Halo 2: Why We Mod

ExileLord · Post by **ExileLord** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:28 pm

This is a project I've been working on for about a month now. All of the footage in this video was not shot on live obviously.

As many of you know, Halo 2 modding for the most part now has a blackened name thanks to some members of the modding community. Due to the easiness of Xbox "softmodding" and the ease of getting the files required to perform it, modding Halo 2 on Xbox Live spread quickly. This hurt matchmaking in Halo 2 even further as there was still abuse of network manipulation in addition to the new threat...

This project was meant to change that. We wanted to show the general community that modders are not a bad thing, that we do what we do out of curiosity and for fun. I think most members of the modding community would agree with that.

I would like to give a special thanks to farklem, Darth Jiggles, and xbox7887. Without them, this vid wouldn't have turned out the way it did.

The high quality version of this video is roughly 60mb and is 6:10 long. I did not really get the participation I was going for in my recruitment topic but I think the video turned out well none the less. I am pretty sure that this is the final version and I am not going to be making any revisions soon.

Without further ado, I give you Why We Mod. If you would like to host a mirror, drop me a link and I'll edit this post with it.

Low Quality
Youtube
Google Video

Good Quality
Gmp's Mirror (Please Right Click and Save As)
Mythica.org

Ar5eNiC · Post by **Ar5eNiC** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:31 pm

Excellent job ExileLord, this came out a hell of a lot better than I expected when you first mentioned starting this project. All of the hard work obviously has paid off.

gmp_gmp · Post by **gmp_gmp** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:32 pm

I agree, it was quite sweet

Numerical · Post by **Numerical** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:33 pm

Yes, yes, yes. Been waiting for this.

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:36 pm

Funny Emblems in this thread. =P

Glad to help out. It looks real great.

Excellent job!

(But why must I be the one in the hog getting 'pwnt' every time =p)

foxfanatic23I7 · Post by **foxfanatic23I7** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:43 pm

Duh, T lej, because you are making an christmas mod, with easter eggs <_<.

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:47 pm

Possibly.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:06 pm

Nice.

StalkingGrunt911 · Post by **StalkingGrunt911** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:08 pm

Yeah, I found a error with the credits. I didn't make Sentinel Base 2, xHeadshotmastax did. The only mod I made was Isolation and I actually saw it in there a few times.

Nice video guys, you just might want to fix the credit error.

foxfanatic23I7 · Post by **foxfanatic23I7** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:08 pm

This contains 50% xXheadshotmastaXx mods FTW.

xheadshotmastax · Post by **xheadshotmastax** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:20 pm

this video makes me cum bigtime
holy cow.
nice cut and edit.!!!
great job.
edit the credits

DarkShallFall · Post by **DarkShallFall** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:48 pm

OMG Sweeeet. No one told me my hover board was gunna be in it. and i didnt think anyone even downloaded that. lol nice dude u deserve two smileys

ExileLord · Post by **ExileLord** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:51 pm

StalkingGrunt911 wrote:Yeah, I found a error with the credits. I didn't make Sentinel Base 2, xHeadshotmastax did. The only mod I made was Isolation and I actually saw it in there a few times. Nice video guys, you just might want to fix the credit error.

Bleh, I'm not sure how that happened. I'll rerender it sometime. It takes forever to render. ;\

Thanks for the feedback guys. I appreciate it.

Ketchup_Bomb · Post by **Ketchup_Bomb** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:57 pm

Es super schweet Exile. The little clips you've sent me along your way have gotten better and better, and the final result is great.

Good job my friend.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:03 pm

*waits to see the video...
Should be good...
But unfortunatley, halomods knows why we mod...and that is to gain e-cred!...... or something
But yeah what I'm saying is, it needs t be shown at non modding sites...You done that already?

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:11 pm

Very nice video. I loled at the Ghost Rider. :p

shade45 · Post by **shade45** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:16 pm

Very nice video indeed. It really showcases how far we've come with modding since the release oh halo2

Now all thats left to do, is we all continuously post this on the bungie.net forums for the next month

ExileLord · Post by **ExileLord** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:17 pm

ScottyGEE wrote:*waits to see the video...
Should be good...
But unfortunatley, halomods knows why we mod...and that is to gain e-cred!...... or something
But yeah what I'm saying is, it needs t be shown at non modding sites...You done that already?

I'm uploading it to Youtube. I'm counting on you guys to spread it around.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:22 pm

Wow just saw it...Fantastic!
Not only will it "wow" people, but it will serve as inspiration for all other modders including myself

The music was great and the editing was very good...

I will try my bestest to get it out there

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:26 pm

Nice vid, I feel that it really does show that modding isn't for cheating like a lot of the losers use it for, it can actually be used to make the game more fun.

and it also reminded me that my friend HeadShotMasta has no life >_>