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Posted by: Sol Knightt
Let me just be one of the first to say that the winners of those awards on Spike VGA were total BS. The things that Halo 3 were nominated for, well, Halo 3 should have won. I mean, wtf? Bioshock for Game of the Year?! C'mon. And the announcer said "You gamers are the ones that voted!". Uhh hello? Most of us don't watch TV, much less go to a channels website to vote for crap. (sigh). Bungie, you should'a won best studio and game of the year. Sorry you didn't. >.<

I just watched the VGAs too and your completely right i mean seriously they should have won everything they were nominated for...i think it all may have been fixed because alot of times they would have one good game in a category and then the rest were all some crappy games.....also they only showed like 7 award give aways in like 2 houyrs WTF SPIKE TV lame....anyways next year its BUNGIE FTW ALL THEWAY

  • 12.10.2007 12:36 AM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 12/07/07
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rats nest actualy sounds like it will play alot like danger canyon from halo pc can't wait to give it a shot with multi-flag ctf

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ROFL! Melee still not fixed? No mention of Team Snipers? No mention of Custom Games List you bragged about and promised?

Back to CoD4!

  • 12.10.2007 5:32 AM PDT
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lol amazing!!!

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i bagsi being Ronaldinho!!!

  • 12.10.2007 5:38 AM PDT

It's funny because I don't play anymore.
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Hmmm....
Maybe the ranked BTB will make me actually play Halo 3 again and start to slowly move away from CoD4....maybe...

  • 12.10.2007 6:27 AM PDT
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DOD4 for me all the way. i am done with Halo 3, until they fix this bull -blam!-. So -blam!- you bungie.

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Posted by: odin1156
....seriously there should be like a minimum level requirement on halo 3 to be able to even post anything on this website...it would seriously get rid of 90% of all the complaining and nubish comments...I hate having to explain things to people who would know whats going on if they would just READ WHAT BUNGIE IS SAYING...dont let the big words scare you people grab a damn dictionary seriously...also i would like to say one last thing...if anyone decides that they think theyre intelligent and would like to comment on my lack of punctuation and such dont waste your breath i happen to purposefully not punctuate as it save me from having to worry about it and it also saves space...i know a question mark here and there may not seem like much but they can add upp...also people PLEASE START USING THE RIGHT (THERES,THEY'RES,THEIRS) i mean seriously its like 2nd grade english


Don't be an arrogant, elitist a$$hole. I think THERE should be a max level ceiling in these forums. That would get rid of 90% of the "I AM GOD" d0uchebags that come in here and act like THEY'RE the saviors of the world because they have a 45 or 50 next to THEIR gamertag. Just make a constructive comment or STFU!

By the way...since when is THEY'RES a freakin' word genius? Is that supposed to be a contraction for they ares? Don't give an english lesson if you still haven't mastered the language.

From this moment on...anyone who uses any variation of the word noob fails at life in my book. That word is SO overused. Half the people who say it are just practicing self-hate.

That being said...the interview was great. Maybe people will leave Bungie alone about the price of the map packs considering that charging a fee wasn't their idea. You got a problem with it go post on some Microsoft forums.

  • 12.10.2007 8:16 AM PDT
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Great Update Bungie! Our Clan can't wait for BTB Ranked!!!

  • 12.10.2007 8:30 AM PDT
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Well, now i can get on Halo 3 again to see the new maps! Prediction: 1 week and I'll be back on Halo 2. Very dissapointed in you Bungie. Don't get me wrong, the new maps...I can't wait. But, ignoring the biggest cry (mine anyway, but id like to see the numbers..probably top 5) adding team snipers and giving us soccer and a g(a)y ranked btb??? What seems to be the problem???? I can't even type no more i'm so mad............TEAM SNIPERS!!!!TEAM S
NIPERS!!!!TEAM SNIPERS!!!!TEAM SNIPERS!!!!TEAM SNIPERS!!!!TEAM SNIPERS!!!!TEAM SNIPERS!!!!TEAM SNIPERS!!!!

P.S.

You say you're trying to keep the playlists on track with (the best game you will ever make) Halo 2, but you give us Rocket Race and soccer??
Bring back team snipers!!!!!!
I'll soon have my Halo 3 game for sale on ebay for 10 dollars.....anybody?anybody?.........

