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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update 5/25/07

no, my gamertag doesnt mean i am in MLG. It states that I am an MLG terminator.. terminating MLG .. get it ?

OK I m still confused about how the MVP is selected. check out this game i played and tell me how i still dont get the MVP. And thats with so many medals and head shots.


http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=381685 0&player=MLG%20TERMIN8OR

[Edited on 05.26.2007 6:02 AM PDT]

  • 05.25.2007 10:26 PM PDT

Here, go to this website and get your Halo clips recorded in HD for free.

http://sites.google.com/site/holdrbtomorph/

Well, Dez, It looks like your dream has already come true.

  • 05.25.2007 10:55 PM PDT

Posted by: ballplaya1
OK I m still confused about how the MVP is selected. check out this game i played and tell me how i still dont get the MVP. And thats with so many medals and head shots.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=381685 0&player=MLG%20TERMIN8OR
its a beta, it's not perfect.

  • 05.25.2007 10:56 PM PDT

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Daggart: Why can't I point the nose down with the Banshee?
A: On Valhalla for example, the Banshee when it did point straight down
WHAT BANSHEE?

  • 05.25.2007 11:22 PM PDT
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Good update. I just wish that with the thousands of questions asked that they'd have made a bigger dent with a few more answers. Anyway, the only gripes I have in the game at all are the land mine betrayals, the Banshee being unable to aim down to kill people, and the Mongoose getting stuck on the edge as you exit the pipe into the base on High Ground. Other than those I love this game and am looking forward to it making progress.


Posted by: scuba7292
Daggart: Why can't I point the nose down with the Banshee?
A: On Valhalla for example, the Banshee when it did point straight down
WHAT BANSHEE?


There is a new training playlist called BTB Training. It puts the Banshee on Valhalla.

  • 05.25.2007 11:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: Chevmeister

There is a new training playlist called BTB Training. It puts the Banshee on Valhalla.


Too bad it's not new, huh? :(

  • 05.25.2007 11:48 PM PDT
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its new this week

  • 05.26.2007 12:18 AM PDT
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No, you're just dumb.

  • 05.26.2007 1:00 AM PDT
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I know that Halo 2 had no regional coding on it, which is amazing because when I moved to South Korea, I was able to buy a 360 there and still play my origional Halo 2 without buying a game that is regionalized in this area.

I am still living in South Korea and I am hoping/wondering if there will be no regional coding on Halo 3.
Im not too sure if this is the right place to ask or even if anyone even knows the information yet, but Id like to order my Legendary Edition now so I can get my hands on one....it will be too late soon enough.

Any help re: this topic would be greatly appreciated....Once again, Im sorry if this isnt the place to ask, but I really REALLY need to know.

Point me in the right direction PLEASE!!

  • 05.26.2007 1:39 AM PDT

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nice update

  • 05.26.2007 2:01 AM PDT
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|| Grimlock ||: Can we see Mister Chief riding the Mongoose in the lift in Valhalla?
A: The world may never be ready for that image.

HAHAH!!! I just L-O-Led!
Bungie should make something like EALink. You download it and Bungie streams news and downloadable content to your PC. Although now that I mentioned ea, I hope I don't get slaughtered and reincarnated into a rat by the blade of a forum ninja.

  • 05.26.2007 2:41 AM PDT

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Posted by: GineticlyGiftd
I know that Halo 2 had no regional coding on it, which is amazing because when I moved to South Korea, I was able to buy a 360 there and still play my origional Halo 2 without buying a game that is regionalized in this area.

I am still living in South Korea and I am hoping/wondering if there will be no regional coding on Halo 3.
Im not too sure if this is the right place to ask or even if anyone even knows the information yet, but Id like to order my Legendary Edition now so I can get my hands on one....it will be too late soon enough.


Well, where did you move FROM for starters? If it was the US, then you probably shouldn't have a problem, as according to this wikipedia article both the US and South Korea use NTSC. So you shouldn't have a problem if you are importing from the US.

Anywho, good update this week. I'd really like to get my hands on some more of that test data. To know which spots to avoid!

