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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 8/17/07

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Posted by: SatansReverence
why are you, for possibly the greatest game of all time, giving away 2-3 spoilers every week? the only reason I can surmise is that your afraid that Halo 3 isn't anywhere near as good as you want it to be, and you are hyping it as much as possible so more people buy it. if thats not the case you guys must simply be idiots then. we don't need any more -blam!- information on Halo 3, its little over a month from release and thus we need to know nothing more.

Did you release a torrent of Campaign info and screen shot's of Halo 2 a month before release? no. so why do it now? it is illogical. The E3 trailer was bad enough, and now another Campaign Screen shot? and encase you're wondering why the E3 trailer did more bad then good, you confirmed stuff we didn't need to know. example, Arbiter and Chief working together. Awe striking explosion when that Scarab goes up in flames. and numerous moments that would have best been experienced in our own living room, not our computer screen's months before we get to play it.

Now, say you didn't release these spoilers that do nothing but hurt Halo 3's game play. when a player gets to the battle with the Scarab, they would have been sitting in front of their T.V with their jaw on the floor in amazement as the rockets deformed and blew craters out of the Scarabs Armour. now, all we are going to get is "Hmm, looks exactly like I saw it in that trailer, cool" as opposed to the above. the same with the pelican's coming out of the Covenant Cruiser, had no one seen the spoiler bound trailer people would have been sitting on the edge of their seat's with adrenaline pumping through them as they saw explosion's and the awesome camera angle's as the pelican's dodged incoming fire and rocketed to earth.

All I'm saying is you need to just stop with any and all information pertaining to Halo 3 full stop. we do NOT need to know anything more then we already do, because the more you know the less surprised and awestruck you are.


you know, after reading your post I to feel in some ways Bungie are giving away to much about the campaign, and I totally get what you are saying about the whole scarab encounter, I think it would of been best to of not revealed or mentioned it at all until the game is realised and then we the player have the exciting task of taking it down, one thing that I thought was odd was how Bungie were openly explaining in the latest pod cast the best way to take it down and discussing tactics and AI behaviours and in general just giving away a few things that I would of liked to have discovered when playing it through, the only reason I can think of as to why they are revealing this much about campaign is that there must still be allot of cool stuff still not revealed ( I hope ) but with all the recent things they have shown us and written about in updates it almost seems as if they have shown as nearly everything, but I’m sure that’s not the case. The new trailer for example new trailer witch was practically like a compilation of game play footage and as I said I just felt (although it all looked great) a little concerned that it might give away to much. However I think in some ways Bungie has the most to prove in its campaign for halo 3 after halo 2, and is eager to show fans that may have been disappointed by certain elements halo 2’s campaign that this one will be on a much grander more impressive scale! Saying that though I can't wait to watch the huge explosion of hot plasma and scorched debris light up the screen on my 30inch HD Samsung as I finish off that beast of a covenant vehicle with a well placed rocket!!! From what I gather there is more then one encounter with a scarab In halo 3, so perhaps there will be more things thrown into the mix witch each fight that we don’t know about yet. Still think the game is shaping up awesomely though from what I have seen!


  • 08.18.2007 10:56 AM PDT

Posted by: MetallicFloyd
I cant wait for this game >< Its almost torture to read the updates cuz it makes you want to play so bad!

Haha dude I totally agree!

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Posted by: CPTscouts
did anyone see, in the 7th picture in the halo3 gallery that the person closest to you is holding a never before seen weapon in his right hand?


That would be a Brute Mauler (duel wieldable shotgun)

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  • 08.18.2007 10:59 AM PDT

I know this is off topic but...
For the Emperor!

nice up date, but i want to know what that map is that they showed.
Wait... in the 6th picture "Outside Blue Base" Is it just me or did he just snipe that guy in half?!?!
Looks like the legs are still standing but the torso is lying on the ground!! Holy -blam!- Bungie!!!

if u look at it carfily his leges are up side down and his torso is flat on the ground he looks like this \__

[Edited on 08.18.2007 11:13 AM PDT]

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Posted by: simmons928
nice up date, but i want to know what that map is that they showed.
Wait... in the 6th picture "Outside Blue Base" Is it just me or did he just snipe that guy in half?!?!
Looks like the legs are still standing but the torso is lying on the ground!! Holy -blam!- Bungie!!!

if u look at it carfily his leges are up side down and his torso is flat on the ground he looks like this \__


Yeah I was talking to a friend and he pointed that out to me... I was being too optimistic. That would be bad ass though. Oh well I can dream can't I?

