Honestly my buddy and I should have competed. We were so good together. Alone we are ok. Together borderline unkillable. Reach was the last great Halo.
As a 41 year old life long halo player, I’ll never forget being 23 and watching mlg, and seeing all of this live. One of the true fondest times of my life.
Friend on the buss introduces you to Halo, then go to his house to play, weeks later you get an xbox... same exact for me... and millions of teens back then, so awesome we all have that shared experience.
Halo nastalgia off the charts here…There will never be a Halo dynasty like there was with Team 3D/Final Boss! Hands down the greatest player of all time, I consider it an honor that I was lucky enough to watch this all unfold back in the day. Ogre 2 will always be the GOAT 🐐🎮🥇
@@kingandrewjoeyjohns No. I respect formal for what he has done but he will never touch what Ogre 2 has done. I don't see formal getting 51 event wins in total with 5 national/world champs under his belt. nope
@AntiGenZandY You can say the same about Ogre2, he's never done what FormaL has. FormaL not only has been very successful in COD which dwarfs Halo but he's recently come over and dominated Halo also and he's still active. Ogre2 is a legend but only a legend for Halo. FormaL is a legend in both COD and Halo. But I'm happy to agree to disagree.
I can remember days just sitting in halo 3 lobbys with friends talking about MLG event results or the Ogre twins and how good they are and ya know occasionally you'd run into some pro's if you were level 50 in the MLG playlist and i was always just excited to play people of that caliber.
Searching 3s or 4s high level MLG and matching up with a team of pros was a feeling that couldn't be described, the excitement and dread at the same time was crazy.
I wish I could go back to those days knowing what I know now. I always had such a negative mindset, took things way too serious. I LOVED halo 3 and the whole era of gaming surrounding it, but I could never get beyond rank 45 in team slayer, doubles, or lone wolves... all because I'd get too down on myself whenever I'd die or make a mistake. Oh well... the fun memories still remain🕊
@@fabreasy304I used to be outstanding at Halo 2 but years of unchecked ADHD autism and depression have made it almost impossible for me to perform well
Once I got to level 37 it was nothing but modders and cheaters.... I Could never get higher than that. Lost my 37 and got it back many numerous times bc of that $h!t.
It was fun seeing him during the Walshy vs Goldenboy BTB tournament. Him, walshy, snipedown, lunchbox and a few more. Just wish the whole team was stacked with the OGs.
My dad used to run an internet gaming cafe in Ohio an hour or so from where the Ogres lived during their Halo competition days. They actually organized a small Halo 2 MLG tournament at our store that had 64 competitors in attendance, and they were super nice guys. After the tournament was over, (They won unsurprisingly) they went back on the Xbox live kiosks we had at the back of the store and jumped on our store accounts to play some online matches on a team with one of the store employees playing Oddball. They told Ryan, the employee, to just hold on to the Ball on Lockout and watch, and he pulled up the score screen and just watched as the entire opponents' icons were constantly red Xing out from being killed literally the entire game without pause. xD
Man just hearing the term “screen peek” really gave so much nostalgia, me and my childhood friends and cousins would get into literal brawls over that sh*t😂
I remember playing them on a 2v2 on blood gulch on XBC back in early days. It was my host, they had a high ping rate, and my partner and I never lost. We got destroyed. Spawn murder of the yin yang. This was in the days where HP Darkman was considered the best player in the world.
This was such a great time in gaming. Watching them on G3 network and then trying to take what I learned into the Xbox live was a different. A lot of good memories watching these tournaments.
Honestly props to their parents for being super supportive, especially during a time when Esports in North America was in its infancy. I still remember my parents letting me go to a CSS local tournie. I won 100 bucks from 2nd place and I wish I had pursued it, but 2004 was a different time.
I was also on Xboxconnect back in the day. I ran into the Ogres a few times. When Halo 2 released, I ran into them again and this time we had mics and what not. They were always cool dudes, even though they smoked us. The golden age of FPS. Thanks for the memories Ogres!
I was only 9 when halo 3 came out and was more into sports and going outside than gaming, so it's always bittersweet watching these types of videos and hearing people's stories of the "good ol days" because just a few years sooner and I would have experienced them. I got to play prime halo 3 and mw2, early league, pubg, overwatch, cs, etc..., but if given the chance I would probably trade them for early wow days, halo 1/2, cod 4, etc...
