halo 4 and 5 and recorded it, as those maps are the easiest to compare the “stretched/not stretched” idea. I will try to find the post I made about it… but that is all I’ve seen. I found that in most cases, the map hasnt been stretched and sprint legitimately speeds up the time you traverse the map.
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Again, why in the world would you use data from a source besides the original? Chances are that you own TMCC, which contain all the original maps of each game that you tried testing, so use them for caculating your times. In terms of remakes of those maps in halo 4 and 5, not everyone is truly perfect in creating a 1:1 scale of certain maps, and you have no way of disproving my claim except from the confirmation of the map owner for these remakes, which are biased.

If these remade maps are actually smaller than the original ones in TMCC (and not because of the pacing, but actual size), don’t you think the data then is skewed because the real map has different dimensions for its size than the remake, misrepresenting the true data found from the original map in the original trilogy games?

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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why do so many of you hate sprinting
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That’s a good question- my theory is that most of the anti sprinters think they’d play better without sprint so they want it removed to cater to their play style so they can chase people easier.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 500 pages in, over 10 000 posts, and you have a theory about it, when there are posts about why it’s disliked, and have been since its inclusion in Reach.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You know what I find most eye-opening about that poll?? It just asked players if they wanted to keep flinch/sprint… That’s it- yet it’s important enough for you to cite it. Point is that you told me and others that our pro sprint opinions are worthless if we don’t explain ourselves yet no one who voted in those polls that mean so much to you now had to explain themselves. Once again those opinions matter to you because they support your opinion- opinions that don’t support your own never seem to matter to you- such as all the polls that sprint did win in these forums
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sprint is an evolution in any game, remove it is not an option
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > You need to stop discounting pro sprinters who just want to give their opinion about sprint- especially if you’re going to keep referencing polls that were taken regarding players opinions on sprint.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > If they want to make some claim about why sprint is better or why no sprint is worse, then they should back it up. If they don’t like that, then they shouldn’t post.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > Just learn to read polls man. That’s on you, I can’t help you there. I don’t know why you keep bringing it up.
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> > > > > > > > > > > No you can’t defend yourself here you have NO RIGHT to tell someone they shouldn’t post.
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> > > > > > > > > > > And you know perfectly well why I’m bringing up the polls - you want to use polls to defend your anti sprint opinion but NO ONE in those polls you use now were required to back up their opinions on sprint. Under your logic you shouldn’t ever reference a poll again because they don’t have to back up their opinions to vote in those polls.
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> > > > > > > > > > No right? I just did, look at that. You’re free to not post to btw. This topic seems to be bothering you, so maybe it’s for the best.
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> > > > > > > > > You telling someone not to post because their opinions are worthless is like a fake bully with no real power trying to tell people they can’t walk on a sidewalk. You have no basis to say something like that in the first place and people don’t have to and shouldn’t listen to you in the first place…
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> > > > > > > > I didn’t say that, so what’s the problem again?
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> > > > > > > > You wanna tell me how sprint benefits the game? You don’t even need to read any polls, just use your own words. Or maybe you already did and it was just lost in a sea posts complaining about something else. Either way, try giving your thoughts or linking to where you did.
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> > > > > Well thanks for the compliment, I suppose… But I normally would never speak to someone like that because most people have a sense of respect for others. It takes a really special kind of person to bring that out of me, I guess because even if I disagree with someone I feel they ought to be able to discuss. As such I doubt that I’ll ever have any future in that profession. :stuck_out_tongue:
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> > > > > Zr0fear just hit a wall that they couldn’t tap-dance out of this time… And in the end of the day, it’s hard to defend being a jerk to people. It can be done if it’s warranted I suppose, but you can’t really justify telling someone that their opinion is worthless no matter who you are. Especially when zr0fear is going to reference opinions from polls to try justify their own stance.
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> > > > > I’ll debate sprint with anti-sprinters when they do so respectfully (like for realzies, is that too much to ask for??) And I actually have debated this issue in this thread with a lot of people and I’ve been learning a lot about why anti-sprinters want it removed. It’s been eye-opening for me in a lot of ways, but I still want sprint to stay.
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> > > > > And even though I do feel that this thread itself was kept alive by a few anti sprinters way after it arguably should have died- I’m actually glad to have partaken in the discussion to learn a little more about why some people don’t like sprint, and more importantly to discuss potential “solutions,” or really just ideas from fellow fans regarding how 343i could address this issue in the next Halo installment. Some anti sprinters don’t want to compromise- to those few it’s “all or nothing,” which is perpetuating the problem itself (and really doing a disservice to themselves in the end of the day because that inability to compromise is not going to get anyone anywhere).
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> > > > Hey man, can you please discuss sprint instead of needlessly argueing things irrelevant to the thread? You’re sorta derailing the thread.
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> > 1 - “Just got to” as in lurking long enough to see you disagree with this thread’s existence, yet spam irrelevant complaints towards others while failing
> > to refute multiple argument they made references sprint. Also long enough to see explanations of why sprint is poor for gameplay, such as altered map design, altered aim assist/bullet magnetism, and shortening skill gap through less punishment of poor plays and other stuff. Rank isn’t a good indications anything, so I suggest you don’t assume anything based solely off of it.
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> > 2 - You directly stated in the post that you refused to discuss sprint - the topic this thread is about - because you thought they were being disrespectful. And you failed to discuss sprint’s impact on gameplay, once again, in this latest post. I find that more interesting than how much time it says I’ve played on this account. The most sprint I’ve seen you discuss until your last few posts revolved around a misunderstanding of previous sprint polls that were quickly and easily explained.
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> > I enjoy seeing Sprint-related discussion to see just how big an impact it has, and you’re making that difficult. Anyway, hopefully 343 has taken note of some of the better points made in this thread. There’s been some careful looks at the gameplay, which should certainly take precedence over lore MP.
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> Yup, not buying the lurking bit for an instant… Can’t prove it but pretty sure you’re one of these anti-sprinters using a smurf account.
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> I don’t do that- you’ll know it’s me when I respond to you because I use one account like I’m supposed to and I don’t hide behind smurfs or like my own posts to try to make myself appear more “right,” either.

