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Posted by: Wolverine JT
Remember that Microsoft owns the right to Halo & they don't have to let Bungie make the next one. So for all those so called Bungie fans when Halo 3 is done & gone who will you be standing by, Bungie or the next maker of the Halo series? We'll probably just have to wait & see.


Er, Why not both? Is there something wrong with liking both. I love Halo and I love Street Fighter probably equally as much. If Bungie's next game is good I may like that equally as much as Halo. It's not like I'm picking a religious belief system that will only allow for one or the other. They are games that are used for FUN. From the track record of say ALL OF THIER GAMES SO FAR, I think it's safe to say the next one will at least be pretty decent.

  • 09.13.2008 5:29 PM PDT
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With The Halo 3 Main Menu Screen Why Does It Have To Be Blue Why Can't It Have Some Color To It It Would Make It Nicer.

  • 09.13.2008 5:37 PM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/12/08
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Posted by: ThunderBunny4
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wow you guys are really going downhill
lolollolololool
msoft should have held your hands for a little longer cause you guys have no clue what to do on your own llololololololol


Hell, bungie was doing bad with Microsofts hand. Bungie has lost sales and have gotten worse ratings with each game. Halo rocked, Halo 2 was okay, Halo 3 sucked balls. The little fanboys out there are gonna say some -blam!- about this and i will not care. The point is that the Halo series sucked. It had a horrible "ending" and the gameplay just lacked in games two and three. The multiplayer got more problems and the Bungie clan became stuck up bastards. The more money they made the less fans they had. I loved Halo one, but now i like games like Gears. The game is pretty good but EPIC is amazing. They actually care about their fans. People like lukems from bungie talk -blam!- on their fans. So all you fanboys can go -blam!- die. And Bungie can burn in a hole. Oh, and just wait, bungie will fail so hard. They really can only make games for xbox because if anything in any of their games can be brought back to Halo microsoft sues and bungie dies just like it should. Unless bungie changes something soon and starts caring about what their fans want and not just the hardcore fans. Because a company can not survive on hardcore fanboys alone, especially bungie. If you want fanboys, hate me, thats ok, understand, i have lots of friends who think that Bungie sucks for the same reasons.


Really? Halo 3 had more sales on launch than Halo 2 and still seems to be selling fine. It is constitently in the top 2 most played games on Xbox Live and has blown away the sales on ANYTHING EPIC has done in the last several years, if not ever. I think Epic is great and all and enjoy thier games, but Bungie certainly seems more successful to me.

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O'h and Bungie horrible update, I knew before I started to read it that the AU2 was going to be moved back. It's not that hard to guess that would happen again. Everytime you guys are up to something it gets moved back. Hey I understand I'm small business owner too, but the difference between ya'll & me is thats my customers come 1st & I give them what they ask for with a smile on my face. When it comes to ya'll its just the opposite, how long have the fans & even the loyal fans been asking for a Sniper playlist? Damn, we don't care if its social or ranked, we just want it in Halo 3. Is that to much to ask for? When it comes to the Banhammer, ok give it a shot & see what happens. Heres what will probably happen, most of the boosters will get upset & you will probably take down a few honest guys as well. Hell if the government locks up innosent people on a regular basis, then ya'll will make the same kind of errors as well, its just a given. Please think before you press the yes banhammer button. Gears of War 2 & many other games are just around the corner waiting to pick up on your lost fan base. Don't get me wrong, I stopped playing Halo 2 because of all the mods & cheating, it simply just became not fun to play because of it. The banhammer would have been a good idea back then to stop all the BXR's, & BXB's & stand by modems. Why worry about boosters & language 50's. From what I have read over the past month the playlist ranks won't be that important anymore, expecially in social. All of your past exp will mean nothing & your highest skill emblem will not be visible on the main playlist. Besides most boosters & cheaters will just find a new way to get right back to where they were & eventually do it undetected by ya'll. Think about it why does your computer always have to update a new virus protection program, because someone is always creating a new virus. The same will continue to go on in video games as well. Why not worry more about the hackers & real cheaters who make the game act the way they want it to.