  • 05.26.2007 2:57 AM PDT

Send A Friend Request to Schloxictonkey if you need a good teammate and you are good

Isnt anyone as interested in the heat map as me? doesnt anyone else notice that one of the bases is a deep red shade while the other is lighter? that means that more attacks are being made on one base. both pelican side and turret side both seem to be more toward the hot base. actually all the action seems to be towards the one base, as if they're usually defending harder than the other team. im dum so i dont know which base is red and blue. I also noticed a few black dots outside the map. have people been using places i dont know about? When I play on valhalla I'm pretty much always rushing spartan laser and using a br and nades to control their mancannon. when i'm on the "larger" side, i feel more comfortable all alone top mid with a br than I do if I'm on the other team. the climb up the hill seems to be the problem. when you get out of the mancannon you can do a little extra bounce, but it doesnt do you as much good from the one base. its hard to nade top mid when you're rushing the S.L. from the "smaller side". please someone reply to this to let others know which side is waterfall and which side is lake. im done.

EDIT... I just noticed that was alpha data, but it still seems to be pretty accurate.

[Edited on 05.26.2007 4:12 AM PDT]

  • 05.26.2007 3:46 AM PDT
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since when does Mister Chief go to Blockbuster?

  • 05.26.2007 4:02 AM PDT

The less than a second latency of online play is a better system to play off of than more health.

You realize this system is just as host based, right? because if you're fighting host, or someone with a better connection to host, and you each start firing at the same time, his BULLETS will register first, giving him slightly more health if the melees happen at the same time.

So would you rather have the BS of both, or just one?

-HaVOk1228

I honestly am still baffled about his claim that mongoose splattering is in.
Everyone I have ever spoke to (friends and foe alike) have told me they too have never been able to full on kill any player with a mongoose splatter.
Unless each and everygame I play (despite being fine for the rest of the session) is magically lagging up the second I try to ram someone then I'd say the mongoose can't splatter people. I've tried so many ways I just can't pull it off/ neither can anyone else I've played with.

I had a friend of mine just screw around with me in social rumble training and despite trying all game not one of us could get any splatters on the other. Is there some secret (ghost style) speed up feature that I need to hit or does the mongoose really need more than the distance from one Valhalla base straight across to another to reach maximum speed?

Please someone PM me if you can confirm/ enlighten me how to land splatters with a mongoose. If the only way is have the target be half dead as it is and hope that that tiny amount of damage you do hurts him then nvm.

  • 05.26.2007 4:36 AM PDT
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I keep asking the same questions over and over again and all I get is complete silence...

What have been done / will be done about.....
1. The Standby problem?
2. The Bridging problem?
3. The Latency problem (as in games with players from different continents playing each other)?
4. The de-leveling problem?
5. The quitter and betrayer problems?
6. The host problem (as in not picking the best host for different reasons)?
7. All other known cheating, matchmaking and network problems?


If Bungie would have a made some progress with solving any of this, they would bragg about it. I guess you've answered my questions, with your silence...
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AND NOTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT!!!

Damn it Bungie!! All along the way....the only things you ever tried to fix, was the things that wasn't broke and the things that where broke, you almost completely ignored. (Don't try to fix something, that isn't broke.)

You screwed up big time!! Time will prove me right., just wait and see....
In the future, when you compare the sales figures between "Halo 2" and "Halo 3". Don't act surprised, when you'll see how much worse "Halo 3" did compared with "Halo 2".

Alot of consumers, me included, will refuse to buy "Halo 3" if you don't fix what's broke.
(Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.)

The shame will not be on me...

  • 05.26.2007 5:04 AM PDT
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Posted by: AzPaTriX
I keep asking the same questions over and over again and all I get is complete silence...

What have been done / will be done about.....
1. The Standby problem?
2. The Bridging problem?
3. The Latency problem (as in games with players from different continents playing each other)?
4. The de-leveling problem?
5. The quitter and betrayer problems?
6. The host problem (as in not picking the best host for different reasons)?
7. All other known cheating, matchmaking and network problems?


If Bungie would have a made some progress with solving any of this, they would bragg about it. I guess you've answered my questions, with your silence...
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AND NOTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT!!!

Damn it Bungie!! All along the way....the only things you ever tried to fix, was the things that wasn't broke and the things that where broke, you almost completely ignored. (Don't try to fix something, that isn't broke.)

You screwed up big time!! Time will prove me right., just wait and see....
In the future, when you compare the sales figures between "Halo 2" and "Halo 3". Don't act surprised, when you'll see how much worse "Halo 3" did compared with "Halo 2".

Alot of consumers, me included, will refuse to buy "Halo 3" if you don't fix what's broke.
(Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.)

The shame will not be on me...