-Calls me a smurf account
-Has game time dating back to 2013

So, you’ve claimed to have plenty of time on system link/offline, but it’s unreasonable to think I do.

Please stop trying to derail the conversation further and at least include references to sprint in your posts. I’ve attempted to add points to the discussion, but you appear to be dead set on calling me out for a low amount of posts.

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> > > > > > > > Mfw people are using lore and narrative as an attempt to argue for gameplay mechanics
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> > > > > > > > Sprint’s negatives have been known for years, from the widening of maps and shrinking verticality, the slower pace of combat due to having a fast speed at which you can’t engage and a slow speed where you can fight, and the lack of zoning now that you gotta pray you know how fast somebody is moving.
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> > > > > > > > I have yet to see anything sprint has positively added to Halo that was not already present previously.
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> > > > > > > Yeah, people that are pro sprint usually either feel the way they do because of misconceptions or think sprint allows for certain things that no sprint wouldn’t allow (even though that’s usually false).
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> > > > > > > At best sprint is unnecessary and at worst it completely ruins with the gameplay.
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> > > > > > Whatever you say man…whatever you say…
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> > > > > Have anything of substance to say to suggest I’m wrong? I feel like if you did, you would have said so.
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> > > > Look at my post at about halfway up the page.
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> > > > The map size is arguable, as you have to look at the map size on average. Every halo game has had giant ‘smaller maps’ as well as normal small maps.
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> > > > It legitimately adds an element of strategy. When to use it and not, or to crouch.
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> > > > it legitimately allows fr quicker reengagement.
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> > > > I can go on, I like the Halo games with sprint, I like the ones without sprint. The ones without sprint are some of my favorite (Halo 2A is my favorite halo multiplayer, Halo reach. (not everyone one has sprint) is my 2nd favorite.)
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> > > > I and many other can see both sides. To say that sprint has no positives is silly, but so is to say it is completely necessary.
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> > > Maps in non-sprint games were always sized appropriately for the amount of players the map was made for. There were no giant strictly 4v4 maps.
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> > > It doesn’t actually allow for more strategy, as it restricts you.
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> > > It also doesn’t increase the frequency of engagements because of the maps being bigger. More on all of that and why that matters is explained here.
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> Risk-reward benefits one type of player: the ones that would do worse without it. More options may mean more strategy, but in this case it also means more unpredictability, more luck and more chance is involved in the game. That all benefits lesser skilled players. Sprinting is just one action that’s easy enough to do, but without it, you’re forced to think and do a whole lot more to accomplish what you want. Sprinting helps with one thing for each side: holding your hand if your sprinting and, if you’re not sprinting, it helps you capitalize on the mistakes of others’ bad play instead of counting on your own good play. Other than that there’s no reason to restrict the player just so they can move fast. None whatsoever.

