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its not a puma Grif, its the uh.. Chupa-thingy

  • 03.26.2007 8:39 PM PDT
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Weight: 3 tonnes (3.25 tons)
Length: 6.1 meters (20 feet.)
Height: 3.2 meters (10.5 feet)
Width: 3 meters (9.75 feet)
Power plant: 12.0 L liquid-cooled hydrogen-injected ICE

Range: 790 kilometers (490 miles)
Main armament: M41 12.7mm LAAG (M12 LRV version)
Main armament: M68 25mm Gauss Cannon (M12G LAAV version)

WTF? 10.5 feet tall is tall as hell, that's like 4 feet taller than a humvee god damn! That is so freaken messed up

  • 03.26.2007 8:47 PM PDT

bungie has proven that a bunch of monkeys sitting in front of keyboards can randomly type out a masterpiece. the thing is, when you go to play the masterpiece, you cant help but notice all the monkey s**t smeared all over it.

it gets real old having to wait months for someone like mlg to clean off all the monkey poo.

sounds excellent. ive always hoped for a gunless transport hog, if only to just mess around with (the concept has balance problems, imagine the first guy to get a killamanjaro from blowing up a single hog laden with 6 people) this article makes me feel like its got a chance of happening somewhere in the campaign.

oh, i hope the ammo belt on the turret sways realistically as the warthog swerves and maneuvers. that would be an awesome detail

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  • 03.26.2007 8:48 PM PDT

A nice description. I look forward to tryin' it out.

  • 03.26.2007 8:54 PM PDT

"I could not stop death, so death kindly stopped me"
"because inside-out is wiggedy wack"

wow. this warthog is phenomenal. The detail is simple top notch. i think this game wil fare wonderfully.

  • 03.26.2007 8:59 PM PDT
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Who reads these anyways?

Sorry if this was posted before but you realize that if the hog is really now 20 feet long then it going to be hard for master chief to be looking over the steering wheel...lmao...And the little spin around program thing is messed up cause on occasion it flashes to a different 'green' scene... and the little stats on the bottom have some occasional chunks popping up >_< well whatever... I cant wait for the beta!!!

  • 03.26.2007 9:01 PM PDT

Sweetness. Can't wait to see what it looks like in the final game. Hope some of those variants make it in too.

  • 03.26.2007 9:05 PM PDT
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Okay, am I the only one to wonder when we are going to get an update worthy of my time. I mean c'mon who gives a rats @$$? I sure in the beep don't care about water graphics that have been discussed in about a million updates and i also don't care about the warthog info. for two reasons: One none of this information is new, and twoi already know everything essential about a warthog so Frankie i don't want to be mean but please do your job and get some excitement for halo 3 instead of playing the game or whatever it is you do??

P.S. Don't comment on saying im dumb or stupid because im not going to check back on this topic and so you'd be wasting your time!

  • 03.26.2007 9:06 PM PDT

Deal with it.

@ meier117:

Woah, dude, calm down. Did you even take the time to read the last update?

  • 03.26.2007 9:11 PM PDT
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Anybody else having trouble with the QT movie? All I can do is zoom in and out.

  • 03.26.2007 9:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: meier117
Okay, am I the only one to wonder when we are going to get an update worthy of my time. I mean c'mon who gives a rats @$$? I sure in the beep don't care about water graphics that have been discussed in about a million updates and i also don't care about the warthog info. for two reasons: One none of this information is new, and twoi already know everything essential about a warthog so Frankie i don't want to be mean but please do your job and get some excitement for halo 3 instead of playing the game or whatever it is you do??

P.S. Don't comment on saying im dumb or stupid because im not going to check back on this topic and so you'd be wasting your time!


Worthy of YOUR time? Sounds like you're placing yourself at a higher level than Bungie. I doubt they care much about someone who hates updates that are - may I remind you - a privilege. The alternative isn't more info, it's none at all. I don't think Bungie can tailor their top stories to be worthy of your time if you want things that they aren't allowed to tell you.

So you already knew that thee Warthog has a range of 790 kilometers? You must have gone to great lengths to know that.
FYI, this isn't an update. It's called "The Warthog," not "Bungie Weekly Update." And even if it was the update, they aren't allowed to give anything important away in those, anyway.
But you're not checking back on this topic, so I shouldn't waste my time saying that.

Also, I'd say that this actually does cause a lot of excitement for Halo 3, especially with all the hints and secrets.

  • 03.26.2007 9:46 PM PDT
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If you're having trouble with the QT movie, use the left and right arrow keys to rotate the model.

  • 03.26.2007 9:47 PM PDT
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Ahahaha thanks. Why didn't I think of that...

The text that appears every few frames says:

X.XX.713>ghost.713/non-auth/activity ongoing

Whatever that means.

[Edited on 03.26.2007 9:51 PM PDT]

  • 03.26.2007 9:48 PM PDT
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Ok, lets start with the article itself. It said there are "a number of variants" of the Warthog, but gave specs for the two we know: the Gauss Cannon and LAAG versions. New Warthogs would be cool, but I still think it's unlikely. As for rocket-lock, I can see that becoming an option you could turn off, but I think if the banshee is still in, it'll be in, too. As for an indestructible Warthog, just think of the balance issues. The tone of these articles suggest field reports. Wouldn't it be nice if we could build invincible tanks?

Does anyone remember (or care about) the old Cortana Letters and "Early Transmissions"? You can still find them on marathon.bungie.org and HBO if you're interested. The hidden message reminded me of them... I figure Bungie, in 2/3s of the Halo Story, has let us in on maybe half of the secrets.

  • 03.26.2007 10:10 PM PDT
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Length: 6.1 meters (20 feet.)
Height: 3.2 meters (10.5 feet)

What?!
Frankie, do you mean to tell us that the warthog is now the size of the front of my house?

Is that a mistake or are there some major scale changes in H3?

  • 03.26.2007 10:56 PM PDT
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YEEEAAAAHHHHHH WORT HOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 03.26.2007 10:57 PM PDT
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X.XX.713>ghost.713/non-auth/activity ongoing

713 split that up. 7/13 The Seventh month on the Thirtenth day. July 13th, something is gunna happen on that day with this game.

  • 03.26.2007 10:59 PM PDT
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KILL the covanaent......lvl 32 amain4chair

  • 03.26.2007 11:23 PM PDT
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  • 03.26.2007 11:31 PM PDT
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Is this for halo 3

  • 03.26.2007 11:37 PM PDT
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yes

  • 03.26.2007 11:38 PM PDT

Cool. But why Warthog? I'd say it looks more like a puma.

  • 03.26.2007 11:44 PM PDT
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About skipping school at Halo 3 launch day
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I'm going to school because I plan on having a life...
Yeah, only nerds skip school. Oh wait...

My dreams came true! (check post number 9)

  • 03.26.2007 11:48 PM PDT

Bring your A game.

If any of you are having trouble with the Quicktime thing, just save it to your computer, then right click -> Open With -> Internet Explorer. It worked really well for me!

  • 03.26.2007 11:59 PM PDT
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X.XX.713>ghost.713/non-auth/activityongoing


Explination? Or do we just wait and see?

  • 03.27.2007 12:32 AM PDT