Keep on keeping on Bungie & eventually you will get it right. Problem is it will probably be when Halo 4 comes out by a different gaming programmer.

[Edited on 09.13.2008 5:49 PM PDT]

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Thats the problem Fearing... all of Bungies games have just been decent other than Myth (that was awesome) & Halo of course.

  • 09.13.2008 5:52 PM PDT
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O'h and Bungie horrible update, I knew before I started to read it that the AU2 was going to be moved back. It's not that hard to guess that would happen again. Everytime you guys are up to something it gets moved back. Hey I understand I'm small business owner too, but the difference between ya'll & me is thats my customers come 1st & I give them what they ask for with a smile on my face. When it comes to ya'll its just the opposite, how long have the fans & even the loyal fans been asking for a Sniper playlist? Damn, we don't care if its social or ranked, we just want it in Halo 3. Is that to much to ask for? When it comes to the Banhammer, ok give it a shot & see what happens. Heres what will probably happen, most of the boosters will get upset & you will probably take down a few honest guys as well. Hell if the government locks up innosent people on a regular basis, then ya'll will make the same kind of errors as well, its just a given. Please think before you press the yes banhammer button. Gears of War 2 & many other games are just around the corner waiting to pick up on your lost fan base. Don't get me wrong, I stopped playing Halo 2 because of all the mods & cheating, it simply just became not fun to play because of it. The banhammer would have been a good idea back then to stop all the BXR's, & BXB's & stand by modems. Why worry about boosters & language 50's. From what I have read over the past month the playlist ranks won't be that important anymore, expecially in social. All of your past exp will mean nothing & your highest skill emblem will not be visible on the main playlist. Besides most boosters & cheaters will just find a new way to get right back to where they were & eventually do it undetected by ya'll. Think about it why does your computer always have to update a new virus protection program, because someone is always creating a new virus. The same will continue to go on in video games as well. Why not worry more about the hackers & real cheaters who make the game act the way they want it to. Keep on keeping on & eventually you will get it right. Problem is it will probably be when Halo 4 comes out by a different gaming programer.


Okay, now this is just riduculous. Did this make any sense to anyone? Do you want them to give up or keep trying? You seem to be asking for both. Because people keep coming up with hacks, Bungie should quit trying to stop them? Yes, how dare they continue to support thier game a year after it has launched, what player in thier right mind would want that?

The government locking up innocent people vs Bungie banning cheaters it quite a stretch. Have you ever been mistakenly banned? Has anyone? There a difference between deciding innocence and having a computer that verifies this was cheating, that was not. There is a pretty obvious difference between people with a bad connection and people who are actually cheating. Very little of your angry rant contained logic.

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I know, I kinda of went off in left field a little. But it was fun to write.

  • 09.13.2008 5:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: Wolverine JT
Thats the problem Fearing... all of Bungies games have just been decent other than Myth (that was awesome) & Halo of course.

Did you play Marathon? Freakin amazing back in the day. It's the FPS that invented mouse-look, which every pc shooter uses now.
And to say that all of their games have just been decent? A lot of "decent" is opinion, but if you look at anything about them that can be taken as fact and quantified, from compiled review scores at just about any source being amazing, to numerous game of the year awards, to the amount of polish and amazingly huge list of options and feature sets contained in thier games; they blow 99% of other games out of the water.
Something like Call of Duty 4 gets a lot of recognition and is nice, but if I want to play Halo like COD, I can set up a Swat game and it will play very similar. But if I want something completely different with crazy vehicle battles, I can do that too. Halo 3 is one of the most amazingly versitile games in the world that can be set up to play like almost any kind of FPS the user wants and so many people can't get over some stupid little thing like the BR doesn't work how they think it should or some other such minute triviality.

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Posted by: Wolverine JT
I know, I kinda of went off in left field a little. But it was fun to write.


Meh it happens. One thing I can at least understand is people getting very passionate about something they enjoy a great deal. It just gets annoying to see so many post without thinking about what they're saying first, or just being angry about something they actually know very little about yet (like the AU2).

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I had a question about the banning part. What happens, lets say, if you lag out or your xbox suddenly turns off. Do these situations apply to getting banned?