Oh please. You don’t need to pull the ‘not confident in your argument’ bull crap with me. If I wanted to I could turn it around on you and say that youre not confident in your argument for pointing that out.

Those maps I pointed out have no more openness than maps in Halo 4 or 5. I concede the fact that Truth is in fact, significantly bigger than Midship. But that is one map. One map is not representative of all of them. I could go through every single map if youd like and point out equivilants in size. And no, the maps in Halo 4 or 5 are legitimately around the same size as many 4 v 4 maps in the original trilogy, It isnt due to their ‘clutter’. Heck, Damnation had quite a bit of ‘clutter’ (man with how many times Ive said original trilogy in this thread youd think I was talking about star wars).

That is garbage about risk-reward benefiting one type of player. It benefits multiple types of players, plenty of whom do fine without it as well. and having higher predictability doesnt necessarily mean having more/better strategy. It could just mean that you play the game more and can guess better what the other person is doing. What are you forced to do without sprint to accomplish what you want? Half of what doing good in Halo, whether it has sprint or not, is capitalizing on someone else’s bad play! Someone can make a bad decision in Halo 3 and get cut for it just like they can in Halo 5, those bad decisions just may take different forms.

Sprint can add strategy, and benefit for all players. No matter how skilled they are or how many halos they have played.

I say again, I like sprint, I like no sprint. I think they can both be fun, fair, and competitive. But treating this like there is only one correct side, like only the anti-sprinters are right, or only the pro-sprinters are right is stupid. There are good arguments on both sides, and if you cant see that you are blinded from the bias you have on one side.

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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That’s a good question- my theory is that most of the anti sprinters think they’d play better without sprint so they want it removed to cater to their play style so they can chase people easier.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 500 pages in, over 10 000 posts, and you have a theory about it, when there are posts about why it’s disliked, and have been since its inclusion in Reach.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You know what I find most eye-opening about that poll?? It just asked players if they wanted to keep flinch/sprint… That’s it- yet it’s important enough for you to cite it. Point is that you told me and others that our pro sprint opinions are worthless if we don’t explain ourselves yet no one who voted in those polls that mean so much to you now had to explain themselves. Once again those opinions matter to you because they support your opinion- opinions that don’t support your own never seem to matter to you- such as all the polls that sprint did win in these forums
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > You need to stop discounting pro sprinters who just want to give their opinion about sprint- especially if you’re going to keep referencing polls that were taken regarding players opinions on sprint.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > If they want to make some claim about why sprint is better or why no sprint is worse, then they should back it up. If they don’t like that, then they shouldn’t post.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > Just learn to read polls man. That’s on you, I can’t help you there. I don’t know why you keep bringing it up.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > No you can’t defend yourself here you have NO RIGHT to tell someone they shouldn’t post.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > And you know perfectly well why I’m bringing up the polls - you want to use polls to defend your anti sprint opinion but NO ONE in those polls you use now were required to back up their opinions on sprint. Under your logic you shouldn’t ever reference a poll again because they don’t have to back up their opinions to vote in those polls.
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> > > > > > > > > > > No right? I just did, look at that. You’re free to not post to btw. This topic seems to be bothering you, so maybe it’s for the best.
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> > > > > > > > > > You telling someone not to post because their opinions are worthless is like a fake bully with no real power trying to tell people they can’t walk on a sidewalk. You have no basis to say something like that in the first place and people don’t have to and shouldn’t listen to you in the first place…
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> > > > > > > > > I didn’t say that, so what’s the problem again?
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> > > > > > > > > You wanna tell me how sprint benefits the game? You don’t even need to read any polls, just use your own words. Or maybe you already did and it was just lost in a sea posts complaining about something else. Either way, try giving your thoughts or linking to where you did.
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> > > > > > Well thanks for the compliment, I suppose… But I normally would never speak to someone like that because most people have a sense of respect for others. It takes a really special kind of person to bring that out of me, I guess because even if I disagree with someone I feel they ought to be able to discuss. As such I doubt that I’ll ever have any future in that profession. :stuck_out_tongue:
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> > > > > > Zr0fear just hit a wall that they couldn’t tap-dance out of this time… And in the end of the day, it’s hard to defend being a jerk to people. It can be done if it’s warranted I suppose, but you can’t really justify telling someone that their opinion is worthless no matter who you are. Especially when zr0fear is going to reference opinions from polls to try justify their own stance.
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> > > > > > I’ll debate sprint with anti-sprinters when they do so respectfully (like for realzies, is that too much to ask for??) And I actually have debated this issue in this thread with a lot of people and I’ve been learning a lot about why anti-sprinters want it removed. It’s been eye-opening for me in a lot of ways, but I still want sprint to stay.
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> > > > > > And even though I do feel that this thread itself was kept alive by a few anti sprinters way after it arguably should have died- I’m actually glad to have partaken in the discussion to learn a little more about why some people don’t like sprint, and more importantly to discuss potential “solutions,” or really just ideas from fellow fans regarding how 343i could address this issue in the next Halo installment. Some anti sprinters don’t want to compromise- to those few it’s “all or nothing,” which is perpetuating the problem itself (and really doing a disservice to themselves in the end of the day because that inability to compromise is not going to get anyone anywhere).
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> > > > > Hey man, can you please discuss sprint instead of needlessly argueing things irrelevant to the thread? You’re sorta derailing the thread.
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> Please stop trying to derail the conversation further and at least include references to sprint in your posts. I’ve attempted to add points to the discussion, but you appear to be dead set on calling me out for a low amount of posts.

