Running a new gametype called "Communist FFA"
This is a gametype I came up with because I realized it's tricky to keep people playing custom games if there's a skill gap.
Sometimes, as a host, players will quit quickly if I'm playing better than they are, or alternatively, players who are better than me will quit out of boredom after a few matches: if nobody else joins.

So I was thinking about game design theory and player retention and came up with a simple idea: a gametype where the players in the lead get handicaps.
Players with leading scores get 75% damage, 90% damage resistance, and a big marker over their heads.
This gives lower skill players a leg-up, makes it easier to kill high skill players, but I hope it also provides high skill players incentive to play their best: because if you win while saddled with a ton of handicaps you're truly the best of the best.

Currently running a session
"Communist FFA" in the MCC custom games browser
Come check it out!

Running a new game session
"Dinosaurs & Communism"
Find it in the MCC custom games browser. It's a collection of 3 different game modes. An Elites-Only Team Slayer variant, Elites-Only King of the Hill, and Communist Free For All slayer.

"Dinosaurs & Communism" in the MCC customs browser. Come check it out!

Running "BANGHEILIOS" in the MCC custom games browser
It's a combo playlist of Elites-Only Team Slayer, Elites-Only King of the Hill, and Commie FFA - a FFA slayer gametype where the leading players get hit with handicaps to even out the score

Something different. Running "Chill CTF" in Halo 2. Just Neutral Flag CTF

Runnning "BANGHEILIOS" in the MCC custom games browser.

This is just Elites Only team slayer.

Hey it's the thread
The thread for the games
I liked the one map that was in the tower

It's Thor Thursday.
Running "CTF on Tempest" now.

It's Neutral Flag CTF
Tempest is edited to have Halo CE weapons
Player preferred species is enabled
Magnum is modded

It's Thor Thursday. That means Neutral Flag CTF on Tempest - edited to have a Halo CE sandbox, and modded for Halo CE gameplay, including an epic Magnum
Find "CTF on Tempest" in the custom games browser if you'd like to join. I'm running the lobby for at least an hour: more if games really get going.

It's Frigg Friday, forgotten goddess of love, so we're Snowbound
"CTF on Snowbound" in the browser!

>>1502165
Switching to Oddball
Find "Oddball on Snowbound" in the MCC custom games browser
Hope to see you there~

So:

My plan is to run games according to a schedule. I might run other games in addition to this, but you can always expect the same games, twice a day, every day, weekly, at these hours:
For Burgers it would be at 6am EST and 6pm EST (or 3am PST and 3pm PST)
For UK anons, that's 11pm GMT and 11am GMT

Sol Sunday - Halo 3 - Isolation - (gametype pending, probably Neutral Bomb)
Moon Monday - Reach - Damnation Anniversary - Neutral Flag CTF (modded Halo CE gameplay)
Tyr Tuesday - Halo 2 - Beaver Creek - Neutral Flag(?) possibly something more suited to the map
Wotan Wednesday - Halo 3 - Valhalla - CTF
Thor Thursday - Reach - Neutral Flag CTF (modded CE)
Frigg Friday - Halo 3 - Snowbound - Neutral Bomb(?)
Saturn Saturday - Halo 2 - Relic - Neutral Flag CTF (Plasma Rifle/Magnum starts)

Gonna tweak these as I go. Might forge edit maps and customize gametypes where appropriate. Aiming for laid back team objective play. I generally dislike very sweaty matches and prefer team synergy gametypes.

Again, I'll run each daily map/gametype twice a day, 12 hours apart, according to the aforementioned schedule.

It's Frigg Friday!
Tiem for the second scheduled game. Map is Snowbound, gametype is Neutral Bomb.
For future consistency, I'm going to start naming these scheduled games according to their day, so look for "Frigg Friday" in the MCC custom games browser

Everything comes to an end. Even time.
It's the weekend, so find "Saturn Saturday" in the MCC custom games browser: Halo 2, neutral flag CTF, on Relic

See you on the beach!

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Everything comes to an end!
It's the weekend. Time for part 2 of "Saturn Saturday" look for it in the MCC custom games browser!
Map is Relic, gametype is Neutral Flag CTF with Plasma Rifle/Magnum starts.
Had an extremely comfy session of this 12 hours ago, and hoping to repeat that success

See you on the beach!

Was meaning to run Sol Sunday about 6 hours ago, Neutral Bomb Assault on Isolation, edited to have a more chill team gameplay oriented sandbox, but got a bit sick. You'll forgive me, won't you?

After lurking an /hg/ thread with a discussion about powerful weapons in Halo, came up with a Halo 3 gametype called "Power Fantasy" and edited the map Isolation to support it
>SMG and Energy Sword as starting weapons
>4 Machine Gun turrets on the map
>SMGs, Maulers, Gravity Hammers, Battle Rifles, Flamethrower, Spike Grenades, Firebombs, Ghosts, and a Chopper
>Invincibility, Overshields, Regenerators, Bubble Shields, Radar Jammers, and Flares (if you don't know the Invincibility equipment: it's a H3 campaign equipment piece that gives you about 10 seconds of invincibility. You'd think this would be terrible for balance, worse than Overshields and Armor Lock, but the fact that players can drop it if they don't use it makes it very interesting in multiplayer)
The idea with these weapons is that they're weapons that look cool and sound good.
On top of this, gave players 150% damage resistance to slow down the pace of the combat.

