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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update

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is there seriously somehow more of a demand for team hardcore than BTB?

hopefully somehow the new maps bring alot of people back, and then BTB will get more action for the 3 or 4 days until its destroyed and this becomes a 4 on 4 game.

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  • 04.15.2007 12:58 PM PDT
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I will really miss playing BTB because I'll only play it if it's ranked. If I want to play unranked I'll start a custom game but to make BTB only have a max of 12 people and unranked is a big mistake on Bungie's part.

  • 04.15.2007 1:02 PM PDT
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I don't know why they kept the X button a secret for so long. It really doesn't do anything interesting, unless you think dropping a mine is something revolutionary.

  • 04.15.2007 6:55 PM PDT
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Yay for updates!!!!!

  • 04.15.2007 6:59 PM PDT

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lol screw the update


DO NOT REMOVE BTB SKIRMISH FROM RANKED.

This is the first Game type I played, and will probably be the last I play on Halo 2. F the new maps. I honestly can't see the rationale being sufficient to remove my favorite playlist. Please reconsider this. I guarantee you people will Stop Playing Halo 2 Just because of This. They would rather play unranked BTB than anything else... please don't make it unranked.

This update is just bad news for me. I don't even care about the new maps...

If they remove BTB skirm from ranked, I'm done with the whole game, cuz that's really all I play...


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  • 04.15.2007 7:33 PM PDT
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i cant wait till we get an update about the "Portapotty"

  • 04.15.2007 7:56 PM PDT

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this update was both informative...and a heartbreak....dont get me wrong, its nice to see that bungie is finaly doing sumthing to aid in the fight against cheaters, but gettin rid of BTB Skrimy??? wheres the great logic in that frackin idea???? honestly??? where is it????....iuno....at first i thought i would hae tp plead and begg my parents to let me get the new maps since theri coming to the old-school box, but now, after readin that btb is going down the drain....i dont even see the point... i guess that il go off to bf2...and ill think about coming back to h3...if i ever buy a 360....what a waste...in a week or two, ppl are still going to be complaing about how their still gettin cheated, stand-byed, and modded on...but btb will no longer be the same....it wont even be fun...skrimy was the greatest because it got a number of ppl together ( perferably 8 that knew each other) and matched them against another team of ppl...and they fought to accomplish a common objective...either capturing the flag, or arming the bomb... (good side note, today i was playing with a few clan membersm and it was multi-bomb on containment...it was down to the last min of the game, and i just run up the front of the building, and jump into the arm spot...and this was with 13 seconds left...i start to spinn in circles, and i get the bomb barly armed b4 one single guy runs up and kills me...and then i go into the respawn screen, and lord behold, the bomb arms and plants...in the LAST 3 seconds of the game...it was awsome!!) and it gives a team something else to do besides running all over the map trying to kill who-ever they happen to run into...slayer is extreamly fun....especially in btb...but not when you have to go thur 50 slayer games to play 10 skrimy games...seriously, thats how it was before they split skrimy and slayer..and now its going back...like i said, what a WASTE...

  • 04.15.2007 8:16 PM PDT
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I love the "We're getting rid of Rumble Training" when the're making rumble pit unranked. Why get rid of BTB Skirmish? They should of merged slayer and skirmish to make Big Team Battle ranked. BTB was my favorite and first game I played in 04. Those were good times. Do what you please. I thought it was cool that the shield rolled. At least Double Team is still ranked. Anyway I'll be sure to buy the maps and try to have a good time, peace.

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  • 04.15.2007 8:34 PM PDT

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Bungie keep Big Team Skirmish!

