Sci-Fi Trivia Quiz

Are you hating on Halo? Because if youz are...

His name was supposed to be Dervish.  They changed it because it felt like they were setting up a US vs. Islam theme.  Personally, I think Arbiter is a cooler name.

Why yes, yes I am.  Whatcha gona do, send your army of a billion squeaker noobs at me?

Skull Gundam got it. And plus, "Dervish n' the Chief" doesn't have the same ring to it. On to you!

and @Smeagol, seriously, you play Left 4 Dead. Zombies is just as much of a cliche as Halo's concept is so I don't get why you're complaining. Halo isn't the most original game out there but it was well-executed in my opinion, one of the best multiplayer systems out there, and had a decent storyline. Plus Reach and ODST has added a new dimension to the storyline. And Master Chief is a perfect example of bad-assery but that is already scientific law.

There is nothing about Halo that was new, at all.  Its a Generic Scifi shooter.  You could change the models to starcraft units and it would be the same game or even starship troopers for that fact.

Im not saying that the game isn't well executed but its nothing special at all and it suffers from the problems of EVERY generic console FPS game, grenade spam, swarms of trolls, lag caused by local server hosting, generic uninteresting weapons (though I will admit I loved the covenant stinger thing) that lack any realism and leads to no skill required to play the game. 

Then the story... the war part is fine, but they threw the flood stuff in there and it made no sense really, would have been alot better as a epic war thing, but even then the whole vehicle combat... the vehicles not dieing by you being shot out of it was stupid on an extreme level.  Also the fact that their grunts are these little squeaking midget things that run around screaming doesnt do much to help any kind of immersion and then the fact that the only compitent enemy that made you worry, the elites, werent played up in the 2nd and 3rd games.  Also the only real difference between games was better graphics and a few new weapons.

Since you mentioned left 4 dead...  Left 4 dead was one of the first fps games to make a co-op game that depended on the co-op and make it an integral part of the game.  The 'AI director' makes the game different every single time you play so that you could play the same campaign over and over and each time it will be different and challenging.  Vs mode changed the game completely and while alot of games that do that kind of thing leave the zombie side sort of uninteresting (see zombie panic source) they thought it out and made the infected fun to play then there is the whole 'giving us free stuff, free updates, new campaigns, new modes' 

oh, and lets not forget that for halo you have to pay a subscription to play online, may as well play a shooter MMO

While this is a trivia quiz and I don't want to spam this up, I did want to mention 1 thing. First, Halo CE was pretty basic, and I'm not a total fan of the flood. But they DID add a new dimension to the game, and the whole plot of Halo's existence. And the only vehicle that was indestructible was the warthog, probably for the final, "maw" run. Why exactly, I'm not sure. But they're fun to grenade-jump. Also, do not forget the jackel snipers. On legendary, I fear them far more than even elite zealots or brute chieftains. Grunts are there for canon-fodder, and if you're not careful they can do a number on your shields leaving you open. And the bugger things were beast in ODST. 

Now problem with co-op being a major part of the game, what happens if you get a fool on your team? You're pretty much dead. Now isn't left 4 dead xbox 360? In that case you still have to buy live, right? Unless you have a PC version, which is also available for Halo. Both games have strengths and weaknesses, but I honestly think Halo is better than you think. Of course all games are gonna have issues, but Bungie has been rather effective in eliminating the worst problems. And it does require skill, especially in reach and ODST. If you really want to discuss it more, we'll keep it to PM's

Hey, don't mean to spam up this thread either but I wanted to weigh in on my thoughts real fast.

The Halo series are some of the best selling video games of all time. My sister works at Game Stop and her midnight release of Halo Reach brought the store 26,000 dollars. The only game that may compete with that in the near future is Call of Duty: Black Ops and maybe, maybe Medal of Honor.

Halo revolutionized the FPS industry in that it gave users a chance to play with sick weapons, sport neat armor, and kill nasty bad guys, and moreover, do it all online. Never mind the poor story line, most people I know playing the game, are playing it on Xbox Live.

