Talk:Arrival

Why does everyone say Chief is lucky? why yes, I suppose saving the Human race was just a luck of the draw....-- The State(Our Decrees and Law)(The State Alchemists we've enlisted) 21:21, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Read the novels. --Ajax 013 21:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

I have, and is there any evidence to support the saying "Chief is lucky"? -- The State(Our Decrees and Law)(The State Alchemists we've enlisted) 22:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Read the novels again...constantly, people reiterate that the Chief has unbelievable luck. - theblackthrone  (atthecenter)    (ofultimatechaos)  22:17, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, they say he does, but is there proof?? -- The State(Our Decrees and Law)(The State Alchemists we've enlisted) 00:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The thing is, nobody really knows what makes 117 better than the other Spartans. He's not the strongest (Sam), the fastest (Kelly), the smartest (open for debate, but not John), the best leader (Kurt), the best sniper (Linda), the sneakiest (Anton and probably Gray Team as well), the most versatile (Fred), the best pilot (Joshua), the most determined (James), the most impulsive (Will), the best at demolitions (Grace), or the best at 0-G (Li). That doesn't really leave many areas, but John's best quality is, in my opinion, his ability to survive anything. Anything. He's incredibly resilient, true, but that's not mostly what I mean: quite apart from surviving through adversity, adversity just doesn't seem to touch him. He's lucky. Anyone who has played Halo or Halo 2 on Heroic will acknowledge that although it takes considerable skill to play through the whole campaign on Heroic without dying. But playing through both campaigns back to back without dying once not only takes extraordinary skill, there's a couple places where it's just down to dumb luck. In that regard, John is lucky, and that's why everyone says he's the best of the Spartans. - theblackthrone  (atthecenter)    (ofultimatechaos)  00:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

The supposed "source" leads to someone playing about with the UI, not an actual cutscene. It should be removed.  Kora ‘Morhekee   The Battle-Net  My Conquests.  04:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, everyone thought the real cutscene was from Sierra 117. Without the film of the guy playing around with the UI, we would still think that. Blue Ninja 19:46, 20 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Where does the transcript of this level come from? Can somone provide a link to the video? ---CT-5619 helmet comlink

Did you seriously just say Chief isn't the best leader??????????? by far, thats one of the greatest things about him! and he's got skill, thats why he survives stuff -- The State(Our Decrees and Law)(The State Alchemists we've enlisted) 22:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

We're lucky. We don't suffer the pain, go through the mental trauma and physical anguish, and we go back when we die. But in reality, assuming our playthrough is what really happened and is seamless, without the reversion after each death, then that's pretty incredible. No other Spartan in his situation could have destroyed the first Halo, and probably wouldn't have survived the second, nor the drop. Halo 3 eludes to facts written in the books, each of which has been checked to ensure consistency with the Halo "bible" that keeps all info on the Halo universe. Point is, John is the most generic Spartan, nothing too special, but almost as a way to make up for it, he tends to be able to survive in situations where most people's luck would run out. Cody2526 11:40, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Video
Where does this transcript come from? Is there a video of this somewhere?--CT-5619 helmet comlink 23:40, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

ya where did you get this? I wanna see the vid!! JanSpartan117  BLAM! Grunts Rule! 04:39, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

This and Last One Standing
anyone realize the difference between this and the Live Action video? in Last One Standing it depicts S117 coming down in bright daylight while in this cutscene its a nightsky. lol not thats its of any real importance haha - Hollywood 01:24, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Spoilers and other
I added a spoiler warning because the transcript (and you-know-who [if you've seen it, you know who you-know-who is] talking) and maybe some other content in this article may be considered spoilish (that's not a word is it?) to people who haven't started the game yet. Please be more responsible in the future by adding a spoiler warning or not adding spoilers until enough people have had a chance to start Halo 3. (It doesn't matter too much to me since I've gone past this level.) The source of the transcript is the actual game. lol. I've played it. E93 01:37, 28 September 2007 (UTC)