Halo: The Master Chief Collection has a pretty loyal fanbase who are quietly biding their time until the upcoming Halo Infinite. With multiplayer games you often hear horror stories as to how toxic the communities can be - especially to new players. But this Reddit thread has reminded us just how lovely the Halo community can prove, as a team came together and allowed the enemy to win, due to a player being left to fight on his own.
In a lot of situations, players would have taken it upon themselves to simply get some easy kills on the poor lone player, but this team did the opposite. Reddit user DigiPall shared the video, showing how they grouped up and made it happen, but the best part is that he claims he didn't even know two of the players on his team, they just joined in the fun.
With almost 300 comments on the Reddit thread, players are respecting how wholesome the Halo community can be and sharing their own experiences. As put perfectly by DigiPall: "I think Halo has one of better gaming communities. We can still be toxic, just from the nature of Xbox Live, but definitely one of the better ones."
Do you have any heart-warming online gaming moments? Let us know in the comments below.
[source reddit.com]
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I've played Halo regularly online since Halo 2 and I couldn't agree more.
There were some dark days at the height of its popularity but they were always isolated events.
Recently though, only the most loyal of fans remain and the community is incredible.
Sprint or no Sprint discussions on Waypoint is as heated as things get (although that is rather heated truth be told haha)
Let's see what a F2P Halo brings to the table 🤔
@LocalPenguin Oh god, good point about F2P. I think MS is already doing a lot to make NEW games affordable to everyone (Game Pass) but yeah...as a mostly PC gamer, I'm worried about THAT crowd coming into the mix in-particular.
@stinkyx Yeah, it's definitely something to keep in mind.
For the most part I think it'll be fine ☺️
It's just a numbers thing, the larger the orchard, the more bad apples you get lol
still a bit of hope in humanity.
I'm really competitive, but to the point where unfair fights don't interest me. They are boring, and I feel bad for the other team.
Normally end up trying to pick them up in a hog or squatting to let them know I'm not going to kill them.
It's funny too, because I've seen people arguing on the "Speed Racer is a psychopath" memes, trying to argue that always winning, regardless of circumstances, shows "integrity". Then you see stuff like this, or sportsman actually showing good sportsmanship and that I'm hoping it's a attitude we start to see more of.
@Richnj I agree completely. I hate unfair fights.
I want to win a game by the finest of margins. Be tested to the best of my ability. Not steam roll every game. I think it’s a different mentality to those who give up easy or those who use hacks because they can’t handle losing or want that feeling of being a god.
Winning a Rocket League game 5-0 is boring. Winning it 0-1 when we are constantly saving/shooting is a massive rush.
Same with a Halo game. Winning by one kill when you’re playing your hardest is the best win.
@LocalPenguin tell that to Rainbox 6 siege, it has the WORST and most toxic community...small community very few good apples there...have a bad round booted from match by vote. enter match get booted by vote for no reason just cause.. the game is not fun to play at all unless you have a full party of friends.
I'd have probably been toxic to try and "convince" him to quit out (and release the team of hostages back to matchmaking) but I guess this works too and is lols.
@Blessed_Koz I'm sorry to hear that.
I've always considered Halo the type of game where mad cap fun is first and foremost. A serious game like R6 would lend itself to a more competitive player I guess. With that competitive nature comes that kind of attitude 🤔
Not that Halo can't be competitive of course.
Despite loving the early R6 games (the book is a real fave) I've never played Siege.
@LocalPenguin the problem on rainbos 6 is they have a newcomers lobby thats where all that has happened they do it to greif new players it seems... its why the player base barely grew longterm after the game hit gamepass, that first month lots of new players but quickly in my experience they were turned off to the community. Again they are doing yhis in the newcomers area
@Blessed_Koz Yeah that's less than ideal isn't it. New players should be welcomed, not set off with their tails between their legs.
Lets hope Halo doesn't fall into any of these traps eh! 😁
I’ll never forget the things I heard screamed at me by 13 year olds the first time I played Halo 2 on XBox Live. You’ve come a long way baby!
@Spiders still happens plenty… sadly
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