Some of the best parts of my life were spent on Halo with family and friends who still game with today, the LAN parties along with Ogre 2 were truly GOAT. Solid video.
I joined a friends custom match once with Walshy, Ogre 1, Ogre 2, and other really good players. It was standard BRs on midship but I was getting killed so quickly it was like swat. I don’t know who all remembers quad shots and bxrs but it was like a whole other game
Same thing happened to me but with Saiyan as well. Maybe we played each other lol. Same map and same thing, I would spawn and die within 3 seconds. I think I got 1-2 bursts from my be on saiyan, but he was taking my shots to get kills
We need more people making documentary type stuff like this for competitive Halo. Its a story that really deserves to be told. I wish Ghandi completed his Halo history before he took off elsewhere.
The Twins and synchronization with their quantum entangled like sensory perception was unmatched. Rip to the golden era, it will forever unmatched also.
I always loved the Ryan brothers since the MLG days, they are twins like me and my brother, we both love halo, we had friends we would land with in high school and we graduated high school around the same time, the ultimate role models. I’m happy to hear how their parents supported them playing video games, back then that was pretty uncommon. Great video! Glad to see they’re doing well.
Halo created MLG. Then MLG went to CoD. A “I saw you first so I win” FPS. Shit made no damn sense at all. A top 16 Halo player would mop the floor with the best CoD player.
I am 31 and never comment on videos. However this deserves my comment. If there's a video about best all time halo player, it BETTER have ogre 2's name mentioned period.
i was trying to find this video a few weeks ago and thought i was crazy and imagined the whole thing lol. Thank you putting this back up The Goat should never be erased
Those early years of Halo MLG felt special, glad I was keeping up with the scene back then and able to watch those early Team 3D, STK and Final Boss moments. Great Video!
This is a lesson to new parents as much as it is to aspiring young gamers. These people raised their kids in a way that when they asked them to support them in something unorthodox, Mom and Dad knew that these kids were doing what made them happy and were very good at it. Middle of nowhere, Texas dad of two young daughters here; these are parents that I seek to learn from. Bless them for their parenting, and man were they blessed by the happiness and achievements of their children. Insane story.
I played Nintendo then Halo came out and from there I really turned into a gamer. OG Halo will always be my favorite. This is such a cool insight. I used to watch Ogres gameplay and try to emulate it. GOOD TIMES.
I remember hearing about these dudes all the time when I was a teen getting into Halo 3 online. These guys, bonfire and zios, i think it was, the best of the best. Cool to see an update and see him doing well
Thanks for saving this story for the depths of internet purgatory. I had never taken an interest in professional Halo but this has definitely peaked my interest. This was an awesome watch!
So much memories! I'm 35 now and these guys and so many others from that period represent such an amazing youth, such an amazing time to be a gamer and some of the best gaming moments for myself also, meeting some of my best friends from all over the world that I still know to this day! Awesome video man, thanks for posting I haven't seen this before and it's very cool to reflect on.💥💥💥H2 also, just in itself GOATED. What I'd give to go back to that time and start over...
Great documentary. Personally, I grew up with Halo Reach, so one could argue that Halo was already in its decline at that point in time, but I have nothing but fond memories of playing with friends back in 2012-2014. I do recall chatting with people in MLG lobbies and anytime the Ogres were brought up, it was with the utmost respect. Even then, everyone was still doing the Ogre twitch a decade after it had any impact on your HUD. That's how you know you made an impact on a game.
Man, the twins were such an inspiration to me back in 03, the argument could be made whether that was a good or bad thing. However I wanted to be the OGREs, and I stopped at nothing to become one. Being able to watch the scene grow from system link to full blown global tournaments was awesome, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Tom imo will always be the goat of console gaming period.
As someone who had the dream to do shit like this as a kid but came a long late in my parents life (had old parents) its crazy to think if my parents were more supportive of video games at the time that I myself could have gotten to that point. But having older parents they didnt understand or much less see video games as anything other than a hobby. They supported me always but just never saw playing video games as any kind of career worth following. Which at the time is a fair point but its hard. Ill never forget the gamestop tournys we came first place in multiple times and the high school tournament we won $200 beating the best kids in our school with ease. Some of the best childhood memories I have and Ill always cherish them.
