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Subject: TSHGTBC -- AS -- TSFTUE TOT (The Official Thread)
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I feel that there's not enough searching for the Skulls going down. It's been ages since we discovered the orginal "Blind" Skull. We really ought to figure out the whole Acronym theory. Bungie (I'm sure of it) have already confirmed that the letters "EGATFIBGBCSIMAW" in a certain order do, in fact, unlock something subtle. And as we're getting closer to Halo 3 I propose a challenge for all of you "hardcore" and "casual" Halo 2 gamers out there :D.

THE CHALLENGE

The challenge is to completely figure out the whole Skull deal. It's been too long. Be it manual searching - "Trial & Error" - or any alternative method. The only problem I have is Modding, although, reading some Hex-file reading would be very useful.

There are many useful resources located at the bottom of this post.
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A list of Confirmed Skulls:

Envy
Grunt Birthday Party
Assassins
Thunderstorm
Famine
I Would Have Been Your Daddy
Blind
Ghost
Black Eye
Catch
Sputnik
Iron
Mythic
Angry
W ???
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Ah, help has arrived:
Here is a video showing an interesting find. There has been rumor that finding all the skulls in a specific combination will unlock the gate. There are sixteen different combinations, but I won't take credit for them. All credit goes to the wonderful people in this group.
The music in that Video is called "Requiem For A Dream"

However, here is a video by DeadlyDean contradicting and explaining that the BSOD is in fact nothing more than a Placeholder. If you need to ask him about it, I'm sure he'd be happy to give you an automated response ;D...

See here for a list of Skull Combinations.
Credit goes to TheKillaIsBack, and Howru.
TheKillaIsBack has also made a tutorial video on how to get the IWHBYD skull, here
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Possible Gates

Link to Gate/Door Descriptions and Vids

Those are the directions for the Triangles.
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Guide for Infinate Camo:

Get the Envy Skull (Delta Halo).
Start another level you want the Camo on.
Activate the camo in such a way that you'll be invisinble when a checkpoint message appears on the screen.
Save and quit.
Turn off your Xbox.
Turn on your Xbox.
Resume the game and you should have perma camo for that level.

Skulls (Only) Held On Completetion of Level Vids
Armory - By DeadlyDean
Cairo Station - By DeadlyDean
Outskirts - By DeadlyDean
Metropolis - A - By DeadlyDean
Metropolis - B - By BIO Culke
The Arbiter - N/A (yet) - Seems to be slightly impossible on Single Player...Co-op seems easier
The Oracle - By DeadlyDean
Delta Halo - By DeadlyDean
Regret - By DeadlyDean
Sacred Icon - By DeadlyDean
Quarantine Zone - N/A (yet)
Gravemind - N/A (yet)
Uprising - By BIO Culke
High Charity - N/A (yet)
The Great Journey - N/A (yet)

The reason that a Skull isn't not shown as being held is because the cutscene shown is actually the cutscene for the following level, so the Skull is discarded. The above will all be completed and filmed. This is (partly for kicks) to show that the Skulls are implented in the Script one way or another. Enjoy.

Skull Dropping - Sword Glitch
This is a funny little glitch (discovered during the Outskirts Skull run) that shows that sometimes - when the Chief is without weapons - when he drops the Skull, he pretends to strike up a Sword. Enjoy.

WHAT WE HAVE FIGURED OUT/UNDERSTAND SO FAR! Be wary of Shift Key

* EGATFIBGBCSIMAW IS AN ACRONYM, NOT AN ANAGRAM. BUNGIE HAS THUS FAR ONLY EVER WORKED WITH ACRONYMS

* THERE IS NO GOLDEN WARTHOG AT ALL.

* THERE IS NO OPENABLE GATE ON COAGULATION, HEADLONG, TERMINAL OR ANY OTHER MULTIPLAYER MAP THAT RUMOURS HAVE BEEN NOTED ON.

* PLEASE DON'T NOTIFY US ABOUT THE ASSASSINS SKULL....YES IT APPEARS ON ALL DIFFICULTIES ON REGRET...NO NEED TO RE-POST ABOUT IT.

* THERE ARE NO MORE SKULLS...ALL HAVE BEEN FOUND (ACCORDING TO BUNGIE)

* WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SKULLS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PRIZE AFTER COLLECTING ALL OF THE SKULLS IN A CERTAIN ORDER

* WE'RE ALSO NOT LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC FINAL PRIZE, (EG A SKULL MENU), WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY POSSIBLE CHANGE AFTER THE COLLECTIONS OF THE SKULLS.

* BUNGIE SAID THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ON THE SCALE OF A SKULL, THIS DOES NOT RULE OUT MORE EASTER EGGS. THERE MAY BE EGGS ON A GREATER/LESSER SCALE THAN THE SKULLS.

* ICE CREAM IS IRON...DON'T SAY DIFFERENTLY (SAYS SO IN THE HEX...AKA GAME CODING)

* NOTICE THAT BUNGIE HAVEN'T LOCKED (although Shishka has posted once) THIS THREAD YET...THIS MEANS THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING GOING ON HERE.