  • 08.18.2007 11:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: Khellendros
My understanding was that you can use any account to save files to your 360's drive, then use your gold to upload your stuff. Then if you get pro on that and fill it up, you can use a silver account, go pro on that too and use that to upload more from the drive that you recorded using another account.

As was said, it would be a mule account.

And why does tsavo highway have space elevator debris on it? You cut one of those things off at the anchor and it would get pulled up into space not collapse back down (yeah that sounds silly, but thats physics and space for you)


Not exactly. (By the way, Sawnose = Roger, and I'm the one who wrote what you're referring to.) There are several ways to get files into your Silver-Pro mule file share. The first is to create the content using that account and upload it; another is to download someone else's shared content using that account and then re-upload it; and another is to use Bungie.net to copy a file directly from someone else's share to your mule's without the hassle of down/uploading it.

What you can't do, to the best of my knowledge, is have your Gold account upload a file that was created by your Silver non-Pro account on the same Xbox. To get content online in the first place, it has to come from an account with file-share rights.

  • 08.18.2007 11:31 AM PDT

awesome sweet update

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Once again I'll say this: a video podcast would be awesome, so we can see some of these things in action. (and Frankie's smiling face, plus whoever the week's special guest is.)

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"homestretch" - the word I've been waiting to hear. Good luck with the Epsilon. Sept. 25th can't get here fast enough

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Posted by: sawnose
Posted by: Khellendros
My understanding was that you can use any account to save files to your 360's drive, then use your gold to upload your stuff. Then if you get pro on that and fill it up, you can use a silver account, go pro on that too and use that to upload more from the drive that you recorded using another account.

As was said, it would be a mule account.

And why does tsavo highway have space elevator debris on it? You cut one of those things off at the anchor and it would get pulled up into space not collapse back down (yeah that sounds silly, but thats physics and space for you)


Not exactly. (By the way, Sawnose = Roger, and I'm the one who wrote what you're referring to.) There are several ways to get files into your Silver-Pro mule file share. The first is to create the content using that account and upload it; another is to download someone else's shared content using that account and then re-upload it; and another is to use Bungie.net to copy a file directly from someone else's share to your mule's without the hassle of down/uploading it.

What you can't do, to the best of my knowledge, is have your Gold account upload a file that was created by your Silver non-Pro account on the same Xbox. To get content online in the first place, it has to come from an account with file-share rights.

Oh okay. Thats why you can't switch between silver and gold. Got ya.

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Posted by: SatansReverence
why are you, for possibly the greatest game of all time, giving away 2-3 spoilers every week? the only reason I can surmise is that your afraid that Halo 3 isn't anywhere near as good as you want it to be, and you are hyping it as much as possible so more people buy it. if thats not the case you guys must simply be idiots then. we don't need any more -blam!- information on Halo 3, its little over a month from release and thus we need to know nothing more.

Did you release a torrent of Campaign info and screen shot's of Halo 2 a month before release? no. so why do it now? it is illogical. The E3 trailer was bad enough, and now another Campaign Screen shot? and encase you're wondering why the E3 trailer did more bad then good, you confirmed stuff we didn't need to know. example, Arbiter and Chief working together. Awe striking explosion when that Scarab goes up in flames. and numerous moments that would have best been experienced in our own living room, not our computer screen's months before we get to play it.

Now, say you didn't release these spoilers that do nothing but hurt Halo 3's game play. when a player gets to the battle with the Scarab, they would have been sitting in front of their T.V with their jaw on the floor in amazement as the rockets deformed and blew craters out of the Scarabs Armour. now, all we are going to get is "Hmm, looks exactly like I saw it in that trailer, cool" as opposed to the above. the same with the pelican's coming out of the Covenant Cruiser, had no one seen the spoiler bound trailer people would have been sitting on the edge of their seat's with adrenaline pumping through them as they saw explosion's and the awesome camera angle's as the pelican's dodged incoming fire and rocketed to earth.

All I'm saying is you need to just stop with any and all information pertaining to Halo 3 full stop. we do NOT need to know anything more then we already do, because the more you know the less surprised and awestruck you are.