  • 04.15.2007 9:14 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 2, and its very near future.
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before anything, lemme get this out: I love Halo 2. its a blast. I love Bungie; uve always given me something unique. Im NOT to be identified with the " OMG u didnt tll us bout a new gun or info OMG updates stink!!!!111!!" group. those are the incompetents who didnt even read the post where you said, clearly, that updates were (on a normal basis) primarly for insight into life and love at Bungie. I understand, and GREATLY aprrecciate what youve given us. I personally think Halo 2's matchmaking is BETTER than most. at least in Halo 2, theres no host shottie (ahem GoW ahem) thers a slight advantage, and thats it. usally, a little strategy fixes that up real quick. nyway, ppl dont camp one map and gametype, and going up agianst a team who knows each other when urs doesnt does not destroy any hope of winning. I love Matchmaking, and am a severe advocate of u guys and ur hard work. but, when i see this big a deal, i must speak. and, seeing how 9 pages have gone by without any official reaction, or even a link to one in another forum, i must assume this isnt just a big misunderstanding, where there was a good honest reason for this. i cant find one, and if there is one, id love to hear it. oh, and there are plenty of ppl on said dead playlists. i normally get a list filled nearly instantly; the actually configuring after the other 7 have joined usually takes longer.

first: Halo 3. sweet! i dunno why everyone says teh graphics suck. its THE FREAKIN ALPHA! oh, and for an alpha build, the graphics werent bad.
the action looks better paced. i hope that the vids where a dozen (or more) guys all meet in one place and start brawling is realistic. that would be SWEET, and itd give a more realistic WAR feel.
Im hoping and praying that they have found some way to at least downsize certain, ahem, tactics that (ahem) not so good players use (cough-noob combo/ sword camping -cough) we can only hope, though. cant wait to play the Beta next month!!!!!

next: Halo 2. aaaaaaaahhh, come on... like its been said, Rumble Pit (formally known as Rumble Training, R.I.P.) will go from an extremly fast paced, tense match of skilled adversaries, to assassinating DrgnSlayaz 223124 while he's trying to figure out how to pick up a Plasma Pistol. oh, joy. also, to those who say that it's ALREADY a noob/nade fest all the time, um, no. that only happens partially, and when it does, thats just another challenge to overcome. try teaming up with others; its not illegal. ive done it, and said over-powered party quickly finds himself (herself) dying before he (she) can ever get his (her) precious plasma pistol or sword back. or quitting. booyah.

why must BTB Skirmish be tainted by the touch of unranked playlists? I always loved any match where everyone stayed and it was 16 person carnage. thus, the effect of a RANKED match. no, rank doesnt change the seasons and make the moon spin, but it a least gives many ppl enough respect and honor to stick it out. unranked gives us a bunch of team killers and quitters. woopdy-doo.
unranked BTB slayer was ok; ocassionaly, you got a large group of at least decent players who are willing to dedicate 5-10 minutes of their life to something.

I have never been in a large, active clan, nor do i have more than 2 or 3 buds online at a time. therefore, i cant personally defend the loss of clan matches and BTB Skirmish in that respect. the huge outcry that has come forth is enough for me.

as i said above; i love bungie and halo and halo 2 and halo matchmaking. its a blast. i still play them as much as GoW; even more so nowdays, in prep for da Beta of course. nyways, i am the first person to respect the makers of something of this magnitude, and those who put the hard work in to give us a game that changed console FPS gaming and saved the Xbox from damnation to a hell of 3-star third party games.

however; the recent change in playlists has me worried. first you cut clan matches; ok, ur judgement call. it made many angry, but we accepted it. ur call. now, our BTB skirmish is gone, and our beloved ranked R Pit has disappeared, and its name slapped on Rumble Training. The cuts dont add up to the online difficulty-to-find-games. see above arguement. nyways, my big, huge-Halo 2-section-of-da-post encompassing question is this: what's next? how long till Team Slayer falls to the level of unranked? and once it falls, how fast will an unranked (dear heavens no!) Team Snipers hit our list? the downhill roll has had its up points (Carnage, BTB Skirmish, Clan matches, etc.), but all of those are gone now. im just afriad that Halo 2 online will fall, crippled (if not dead) upon "lack of players". give back our playlists, and that problem will disappear. that combined w da new maps will give 2 through the Beta, and then to 3s release date, and even farther maybe. keep cutting the things ppl play for, and you kill the game.
I trust you guys, but even the wisest of men need advice sometimes. This is just the concern of a dedicated gamer, who has hopefully solidified many of the outcries by his peers. the ones with brains, that is.
please Bungie, we trust you. please, please don't let us down.

