EPTOn December 21 2010 06:33 Herculix wrote:
in Halo 3, after a year or 2, i can't remember, Bungie added in a playlist, "MLG," where you could use the matchmaking instead of purely custom games (which was significantly poorly set up compared to Halo 2, and word of mouth was not as effective) to play Halo with whatever settings MLG currently had for the games, including custom made maps that MLG rotated into their circuit. Bungie cooperated with MLG so that each time MLG updated their settings, Bungie updated the playlist within a few weeks. so, you could play MLG settings with match making and not knowing shit about what MLG actually is, and basically anyone who still played Halo at that point was at least aware of what MLG was. on top of that, Bungie is a sponsor for MLG and MLG also has presence in the XBL market place for their team logos and shit like that, so their presence in the average gamer community increased immensely for Halo 3. there were more MLG fans every year for Halo because of that playlist pretty much; it acted as a gateway to competitive gaming.
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in Halo 3, after a year or 2, i can't remember, Bungie added in a playlist, "MLG," where you could use the matchmaking instead of purely custom games (which was significantly poorly set up compared to Halo 2, and word of mouth was not as effective) to play Halo with whatever settings MLG currently had for the games, including custom made maps that MLG rotated into their circuit. Bungie cooperated with MLG so that each time MLG updated their settings, Bungie updated the playlist within a few weeks. so, you could play MLG settings with match making and not knowing shit about what MLG actually is, and basically anyone who still played Halo at that point was at least aware of what MLG was. on top of that, Bungie is a sponsor for MLG and MLG also has presence in the XBL market place for their team logos and shit like that, so their presence in the average gamer community increased immensely for Halo 3. there were more MLG fans every year for Halo because of that playlist pretty much; it acted as a gateway to competitive gaming.
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This is what we need Blizzard to do. Give us a community controlled Ladder.
Let Blizzard continue to delude themselves into thinking that adding +2 dmg to this or nerfing the speed of that will ever make Steppes of War or Delta Quadrant fun to play on or watch. Meanwhile the community can put out quality maps in mass on our own ladder.
Stop letting Bungie make you look bad Blizzard.
