15 Years of Halo - Share your fondest memory!

I have 2 significant memories:

1) The Halo 2 servers were about to shut down. A friend and I were playing a 1-Flag CTF game on Ascension with a player who refused to quit on the enemy team. I superbounced out of the map with the flag in hopes of prolonging the game past the anticipated server shut-down. The other player finally quit after almost 2 1/2 hours. Minutes later, said friend and I started ANOTHER match deep into the morning hours, and got 1-Flag CTF on Ivory Tower....We also got split up! I grabbed the flag and she helped me fall through the map with it and we sat together, in silence as other players quit, for over 5 hours before Bungie force-shut down the servers and we were kicked. Bungie added us to the final Halo 2 Clan: CutoffSurvivors, to show we played well past when they anticipated games to continue on.

2) I got the very first Back-to-Back Exterminations in the world in Halo 3. Not only that, but I also got a 2nd Back-to-Back Extermination clip and both would end up featured on Bungie Favorites. My first one was featured twice over the life of the game.

I have had no memorable moments with the Halo series, and I fear I never will. You try being the only one out of your entire societal group who enjoys playing this game IN ITS HEYDAY all the while people RIDICULE you for playing it, and have it STILL go on to this day.

I was first introduced to Halo with Halo 2 when I was around ten (I know too young to be playing this game) by my two older brothers. Due to them introducing me to Halo and my strong relationship with my family, my fondest memories have been playing Halo with my brothers. I remember it just like it was yesterday. We started off playing split screen 2v2 on Halo 2, but then we started playing system link 2v2 or 2v2v2 (I have 9 brothers) on Halo 3. We still play Halo 3 to this day whenever we come back to my parents' house. Our favorite games were Snipers at Foundry and Crazy G at Guardian (King of the Hill with snipers and shotguns with the hill in the middle of Guardian). Since we were in separate rooms, after the match ended, the team that won would rush up/down stairs to talk trash to the brothers that lost and the team that lost would say that they lagged or the other team double teamed them (we did not like people teaming up in 2v2 even though that is the point of the game) and call for a rematch. Thank you Halo for the great childhood that you gave my brothers and me. You really brought us closer together.

Definitely halo 4 splitscreen custom games with my friends.
Splitscreen is the only reason I still sometimes play mcc.

Actually recently cause I've been beating all of them on legendary with my homies

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.

Funny. Best timing ever
I played against you guys the other day
You guys destroyed me.
I was half asleep, and every time I ran into you or Ka Five I was completely annihilated.

Back on topic, my favourite moment probably has to be spread between the number of games on both halo 4&5 where I have done really well, and surprised myself, and had a ton of fun doing so

The very first time I played Reach at my friends house: We played firefight and it was so intense! Ahh good times.

Well just asking will we get a req pack or update. But my fondest memory would be when you discover the flood in CE

playing halo 3 for the first time before i had xbox live. and the last mission when you had to escape the doomed halo ring .

The various custom games that I have played with fellow halo fans over the years. Those games are not only some of my favorite halo memories but some of my favorite gaming memories in general. Speed halo is always great for instant hilarity!