The post you tried to call me out on in the first place was completely on topic and I explained why that was. This thread is about an effort to collaborate between players who are either pro-sprint or anti- sprint which I summarized at the end of the first post you quoted from me.

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I said this before when we debated last, but I’m not taking bits of posts, or misquoting you. I’ve been watching the posts and quoting them as I see them, you just add to the post AFTER I’ve quoted it, and then accuse me of paraphrasing, be it by accident or some other reason. It just happened to me with Justima, as I had to edit my “yoink” to “get out”, but because they quoted me before I saved the edit, they still quoted the yoink which isn’t in the original post.

Just write your thoughts out entirely, before posting, so you don’t need to go back and edit in some large paragraph that myself and others end up missing, and don’t accuse me of just picking and choosing arguments. I’m free to argue anything, as I’ve shown, it’s not like I have a need to pick and choose, either. No motive. It doesn’t help me.

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> So, you agree, but also downplay it. I don’t think you’ve also responded to my other comments listing off about 10 different maps in regards to non-sprint and sprint Halos and their differences in scaling. But even AT that, Truth and Haven/Mercy both show geometric changes due to sprint/abilities. But it isn’t just limited to remade maps. It’s just very easy to show it with remade maps, especially when they come from the developers themselves. Denying it alone does nothing. You can’t just say “they’re smaller”, because there’s legitimate proof embedded in how the game’s designed that shows otherwise. Stuff I’ve listed and can prove definitely, like gaps in maps that you can’t make without sprint/abilities. Or ledges you can’t get to without sprinting+jumping+clambering.

I havent gotten to that one yet, believe me I was going to. No need to pull the “you didnt respond to my argument so yours is invalid” stuff.

Every single remade BTB map is the same size or smaller. Ragnarok is a 1:1 replica of valhalla. Pitfall is a 1:1 replica of the pit. Every single forged remake is the same size or smaller. Dont worry, I will get to your other precious arguments.

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> > > > I also respectfully recommend playing a little bit of Halo before you engage in a thread regarding one of it’s gameplay mechanics.
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> > > Time played doesn’t equal knowledge attained. Something I cannot stress enough.
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> >
> > “No, you need long play time in order to discuss it here.”
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> “You don’t have 6 years of Halo played and didn’t participate in G4G and MLG tournies during the prime years of 2007? Get out.” Kappa.

Look I’m just asking you not to misquote me anymore, is that too much for you to agree upon?

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> Every single remade BTB map is the same size or smaller. Ragnarok is a 1:1 replica of valhalla. Pitfall is a 1:1 replica of the pit. Every single forged remake is the same size or smaller. Dont worry, I will get to your other precious arguments.

Yeah, and you know what isn’t? Truth. Very sure Haven’s remake isn’t either, given geometry changes. And you can’t just generalize forge maps, because what the creator says may be biased or wrong, and it’s next to impossible to create a legitimate 1:1 remake of a map in this map editor.