Great video! One of my fondest memories in gaming is getting the chance to scrim Final Boss. Of course, we got absolutely stomped but it's something I will never forget.
This is such as "what if" story for myself. Almost the exact same first 6 minutes. I was the halo house, always had 15+ people showing up to 4-box in freshman year of highschool. Dominated on Xbox Connect and Xlink Kai, won several tournaments around Florida. The difference was that our group didn't make the journey to Atlanta for the Halo 50k. Another team that we knew personally did go and got 2nd or 3rd, and we had beaten them regularly. Great video, thank you!
this story is so nostalgic to me, because this was me when I was in high school, the story of carrying tv's to friends to play halo, lan parties, video game weekends. this was my childhood. the best years of my life
I remember watching Halo 2 back on the USA network i think , it was amazing to see something i played every day after school being done in a professional level.
This the most nostalgic thing ever. Didn’t know I needed this. Thank you. Idk if he’s the best ever but maybe the most influential gamer ever. He pioneered alot of FPS culture. From the ogre twitch to strafe patterns and everything in between. Ahead of their time. They would burn twitch to the ground
Man seeing halo montages from this era was the best montages to this day. Something about halo 1, 2 and 3, always special but also montages. Now it's called "classic" editing. Greatest childhood
Not be be like, a baby but 343 needs to realize that Halo was a huge influence on not just Ogre's life but everyone's life, this was something that dug deep and its hard to dig yourself out of as a game/developer/community out of anything in between. We have continued to find this same type of love or life dedication to a game and honestly you cant find the same thing in other games or different opportunities. Realize who it is you're developing for. Realize what you're building for all these kids moving forward.
I spent so many hours enjoying CE, 2 and 3 by myself online. I was never great but I have some great memories from that era. I'm 42 now and still play Infinite on the weekends and watch Halo videos. I hope the legacy continues. Halo is simply the best shooter ever made.
we went over to a friend of a friend's house to lan, wiped em 3v3 and the best part was the beetles that lived in my friends tv scattered and undoubtedly infested that fool's house.
I’ll never forget matching Ogre 1 and 2 in matchmaking in Halo 2… I was very competitive back then and not accustomed to losing often (particularly with my full teams). They beat us so thoroughly it wasn’t even close. I was super salty way back then when it happened, but in retrospect it was pretty cool to have played against them.
On the bright side, I have beaten many pros in Halo 2 over the years… Not every time, but nobody has beaten me on a good full team as soundly as Ogres 1 and 2.
My peak competitive-side during Halo 2 came when my best team and I were preparing for the Scion Regionals for MLG Dallas… Due to scheduling conflicts we never made it. Our team could have gone toe-to-toe with nearly anybody (as we often did with mid-40 level players in Team Slayer at the time). But it wouldn’t have mattered- seeing what the Ogres did that year at MLG Dallas (and remembering how soundly the Ogre’s beat me with another decent team around that time)
I used to be on a team called FeaR and STK and the Ogres bro and Walshy were are main competitors in Halo 2. When Halo 2 came out (before the standby shenanigans), we could never beat them and we perpetually stayed 2nd behind them in the Halo rankings. Those were my favorite days of FPS, now I'm 40 and I don't have the same excitement trying to learn a new game, lol. This brought back great memories! :)
Wow what a great mini documentary. Thank you for re-uploading it. Bringing back so many memories. I still have my signed MLG Toronto booklet from all Final Boss and Carbon players.
This is a fantastic documentary, great work! Its really heartwarming to see supportive parents, at a time when being a pro gamer wasn't really a thing.
Id say Ogre 2 was like the jack of all trades player that could do all the jobs at the highest level if need be (slay, support, obj, snipe). I used to watch him back in the MLG VOD days
Much respect for this. This was peak gaming, The release of shook Wons montage, constant Lan Parties and final boss slaying. MANNNN if i could go back for a day. Thank you for the video
When I was younger my dad used tell me enjoy your youth it goes by fast. I’ll be 40 this year and my first console i bought myself was the Xbox, with my dad present with me at my purchase. They were giving away a free halo poster with the purchase of Halo. My favorite game still to this day. The XBC was crazy, and system link before XBL was awesome.
