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Halo 2 is shutting down! :-(
« on: April 15, 2010, 06:37:57 PM »
As of right now, the servers are still going, so if you're at home... you can still play for a little while longer?   Microsoft is no longer supporting the original XBOX games or their LIVE support.   It was supposed to go off-line last night.. but I played all the way untill 3:30 am untill i was soo tired. (and have to get up for work)   It's like a dear friend dying.. I know that sounds goofy.. but I've had so many great games, fond memories and friends I've made online through Halo 2. I wanted to stay online 'till they pulled the plug. Well the only way now to enjoy all the fun of Halo 2 is to have LAN parties.  It was a great ride while it lasted!    Bungie even put funny messages in the pregame lobby for you to read while you waited to enter matchmaking, like:

More than 5 years since the launch?   and you're still playing??   You're Awesome!

Coming Soon:  New updates, Forge and new maps for Halo 2:  NEVER

There were more, but I'm still too tired to remember.     Thank You Bungie, for the great games, and great times!  :'(   

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Re: Halo 2 is shutting down! :-(
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2010, 07:21:32 PM »
So, for a person who only plays Wii now and then and the last PC games he played was Unreal, why ?

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Re: Halo 2 is shutting down! :-(
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2010, 11:21:27 PM »
So, for a person who only plays Wii now and then and the last PC games he played was Unreal, why ?

I don't understand your question.......    ???

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Re: Halo 2 is shutting down! :-(
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2010, 11:23:45 PM »
Why do they shut it down ? And aren't there any alternatives ?

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Re: Halo 2 is shutting down! :-(
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2010, 12:12:58 AM »
What i've heard is that the original XBOX is limiting friends lists and other online data, (XBOX & XBOX 360 conflict?)  which makes no sense to me...   I guess they figure everyone has moved on to the 360 and other games,  but we all still love to play our favorite games, no matter how old they are..  (that is why we're collecting our favorite arcade games!!)

 Halo 2 will always be a very fun game to play, and should cost minimal to keep some servers running so people can still enjoy the game with others online.  Our XBOX Live fees should be more than enough to cover this.  I just hate it that I don't really know anyone outside of LIVE (that lives near me)  to have LAN parties...    :'(