* THEY MENTION PLACEHOLDERS HERE SO THIS CAN MEAN THE SWITCHES ARE PLACEHOLDERS. BUNGIE ARE ALWAYS GIVING HINTS.

* THE POSTERS WITH 1 AND 7 IN THE IWHBYD ROOM ARE HINTING TO THE SKULL SPAWNING RANDOMLY 1 IN EVERY 7 IWHBYD RUNS.

* CO-OP SKULLS COLLECTING IS NOT A IDEA WORTH TRYING BECAUSE THE IWHBYD WILL NOT LOAD AND THE IRON THROWS YOU BOTH BACK YOUR MOST RECENT CHECKPOINT IF ONE OF YOU DIES.

* THERE WILL NOT BE ANY SKULL HINTS IN EITHER HALO 1 OR HALO 3.

* THE ARMORY SKULL CAN BE KNOWN AS: "WHUPPOPOTAMUS", "WOULD IT HELP IF I SAID PLEASE?", "COW BELL" OR THE MOST POPULAR ONE "UNNAMED". THERE IS JUST NO VISIBLE NAME WHEN YOU PICK IT UP.

* MOST OF THE PICTURES OF THE LEVELS SHOW THE AREA ROUGHLY NEAR WHERE THE SKULLS ARE LOCATED. THIS MAY BE IMPORTANT.

* WITH THE BLIND SKULL, IF YOU PRESS YOUR TORCH BUTTON, THE LIGHT WILL SPAWN WHERE YOU PICKED UP THE BLIND SKULL, IT WILL NOT EFFECT THE OTHER SKULLS. THE LIGHT JUST DECIDED TO GET LEFT BEHIND WITH THE SNIPER SCOPE.

* COLLECTING SKULLS ON THE 15 DIFFERENT PROFILES WILL STILL WORK IN THE SAME WAY AS IF YOU HAD GONE AND COLLECTED THEM ALL ON ONE PROFILE. THE SKULL EFFECT IS CARRIED OVER, UNTIL YOU TURN OFF YOUR XBOX.

* THE FLOATING GRUNT AND ELITES ON CAIRO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SKULLS.

* THERE ARE FLOATING BOXES AND OBJECTS NEAR EDGES OF MAPS (SUCH AS "THE GREAT JOURNEY" AND "GRAVEMIND") BUT THESE DO NOTHING MORE THAN FALL DOWN TO THE GROUND ONCE TOUCHED.

* YOU CANNOT GET A BANSHEE ON DELTA HALO WITHOUT ACTION REPLAY.

* NOT ALL MODDERS ARE BAD, MOST JUST MAKE COOL MAPS AND STUFF.

* "THAT'S JUST...WRONG" WAS DISCOVERED AT THE END OF A SKULL-HEX-LINE, THIS MAY BE THE TRIGGER MESSAGE FOR THE PRIZE, OR THE ACTUAL PRIZE. WE DO NOT KNOW AS OF YET. IT IS CERTAINLY NO SKULL.

* NUMBERS ON THE BACK OF THE SKULLS I DOUBT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ORDER.

* THERE ARE ITEMS AROUND THE SKULLS THAT HELP YOU DECIDE THE ORDER. THE ORDER IN THE HEX IS THE SUPPOSEDLY REAL COMBO (SEEN AS COMBO 9 IN THE COMBO THREAD)

* WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH MAKING VIDS FOR ALL THE LEVELS BEING COMPLETED WITH ONLY SKULLS. BE PATIENT PLEASE.

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Any more help on this topic would be greatly appriciated.
Big thanks to peeps helping already.

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Links:

The Very First Skull-Thread

Tri-Gate on Delta Halo

A Group On Bungie.net dedicated to searching for Skulls -- Check it Out

High Impact Halo's (Locked) Skull Forum

High Impact Halo's List of where to find Skulls

Bungie.net's very own Easter Egg Thread

My little Skull Sumarry on my website.

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If anyone's interested in this challenge, please feel free to pick up your Xbox controller, flex those knuckles, switch on any Instant Messenger with friends and get searching.

Join my Bungie Group The Halo Raiders

Expected Deadline: Halo 3's Release Date

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  • 07.09.2007 9:26 AM PDT
Subject: TSHGTBC -- AS -- TSFTUE The new search for the truth OFFICIAL THREAD
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OK on the 8th someone gained access to pezza's account and went on a tear banning, deleting major threads, stickies, disposing of other mods, editing posts, etc. In the whole thing they deleted the skulls thread and lots of others

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  • 07.09.2007 9:27 AM PDT
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Thats your opinion

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  • 07.09.2007 9:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: CxEnVy
The skulls are found. Nothing else is there.....

Stop wasting your time, Sonic John v2

Let us have a little fun!

  • 07.09.2007 10:15 AM PDT
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Are there any guesses of what the reward might be? And by the way what is this virtual keyboard file and where can i find it?

  • 07.09.2007 10:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dragon5703
Are there any guesses of what the reward might be? And by the way what is this virtual keyboard file and where can i find it?



Already covered, it does nothing, go look at the other un official thread and you would know. It's used to communicate on XBL, nothing more.