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  • 12.10.2007 1:27 PM PDT

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First off ill say this SORRY FOR THE STACKING BUNGIE.....there now that thats out of the way....Ok first off what are you talking about the noob combo beatdown being bs?its EXACTLY THE SAME AS HALO 2 in Halo 3 just as in Halo 2 you hit someone with a plasma pistol and smack them they are going to die...now you might be meaning that its bs in the sense that it sucks when people do it..i agree it does suck i prefer to at least be shot after getting hit with the Plasma Pistol but hey what can you do its part of the game just like getting a rocket to the face or getting splqattered its hella -blam!- but it happens my advice is if you see someone coming at you with the plasma pistol DONT LET THEM GET CLOSE..also id like tyo saythat the reason i type so much is because i type fast and i figure hey why not explain exactly what im saying instead of having people be like wtf?(as you did to someone elses comment a few posts before this) in fact tyhe reasosn i type fast is because of my "lazy style typing" it doesent matter if i use punctuations and such i mean most people dont even know where commas and such go anyways why waste my time and effort by putting these things when most people dont even know they are supposed to be there? One Last thing you apparently didnt understand the sense in which i was using the word "majority" actually its not even that you didnt take it in the right sense you just misinterpreted what i was saying and also i would like to pint out that OBVIOUSLY you are not part of the Majority considering that bungie does what it thinks the MAJORITY of Halo 3 players want.....and considering they have yet to do or talk about doing anything you have wanted them to to then OBVIOUSLY you are NOT PART OF THE MAJORITY do i have to tell you what majority means? I think you though i meant that Majority of people on XBOX LIVE play Halo 3....no in fact i was talking about The MAJORITY of HALO 3 PLAYERS...just because you play Halo 3 alot doesent mean you part of the Majority...you completely misinterpreted EVERYTHING i said...next time actually reading an entire post(however long it may be) may help you better understand things and you wouldnt make yourself look like a fool by saying that i said things i didnt...by the way i have purposefully made this post extra long so that way i can test you on your reading ability...also if you do want to respond i suggest a private message considering that if you qoute this post it will be pretty damn long...pardon my french....anyways im done posting andbickering with people wjo cant comprehend what i am saying just becausethey cant read an entire post so from now on if anyone misinterprets me and completely misses the point the only response you should expect is a private message telling you that you are a moron


Lmao, you thought I would quote EVERYTHING like a noob? XD Dude, I read all of your post. Just because I don't make a huge arse reply doesn't mean I only read parts. -.- And I'm ending this because you have your views on things and I have mine. Obviously, niether of us can make the other see their point of view. As I say in the after-game lobby, "Good game.". :P

  • 12.10.2007 1:31 PM PDT
Subject: Spike Video Game Awards

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Posted by: Sol Knightt
Let me just be one of the first to say that the winners of those awards on Spike VGA were total BS. The things that Halo 3 were nominated for, well, Halo 3 should have won. I mean, wtf? Bioshock for Game of the Year?! C'mon. And the announcer said "You gamers are the ones that voted!". Uhh hello? Most of us don't watch TV, much less go to a channels website to vote for crap. (sigh). Bungie, you should'a won best studio and game of the year. Sorry you didn't. >.<

I just watched the VGAs too and your completely right i mean seriously they should have won everything they were nominated for...i think it all may have been fixed because alot of times they would have one good game in a category and then the rest were all some crappy games.....also they only showed like 7 award give aways in like 2 houyrs WTF SPIKE TV lame....anyways next year its BUNGIE FTW ALL THEWAY


Lol, at least we agree on something. xD

  • 12.10.2007 1:35 PM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 12/07/07

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You say you're trying to keep the playlists on track with (the best game you will ever make) Halo 2, but you give us Rocket Race and soccer??
Bring back team snipers!!!!!!
I'll soon have my Halo 3 game for sale on ebay for 10 dollars.....anybody?anybody?.........


Ooh, I'll buy! Could use the extra copy for, well, nevermind. I don't know. Lol. But I do want it. :D

  • 12.10.2007 1:37 PM PDT
Subject: Pleased to have free maps, thank you.

