Halo Online 1.106708 (ms23) CPY
Randolfo Rasberry
Halo Online A Halo Game with aspects of all the Halo games combined into one, large multiplayer game. The game was created for the intentions to only be in Russia however it has been leaked into other countries with difficulty. The game itself is completely free and contains tons of maps, whether they are returning maps, modified maps, or completely new maps. There are also weapon scope and skin customizations, and Mod support and more .The game has since been shut down for further development but can be played without restrictions using a mod called ElDewrito .
Microsoft can claim it's willing to work with modders in the future, and despite the PR rocks dangling over their heads, I wouldn't fully trust them to uphold their word. That said however, CnD's from them are not as common as they are from companies such as EA or Activision.
I can't help but wonder why they didn't officially release the assets the mod was built upon, if they truly cared so much about it, and the community around it. Microsoft was simply displeased that a profit couldn't be made from the situation. It wouldn't have hurt them a touch to give something back to the community, besides a CnD.
They're not as concerned about the public's opinion of them as they may claim. It's impossible for something this miniscule to hurt Microsoft's PR, considering how monolithic the tech company has become.
I'd agree with you if they hadn't given a solid reason WHY they shut it down; the Eldewrito was/is using assets stolen from a leak that are still in use (in the form of code) by Microsoft's current products today. This is against their terms of use when it comes to ANY of their IPs.
I see their response as being very professional, and the Eldewrito's mod team response as being very childish, they should have expected this while using assets without permission, instead of creating their own.
It is not the shutdown itself that I am speaking against, as editing anything related to an engine is grounds for a CnD in any game, but Microsoft's response nearly sounds sarcastic. On the surface, it may sound professional, but the claim that they will "work with the team", and are concerned at all about their PR has been proven, by Microsoft's previous actions to be hollow words. Actions speak louder than words, and Microsoft, if indeed caring about the community, would have put releasing the assets on the table.
With that said however, the Eldewrito mod's team should have been well aware of potential legal ramifications. You're obviously signing yourself up for legal conflict when you build a mod off leaked content. A defense wouldn't even hold up in court since Microsoft has solid legal grounds in this case.
Wouldn't you be miffed and sarcastic when a group of people stole your code and used it to make an online game with your IP and assets, that you were not only -not- making money off of (as it is your product), but also potentially turning many customers away to future prospects? No, they would not have put releasing assets on the table, because then what's the point in shifting work towards PC when they need do nothing, nor have any chance at making money? Microsoft has hundreds of people working on the halo franchise and providing jobs for themselves, and it's obvious they have no problem with mods / games based off HALO that DO NOT use their stolen assets.
Once again you're missing the entire point of my two posts. My point is, if it's not clear enough for some reason, is that Microsoft is making hollow claims about support for the community. If it hasn't escaped anyone's notice, they're a company with hundreds of highly successful products both hardware and software. Their PR won't be affected by their closure of one small mod. Their claims that they are at all concerned about that are thus false.
No one's arguing that Eldewrito's objective was risky. However, as I will state for the third time, if Microsoft cared as much as claimed about the mod's team or the community playing it, they would've released the assets in the West. Halo Online's already available in Russia. This isn't something that was stolen somehow from a Microsoft employee's computer.
It's also very poor character to resort to personal insults as I noticed you did a few posts down by calling me a "tool". You certainly are taking this personally. Say, you aren't a Microsoft mouthpiece by chance, are you?
It's objective wasn't risky, they used theft to obtain leaked source code that didn't belong to them, and began to capitalize upon that with free (I use that word loosely, as they did subsist on donations as well) updates to, again, code that did not belong to them.
Typical from a company like this, no matter how they act or what they say, never put trust in them. Companies like Microsoft are only in this for the money, they only support something if it will in turn gain their customers trust and ultimately make them more money. It's all about money, they aren't your friend and they don't care about you.
Stealing assets is of course not good and i do not support that. I think nobody does that. The problem is that Microsoft has no alternative for a mainstream Halo game on PC, outside of 1 and 2 which are hard to run on modern pc, and of which PC copies are rare. Above that they're turning Halo multiplayer into CoD ********.
Eldewrito went back to what many fans considered the best Halo, Halo 3. We have been asking for a Halo 3 port for PC for years now. ElDewrito takes the Halo 3 multiplayer and makes it availble on PC with custom maps, mod support and all sorts of cool stuff.
Microsoft taking this game down doesn't only mean we don't get to ply it anymore, but is also a clear signal they do not care about the PC market at all. If they cared, they would've either allowed this or buy the mod from the devs and hire the devs at MS.
It's amazing how many people that don't support open-ended modding actually use and post on this website. Is Microsoft buying these people? Are their just going with their sugar-daddies and trying to get brownie points for whenever Microsoft decides to **** out a version of the MCC or Halo 6 for the Windows 10? Maybe they are hoping that Microsoft won't release that exclusively to the Windows 10?
The mod isn't really shut down. If you want to download the 0.6 mod you can find it on their site: Reddit.com
This only doesn't include the Halo Online ms23 build which they had available before the M$ intervention. You can search for that elsewhere or PM someone on the ElDewrito Discord.
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