The year in halomods - 2008 - Year 5

Ketchup_Bomb · Post by **Ketchup_Bomb** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:39 pm

GametagAeonFlux wrote:I still have my half, didn't ever save the whole...you could probably find it if you searched a bit.

I don't even remember my half.... I'm sure it was good though. :p
Or if Tural has the Eiffel Tower we made....
Good times.

Xero · Post by **Xero** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:27 pm

wow 2009 soon time flies.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:42 pm

For 2009, I see the userbase dwindling because they lose faith in our servers, and the Cafe becoming the only populated area. Because while there might be advancements in H3 and PC stuff...less people are going to be putting in the effort to learn about it. It's a tired franchise.

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:55 pm

On the plus side, less people means less traffic, which means fewer server crashes.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:30 am

Since I am already from the future, my analysis of Halomods in 2009 has already proven to be correct. If you doubt me, search for clues, all signs point to this future.

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*Someone will finally become close to matching the amount of emblems Iron_Forge has, but then Iron_Forge will start creating obscure emblems to get his count higher.

*I still won't be able to make something decent of myself. My glasses will still be too famous to take off and I will be RC'd until I apologise.

*Everyone will obey and read the rules regularly which forces Tural to unban Neodos in an attempt to do something with himself and thus remain a staff member.

*Halo 3 modding still won't be able to kick off, despite a method being established, someone will annoy the developers.

*-Detox- will have trusted at least 7 people and have witness all of them steal/leak his code and lie about it.

*In a year, it won't be under the name of Halomods. Instead, it will become a community driven site about anything (a cafe'!), it will gather many new users once another common popular topic is established.

*INSANEdrive's voice will become creepier.

*Halo 2 xbox will have 3 mods posted, 2 of them by DarkShallFall. The other will be a run fast, [i]please ban me[/i], rapid fire plasma pistol mod with at leas 17 shader swaps.

I do allow myself a 0.1% chance of error, so in a years time if this site still exists, I will find this quote and compare it to the actual outcome.

latinomodder · Post by **latinomodder** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:16 am

Amazingly good predictions.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:48 am

Well he would know, after all he's in the future.

Kyhkaen · Post by **Kyhkaen** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:07 pm

ScottyGEE wrote:
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*Halo 2 xbox will have 3 mods posted, 2 of them by DarkShallFall. The other will be a run fast, [i]please ban me[/i], rapid fire plasma pistol mod with at least 17 shader swaps.
I do allow myself a 0.1% chance of error, so in a years time if this site still exists, I will find this quote and compare it to the actual outcome.

I beg to differ, I plan on skinning the warthog too.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:37 am

ScottyGEE wrote:
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*INSANEdrive's voice will become creepier.

Indeed.

Iron_Forge · Post by **Iron_Forge** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:47 am

My predictions for 2009:

~ The server will fall under new management by a member on the first page of the member list...This member will have their own server, and it is entirely possible they will have the time to keep the server running...

~ The site will undergo drastic changes, most of which needed to be completed before 2008 started...

~ The changes will quickly spawn scope creep in an attempt to re-kindle the userbase of a once massively popular site...While they will bring in new users, many of the old users will hate these new users, and with all the changes, the site they once knew will no longer exist, and this will be the breaking point for them no longer visiting a site that they lost any real interest in long ago...

~ Anyone left (if such people exist) with the skills and interest to figure out new things in modding without tools (which always leads to advancements in tools) will stop caring about such things...The site will become a generic playground for idiots who only show'd up to ask how to download a mod, old timers who stick around because their friends are here, and generic new users who have some interest in gaming...

~ Halo Wars will suck, like all modern RTS games, because idiots who play FPS's care more about how many pixels their enemy has, than base strategy that is at the heart of an RTS game...Only halo fans will buy it, and since none of them know how to play an RTS game, it will never grow to have a cult following for an online community...

~ The Halo movie will be taken over by JJ Abrams, who ruins everything he touches...Die hard Halo fans will love the movie, because their die hard halo fans, and as such, stupid...

~ Between the above flop of a movie, and the poor sales of Halo Wars, the halo franchise will fade into oblivion with no new products made...

~ A similar game called "Army Guy in Battle Armor fights Aliens" will be produced by EA Games, and it will fail a miserable death...

~ ScottyGEE will be eaten by a Kangaroo, and I will inherit all his emblems...

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:55 am

Iron_Forge wrote:My predictions for 2009:

~ The server will fall under new management by a member on the first page of the member list...This member will have their own server, and it is entirely possible they will have the time to keep the server running...

