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Subject: TSHGTBC--AS-TSFTUE-- One Last Attempt
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Since the second of these threads has unfortunately been locked, I'm going to make an attempt with another one. So I'll start off with SonicJohn's first post from the last one.

Previously known as The Skulls Have Got To Be Cracked--And Soon--The Search For TUE.
After a hacker...ahem...hacked onto Pezza's account on the 8th July...they decided to start deleting and locking Threads (my 510+ page Thread that this was based on was apparently the first), chaos ripped through the Forums...and mine and other dedicated TUE-Hunter's hearts...We must remain strong however, and continue from where we left off...Our current Situation is not exclusively based on the Skulls nowadays...but onto The Ultimate Egg...casually known as T.U.E.

THIS is the only true main thread worthy of posting about this topic in. Expect it to last for eons.

THE CHALLENGE

The challenge is to completely figure out whether TUE exists or not...and if it does, what is it, and how do we unlock it?. Be it manual searching - "Trial & Error" - or any alternative method. Some Hex-file reading would be very useful. Skulls, may/may not even be necessary for finding TUE (if exists).

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
Unnamed (a.k.a. Armory, Whuppopotamus, Cowbell)

THEORY-BOMBER It's Back, Baby Albeit Primitive...in due time, in due time...

TUE Doesn't have anything to do with;
Green orb on Regret
That's just... Wrong
Cigars
The marine at the end of Cairo, commonly named, Yorick.
Killing Johnson/Miranda/Halfjaw
Picking up and moving skulls without activating them.
Activation zones.
Overlapped skulls.
Scarab gun.
IOHBOY.
SIOHBOY.
HI BEN
Any other egg
Random sightings of numbers. This includes the numbers near IWHBYD Skull.
IWHBYD Skull.
New dialogue created by IWHBYD Skull.
Assassins skull being found on a difficulty other than Legendary
The number 7
Multiplayer levels
Tartarus
Acronyms/Initialisms other than JNAMSFTFY(which might also not be involved) And maybe the EGAT acronym.
Halo 1
Halo 3
Any of Bungie's other games
Superbounces
Any other type of glitch
Messages ingame.
Ilovebees
Any hidden weapons in game
Ice Cream
The mountains of Delta Halo/Regret
Searching through any Campaign level
Posters
Random things Frankie says in his WWUs
The new Map packs.
Halo 2 updates.
The waterwall on Outskirts
The Megg Egg
The acronym SFTFY which stands for "Should Fix That For You"
The changing signs on Zanzibar's beach
The current date set on the XBOX
The BSOD on Delta Halo
Any switch on any level that could be remotely similar to the BSOD on DH
"Tri-gates" or any other textural anomoly existing in various Campaign maps.
Naming yourself something like ".fortune" (See Halo 1 for more details)
REX
The Golden warthog

*More*

There are only 15 skulls. Deal with it.
Unnamed Skull is Unnamed because there is no actual in game name for it. The name is either Cowbell or Whuppopotamus according to the hex. Whichever you prefer.
That's Just... Wrong was improperly placed in the list of skulls in the hex. It has nothing to do with skulls or anything significant.
The entire interview with Max Hoberman was posted on April Fool's day. It's possible that the entire thing is fake.
Bungie said there was nothing on the scale of a skull left. Therefore it can easily be assumed that there's nothing left but a few minor eggs.
Unnamed skull has a definite power, and it's increasing the intelligence of all AI

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 OPENABLE GATE ON COAGULATION, HEADLONG, TERMINAL OR ANY OTHER MULTIPLAYER MAP THAT RUMOURS HAVE BEEN NOTED ON.

* 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)

* 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.

* 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.

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

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

* 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

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

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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.

Expected Deadline: Halo 3's Release Date (25/26.09.07)

Thanks for any help.
SonicJohn


On High Impact Halo's forums (in the High Speed Halo section) it was suggested that perhaps you have to play through the entire campaign with all the skulls active. (the last one is on the first level you have to move around for) Assuming it is even possible to do this, it may make sense to collect the first fourteen skulls, start a new game with a new profile, pick up the last one, and then continue the game.

NOTE: if any links are dead, I'm sorry about it. I just copied and pasted from the other thread.

edit: I'm assuming I'm not the only one who doesn't want to see this thread die, so NO SPAMMING PLEASE!!!! (it's against forum rules anyway)

[Edited on 07.31.2007 3:04 PM PDT]

  • 07.31.2007 3:02 PM PDT

I'd Rather Be A Smartass Than A Dumbass

"Bungie said there was nothing on the scale of a skull left. Therefore it can easily be assumed that there's nothing left but a few minor eggs."

If there is nothing left but a few minor eggs then why do you refer to it as the search for "The Ultimate Egg" sir?

Surely "The Ultimate Egg" would be something more significant.

  • 07.31.2007 3:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: Xiahou Dun
"Bungie said there was nothing on the scale of a skull left. Therefore it can easily be assumed that there's nothing left but a few minor eggs."

If there is nothing left but a few minor eggs then why do you refer to it as the search for "The Ultimate Egg" sir?

Surely "The Ultimate Egg" would be something more significant.

  • 07.31.2007 3:19 PM PDT

my other account, if you are gonna send me an FR, send it to this account and my Main GT.

is there any proof of this ultimate egg ?? what do you guys expect this ultimate egg to unlock or do.

  • 07.31.2007 3:20 PM PDT

GT= Frost1691
No Group Invites.
Worst idea ever...http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=8664824

Ok, if these threads keep getting locked, why create another one??? Just join the group and discuss there....

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Posted by: Frost1691 1691
Ok, if these threads keep getting locked, why create another one??? Just join the group and discuss there....

that last one got off topic.

  • 07.31.2007 3:35 PM PDT
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I just copied the title. If you have a problem with this, I can't really help you. Perhaps these "few minor eggs" involve getting the skulls in a certain order.

edit: fine, if everyone is so upset about a skull thread being in the public forums, go complain to the moderators. I'm just a member. Since this thread is about items in Halo 2, I have the right to create it. The last ones got locked because spammers couldn't take a hint.

[Edited on 07.31.2007 3:45 PM PDT]

  • 07.31.2007 3:42 PM PDT

IF YOU WERE PART OF SONICJOHNS GROUP YOU WOULD FIND OUT THAT WEVE GONE UNDERGROUND IN OUR OWN FORUMS IN THE GROUP!

SORRY BUT WERE CLOSER LOL

  • 07.31.2007 4:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: masterchiefloser
The last ones got locked because spammers couldn't take a hint.
This is the 100th thread for the skulls, yet you say the spammers can't take a hint? You're a smart one.

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Okay, lock this thread. Nobody cares about this anymore, so it seems useless to have this thread up. (I forgot the starter of a thread can't lock it on bungie.net, except for mods and staff members)

  • 08.05.2007 9:07 PM PDT
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Why would you bump this thread to ask a mod to lock it? If you didn't bump it then it wouldn't even need to be locked, idiot.

  • 08.05.2007 9:12 PM PDT