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Subject: Legendary Map: Blackout
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Thank you Bungie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally Life begins

Lockout.....err i mean blackout FTW

  • 03.25.2008 1:35 PM PDT

For now, I am disappointed. Lockout, with the much more balanced guardian, is superfluous. Why do this? To cater to why forum kids who dont represent the majority of players? Oher, non-redundant maps that dont have an equivalent in Halo 3 would have also fulfilled this whiny desire (Turf, Ascension, Ivory Tower.) Blackout will probably turn out well (not great, probably the on the same level as tombstone,) but the logic behind Blackout's creation is supsect, and for now, I think less of the DLC creation process at bungie.

  • 03.25.2008 1:35 PM PDT

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THANKS Bungie u guys are da bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

  • 03.25.2008 1:35 PM PDT

9/29/08 - DOW Jones drops 777 points...

Nice map but if you read carefully you will notice that Paul Russel says it is located in Antarctica and Allen Murray says it is located in the Arctic. Those are two completely different places. Unless Antarctica and the Arctic sort of just morphed together yesterday. What the hell is the UNSC doing in Antarctica anyways.

Since 1959, new claims on Antarctica have been suspended and the continent is considered politically neutral. Its status is regulated by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty and other related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System. For the purposes of the Treaty System, Antarctica is defined as all land and ice shelves south of 60° S. The treaty was signed by twelve countries, including the Soviet Union (and later Russia), the United Kingdom, Argentina, and the United States. It set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, established freedom of scientific investigation, environmental protection, and banned military activity on that continent. This was the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War.

I did a research project about Antarctica one time. It is quite an interesting place. It is the fifth largest continent in the world, about 1.3 times larger than Europe. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, a sheet of ice averaging at least 1.6 kilometers (1.0 mi) thick. The continent has about 90% of the world's ice (and thereby about 70% of the world's fresh water). If all of this ice were melted, sea levels would rise about 60 meters (200 ft). During summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface during clear days at the South Pole than at the equator because of the 24 hours of sunlight each day at the Pole.

Interesting fact - Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. At the 3-kilometer (2 mi)-high Vostok Station in Antarctica, scientists recorded the world's lowest temperature: −89 °C (−129 °F).

btw will we see any penguins? lol.

  • 03.25.2008 1:36 PM PDT
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O m G Sick. Even if the map is unbalanced with weapons and such just forge it out and make it an mlg map WOOH.

Greatest achievements of Bungie.

Marathon the first person part

Halo 1 the whole thing

Halo 2 the whole thing

Halo 3 Bringing back Lockout to blackout Sidewinder to Avalanche and Sanctuary to Ghost Town.


Greatest achievement ever? MLG GAMETYPE WOOOOOH

  • 03.25.2008 1:36 PM PDT
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Thank you Bungie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lockout.....err i mean blackout FTW

  • 03.25.2008 1:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Coolio911
If they bring back midship, consider my life over. Seriously, I can see why MLG loves it, but I dont... So garbage. While they are at it, why dont they remake warlock again? Oh wait, doesnt mlg already have a map which is an almost exact remake? Too bad... Bungie <3's remaking maps we already have.

(Im paying all my 800 points for avalanche, a map which I am actually looking god damn forward too)


This kidz a nubbie. dosent know the value of arena style maps, and prolly likes big maps cuase he can only kill people with vehicles

  • 03.25.2008 1:38 PM PDT

$50,000,000,000 REWARD!!!

Santa Claus must be stopped! He is a menace who is not only guilty of billions of counts of breaking in entering, but also runs an illegal sweatshop of midgets forced to work for no pay using stolen materials to make gifts that infringe on every company and manufacturer around the globe, causing world wide economic disasters. He is to be taken dead or alive!

Congratulations Bungie! I hope you are happy! Does being responsible for the wet pants of thousands of your fans derive some kind of satisfaction? Some sick pleasure? You people disgust me! Almost too much for words!

  • 03.25.2008 1:38 PM PDT

"The Only Thing Necessary For The Triumph Of Evil. Is For Good Men To Do Nothing."

This will silence all those people who said they will never remake lockout because Guardian is the similar re-incarnation of lockout!

HAHAHA AWESOME!!! This will be awesome for MLG!

  • 03.25.2008 1:39 PM PDT
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Amazing.

  • 03.25.2008 1:39 PM PDT

THIS IS THE COOLEST MAP IVE EVER SEEN!!!! i can't wait to play it and then forge it...lol

  • 03.25.2008 1:39 PM PDT

Sweet. I especially like the change in setting, as a full-blown nighty night map is something I've always looked forward to seeing. And overall, it sounds like a worthy successor to Lockout.

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  • 03.25.2008 1:39 PM PDT

761 armless & legless corpses float inconspicuously around the inside of hangar 96. I say they are inconspicuous because it is their arms & legs which demand my attention. I did this, or I could have stopped it. Which is it? It doesn't matter now. I did this and could have stopped it, but nothing in nature ever follows a Gaussian curve. Sure, they'll tell you it does. They say every 5 minutes someone dies in a car accident, but how often are there 761 armless and legless corpses in one hangar?


PR: This is the first time I believe we've tried a full-blown nighttime multiplayer map. Originally I wanted it to take place on the back of a giant llama. I'm still bitter about this.


