Double kill. Triple kill. Overkill. Killtacular. Killtrocity. Killimanjaro.
Need I go on? Surely that iconic voice is already drilled into your head by now.
As it turns out, Halo multiplayer announcer Jeff Steitzer recently did a reading of some of his most famous voice lines from Bungie's revered shooter. As you can probably imagine, listening back to "Killionaire" - or even just the announcement that commences a game of Slayer - is lovely. Here, just have a listen, alright?
As you can see from the video, Steitzer put together a recording for some lad named Johhan, who apparently compiled a list of things he wanted to hear. Reader, this list exclusively included medal and game mode announcements from Halo 3's illustrious multiplayer component. Johhan is obviously a legend.
It may be approaching 14 years since the launch of Halo 3 - my old bones quiver at the thought of it - but Steitzer still has the voice nailed down to a T.
"I hope that does the trick, coming to you from my little, tiny vocal booth," Steitzer says. He goes on to show Johann and whoever else is watching said booth, but I can't help rewinding back just to hear him say, "Play ball" again. And again. Honestly, what a voice.
Oh, to be ten years old, playing Halo 3 multiplayer way past your bedtime with the sound turned down sufficiently low for your parents not to hear, but just loud enough to listen to the amazingly melodic "Killtastrophe!" I got halfway through this article before realizing I'd involuntarily started reinstalling the Master Chief Collection on an SSD. There's nothing quite like a reminder of how brilliant Halo 3's multiplayer voice lines are.
Anyway, the whole situation is great. I always love seeing voice actors engaging with the games they work on, as well as the communities surrounding them. For example, Persona 5 voice actor Max Mittelman told fans that Ryuji is "probably" bisexual, while Prometheus voice actor Elias Toufexis joked with his son in-character while playing through Immortals Fenyx Rising.
My favourite one, though, was when Genshin Impact's Traveler voice actor, Zach Aguilar, made a whole joke compilation about the fact he has no lines except for shouting "Windblade!" and occasionally grunting. Brilliant.