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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 8/22/08
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No rocket race? *cries* I can't believe it. Where is H3 going?

  • 08.23.2008 9:34 PM PDT

seriously bungie put more top stories, this weekly updates are boring. when was the last time u had something cool up there, like a humpday challenge or new maps or ANYTHING is better than this

  • 08.23.2008 9:41 PM PDT
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Head 2 Head should definately stay in my opinion. That was the only playlist i liked, I never had to worry about derankers or quiters, [badkids], but whatever. It was also a great way to see how you manage on your own. It was also a good playlist because if people wanted to go loose experience, thats where they go instead of affecting team games, ESPECIALLY doubles.
As for the shield doors, I never had a problem because it was definately part of strategy now nade whores will get their kills :\

  • 08.23.2008 10:06 PM PDT
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yah thats ok with me

  • 08.24.2008 12:12 AM PDT

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Posted by: Newfriikki577
All my favorite things are goingto be trown out from the window! boht Bigteams and doubles gona need legendary which I dont have! why you always have to bully poor people? and rocket race in multi team and low weight??? daaamn! but at least shieldless epitah, snowbound and 8 player slayer sounds interesting.


bully poor people. you have a at least 300 dollar xbox, 50 dollar controller and live account, im sure you can get the 20 bucks to get the new maps. now all the boosters in doubles needs to purchase legendary maps :)

  • 08.24.2008 12:32 AM PDT
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No team snipers playlist? disappointing, but i guess i'll get over it...any chance it's coming next month? or the month after? or ever?

  • 08.24.2008 1:29 AM PDT
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Guns don't kill people, physics kills people!
They're not gey, they're Hobbits!
Moo...

Okay, I have two major complaints about your play-list update next month.

Firstly, you can't just up and remove big team social completely. Ranked big team was an iffy idea from the start, it failed, even though I still play it quite often, but I can live without it. Big team social, on the other hand, was important to my friends and me, since we often have groups of 6-8 people at my place. If we can't all be on the same team, then it's not really fun to play on-line.

Secondly, the map revisions for Epitaph and Snowbound should be play-tested before they're released on XBL. I know that you've never allowed play-tests on any of your other revisions ("Covies", "Heavy", the new Narrows, etc.), and it really has to stop. Throw in a map-testing play-list for a couple of weeks or something and give EXP to both winners and losers, or double EXP, anything to get people to play it; but there's nothing I hate more than coming into a map with which I think I'm completely familiar and then realizing that all the weapon spawns are different, there are different items and weapons, or other things on which my strategy on the map are based have changed. My friends and I have effectively shortened this happening to one verb: to Bungie. To Bungie something is to completely remove anything that was good, strategic, or fun about something - anything - and replace it with something much less enjoyable.

So far, just in this weekend when we invented the term, we've used "Bungie" well over 77 times with complaints over the game...

Sincerely, and from a long time fan of Marathon, Halo: CE, and Halo 3 (when it was released),
~Tym

  • 08.24.2008 3:44 AM PDT

Rocket Race and Social BTB were the only playlists you could have fun with friends of varying skill levels. These should stay.

[Edited on 08.24.2008 4:06 AM PDT]

  • 08.24.2008 4:05 AM PDT
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Wow, no big team? That had recently become the only playlist i enjoyed/played.

I am absultly devastated. Why? Why?

For the record this is proberly the first time i am actually disappionted in one of Bungie's decisions, i can understand getting rid of BT ranked, but why social too?

  • 08.24.2008 6:04 AM PDT
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cool

  • 08.24.2008 3:55 PM PDT

iBr0k3n

nice changes.i got one question how do we compete in the recon challenges?

  • 08.24.2008 4:29 PM PDT

"Switching from Default to BJ is like moving from West Philadelphia to Bel-Air. The cab ride over is hard, but once you make it, you're the Fresh Prince." - Unknown

for everyone saying "no big team?", did you not read that they are adding DLC big team. this will better so we can finally play slayer on avalanche.

  • 08.24.2008 4:34 PM PDT

I know I have an issue with my temper and may say and do things in a match that are embarrassing and regretful. I try my best to control it but things tend to get on my nerves...like Armor Lock for example. :P
So if I do do or say something bad, then I'm sorry I didn't really mean it and you should just get over it.
Thank you.