it was said that hitting the bar of Halo 2 was a moving target; im just afraid that said bar is slowly sinking towards the floor.
-a dedicated fan, and hope-to-be general of Bungie's new world order, Sam

  • 04.15.2007 11:30 PM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update

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i think i will stop Playing halo 2 now that btb is unranked me and about 50 of my friends play btb skirmish all the time if you dont bring 8 vs 8 ranked within the next month you will see a noticeable drop in online players! BUNGIE YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS AND YOU SHOULD ALL DIE FOR THIS TRANSGRESSION!

  • 04.16.2007 5:24 AM PDT

"I'm a 40 in Team Spelling, but I have the most worstest time leveling up in Team Superlatives."

Die? That seems harsh.

For those of you that just read the update and are furious about BTB and Skirmish changes, please check out this thread and let me know what you think. "BTB and Skirmish playlists: a workable solution"

Things will NOT stay the way they are, but perhaps this is a good compromise.

  • 04.16.2007 8:56 AM PDT
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so when will the new maps be avalile in the UK

  • 04.16.2007 9:32 AM PDT
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:D New maps tomorrow! I can't wait, and while I, too, was bummed about the de-ranking of RP (couldn't care less about btb), I think it'll all work out, anyway. I'm just gonna try to have fun with the new maps, and then move on to the beta, and then it'll only be a few months till release, and then who gives a flying rat's ass about Halo 2? :P Jk. Thanks Bungie.

Oh, and to the comment about the bar being Halo 2 when it should be Halo 1.......... I think it's time to move on, guys. If you like Halo 1, go play Halo 1.... this is Halo 3 we're talking about, which ... um, comes after 2. So that's why 2 is the bar. :P

  • 04.16.2007 11:01 AM PDT

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The other peice of equpiment could be a portable grav lift you can see 00:23 into the clip where a spartan can clearly be seen grav lifting up to kill the spartan in the turret.

  • 04.16.2007 12:35 PM PDT
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mmm ya... I like 1v1. Its hopless to think that theyll bring it back.

O ya im weird aparrently cuz i use Lagacy inverted. Well maby just maby =D

Posted by: JumpNinja
I have a challenge for Bungie, and anybody else that cares what happens to matchmaking- read through these posts. All of them- page one to five. Then, read the total amount of generally ignorant posts. Then look at the quickly slapped together "NOOO, not the ranks!" posts. Last, but not least, start clicking fricking gamertags. Click on them. I dare you. After this excercise, compare the total amount of ignorance, stupidity, pre-pubescense, and contradictions to the loss of ranked variants to the total players ranging over level 37, the number of non-linked gamers, and the total amount of 'brand new' tags.

Now, if your rank exceeds of the extent of your skill, or your new tag is up and running after your three month died- and this means you, cheaters- divide the total amount your highest gamertag level by two, and then calculate the square root. That number, rounded to the nearest whole number is the total percentage of human brainpower you are capable of using. Divide that by two, and you have the percentage rating of how much anyone gives a rat damn what you think. GTFO, and go back to your homework.

On the other hand, I should start noting every time a cheater jumps on to Bnet to say "if joo remoov ranket macthmaken, i want play Halo aymore." I could use them all as references for why the ranks should be removed. Plus, it generally proves the level of intelligence going on out there.

Update: The answer is two definite cheaters, three possible cheaters, a ton of non-linked gamertags, and a sleugh of tags fresh to Halo within the past month. Social experiment made simplified for you. Oh, and one of those definite cheaters was mentioning being in the beta.


You are a very unhappy person. Did your mom hug you enough as a child?

  • 04.16.2007 12:54 PM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update

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Please keep BTB skirmish ranked.

pretty please...

I like Halo, but I love playing BTB more than any other playlist.