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> > > > If you go to my file share, I did some runthroughs of maps from halo 3 and halo 2 that have been remade in Halo 4 and 5 and recorded it, as those maps are the easiest to compare the “stretched/not stretched” idea. I will try to find the post I made about it… but that is all I’ve seen. I found that in most cases, the map hasnt been stretched and sprint legitimately speeds up the time you traverse the map.
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> > > Just saw this post… But you know remade maps aren’t made to the exact dimensions of developer made maps, be it horizontally or vertically, right? There’s a ton of room for error, which makes that “point” entirely moot.
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> > No it doesnt. If anything, if that is your argument it SHOULD confirm your idea that maps have been stretched when they havent. If remade maps in Halo 5 or Halo 4 truly are stretched, then they should show it. But they dont. If anything, aside from truth, they are smaller.
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> Again, why in the world would you use data from a source besides the original? Chances are that you own TMCC, which contain all the original maps of each game that you tried testing, so use them for caculating your times. In terms of remakes of those maps in halo 4 and 5, not everyone is truly perfect in creating a 1:1 scale of certain maps, and you have no way of disproving my claim except from the confirmation of the map owner for these remakes, which are biased.
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> If these remade maps are actually smaller than the original ones in TMCC (and not because of the pacing, but actual size), don’t you think the data then is skewed because the real map has different dimensions for its size than the remake, misrepresenting the true data found from the original map in the original trilogy games?

What are you even trying to get at? If you look at my flippin post I show that I used the MCC and the original version of all of these maps in my comparison! And the purpose isnt to show whether or not they are 1:1 ratios, but simply how long it took to traverse them. With that last sentence, if that were the case, that would completely invalidate EVERY argument against stretching/non-stretching, because none of them would be the same dimensions.

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> > > > > I also respectfully recommend playing a little bit of Halo before you engage in a thread regarding one of it’s gameplay mechanics.
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> > > > Time played doesn’t equal knowledge attained. Something I cannot stress enough.
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> > > “No, you need long play time in order to discuss it here.”
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> > “You don’t have 6 years of Halo played and didn’t participate in G4G and MLG tournies during the prime years of 2007? Get out.” Kappa.
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> So… please explain to me how you did NOT misquote me here to try to antagonize me? That’s not what I said to that person but you put quotations on it like that’s what I said in the previous post after you took an excerpt out of it in your post before that.
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> Look I’m just asking you not to do it anymore, is that too much for you to agree upon?

I’m not going to censor myself because you think a general comment I made in response to someone entirely different than you, was meant for you. It was meant for the user I quoted, for emphasis. There’s a reason I made sure to make things different in said comment, such as “G4G” while specifying a nearly 10 year gap.

