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70. Decreased Loading Times { January 28, 2005 }

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1 | steve says:

First.

2 | Araqiel says:

2nd nice i liked it

3 | jorge says:

so true.....

4 | redhotlog says:

haha, nice

5 | yo says:

Not very funny but Very very true

6 | Mr. Elite says:

LOL! So true... XD!

7 | guiltysparkzz says:

7th! ROFLMAO!!

Hehhe, good idea. Funn-ay

8 | Michael says:

How do you decrease the loading times with that strange glitch?

9 | PJ says:

Brilliant! There is coffee squirting out of my nose.

10 | nick says:

i liked it

11 | Kynitekia says:

Heh, so true.

12 | MechaRaum says:

Yup nice! Very true

13 | Spartan-287 says:

Finally, I've been waiting for someone to point that out. Nice strip gruntsbane.

14 | Lord Bob says:

hahahaahahahah oh how glorious hahahahahahahaha thats funny hahahhahahahha my life is a nightmare

15 | Necromas says:

It's pretty simple, instead of making big loading times it essentially loads while your playing, so for the first millisecond of a cutscene it is still loading, so not all the bump maps are there.

16 | Falcon says:

LOl!

It's really annoying and creepy when that happens...

It ruins the good looks of the game! :(

Funny. Keep them coming, Gruntsbane! :)

17 | Halo-Master says:

I didn't get it, sorry. Oh, now I get it! Very funny LOL ;)

18 | pmzukan says:

hehe good one!

19 | Xerro says:

Out of everything that was the only thing i could find that was at fault in Halo 2 everything else perfect. Very funny strip BTW.

20 | Sparkie says:

OMFG FUNNY!!!! hehehehehe...

21 | Gruntsbane says:

The idea wasn't all that original but at least the execution was ;)

22 | Spartan-261 says:

AHHH SARGE WAS BEHEADED, no wait HES ALIVE

23 | Twojaw says:

Ahahaha! BRILLIANCE. I call that the Master Chief-Bathing-Suit effect.

Especially how. In the second level cutscene. He looks like he's in scuba gear.

24 | Dirge says:

that is so true

25 | Ryley217 says:

That was um weird but funny!!

26 | chaos says:

Funny! But that happens too much..

27 | vindicarE says:

These Things arent even FUNNY! they just illistrate things that happen in halo 2! suXor.

28 | omally says:

this is true because it lasts so long on the last level it was just a tanish blob firing a beem of green,killing its blue blobs.

29 | Yayap and Zuka says:

As the 12 year old aoler translater would say: LOLOL!!!!1!!!1!111!!! OMG!!!11!!!1!1!11!! TAHT WUZ TEH FUNNI!!!1!1111!!!!!!11!!

30 | Rival says:

lol wat was that

31 | Jaxx says:

lol, hit the nail right on the head.

32 | Loknar64 says:

In the opening cutscene to outskirts, when the marine brings his helmet onto his head, the MC's armor gets bumpmapping. That equals a magic helmet. ;) The comic is so very true

33 | xxctlxx says:

man sooooo ture on the comic...... yeah my xbox does that (just the detail)

34 | {SS}Zag1 says:

Nice... I think Machall.com did one like that too...
Hehe, fun-E.

35 | silly wild arbiter says:

i know i hate it when that happens!
it get it!

36 | m45t3r ch13f says:

Lol, thats happend to me on xbl once, no one had arms lol. If you dont get it ur a dumbass

37 | kam_cyto says:

lol,it happens every once in awhile... pretty cool! (didn't understand it at first)

38 | A random mad halo fan says:

Where are teh Arbiter and other covies?!?!
and others,since hunters,grunts and elites broke off from covenant...

39 | ansomble28 says:

HAHAHAHAH!! OMG That was friggin hilarious! I love it when you guys poke fun at storyline stupidities and production errors. Because everyone has probably noticed the same thing! LOL I was cunfused at first but once i got to the second panel i started busting up laughing! Gosh... good times. GJ guys! LMAO!

40 | runty lime on xbox live says:

So true,the enviorments are so much cooler in halo 2 but they start out with all the bump mappping then load.good comics keep'm comin!

41 | SuperDragonYoshi says:

Good Work, loading times would have done Halo2 justice; ME WANT ARBITER & COVIES NEXT STRIP!!

42 | goooood says:

halo2 = poo

43 | fuzzman54 says:

Halo 2=Really Really good poop....Like holy shit or something....Halo 2 came from God's ass if it's poop....

