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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 4/11/08

My name is Michale J. Caboose, and I hate babies!

Ranked SWAT !? I just skeeted in my pants

  • 04.12.2008 8:23 AM PDT

"This reminds me of a time when i tried to kill myself over a puzzle i couldn't complete"

Posted by: blindingtears
I just absolutely love how you think that weapon lowering will still cause an unfair advantage. Um, last time I checked, when you have your weapon lowered, and shoot, it comes back up. Ohemgee! Also, who the hell is going to stop dead in their tracks because someone lowered their weapon, yet I know damn well that people have stopped and stared at your flaming recon helmets. The fact that you're screwing over the machinima community, and trying to make up for it with "camera effects," that almost everyone can do in Windows Movie Maker, is pathetic.

If you don't want Weapon Lowering done in Matchmaking, then set it so that you can't. Hell, make it an option when you're editing a gametype weather or not people can lower their weapons. Look, problem solved. Not everyone has friends with 360's and Halo 3 around them willing to press a 5 button combo for 3 seconds and to do five min. scenes. Not everyone wants to go and install some crappy application, such as Xbox Connect or XLink Kai, just to get the last scene of their machinima done. You guys should know that, and you've busted our balls and are now proceeding to stomp on them.

Did it ever occur to you guys to, say, I dunno, ASK the Machinima community what they wanted, instead of just guessing? "Oh hai guiz, we're gunna make weapon lowering system link and local play only. LOLZ." Look, there goes a bunch of your fanbase, angry at you for -blam!- them over. Good job Bungie, I hope you're proud of your half-assed game, which would've been better if we could actually make movies with weapon lowering over Xbox Live, but I guess not.


People wanted weapon lowering back on so they could make halo movies. Have you ever heard of RedvsBlue? (In halo 2 you could make your weapon lower by pressing down on the d pad) Honestly i think that was dumb that they took that out, but Bungie is mysterious and they like to piss people off.

(haha, jk)

  • 04.12.2008 8:27 AM PDT

RIP Halo 2: November 9, 2004-May 10, 2010
I was the 2nd to last person to get kicked off Halo 2, see the thread Here

living dead- pretty messed up sorry to say
The best way for zombies is for the zombies to have no shields and be 1shots
then its worth being a human and not becoming a zombie so you score the most
i have the gametype and i have the best maps for zombies liket his
really no one plays hardly when the zombies have shields in custom games
please concider

  • 04.12.2008 8:27 AM PDT
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Halo Combat Evolved
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo: Reach

Alright, so far, after all the while of playing the Double EXP weekends I have noticed that on most days, over 80000 people are playing them at a time. Due to this scale of popularity, I was wondering if the Bungie Team would be able to make a full week version of Double EXP weekend, that would be available 7 days a week? I have read that Team SWAT will be added to the Hardcore playlist, which will no doubt entertain me for a long time. But I was also wondering if there would be any other games added to such a playlist, such as Grifball (which I enjoyed almost as much as Team SWAT) or even Living Dead.

Thank you,

  • 04.12.2008 8:32 AM PDT

"This reminds me of a time when i tried to kill myself over a puzzle i couldn't complete"

Posted by: TheOtherJesus
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.


Bungie isn't in charge of the map pricing, Microsoft is. I do not understand why you guys complain so much to bungie when Microsoft is the company that wants to charge for everything, and not to mention how they brought out a system, waited for everyone to buy it, and then released a better one that has a HDMI port, and they haven't even made an adapter.

  • 04.12.2008 8:43 AM PDT
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I am always bored.

People wanted weapon lowering back on so they could make halo movies. Have you ever heard of RedvsBlue? (In halo 2 you could make your weapon lower by pressing down on the d pad) Honestly i think that was dumb that they took that out, but Bungie is mysterious and they like to piss people off.

(haha, jk)


It was the left trigger, btw. You lowered your gun when you had no grenades. :3

Mysterious or not, there are 10's of thousands of individuals who would find weapon lowering a huge burden lifted from them if they put it in as a game option or something of the sort. I've seen too many movies that a lowered gun would fit in perfectly, but the guns are in one of the spartan/elites' faces, basically eliminating all seriousness the mood was trying to set in.

And yes, I've heard of Red vs. Blue. I'm a big fan as well. :D

  • 04.12.2008 8:44 AM PDT

Don't ask about the name-- it's a long story

BEST. UPDATE. EVER.

  • 04.12.2008 8:46 AM PDT

Hi I'm RT and I like to argue!

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Posted by: TheOtherJesus
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.


Bungie isn't in charge of the map pricing, Microsoft is. I do not understand why you guys complain so much to bungie when Microsoft is the company that wants to charge for everything, and not to mention how they brought out a system, waited for everyone to buy it, and then released a better one that has a HDMI port, and they haven't even made an adapter.

Oh, no, teh evil corporrationss!

They've done nothing wrong. Sorry you paid an extra $60 for a plastic helmet, but that was YOUR decision, and you knew (or should have known) exactly what you were getting when you made that choice. Legendary required for SWAT FTW, I want to actually play my new maps in Matchmaking. And you aren't losing anything if you don't buy them, because you didn't have SWAT before, anyway. New hopper requires new maps--makes sense to me.

