The MLG era of Halo will never be topped. Glad I was able to experience it.

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This made me emotional. I dont know why but perhaps its because im 28 rn and this really brings back memories of my childhood.

God the impact Halo 2/ Halo 3 had on my childhood is forever burned into my memories. I miss these days more and more everyday. To be 15/16 years old again back in 2005/06. Come home from school and boot up Halo. It truly was an experience I will never forget. Everything from T Squared being on the Dr. Pepper bottles, Mtn. Dew Game Fuel when Halo 3 launched, people standing outside to get a copy, the yelling and screaming at the tv, friends all biking over to someones house just so we could all sit around and play Halo, recon armor, the MLG scene, T Squared Halo 3 tip videos, trying to hard to get a 50 in a playlist and then keep it, and finally playing MLG playlist and feeling your heart race when you ran into players who were Semi pro or Pro. I can into Str8 online and everyone on my team was in fear. Sad if you werent old enough or missed out on this amazing moment in life and something I will truly never ever forget. If I could just go back for 1 day and relive those days...thanks for the memories Halo.

"The Ogres paved the way" Ogre 2 gets all the credit even though it was being the duo that made him what he was. Ogre 1 doesn't get enough credit when these lists are made.

Top 2 in 40 events in a row... Insane.

The amount of adderal that was consumed through this era of gaming deserves its own documentary lol.

Makes me happy and sad at the same time. Hell, Chris Pucketts voice alone takes me back to them good days.

Ogre 2 and the 2007 Final Boss Roster are the Best Halo players of all Time! Walshy, Strongside, Ogre 1, and Ogre 2 Never Forget they Didn't drop a single game at the 2007 National Championship in Vegas playing Halo 2 to prove to everyone that they were Gods of Halo!! Congrats Tom on Number 1!

Imagine if Esports had the audience today back then. A lot of these players set up everything for what we have today. The community owes these guys.

Big love to Tom/Ogre 2… the GOAT. I had the opportunity to play a few customs with him back in his apex of his career and it was an honor.

The guy who mentions hearing about the ogres thru just whispers is an understatement. Like nobody had social media how it is today or texting constantly. It was literally just word of mouth and they blew up, then dominated the era of halo , unreal players !

I'm 30 now, growing up, i played SOOO much halo 2 and 3 online... Actually played with and against these guys, including T2 and many others... Had some of them added on xbox back then... SO glad I got to play with these guys.. Between them and all the Team Swat I played, really made my aim top notch. Thanks guys for making my life of gaming worth it.

What a time to be alive

Man if MLG was popular now. Imagine how much money he would've made lol

This video could have been 45-1 hour and I still woulda watched it the amount of nostalgia I get from these videos is unmatched this was prime esports entertainment.

the true goat, a nonargument

Dan got robbed, but I'm glad they got Tom right. The god damned goat...undisputed...forever

its insane how this video can make me so emotional at 31 years old... thank you for everything you have done halo, I will never forget some of the greatest memories of my childhood.

This video was great! But I think the argument has now been made that we need a whole documentary on the story of the Ogres!

I love the Halo Wars music, so good.

I don't care how many players come close or even surpass his records. The OGRES were and are the greatest Halo players of all time. It's undeniable. Especially in Halo CE it was something to witness in person. I stood behind him and watched OGRE 2 play a FFA on derelict and he had a rough start, was 7th and 20 kills behind the leader. I thought, "wow is he really going to not advance to the next round?" He then proceeds to just stop pushing top mid and go on running riot after running riot on the bottom of the map and goes on to win the game with highest kills, assists, and least deaths. It was literally like watching magic happen. Although my career never really took off unfortunately, they inspired me to try to become pro. It wasn't the best idea for me in 2003 when there was no money in Halo esports, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. All hail the GOATS of Halo!

I'll never forget the time I got into a random game Against Ogre 1 & 2 on The Pit. One of them took our sword with snipe and the other took our 2cd BR with snipe and just wrecked everything. It was the fastest game of MLG CTL ever.

