Halo 2
Video Games
 

Since it's release in November 2004, Halo 2 has become one of the most widely played online games ever. The developers of Halo 2,  Bungie, are owned by Microsoft. With the backing of its' parent company Bungie has dedicated a section of its' website to compiling and publishing Halo 2 online statistics. The details available on each game are amazing and every online game of Halo 2 ever played is there to be viewed.  Now you can find out who truly is the best Halo player, from Rumble Pit to Big Team Battle. After 60 days the statistics of each game are still available but not to the same level of detail. In order that my best attempts are not consigned to the data dustbin at Bungie, I have lifted my more memorable games and shown them as screen dumps below.

Click the 'killtacular' medal to see the medals I have won.

If you want to see how some of my friends have been doing then click on their rather spurious gamer tags to take a peek.
 
I have also included an automatically updating link that shows the last dozen games I have played.

Most screen shots on this page show me as YardDealer, which was my original gamertag.

Just as well I was playing in this one. Andrew, Mike and Jason only managed 19 kills between them.   If you're outclassed, then victory by superior firepower is the only way to go!!   Team Slayer on Warlock ....... 15 kills in a row and didn't die once!!   All against all in this Rumble Slayer on Ascension ....... not sure what Jason was doing!!   Remember ....... aim for the head!!   If a jobs worth doing properly ....... then do it yourself!!   Team play ....... I didn't like the blue team very much!!   Played a whole game of Team Slayer and didn't die ....... not once!!   And now 'la piece de resistance' ....... Overkill! 25 kills in row ....... I have only ever achieved this once!

Below you have all the possible screen shot from a game of Rumble Slayer. Details like this are stored for every game played on Halo 2 for 60 days after the games are played; at it's peak Halo 2 had over 1 million matches played everyday!

In mid-2007 Bungie update the Halo 2 website to show even more statistics. It appears that they were getting the site ready for Halo 3, which was released on 26th September, 2007. Below are some screen shots from one of the final games I played on Halo 2, with all the updated stats. The screen shots immediately below show me as Chuggaboom, mu current gamertag.
First Game: Big Team Battle - Coagulation 15/11/2004 - 21:23 Last Game: Big Team Battle - Ascension 29/08/2007 - 21:58 Total Games Played: 2936 Total Kills: 18935 So my Halo 2 online career spanned just over 2 1/2 years, in which time I managed to play just short of 3000 games!!!! I won bags of medals, killed loads of enemies and had hours of fun. Halo 2 was the first true online game for the masses and redefined the way people played video games forever. Finally, my best memory of playing Halo 2 .......... getting a killtacular in a Team Slayer match on Ivory Towers using a shotgun to take out an entire team, as they walked along the ledge behind the antigravity lift ....... priceless!!!   Below you will see all the medals available in Halo 2 online. Click on the screen dumps as evidence that I have been awarded these medals. The screen shots immediately below show me as YardDealer, which was my original gamertag.   Killing Spree Award: Kill 5 opponents in a row without dying Availability: All gametypes Difficulty Factor: 6       Running Riot Award: Kill 10 opponents in a row without dying Availability: All gametypes Difficulty Factor: 7       Rampage Award: Kill 15 opponents in a row without dying Availability: All gametypes Difficulty Factor: 8       Berserker Award: Kill 20 opponents in a row without dying Availability: All gametypes Difficulty Factor: 9       Double Kill Award: Kill 2 opponents within 4 seconds of each other Availability: All gametypes Difficulty Factor: 5       Triple Kill Award: Kill 3 opponents within 4 seconds of each other Availability: All gametypes Difficulty Factor: 6       Killtacular Award: Kill 4 opponents within 4 seconds of each other Availability: All gametypes Difficulty Factor: 7       Kill Frenzy Award: Kill 5 opponents within 4 seconds of each other Availability: All gametypes Difficulty Factor: 8         Killtrocity Award: Kill 6 opponents within 4 seconds of each other Availability: All gametypes Difficulty Factor: 9         Sniper Kill Award: Kill an opponent with the sniper rifle or beam rifle Availability: Games with sniping weapons Difficulty Factor: 1       Roadkill Award: Hit and kill an opponent with a vehicle Availability: Games with vehicles Difficulty Factor: 1       Bonecracker Award: Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack Availability: All games Difficulty Factor: 3       Assassin Award: Melee an opponent from behind Availability: All games Difficulty Factor: 2       Stick It Award: Kill an opponent by sticking him with a plasma grenade Availability: Games with plasma grenades Difficulty Factor: 3       Carjacking Award: Steal an occupied vehicle from an opponent Availability: All games with vehicles Difficulty Factor: 2       Flag Carrier Kill Award: Kill an opponent carrying a flag Availability: CTF Games Difficulty Factor: 3       Bomb Carrier Kill Award: Kill an opponent carrying the bomb Availability: Assault games Difficulty Factor: 3       Flag Taken Award: Take an opponent's flag from their base Availability: CTF games Difficulty Factor: 4       Flag Returned Award: Return your flag to your base Availability: CTF games with touch return enabled Difficulty Factor: 1       Bomb Planted Award: Plant a bomb in opponent's base Availability: Assault games Difficulty Factor: 6                   This page was last updated on 13/10/07