The way he discribed halo 1 how his friends from all over the neighborhood would come over and they would LAN, we have a friends house just like that. Its the best memories of my life as a child.
I’ll never forget the first time I played them in halo CE.. then watching them grow into a freaking power house was incredible. I gave up halo after halo 3 and it blows my mind that they just dominated for a decade. Legendary players.
I know this might be a silly take away (and it’s probably because I’m a new dad) but can we take a second and appreciate what good parenting opens the door for? Seriously, shout out to the Ogres parents for harboring such a supportive and loving environment. My parents would have laughed in my face if I told them in 2006 I wanted to try and play in video game tournaments to make money. All I’m saying is if their parents wanted to have been closed minded about video games (which would have been very on theme for that generation back then) they could have. But instead they nurtured and supported their son’s interests, which in turn, sealed their legacy as 2 of the best players in video game history.
Use to play with the Orge bros all the GTy guys H20's and the PMS Clan back in the day. Those times were the best. I wish I knew then what I know now and realized just how amazing those times were. I probably could have tried to enjoy and appreciate it more for. - Fades placed top 16th free for all Digtal Life tourney 2005.
It hit home when his dad said guys showing up with tvs in their hands lol.. me having my dad drop my off with my TV in hand and xbox 360 in back pack with halo and gears of war.. our clan dominated gears of War for a while... never any tourney wins but we knew that for a time there we were the best. Never a group of kids to take us down for over a year. Unforgettable memories and so much fun :)
There is a select genre of people out there that got to experience Halo 1 - 3 in it's prime. If you know, you know
You just had to be there
Grateful to experience this with my buddies growing up. Halo LAN.... nothing will ever come close. Bygone era.
Honestly my buddy and I should have competed. We were so good together. Alone we are ok. Together borderline unkillable. Reach was the last great Halo.
agree but "genre of people" makes no sense
Xbconnect
As a 41 year old life long halo player, I’ll never forget being 23 and watching mlg, and seeing all of this live. One of the true fondest times of my life.
Almost 38. Man it really was special.
Im 30 and it was special.
Same bro. 40 yrs old here. Had the honor of watching them in MLG live. The only real GOAT in my book.
true that
40 here. And yes it was
Friend on the buss introduces you to Halo, then go to his house to play, weeks later you get an xbox... same exact for me... and millions of teens back then, so awesome we all have that shared experience.
Bus has one s not two my guy
Halo nastalgia off the charts here…There will never be a Halo dynasty like there was with Team 3D/Final Boss! Hands down the greatest player of all time, I consider it an honor that I was lucky enough to watch this all unfold back in the day. Ogre 2 will always be the GOAT 🐐🎮🥇
FormaL is the console goat
@@kingandrewjoeyjohns No. I respect formal for what he has done but he will never touch what Ogre 2 has done. I don't see formal getting 51 event wins in total with 5 national/world champs under his belt. nope
@AntiGenZandY You can say the same about Ogre2, he's never done what FormaL has. FormaL not only has been very successful in COD which dwarfs Halo but he's recently come over and dominated Halo also and he's still active. Ogre2 is a legend but only a legend for Halo. FormaL is a legend in both COD and Halo. But I'm happy to agree to disagree.
@@kingandrewjoeyjohnsnu halo literally is cod💀
True
“I’d look outside and see friends with TVs” the good old days…
2003-2006 were the best years of my life. So glad to have been a part of this
I can remember days just sitting in halo 3 lobbys with friends talking about MLG event results or the Ogre twins and how good they are and ya know occasionally you'd run into some pro's if you were level 50 in the MLG playlist and i was always just excited to play people of that caliber.
Searching 3s or 4s high level MLG and matching up with a team of pros was a feeling that couldn't be described, the excitement and dread at the same time was crazy.
Some old pros still play the remaster of halo 2. If run into Elamite often.