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Hello Frankie.
Jeremy Hall here, from Thornton CO. Congratulations on the success of Halo 3! After reading the update, & browsing the forums, I wanted to post a few online suggestions:
It would be nice to have a spell check on the forum, I count on it usually, and it's a good tool to keep young people learning. Also I would like to upload my own crystal skulls pic that I have used for years. The resources on this website are pretty amazing, & I would have liked to have known about them sooner. I've wasted months searching for good custom games, to be taken back, when I looked through some of them online here! And to find out, it would have been better to just wait a few months, for this new foundry!
Custom Games: So much fun, so impossible to run. I'm an indpendant gamer, and take & toss online friends daily. It's really difficult to get a room together. When I finally do, all I hear is wa wa wa wa from all the jr gamers. Because I host the room, I'm suddenly responsible for all the content, & suggestions for that content. The luster of these great games, is quickly dimmed on most occasions, by the difficulty of running them. Or the frustration of trying to find a room, with a competent host. My suggestion is to provide group linking to random custom games. I was frankly suprised when I first put in Halo, and could not auto find a gamer for these game types & campaign. A play at your own risk, "community content, not bunjie tested" circut would be amazing. Of course there would need to be quality checks. That brings me to my next suggestion, which would enable such a gametype. Forum managability for custom games. It's really tough to identify exactly which custom games are for how many people, & their level of action, etc. A forum post suggested a "fill in" of pertinent data for each game, just like the creation process, too tedious. Instead a special "maps & gametypes" submission forum, with specialized in-submission box checkboxes may work. How about 4 questions (after submitting by type of game): optimum # of gamers, Gamer tested & how much....etc. Basically something that qualifies submissions, so that submissions can at the least find better organization within the forum, with links to type & game together, within more comprehensive peramiters. THEN, a vote system, that brings favorite, most quality gametypes to the top. Then the monthly top 100 or just 10 games & types could be locked in for a temporary playlist (x amount of player vetos would be a great que to take that game out of the circut). Or mabye just available in the Bungie favorites, (which is so painfully limited). I could choose custom games and have 2 or 3 choices to get in to the matchmaking: under so many players, over so many players. And the ensuing game would be completely random. Talk about taking advantage of all these independant gamers ideas & games. OH, with the current system in place, I at the very least need to be able to invite people more efficiently into custom rooms. I cannot build a party in btb because my party leadership is not guaranteed. Right now, I would like to group spam invites, just like I may a message, to my recently played w/ players & friends. Having to play btb for an hour, just to get fresh invite power is really weaksauce. And I'm not going to join a clan full of jr gamers.

Ranked: Ranked big team battle sounds just wonderfull. I'm thankful the lone wolves is 6 players now, I thought I would never get overkill. Not enjoying having to play tactical games in my lone wolves slayer area though. Played some new games, like hammers, etc, lots of fun. At first, I tossed the veto at every shotty snipe game, & now I miss it. I just was not good enough yet, to enjoy that gametype. Mabye one in 10-20 games is a good ratio. I'm stalled on rank, because I'm a support type / defensive player, we can't all be triple majors, I guess. I wonder if these various connection problems affect my play, or if the players are simply better than me.
The limited levels are a big problem. My favorite gametype is not in my favorite level. A link to ranked medals chests online would be super duper amazing. Also what am I missing?!!!?!?!!?!?

Fees & new maps charge: This is a big dissapointment. I have objected to buying new maps, ever since I bought the GRAW 1 update package. It ruined my game experience, and Graw was not fun anymore until 2 came out. I've never paid for anything like that again. When you buy additional product, you are cut off from casual gamers, usually the majority of gamers, and most likely, many of your favorite gamer friends. Didn't Bungie make 140 million in sales the opening week? I actually EXPECTED free levels. This talk of buying maps has me seriously considering moving on to another game a lot earlier than expected. It's an insult to me as a consumer, I already bought the product, you should warranty it's usefull life. When corporations upcharge me, I loose confidence in them. Even if I do buy that product of the day, they loose me as a permanent customer. If I have to pay for new maps now, I'll have to pay for them on halo wars, and then more for 3, etc, etc. The utility features of the 360 are being exploited by profiteers, and not explored by inventors. I'm just not into paying extra. If you knew how poor we are... How about if these maps are going to cost money, you could mabye get me a free copy of them? Now I'm a beggar, see how it sucks? Actually I'm a certified real estate appraiser in Colorado. I work for myself, build & manage my own computers, have reliable connections, and don't answer to a boss. I'm pissed that my favorite passtime is trying to upcharge me. It's hearts and minds guys, not skulls & bones. I starting to think Bungie is just another company in a long line of increasingly greedy, self serving companies, to upcharge for one of the most successfull 360 products to date. I'm sorry, I'm off track, thinking about taking money out of my pocket to enjoy something I thought was permanent, puts me in a sour mood. I really do like Halo 3, and wanted to be a long-term gamer, but this might change things. I'm not interested in being part of some extra-classy, elite section of gamers who have paid for the maps, I want to be in the majority, and not feel shafted.
Wow, now I'm really off track, but I guess I've got a few suggestions, & comments across. Please pass my comments up the line, if you feel they have merit.