Ran a quick test session and it seemed to go over well.
Surprisingly it seems pretty *Fair and Balanced* despite the overpowered sandbox.

I will plan to run this for the 2nd session of Sol Sunday, in about 5 and a half hour

Running "BANGHEILIOS" in the custom games browser. Using some updated settings with tweaks from both Commie FFA and my Halo CE style CTF gametype.
In less than an hour I'll switch over to Sol Sunday, with a Power Fantasy map and gametype

Alright it's time for Sol Sunday! Praise Sol!
Look for "Sol Sunday" in the custom games browser
Map is Isolation, edited for the Power Fantasy gametype I tested earlier
Quick rundown: you have 150% damage resistance, but there are tons of powerful weapons and equipment items on the map. Aiming to recapture some of the power fantasy vibe from Halo 1

An update to the schedule: haven't even done a full week, but have been ironing out kinks, and figuring out what seems to work best.
The maps, days, and hours are the same, but these are the new gametypes

Sol Sunday - Halo 3 - Isolation (edited for Power Fantasy) - Power Fantasy Team Slayer
Moon Monday - Reach - Penance (edited for Bangheilios) - Banghelios Magnums modded gametype
Tyr Tuesday - Halo 2 - Beaver Creek - SWAT (Magnums only)
Wotan Wednesday - Halo 3 - Valhalla (default) - CTF (default)
Thor Thursday - Reach - Tempest (edited for Halo CE weapon layout) - Neutral Flag CTF (modded for Halo CE gameplay + modded Magnum)
Frigg Friday - Halo 3 - Snowbound (edited, removing some power weapons to promote team play) - Neutral Bomb Assault (AR and Magnum starts)
Saturn Saturday - Halo 2 - Relic - Neutral Flag CTF (Plasma Rifle/Magnum Starts)

Hours:
For Burgers it would be at 6am EST and 6pm EST (or 3am PST and 3pm PST)
For UK anons, that's 11pm GMT and 11am GMT

An explanation of the gametypes in the following post

Here's a rundown on the gametypes (the ones that aren't self explanatory)

Power Fantasy Team Slayer - Player has 150% damage resistance. SMG and Energy Sword starts. Weapons on the map (currently only Isolation) are edited, with the goal of feeding into Halo's power fantasy: Machine gun turrets, Flamethrower, Maulers, Gravity Hammers, BRs, SMGs, Spike Grenades, Firebombs, Radar Jammer, Flare, Overshields, and Invincibility equipment.
2 ghosts and a Chopper.
The weapons are laid out symmetrically.

Bangheilios Magnums - Team Slayer. Elites-Only. A modded gametype with physics and gameplay approximating that of Halo CE. Players spawn with Plasma Rifles, Magnums, Plasma Grenades, and Evade. Weapons on the map are limited to Plasma Pistols, Plasma Rifles, Needlers, Concussion Rifle, Energy Swords, Plasma Grenades, and the Active Camo pickup.
Taking lessons from some of my other gametypes, the Magnum is modded to have 110% bloom, the rate-of-fire of Halo 2's Magnum, and Full Auto enabled. With 110% Bloom it's critical to pace your shots if you want to hit anything at range, but with Halo 2's RoF and full auto, the Magnum becomes an excellent quickdraw sidearm.
Additionally, there is some rubberbanding at play in this version of Bangheilios: taken from Commie FFA, the player(s) with the lead score are hit with nerfs to help even the score.

Neutral Flag CTF (for Thor Thursday) - Modded gametype to have Halo CE physics and gameplay + the same modded Magnum from Bangheilios

Snowbound (Frigg Friday) - The gametype is default Neutral Bomb Assault (with the addition of a Magnum secondary weapon) but the map has been edited to promote team play. The Beam Rifle and Spartan Laser have been removed from their respective bases and each replaced with a Mauler. The Brute Shot over the Shotgun has been replaced with a Sentinel Beam. The Brute Shot near the Ghost spawn has been replaced with Rockets. Overshield and Active Camo are replaced with Invincibility and Cloaking.

Running Firefight for fun. "COMBAT EVOLVED" in the browser.

>>1504971
Done hosting? I just got in.

It's Moon Monday!
Do you feel like you're dreaming? Well you're not because it's Bangheilios on Penance. Wort Wort Wort.
Look for "Moon Monday" in the custom games browser!

Moon Monday part 2!
Find "Moon Monday" in the custom games browser
It's Banghelios on Damnation Anniversary with the modded magnum and Commie FFA rubberbanding

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It's Tyr Tuesday!
Tyr was a god of war, so of course that means we're doing Magnum-Only SWAT on Beaver Creek!
Find "Tyr Tuesday" in the MCC Customs browser

It's Tyr Tuesday, Part 2!
Had a fun session this morning: Magnum-Only SWAT on Beaver Creek.
I've decided to enable grenades, grenade regeneration, and bottomless clip to spice it up a bit.
Find Tyr Tuseday, Halo 2, in the MCC custom games browser!

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It's Wotan Wednesday!
CTF on Valhalla
Find "Wotan Wednesday" in the MCC custom games browser

See you on the battlefield!

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It's Wotan Wednesday Part 2!
Just basic CTF on Valhalla

See you on the battlefield!