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Aren't you using brute dialog from halo 2? And brute models/textures originally from Halo 2?

The thing I've never quite understood though is, what makes using stock Halo 1 animations any different from using animations from another Halo game? both were made by the same Bungie, for the same game franchise. The only difference is one is newer than another. In all honesty, if you're against using halo 2's animations and models because you're a custom mapping team, you should be against using the stock halo 1 animation's too. However, if it's simply because of the process used to get halo 2 content, well then that's really just silly. I can understand not wanting to use content from other non-franchise games, or content that was made by and ripped from non-CMT members, but claiming that using content from another game of the SAME franchise and from the SAME publisher is ripping in the same sense, especially while utilizing assets from the first installment of that franchise, doesn't really make any sense. Not even the slightest.

I can understand if you simply aren't a fan of halo 2's animations and such. That's not an issue. It's the hypocrisy of saying, "we don't rip from other Halo games because we are the CUSTOM mapping team" while you use assets from halo 1, that are not custom, and claim it's different simply because you didn't have to port them over from another game. It's not different.

If you don't want to use them because you don't like them, or just because you simply don't want to use them, then that's fine. But saying it's because you think of it as cheating or something, then well, I'd have to say that's just silly. I'm also not trying to advocate for their use right now, I'm arguing a matter of principle, in case that wasn't clear.