you know, after reading your post I to feel in some ways Bungie are giving away to much about the campaign, and I totally get what you are saying about the whole scarab encounter, I think it would of been best to of not revealed or mentioned it at all until the game is realised and then we the player have the exciting task of taking it down, one thing that I thought was odd was how Bungie were openly explaining in the latest pod cast the best way to take it down and discussing tactics and AI behaviours and in general just giving away a few things that I would of liked to have discovered when playing it through, the only reason I can think of as to why they are revealing this much about campaign is that there must still be allot of cool stuff still not revealed ( I hope ) but with all the recent things they have shown us and written about in updates it almost seems as if they have shown as nearly everything, but I’m sure that’s not the case. The new trailer for example new trailer witch was practically like a compilation of game play footage and as I said I just felt (although it all looked great) a little concerned that it might give away to much. However I think in some ways Bungie has the most to prove in its campaign for halo 3 after halo 2, and is eager to show fans that may have been disappointed by certain elements halo 2’s campaign that this one will be on a much grander more impressive scale! Saying that though I can't wait to watch the huge explosion of hot plasma and scorched debris light up the screen on my 30inch HD Samsung as I finish off that beast of a covenant vehicle with a well placed rocket!!! From what I gather there is more then one encounter with a scarab In halo 3, so perhaps there will be more things thrown into the mix witch each fight that we don’t know about yet. Still think the game is shaping up awesomely though from what I have seen!




I have an idea if you dont want to see information or spoilers... how about you dont look for it? Stop coming to bungie.net, or ign.com, or listening to podcasts, or watching e3! Then you wont have to see any spoilers, or hear things about gameplay. From what i can see they havent been playing commercials on tv all day long, or plastered halo 3 everywhere in stores. They just now put out the soda... So to the normal person not looking for the game they would just now be finding out about the game, nothing would be spoiled.

Stop complaining when you can do something about it

Bungie is doing a great job, and im more then excited

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Posted by: hylander
Posted by: SatansReverence
why are you, for possibly the greatest game of all time, giving away 2-3 spoilers every week? the only reason I can surmise is that your afraid that Halo 3 isn't anywhere near as good as you want it to be, and you are hyping it as much as possible so more people buy it. if thats not the case you guys must simply be idiots then. we don't need any more -blam!- information on Halo 3, its little over a month from release and thus we need to know nothing more.

Did you release a torrent of Campaign info and screen shot's of Halo 2 a month before release? no. so why do it now? it is illogical. The E3 trailer was bad enough, and now another Campaign Screen shot? and encase you're wondering why the E3 trailer did more bad then good, you confirmed stuff we didn't need to know. example, Arbiter and Chief working together. Awe striking explosion when that Scarab goes up in flames. and numerous moments that would have best been experienced in our own living room, not our computer screen's months before we get to play it.

Now, say you didn't release these spoilers that do nothing but hurt Halo 3's game play. when a player gets to the battle with the Scarab, they would have been sitting in front of their T.V with their jaw on the floor in amazement as the rockets deformed and blew craters out of the Scarabs Armour. now, all we are going to get is "Hmm, looks exactly like I saw it in that trailer, cool" as opposed to the above. the same with the pelican's coming out of the Covenant Cruiser, had no one seen the spoiler bound trailer people would have been sitting on the edge of their seat's with adrenaline pumping through them as they saw explosion's and the awesome camera angle's as the pelican's dodged incoming fire and rocketed to earth.

All I'm saying is you need to just stop with any and all information pertaining to Halo 3 full stop. we do NOT need to know anything more then we already do, because the more you know the less surprised and awestruck you are.


you know, after reading your post I to feel in some ways Bungie are giving away to much about the campaign, and I totally get what you are saying about the whole scarab encounter, I think it would of been best to of not revealed or mentioned it at all until the game is realised and then we the player have the exciting task of taking it down, one thing that I thought was odd was how Bungie were openly explaining in the latest pod cast the best way to take it down and discussing tactics and AI behaviours and in general just giving away a few things that I would of liked to have discovered when playing it through, the only reason I can think of as to why they are revealing this much about campaign is that there must still be allot of cool stuff still not revealed ( I hope ) but with all the recent things they have shown us and written about in updates it almost seems as if they have shown as nearly everything, but I’m sure that’s not the case. The new trailer for example new trailer witch was practically like a compilation of game play footage and as I said I just felt (although it all looked great) a little concerned that it might give away to much. However I think in some ways Bungie has the most to prove in its campaign for halo 3 after halo 2, and is eager to show fans that may have been disappointed by certain elements halo 2’s campaign that this one will be on a much grander more impressive scale! Saying that though I can't wait to watch the huge explosion of hot plasma and scorched debris light up the screen on my 30inch HD Samsung as I finish off that beast of a covenant vehicle with a well placed rocket!!! From what I gather there is more then one encounter with a scarab In halo 3, so perhaps there will be more things thrown into the mix witch each fight that we don’t know about yet. Still think the game is shaping up awesomely though from what I have seen!



wow

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Posted by: Reiginko
Good to see at least somebody takes this place seriously

I am sincerely disappointed in everyone except JIMH. JIMH, have a gold star.


