You didn't have to be quiet, you just had to make sure you pressed up (orthe white button...or whatever) to talk *just* to your team.

The trash talk I heard was mostly nigher this and arab that. Not the stuff I need to hear when I'm already out the house every morning trying hard not to hurt the white people.

>The tactical element of it was undeniable. The immersion into
>the multiplayer was even greater. To think, you ACTUALLY had
>to be quiet to get inside of the base unscathed and to think
>you had to plan all your shit out AWAY from the enemy so they
>couldn't hear your communications. Y'all might be TOO casual
>with it, this is Halo fuckin 3 we're talking about here. Not
>some cock-a-mamy "fueled by OKP hype" type bojanglin'
>bullshit. This is one of the top entertainment moments of all
>time.
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>Not to even MENTION the fact that you can listen to someone
>shit talk down the hallway only to lace his armor with the
>scorch of a 12 gauge round up close and tell him that he's
>wrong as you trample his pathetic corpse on your way to jam
>nades up his friends shithole.
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>I ain't mean to flame off on you LAch, but for real tho.