44 | KingCobra says:

Very true really funny

45 | Mr. 45 says:

Really funny, that happens alot when I play it. BTW: wOOt post #45

46 | MadSpartan says:

46th, really, who cares what post number

But sweet comic, brilliant, definantly true and very hilarious

47 | TEAMLEADER says:

DUDE THAT WAS F-----G AWESUM....(CRICKET) UMMM I REALLY HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

48 | Wannabe Master Sgt. Johnson says:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS SO TRUE!!!!!! OMG THAT IS SO F***ING TRUE!!!!!! HOOHOO!! I cant even recall all those time models would just pop up out of nowhere and not be completely....er....done!!! somtimes the Bitmapping wouldn't load and it would look all wierd and crappy....

49 | SIRCAM says:

Hope the PC version of Halo2 do not do that...still waiting the PC version 'till the end :)

50 | Elite Leader says:

HAHAHAHA! stupid humans can't have the advanced quicker loading times like us! *looks at the beginning cutscene of the level Oracle* WORT WORT WORT! HERESY!!!

51 | MASta CHief says:

friggin hilarious happens all the time on my 'box, keep it goin gruntsbane

52 | MSBartist says:

H!! yeah this is right!
I is something that really pisses my off when I play Halo2 ^.^
Great Strip ^^

53 | happy dog says:

i hate when that happens KILL KILL KILL KILL

54 | Spartan058-HaloGeeky says:

THAT is SOOOOOOOOOOO freakin MEAN!

i mean...come on!
it's our fault. they COULD have spent more time on it, but that's our fault because we wanted it RIGHT then and they couldn't UPSET the fans any longer...

GIVE THEM A BREAK!

55 | Jack B. says:

yo sat wuz so funny that was brilliant and ooooo so true

56 | chip null says:

true is all i can say

57 | Sgt. Johnson says:

haha!my friend's XBOX lags so bad its funny. u know where after u defeat the dudes inside the scarab on earth? when the camara switches to miranda it only shows a blank suit and then like 2 secs later the rest of the uniform!

58 | Hellsing says:

"goooood"(#42) you can go to hell... Halo 2 is Saweet!... Also Spartan058-HaloGeeky has a point... the fans just couldnt SHUT THE F*#K UP!!! it takes time to have a good game

59 | Hellsing says:

fuzzman54... oh god man that was funny. It must be one hell of a poop

60 | JustAnotherHaloFan says:

yeah, its funny how a console cud sumtime lag on u. its funny how people cud imitate stuff like that

61 | charles says:

this comic that i just read rock s and my friends xbox lags way to much

62 | UltraChief says:

sooo true i hate it wen that crap laggs so bad

63 | Shamed Commander says:

Very funny, Gruntsbane. Keep up the good work, fellow dumbass.

64 | Suck my Fuel Rod says:

Thats great, and true. Once i saw lines of code and purple haze instead of cortana, and Keyes often doesn't have aface. Hell, I say we shoulda waited for the last levels and better movies! I would've waited...

65 | fuzzman54 says:

Hellsing...Thank you i'm glad I have fans lol...But seriously guys this is the best game ever on my list...It does have some bad points but what game doesn't??...And what game let's you hump corpses???....Halo 2 of course...So I dub thee...Holy Necropoop....Not funny to anyone but i'm up late and drunk with a bunch of friends so we're laughing our asses off...We also call Halo the wacking game...Because we always wack each other to get ammo or full health...Yeah...I'm pretty weird...My Xbox Live account is Fuzzman54 and my rating is pretty low but i'll be back on in like a week or two so add me and prepare for the madness that is Teh FuZz...

66 | hadies says:

i love babies, but i hate babies who CRY!!!

67 | sgt dan says:

that is very annoying especially when all you see is a green blob. kinda takes away the feel of the great graphics,but thats still one of the best games ever

68 | Chummster says:

DAAAAAAAANM! My friend always had that problem because he got the x-box before they updated it with a better graphics card. :(

69 | halo_boi says:

ummm... what happened joel? it seems like halo 2 got serious graphic glitchage

70 | song says:

lol so so true, HALO AND HALO 2 ROCK!

71 | Doubl3 H3lix says:

didnt get it. movin on.

72 | Eliteghost01 says:

I wonder if ther are loading times in real life..........

73 | Masterchief evil says:

i guess he noticed how long it took or something

74 | Someonebehindyou says:

Yeah, hate it when the graphics flicker, lol, nice one!

75 | ako says:

i LUV it wen day flicker

76 | Orna 'Fulsamee 876 says:

lol. sooooo true. in the cutscene in the beginning of cairo station, when it loads it looks like the cheif is wearing a black swimsuit, also at one point it makes miranda look aisian

77 | Orna 'Fulsamee 876 says: