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Posted by: KinGvAcE
Im beginning to think some people are just spoiled, whining about 10 bucks... go work for like an hour at pretty much any decent teenage job and youll be able to afford it...


I like this guy he don't mind the cost, hell you could walk dogs and earn it before it gets here or just ask your parents

"can I have $10 now from my XMAX money for these maps on Halo 3"

If people want to complain about costs the only real one would be Taxes, but lets not get into that im just saying.

  • 11.20.2007 9:12 AM PDT

Well the maps do look great and cant wait to play them!

I know $10 is alot for 3 maps but im from the UK and the price will be £6.80 which is about $14 in the current exchange rate!
so you guys are lucky its only $10! lol

Everyone charges extra for everything these days so i dont really care
I want to play the maps as soon as they come out so i will pay for them. I cant be bothered to wait until spring just to save a few quid.

  • 11.20.2007 9:26 AM PDT
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O.K. Corral had its lighting tweaked considerably. The changes shifted the sun’s position shifted, giving the entire map a warm death-at-sunset feel.


Hello these names are the nick-names the one you mentioned above "O.K. Corral" is the nick-name for "Sandoff", in there post they sais its had its:

"Lighting tweaked, and sun moved" Just like you said above (now underlined text)

and they said they did this to change the maps mood, look at the bold text. "O.K. Corral" + "Sandoff" are the same.


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Rat’s Nest
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No, you won't actually fly the pelican on Rat's Nest. Nonetheless, there's plenty of high jinks to be had on what was once known as John Carpenter's Prince of Dorkness.

as you can see "Prince of Dorkness is the nick-name for "Rat's Nest"


Jodrell Bank:

In Bungies post:

Q. For reasons that should become obvious now, Frankie referred to Standoff as Jodrell Bank.

Another nick-name for "Standoff" just not by the whole but by Frankie.


Vandela and Purple Reign I have no Idea so if theres going to be another set of Downloadable Maps these are them in either nick-name or there real Name.

p.s. Bungie Rules!



11/2/07 they mentioned ok corral and jodrell bank, aka stand off, as separate maps, here is what they said

"Content Download

The map tadpoles in the DLC pond continue to swim along, with some even growing into full-sized and feature-rich bullfrogs in the last couple of weeks. Only a little bit of growing left to do before the frogs find their way to the stream. One of those maps that isn’t ribbit-ing around just yet though, is O.K. Corral, an asymmetrical medium-sized map and O.K. Corral had its lighting tweaked considerably. The changes shifted the sun’s position shifted, giving the entire map a warm death-at-sunset feel. The sun’s rays stream through trees and into the blown out structure that often ends up at the very epicenter of combat (assuming you’ve procured some kind of close-quarters weapon). If you haven’t got anything short range, however, there’s a variety of multi-level open air catwalks, with glorious sight-lines down long semi-protected alleyways where you can rain death from above.

Jodrell Bank, a map Frankie talked about in recent weeks, is fast becoming one of my favorite maps from our excellent smorgasbord of DLC maps. It's a Team Slayer main course and player counts would fit swimmingly into both Social Slayer and Team Slayer hoppers and I think it might even be possible to shoehorn a few more players into the mix without overcrowding things."

thats what they said in 1 update, why would they have 2 different names for 1 map in 1 update...and these 2 paragraphs were one after the other, so they are 2 different maps. they are not the same map

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  • 11.20.2007 9:28 AM PDT
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read the first and the second paragraph, why wouldnt they just stick wiht one name if they were the same map????





"Content Download

The map tadpoles in the DLC pond continue to swim along, with some even growing into full-sized and feature-rich bullfrogs in the last couple of weeks. Only a little bit of growing left to do before the frogs find their way to the stream. One of those maps that isn’t ribbit-ing around just yet though, is O.K. Corral, an asymmetrical medium-sized map and O.K. Corral had its lighting tweaked considerably. The changes shifted the sun’s position shifted, giving the entire map a warm death-at-sunset feel. The sun’s rays stream through trees and into the blown out structure that often ends up at the very epicenter of combat (assuming you’ve procured some kind of close-quarters weapon). If you haven’t got anything short range, however, there’s a variety of multi-level open air catwalks, with glorious sight-lines down long semi-protected alleyways where you can rain death from above.

Jodrell Bank, a map Frankie talked about in recent weeks, is fast becoming one of my favorite maps from our excellent smorgasbord of DLC maps. It's a Team Slayer main course and player counts would fit swimmingly into both Social Slayer and Team Slayer hoppers and I think it might even be possible to shoehorn a few more players into the mix without overcrowding things.

Purple Reign continues to see slick revisions. The earliest iteration of the map actually had a completely different overall shape. If I sketched the cross section of the map's floor onto a napkin it would've looked like a small hill, but when you played it, it wasn't readily apparent. In the last month, the concavity was changed so that if you were staring the same napkin with the new version of it it'd look more like a gently sloping bowl. The difference in the way the map played then versus now is pretty remarkable. Subtle changes to the floor's geometry resulted in wider lines of sight for players staring down one half of the map and an intricate and strategic mix of floor/column/ramp gameplay on the other side and all of the sneaky jumps those mechanics entail.

One of the sooner-than-later maps is a treat we’re calling Vandelay. Vandelay is structurally the simplest map we’ve ever made, yet the tools that we’re providing with the help of the Forge give the map tons of potential. That potential could be used for devising clever contraptions, unique playspaces and when paired with Player Traits could become a test bed for new ideas from both Bungie and the playerbase.

Tom Doyle, one of the artists working on some of the fineries in Vandelay described the knicks and knacks on the map as Legos. Up until now, Forge has been primarily thought of as an object editor. It’s been a great tool for devising tweaks and changes to maps, the net result ranging from “Oh, you put more BRs on Snowbound,” to “Wow, you made a Jail that you rescue players from.”

We hope that Vandelay will help folks use the Forge because of the variety and different types of tools players will have at their disposal. Doyle has been working tirelessly with Tyson Green on these objects and tools. Changing weapons and spawns inevitably affects balance and map flow, but the Legos that Doyle is talking about will let players create spaces for gameplay and give them the means of dictating where players will encounter their foes, in addition to what they will be holding when they get there. Again, like we were with the Forge in the first place, we’re pretty stoked to see what folks come up with when Vandelay releases into the wild. "


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Posted by: doctornas123456
read the first and the second paragraph, why wouldnt they just stick wiht one name if they were the same map????





"Content Download

The map tadpoles in the DLC pond continue to swim along, with some even growing into full-sized and feature-rich bullfrogs in the last couple of weeks. Only a little bit of growing left to do before the frogs find their way to the stream. One of those maps that isn’t ribbit-ing around just yet though, is O.K. Corral, an asymmetrical medium-sized map and O.K. Corral had its lighting tweaked considerably. The changes shifted the sun’s position shifted, giving the entire map a warm death-at-sunset feel. The sun’s rays stream through trees and into the blown out structure that often ends up at the very epicenter of combat (assuming you’ve procured some kind of close-quarters weapon). If you haven’t got anything short range, however, there’s a variety of multi-level open air catwalks, with glorious sight-lines down long semi-protected alleyways where you can rain death from above.

Jodrell Bank, a map Frankie talked about in recent weeks, is fast becoming one of my favorite maps from our excellent smorgasbord of DLC maps. It's a Team Slayer main course and player counts would fit swimmingly into both Social Slayer and Team Slayer hoppers and I think it might even be possible to shoehorn a few more players into the mix without overcrowding things.

Purple Reign continues to see slick revisions. The earliest iteration of the map actually had a completely different overall shape. If I sketched the cross section of the map's floor onto a napkin it would've looked like a small hill, but when you played it, it wasn't readily apparent. In the last month, the concavity was changed so that if you were staring the same napkin with the new version of it it'd look more like a gently sloping bowl. The difference in the way the map played then versus now is pretty remarkable. Subtle changes to the floor's geometry resulted in wider lines of sight for players staring down one half of the map and an intricate and strategic mix of floor/column/ramp gameplay on the other side and all of the sneaky jumps those mechanics entail.

One of the sooner-than-later maps is a treat we’re calling Vandelay. Vandelay is structurally the simplest map we’ve ever made, yet the tools that we’re providing with the help of the Forge give the map tons of potential. That potential could be used for devising clever contraptions, unique playspaces and when paired with Player Traits could become a test bed for new ideas from both Bungie and the playerbase.

Tom Doyle, one of the artists working on some of the fineries in Vandelay described the knicks and knacks on the map as Legos. Up until now, Forge has been primarily thought of as an object editor. It’s been a great tool for devising tweaks and changes to maps, the net result ranging from “Oh, you put more BRs on Snowbound,” to “Wow, you made a Jail that you rescue players from.”

We hope that Vandelay will help folks use the Forge because of the variety and different types of tools players will have at their disposal. Doyle has been working tirelessly with Tyson Green on these objects and tools. Changing weapons and spawns inevitably affects balance and map flow, but the Legos that Doyle is talking about will let players create spaces for gameplay and give them the means of dictating where players will encounter their foes, in addition to what they will be holding when they get there. Again, like we were with the Forge in the first place, we’re pretty stoked to see what folks come up with when Vandelay releases into the wild. "




so here they talk about 4 different maps, one in the 1st paragraph, one in the 2nd paragraph, one in the 3rd paragraph, and one in the 4th paragraph

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  • 11.20.2007 9:31 AM PDT

$10.00 to pay for some maps that should have been in the original lineup so that there are some worth playing? I will play and feel used at the same time.

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"Q. For reasons that should become obvious now, Frankie referred to Standoff as Jodrell Bank." (Yin o guns 117)

he referred to standoff as jodrell bank because of the telescopes in the back ground



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  • 11.20.2007 9:37 AM PDT

Satellite dishes, not telescopes (which you look through to see things far away or very small). Just FYI.

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I just wan't to say this is sad. Does anybody here go to work and say I am going to work for the next week for free. I doubt it, If time is spent to produce these maps then Bungie invested money and there employees wan't to be compensated for there work i.e MONEY. Quit playing video games and get an education if you don't understand this simple business concept.

  • 11.20.2007 9:52 AM PDT

Hey, Foxsnipe. Dude, Those dishes are telescopes. They are called radio telescopes. Don't be ignorant and stop correcting people when you are wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodrell_bank

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  • 11.20.2007 10:05 AM PDT
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Posted by: judge666
Hey, Foxsnipe. Dude, Those dishes are telescopes. They are called radio telescopes. Don't be ignorant and stop correcting people when you are wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodrell_bank


thanx

  • 11.20.2007 10:06 AM PDT

*I sense a disturbance in the forum*
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we r?

I can't wait!

I want shotty snipers on Standoff, that's a great map to do it on

  • 11.20.2007 10:09 AM PDT

My apologies for misinterpretting, but I'm not the one acting ignorant. I do believe Bungie mistakingly called them Satellite Dishes as well, so they very well may be but only resemble radio telescopes.

CB: There’s two opposing bases and some rocks and a tree and a road and some giant missile silos and enormous satellite dishes.

Moving on...

  • 11.20.2007 10:09 AM PDT
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i hate how theyr not showing much on rats nest

  • 11.20.2007 10:13 AM PDT

Yeah, uhm, yes you are. Guess what, they are magically both, not just one over the other. Bungie isn't wrong. You can describe them as "radar dishes", but you cannot chastise someone else for calling it a telescope, for both of those terms are correct.. Comprehend?

  • 11.20.2007 10:22 AM PDT
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Hmm somehow I think it was a bad move for them to price three maps at 800points, considering just like they said one of the maps was supposed to be in the original line up anyway so technically we have already paid for it!
Foundry looks like it's going to be a 1 game wonder and then its going to join most of the other rubbish halo 3 maps like snowbound and epitaph.
Somehow unless there is a fourth added or they drop the price then i don't see how the are going to get hardly anyone apart from the hardcore fans to buy these maps especially when they can turn to other great games like COD4 which most of my friends are now doing anyway.
I don't think I will buy these somehow, i don't care if some people think that $10/£6 ain't much but in my view it ain't value for money considering I am technically paying for standoff twice!

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  • 11.20.2007 10:24 AM PDT

Better than you.

IT'S $10 BUCKS!! I make $10 bucks in 20 minutes of work!!! I seriously can't believe how inconsiderate these people are. HELL, go into a convenience store and I can spend $10 bucks in seconds, it's chump change. If you can't afford $10 bucks, it's time to either A) learn to budget, because you've got some issues, B) get a better job, because you're obviously being shafted, or C) get rid of the girlfriend/wife's bad spending habits!!