  • 07.09.2007 10:21 AM PDT

-Its a MG42!
-My favorite color is bubble shield

Theres another egg, i doubt it has to do with the skulls tho
Why dont you try to find the megg

  • 07.09.2007 10:21 AM PDT
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Death, this isn't working man, its too hard to run 2 threads at once. Everyones alrady posting in the other one, i would just delete this one or more confusion is gonna pop up, I PM'd the other leaders, a couple of them, but I haven't got any messages back yet, but at least they'll know what's going on

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  • 07.09.2007 10:22 AM PDT
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Posted by: Stumpy99

Posted by: Dragon5703
Are there any guesses of what the reward might be? And by the way what is this virtual keyboard file and where can i find it?



Already covered, it does nothing, go look at the other un official thread and you would know. It's used to communicate on XBL, nothing more.

The reward for finding all the skulls in order is nothing? Then wat is the point of all this?

  • 07.09.2007 10:31 AM PDT
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No dude, U misunderstand, the virtual keyboard is nothing, and we're still looking for the reward.

I suggest posting on the Un-official thread. That's where everyone else is posting.

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  • 07.09.2007 10:40 AM PDT

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Posted by: dalmedya
Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

I'm gonna go with who cares at this point. Halo 3 is coming out soon, just give it up already. It's a game, not a puzzle that is connected to a life or death situation.

  • 07.09.2007 10:57 AM PDT
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Posted by: Necris2
There is no goddamned "Ultimate Egg." It would have been found a long time ago otherwise.


Ouch, that one really shook me =] hahaha u know how many people have said that since last summer? Wow =D

  • 07.09.2007 11:05 AM PDT
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Posted by: nilator
I'm gonna go with who cares at this point. Halo 3 is coming out soon, just give it up already. It's a game, not a puzzle that is connected to a life or death situation.


Did we say it was connected to a life and death situation?
Did we say it wasn't a game?
And, we take enjoyment in puzzles.
We care.

-GET LOST-

  • 07.09.2007 11:07 AM PDT
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Posted by: moneyburner
Theres another egg, i doubt it has to do with the skulls tho
Why dont you try to find the megg


I'm pretty sure we've already discussed this and found this. Has no correlation to the skulls or TUE. Thanks though.

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  • 07.09.2007 11:08 AM PDT

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Posted by: dalmedya
Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

There's an Edit button, please use it, don't double post.

[Edited on 07.09.2007 11:10 AM PDT]

  • 07.09.2007 11:10 AM PDT
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So this is the "official" thread just because you say so? You just want to make your name big or something?

If this is true, you could at least put a little effort into getting your facts straight. Giving some credibility to your name takes time and dedication. Something that this thread already doesn't have.

At least four of those skull powers are unfinished, or just plain wrong.

I may have left this thread in terms of helping, but that doesn't mean I can't criticize you for being... well.... stupid.

  • 07.09.2007 11:22 AM PDT

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Posted by: dalmedya
Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

Ah, the question I usually ask. What makes this thread "Official." "Sticky," now that's Official.

  • 07.09.2007 11:25 AM PDT
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I Suppose most of the Big Guys are out of here. But thanks to Stumpy, im Staying. And WHY did this death guy who's a noob to this thread create this "official" thread? I would have done it but it was already here. And to nialator. stop telling people off. thats Janube's job. yes. it does get annoying that people triple post, but he was replying to 3 different posts. he simply doesnt know how to quote three people at the same time. i will try to get some of the Big Guys back on here.

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  • 07.09.2007 11:37 AM PDT

A voice is calling in the wind
yon the horizons, and from within
I deem the thought, shall I abide
these ghastly whispers inside?

yea. seriously. why did death create this thread? i went to sign on and look under my saved threads, and THIS one was gone! what the hell? where did it go? was it locked or something? i want answers. where did everyone go and what happended to the old thread? and its kinda important for me to know where the old thread went. im supposed to pm Ghost22 everyday with updates, and i cant pm him without that other thread. i need to find it. or else i cant tell him about this new thread.


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  • 07.09.2007 11:52 AM PDT

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Posted by: dalmedya
Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

Good job spelling, GrenadeMasterSte.

  • 07.09.2007 11:54 AM PDT
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A hacker got in to Bnet and deleted a -blam!-load of threads and locked many more.

  • 07.09.2007 11:55 AM PDT
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I was up when it happened. late last night (early this morning) A gacker deleted threads and users. Unluckily-- TSHGTBC-- AS was the first to be deleted. i hope you are staying brand. i dont want this thread to be overrun by noobs

  • 07.09.2007 11:55 AM PDT

A voice is calling in the wind
yon the horizons, and from within
I deem the thought, shall I abide
these ghastly whispers inside?

Posted by: GrenadeMasterSte
I was up when it happened. late last night (early this morning) A gacker deleted threads and users. Unluckily-- TSHGTBC-- AS was the first to be deleted. i hope you are staying brand. i dont want this thread to be overrun by noobs

dont worry. im not leaving. me and janube are talking through pm, and he told me about what happended. he told me that the admins. should bring it back up in like a day or so. i hope thats true. i want to go back to the old one. where its more organized and we know whos who.

  • 07.09.2007 11:59 AM PDT