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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 6/27/08
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Yay. Can't wait for some of those double exp weekends. I can make out what a couple of them might be and they should be awsome! I wonder what the suprises are for bungie day. Any one got any ideas?

  • 06.28.2008 1:27 AM PDT

Bungie will announce a new Marathon game on 7/7 and release Cold Storage for free and everyone will get a free ling ling gamer pic and Frankie/Mister Chief Theme. If one of these are true I will be very happy faced. Even if none come true Bungie Day should be cool and I will try to be on all day long. The double XP in all hoppers would be awesome also.


Bungie Day is like christmas =).

  • 06.28.2008 2:01 AM PDT

Posted by: Achronos
I blame stosh.


Proud tester of the Halo 3 beta.

Cool update! Too bad I can't make it to the PAX...

  • 06.28.2008 2:05 AM PDT

All sounds great!!!

  • 06.28.2008 2:22 AM PDT
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Oooh, new exlusive themes this year!, could their be another magical mullet for us to feast our eyes upon>?

  • 06.28.2008 2:25 AM PDT

Posted by: Deadguy

Of course this theory is even MORE proven when you look at the next line of the transmission, and can read parts of it, using another version of leetspeak:
• Head2@!#SWa#++-DL*SLAj3r
*Head2___Swat____DL Slayer



This suggests that perhaps this is not alluding to head to head SWAT, as there is no real evidence for the second 'head'. Generally new playlists have been advertised fairly well in advance by Bungie, while they are much more ambiguous about new maps. If we then add this to : C!#4x---^&-$x%^^p3 (Cold Storage), it could mean that the map will 'head to' these playlists, and we could see it soon, possibly after Bungie Day.

  • 06.28.2008 3:18 AM PDT

Having this map of Chill Out getting posted makes me feel all warm inside for the old days. It looks very faithful, and I'm going to assume that it will play more or less the same. I can't help but wonder if the dynamic of the map is going to change at all now that the needler isn't just a throw away weapon?
EDIT: Holy crap! I'm a Heroic member now! Awesome. I wasn't a Heroic member last week. Sweet.

[Edited on 06.28.2008 3:32 AM PDT]

  • 06.28.2008 3:30 AM PDT

if knowledge is power and power corrupts, isn't knowledge therefore dangerous?
Black Tower

awsome update. like how your letting us study the new maps before playing on them)i gonna camp right on the container with the flood in it ;P)
i like some of those double exp weekends,
• Fourth of July – A collection of Flag, Rockets, and VIP. 5v5.
• [SPURIOUS INTERRUPT: PACKET LOST - ERROR CODE 5929]
• Fiesta – FFA featuring random weapon spawns. 8 Players.
• Grifball – Updated to use the Summer League map. 4v4.
• Team Snipers – No changes from June. 4v4.
• Team Melee – Sword and hammer-centric slayer and

i like the grifball, wish to hug shishka for the last one, but the snipers... i'll find something else to do. the second one sounds like maybe we play on a new mmap for the weekend. on bungie day i see a double exp(or 7 exp) playlist of 7vs7.

  • 06.28.2008 4:23 AM PDT
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What expert MP map guru do you have tweaking and or maintaining the maps? This Isolation map hasn't been toughed since Feb. 2008.
http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/screenshot_viewer_popup.asp x?fs=true&ssid=41857292
http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/screenshot_viewer_popup.asp x?fs=true&ssid=41857286
I ask because it isn't working. We standard Forgers have a more accurate time of setting up MP multi team starting points.

I'm hardcore and usually behind the Bungie machine, but come on and manage the MP setups. It isn't hard.

  • 06.28.2008 5:01 AM PDT
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Is it just me, or is the last legible part of the update "head2wall"?

  • 06.28.2008 5:40 AM PDT

Well, I thought for the longest time that, following Heroic and Legendary map packs, would come a Mythic pack. I think this is the first of those!

  • 06.28.2008 5:53 AM PDT
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I Hope You Can See This Because I'm Doing It As Hard As I Can!

first! wait...what? lol
sup with the error code???

  • 06.28.2008 5:56 AM PDT
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idk whts up with the error code but i love how they kept rbtb in it and is still a duble EXP!