Thank you again,

Jeremy W Hall




actually, I'm going to post this as a comment, mabye it's the popular vote that counts here?


A few things. You said you were in real estate, right? So let me give you a real estate analogy. If I bought a house from you, but then decided to add a pool, would you come back three months later and give me a free pool? Of course not. I paid for a house. A pool is extra. It costs money to dig, build, tile and wateproof. It takes time to add a pump and a filter. There are labor costs, permits and so on.

The new maps cost money and time to make. So Microsoft (not Bungie) charges for them. And furthermore, the new maps are not required for matchmaking. If you don't buy them, you won't see any difference. And on top of all that, they'll be free to download in a few months.

  • 12.10.2007 2:29 PM PDT
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ok so im really missing Swat from halo two, i really miss the no sheilded carnage with the dual magnums, and chance swats going to be back ever?

  • 12.10.2007 2:33 PM PDT
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Hello Frankie.
Jeremy Hall here, from Thornton CO. Congratulations on the success of Halo 3! After reading the update, & browsing the forums, I wanted to post a few online suggestions:
It would be nice to have a spell check on the forum, I count on it usually, and it's a good tool to keep young people learning. Also I would like to upload my own crystal skulls pic that I have used for years. The resources on this website are pretty amazing, & I would have liked to have known about them sooner. I've wasted months searching for good custom games, to be taken back, when I looked through some of them online here! And to find out, it would have been better to just wait a few months, for this new foundry!
Custom Games: So much fun, so impossible to run. I'm an indpendant gamer, and take & toss online friends daily. It's really difficult to get a room together. When I finally do, all I hear is wa wa wa wa from all the jr gamers. Because I host the room, I'm suddenly responsible for all the content, & suggestions for that content. The luster of these great games, is quickly dimmed on most occasions, by the difficulty of running them. Or the frustration of trying to find a room, with a competent host. My suggestion is to provide group linking to random custom games. I was frankly suprised when I first put in Halo, and could not auto find a gamer for these game types & campaign. A play at your own risk, "community content, not bunjie tested" circut would be amazing. Of course there would need to be quality checks. That brings me to my next suggestion, which would enable such a gametype. Forum managability for custom games. It's really tough to identify exactly which custom games are for how many people, & their level of action, etc. A forum post suggested a "fill in" of pertinent data for each game, just like the creation process, too tedious. Instead a special "maps & gametypes" submission forum, with specialized in-submission box checkboxes may work. How about 4 questions (after submitting by type of game): optimum # of gamers, Gamer tested & how much....etc. Basically something that qualifies submissions, so that submissions can at the least find better organization within the forum, with links to type & game together, within more comprehensive peramiters. THEN, a vote system, that brings favorite, most quality gametypes to the top. Then the monthly top 100 or just 10 games & types could be locked in for a temporary playlist (x amount of player vetos would be a great que to take that game out of the circut). Or mabye just available in the Bungie favorites, (which is so painfully limited). I could choose custom games and have 2 or 3 choices to get in to the matchmaking: under so many players, over so many players. And the ensuing game would be completely random. Talk about taking advantage of all these independant gamers ideas & games. OH, with the current system in place, I at the very least need to be able to invite people more efficiently into custom rooms. I cannot build a party in btb because my party leadership is not guaranteed. Right now, I would like to group spam invites, just like I may a message, to my recently played w/ players & friends. Having to play btb for an hour, just to get fresh invite power is really weaksauce. And I'm not going to join a clan full of jr gamers.

Ranked: Ranked big team battle sounds just wonderfull. I'm thankful the lone wolves is 6 players now, I thought I would never get overkill. Not enjoying having to play tactical games in my lone wolves slayer area though. Played some new games, like hammers, etc, lots of fun. At first, I tossed the veto at every shotty snipe game, & now I miss it. I just was not good enough yet, to enjoy that gametype. Mabye one in 10-20 games is a good ratio. I'm stalled on rank, because I'm a support type / defensive player, we can't all be triple majors, I guess. I wonder if these various connection problems affect my play, or if the players are simply better than me.
The limited levels are a big problem. My favorite gametype is not in my favorite level. A link to ranked medals chests online would be super duper amazing. Also what am I missing?!!!?!?!!?!?

