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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 4/11/08
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Haha, re: the news that gets rejected... I just had the stickie disappear thing happen last night.

On a happier note, and more importantly--super-excited about Avalanche in particular, but also the two other new maps. :)

  • 04.12.2008 1:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: Doigey
Haha, re: the news that gets rejected... I just had the stickie disappear thing happen last night.

On a happier note, and more importantly--super-excited about Avalanche in particular, but also the two other new maps. :)


yeah man same here, except i cant wait for blackout
lockout was the best map on Halo 2 IMHO. Lol. but a newer version of sidewinder would be great cuz that was one of my favorite halo CE maps.
I dont know if ghost town will be such a hit but i guess that will be decided when the maps come out.

I think its kind of cool how we are getting a lot of old maps back.
Lockout
Sidewinder
Midship(Onslaught)
Warlock(Stock)

I'm still waiting on beaver creek and Blood Gulch

  • 04.12.2008 1:44 PM PDT

Egg-Nog Rocks

awsome update its sweet that SWAT is making a permanint come back and snipers on the weekend sheds light and hope for a futer of haveing team snipers as a permanint playlist

  • 04.12.2008 1:46 PM PDT

Nothing to see here, move along....

Huzzah! Team SWAT ranked, Team Snipers weekend hopper, and free Bungie Pro for me when I get Legendary. But I think my subscription to Live will run out soon...

  • 04.12.2008 2:22 PM PDT
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As happy as I was to see SWAT return in any form, I am severely disappointed that it's going to be ranked.

I know online play is taking us away from the old lan days of people interacting in the same room, but I still play 90% of my Halo with a friend. I honestly can't stay interested for more than 5 games by myself, but a friend, laughing, talking, meeting people, competing against each other as well as the other team, keeps me playing Halo. And now we cannot play the swat, which was all we played on H2 until H3 came out.

I'm glad the numbers for the hopper were the deciding factor, and not a couple years of members here screaming about it on boards over and over and over. Wouldn't want you listening to discussions about the playlists in the playlist forums, keep your eyes on the pie charts.

  • 04.12.2008 2:31 PM PDT
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like everyone else i'm quite excited for the new maps, maybe for ghost town in particular. it seems like ivory tower served as a bit of inspiration for both the layout design and art direction, which is sweet. one question i figured would get asked and answered by now but hasn't is regarding the new filters - are these going to be available only in legendary maps, or does the download of the map pack trigger an update which adds these filter options to all existing maps? it would be pretty disappointing if this feature was legendary dlc exclusive.

thanks

  • 04.12.2008 3:07 PM PDT
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wow that would be a drag, which reminds me i dont know how long be for i need to replace it @_@

  • 04.12.2008 3:23 PM PDT

--*whispered*"Hold still I'm Going to Assassinate You"(the funny thing is that it has worked)--
↨↨↨Im the TedyBearOfDeath you should be scared.↨↨↨

I cant wait for the new maps they are going to be sweet - im not sure if im gunna really use the bungie pro but it was a good idea to shut the whiners saying that 3 maps arent worth 800MP(I think they were wroth it last time and will be this time)

"Double XP weekends continue well into May with Team Snipers replacing Team SWAT as a weekend spot:

Yay for permanet team swat and yay for double xp snipers. I really hope snipers will be permanant soon too. I will be very irritated if the score of team snipers only goes up to 25, it just isnt right. In halo 2 it went up to 50 and it was good, most games got to 50 in a resonable amount of time. The 25 kills in halo3 snipers goes too fast.

Also im glad that they are making ithe legendary map pack required to play swat and the double xp weekends. It keeps people less serious about halo out of it and it inspires more people to buy it.

Great update cant wait for the new maps!

[Edited on 04.12.2008 3:29 PM PDT]

  • 04.12.2008 3:26 PM PDT

.mlg meadowlands 2008

Posted by: Goodfam


O and for all u people complaining about weapon lowering-
It is possible to lower your weapon in halo 3. First you must be on system link or LAN. If youve ever watched an episode of Deus Ex Machina (very popular machinima) they lower their weapons. They also tell you how to do it at the end of one of their episodes (1st or 2nd).


We know. It's just the fact that 90% of the machinima community films over Xbox Live, not System Link or LAN. Read posts next time, dumb-blam!-.

  • 04.12.2008 4:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: Kaiser TheGreat
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You know what, Bungie?

Screw you.

I can just hear you guys in your marketing meetings:

"Here's a way to sell maps since the last map pack didn't sell very well... Let's make SWAT require the Legendary map pack because SWAT was SOOOOO popular!"

You make me wish that I didn't like Halo because it's such a money pit.

First I got freaking ripped off buying the "Legendary Edition" of H3 which was NOT Legendary at all and is easily available at any gameshop now for under $80 NEW in the box.
And now you want to pork another $10 buck out of me to play SWAT.

Yeah, I'm sure I'll be playing Avalanche a hell of a lot on SWAT.

Whatever, Bungie.
It's bull crap and you know it.
There is NO reason to REQUIRE the new maps for a playlist and you know it.


Maybe you should've found out what was in the Legendary Edition instead of just buying it. That was stupid of you, and you probably would have the 10$ to buy the new maps now. Oh well, dumb you.

