Debate Halo "Ghosts - Fiction or Fact?

GR4V3mind117 · Nov 16, 2009

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Debate the existence of the halo Ghosts

Originally Posted by Halopedia
-Halo Ghosts-
The Ghosts of Halo are unidentified and glitchy players that tend to spawn out of nowhere during Multiplayer maps. They have been seen in Halo 2 and Halo 3.
Such players tend to behave bizarrely and possess odd features. Among other things, they lack gamertags, do not show up on the scoreboard, and move erratically. They can be hostile if provoked, though some have been known to attack actual players for no reason. On some occasions, they are also invulnerable.

-History-
In July 2006, a video was posted on Youtube by a user named AfRoSaUcE, who claimed that the video was over a year old and was made by Jump Tactic's Anti Noob. The video, taken during an Xbox Live multiplayer match in Halo 2's map Lockout, depicts a white Spartan player jumping around and behaving erratically, and scoring kills that were credited to The Guardians; for the sake of brevity, a full description can be found below.
The video quickly became popular, and speculations were raised that it was some form of mod. AfRoSaUcE denied the allegation, insisting that the phenomenon resulted from some kind of a network problem. If it was a network problem, however, there would be slim chances of it crediting the affected player's kills to the Guardians.
Since the video's first appearance, several new videos have surfaced, each depicting characters without gamertags or running animations, and each exhibiting several Ghost-like traits. However, a number of mods have also surfaced, each providing most, if not all, of these exact traits.
A later video shows a Ghost in Halo 3's map Blackout. The video is described below.
Recently a player called "Shadow" has claimed that it is not impossible for this to occur on an Xbox without any sort of System Link or Xbox Live. His "ghostly" encounter is as follows:

Original Post by AfRoSaUcE I was playing multiplayer checking Lockout out for hiding spots. I got bored and was throwing grenades.
My character was situated near the teleporter looking up when I saw a player jump over my head and run away. I was in shock and had not quite moved when a barrel fell from the roof and exploded, and all that it said was "Killed by The Guardians".
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Other "ghosts" have appeared on other maps. A clan called HollywoodHalo once filmed the "Ghost of Turf",[citation needed] which possessed similar characteristics to the one seen in Lockout. The most interesting thing about this occurrence is that two ghosts appeared when two people lagged out of the game. It was this that revealed that these two ghosts were caused by extreme lag, or a mod.

-Supernatural Abilities-
Ghosts of Halo seem to have some "supernatural" traits that the normal players don't have. Some of these are:

-They do not show up on the scoreboard.
-Their kills are often credited to The Guardians.
-They can perform tricks and super jumps with ease.
-They can teleport to any location on the map at any time.
-They can mimic the movements of other players.
-They can take the shape of anyone they meet.
-They seem to have a mind of their own.
-They can be docile or aggressive.
-They never miss when shooting.
-In some cases, they are invulnerable. Some videos, however, show them being killed.
-In Halo 3, medals are not awarded when Ghosts are killed. For example, meleeing a Ghost to death will not earn players the Beat Down Medal.
-They have unlimited ammo and can switch weapons with extreme speed. However, they still have to reload.
-They can choose whatever weapons they want, even if the map has specified weapon sets.
-They can appear during Forge on Local Play, but have also been sighted on Xbox Live.
-They have no walking animation, turning, or falling animations, and appear to slide along the ground.
-They do, however, have a jumping animation.
-They can play as a Spartan, an Elite, or a Monitor (which is a player in Edit Mode on Forge). Spartan "ghosts" are the most common.
-They can have their own color, even during team games.
-They are known to be transparent sometimes.
-They can appear as allies or enemies on the Motion Tracker. They sometimes also appear as vehicles on the Tracker or they dont appear on the map at all.
-They can spawn Forge Objects and equipment out of thin air.
-They always stay facing in the direction they were when they spawned.
-When they fire or melee at players, they "snap" to aim at the victim, rather than turning smoothly like normal players; they sometimes "snap" when throwing grenades.
-They tend to only face the cardinal directions.
-They have omnidirectional vision, and do not need to look up or down.
-They can throw grenades limitlessly and at any angle -- including backwards, allowing them to stick a player standing behind them.
-On some locations, they can jump up very high.
Sometimes they can make very loud, piercing sounds.
-The ghost can easily dodge most grenade sticks; often, sticky grenades may bounce off of them.
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So you can debate the existence of the Ghosts, GO!

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R0FLninja · Nov 17, 2009

http://www.forgehub.com/forum/debates/90023-halo-ghosts-fact-fiction.html

You posted the same topic 3 weeks ago, which was then locked a few moments later.

As stated by Orangeremi

This is not a debate. You cannot cite any sources or proofs of Halo "ghosts" or otherwise. Please, don't make threads such as this, and if you happen to post another thread in the Debate section, add some more meat to it. Not a single sentence. Thank you.
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/Requestslock

rusty eagle · Nov 17, 2009

Who the **** cares? Oh you do? Too bad, you're the only idiot who does...

the infraction will be worth it

Eyeless Sid · Nov 17, 2009

It was called gilitches and modding in Halo2/3 no such thing as Halo ghosts it was just noobs that fell for the trick.

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