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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why do so many of you hate sprinting
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That’s a good question- my theory is that most of the anti sprinters think they’d play better without sprint so they want it removed to cater to their play style so they can chase people easier.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 500 pages in, over 10 000 posts, and you have a theory about it, when there are posts about why it’s disliked, and have been since its inclusion in Reach.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What a mystery.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You know what I find most eye-opening about that poll?? It just asked players if they wanted to keep flinch/sprint… That’s it- yet it’s important enough for you to cite it. Point is that you told me and others that our pro sprint opinions are worthless if we don’t explain ourselves yet no one who voted in those polls that mean so much to you now had to explain themselves. Once again those opinions matter to you because they support your opinion- opinions that don’t support your own never seem to matter to you- such as all the polls that sprint did win in these forums
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sprint is an evolution in any game, remove it is not an option
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You need to stop discounting pro sprinters who just want to give their opinion about sprint- especially if you’re going to keep referencing polls that were taken regarding players opinions on sprint.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > If they want to make some claim about why sprint is better or why no sprint is worse, then they should back it up. If they don’t like that, then they shouldn’t post.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just learn to read polls man. That’s on you, I can’t help you there. I don’t know why you keep bringing it up.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > No you can’t defend yourself here you have NO RIGHT to tell someone they shouldn’t post.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > And you know perfectly well why I’m bringing up the polls - you want to use polls to defend your anti sprint opinion but NO ONE in those polls you use now were required to back up their opinions on sprint. Under your logic you shouldn’t ever reference a poll again because they don’t have to back up their opinions to vote in those polls.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > No right? I just did, look at that. You’re free to not post to btw. This topic seems to be bothering you, so maybe it’s for the best.
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> > > > > > > > > > > You telling someone not to post because their opinions are worthless is like a fake bully with no real power trying to tell people they can’t walk on a sidewalk. You have no basis to say something like that in the first place and people don’t have to and shouldn’t listen to you in the first place…
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> > > > > > > > > > I didn’t say that, so what’s the problem again?
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> > > > > > > > > > You wanna tell me how sprint benefits the game? You don’t even need to read any polls, just use your own words. Or maybe you already did and it was just lost in a sea posts complaining about something else. Either way, try giving your thoughts or linking to where you did.
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> > > > > > > Well thanks for the compliment, I suppose… But I normally would never speak to someone like that because most people have a sense of respect for others. It takes a really special kind of person to bring that out of me, I guess because even if I disagree with someone I feel they ought to be able to discuss. As such I doubt that I’ll ever have any future in that profession. :stuck_out_tongue:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Zr0fear just hit a wall that they couldn’t tap-dance out of this time… And in the end of the day, it’s hard to defend being a jerk to people. It can be done if it’s warranted I suppose, but you can’t really justify telling someone that their opinion is worthless no matter who you are. Especially when zr0fear is going to reference opinions from polls to try justify their own stance.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I’ll debate sprint with anti-sprinters when they do so respectfully (like for realzies, is that too much to ask for??) And I actually have debated this issue in this thread with a lot of people and I’ve been learning a lot about why anti-sprinters want it removed. It’s been eye-opening for me in a lot of ways, but I still want sprint to stay.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > And even though I do feel that this thread itself was kept alive by a few anti sprinters way after it arguably should have died- I’m actually glad to have partaken in the discussion to learn a little more about why some people don’t like sprint, and more importantly to discuss potential “solutions,” or really just ideas from fellow fans regarding how 343i could address this issue in the next Halo installment. Some anti sprinters don’t want to compromise- to those few it’s “all or nothing,” which is perpetuating the problem itself (and really doing a disservice to themselves in the end of the day because that inability to compromise is not going to get anyone anywhere).
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> > > > > > Hey man, can you please discuss sprint instead of needlessly argueing things irrelevant to the thread? You’re sorta derailing the thread.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1 - “Just got to” as in lurking long enough to see you disagree with this thread’s existence, yet spam irrelevant complaints towards others while failing
> > > > to refute multiple argument they made references sprint. Also long enough to see explanations of why sprint is poor for gameplay, such as altered map design, altered aim assist/bullet magnetism, and shortening skill gap through less punishment of poor plays and other stuff. Rank isn’t a good indications anything, so I suggest you don’t assume anything based solely off of it.
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> > > > 2 - You directly stated in the post that you refused to discuss sprint - the topic this thread is about - because you thought they were being disrespectful. And you failed to discuss sprint’s impact on gameplay, once again, in this latest post. I find that more interesting than how much time it says I’ve played on this account. The most sprint I’ve seen you discuss until your last few posts revolved around a misunderstanding of previous sprint polls that were quickly and easily explained.
> > > >
> > > > I enjoy seeing Sprint-related discussion to see just how big an impact it has, and you’re making that difficult. Anyway, hopefully 343 has taken note of some of the better points made in this thread. There’s been some careful looks at the gameplay, which should certainly take precedence over lore MP.

You must be right. I created this account years ago because I forsaw this thread, and felt the need to make a second account in order to agree with a myself who, as an “anti-sprinter” who already has plenty of support in the thread. You must read minds. And to clarify, this post is the second one defending my existence.

I defend my existence because I find it respectful to refute or acknowledge any points a person presents to me, something you have continually failed to do. Considering this, I find you disrespectful, and, in turn, a hypocrite. I’ll just ignore any more attacks you throw at me, so I don’t derail the thread any further, and hopefully you can demonstrate the game knowledge you’ve obtained over your oh-so many hours played with a relevant sprint discussion.

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> > > > > > I also respectfully recommend playing a little bit of Halo before you engage in a thread regarding one of it’s gameplay mechanics.
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> > > > > Time played doesn’t equal knowledge attained. Something I cannot stress enough.
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> > > > “No, you need long play time in order to discuss it here.”
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> > > “You don’t have 6 years of Halo played and didn’t participate in G4G and MLG tournies during the prime years of 2007? Get out.” Kappa.
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> >
> > So… please explain to me how you did NOT misquote me here to try to antagonize me? That’s not what I said to that person but you put quotations on it like that’s what I said in the previous post after you took an excerpt out of it in your post before that.
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> > Look I’m just asking you not to do it anymore, is that too much for you to agree upon?
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> I’m not going to censor myself because you think a general comment I made in response to someone entirely different than you, was meant for you. It was meant for the user I quoted, for emphasis. There’s a reason I made sure to make things different in said comment, such as “G4G” while specifying a nearly 10 year gap.