And the people that don't buy the Legendary Maps don't deserve the new playlists. 10$ is nothing.

Amen, brother Kaiser. $10 is easily affordable.

  • 04.12.2008 4:06 PM PDT

I died once...I respawned 5 seconds later, seeking revenge!!!

please bring back phantom pistols :P

  • 04.12.2008 4:25 PM PDT
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This is the best update I've ever read. SWAT and Snipers? -orgasm-

You know, aside from the Halo 3 announcement trailer.

  • 04.12.2008 4:37 PM PDT
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Oh -blam!-, it's Mr. Creosote

  • 04.12.2008 5:56 PM PDT
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Why is Captain Kirk climbing the mountain?

I honestly enjoyed this update better than Lukem's ones. Ske7ch your way better than Lukems at writing witty humour.

  • 04.12.2008 7:07 PM PDT

Bungie needs to explain why maps have increased in priced nearly $1.50 from Halo 2. The last Halo 2 map pack was $2 a map, now 3 maps are $10.

Microsoft refuses to answer the question, I already asked on their forum. FInally, why are these maps "Not planned" on being released free.

I do like Team Swat, and Team Snipers as a weekend thing is great too. But answer the questions Bungie, its YOUR product.

  • 04.12.2008 7:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: Unholyprime
I'm glad the numbers for the hopper were the deciding factor, and not a couple years of members here screaming about it on boards over and over and over. Wouldn't want you listening to discussions about the playlists in the playlist forums, keep your eyes on the pie charts.

HAH, sarcasm! I like sarcasm.
But in all sincerity, I think Bungie really does listen to the fans. Don't be too angry; tell your friend to get his/her own LIVE account.

These maps are freaking killer. Too bad I'll be on vacation when they do come out. I'm buying the points RIGHT NOW so that when I do get home I can buy the maps first thing.
If they make more maps, I bet that you'll have to buy/download the Legendary just so that you can buy the next set of maps(if there will be any).

WOOT! Tenth page!

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  • 04.12.2008 9:55 PM PDT
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I appreciate that you (Bungie) wanted to make matchmaking faster, but that has really hurt my quality of gaming. My friends and I always play Ranked Team Slayer together (on my other account) and two of us have skill levels in the upper 30s while the other two have skill levels around 20. So when we play, all of our opponents are ranked in the mid 30s and this makes games really difficult for us. It puts a lot of pressure on us and makes the game much less fun for them because they do much worse.

Yes, we could play Social Team Slayer but it isn't nearly as fun. First of all, if there are only three of us instead of four, we tend to get 3v3 matches in Ranked. So, if we go to Social Team Slayer we end up with one or two people that we don't know. Big deal? Yes, because although we aren't the same skill we put in the effort to play as a team with communication and strategy but random people usually disregard it completely. Furthermore, Social Team Slayer exposes us to all of the rude and obnoxious people that frequent Halo 3. In RTS you don't hear the other team at the beginning and can back out immediately after the game so you don't have to hear them then either. During STS games you have to press up on the D-pad if you want to talk which is actually a little annoying. If we do win games in RTS we get the reward of increased skill levels and in STS we only get temporary gratification. The hopper is called "Team" and skills are directly related to performance as a team so why is this catering to the skill levels of random players rather than people who play as a team but with mixed skills?

In short, we want to be able to play exclusively as our mixed skill team against teams of equal skill and have some sort of representation of performance/accomplishment (skill levels work well).

Thanks for listening.

  • 04.12.2008 10:39 PM PDT
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Hey bungie. Where is clan support??? Sorry, but I've lost interest in Halo without it as you can see, thousands of other have to. You really need to come to your senses and figure that out.

  • 04.12.2008 11:41 PM PDT

Im Sorree I powned U so Hard

I just hope team snipers will be on every weekend XD

  • 04.13.2008 3:43 AM PDT
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I am impressed with your knowledge of Monty Python (the picture used at the end of the weekly update 04/15) or was it just a random picture you decided to edit??! :D

  • 04.13.2008 6:58 AM PDT

You'd probably shoot back if i wasn't T-bagging your dead body.

SWAT was bad enough unranked. Now people are going to TRY to win.
P.S. 273rd post!

  • 04.13.2008 7:46 AM PDT
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well finally SWAT is going to be a playlist because me and my friends had so much fun in halo 2 but not as much in halo 3 because if you want to kill someone it has to be in the head so mabey they should make it with only 100% damage resistance on. but anyway sweeet SWATs comin to town

  • 04.13.2008 8:26 AM PDT

"Please, don't shake the lightbulb." -Sgt.Johnson

if u only could understand that i want u to eat ur gun lowering in xbox live!

(i want it to be able too)!

i dunt think u will but if u make new armors put them on market place =) or just give em to us for free =D!!

  • 04.13.2008 8:45 AM PDT

Wiplash ll7, bow chica bow wow

Great Update!
thankyew so very very very very very very much for putting team Snipers in!
i been waiting so damn long!!!!!!

if u make it ranked and perminate!... i promise ill pour lemon juice into my eyes :)

  • 04.13.2008 9:21 AM PDT