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I don't think so, but if it happens over & over again bungie might take a look at it.

  • 09.13.2008 6:10 PM PDT

I rock at Halo. I may not be the best, or even Pro, but I kick with the big boys. I also love getting achievements. My fave is Endure, just because it took a bit to get.

if it does that will be really stupid.

  • 09.13.2008 7:08 PM PDT
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I rock at Halo. I may not be the best, or even Pro, but I kick with the big boys. I also love getting achievements. My fave is Endure, just because it took a bit to get.

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With The Halo 3 Main Menu Screen Why Does It Have To Be Blue Why Can't It Have Some Color To It It Would Make It Nicer.

this is a good idea. maybe you could showcase ur favorite screenshot as ur background?

  • 09.13.2008 7:10 PM PDT
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Frankly, not that informative. I would probably find other places to read about golf.


more tears plz


Aww what's wrong, did big brother microsoft tell you what you can and can't say again?

Or do you just enjoy tormenting us with useless crap?

How about next week you tell us what everyone at Bungie had for breakfast during the week? Judging from the fanboy responses on this thread people will find it to be riveting, exciting information.

  • 09.13.2008 7:45 PM PDT
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oops double post read below

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  • 09.13.2008 7:48 PM PDT

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im still amazed that people care... the auto update is nothing it adds a silly picture next to your gamertag.... it changes the game in no way whatsoever.... i wouldnt even call it an update... id call it bungie satisfying all the crybabys who cant get there 50... ooo im gunna quit halo i won 10 games in a row and am still a 47 boo hoo... try not loosing 700 games before you win 10 in a row... im amazed that bungie would even do this... if they wanted a cod ranking system it should have been implemented day one... not whenever they please... and about the bans... who cares? really who cares? those of you that are waiting for your ban... thats about it.... and really i could care less if my account gets banned from halo... the game is slowly loosing what originally kept me playing... FUN... now we need to add a bunch of uneeded bull-blam!- to make all the 8 year olds that shouldnt even be playing the game happy? im so tired of seeing people with 50's that are terrible...but i could care less if you ban them... who cares if they cheated for there 50? just shows how much they really have going for them.. absolutely nothing... the only people i even care to see banned is all the host booters and standbyers... that actually matters the game.. not some -blam!- with his language set on god knows what.. ive been wanting and waiting to start a new account just to play mlg on and get a 50 in mlg on but i refuse to spend the money when i hit 45 and people get host booted everygame... gets kinda rediculous.. sometimes its your team getting screwed sometimes its your team doing the screwing either way im tired of it.... the problems been around since halo2 and made alot of really good players quit playing... and why not just take away the cheaters 50? freeze there rank at 1... let them play matchmaking... who cares about cheating if your rank is perpetually frozen at 1... noone.... hell why not just pull the ranking system all together? or atleast make it not visible to the player... theres alot of things you could do besides give 500,000 people who in no way deserve a general a general...thats what pisses me off the most... i worked hard for my first 50... really -blam!- hard... i already see enough 50s that just payed someone to get it for them... that decreases the value of my 50 enough now you gotta kick me in the balls while im down and not even let me see my general emblem that i put alot of curse filled hours into earning... rediculous... ill stick around after the update but who knows for how long... maybe long enough to work on a 50 in mlg maybe ill like the update... but as far as i can see... it does nothing positive... oh yeah and do me a favor please? let me know when your done worrying about something that doesnt even alter the game and start trying to fix the mistakes in halo 3... i dont think i need to list them i think weve all shot some one in the face with a sniper 17 times in a row just to watch blood fly out while he runs rampid and unharmed... fix things that matter... make the game better... i could care less about the ranking -blam!- im a 5 star... id gladly give it away just to see the actuall game fixed not some stupid ranking system...id like to go back to applying myself to halo and wanting to be a better player... as for now looks like im still going to have play and not try... i verry rarely even try anymore just play for something to do... id like to remember what it felt like to try.... to have a reason to try..

  • 09.13.2008 8:03 PM PDT
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Frankly, not that informative. I would probably find other places to read about golf.


more tears plz


Aww what's wrong, did big brother microsoft tell you what you can and can't say again?

