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"Halo Tournaments"

I wonder if there are any of us with X-Boxes that live in pretty close quarters. If so maybe we could organise LAN games of Halo. They are doing this sort of thing over in America, with forums on this type of subject.

Me and my friend are both getting launch X-Boxes, and have shared the cost of the link cable.

I also read somewhere in the Offical X-Box mag that they may try and organise LAN games.

Just to go back to the original topic for a moment - I'm in Essex. ;-))

My mate is getting an X-Box too. I'm gonna be grabbing a link cable. Hopefully my cousin Jay might pick an X-Box up too.

If its gonna be a case of us all meeting up, looks like we're gonna be adding X-Box carry cases to our pre-orders.
;-))

It should be alot better than on the PC - as a console interface will be alot more user-friendly than how I found the PC version - or that could just be me...

Outlaw.

I was reading in the Official mag about SWAT Global Strike Team - which if its even vaaguely like SWAT 3 will rock - and its use of Microsofts headset to give voice commands to AI team mates, presumably you'll also be able to play online and have real time chat with your team.

Is it just me, or will this be ace over broadband instead of the crackly low quality mumblings you get with 56k....

Should do when this BT thing pulls through. "DAAAAAAD!" :)

Outlaw.

Outlaw_UK wrote:
> Aaaah wicked!! Do you download the data (or whatever) onto your PC or X-Box hard
> drive?

Outlaw.

I dont know. The main software is on the PC. But really the X-box thinks its on a LAN game, so really the incoming data would need to be stored on there. Of course as soon as a game is finished or the X-Box is turned off the data would be lost. So theres no worry of having 100's of mbs of wasted online gaming files.

Do you have broadband Outlaw?

Aaaah wicked!! Do you download the data (or whatever) onto your PC or X-Box hard drive?

Outlaw.

So what I was saying is on the PS2 THPS3 was actually developed with online modes. It had the software to dial up e.t.c. But Halo doesnt have this.

On another note I think THPS3 actually failed with online modes, as the modems supported were hard to find, and in some cases didnt even work. If you had a broadband connection I think you could use it but for 56K, I dont know anyone who got it too work. On the PS2 forum there were loads of posts about it, but no one said they had it working.

I wish I had broadband so I could play Halo online.

Outlaw_UK wrote:
> But on the PS2 (sorry to bring this up) you can still play THPS3 online even
> without the proper net package - just plug the modem into the back of the
> console.

Outlaw.

Well its the front of the console. But THPS3 actually had online game modes. Halo doesnt. The software that you download on your PC, lets you host an online game like on a PC, with the chat e.t.c. To start the game a person needs to create a LAN game on there X-box. The software detects this through, as the console is linked to the PC. The other players can join in and start to play a LAN game. So really the X-Box is being fooled into hosting a LAN game over the net. Also 2 other games support this and thats Tony Hawks 2X and a Nascor game.

But on the PS2 (sorry to bring this up) you can still play THPS3 online even without the proper net package - just plug the modem into the back of the console.

Outlaw.

Outlaw_UK wrote:
> So let me get this straight - you need to connect your X-Box into a PC which has
> 512k broadband to play Halo online, on your X-Box?

Outlaw

Yes. Dont forget the proper online X-Box service isnt available anywhere. This is a hack really, but it does work. Downside is that you do need broadband. And then you only get a few players as the bandwith needed for it is huge.