  • 04.12.2008 8:58 AM PDT
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Wow you have certainly done a great job to screw over people not willing to spend 800 MS points. I have been a team SWAT fan for a long time and the weekends playlists are pretty good but me thinking that you guys have some idea of equality was pretty aggravated when you guys declared a restriction on the aforementioned playlists and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Please take this into consideration

  • 04.12.2008 9:00 AM PDT
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4 FREE MONTHS OF BUNGIE PRO???? SWEET!!!!

Not like I wouldn't have bought the maps anyway. I'm not like one of those Gamespot idiots who go, "I'M WAITING UNTIL THE MAPS ARE FREE BECAUSE I DESERVE THEM AND BUNGIE BE STEALING FROM ME!!!!" because their mommies pay for their stuff.

  • 04.12.2008 9:00 AM PDT
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However Bungie, correct me if I'm wrong, is in charge of their playlists and so effectively their blackmailing +500,000 people into buying the new maps to play SWAT.

  • 04.12.2008 9:03 AM PDT

were it so easy...

another awesome update. happy that team swat will be here to stay, and satisfied (not ecstatic, but satisfied) that team snipers will be making its first appearance.

I can't wait for those maps though. Those will be sweet.

  • 04.12.2008 9:21 AM PDT
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Nice one. The new maps are looking good and Avalanche is muy nostalgic. DoubleXP Snipers should be a blast

  • 04.12.2008 9:28 AM PDT
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"Frankie, its wafer thin....."
Vomit ensues.....hahaha

  • 04.12.2008 9:37 AM PDT
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Nice update, my only complaint...

THE MEADOWLANDS IS IN NEW JERSEY!! NOT NEW YORK

  • 04.12.2008 9:48 AM PDT
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sorry I didn't really like the update.

and now that we all know everything about the new maps I think u should start dropping some hints on the next ones just to keep the unbare able feeling of suspence

  • 04.12.2008 10:08 AM PDT

wes smith

ya this week's update sucked

can't wait for the new maps

ps that pic of frankie was so f u c k i n funny



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  • 04.12.2008 10:21 AM PDT

He Lives!

The whole dilly-o about the new submission is great. Thanks for posting that. Wow...

can I haz cheez?

  • 04.12.2008 10:48 AM PDT

"This reminds me of a time when i tried to kill myself over a puzzle i couldn't complete"

Posted by: Tman1392
People wanted weapon lowering back on so they could make halo movies. Have you ever heard of RedvsBlue? (In halo 2 you could make your weapon lower by pressing down on the d pad) Honestly i think that was dumb that they took that out, but Bungie is mysterious and they like to piss people off.

(haha, jk)


It was the left trigger, btw. You lowered your gun when you had no grenades. :3

Mysterious or not, there are 10's of thousands of individuals who would find weapon lowering a huge burden lifted from them if they put it in as a game option or something of the sort. I've seen too many movies that a lowered gun would fit in perfectly, but the guns are in one of the spartan/elites' faces, basically eliminating all seriousness the mood was trying to set in.

And yes, I've heard of Red vs. Blue. I'm a big fan as well. :D


Hmm, i didn't know about the no grenades thing, but if you put in halo 2 in push down on the d-pad your weapon will lower too. For some reason it doesn't work sometimes on Live, which is weird

  • 04.12.2008 11:00 AM PDT

Jason Jones of Bungie famously said of Halo 2 that: "it's Halo 1 on fire going 120 miles per hour through a hospital zone chased by helicopters and ninjas. And the ninjas are all on fire too." As a sequel, Halo 2 couldn't quite live up to that extravagant claim.

cool.

  • 04.12.2008 11:43 AM PDT
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YES SWAT!

  • 04.12.2008 11:47 AM PDT
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what team swat and double exp weekends need the legendary maps? thats bull****
now some ppl like me are trying to save money so we can get Grand Theft Auto 4 which i will be playing alot more than halo 3 but come on we will only be able to play custom and campain.

real nice bungie

  • 04.12.2008 12:29 PM PDT

Deathpimp72 R.I.P. brother!
05.23.72 - 10.14.11

I don't know if this was mentioned already, but the Meadowlands are in New Jersey. Anyway, it's great to see Grifball coming back.

  • 04.12.2008 1:20 PM PDT
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Bungie,
Nice job on the update. There is a lot of good thinks to come in the future. I'm glad too see Team Snipers return. Being a member of the Sniper Group on Bungie.net I'm glad to see some action has been taken to the return of Team Snipers, even if it's only on certain weekends. Perhaps maybe it will be popular enough to be in its own ummm...hardcore playlist?
Haha, that would be awesome.

~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).


Just thought i would say that i have a friend who went to meadowlands today to participate in the competition. He's the leader in my gamebattles clan. Our team name is "Loaded Clipz" on the team ladder if anyone ever feels like giving us a challenge.

  • 04.12.2008 1:37 PM PDT