Oh fine

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> Well good to know and thanks for clarifying what people can expect from you in this thread.

You literally did not read what I said, did you?

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> > > didn’t even bother reading it because it is the dumbest topic out there right now. Just because it has sprint doesn’t mean its not Halo. It’s one whole mechanic, that’s it. If you don’t like sprint, don’t sprint. Problem solved.
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> > Except the maps are purposefully stretched out to accompany sprint, so that stretched maps will have the same sprint travel time as a non stretched map with just walking. So
> > not sprinting is punishing because the game had to be made around it.
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> Campaign maps aren’t. God I wish I could have had sprint on some old campaign misions(Looking at you Two Betrayals)

Or Assault on the Control Room (Halo CE). My goodness that was a long power walk!

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> > > > > If you go to my file share, I did some runthroughs of maps from halo 3 and halo 2 that have been remade in Halo 4 and 5 and recorded it, as those maps are the easiest to compare the “stretched/not stretched” idea. I will try to find the post I made about it… but that is all I’ve seen. I found that in most cases, the map hasnt been stretched and sprint legitimately speeds up the time you traverse the map.
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> > > > Just saw this post… But you know remade maps aren’t made to the exact dimensions of developer made maps, be it horizontally or vertically, right? There’s a ton of room for error, which makes that “point” entirely moot.
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> > > No it doesnt. If anything, if that is your argument it SHOULD confirm your idea that maps have been stretched when they havent. If remade maps in Halo 5 or Halo 4 truly are stretched, then they should show it. But they dont. If anything, aside from truth, they are smaller.
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> > Again, why in the world would you use data from a source besides the original? Chances are that you own TMCC, which contain all the original maps of each game that you tried testing, so use them for caculating your times. In terms of remakes of those maps in halo 4 and 5, not everyone is truly perfect in creating a 1:1 scale of certain maps, and you have no way of disproving my claim except from the confirmation of the map owner for these remakes, which are biased.
> >
> > If these remade maps are actually smaller than the original ones in TMCC (and not because of the pacing, but actual size), don’t you think the data then is skewed because the real map has different dimensions for its size than the remake, misrepresenting the true data found from the original map in the original trilogy games?
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> What are you even trying to get at? If you look at my flippin post I show that I used the MCC and the original version of all of these maps in my comparison! And the purpose isnt to show whether or not they are 1:1 ratios, but simply how long it took to traverse them. With that last sentence, if that were the case, that would completely invalidate EVERY argument against stretching/non-stretching, because none of them would be the same dimensions.

LOL, what a misread. My bad.

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> > > > Yes they are on average the same size. This stretched-out idea is garbage. There may not be as many ‘tiny’ maps such as warlock or the original midship. But overall, the average size of the maps is the same
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> > > Garbage how? Tis how game design works, and again, it can be depicted with the newer maps that come out such as Truth to Midship. You know why there aren’t as many tiny maps? Because of sprint. The notion that they’re the same size is false.
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> > I said ON AVERAGE. Read my post below your last one. Yes, tiny maps dont work quite as well, but on average, most 4v4 maps are the same size. I listed off several maps, and can list off more, from the original trilogy that are 4v4 that are BIGGER than Halo 4 and 5 4V4 maps. And like I said, with BTB maps, the stretched out idea is garbage because it is simply not true. The notion that all maps are now stretched because of sprint is false. Im not sure you really understand how game design works if you think all maps in multiplayer games must be stretched out to accomodate sprint.
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> You’re denying the point but not listing anything off in the current time, or providing a proper counterpoint, because even BTB maps are stretched out. Look at things like Unearthed, or Torque (An Arena map which has no issues being used with BTB) in Halo 5, or Vortex, Longbow, Shatter and Meltdown (To name a few) in Halo 4 compared to say Last Resort/Zanzibar, Standoff, or Longshore.
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> In regards to 4V4 maps, again, it’s the same thing. Torque, Eden, Plaza, The Rig, Truth, Vertigo, Solace, and Landfall (to name a few more) are larger, compared to say, Guardian, Heretic/Midship, or Lockout. Like, Vertigo, a map made and marketed for standard Arena (Slayer and the like) is used in the BTB playlist with ease. Can’t say that about Guardian, or Heretic. Same (as said before) for Torque, which has been used in BTB tournaments despite being marketed for 4v4 ball modes. It’s undeniable that maps are stretched out and larger as a result of sprint.