I wish I could go back to those days knowing what I know now. I always had such a negative mindset, took things way too serious. I LOVED halo 3 and the whole era of gaming surrounding it, but I could never get beyond rank 45 in team slayer, doubles, or lone wolves... all because I'd get too down on myself whenever I'd die or make a mistake. Oh well... the fun memories still remain🕊
@@fabreasy304I used to be outstanding at Halo 2 but years of unchecked ADHD autism and depression have made it almost impossible for me to perform well
Once I got to level 37 it was nothing but modders and cheaters.... I Could never get higher than that. Lost my 37 and got it back many numerous times bc of that $h!t.
I miss seeing Tom compete, but I'm glad I got the chance to see him compete. It truly was something special.
It was fun seeing him during the Walshy vs Goldenboy BTB tournament. Him, walshy, snipedown, lunchbox and a few more. Just wish the whole team was stacked with the OGs.
ill never forget watching him compete on TV on dishtv. damn lol mustve been between 2006-2009
My dad used to run an internet gaming cafe in Ohio an hour or so from where the Ogres lived during their Halo competition days. They actually organized a small Halo 2 MLG tournament at our store that had 64 competitors in attendance, and they were super nice guys. After the tournament was over, (They won unsurprisingly) they went back on the Xbox live kiosks we had at the back of the store and jumped on our store accounts to play some online matches on a team with one of the store employees playing Oddball. They told Ryan, the employee, to just hold on to the Ball on Lockout and watch, and he pulled up the score screen and just watched as the entire opponents' icons were constantly red Xing out from being killed literally the entire game without pause. xD
Man just hearing the term “screen peek” really gave so much nostalgia, me and my childhood friends and cousins would get into literal brawls over that sh*t😂
I remember playing them on a 2v2 on blood gulch on XBC back in early days. It was my host, they had a high ping rate, and my partner and I never lost. We got destroyed. Spawn murder of the yin yang. This was in the days where HP Darkman was considered the best player in the world.
Nothing will ever beat Halo 2.
Halo 3
@@twotimer6731Halo 2 BTB > Halo 3 BTB because of the maps. Halo 3 wins everywhere else.
Midship FFA
@@twotimer6731 halo 3 just had a horrible field of view thats all
Nah halo 3 is the best video to ever be created I take this to my grave
This was such a great time in gaming. Watching them on G3 network and then trying to take what I learned into the Xbox live was a different. A lot of good memories watching these tournaments.
Maaaaannnnn this made me emotional. The editing and music really did me in. Hadn’t seen this before but I absolutely loved it
Same. There was just nothing like it back then. Memories to be saved forever
Honestly props to their parents for being super supportive, especially during a time when Esports in North America was in its infancy. I still remember my parents letting me go to a CSS local tournie. I won 100 bucks from 2nd place and I wish I had pursued it, but 2004 was a different time.
competed at the same tournaments with these guys, ogre 1 and 2s team work is unmatched.
The veil has been lifted. Nice to get some insight on the Ogres.
Incredible story
I was also on Xboxconnect back in the day. I ran into the Ogres a few times. When Halo 2 released, I ran into them again and this time we had mics and what not. They were always cool dudes, even though they smoked us. The golden age of FPS. Thanks for the memories Ogres!
What was your screen name on XB connect?
@@SVTBansheeman Chosan
Thank you for preserving history!
I was only 9 when halo 3 came out and was more into sports and going outside than gaming, so it's always bittersweet watching these types of videos and hearing people's stories of the "good ol days" because just a few years sooner and I would have experienced them. I got to play prime halo 3 and mw2, early league, pubg, overwatch, cs, etc..., but if given the chance I would probably trade them for early wow days, halo 1/2, cod 4, etc...
so cool hearing the parents POV, hearing about a video game tournament was probably mind blowing to them
Some of the best parts of my life were spent on Halo with family and friends who still game with today, the LAN parties along with Ogre 2 were truly GOAT. Solid video.
Final Boss has got to be one of the best team names ever.
Definitely helped that they were so dominant.
Great pairing, lol.
