Halo 3 gets 'mute idiot' button
Plus, Cortana actress gets tearful.
Bungie's latest Halo 3 update introduces a rather intriguing new function bound to the back button of the Xbox 360 pad. It sounds excellent.
Or rather, it'll refine the excellence of sound - by eliminating the sort of "vocal buttmunches" who help ensure the truth of the following equation: "Teenagers, plus anonymity, plus microphone = idiot."
The "A-Hole Button" as they're calling it brings up a score list with everyone's tag on it. By using the right stick, you can quickly select whichever player is smack-talking you into a stupor, and you won't hear from them again.
"Any muted player you have selected in your Xbox Live account overrides Halo 3's new system, but that should actually enhance the choice of maroons [sic] you're editing out of your gameplay. Best of all, it means fewer wasted or frustrating gameplay sessions," Bungie's Frank O'Connor notes.
"We're doing our best to come up with lots of smart solutions for stuff like this, but honestly, we can't be parents to some of these poltroons. We're much more concerned with giving you guys the tools you need to silence them."
It's also worth checking out this week's update for more hints about weapons, along with some comments on actress Jen Taylor's visit to the studio to record Cortana's Halo 3 dialogue.
"There's a lot more drama and a lot less technical jargon this time around. I actually just finished a couple of lines that nearly had me in tears. For an actor, more drama is always good," she notes.
The update? Why, it's on Bungie's website. Along with a picture of Jen recording dialogue. You sad, sad man.
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Still I find in most cases if you just tell them to STFU in an angry voice they usually listen.
There's always one though...
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lol, it's true... it's true. *click*
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enhance the choice of maroons you're editing
morons isn't it?
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Maybe EG could get its 'sony on' and steal this idea.
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[Obvious comment]
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An obvious feature that was in HL based multiplayer games since voice comms were implemented.
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Huh?
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But hey, if your team is made up of friends... score!
I'm not sure if this will work for Halo 2 seeing as it's an XBOX1 title. Never tested it... works a treat for everything else though.
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Must admit though, a way of just having europeans+eastern peeps would be good. No offense to americans, but so many of the cocks I've come across online are pumped up american teenagers (I cannot play gears of war online for this reason), this would solve a lot of the drawbacks for me. europeans + japanese are just a bit more polite (in general - there are exceptions, and you know who you are - get yourself to some manners classes, you reprobates...)
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Eventually they just get so mad they implode
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I find European, UK and Japanese players to be mostly decent people.
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"Teenagers, plus anonymity, plus microphone = idiot."
You stole that an you know it
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"Yet another reason to employ castrati - they are free from womanish emotions."
Erm, you do know what a castrati is right? An absence of "womanish" anything is not really core to the concept.
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Maroons and poltroons are very old terms for morons.
As long as there's no teamkilling, this muting should solve it. I still laugh about someone who tried to teamkill me on GoW because I got the torque bow... it was distracting when trying to shoot, but hey.
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I am disappointed...
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"*cough*
enhance the choice of maroons you're editing
morons isn't it?"
It's a Bugs Bunny reference. He used to say "What a maroon...", using maroon in place of moron.
At least, I assume it is in tribute to the great, furry one...
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@SuperGamerMatt - The 360 parental controls already allow you to restrict an account to 'Friends Only' communication if you want. No point adding a feature that's already there...
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I think Les was being sarcastic re the suspected use of a "mock idiot" button.
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Way to give away the ending, where Master Chief has to give his own life to save the rest of the world...
/ gets coat
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She's also Princess Daisy, but that seems less interesting.
Consult imdb for details.
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/indulges in a private reverie...
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Too bad I'm not planning to get 360 any time soon and I just ended my Live subscription today.
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Not required surely, as they'll all be playing on their expensive ps3s?
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You DO know that it is already in every game on the 360, don't you?
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