They were the beginning of something that is still yet to come. Tears coming down. This should be a Netflix doc.

Growing up in this era and seeing all these videos brings back so many great memories. LAN parties with my brothers and friends, playing on game spy and XBC. Following everything going on with MLG and watching all every single montage ever of all the legends of Halo. What a great time it was to experience

The fact that few people aren’t alking about what Ghandi did with this his lists and how good he was. When halo was dead , Ghandi went nuts and kept it alive . Thanks man.

h2 and h3 were the golden years of halo. as ogre1 said in his video the hype behind halo at the time was like fortnites hype a few years ago. everyone wanted to be good at halo and these guys were at the top no matter what. to do what they did, at the time where esports was very bare bones and just finding its feet.. it's incredible. h5 would have been very different competitively if they didnt throw tons of cash at it - even then viewership struggled and on top of that there were fewer total people competing at these h5 events. i think its fair to put more weight in the h2 h3 era for being the "golden era" of halo whether you like it or not. of course 343 will put more weight on their titles for this list but lets all be real here. hoping infinite can shine in the competitive scene

Halo wars music mixed in with an enormous amount of nostalgia, damn y’all really making me tear up rn..

Never thought i’d see Ogre brother content in 2021…. These guys introduced me to MLG and competitive video games as a kid that has changed my life forever. Thank you for shedding light on one of the best to ever do it!

Damn almost cried watching this man 🥲

I was 18 just joined the Military and was addicted to Halo 2. I would watch these guys religiously lol I truly do believe Ogre 2 is hands down the G.O.A.T with that being said as far as winning Walshy needs credit for that here because he was the master mind behind how they attacked each map. His thought process towards beating teams was on another level. My Lord when they picked up Strongside…….. SMDH GAME OVER!

Smiles throughout the whole video man. Those twins really changed my life...as a kid being in their halo clan for just a little was such a cool feeling. "Starscream and theoneschildren"

The thing people don’t realize is almost everyone played halo back then. That’s what makes ogre 2 such a great player. There was so much competition back then. I remember my CHURCH even had halo tournament for the youth program and had like 20 teams compete during a lock in. I seriously feel sorry for kids who never got to experience peak halo2/3.

Man, good ole day just watching MLG for an entire weekend. Halo 2 and Halo 3 were the greatest era for me

The golden age of Halo and esports in general. Absolute GOAT.

These videos hype me more than the actual Infinite gameplay! I love it!

The fact that everyone knew who he was before the internet blew up is insane. 🐐

Man I played so much halo CE when In high school . Always dreamed of going and competing against top dogs like Zyos, Darkman, StrangePurple, Saiyan, Killer N, Ogres and others. Never did, always regretted it

I hated ogre 2. I hated fear and despised Final Boss. They were villains to me winning all the time and I backed the underdog every time I watched them. Ogre 2 was without doubt the best most consistent all round player to watch in every tournament. It was a joy to watch now I can look back subjectively.

I miss those Halo 2 system link parties we had back in high school 😥 Great times

wow, love this channel, thanks for capturing this critical era of my life

It’s nice to see all you boys back in here. It’s been years. I miss those days

I remember going to MLG Chicago, probably 2005 or 2006 and playing the Ogre twins in a game of foosball with one of my friends. We lost 10-0 in about 5 minutes.

The pebble in the pond made me tear up. These guys are why i love competitive gaming. I’m 30 and still play sometimes. Loved this man. Absolutely loved it

The GOAT! This vid makes me shiver and pumps me up. Nice production

This era of Halo meant so much to me. I remember watching Halo on USA back in the day and seeing the Ogres dominate. Gosh, such good times.

I’ve always said Ogre 2 deserves the same or greater recognition in the esports pantheon of GOATs as Flash, Faker, s1mple, and Fatality. Just on sheer statistics and accolades alone he is nearly unmatched. He is a true pioneer. The fact that the voting for this list was even remotely close for the top spot is embarrassing. He should be a unanimous number 1. Ogre 2 is the greatest Halo player that will ever play the game and probably the greatest console player ever, full stop.