Fromsoftware Boss probably is the best name now lol
Imagine? “Who y’all got in grand finals? You guys are facing .. Final Boss”. Instantly checked. Lmao
Final Boss was probably the best gaming team ever at that point. Their performances really put them into a category of their own
@@Jonathondelemos SKT T1 would like a word
I joined a friends custom match once with Walshy, Ogre 1, Ogre 2, and other really good players. It was standard BRs on midship but I was getting killed so quickly it was like swat. I don’t know who all remembers quad shots and bxrs but it was like a whole other game
Same thing happened to me but with Saiyan as well. Maybe we played each other lol. Same map and same thing, I would spawn and die within 3 seconds. I think I got 1-2 bursts from my be on saiyan, but he was taking my shots to get kills
Thanks for sharing!
This whole video was my childhood while growing up, so nostalgic. So many good years, thank you for all the memories Tom!
We need more people making documentary type stuff like this for competitive Halo. Its a story that really deserves to be told. I wish Ghandi completed his Halo history before he took off elsewhere.
The Twins and synchronization with their quantum entangled like sensory perception was unmatched.
Rip to the golden era, it will forever unmatched also.
I always loved the Ryan brothers since the MLG days, they are twins like me and my brother, we both love halo, we had friends we would land with in high school and we graduated high school around the same time, the ultimate role models. I’m happy to hear how their parents supported them playing video games, back then that was pretty uncommon. Great video! Glad to see they’re doing well.
Halo created MLG. Then MLG went to CoD. A “I saw you first so I win” FPS. Shit made no damn sense at all. A top 16 Halo player would mop the floor with the best CoD player.
Thank you for sharing this. Halo was such a huge part of growing up. And the ogre’s were always one of my favorite to watch growing up!
I am 31 and never comment on videos. However this deserves my comment. If there's a video about best all time halo player, it BETTER have ogre 2's name mentioned period.
i was trying to find this video a few weeks ago and thought i was crazy and imagined the whole thing lol. Thank you putting this back up The Goat should never be erased
You earned a subscribe my man, this was insanely well produced.
I never saw this video so thanks for reuploading, this was awesome! We need more documentaries on the Halo legends!
Those early years of Halo MLG felt special, glad I was keeping up with the scene back then and able to watch those early Team 3D, STK and Final Boss moments.
Great Video!
Thanks for preserving content like this, shame it gets deleted like that over corporate bs
This is a lesson to new parents as much as it is to aspiring young gamers. These people raised their kids in a way that when they asked them to support them in something unorthodox, Mom and Dad knew that these kids were doing what made them happy and were very good at it. Middle of nowhere, Texas dad of two young daughters here; these are parents that I seek to learn from. Bless them for their parenting, and man were they blessed by the happiness and achievements of their children. Insane story.
I played Nintendo then Halo came out and from there I really turned into a gamer. OG Halo will always be my favorite. This is such a cool insight. I used to watch Ogres gameplay and try to emulate it. GOOD TIMES.
Seeing Orge 2 play in my MM game was the craziest feeling ever
I remember hearing about these dudes all the time when I was a teen getting into Halo 3 online. These guys, bonfire and zios, i think it was, the best of the best. Cool to see an update and see him doing well
Bonfire and zios? Pistola, snipedown, Elamite, T2, lunchbox, fearitself, Roy, Walshy, Legit, neighbor, naded, bestman….
@@joshcantrell8397yeah i was like wtf
Quality on this is crazy. Very well done.
Wow great video! Thank you so much for this 😭😭😭
It's great you managed to save and reupload. Thank you for preserving this
Thanks for saving this story for the depths of internet purgatory. I had never taken an interest in professional Halo but this has definitely peaked my interest. This was an awesome watch!
Thanks for posting this super cool vid! I still remember watching Final Boss in the Halo 2 + 3 glory days 😥
So much memories! I'm 35 now and these guys and so many others from that period represent such an amazing youth, such an amazing time to be a gamer and some of the best gaming moments for myself also, meeting some of my best friends from all over the world that I still know to this day! Awesome video man, thanks for posting I haven't seen this before and it's very cool to reflect on.💥💥💥H2 also, just in itself GOATED. What I'd give to go back to that time and start over...
this is beautiful, please continue making these types of videos!
Great documentary. Personally, I grew up with Halo Reach, so one could argue that Halo was already in its decline at that point in time, but I have nothing but fond memories of playing with friends back in 2012-2014. I do recall chatting with people in MLG lobbies and anytime the Ogres were brought up, it was with the utmost respect. Even then, everyone was still doing the Ogre twitch a decade after it had any impact on your HUD. That's how you know you made an impact on a game.
bro this is rad!!