  • 06.28.2008 6:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: spartan11bungie
awsome update. like how your letting us study the new maps before playing on them)i gonna camp right on the container with the flood in it ;P)
i like some of those double exp weekends,
• Fourth of July – A collection of Flag, Rockets, and VIP. 5v5.
• [SPURIOUS INTERRUPT: PACKET LOST - ERROR CODE 5929]
• Fiesta – FFA featuring random weapon spawns. 8 Players.
• Grifball – Updated to use the Summer League map. 4v4.
• Team Snipers – No changes from June. 4v4.
• Team Melee – Sword and hammer-centric slayer and

i like the grifball, wish to hug shishka for the last one, but the snipers... i'll find something else to do. the second one sounds like maybe we play on a new mmap for the weekend. on bungie day i see a double exp(or 7 exp) playlist of 7vs7.

are u insane grifball is just a battle over who has the best connection.SNIPERS ACTTUALLY TAKE SKILL!

  • 06.28.2008 7:01 AM PDT

The Rivers Jiggly Bah

boooo
why did you move the teleporter 3's reciever.......

  • 06.28.2008 7:08 AM PDT
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looking forward to 7/7 so much - my first Bungie Day!

  • 06.28.2008 7:12 AM PDT
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Double EXP (Listed in order of appearance)

• Fourth of July – A collection of Flag, Rockets, and VIP. 5v5.
• [SPURIOUS INTERRUPT: PACKET LOST - ERROR CODE 5929]
• Fiesta – FFA featuring random weapon spawns. 8 Players.
• Grifball – Updated to use the Summer League map. 4v4.
• Team Snipers – No changes from June. 4v4.
• Team Melee – Sword and hammer-centric slayer and

*/PACKET INTERRUPTION – ERROR CODE 5929 */
…Attempting Recovery…
…Attempting Recovery…
*/ 93% PACKET CORRUPTION – RECOVERY UNSUCCESSFUL - DISPLAYING */
C!#4x---^&-$x%^^p3@
• Head2@!#SWa#++-DL*SLAj3r
• 48hr0x0ABFFFFF [ERR 5929]
*/ END DISPLAY */


What's the odd text for? I know its been in past updates, but what exactly is it all about? or does not even the community know about it? Is this like the terminal things in H3?

  • 06.28.2008 7:23 AM PDT
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cool more pictures of maps and release date needed

  • 06.28.2008 7:27 AM PDT

Thanks for the screenshots!

  • 06.28.2008 7:48 AM PDT
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i was kind of exited for cold storage, as i heard it would be another MLG suitable map. Unfortunatly there are overshield, camo, and teles. Maybe if those are all deleted exept maybe 1 of them, like in gaurdian, this will be a suitable MLG map. AND WTF?! 1 BR! thats bull.

Im not sure how this map plays because no i never played halo 1, exept maybe like 4 times, but i never played this map. i only played campaign. SO i duno how the teleporters will work.

  • 06.28.2008 7:52 AM PDT

*/PACKET INTERRUPTION – ERROR CODE 5929 */
…Attempting Recovery…
…Attempting Recovery…
*/ 93% PACKET CORRUPTION – RECOVERY UNSUCCESSFUL - DISPLAYING */
C!#4x---^&-$x%^^p3@
• Head2@!#SWa#++-DL*SLAj3r
• 48hr0x0ABFFFFF [ERR 5929]
*/ END DISPLAY */

I blame Stosh.

  • 06.28.2008 8:30 AM PDT

I never could have understood until I read that Wiki article, how much Bungie loves the number 7. I shudder just to think of what destruction is to come with 7/7.

  • 06.28.2008 8:39 AM PDT
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Thank you for the H2H updates!

I...I love you.

Yeah.

  • 06.28.2008 8:50 AM PDT

Bungie.net user for 4 years and still going!
Plasmalab, a great map for Neutral CTF or Slayer. Download it and have fun. Version 1.1 now available.
Do not send me group invites I will NOT accept them.
TRIPLE SE7EN PWNAGE

Love the fact that heavy maps are going to pop up more often in RBTB, my favorite, but I'm kinda depressed that some people, like me, will not be able to dl the special 7/7/08 bungie day 360 dashboard stuff becase of being on vacation. If only there was a way of getting it...*sighs*.

  • 06.28.2008 9:06 AM PDT

What's up with the whole:
*/PACKET INTERRUPTION – ERROR CODE...
business? I've been gone a while, did I just miss something?

  • 06.28.2008 9:17 AM PDT