To say they wont fix it because they don't answer your questions is bone idle stupid. They are aware of these problems and will probably be doing everything in their power to counteract these measures, however they will only be able to prevent them to a certain extent due to the way the internet and networking works.

And on the quitter/betrayer problem frankie said in THIS update they have something up their sleeve planned for them. You know nothing of the banhammers workings and thats for the best; this is because what the cheaters dont know about, the cheaters have a harder time getting around the problems without getting banned.

The host issues im also sure theyre trying to work it out so it makes host in the fairest and best way possible? why wouldnt they? Halo 3 already has the best netcode for a fast action FPS than any other xbl game ive seen.

Some of these problems are pretty much unfixable completely due to the fact that there will always be cheaters and always ways around the system, deal with it and let bungie do their best to stop it as much as possible without giving you minute by minute updates on what they're up to.

Also note, this is a BETA, a lot of the features of xbl system and the game have not been implemented at all yet. Bungie have a lot of internal testers that can do these kind of things without our help.

Thank you

good day

EDIT: also note Halo 3 has at least 4 million preorders.........4 MILLION, thats freakin rediculous. I cant link the numbers exactly but they're out there, im sure a quick google for the article will find it.

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  • 05.26.2007 5:23 AM PDT
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For the people that want to delevel, hy not just have a reset rank option? this will get rid of a lot of the betrayals, quitting, and lack of effort when some of those @$$ clowns join your game.

  • 05.26.2007 5:29 AM PDT

If you're still taking questions then answer me this, will there be a friendly fire option in the final game? Getting betrayed when I'm about to the score a flag capture is extremely ragefying.

  • 05.26.2007 5:34 AM PDT
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Posted by: xXSycomunkeeXx
For the people that want to delevel, hy not just have a reset rank option? this will get rid of a lot of the betrayals, quitting, and lack of effort when some of those @$$ clowns join your game.


Because that would be unfair on the "real" level 1's that would be spanked by people who are really a higher level. The system of matchmaking is to match you up with people with a similar skill level to your own or your teams.

People that need to de-level to win some games in my eyes are pathetic. Play some competitive games with people your own skill for crying out loud and if you dont want a ranked match we will now have social and custom lists.

In my eyes deleveling is cheating.....period. It should result in a ban from matchmaking

This wasnt a dig at you btw, just delevelers in general.

  • 05.26.2007 5:38 AM PDT

no, my gamertag doesnt mean i am in MLG. It states that I am an MLG terminator.. terminating MLG .. get it ?

why would you think de leveling is cheating . You're going too far. And not all people de-level because they can't face people their own skill. Sometimes they level down so they can play with their buddy who is a low lvl and of course they would pwn but their freind can stand a chance as well in ranked games.

  • 05.26.2007 5:57 AM PDT
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Maybe i am gustapo-like in my reasoning but i do stand by it, again for what i believe Customs and Socials are for. I suppose I am just used to really competative play coming from a blizzzard gaming background of ladders on battle.net

  • 05.26.2007 6:02 AM PDT
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mmmmm salted peanuts

glad he covered his face

  • 05.26.2007 7:04 AM PDT

DEEP NNN = Depends

Clan 2old2pwn on 2old2play.

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

Why can't I point the nose down with the Banshee?
A: It’s a tuning thing that we’re still experimenting with. On Valhalla for example, the Banshee when it did point straight down, was a horrible killing machine. Anyone remember the Banshee on Ascension?

Please do not change the Banshee's flight characteristics for multiplayer. It takes away from the Campaign to multiplayer continuity. I understand what you are trying to accomplish but disagree with this method of implementation.

Weapon adjustments are more palatable for me and I think many others. Take the fuel rod cannon out if you must, before limiting the nose dive.

I'd go for a longer recharge on the cannon. Lowering it's power would be pointless.

Increase the visibility of the Banshee's plasma gun. It's very difficult to aim on a standard def tv. Same too for the Ghost.

  • 05.26.2007 7:07 AM PDT
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I seriously needed to update my signature. I'll never forget it, though.

Posted by: ballplaya1
why would you think de leveling is cheating . You're going too far. And not all people de-level because they can't face people their own skill. Sometimes they level down so they can play with their buddy who is a low lvl and of course they would pwn but their freind can stand a chance as well in ranked games.
Cheating is giving one team an unfair advantage. Deleveling is cheating. You could argue you only modded to get to the same level as your friend couldn't you?

  • 05.26.2007 7:33 AM PDT