SWEET! Lone wolves will have 8 players instead of 6 now! Awesome! I always wished for that. Is it going to be the same for Rumble pit as well?

I'm sad to see the Big team play lists go though...I mean c'mon at least keep the social big team...it's always good to play when you have eight friends in a party and not enveryone has all the dlc maps.. But I'm happy to see Big team DLC though...
I'm also a bit iffy on getting rid of Rocket Race and placing it in multi team...

It would be awesome to have Epitaph and Snowbound without most of the shield doors. People LOVE to camp with a shotty around them...

Overall, good update.
Now Bungie, when are we going to see a 16 player FFA play list? that would be fun.

[Edited on 08.24.2008 5:25 PM PDT]

  • 08.24.2008 5:09 PM PDT

I LIKE p3/\/15

Bungie you FAIL. Why get rid of Rocket Race. Why get rid of H2H. You fail big time.

  • 08.24.2008 5:27 PM PDT

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Posted by: BurtonBoardiing
I have 4 questions about the PAX:
1) Where is this going to be?
2) Are you guaranteed to be able to play Bungie?
3) Should we bring a "lucky" controller if we would like?
4) Are we guaranteed recon if we win?

I see that it is downtown Seattle, just not sure if we need to do anything to register, or if it's like first come, first serve for who gets to play Bungie. Another question, how much will the t-shirts be?

  • 08.24.2008 5:51 PM PDT
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BTB, RIP

  • 08.24.2008 5:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: tooji
BTB, RIP


Also,
Doubles Boosters, RIP (hopefully)

  • 08.24.2008 6:22 PM PDT
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defenatly

  • 08.24.2008 6:31 PM PDT

~lulz

shishka .......luke me u 2v2 for ......well you know and if i fail i get another try because i play with my feet from a broken wrist physical starts in a week and it'll be at least a week until i get good again what do you say?

  • 08.24.2008 6:31 PM PDT

Big Team Social and Rank Out!!!! Bad Move.

  • 08.24.2008 6:39 PM PDT

Why would they get rid of Head to Head? It's the only gametype I can play and not worry about my teammates losing it for me when I search alone. Is it that difficult to continue a good playlist? But I guess getting rid of an Elephant for team training is more important.

  • 08.24.2008 6:45 PM PDT

Wow Shishka...

I come home from a weekend out of town, turn on my xbox, and have 22 messages about the coming removal of rocket race. You can't be serious. I thought this was one of your favorite game types. It is also the only game type not based on killing which makes it fun. It's the only game I've played since January besides the 3 times grifball has shown up. Putting it in multi-team is just plain stupid and you know it. It'll just get vetoed out.

I'm burning my GALO 3 disc on September 15th and not play my xbox again until a cool game like Gears comes out. You can count on me never buying a Bungie product again if you remove rocket race.

I'm sure there are plenty of other rocket racers out there with the same feelings.

Thanks for ruining my senior year of college.

  • 08.24.2008 6:47 PM PDT

"Dear humanity, we regret being alien bastards, we regret coming to Earth, and we most definitely regret the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"

Awww, now there's no large social playlists any more... that sucks.

I don't like to play ranked because it's too fast paced, always worrying about rank 'n crap. It seems social is always forgotten for ranked... like Ranked BTB getting Double EXP and 'heavy' variants.

Well I'm really not interested in playing ranked, so and Social BTB was my favorite playlist, so I guess I won't be playing online very much, from the 16th on. I still haven't played even one game on Avalanche.

[/whine]

I'd also like to add, that I'm not going to say things like: I'm going to destroy my copy of Halo, or that I'll never buy a Bungie product again.

I am, also excited about the new map variants, and several of the other changes. I'm sure I'ff find another playlist to have fun on.

[Edited on 08.24.2008 7:06 PM PDT]

  • 08.24.2008 6:57 PM PDT

Noo why my rocket race. I was pro in that gametype.

Edit: of course bungie wouldn't make a map maker, they wouldn't be able to sell maps ever again. But bungie pro subscriptions would be at an all time high.

[Edited on 08.24.2008 7:13 PM PDT]

  • 08.24.2008 7:11 PM PDT

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Squad Battle seems good, but it's got some big shoes to fill. If it isn't better than BTB you're going to get a lot of heat. Risky move. I'm looking forward to playing it and seeing how it does.

  • 08.24.2008 7:19 PM PDT