Or do you just enjoy tormenting us with useless crap?

How about next week you tell us what everyone at Bungie had for breakfast during the week? Judging from the fanboy responses on this thread people will find it to be riveting, exciting information.


Why are you asking Luke what's wrong? He seems to be fine, it was the other guy who seemed upset, and you as well. Was your whole weeks happiness riding on what was going to be in the weekly update? The "useless crap" in the update was no more useless than anything he could have written about any video game. Honestly, no less useless, than giving us info about something that isn't out that we can do nothing about. As for "big brother" telling him what he can and can't say, it's called having a job and responsibilities. Wow, just wow. I think this is why I go so long between visiting internet message boards.

[Edited on 09.13.2008 8:57 PM PDT]

  • 09.13.2008 8:50 PM PDT

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Why are you asking Luke what's wrong? He seems to be fine, it was the other guy who seemed upset, and you as well. Was your whole weeks happiness riding on what was going to be in the weekly update? The "useless crap" in the update was no more useless than anything he could have written about any video game. Honestly, no less useless, than giving us info about something that isn't out that we can do nothing about. As for "big brother" telling him what he can and can't say, it's called having a job and responsibilities. Wow, just wow. I think this is why I go so long between visiting internet message boards.


Why do you insist on sticking up for the folks at bungie. Do you understand they do not care about you, they do not care about any of their fans. They are in it for the money and that is it. That is why the quality of the games produced from bungie has gone down over time. The first gams they made, amazing, the games they made later on were pretty bad. But you will never say that because you think bungie and halo is amazing, if you would just treat them like every other company and tell them what is wrong with the game, i doubt, but maybe, they would start changing things. But understand that you are just another fanboy to them. Lukems doesn't like you, along with anyone else at bungie. I think that bungie should have kept ranked out completely, it causes too many problems. I don't get on often, i get on probably once or twice a month unless i get really bored and don;t wok a lot, and when i get on, i hardly ever post. But when there is just crap in the updates, and bad news, it kinda calls for a replay. I mean, bungie could at least relate it more to something they are doing other than the freakig update which has been pretty much what the past three updates have been about. So shut your mouth and speak some truth, Halo 3 blows, it topped sales on launch but is also one of the games that is returned the most, i know.

  • 09.13.2008 10:48 PM PDT

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Awesome update.
You guys are on a roll with these wicked updates.

I'm gonna hold you to that Banhammer business.
So let's get to it!

  • 09.13.2008 11:07 PM PDT

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Why do you insist on sticking up for the folks at bungie. Do you understand they do not care about you, they do not care about any of their fans. They are in it for the money and that is it.


You're right.
Bungie built one of the biggest franchise video games of all time by NOT caring about their fans or their work.
You're so insightful.

  • 09.13.2008 11:09 PM PDT

I'm pretty sure I didn't log on to espn.com, but I'm not entirely sure. Can I write an update about something to do with halo next time?

  • 09.14.2008 12:49 AM PDT

Posted by: ThunderBunny4
Posted by: Fearing

Why are you asking Luke what's wrong? He seems to be fine, it was the other guy who seemed upset, and you as well. Was your whole weeks happiness riding on what was going to be in the weekly update? The "useless crap" in the update was no more useless than anything he could have written about any video game. Honestly, no less useless, than giving us info about something that isn't out that we can do nothing about. As for "big brother" telling him what he can and can't say, it's called having a job and responsibilities. Wow, just wow. I think this is why I go so long between visiting internet message boards.


Why do you insist on sticking up for the folks at bungie. Do you understand they do not care about you, they do not care about any of their fans. They are in it for the money and that is it. That is why the quality of the games produced from bungie has gone down over time. The first gams they made, amazing, the games they made later on were pretty bad. But you will never say that because you think bungie and halo is amazing, if you would just treat them like every other company and tell them what is wrong with the game, i doubt, but maybe, they would start changing things. But understand that you are just another fanboy to them. Lukems doesn't like you, along with anyone else at bungie. I think that bungie should have kept ranked out completely, it causes too many problems. I don't get on often, i get on probably once or twice a month unless i get really bored and don;t wok a lot, and when i get on, i hardly ever post. But when there is just crap in the updates, and bad news, it kinda calls for a replay. I mean, bungie could at least relate it more to something they are doing other than the freakig update which has been pretty much what the past three updates have been about. So shut your mouth and speak some truth, Halo 3 blows, it topped sales on launch but is also one of the games that is returned the most, i know.


