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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 10/26/07
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I haven't gotten funny suicides, but funny kills. I had invulnerability on on my "Warthog Flip" gametype, and me and my friend had just flipped our mongoose with a pile of fusion coils. We went spinning into a pillar on Sandtrap, the mongoose exploded, and my friend, who was riding brokeback was... "Splattered" By me. o.0

After that, I sat on a flaming mongoose for 30 seconds, then was forcibly removed from it.

  • 10.28.2007 8:44 PM PDT
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Bungie... maybe no one else noticed. But I just want to let you know that your modest little posting of a QuickTime link (before the WMA, no less)... it reminded me why I love you guys. To see you show your true colors, as you fly them on your own flagpole of independence... man there just aren't words. It's been a long time coming, but this machine has a couple a' Xenons in it, baby, and I'm ready to play Bungie games like hardly anyone else has -- again. On a MAC!!

  • 10.28.2007 9:39 PM PDT
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Check out the videos on my FileShare as well as some of my screenshots. :P

  • 10.28.2007 9:41 PM PDT
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FIX THE -blam!- -blam!-ASS AUDIO ALREADY DUMBASSES!!!

  • 10.28.2007 9:43 PM PDT

MW

http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/blackwaterops/Group/GroupHome.a spx

Holy Freaking Cow...that Landfall video was awesome! I want to get in on the production of a movie like that.....

  • 10.28.2007 9:50 PM PDT

"And when I vest my flashing sword And my hand takes hold in judgment I will take vengeance upon mine enemies And I will repay those who hase me O Lord, raise me to Thy right hand And count me among Thy saints ."

Aww crap!!! I hope that this special Halloween content hangs around for awhile… I just got the “Three Red Rings of Death” last time I was playing Halo 3 and had to send it away for repairs… I am dying to get back on, and now even more so, but it’s going to take 2-6 weeks! Please bungie; don’t let me miss out on the fun and games!

Also:
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b) why is it tied to advancement in your EXP rank? so if you can just look at someones skill rank number, then why does the EXP rank system not allow promotions until you reach a certain skill rank? that in itself implies a goal doesnt it? it would be a good way to tell a persons skill if you COULDNT see the number. i.e. this person is a captain grade 3 so i know they have a number of games played and are somewhere in the 20's skill wise. but i can just look and see highest skill achieved. so whats the point of all that? tieing the two systems together and saying they are for separate things doesnt make any sense to me.
i think you should split them, let the EXP rank go by EXP alone. its fine when you are in the skill level range for your EXP rank, but ask a captain grade 4 if they are happy with it, or if they are given a ton of $h!7 by others for not being able to skill up and get promoted. i play alot of social matchmaking and i went into lone wolves (which i hate) for three hours one day so i could get my 40 and shut everyone up.
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I agree that service rank and your actual rank shouldn't be tied together if you intended to use the rank as a tool. I do think you should still see it though because it should still give you some form of bragging rights, and besides, it helps identify if you and your friends are really on the same level or not. It helps to show who the weakest link is and there by who we should cover or watch out for more. I am however still finding that some people are definitly not the rank they show, and that frustrates the crap out of me. It really isn’t any fun getting totally destroyed by a group that is far superior to your own. The last team tactical that three of my friends and I played we ended up facing a bunch of 40-45. We were all rank 1 as we had never played tactical before… None of us have ever been above a rank of 33 before either. We got totally destroyed, it wasn’t even fun. I do hope that this is taken seriously and is address in some way.

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and for recon...
you had to know when you put it in the game for only yourselves that people would bug the hell out of you. ... its like being a kid, taking your brand new transformer to your buddies house and not letting him play with it. you KNOW he really wants to play. why even take it over there if you just want to play with it by yourself? because you want to show off, thats why. we all did that scenario, or similar, as kids. so we all know what it is that we are seeing. childishness. hate me if you want, but you know im right.
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Again, I feel like Dumpy has made a valid point. You guys should have known that everyone and everyone’s grandmother would want YOUR helmet, so really you shouldn’t get to annoyed at them. Take it as a compliment. Although I am glad to see that you guys are awarding the helmet to those you deem worthy. It would make having the recon gear that much more rewarding to have. I also think it's really cool that you are NOT putting an exact way as how to get it, otherwise it would become the next Hayabusa set.... I think that the Hayabusa gear had real potential to be one of the coolest sets of armor out there, however the second people found out how to get it, EVERYONE started wearing it. It's actually sad how many people wear it now... Please keep the recon a gift for those who go above and beyond to make this game enjoyable time and time again.

Anyway, now this is getting WAY too long so I will say good-bye for now, just please keep the Halloween stuff around for a little bit longer...


