15 Years of Halo - Share your fondest memory!

Custom lobbies on Halo CE for the PC.
After the servers went down, someone released a patch that allowed you to connect to their own dedicated server.
I had an awesome time playing with those people.

You want just the one? Combat Evolved, ALL OF IT!

One of my most fondest Halo memories is stepping out of the crashed lifeboat in CE for the first time.
Growing up on GoldenEye and Perfect Dark, I had seen NOTHING like it before.
And then came all the amazing co-op and LAN nights. One of my favorites being a birthday party during Halo 2, of which I flew to the top in a Banshee on Waterworks with a sniper.
I was a jerk.

Halo 3, first LAN event I went to. The sound, the spirit the atmosphere. All of it, for a few moments, completely forgotten during game 3 of a bo3 series, Pit CTF. I four-shot a guys chasing our runner, here the "Flag captured" and then just put my controller down, lean back. And then the sound of clapping, cheers, whistling and my teammates screaming at me and shaking me as we won took over. One of the greatest moments of my life.

A while back, I got the Halo 2 multiplayer map pack for my friend and we played on the map Terminal, the one with the train. He was chasing me and got my shields down to 0. He was about to finish me off, but he stepped onto the track just in time to get splattered by the train. He was mad as hell, but I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. I even fell off the couch laughing.

I'm an achievement maniac and Halo 2 is my favorite in the series, and even though it wasn't too long ago I remember I had a really good time playing through the Halo saga all over again with the Master Chief Collection, getting all the skulls and terminals again really made for a great experience.

It's hard to narrow down any one single moment, event, game, etc. that can really encapsulate how much I love, appreciate, and am thankful for this franchise. Halo has changed my life in ways that I never would have dreamed of when I first picked up a controller and joined this amazing community. I can't begin to describe or put into words how it feels to be a part of this community. I have met some of the most amazing people through this franchise, and I am forever grateful for that. My life would not be what it is today if not for Halo.

My moment to share, if I had to choose, would be the PAX East 2011 Community Dinner. What a night this was. After the convention one night, I was invited by the GrifballHub staff to join them at a dinner with 343 (still just Waypoint at the time). I was completely taken by surprise at this request, and I don't think I'll ever forget the moment Goosechecka told me she wanted me at that dinner. That night changed my life, and I'll never forget it. I met so many amazing people that night that I'm extremely grateful to have had that chance. Everyone there was so welcoming, even though only three people even really knew who I was. I've never felt more out of place and welcomed at the same time then I did that night. Thank you to each and every one of you who were at that dinner for making me feel so at home in a group of awe-inspiring individuals. I am forever thankful to you all. <3

I also feel obligated to share some kind of gameplay of some sort, so here are two GIFs that encapsulate just what it means to be a part of one of the most amazing teams I've ever been a part of, Green Army Jr.

http://nucleartacoproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/How-GAJR-Shares-The-Ball.gif
http://nucleartacoproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/GAJR-4-Way-Bonk.gif

Shoutouts to Mango, Sam, and Tucker for being amazing and sticking with me through all these years. I <3 you all so very much.

I also want to give a shoutout to Goose and Kal. I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for Halo bringing us together. The hospitality, generosity, and overall awesomeness that they have provided over the years has been utterly amazing. I won't ever be able to thank them enough for what they've done for me. Thank you so, so much, from the bottom of my heart you two. I'm not sure what I did to deserve the outpouring of support you given me all these years, but man am I glad I did it. Thanks for being an amazing part of my life. <3

Halo has been, and continues to be, such an integral part of my life that I'm not sure where I would be without it. Thank you to this amazing franchise for all these wonderful years. Here's to many more! <3

I have a bunch as I'm sure many of you do. My top 10 memories in no particular order are:

1) Frist time playing Halo CE. Halo got me back into playing video games after a year or so hiatus. As crazy as it sounds, I think I was "depressed" for lack of a better word, Sega was no longer making consoles. I was a HUGE Sega kid. Started with Sega Master System but have been playing since Atari 2600 and Cleco vision. Welcome to the next level... SEGA!!! ;)

2) LAN/Halo parties with my friends across H1-4. When I discovered LAN, I fell in love. I went crazy with LAN. I bought the Xbox link up cable... then expanded to a router, then a 12 port switch... Then made sure every one of my friends had there own tv. My house was a crazy place of wires and big tube TVs lol I had many halo nights where there was 6-12 of us. So much fun, unforgettable memories! I hope LAN comes back for Halo 6. We don't play as much as we used to, but we still found maybe 1 day a month to get together and play.

3) Delta Halo on Halo 2. Enough said.