Man, the twins were such an inspiration to me back in 03, the argument could be made whether that was a good or bad thing. However I wanted to be the OGREs, and I stopped at nothing to become one. Being able to watch the scene grow from system link to full blown global tournaments was awesome, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Tom imo will always be the goat of console gaming period.
As someone who had the dream to do shit like this as a kid but came a long late in my parents life (had old parents) its crazy to think if my parents were more supportive of video games at the time that I myself could have gotten to that point. But having older parents they didnt understand or much less see video games as anything other than a hobby. They supported me always but just never saw playing video games as any kind of career worth following. Which at the time is a fair point but its hard. Ill never forget the gamestop tournys we came first place in multiple times and the high school tournament we won $200 beating the best kids in our school with ease. Some of the best childhood memories I have and Ill always cherish them.
Great video! One of my fondest memories in gaming is getting the chance to scrim Final Boss. Of course, we got absolutely stomped but it's something I will never forget.
Man I miss playing with and against these guys. The ogre brothers are legends.
So awesome, what nostalgia! Thanks for putting this together. Smiled the whole way through!
What a wholesome documentary. Good job keeping this one alive for the fans
Good times the best of my life.
This is such as "what if" story for myself. Almost the exact same first 6 minutes. I was the halo house, always had 15+ people showing up to 4-box in freshman year of highschool. Dominated on Xbox Connect and Xlink Kai, won several tournaments around Florida. The difference was that our group didn't make the journey to Atlanta for the Halo 50k. Another team that we knew personally did go and got 2nd or 3rd, and we had beaten them regularly. Great video, thank you!
this story is so nostalgic to me, because this was me when I was in high school, the story of carrying tv's to friends to play halo, lan parties, video game weekends. this was my childhood. the best years of my life
Man, I love this vid so much. Really takes me back to the glory days of Halo! Competing in college with the homies and all that. So good
I remember watching Halo 2 back on the USA network i think , it was amazing to see something i played every day after school being done in a professional level.
Will never forget playing these guys at 50k. Some of the most tense gaming experiences of my life. Great vid!
How'd you do?
This the most nostalgic thing ever. Didn’t know I needed this. Thank you. Idk if he’s the best ever but maybe the most influential gamer ever. He pioneered alot of FPS culture. From the ogre twitch to strafe patterns and everything in between. Ahead of their time. They would burn twitch to the ground
Incredible documentary! Made me so happy seeing everyone doing so well
Man seeing halo montages from this era was the best montages to this day. Something about halo 1, 2 and 3, always special but also montages. Now it's called "classic" editing. Greatest childhood
Not be be like, a baby but 343 needs to realize that Halo was a huge influence on not just Ogre's life but everyone's life, this was something that dug deep and its hard to dig yourself out of as a game/developer/community out of anything in between. We have continued to find this same type of love or life dedication to a game and honestly you cant find the same thing in other games or different opportunities. Realize who it is you're developing for. Realize what you're building for all these kids moving forward.
I spent so many hours enjoying CE, 2 and 3 by myself online. I was never great but I have some great memories from that era. I'm 42 now and still play Infinite on the weekends and watch Halo videos. I hope the legacy continues. Halo is simply the best shooter ever made.
🐐 great job on this video
we went over to a friend of a friend's house to lan, wiped em 3v3 and the best part was the beetles that lived in my friends tv scattered and undoubtedly infested that fool's house.
I’ll never forget matching Ogre 1 and 2 in matchmaking in Halo 2… I was very competitive back then and not accustomed to losing often (particularly with my full teams). They beat us so thoroughly it wasn’t even close. I was super salty way back then when it happened, but in retrospect it was pretty cool to have played against them.
On the bright side, I have beaten many pros in Halo 2 over the years… Not every time, but nobody has beaten me on a good full team as soundly as Ogres 1 and 2.
