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Subject: Halo 3 ranking system
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Are you guys changing the ranking system? I just wanted to say that its hard to rank up with the ranking system you have now. I had won many games in a row and still did not rank up.

  • 09.15.2008 8:42 PM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/12/08

It's not coincedence that Santa and Satan are spelled with the same letters.

The 25th ismy birthday. also Halo 3's birthday. HAPPY FACE.

  • 09.16.2008 7:54 AM PDT
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HEY BUNGIE...WHY DON'T YOU TRY AND ACTUALLY MEET A DEADLINE THAT YOU SET FOR YOURSELF YOU SLACK PIECES OF -blam!-S....ALSO YOU STILL DON'T HAVE A -blam!- SNIPER PLAYLIST...BUNGIE YOU -blam!- SUCAFATCOCK I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU

  • 09.16.2008 8:54 AM PDT
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ok ok chill with the music its not big deal everone has a personal preference

  • 09.16.2008 8:59 AM PDT

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  • 09.16.2008 10:46 AM PDT
Subject: What map?
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What map is this updates picture from, i dont recognize it...could it possibly be a new map?

  • 09.16.2008 11:14 AM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/12/08
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wow, i just realized, the update is TU2, say that, but in word form,
TOO-TOO.
haha

  • 09.16.2008 12:46 PM PDT

Life is full of choices. Sometimes you make the good ones, and sometimes you have to kill all the witnesses.

But then you have to pay the liability insurance.

I just can't wait till that double exp of rocket ball that they promised would appear ....

  • 09.16.2008 12:55 PM PDT
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  • 09.16.2008 1:35 PM PDT

any one know when this update is coming out yet???

  • 09.16.2008 3:34 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 ranking system

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kill joy you didnt rank up because you suck... lol

  • 09.16.2008 7:08 PM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/12/08

Ya i got a problem with that!!!!!!!! Lol Lol Lol JK

  • 09.16.2008 8:02 PM PDT

Are people who dont work at bungie ever gunna get a recon helmet or will you give them out later on in the game???

  • 09.16.2008 8:04 PM PDT

can people get banned if the save a modded map then edit it? because i did that and i dont wanna get banned

  • 09.16.2008 8:06 PM PDT

Any guesses on the release date for the TU2 (too too) ? Maybe the 22... or maybe they are gonna pull a wait till the last minute thing.. release it on the 24th.

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Posted by: Wickedly Epic
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Frankly, not that informative. I would probably find other places to read about golf.


more tears plz



I'd be happy to supply more tears:


What I'm about to say is rude, but true. The recent weekly updates suck my balls. They are not informative at all, they have all pretty much been your blog. "Oh lookie here, today we went to pax, next week is the golf invitational - Cya next weekly update!"

I mean come on, you could at least give us a picture of space camp or something. Your updates have been pathetic, I haven't seen a good update since like march.


I dont like people that disrespect bungie, Because there totally awesome.

But everyone once in a while somone needs to tell them when there doing the wrong thing...

You have 6 new maps, and 30 new achievements coming out, And yet you talk about golf...

But still, Hopefullys saturdays update will be better.

  • 09.17.2008 2:31 AM PDT

Keep those podcasts coming, we all want more Jerome!
TU2 promises to be a very positive change, hope it gives Shishka some bragging rights over the guys at Infinity Ward.
Looking forward to future updates regarding Mythic.

  • 09.17.2008 6:54 AM PDT
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We understand that you may or may not be able to tell us about the REAL things we care about, Bungie, such as the new maps, whatever Halo 3 Mythic is, and the 30 new achievements....

..but we really could care less about how Shishka (who the hell is he anyway?) smiles about this new banhammer thing. Not only is it unsettling since I have nothing to worry about as far as getting banned ((I think boosting is stupid)) but I feel like I'm reading a middle schooler's journal when he talks about how, in metaphors, will be slaying cheaters and other wrong-doers with his invisible weapon.

I don't know....I just could care less, honestly.

I also could care less about you guys going golfing since we have no pictures or there was no real purpose for telling us about it. I want to read, as a Bungie fan, interesting information; this isn't myspace or deviantart where you can just tell us how the weather is where you guys live and what you had to eat. Don't just blog, Luke, give us UPDATES.

That is why it's called the Weekly Bungie UPDATE. Not weekly Bungie BLOG or Bungie JOURNAL. - -

Meanwhile, I'm glad you pushed the TU2 back so I can work on getting 10 more xp to become a commander. Woot!

PS: Stop being -blam!-s and negative pricks.

  • 09.17.2008 11:07 AM PDT
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Either i want the steak I was promised or some cake... preferable cake.

  • 09.17.2008 12:33 PM PDT

Dear shiska and lukems-

I can't wait for the ULTRA BAN. That will teach all those BLAM!ers to standby and packet flood us.
I hope you improve standby detection and packet flooding detection. Has bungie gone out of their way to find the software that allows standby via software? I would love to see bungie break that stuff with their patch.

Don't get me wrong, I still hate your spawn system but I still enjoy halo and all of its FPS goodness. If you fixed the spawns, I would be ever so much more happy.

Anyhow, Good luck on the patch. I hope it comes soon.

Love, Viscountalpha.

  • 09.17.2008 1:07 PM PDT

You have caused confusion and delay.

I'm just sitting here after losing a SWAT 2 Flag match because two of my teammates quit on me. So the question dawns on me, are there ways in place or will this new Ultra Ban have ways to deal with quitters who are just upset that their veto didn't pass or an unwanted veto did pass?

That just really grinds my gears and I'd like to know they're paying for it somehow.

Also, on a completely unrelated note; Is the current rank system going to be completely abolished and replaced with the new one? I'd really like to keep trying for my trueskill 50 instead of playing enough games in each playlist to reach General.

Thanks for listening!

  • 09.17.2008 2:57 PM PDT
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This whole update thing really makes me consider giving up matchmaking all-together. I really hated the glitchs with rank-ups before, but still liked it. now you guys change it to try to compete with other games!

  • 09.17.2008 3:46 PM PDT

i WAS PLAYIN WITH MY FRIENDS THEY SAID THE MYSTIC MAP PACK WAS GOING TO GIVE U RECON AND UR GUNNA LOSE KATANA AND EXP IS TIS TRUE?

  • 09.17.2008 5:45 PM PDT

Life is full of choices. Sometimes you make the good ones, and sometimes you have to kill all the witnesses.

But then you have to pay the liability insurance.

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Either i want the steak I was promised or some cake... preferable cake.


The Cake is a lie...>.>

  • 09.17.2008 6:28 PM PDT