Will always be my #1. Literally called him the Master Chief growing up lol.

Halo 2 MLG Days were Legendary. Going to events with your friends, staying up all night, getting back home and jumping on live after school. I remember the day I first got Xbox Live. I played a Rumblie Pit in Colossus. Got 3rd place. It was over from that point. Throughout Halo 2 I was addicted and went to as many tourney's as I could. Such fun memories I won't forget.

I played against him at one of his lan tourneys when i was younger and this man is on a whole level of his own I played him twice total and managed to kill him a total of 1 time and him and his brother pretty much wiped every event they went to.

Wow dude, this was a special episode of a special series. Well done!

This video is incredibly well made, definitely earned my sub

Man this takes me back. I remember the first time I saw his video on youtube playing CE and couldnt believe what I was watching and how he utilized everything to his advantage.. trick granandes, ricochet sniper rounds, granade jumps etc. Me, thinking I didnt know you could do that and trying it for myself in custom matches against my buddies lol. Then H2 came out and the pro circuit with MLG it was something everyone wanted to go to or even be in. I will never forget when me and my buddies matched him and Karma on Lockout and we went crazy, talk about a rush!. We were so hyped when we beat them by 4 and bragged to everyone how we beat some pro players. the good ol days.

Love when I see videos like this. Hits me right in the feelings. I went to 7 MLGs and am also from Ohio and they were absolute legends, all the way back to H1 tournaments. Big fan of that StK Clan and what they did for Halo.

Nostalgia. Thankyou for making this.

what a beautiful video. thank you for making it.

I remember I would occasionally get put in lobbies with the pros like Ogre 2’s and all the other names. I was so happy if my team even got to 20 kills in a slayer game against them. Dudes were unreal

Praise to the almighty ogre 2 but can we take a second to acknowledge another goat. Stephen Rippy. The composer of this beautiful soundtrack bringin u all to tears right now.

Happy to have lived through and experience prime MLG days (06-2011)!

The feels man, the feels. Hats off to the GOAT.

The Ogre twins were playing on XBConnect, I played a few lobbies with them many years ago. Most people don't even remember XBConnect even existed. It was Xbox Live before Live was even a service. So many great memories of playing Halo 1 on XBC.

I am literally in tears right now

Watching this just brings back so many great memories how much I really want to go back to watch final boss vs instinct in the grand finals H3

This era of halo was absolutely incredible…I’m 35 and was able to experience all of it…and now halo infinite is out and sure there are bugs and things that need fixed but as far as the gameplay is concerned, I have high hopes infinite can bring back times like this…my days of lan party’s and friends houses gaming are over but I’ll always compete and be the best I can be online…halo has had such a large impact on my life that I just can’t see myself not playing it.

I'd love to see a full documentary on this.

Well, at least they got #1 correct. Nothing but respect for the GOAT!!!

Those halo 2/3 days man.... so good. Before all the ads, pay to play, cosmetics, twitch steamers.... it was just so amazing to experience xbox live in its infancy when everyone used a mic and talked. There has never been anything close to halo 2 and halo 3 in their prime. All of the endless custom matches, mlg games, big team battles, such good memories.

what a well done and compelling video and story.

Skill is one thing but knowing how to win is another.

this is the era where i was always at a friends and we played h1-3 together, the internet to me then was a dream

Absolute LEGEND. What an amazing career.

days weeks months years of this is insane halo united us all lets stay that way

Ogre 2 is the greatest halo player. Regardless of skill he has won more than anyone in multiple eras of the game.

1. Ogre2 2. Ogre1 3. Walshy 4. Pistola 5. Snip3down 6. Lethul 7. Roy 8. Lunchbox 9. Royal2 10. Snakebite

Ogre 2 changed my life. He was the reason I loved halo and met some of the best friends I still have today. Tom Ryan is the GOAT

I sent this to my buddies who aren’t into eSports and told them to check it out. I hope they do because this is legendary.