Here we go… here is a quote from one of my earlier posts

“In terms of maps, in each Halo game, there have been plenty of maps that are varying in size. Damnation for example, in CE, is as big or bigger than most 4-4 maps in Halo 4 and 5. Same with Hang em High/Tombstone. Even Rat Race is fairly sized for a 4v4. Colossus is bigger than almost any Halo 4, 5, or Reach 4v4 map. Construct is fairly large, same with orbital, You also have several maps in each game that have dual functions as BTB maps and 4v4 maps, such as Standoff, Hang Em High, and Complex. And we don’t even need to get into BTB, because the average size of BTB has not gotten ANY bigger with sprint. Not at all. Heck, many of the BTB maps in Halo 5 are smaller than many in Halo 1,2, and 3. Also, many of the maps in 1-Reach have a lot of dead space resulting from the lack of sprint. It isnt time effective to stay in certain parts of the map because of how long it takes to get to other parts. Most of the areas of the map in 4 and 5 are utilized on the other hand.”

Youre taking the smallest maps in Halo 3 and Halo 2 as comparison. Your BTB map arguments dont work because every map you listed from Halo 3 is a 4v4 and BTB map, not dedicated BTB. You have to compare standoff, zanzibar, and longshore to complex, vertigo, and torque. If we were talking dedicated BTB map, every single PC exclusive map is bigger than any BTB map in Halo 5 or Halo 4. For the actual console games, Relic is bigger than just about any other BTB map out there, containment is pretty big too, burial mounds, blood gulch/coagulation, sidwinder, waterworks, etc. Those are all bigger btb maps than what is in halo 4 and 5.

I can find more 1-3 maps if youd like that are 4v4 that are just as big if not bigger than most 4 and 5 4v4 maps.

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> > > > > > Time played doesn’t equal knowledge attained. Something I cannot stress enough.
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> > > > > “No, you need long play time in order to discuss it here.”
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > “You don’t have 6 years of Halo played and didn’t participate in G4G and MLG tournies during the prime years of 2007? Get out.” Kappa.
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> > >
> > > So… please explain to me how you did NOT misquote me here to try to antagonize me? That’s not what I said to that person but you put quotations on it like that’s what I said in the previous post after you took an excerpt out of it in your post before that.
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> > > Look I’m just asking you not to do it anymore, is that too much for you to agree upon?
> >
> >
> > I’m not going to censor myself because you think a general comment I made in response to someone entirely different than you, was meant for you. It was meant for the user I quoted, for emphasis. There’s a reason I made sure to make things different in said comment, such as “G4G” while specifying a nearly 10 year gap.
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> Oh fine so you intentionally mean to be disrespectful and misquote people- that’s definitely what I thought… And yet you’ll still get upset when people don’t always respond to you about your feelings on sprint…
>
> Well good to know and thanks for clarifying what people can expect from you in this thread.

For Christ sake, Sin, can you not complain about every -Yoinking!- post in this thread?

Before you poked your head into this thread we were largely having a civil and focused discussion, but ever since you got here it’s been like a train that went off the rails. If you don’t like someone’s behavior then ignore them or just leave the thread. Just give it a rest.

Lorient Avandi I’ll respond to your post tomorrow as well, when I’m on a computer.

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> > Every single remade BTB map is the same size or smaller. Ragnarok is a 1:1 replica of valhalla. Pitfall is a 1:1 replica of the pit. Every single forged remake is the same size or smaller. Dont worry, I will get to your other precious arguments.
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> Yeah, and you know what isn’t? Truth. Very sure Haven’s remake isn’t either, given geometry changes. And you can’t just generalize forge maps, because what the creator says may be biased or wrong, and it’s next to impossible to create a legitimate 1:1 remake of a map in this map editor.

Im not taking what they said, I did my own test using the remade maps in matchmaking circulation, and the originals in MCC. It took about as long to traverse all of them walking as it did in the original, and was significantly faster sprinting.

And yes, I have said several times in this thread that Truth is larger. That is a fact. What I am trying to get at is that the ‘stretching of maps’ is an overgeneralization. And Havens is pretty dang close if not the same in scale.

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> Lorient Avandi I’ll respond to your post tomorrow as well, when I’m on a computer.

Sounds good.