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  • 10.28.2007 9:54 PM PDT
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Thats cool that you gave out the recon armor. I hope that there are other ways to get it other than by making funny videos lol. I cant make videos for crap! Also I think it would be very cool to have a contest where the winner wins a trip to meet with Halo 3 concept art ppl (or whatever their professional title is) and gets to make his own set of armor that nobody else can have. Would def make more ppl be a lot diff if there were random contests for winners to create their own armor set or helmet. I think we would all see some very very cool designs.

I hope we can get cool stuff for having sick kills or something haha. Like I said I cant make funny videos so I hope the guys out there like me can get cool stuff for pulling off something sick.

  • 10.28.2007 10:20 PM PDT

holla jalapeno

i second that motion

  • 10.28.2007 11:48 PM PDT

holla jalapeno

maybe instead call it "Pickup Artist"

  • 10.28.2007 11:49 PM PDT
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Great update as usual. Looking forward to some suckas getting the hammer dropped on them. And the Video of the marines might be one of the best things I have ever seen in my whole life.

  • 10.29.2007 12:17 AM PDT
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I was watching that live action clip with the marines in suspense the entire time waiting for the meter length thing to get almost to the end and see master chief walk out only for us to catch a glimpse but it didnt happen but I cant wait to see more thats for sure. this game and community keeps getting better and better everyday.

  • 10.29.2007 12:24 AM PDT

DON'T STOP BELIEVING!!!

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13967194

HAHA i made this thread and Frankie delivered.

Thanks man i really enjoy them believe it or not.

  • 10.29.2007 1:25 AM PDT

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It Iz PerFecT

lol a friend of mine had exactly the same sniping accident some time ago. he was really frustrated when i told him some1 has had a recon helmet for recording such a clip. i think its a glitch on last resort on that spot. ah well congratz oh the noes

  • 10.29.2007 3:30 AM PDT
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I hate to be this guy but I killed myself with a traffic cone earlier and (I think) a little better, and the save film has been sat ignored in my fileshare and on this thread.

  • 10.29.2007 5:46 AM PDT

No, no really...I love having my ass handed to me by a squeaky voiced 8 year old...seriously!

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I hate to be this guy but I killed myself with a traffic cone earlier and (I think) a little better, and the save film has been sat ignored in my fileshare and on this thread.


Well - Thanks for the whinge. I've downloaded and rated it, and yes it was better! But you still don't have the recon armor!

The suicidal sniper - that was awesome.

Roll on Halloween. Hopefully tricks AND treats.

Thanks Bungie!

  • 10.29.2007 6:06 AM PDT
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Okay, this whole armor give-away system is cool and everything, but my friend (Gamertag: xixAlkALinExix) definetely deserves the armor. How does he go about getting noticed by Bungie? Everyone who reads this, check his file share. Or mine. Download OMG or TEH PWNED. Just do it.

  • 10.29.2007 6:47 AM PDT

If anyone woudl look at my last 15 games played. We won every game and I got first on my team almost every game. I went up 2 levels. I do not understand how I did not rank up more concidering that I obviously was better than the people I was playing against. I guess I still do not get the ranking system, but from what I got from bungie's explaination I shoudl have ranked up more.

  • 10.29.2007 7:23 AM PDT
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(I'm new to the website so I couldnt figure how to make a post myself, I guess they're all replys. Excuse my not understanding of the forum layout yet ;p )

I think the Recon armor is pretty stylish. But it's been what a few days and all these people are whining and begging for it. If Bungie said you should go out and earn it through the website or making them laugh. Then go earn it. How did you get some of the other sets of armor. You earned it, through achievements. Recon armor is just the ultimate achievement in the game so far. So stop making pictures with guns asking for recon. Stop saying well I had the same video of this happening to me, or I died this way and it was funnier. Bungie saw those guys first. Deal with it. Go out and just play and with the game physics, something much funnier could happen to you. Just play and see what happens and please stop begging for it. Or try to help them run a good website.

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  • 10.29.2007 7:47 AM PDT

I had the same thing happen to me with the sniper suicide..... I knew i should have posted my Clip when it happened. I just didn't think it was that funny. Only marginally funny.

  • 10.29.2007 8:06 AM PDT

Good update, Can't wait to see the Halloween changes :) Much better than the other updates I have to say

  • 10.29.2007 8:31 AM PDT
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I respect your opinion, I'm probably just going to disagree with it.

M19 SSM's? 7.62 ammunition? Alien deth lazrs? No, no... Traffic cones, of course.

  • 10.29.2007 8:48 AM PDT
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the whole - skill rank is not like experience thing is stupid because the two are linked through officer ranks meaning many of us are being unfairly deprived of higher ranks!

other than that i cant wait for new content - keep up the good work bungie

  • 10.29.2007 10:15 AM PDT