This was the first and only game I would play everyday and grind out all summer break. We would stay at a friends house who had good internet and play until sunrise and start again after a few hours. The game gave us that before Christmas Day feel. Lots of good times here on H2/H3, I have never came across games this good since. GOAT 🐐

GOATGRE 2

Makes me a grown man tear up. Played halo from day one with my older brothers and would constantly have system link/lan sessions with my cousins made my childhood. All of the mlg guys were well know and watched em all legends. Damn dont know why but shit makes me so emotional. Such a great moment in time.

Spent my my entire adolescence playing halo 2 , mastering the double shot / quad shot with the battle riffle , all of the super jumping, all of the different badges you got for each rank, throwing stickies across the map and getting someone, kilamanjaros, climbing out of the maps, spending hours searching for the mythical golden warthog, when you're one win away from ranking up and on the next game there would be a mod jumping up and spraying you with bullets, making genuine best friends online from all over the world, creating teams and clans, watching all of the montages, seeing people copying pro gamertags and wondering whether it was the real gamer, finding out all the little jumps you could do to get to places quicker , the list goes on

I was a young kid when I seen him sweep lobbies of the unfamiliar. He was doing things that were not even thought of yet in the realm of IQ. I studied his fundamentals, the process of assumption and knowing the enemies headspace after clearing the entire team. The spawns they were about to be in, the lanes they were about to take and what they were going to do after you killed one another. He was the creator of that IQ in gaming before it was a thing. He changed my gaming career after I seen the God himself bless me with something that no words were needed to be said, something that just pure skill and actions taught me Thank you 🤙 - "Phenom" An Unheard Gamer.

forever indebted to this dude, he made me better

Best days of my life watching MLG and Lanning with my friends. Life’s went by so fast the Ogres will always be Halo Legends.

Bring back so many memories from XBC an XLInk Kai days because I was to young for a credit card to get XBox live, halo 2 was my favorite

Great video but was sorely missing some personal insight into who Ogre 2 was as a person during the time he competed. Smash Bros doco did it well, should aspire to do more character building like them

Ogre 2 has every right to be #1.

Most boys 25-30 right now who PLAYED Halo... this was there 1st childhood hero. MJ level in an emerging sport...

Really awesome video. Really inspiring

I’m sad that I didn’t get a chance to be a part of the MLG era, my experience with halo back then was playing H1 and H2 on local multiplayer with my cousins😂

Grew up 30 minutes from these guys and playing Halo 1 and 2. Completely blew my mind how good these guys were. It was absolutely insane to see.

CourageJD literally today (11/22/21) said Ogre2 tweeted him about a Sick Play he made in Halo Infinite. CourageJD said he was going to frame the tweet in honor of the Greatest Halo Player of All Time.

Really good tribute video. I’d love to see ogre 2 dominate in Halo Infinite

Yeah no one can argue Ogre2’s place. Absolutely no way. Just the Halo 2 dominance on its own is the thing of legends. Now across multiple halos, even more mind blowing. I remember watching events on USA network lol. Take me back to the good old days

I could see myself and my best friend just teenagers sitting in a dark room paying split screen halo doubles until our mom came to yell at us.

I lived this, I remember Dallas 08. I remember so much. Locals and all. LAN parties were by far the best experiences!

Chills. What a privilege it was to play Halo 1, 2 and 3 back in the noughties

Ogre 2 is the Goat. No question. Bar none. It’s not even an argument. Ogre 1 at # 11 is a joke but it’s fan service to the younger generation. He was the best player in the world for the first 3 years of Professional Halo. Even better than his brother.

I would take it a step further and say that his domination inspired excellence in others even outside of gaming / esports.

I remember being a kid (maybe 12) playing halo 3 all the time, and ran into the ogre brothers on their alt xbox accounts and they added me and we played for a week or so off an on and they gave me tips for the game and were super chill. I had no idea at the time who they were. Absolute legends.

Respect. I remember being st 2006 NYC Playoff MlG and 2007 Orlando MLG