Someone needs a spell check and a peer editor.

  • 09.14.2008 12:50 AM PDT

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Why do you guys get so excited about banning?

How many methods do you need?

  • 09.14.2008 12:59 AM PDT
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im still amazed that people care... the auto update is nothing it adds a silly picture next to your gamertag.... it changes the game in no way whatsoever.... i wouldnt even call it an update... id call it bungie satisfying all the crybabys who cant get there 50... ooo im gunna quit halo i won 10 games in a row and am still a 47 boo hoo... try not loosing 700 games before you win 10 in a row... im amazed that bungie would even do this... if they wanted a cod ranking system it should have been implemented day one... not whenever they please... and about the bans... who cares? really who cares? those of you that are waiting for your ban... thats about it.... and really i could care less if my account gets banned from halo... the game is slowly loosing what originally kept me playing... FUN... now we need to add a bunch of uneeded bull-blam!- to make all the 8 year olds that shouldnt even be playing the game happy? im so tired of seeing people with 50's that are terrible...but i could care less if you ban them... who cares if they cheated for there 50? just shows how much they really have going for them.. absolutely nothing... the only people i even care to see banned is all the host booters and standbyers... that actually matters the game.. not some -blam!- with his language set on god knows what.. ive been wanting and waiting to start a new account just to play mlg on and get a 50 in mlg on but i refuse to spend the money when i hit 45 and people get host booted everygame... gets kinda rediculous.. sometimes its your team getting screwed sometimes its your team doing the screwing either way im tired of it.... the problems been around since halo2 and made alot of really good players quit playing... and why not just take away the cheaters 50? freeze there rank at 1... let them play matchmaking... who cares about cheating if your rank is perpetually frozen at 1... noone.... hell why not just pull the ranking system all together? or atleast make it not visible to the player... theres alot of things you could do besides give 500,000 people who in no way deserve a general a general...thats what pisses me off the most... i worked hard for my first 50... really -blam!- hard... i already see enough 50s that just payed someone to get it for them... that decreases the value of my 50 enough now you gotta kick me in the balls while im down and not even let me see my general emblem that i put alot of curse filled hours into earning... rediculous... ill stick around after the update but who knows for how long... maybe long enough to work on a 50 in mlg maybe ill like the update... but as far as i can see... it does nothing positive... oh yeah and do me a favor please? let me know when your done worrying about something that doesnt even alter the game and start trying to fix the mistakes in halo 3... i dont think i need to list them i think weve all shot some one in the face with a sniper 17 times in a row just to watch blood fly out while he runs rampid and unharmed... fix things that matter... make the game better... i could care less about the ranking -blam!- im a 5 star... id gladly give it away just to see the actuall game fixed not some stupid ranking system...id like to go back to applying myself to halo and wanting to be a better player... as for now looks like im still going to have play and not try... i verry rarely even try anymore just play for something to do... id like to remember what it felt like to try.... to have a reason to try..


dude i agree lol even though im a 30 and have been stuck there since like march lmfao i stopped trying i lost interest.. they should make the updates about stuff that people actually want.. like that headshot glitch or the infamous sticky bouncing off armor glitch >_< i hate that one... they should focus on fixing that instead.. and maybe adding some new elite armor and some leg armor would be nice too hahaha just to make it a little more fun... also BRING BLACK ARMOR BACK!!!! i miss it ='[ i am glad in a way that the highest skill thing is not needed for general but then again i am a noob and as a noob i do think they made it too easy hahaha but w/e not my choice.

also does anyone know wut the next halo series game is gonna be called? or was the clip after the end of the credits just put there to screw with people?

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btw luke... when am i getting my steak dinners?

  • 09.14.2008 1:52 AM PDT