',:\ IF YA SAHMELLLL

Kewl.

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Holy crap. I NEED that warthog. And a set of MJOLNIR armor. made of metal. Some ODST armor wouldn't hurt either. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease Bunige?

Imagine driving that thing to work. Name 1 person who would mess with you........... silence. That's what I thought.

  • 08.18.2007 4:11 PM PDT

Hello

Is the narrows suppose to resemble the bridges from the Halo 1 level Assault on the Control Room?

  • 08.18.2007 4:15 PM PDT

i just wanted to be cool and have a sig like everyone else

"(big dinosaurs, not those crappy little ones that eat vegetables)"

I LOL'd.

  • 08.18.2007 5:55 PM PDT
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I'll get you Recon Armor, I promise.

Don't make a girl a promise... if you know you can't keep it.

look closly at the guy in screenshot 7, in his right hand he is holding some new interesting weapon
it is also floating in the air in screenshot 6

  • 08.18.2007 7:12 PM PDT

Good eye you have !! Check if you can spot something here !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nw_kA27Voc

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Someone please help me out...

If I understand this quote correctly, then you cannot only control vehicle/weapon spawns... but you can also control player spawns???
Or am I reading this completely wrong?

". A multiplayer focused tool, Forge will allow players to customize multiplayer maps, changing and resetting spawn points, weapon spawns, weapon timers, vehicle spawns and timers, vehicle spawn points"

  • 08.18.2007 10:23 PM PDT

Proud member 2old2pwn at 2o2p

And still no word about clan/improved friends list. I'm disappointed! Thecommunity is what has made Halo great and you and Microsoft point fingers at each other and we lose out!

  • 08.19.2007 12:08 AM PDT

I am eagerly anticipating that Gooch podcast.

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Posted by: Onij
Someone please help me out...

If I understand this quote correctly, then you cannot only control vehicle/weapon spawns... but you can also control player spawns???
Or am I reading this completely wrong?

". A multiplayer focused tool, Forge will allow players to customize multiplayer maps, changing and resetting spawn points, weapon spawns, weapon timers, vehicle spawns and timers, vehicle spawn points"






I think you're right, but I have been wrong in the future.......as for those guys complaining about "too much H3 info", I think H3 has ample surprises still left in it, I mean it IS the last halo game (in this story arc) so I'm pretty sure there's plenty more to keep us busy, as said before, if you don't like it, don't read it....that simple. However in other news, I FINALLY got a 360 2 days ago...got the elite, so my worries about not having a 360 before the release of H3 (since I did already have it pre-ordered) are now over!




and you know what map I'd really love to see return, boarding action from halo:ce, I loved that frikkin map!

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  • 08.19.2007 9:39 AM PDT

I know this is off topic but...
For the Emperor!

Yeah I was talking to a friend and he pointed that out to me... I was being too optimistic. That would be bad ass though. Oh well I can dream can't I?

yea u can dream and yea it would be kick ass

  • 08.19.2007 11:36 AM PDT

Spartans don't die, they simply go to hell and regroup.

Best. Update. Ever.

Edit: What's with the
"The three beta maps plus Last Resort and Sandtrap" ?? It says that and then nothing else about those 5 maps is mentioned..

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  • 08.19.2007 11:58 AM PDT

I'll have a coke.

this goes out to everyone that is bashing bungie and their E3 '07 vid. ok yes they showed us the awe inspiring Scarab explosion and pelican get aways, that is correct. but who cares?! i mean the pelican flight is a cinematic that they either changed or buffed up by now so stfu, and even if they havent changed it, its still gonna be -blam!- crazy! as for the scarab fight, this is just one of the couple scarab fights, unlike halo 2 where as the scarab is scripted, this scarab and the others in halo 3 are all AI controlled so the fight is never EVER gonna look the same as it did in the E3 vid. oh as for "spoilers" ZOMG!!! that trailer showed us all of about 4 levels of the entirety of halo 3. NO FLOOD, NO PROPHETS, NO GRAVEMIND!!! there is no spoilers in there other than heart pounding action that is gonna be even more so heart pounding when its in our living rooms playing online co-op with our buddies half way around the world screaming into the mic's "HOLY -blam!- DID U SEE THAT -blam!-!!!!" so again shut the hell up, as for the scarab information its in the podcast so stfu there are other scarab battles!!! anyways bungie is -blam!- awesome and their goal for world domination is here at last, well...on september 25th they will own the U.S. by as of the 27th THEY OWN THE WORLD!!! HALO 3 WILL RULE US ALL!!!!

  • 08.20.2007 12:33 AM PDT