My peak competitive-side during Halo 2 came when my best team and I were preparing for the Scion Regionals for MLG Dallas… Due to scheduling conflicts we never made it. Our team could have gone toe-to-toe with nearly anybody (as we often did with mid-40 level players in Team Slayer at the time). But it wouldn’t have mattered- seeing what the Ogres did that year at MLG Dallas (and remembering how soundly the Ogre’s beat me with another decent team around that time)
I used to be on a team called FeaR and STK and the Ogres bro and Walshy were are main competitors in Halo 2. When Halo 2 came out (before the standby shenanigans), we could never beat them and we perpetually stayed 2nd behind them in the Halo rankings. Those were my favorite days of FPS, now I'm 40 and I don't have the same excitement trying to learn a new game, lol. This brought back great memories! :)
Wow what a great mini documentary. Thank you for re-uploading it. Bringing back so many memories. I still have my signed MLG Toronto booklet from all Final Boss and Carbon players.
This is a fantastic documentary, great work!
Its really heartwarming to see supportive parents, at a time when being a pro gamer wasn't really a thing.
Id say Ogre 2 was like the jack of all trades player that could do all the jobs at the highest level if need be (slay, support, obj, snipe). I used to watch him back in the MLG VOD days
Much respect for this. This was peak gaming, The release of shook Wons montage, constant Lan Parties and final boss slaying. MANNNN if i could go back for a day. Thank you for the video
When I was younger my dad used tell me enjoy your youth it goes by fast. I’ll be 40 this year and my first console i bought myself was the Xbox, with my dad present with me at my purchase. They were giving away a free halo poster with the purchase of Halo. My favorite game still to this day. The XBC was crazy, and system link before XBL was awesome.
The way he discribed halo 1 how his friends from all over the neighborhood would come over and they would LAN, we have a friends house just like that. Its the best memories of my life as a child.
I’ll never forget the first time I played them in halo CE.. then watching them grow into a freaking power house was incredible. I gave up halo after halo 3 and it blows my mind that they just dominated for a decade. Legendary players.
I know this might be a silly take away (and it’s probably because I’m a new dad) but can we take a second and appreciate what good parenting opens the door for?
Seriously, shout out to the Ogres parents for harboring such a supportive and loving environment. My parents would have laughed in my face if I told them in 2006 I wanted to try and play in video game tournaments to make money.
All I’m saying is if their parents wanted to have been closed minded about video games (which would have been very on theme for that generation back then) they could have.
But instead they nurtured and supported their son’s interests, which in turn, sealed their legacy as 2 of the best players in video game history.
Enough to make a grown man cry
Great video. Keep it up
Wow, that's a big part of my childhood, thanks! Awesome to watch!
the nostalgia is REAL. loved the ogres, loved final boss, loved halo. finding this video reignited something. im now playing halo again
These guys had a dope upbringing. Glad the parents were so chill and supportive and they really got to prosper.
Great video, both brothers are an inspiration
I remember meeting him back in 07 at an mlg event. Miss those days of playing halo 2 online like 8 hours a day.
As someone who never played halo competitively, it’s cool to see people so passionate about something that makes them happy
Use to play with the Orge bros all the GTy guys H20's and the PMS Clan back in the day. Those times were the best. I wish I knew then what I know now and realized just how amazing those times were. I probably could have tried to enjoy and appreciate it more for. - Fades placed top 16th free for all Digtal Life tourney 2005.
Nostalgia at it's finest.
We lived just north of u guys man lorain county had some great players and tsquare was from our state as well
Growing up in this era of gaming was amazing . I miss those feelings of getting off school to play H2 with the boys . Forever apart of my childhood ❤️
Thank you for this dude.
My childhood was watching these guys awesome video
production level is amazing here, good stuff
This is so awesome! Thanks for making this.
I will missed good old day where he still part of Final Boss with his brother, Walshy, Saiyan or Strongside.
It hit home when his dad said guys showing up with tvs in their hands lol.. me having my dad drop my off with my TV in hand and xbox 360 in back pack with halo and gears of war.. our clan dominated gears of War for a while... never any tourney wins but we knew that for a time there we were the best. Never a group of kids to take us down for over a year. Unforgettable memories and so much fun :)
Competitive CE/Halo 2/SSB Melee were amazing times
Watching old hall stuff is bittersweet for me. Brings some nostalgia but reminds me how old we’ve gotten 😅
The memories :* Thank you for the upload.
Dude halo 2 was so fucking good. Man to go back.