Fees & new maps charge: This is a big dissapointment. I have objected to buying new maps, ever since I bought the GRAW 1 update package. It ruined my game experience, and Graw was not fun anymore until 2 came out. I've never paid for anything like that again. When you buy additional product, you are cut off from casual gamers, usually the majority of gamers, and most likely, many of your favorite gamer friends. Didn't Bungie make 140 million in sales the opening week? I actually EXPECTED free levels. This talk of buying maps has me seriously considering moving on to another game a lot earlier than expected. It's an insult to me as a consumer, I already bought the product, you should warranty it's usefull life. When corporations upcharge me, I loose confidence in them. Even if I do buy that product of the day, they loose me as a permanent customer. If I have to pay for new maps now, I'll have to pay for them on halo wars, and then more for 3, etc, etc. The utility features of the 360 are being exploited by profiteers, and not explored by inventors. I'm just not into paying extra. If you knew how poor we are... How about if these maps are going to cost money, you could mabye get me a free copy of them? Now I'm a beggar, see how it sucks? Actually I'm a certified real estate appraiser in Colorado. I work for myself, build & manage my own computers, have reliable connections, and don't answer to a boss. I'm pissed that my favorite passtime is trying to upcharge me. It's hearts and minds guys, not skulls & bones. I starting to think Bungie is just another company in a long line of increasingly greedy, self serving companies, to upcharge for one of the most successfull 360 products to date. I'm sorry, I'm off track, thinking about taking money out of my pocket to enjoy something I thought was permanent, puts me in a sour mood. I really do like Halo 3, and wanted to be a long-term gamer, but this might change things. I'm not interested in being part of some extra-classy, elite section of gamers who have paid for the maps, I want to be in the majority, and not feel shafted.
Wow, now I'm really off track, but I guess I've got a few suggestions, & comments across. Please pass my comments up the line, if you feel they have merit.

Thank you again,

Jeremy W Hall




actually, I'm going to post this as a comment, mabye it's the popular vote that counts here?


A few things. You said you were in real estate, right? So let me give you a real estate analogy. If I bought a house from you, but then decided to add a pool, would you come back three months later and give me a free pool? Of course not. I paid for a house. A pool is extra. It costs money to dig, build, tile and wateproof. It takes time to add a pump and a filter. There are labor costs, permits and so on.

The new maps cost money and time to make. So Microsoft (not Bungie) charges for them. And furthermore, the new maps are not required for matchmaking. If you don't buy them, you won't see any difference. And on top of all that, they'll be free to download in a few months.


Custom Game issue dodged again. Sweet.

  • 12.10.2007 3:35 PM PDT
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Thank god no more dumb territories.

  • 12.10.2007 3:39 PM PDT

Not gonna lie, territories on team objective is the -blam!-. But oh well.

So, I'm sure this has been discussed somewhere, but are the maps releasing at 12:01 am tonight? Or some random time during the day tomorrow?

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Well the maps are on their way (pony express). They will be here 2:00am PST and 5:00am Eastern standards time.

I got my points already but I accidentidely (sp?) bought that STUPID Asteroids Game. God it sucks. I spent $5.00 worth of Microsoft Points on that gem and I didn't even want it.

But can't wait for the new maps.

  • 12.10.2007 3:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sol Knightt
Let me just be one of the first to say that the winners of those awards on Spike VGA were total BS. The things that Halo 3 were nominated for, well, Halo 3 should have won. I mean, wtf? Bioshock for Game of the Year?! C'mon. And the announcer said "You gamers are the ones that voted!". Uhh hello? Most of us don't watch TV, much less go to a channels website to vote for crap. (sigh). Bungie, you should'a won best studio and game of the year. Sorry you didn't. >.<


Halo 3.... Game of the year? Not a chance in hell! Bioshock TOTALLY deserved it. If you have doubts then go pick up a copy and see for yourself.

  • 12.10.2007 4:49 PM PDT
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YESSSSSSS HARDCORE AND BIG TEAM BATTLE RANKED THANK THE LORD+

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This update has given me more faith in Bungie. It shows that they are still catering to their customers and that definitely is a good thing. I love the fact that Team Hardcore is coming back and I love the Team Objective changes. I really wanted to like that playlist, but then, all of a sudden, TERRITORIES or VIP. I swear they were a waste of time and killed whatever ideas I had of implementing teamwork to my teammates. (They'd just complain about the lame gametype and then not want to play objective again.) Now the increased CTF and Assault will make it fun. I also like the inclusion of BR Start gametypes. Ranked BTB is a decent addition (at least to me) but I'd really like to see Team Snipers.

The new maps are an exciting addition, but I'll hold off on them until they are free. After all, there are only three.

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  • 12.10.2007 5:25 PM PDT