  • 11.20.2007 10:28 AM PDT
Subject: Heroic Map Pack Announced for Halo 3
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@ Yins o Guns 117
I do not agree with you on your GoW theory. Those 4 GoW maps gave me the feeling that I spend my money / 800 points well and I got something back in return! A nice add on for a incredible game!
This is my theory:
Allot of people are not happy with the value of only 3 maps. I think they are feeling like me which is that Bungie and/or MS are taking advantage of the siuation, instead of rewarding the recordsellig, most played game on XBOX LIVE !! It doesnt matter the size of the levels compared to GoW. Both are very diffent games.
But if you see how many players play this game it's ridiculous! Look at the amount of dedicated fans!! I myself have played like 600 matchmaking games and finished the campaign on Halo 3! And I dont consider myself a hardcore player so I think this is allot!
But with so many hungry dedicated halo players I think you need to reward them!! Feed these hungry dogs with what they are craving! MAPS - MODES - OPTIONS! Give a little something extra! We deserve it!
Don't make them feel you are milking them. Reward them and they will come back! Dedicated for life!!!

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  • 11.20.2007 10:33 AM PDT
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BRING BACK LOCKOUT. IS IT THAT HARD?!

  • 11.20.2007 10:44 AM PDT
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Hell yeah! Also coagulation! WTF Bring them all back!!

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*REVISED*

AM I THE ONLY PERSON THAT FEELS THAT THESE MAPS SHOULD BE FREE!?!?!? FIRST OFF A YEAR AGO I PAYED FOR MY LEGENDARY EDITION OF HALO 3 WHEN IT WAS STILL SELLING FOR $100. THEN IM FORCED TO PAY AN EXTRA $30 WHEN IT RELEASED. THEN I GET THE GAME PLAY IT AND THE CAMPAIGN WAS GREAT BUT THE MATCHMAKING IS KINDA LAME. NOT FOR THE GAMEPLAY PHYSICS SO MUCH BUT BECAUSE YOU PLAY THE SAME THREE OR FOUR MAPS ON EACH "HOPPER" AND THE STAGES ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER OVER AND OVER ACCOMPANIED BY THE SAME VARIANTS. I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED BY THE LACK OF DIFFERNT CHOICES AS FAR AS THE "HOPPERS" GO. BRING BIG TEAM BACK TO A RANKED PLAYLIST AND ADD SOME MORE OPTIONS LIKE AN ALL INFECTION HOPPER OR A HOPPER CONSISTING OF ALL PLAYER EDITTED MAPS AND VARIANTS AND CHANGE THE PLAYLIST FOR THE PLAYER EDITTED HOPPER MONTHLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE A FRESH VARIETY OF MAPS AND VARIANTS TO PLAY AND SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THEIR MAPS PLAYED BY THE MASSES AND GET SOME FEEDBACK. ALL IN ALL I'M JUST SAYING THAT "SOME" OF THE NEW MAPS NEED TO BE FREE WITH THE VERY LIMITED SELECTION OF MAPS THAT WERE GIVEN WITH LAUNCH FOR A HIGH PRICE. I KNOW THAT WHEN HALO 2 WAS STILL HOT I WAS ON TOP OF EVERY MAP PACK THAT CAME OUT AND BOUGHT THEM WITH LITTLE HESITATION FOR LESS THAN WHAT THESE MAPS ARE BEING SOLD FOR. DOES ANYONE AGREE WITH ANY OF THE STATEMENTS I HAVE MADE? PLEASE COMMENT!!!

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  • 11.20.2007 10:57 AM PDT

Yeah, the introduction of some SWAT would be greatly appreciated too. Plus, where are all the great small/medium neutral flag maps? It still seems like there's a major element missing in the HALO 3 matchmaking. A lot of this is the lack of player/fan requested maps. This lot, although beautiful and look fun in their own right, just do not seem like they are addressing the requests of the gamers themselves.

Please bring back SWAT and Team SWAT!!! I've made a custom version, but we need it as a matchmaking play list.

  • 11.20.2007 11:06 AM PDT

First off it's 2 maps and 1 forge map. I don't use forge so for me it's 2 maps. The game shipped with garbage for maps, and not even that many. I play the same 3 maps over and over in MP. This is like charging me for unfinished work, are you sure Microsoft doesn't own Bungie still? Bungie you have still not addressed a single issue with the game, and now you want another commitment from fans for even more money? Fix hit detection, melee, and maulers then start trying to sell us the rest of your game.

  • 11.20.2007 11:22 AM PDT
Subject: Heroic Map Pack Announced for Halo 3
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Yeah,if you want,try me on xbox live,in any case,you will lose,but ok..

Yeah,absolutely awesome,ahalo 3 is the best,we need more maps !!!

  • 11.20.2007 11:25 AM PDT