Halo won't be fun anymore. And what no 8v8 in the unranked? WTF? Where do you guys get these stupid ideas? Statistics? People will, and always will wait to get a BTB game in a ranked playlist.

It was the first game type I ever played, and it will probably be my last, if this pointless "playlist elimination" takes effect.

EDIT : IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. BUNGIE ACTUALLY WANTS US TO STOP PLAYING HALO 2, AND "UP" OUR DESIRE TO PLAY HALO 3 SO THEY SELL MORE INITIAL GAMES, PERIOD BIG F---ING PERIOD.

[Edited on 04.16.2007 1:12 PM PDT]

  • 04.16.2007 12:55 PM PDT
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Wow dude you're right. I didn't even think of that. -blam!- money hungry -blam!-es.

  • 04.16.2007 1:19 PM PDT

I am the Prime Guardian of organized Deception.

I am part of Team oD, a clan who made an appearance in the March '05 issue of OXM, a clan formerly known as FBI who beat the original members of STK in Halo:CE over XBC, a clan now known as Final Boss of MLG...a feat that very few have been talented enough to achieve. We are also a clan who proudly reports cheaters.

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Please keep BTB skirmish ranked.

pretty please...

I like Halo, but I love playing BTB more than any other playlist.

Halo won't be fun anymore. And what no 8v8 in the unranked? WTF? Where do you guys get these stupid ideas? Statistics? People will, and always will wait to get a BTB game in a ranked playlist.

It was the first game type I ever played, and it will probably be my last, if this pointless "playlist elimination" takes effect.

EDIT : IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. BUNGIE ACTUALLY WANTS US TO STOP PLAYING HALO 2, AND "UP" OUR DESIRE TO PLAY HALO 3 SO THEY SELL MORE INITIAL GAMES, PERIOD BIG F---ING PERIOD.


Since when has Bungie actually listened to the little man? Never and quite frankly they probably never will. Its like cheaters...you can honestly say a couple names and actually have the proof right in front of their face that they have cheated using their stats they provide, and they wont do diddly squat about it. So no they wont keep BTB Skirmish...they wont keep anything ranked and they wont listen to what the little man has to say. Whining about it isnt going to make Ninja on Fire actually provide a decent playlist cause quite frankly he sucks at doing so.

  • 04.16.2007 1:23 PM PDT
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Well then they should fire "Ninja on fire's" burning, hemorrhoidal -blam!-

  • 04.16.2007 1:35 PM PDT
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are the new maps going to be in the Team Hardcore playlist? I hope so.

  • 04.16.2007 1:48 PM PDT

Master Chief is my homey.

This may have been answered by now, but are we going to be able to use the "saved films" feature to create montages that we can share on the internet?

Just curious.

  • 04.16.2007 1:58 PM PDT

The weekly update mentioned that due to the Halo 2 auto-update, some mm games will "fall throught the cracks." I assumed that this would be for the first day or so but everytime I have played since the update, two or three games per hour have been lost. Has this happened to anyone else and is there any way to see these games or are they lost forever?

  • 04.16.2007 2:04 PM PDT
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YOUR GETTING RID OF BTB SKRIMISH!?!?!?!?!?

Don't do that. Please. That is the only thing I play.

With No BTB Skirmish, I'll probably leave Halo 2.

  • 04.16.2007 2:05 PM PDT
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I usually don't post but I wanted to at least let my vote be heard that I WANT BUNGIE TO KEEP BTB RANKED!

It's a really fun playlist especially when it is ranked, its a place where you can go after fine-tuning/warming up in Slayer/Rumble Pit/Hardcore. You can really see how effective you are in the game when you do this. Now I probably wont play BTB anymore, lots of quitters and people won't play seriously.

What are you going to do with those huge maps for BTB now? Playing 3/4 vs 3/4 Slayer on Headlong will definitely suck and will have scores of like 24-20 because it will take forever to find someone to kill... "THIS IS HALO, NOT GEARS OF WAR"

  • 04.16.2007 2:29 PM PDT