360plex Score: 14602
Join Date: May 2007
Milwaukee, WI
Member #: 9
Total Posts: 432

Just wanted to put this in here before everyone gets a chance to listen to the show. Maybe, just maybe, I was a little too strong in stating that I will no longer buy games that don't use a party system for matchmaking. Time will tell, it's just that I get so frustrated when I play games with a great matchmaking system ie: Halo 2, Halo 3, Shadowrun, and Saints Row just to name a few off the top of my head. Why doesn't Microsoft just make this standard across the board? Like I said, I have Ghost Recon 2, Gears of War, and Rainbow Six Vegas, which are all great games. Sad to say but they are all sitting on the shelf because any time I think about playing, I pass because I know it will end up being a major waste of my valuable time. I mean, I have probably played more Halo 2 in recent months then all of these games combined. Not because Halo is a better game, but because I know that I can get in with my buddies and roll through match after match so easily. So until MS makes this a standard for Live games I will definitely use extreme prejudice when spending my hard earned money.



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WTFavre!?

360plex Score: 14675
Join Date: May 2007
Dallas, Texas
Member #: 4
Total Posts: 926

I KNEW you'd come back around. I think we all agree with you, and there's no reason for a Microsoft title to not have a matchmaking system. But your initial statement was pretty strict, and it was just a matter of time before you backed down.

On another note, I wanted to thank DeaconBlade 360 again for participating on this podcast. It was great having him join our madhouse.

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'I wanna get my knees dirty.' -- Gunnz, Netcast 37

360plex Score: 17922
Join Date: May 2007
Upstate NY
Member #: 3
Total Posts: 410

He told me that next time he is on that he will let loose he was holding out a little on us but it was great having him on

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You're local neighborhood friendly Hero

360plex Score: 3545
Join Date: May 2007
Somewhere in the middle
Member #: 49
Total Posts: 275

By the way, what I was trying to say at the end of my message was "kill NIN". Microsoft Sam didn't quite get the pacing down right for it to be clear.

NIN would be referring to fellow 360 plex-er NIN. "Kill NIN" used to be our faithful rallying cry just before we started up a game of Halo 2. Occasionally, we would say it before a game of RSV, but since he's getting good at those games, it's losing its niche.

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