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    Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay

    All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live

    Fight Historic Battles In The Next Halo Wars DLC

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    Explore Strategic Options In Halo Wars Today

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    Image of (Zombie) Goldwings - Zombie antidote. Attempt 24... somethings happening! (Zombie) Goldwings - Zombie antidote. Attempt 24... somethings happening!
    08/12/09

    In reply to Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay
    I have to say these games based on boardgames are garbage. Where is the secrecy, the back stab, the ability to make up your own rules or the ability to cheat when your friend is looking and saying
    "no Jerry, I didn't move your Solider to Australia, what? You calling me a lier now? Fuck you man, I thought you knew better than that *hits board game* there, you happy now, get out of my house."
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    Image of p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e. p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.
    08/12/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: Wow that brought back a lot of memories...
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    Image of Hellrazerhd Hellrazerhd
    08/12/09

    In reply to Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay
    Cool another RISK game to add to my collection.
    That's right, I collect RISK games.
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    Image of troopzor troopzor
    08/12/09

    In reply to Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay
    Great a terrible RTS is going to ruin an amazing board game >.
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    Image of p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e. p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.
    08/12/09

    In reply to Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay
    You know if you are Monopoly fan you have a lot of cool editions to choose from.
    (yeah a lot of them suck a lot worse than this but still!)
    If you like a terrific game of RISK every once in a while..
    You pretty much gotta stick with the original if you want it to be in any way fun.
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    Image of Ursus-Veritas Ursus-Veritas
    08/12/09

    In reply to Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay
    You know what, this is probably a stupid idea. I mean, the average fan of Halo won't care that Halo Wars is also going to be Risk.

    But I think in my time on this site, I've established the fact that I am in fact not average, and am actually off my rocker. SO I LOVE THIS. SO MUCH. I can't wait to bore the living bejeezus out of my family at christmas as I force them at translucent piece-point to act as unwilling pawns in the UNSC's domination of the world.

    I DID IT WITH THE STAR WARS ONE, I'LL DO IT AGAIN, DAMMIT! (Ord Mantell was my australia, I could never hold it. Curse the Outer Rim!!)
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    Edited by Ursus-Veritas at 08/12/09 7:39 PM Ursus-Veritas was starred Ursus-Veritas was unstarred
    Image of p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e. p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.
    08/12/09

    @Ursus-Veritas: Australia?
    PSH! Madagascar is the only true fortress!
    If Bowser took Princess Peach to Madagascar there is NOWAY Mario and Luigi would get her back!
    FYI that is an edition of risk that would kick some shell!
    You could play Bowser and have Goombas, Koopas, and Hammer Bros!
    Or you could play as Princess Peach and have Toads, Yoshi's and Plumbers!
    The idea sells itself!
    *Dashes off to start planning a Mario Themed RTS*
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    Image of Ursus-Veritas Ursus-Veritas
    08/12/09

    @p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.: THIS. Most awesome idea ever. The battle for the Mushroom Kingdom... ON A BOARD!! I love it.
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    Edited by Ursus-Veritas at 08/12/09 8:36 PM Ursus-Veritas was starred Ursus-Veritas was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) Bastille (Starman) Bastille
    08/12/09

    @p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.: Someday, you guys WILL get infected, mark my words. >:(
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    Image of SlinkyGuy - Loves Borderlands to death! SlinkyGuy - Loves Borderlands to death!
    08/12/09

    In reply to Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay
    OVER 275 TRANSLUCENT PIECES? HOW COULD I REFUSE?
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    -Skyline- promoted this comment SlinkyGuy - Loves Borderlands to death! was starred SlinkyGuy - Loves Borderlands to death! was unstarred
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    08/12/09

    @SlinkyGuy - So British, I piss tea and poop...: Well if you're allergic to plastic
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    Image of Phantom_Photon Phantom_Photon
    07/31/09

    In reply to All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
    I find it hard to believe they cannot retrieve this data. I will assume they store the data in a MS SQL Server (2008?), because that makes the most sense, and it's their own damn product.

    They should be able to reconstruct the tables from the LDF files, or at the least build back up from the backups or log files.

    While I respect Major Nelson, I just can't help but feel that there is something else going on here.
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    Image of CyberSkull CyberSkull
    07/31/09

    In reply to All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
    And they didn't just rollback immediately because…?
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    Image of AileenMacroshaft AileenMacroshaft
    07/31/09

    In reply to All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
    Come on, even assuming they're horridly inefficient, the leaderboards are not multimedia or anything, I'd be impressed if the whole thing tops 1GB. 2GB is not an unreasonable expense these days. If they want I'll mail them a thumb drive.
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    Image of puffa469 puffa469
    07/31/09

    In reply to All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
    I could ('nt} care less about this game, but I do feel bad, as applied to a different situation, this would make me crazy. I appreciate nerd rage.

    If COD Modern Warfare stats were reset and I lost all my gold guns, I would be pissed.
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    thespyderboy promoted this comment Edited by puffa469 at 07/31/09 7:35 AM puffa469 was starred puffa469 was unstarred
    Image of m-p{3} m-p{3}
    07/31/09

    In reply to All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
    "We won't do any backups, it's not like anything is going to happen.."
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    Image of mcderek3000 mcderek3000
    07/31/09

    In reply to All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
    How do you 'lose' this kind of data? Don't they have backups?

    It's just that there are probably many people on Xbox live who have bought games and DLC through it. What would happen if records of what they bought were 'lost' in the same fashion?
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    Image of Polite Society Polite Society
    07/31/09

    In reply to All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
    I'm sorry. It was a bad day and I had always wondered what would happen if I pressed the "Don't Press This" button.
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    thespyderboy promoted this comment Polite Society was starred Polite Society was unstarred
    Image of thespyderboy thespyderboy
    07/31/09

    @Polite Society - Being Polite, Socially.: Very nice (you bastard!!).
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    Image of Mercenary47 Mercenary47
    07/30/09

    In reply to All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
    Whether the game is good or bad, it's still messed up that this happened. I don't know if it was on purpose or not, but I feel bad for the people who put the time and effort to scale to the top, and then one day log into Xbox Live, and find all of the data has been reset.
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    Image of troopzor troopzor
    07/30/09

    In reply to All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
    Who ever is responsible for this is my hero.

    Halo Wars has my vote or worst game of the century :D
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    Image of CanaryWundaboy CanaryWundaboy
    07/31/09

    @troopzor: Funny thing is, most of the people I know who play Halo Wars are counting this as a total blessing. Now all those who rose to the top by using cheap tactics have been removed, and those of us who've improved have now been given a second chance to rise up the leaderboards fairly and obtain a truly reflective TS rank. I played 8, won 8 yesterday, so now I'm about 2500+ place up from where I was, rather than being far below due to crappy teammates and hog-rushing enemies.
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    Image of tranzparentl tranzparentl
    07/31/09

    @troopzor:

    I'll take Halo Wars over the other Halo games any day.
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    Image of Manu_otaku Manu_otaku
    07/31/09

    @troopzor:
    I think you did confuse halo wars with haze my friend thats really the worst of them all, i think halo wars was pretty good, but thats just my humble opinion
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    Image of Stream Of Consciousness Stream Of Consciousness
    07/31/09

    @troopzor: It's a great game. But, you know...opinions are like assholes.
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