4) Going to the midnight launch for Halo 3. I bought the Halo 3 system and the legendary edition lol there were over a hundred people in line where I was and word got out around town that it was pretty much the same at every video games store in town. People playing Halo music from their cars, people ordering pizza to where they were standing in line lol Everyone talking Halo, and getting free stuff like Halo magnets and posters. So amazing!!

5) Playing Thousands of Ranked 2-2 Doubles Matches with one if my best friends in Halo 3. We E
Ended at a 46 which I am around of :)

6) Finishing the Fight in Halo 3. I love, love, love the ending. Everything about it. The emotions I felt at the end seeing the "117" on the piece of metal scratch in and the Arbiter ( possibly my favorite character ) standing there saying "were it so easy" .... then the camera panning off to the Horizon.... My god, I wish I could live in that moment how I felt. Such emotions.

6) This Halo 3 commercial https://youtu.be/9z36WDj2PcU Absolutely love it!

7) Playing 4-player Co-op firefight with 3 of my friends in his basement trying to get that achievement. We we're all dead, it was just me.... I had no ammo left and all I had to do was kill one more Brute (a chieftain) . I avoided him for what seemed like an eternity trying to find ammo on the field.... I died. We couldn't believe it. We just spent 4+ hours doing it. We all sat there for a few mins just staring at the screen in disbelief that we were SO CLOSE. Even no it sucked that we didn't get it it was still a great time. To this day it's the only Halo achievement I'm missing from halo 1-4, ODST, REACH. Everytime I see it I just remember that day with my friends. We still talk about it lol

8) The First level in Reach. I loved the whole my Spartan being "in the game"

9) Being really excited to play Halo 4 with my friends.T he Chief was BACK!!! Again, we stood in line for it, huge buzz around the game, bought the H4 system and everything. I got home my friends convinced me to come on even though I was working in the morning. We all popped on at 1am, instantly going to you 4-4. Needless to say I was a zombie next day at work lol Great night! Though we ended up not liking H4 very much over all, we still have some great memories playing it.

10) Halo 1-3, ODST and reach Music!!!! My god the amount of times I listen to those soundtracks. Some of those songs are just engraved in my head till I died. I like Halo 4 and 5 soundtrack but it's really hard to beat Marty o Donnell Halo music. SO GOOD!

And 11) I know I said 10 lol Meeting lots of new people in Halo 5. Most of my "real life" friends as I call them lol stopped playing Halo 5 for various reasons or was not interested in it. It was discouraging at first but now I play with lots of new nice people. I've had a lot of great late night 4-4 Halo 5 gaming sessions with them.

Ok one more ... LoL

12 ) It's maybe not a memory per say , well I guess it sorta is... and as sappy as this sounds, but it's you guys/girls, The Halo community on here and even before on bungie.net :) I didn't post lots in the past and was kind of intimidated at first too due to the fact I'm not very good at spelling or grammar. One of my first posts this guy criticized my spelling and grammar quite a bit, he really ripped me apart. I felt pretty discouraged and kind of hurt. But then another person posted, and for the life of me I don't remember who it was and I wish I did :( .... responded to him and stuck up for me. I PM him saying thank you for doing that and he said no problem, don't let one moron scare you from posting things on here. For the most part, most people are pretty nice and helpful. I said thanks and I won't. I've never forgotten that. If I ever see someone bashing on someone like that, like that guy did me, I stick up for them now :)

Now on Halo Waypoint I tried to be very active on the forums. I really enjoy posting things, interacting with my fellow community members and just getting to know people in general. My spelling and grammar have also improved, with the help of spell check too lol We might not all get along or agree on things Halo wise, but we all love Halo in some form or fashion, let's not forget that :)

Thanks for reading my long post lol :)

So my birthday is also November 15th. When i was six years old my dadwent too stand in line for that first xbox. I think we both stayed up all night playing combat evolved. That and the huge conference rooms full of people playing lan games pic halo CE are some puff the only memories i have with him. Thank you Halo for all the good times.

snickerdoodle wrote:

Honestly, it's quite hard to narrow it down to just one. Overall, being a mod here has shaped my life in ways that I had never imagined. In a way, Halo is pretty much the reason my feet found the path I'm on now and I couldn't be more grateful for the experience, the countless opportunities, and the memories I have from the past 5 years - never mind the past 15!

But if we're talking gameplay, this clip might be my favorite thing that's happened to me in a game. My battle buddy and I got put on separate teams for a SWAT Reflection game. We have played SO many games together that we just know how the other thinks/plays so I love watching this clip and seeing how you can basically see us having the same thoughts at the same time. :)

Or this. Because it's amazing.

That gif. LOL