~ The site will undergo drastic changes, most of which needed to be completed before 2008 started...

~ The changes will quickly spawn scope creep in an attempt to re-kindle the userbase of a once massively popular site...While they will bring in new users, many of the old users will hate these new users, and with all the changes, the site they once knew will no longer exist, and this will be the breaking point for them no longer visiting a site that they lost any real interest in long ago...

~ Anyone left (if such people exist) with the skills and interest to figure out new things in modding without tools (which always leads to advancements in tools) will stop caring about such things...The site will become a generic playground for idiots who only show'd up to ask how to download a mod, old timers who stick around because their friends are here, and generic new users who have some interest in gaming...

~ Halo Wars will suck, like all modern RTS games, because idiots who play FPS's care more about how many pixels their enemy has, than base strategy that is at the heart of an RTS game...Only halo fans will buy it, and since none of them know how to play an RTS game, it will never grow to have a cult following for an online community...

~ The Halo movie will be taken over by JJ Abrams, who ruins everything he touches...Die hard Halo fans will love the movie, because their die hard halo fans, and as such, stupid...

~ Between the above flop of a movie, and the poor sales of Halo Wars, the halo franchise will fade into oblivion with no new products made...

~ A similar game called "Army Guy in Battle Armor fights Aliens" will be produced by EA Games, and it will fail a miserable death...

~ ScottyGEE will be eaten by a Kangaroo, and I will inherit all his emblems...

The end is nigh?

Iron_Forge, you are so negative, but I can see the likelihood some of that happening. I don't like the sound of that...

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:59 am

Do you seriously need any more emblems...

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:05 am

bibbit wrote:Do you seriously need any more emblems...

Yes, he needs one for predicting the future.

Lambda · Post by **Lambda** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:54 am

In the next year, I release a final version of a mod, swear to myself never to take on a large mod project again because I do not have the time or the focus necessary to do it quickly. Then I break my promise and start modding a week before school with an amazing idea and find myself in the vicious cycle still.
Also:
1.Eschaton gets more sex appeal with modders
2.I teach my computer to not think that the words modding and modders are all misspellings
3.Halomods evolves into a general modding site and the user base skyrockets(ALOT!). But there is no community because all the new users like their own game and console the best.
4.FTD not released
5.FTW2 released
6.Halo 3 modding doesn't get more modders
7.Due to Halomods evolving into a general modding site (see expectation #3) the original admin group will undergo a coup d'etat by Wii modders. And then Halomods becomes a Wii modding site (due to the fact that a higher number of the Wii modders will be adults with incomes, and they'll actually support the site)
8.FTD released as a Brawl mod.

That's what's going to happen.

[CL]9mm-Man · Post by **[CL]9mm-Man** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:40 am

I predict more random staff members that I have never even heard of.

Lots of talk about Halo Wars and Halo: OSDT

Halo movie release, perhaps :O That'd be sick.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:48 am

bcnipod wrote:Iron_Forge, you are so negative, but I can see the likelihood some of that happening. I don't like the sound of that...

I've been saying this crap for a year, why aren't I a prophet? =/

Lambda · Post by **Lambda** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:49 am

Tural wrote:I've been saying this crap for a year, why aren't I a prophet? =/

not enough emblems

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:55 am

Well maybe if someone would tell me what the damn emblems were for, I could cheat to get them, but noooooo, he's too busy getting drunk. >_>

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:18 pm

bcnipod wrote:
Tural wrote:
DeadHamster wrote:What tural? You didn't love my exception gun mod? You remember that one I'm sure?
Touché.
OMG! Tural admits defeat :X THE END IS NIGH!

Iron_Forge wrote:My predictions for 2009:
~ The changes will quickly spawn scope creep in an attempt to re-kindle the userbase of a once massively popular site...While they will bring in new users, many of the old users will hate these new users, and with all the changes, the site they once knew will no longer exist, and this will be the breaking point for them no longer visiting a site that they lost any real interest in long ago...

~ Anyone left (if such people exist) with the skills and interest to figure out new things in modding without tools (which always leads to advancements in tools) will stop caring about such things...The site will become a generic playground for idiots who only show'd up to ask how to download a mod, old timers who stick around because their friends are here, and generic new users who have some interest in gaming...

Listen to these prophets and learn form their words!

DRL333 · Post by **DRL333** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:19 pm

I will release my ai map and it will be the only good ai multiplayer map made for Halo and I will get a dog for my efforts... I shal name it Twinkles.