Hey Grifballers,
I've brought up this issue several times, and when i do i get denied by the "Higher power" and i'm flicked away with the same thing. "It's perfectly legal and it's a tatic."

Please if your a "Higher power" review this video and please point out where those Grifball tatics come in.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileShare.aspx?player=SN068237264910
It's getting out of hand.

- Sno

That link is a link to a screenshot.

1st file on my fileshare.

Watch it.
It's not a pretty site.

Spawn killing is a legitimate strategy. However, if they are spawn killing with no intention of scoring the bomb, then that counts as Stat-padding and is illegal.

less of the complaining and just deal with it: get better with your hammer, if you look at the "players to avoid" thread I believe I made a good statement.

i would say that matt that is very true

You made a good statement?

yeah, the 4 on 1 where I was on my own and got like -9 whereas there was only one person on the opponents team (spawn killers) who went positive, what's with the hate lately by the way?

I just didn't actually know the point you had made in the People to Avoid. I just saw you say get over it. Wouldn't really call it a statement.

I think I've only been badly spawn trapped about twice playing Grifball but still, screw stat-padders

Stat padding and the whole spawn trapping thing is less about any sort of flaw in the game and more about the game of Reach itself. Bungie decided to make a game where winning doesn't matter. It's all about credits. The more kills you can rack up and the longer your game is, the more credits you're going to earn. As far as I'm concerned, it's the dumbest thing Bungie implemented in Reach. With daily and weekly challenges that require you to earn a certain number of kills, multikills and so on, it's really never going to change.

I'm curious if you spent much time playing Grifball in Halo 3. I played thousands of Grifball games in Halo 3. Stat padding didn't happen anywhere near as much because winning was a factor. The more you won, the more your playlist rank would increase. In fact many Grifballers took pride in their win streaks. I know I did. When I'd go into matchmaking with my team, we didn't care if a game was 15 minutes long or 3 minutes long. We just wanted to win.

Here's hoping 343 does the right thing and goes back to some sort of ranking system which rewards players for winning their games.

I played Halo 3 and people played to win because that's how you ranked up. I rarely saw spawn trapping.

Also because of how I play Reach and the amount I win, I'd be top rank on the Halo 3 scoring system for Grifball

That was pretty much my point Winning mattered.

Cyborg Command. Biggest stat-padder ever.

We played against him last night didn't we?

Yes. It's worse with his team. I don't think they are in any Grifball leagues. I got a 1 shot extermination on his team once, which followed with a ton of nasty comments.