For anyone familiar with the existence of Halo 2 on Xlink Kai, it’s no secret that 99% of the players are from Latin America who don’t speak English, and 99% of the games played are hosted on Lockout. Yeah, it sucks. And there have been a number of posts on a variety of forums over the years of people posting their GTs and trying to hook up with other players to get some consistent games going.
I’ll be adding my name to that list. My 360 GT is BloodyNinja17, add me if you’d like and simply send me a message letting me know you saw this post. I’m hoping we can get a decent number of players to host games on a semi-regular basis. Perhaps I’ll take the initiative to form some sort of outside group to unite everyone under one roof. It’d be very difficult to get a base of players large enough to put together games on a consistent basis via waypoint alone, but should we have an external home for all Kai players, it would makes things much easier.
Hopefully some of you are already Kai users and/or have a group of friends who may be interested in joining us. If not, see below for help in getting Kai to work.
—For non-Kai users/Those having trouble with the setup process—
For those interested but who haven’t set up Xlink Kai yet, or who aren’t even sure what Xlink Kai is, here’s a couple of links to get you started.
Wikipedia Page
Main Site
Kai Quick Start Guide
Kai FAQ
Port Forwarding: Steps
Port Forwarding: List of Routers
The Kai forums and youtube are also good sources of information should you still need help with your setup.
Xlink Kai is a service that essentially tricks your system (Xbox 360, PS3, whatever) into believing it is a world-wide LAN (local area network). What this boils down to is that you can simulate online play via the system link option of any game. It truly does function like one gigantic LAN party.
As an FYI, you will need to download the Kai program as well as make an account via the Kai website. Some may be skeptical and put off by this, so it’s best to do your own bit of research and see that the program is indeed legitimate.
The other thing to note is that getting Kai to work can be a bit of a pain depending on your network setup, which can turn away some potential users. Hopefully some of the links I’ve included will be of use to you. The setup itself isn’t inherently difficult or complicated; you may just need to play around with some of the settings until you find the configuration that works for your system.
If you’re still having problems trying to get your setup to work, you can always shoot me a message and I’ll help you out as best I can.