As far as Left 4 Dead goes, its an Ok game, but no where near as influential as Halo for obvious reasons. Though cooperation is fun in this game, other games do utilize a great deal of cooperation though maybe not to L4D's extent. Games like Gears of War for instance, feature cooperative campaign modes where survival is dependent upon each other. Gears also features a more intense, and more interesting online multiplayer mode. Also, L4D initially only gave users the chance to wield, what, 4 weapons? A shot gun, assault rifle, sniper rifle, and an uzi or some such. Pistol too? Not very dynamic and rather disappointing, IMO.

That being said, I've played both Halo and Left 4 Dead and I prefer L4D for the campaign and the sheer excitement. But I'd have to hand it to Halo for its innovation and online gaming.

These are of course, my opinions. Either way, I purchased a PS3 to compliment my Xbox. This way I can play online for free. I play Call of Duty and that's really about it.

My two cents. Carry on!

Well said, as far as Halo 3's campaing goes, you can really play it once. But the multiplayer...

Oh I also forgot to mention that fact that if you play it on PC Microsoft FORCES you to upgrade your OS to play the game.  Cant play any past halo 1 on XP

Halo did not revolutionize anything, it was nice but when it came out it was still the same old crap as every other scifi fps

Then you clearly don't like sci-fi fps games.  The world seems to disagree with you so this argument is really inconsequential.  I say we put it all behind us and agree to disagree.  Now, on to the main event:

In the Gundam Seed universe, what does Gundam stand for?

Sorry if its been asked before, I am not going through 27 pages of responses to check. 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Gundam stands for the same thing in all series.

It comes from Gundanium alloy, a nearly indestructible alloy found only within asteroids near the Colonies.

Thats wrong, gundam seed decided to make it a acronym for something... again dont get me started on seed.

And in the Universal Century Gundanium was named that by the Earth Federation after the success of the first gundam, before then it was called Lunar Titanium

Still waiting for the answer though...

And yes, I chose Seed because I know you hate it Smeagol.

GUNDAM- General Purpose Utility Non-Discontinuity Augmentation Maneuvering Weapon System

Oh crap.  After reveiwing the video from the series I realized there is more than one meaning for the acronym.  Since I didn't specify in the question which one I was looking for, and I know where you got that answer, I will give it to you Kylwell.  Congratulations.

If it helps I only have part of the answer, had to look it up. Had the General Purpose Non-something, something Manuvering Weapon System, had to look up the something-something.

IIRC Gundam Seed Destiny had a different one.

crap now I need to come up with a question, yes?

yup

OK, I'll make it an easy one.

Nutrocker or Nutcracker?

ummm... I don't get it. Nutcracker?

Yes, nutracker.  Nutrocker was a bad translation

I still don't get it.  Someone want to enlighten me and Boba?

nutrocker/cracker whichever you perfer is a unit from the Ma.k universe

The name was translated wrong to nutrocker instead of nutcracker.  It cracked the enemy suits open like nuts (unless im mistaken)

Ah-yup.

Even more crazy is HobbySearch's translation: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10127260

This is from Hasegawa themselves: "Based on their discussions with Kow Yokoyama, they have decided that the official English name will be "Nutcracker," while the official Japanese name will remain the actually correct "Nutrocker." I've changed our product listing on the HLJ English site to reflect that."

So I was slightly off, but still, credit for trying?

Yes, it's your turn.

Smeagol? Want to take a stab at a question?

Oh, thought I asked.

In Futurama bender claims to be made of many things, together they are more then 100% 

If added up together what percentage would bender be? (as in, if all the metals, iron, chromium, dolemite, etc)

Wasn't Bender made up of titanium?

The first time I heard the term "Nut Rocker" was on the "Pictures at an Exhibition" Album by Emerson Lake and Palmer. It was the rock n roll arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nut Cracker.

Mike T.