LOL i assume none of you like Boarding Action snipes? although, yeah, it's outer space.. still counts as night tho :P

  • 03.25.2008 1:40 PM PDT
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I can not wait until April 15th

  • 03.25.2008 1:41 PM PDT

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The way you're talking it sounds like you've never even played Lockout. Besides, are you gonna say that

Besides are you telling me that Ascension is a copy of lockout?

Big arena- Check
4-5- enterances- check
3- structures that overlook arena- check
ramps n stuff- check



.OWNED



Ascension is about five times the size of Lockout, right there changing the way people play it. Ascension has a main base, where Lockout's rooms barely even qualify as bases. The two areas overlooking the whole map are not areas where you can just jump off of them straight into the arena. There are multiple ways into the arena, as the area around it is flat. Guardian and Lockout on the other hand are the same size, have the same layout, and the way people play them barely change.

From your stats, it appears that I've played a hell of a lot more Halo 2 than you did, so keep your e-peen in your pants.

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  • 03.25.2008 1:41 PM PDT
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Thank you bungie !!!!
Now no one can say bungie doesn't listen to the community!

  • 03.25.2008 1:42 PM PDT
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LOCKOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats my favorite h2 map but now its even cooler..:-)

  • 03.25.2008 1:42 PM PDT
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ARBITER, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER!!! WORT WORT WORT.

Well, so now the question is, do I stick to Halo 2 or switch to Halo 3 because it has the top map?

To be honest... I'd prefer it on Halo 2 since it'd be a faster paced game.

But there's more people who play Halo 3. Which means more people to teabag. And there's forge... probably just a bunch of camping stools and radio sets though for scenery, nothing big and grand like a fence box.

I'll wait until it's free on Halo 3, bottom line.

  • 03.25.2008 1:43 PM PDT

looks great i want to see avalanche the most though.....

  • 03.25.2008 1:43 PM PDT

Vell mudda SICK dred!


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Posted by: Fi 8015
I'm sorry Bungie, but I just lost about 60% of my faith in you. I know that this was a very popular choice (obviously) and I'll admit that it looks awesome, but I'm still disapointed. I've felt for some time that H3 was missing something, I wasn't sure what, but something that made H2 such an amazing game. I finally figured it out after playing the Heroic maps and looking at the legendaries. In my opinion the maps in H3 lack the spirit, the sort of replayability and sheer epicness that really made H2 for me. Sure there's tons of fun still, but I find myself sighing disapointedly (is that even a word?) whenever I realize I won't be playing coagulation or turf (possibly my favorite map). So when you announced more new maps I was hopeful that some of this old 'fire' would find it's way in. However I was disapointed. I'm sure that the maps will be excellent, (especially avalanche), but I don't feel like Lockout, while fun, actually captured this spirit. And yes, I am aware that forge takes steps to fix this, but still it doens't seem enough. Sorry, just wanted to say my piece.

Sincerely, Fi


LOL R U SERIOUS!!!! BUNGIE JUST ANSWERED ABOUT 90% OF HALO PLAYERS DREAMS TDAY!!!. Bungie said "Ghost Town" was slightly like Turf. You seriously can't be complaining about this. LOCKOU..(i mean) BLACKOUT is BACK!!!! I swear tday really does make me realize that life can have some astoundingly good turns for the better. BUNGIE is great, they listen to their fans. I think bbungie just got one step closer to ruling the world.(weep)


haha your so dumb. Don't you remember when bungie said that guardian was the spiritual successor to lockout? Too bad people fail at seeing this. Maybe Ghost Town is supposed to be like Turf, but now I want an EXACT remake of it. Seeing as I am going to have to pay for a map I had when I bought Halo 3, I might as well pay for Turf again.


Yeah, a 'spiritual successor' that has basically the same layout. Now they come out with a re-make that has the exact same layout. What do you get? Two maps that are pretty much the same, except for a grav lift here and a ramp or two there.


Im butting In you guys are complete morons, The reason people wantedd a REAL remake of Lockout is becouse guardian is NOTHING like lockout, except for the one main lift.



Its simple... for people who mainly got into halo 3 and briefly played Lockout on Halo 2; Guardian=Lockout. But for the people like me and many others who played halo 2 when it came out and know Lockout like the back of their hand; Guardian doesnt= Lockout but Blackout does. So thanks Bungie, some people just cant appreciate or dont have the experience that Blackout and Guardian will and allways will be seperate maps.

  • 03.25.2008 1:44 PM PDT

Its Mistaa that is going to take over Xbox Live!

WOOT LOCKOUT UHM I MEAN BLACKOUT WHOOT BLACKOUT finaly now we only have the teamsnipers lobby and the game is perfect :D

  • 03.25.2008 1:45 PM PDT

thank you so much Bungie!!! This rocks!!!!

  • 03.25.2008 1:46 PM PDT

In this great future you cant forget your past

Lockout + Nighttime = Give your ca$h to Bungie - We need more nighttime maps boys - keep em rollin - hell yeah

  • 03.25.2008 1:46 PM PDT
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yes! sweet! i'm gonna be playing Halo again!

  • 03.25.2008 1:47 PM PDT

There's something about this new look that just oozes creepiness - and I love it! Can't wait to get Forging some back-story, fiction and scenarios into it, as well as playing it, of course.

But hell, it looks fantastic.

  • 03.25.2008 1:47 PM PDT