How has halo affected today's society?

[wooty]

Halo has effectively ruined any American / British 13 year old.

The years between Halo 2-3 certainly helped to shrink my social life, yet expand my waist.
Never again I say

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Well it affected THIS society (the escapist) by every third thread either being a thread bashing Halo, or a thread bashing the threads bashing Halo.

The way it affected society as a whole is instead of talking about how awesome some other alien marine shooter is we talk about Halo. Also I own a shirt with Master Chief on it.

 

[Cargando]

I always find, that more annoying than the people who like Halo, are the people who insult it so much.

 

[Iron Mal]

Anyway...Halo has made (especially) console gaming much more casual-friendly - not a bad thing, except when those new people are frat boys (frat boys are all worse than Hitler. There is no hyperbole in that statement.)

Are you sure you're not exaggerating a teeny, tiny bit there? (I appreciate that frat boys can be almighty bastards but I don't think they're quite up there with the head of the Nazi Regime, let's not get too carried away here).

Halo has probably had a positive and negetive effect on both society and gaming in general.

As for gaming, on the one hand it has made gaming much more mainstream which has gotten many more people interested in what is (in my opinion) just as valid a past time as anything else (we're no longer the bug eyed freaks with 'Dungeon Master' shirts, ginger ponytails and a phobia/obsession with the opposite sex topped off with the laughable lack of a social life).

While having more gamers worldwide is a good thing (don't get me wrong), there is always going to be the problem that amongst those new guys there will be quite a few arseholes that make the rest of us look bad (we're talking campers, griefers, fanboys, psychopaths who slaughter 125 people and say 'GTA made me do it' among others), Halo's popularity brought all sorts into gaming culture (although not all of them are nessercarily welcome).

 

[Souplex]

Golden eye made console shooters undeniably better than on PC, Halo just threw in regenerating health and limited weapon capacity.

 

[genesis300]

This is the third time I've been called a Halo fanboy and now it's really pissing me off. Sure I'll probably buy every Halo game and book that will ever come out but since Gears 2 came out i have never had the same amout of interest for Halo 3.

I think there should be a word for people like you, people who call anybody giving Halo praise a fanboy. Stupid should do for now.

So instead of you possibly being a fanboy, three different people are stupid?
You do know that just further cements the fact that you are a fanboy, correct?

And yes, I hate Halo.
How does that make me a troll?
I thought all three were completely boring.
With friends, alone, etc.

So true, but I like Halo as a game, mostly because that's the only FPS my crappy internet can support online. I don't, however, go out and "buy every halo game and book that will ever come out" even if I do respect it as Microsoft's work, though they never did anything their whole lives anyway... Congratulation FAN BOY MercurySteam!

 

[MercurySteam]

This is the third time I've been called a Halo fanboy and now it's really pissing me off. Sure I'll probably buy every Halo game and book that will ever come out but since Gears 2 came out i have never had the same amout of interest for Halo 3.

I think there should be a word for people like you, people who call anybody giving Halo praise a fanboy. Stupid should do for now.

So instead of you possibly being a fanboy, three different people are stupid?
You do know that just further cements the fact that you are a fanboy, correct?

And yes, I hate Halo.
How does that make me a troll?
I thought all three were completely boring.
With friends, alone, etc.

I just don't like people calling me a fanboy just because I like Halo. If you knew me you'd understand. And I never called YOU a troll specifically, Max.

 

[Reep]

I think Halo has had a huge impact on today, i mean come on, what game would have its protagonist posing for a picture with the former aussie PM?

Picture here
http://cdn.cbsi.com.au/story_media/339282470/pm.jpg

 

[MercurySteam]

Actually, you did.

And the people who hate it are also the most infamous trolls ever.

And yes, I hate Halo.

If you don't like being called a fanboy but it keeps happening, maybe you should look to changing your behavior, rather than insulting the people calling you a fanboy (which, as stated, does nothing to diminish your fanboy cred in their or anyone else's eyes.)

When I said people who hate Halo, I mean those kind of people who go out on search-and-destroy missions on forums to find those who like Halo and make their lives a living hell (yes they actually do exist). You're definatly no one of those (i hope). And I take being called a fanboy by someone who doesn't me well as an insult and I feel I have a right to challenge them.

 

[Sonicron]

...except when those new people are frat boys (frat boys are all worse than Hitler. There is no hyperbole in that statement.)

Wow. Now there's a qualified statement if I ever heard one. Care to specify which country/culture those frat boys you don't like belong to or should we just accept this as a general hatred?
Either you are REALLY stupid or you fit the mindset of those Nazis you hate so much A LOT better than you realize.

On topic, Halo has definitely had an impact on the gaming society, but I think it goes too far to say that it's had that much of an impact on society in general. For something to have a lasting impact on society it has to be (at its time of introduction) new and original, which is hardly what Halo brought to the table. I'd say the Super Mario franchise is one that's had an actual impact on society in general (as much as I hate to say it).

 

[Iron Mal]

Are you sure you're not exaggerating a teeny, tiny bit there? (I appreciate that frat boys can be almighty bastards but I don't think they're quite up there with the head of the Nazi Regime, let's not get too carried away here).

There. Is. No. Exaggeration.

There are darker and fouler things in the world...you are young my friend...you will learn in due time.

 

[Sonicron]

If I'm "REALLY stupid," I'm clearly not there alone - I have you as company!
Should I just put "OBVIOUS JOKE: DO NOT TAKE SERIOUSLY" over everything I say next time?
Or is that not necessary?

Suppose it is. But then again that's the problem with written jokes - no tonal inflection to indicate sarcasm.
The thing is, I took offence because frats are VERY different around here... this is a picture of a party at our house, if you care to look. http://www.teuten.de/galerie/details.php?image_id=806
I've also had run-ins with the sort of gentlemen you meant and while I wouldn't make such comparisons I definitely agree they are the type to be avoided for fear of catching a virus that makes you useless to society.
So in closing let me say that I want to apologize to you for misjudging/misreading your intention, calling you nasty things and jumping around my monkey cage. ^^

 

[dementis]

i would say apart from opening up gaming to a larger group of people, it has like most games desenstized most of the people that play them to violence.

 

[Iron Mal]

But since you asked, I was mostly referring to these gentlemen.

Spoiler

I can practically hear the standardized test scores dropping.

There are darker and fouler things in the world...you are young my friend...you will learn in due time.

You made the baby Jesus cry.

Something I take great pride in doing.

I'm not objecting to the fact that frat boys (such as those in the examples you provided) are idiots and douchebags of the highest caliber, I'm just saying that as far as 'worst thing in the world ever' you can do much, much worse.

 

[BlueCrossBlueShield]

Dude! MaxTheReaper, you need to calm down! Did a can of soda explode in your face or something? What uncourteous treatment to MercurySteam.

 

[kommunizt kat]

I posted this because of the fact that there was a couple that married because of halo...

 

[Mosstromo]

It divided it in 2, readying the grounds for a global civil war.
Besides that, not much impact I guess.