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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/12/08
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thanks for the update bungie. cant wait till the au2. i'd laugh if it came out on the 24th. that would be a great birthday present! :)

  • 09.13.2008 12:33 AM PDT

Oh yeahh! The host booters are getting ultrabanned! One less reason for the complainers to complain. And I see were back to the days of AntC2, heh heh, that's a good thing. I really don't mind the delay, my last matriculation exam is on the 24th.
Posted by: sub zero1395
I don` t like that the AU2 date was moved ) =

O_o awesome emblem.

[Edited on 09.13.2008 1:03 AM PDT]

  • 09.13.2008 1:03 AM PDT

Looks good, hope you guys had fun golfing. That video is actually pretty original but the music wasn't really to my taste.

The note at the bottom, well I know how you feel.

  • 09.13.2008 1:04 AM PDT
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Posted by: odmichael
Poor Luke. I didn't know you were colorblind.
I also didn't know this, I thought it was Frankie who was colour blind.


When Frank, Robt McLees and I used to sit together we were a fully colorblind pod.


You being colorblind has tickled my muse, so here is something relatively pointless:

We three kings of Bungie are,
Off to work, we commute afar,
Yield to no one, speeding for fun,
Crashing in yonder car.

O car of terror, car of fright,
Car with cabin crushing tight,
A sharp feeling, Frankie squealing,
Wish I saw the traffic light.

~ NsU

P.S. It was great seeing you guys at PAX! And Assembly was awesome, can't wait for the release!

  • 09.13.2008 1:22 AM PDT

Even par?? My friends and I shot -16 2weekends ago and got 2nd. Hope the Eagle got the skins. Also longest drive only 285. Little weak. Figured some one would be capable of 300 even for non golfers.

Ultra ban equals greatness.

Rough night for me and the Columbus police force lol. Good times

[Edited on 09.13.2008 1:55 AM PDT]

  • 09.13.2008 1:43 AM PDT
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hey ummm does the new ban hammer thing like ban you if you lag out by accident or just if you quit? cos im kinda scared to play matchmaking now... cos it aint really fair to the people that have mean lil bros/sister that will unplug the internet cable while there online.(yes my lil bro will unplug it if i annoy him) and if there going to ban me for lagging out alot in the past im GONE! (i used to lag alot but i gots it fixed so hopefully i will be spared)
other that im so scared that ill be banned i could soil myself.
evrything else like new maps ranking sistem is gr8


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  • 09.13.2008 2:11 AM PDT

Let me guess... the new banhammer will be used to ban 'the worst offenders' in the hope of detering others?

It wont be used to catch all the cheats it could because that would upset too many people.

Thus within a few days things will be back to normal as the rest of the cheats realise that they will only get banned for the most blatent cheating possible. Back to business as usual...

It's the same old mistakes over and over isn't it... don't you guys ever get bored?

  • 09.13.2008 2:52 AM PDT

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Ahhh, I can't wait for the new ban-hammer to get friendly with the 50 boosters.

It'll be a good day :)

And the music in that video wasn't my taste, but it suited the video.

EDIT: But does this mean you will only start banning people who continue to boost after the update?
I got some achievements on an Asian language, but that was only because i played lone wolves after getting stars in my motto :(

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  • 09.13.2008 4:21 AM PDT

GT - YummCookie V2
Before you ask, I DON'T want to join your group!

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Posted by: Aussie0912
hey ummm does the new ban hammer thing like ban you if you lag out by accident or just if you quit?


Nah it bans people who quit all the time to loose exp and get easy skill.

For example people with 0 exp yet they have 50 skill.

  • 09.13.2008 4:25 AM PDT

Average player, doing average stuff.

A banhammer thats retroactive???

I wonder how much of the community will be left.

  • 09.13.2008 4:39 AM PDT
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We don't want to read about the banhammer... What sense does that make? Stop writing half a page about the banhammer every week...

We want information about coming updates, maps and blam like that.

  • 09.13.2008 4:50 AM PDT

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I just hope the update comes out sooner than later but by all means I hope it isnt rushed. I rather it be late and worth it than fast and buggy.

I guess he who has the biggest clobberknockers ((platform boots)) will decide when it comes.
That or the one who kept their stilettos from their days attending the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

  • 09.13.2008 4:54 AM PDT

what the -blam!-? golf? lol

  • 09.13.2008 4:57 AM PDT

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  • 09.13.2008 5:02 AM PDT

Bungie = GODS

Not a bad update, downloading the podcast now. :)

  • 09.13.2008 5:03 AM PDT

Maybe I will never be
All the things that I wanna be
But now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever

“GOOD LAWD, HAVE MERCY!”....
Is Luke colorblind?

  • 09.13.2008 6:06 AM PDT

Curse delays!

Downloading Podcaste as I type, there better be some Jerome!

  • 09.13.2008 6:17 AM PDT

Well, whilst there have been more informative weekly updates in the past, the end of this paragraph made me laugh:


For special folks – not the kind of special that your Mammy always said you were, the kind of “why did you lick that steel pole it’s Winter” special – we’ll be retroactively applying this ban to their accounts. You see, dear reader, whenever the Banhammer strikes, records are kept and those records are sortable, viewable and actionable en masse. M-Dub and the Wolf take great pride in the numerical sorting of massive amounts of data while Shishka languishes softly on a waterbed of e-tears.


Classic

  • 09.13.2008 6:21 AM PDT

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Sweep my leg. Hell it didn't do -blam!- to me. Anyway, the banhammer thing is nice, I would like to see boosters in MLG playlist be banned forever and all those other second account makers. Also, you guys will improve the true skill system if the whole MM system wouldn't look for people who has the same or lower promotion medal (example: Brigadier > Captain) but the true skill LEVEL! (Example: Brigadier level 47 < Captain level 50). This would make it way more fair. Hell, we shouldn't be matched with Captains who are higher than level 40 at all. Im sick of playing with people who obviously has made their second or third account and use it to match up with a decent MLG people like myself. FIX THIS!

I'm still hoping and this is the third time I will say it. I REALLY hope you guys pay attention to this. Fix the bullet registrations/double reloading glitch/random hits of BR/having more forge options/having more costum options).

  • 09.13.2008 6:21 AM PDT

My Other Hogs A Mongoose!
So Kiss My Bow Chicka Bow Wow!

Posted by: lukems
This Weekly Update will sweep your leg. You got a problem with that?


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More of a concern than a problem, this new fangled banhammer thing concens me when it comes to the lag-out side of things and actualy being able to tell the genuine connection faults or true fiddlers.
Being a British player (yep that little speck on the planet that only survives on tea and crumpets) we are used to rarely having host, but recently when it comes to matchmaking and connections, we get shafted. most of the team I play with have 20mb connections including myself but as soon as we get in a game it just turns to a lag fest! By that I mean hearing the opposition team shouting god damn not multi-flag on ghost town before we even get past the need more players screen, not having the option to veto and the best one where your teams there asking if the games started cause they spend the first 10 minutes of a slayer match gazing at a black screen.

And don't get me started on the opposition jumping 15 kills while our team spends 2 minutes looking at a screen letting us know thats it trying to find a new host.

Sorry that turned out more like a rant than a concern and a plea for better Brit connection support.

  • 09.13.2008 6:37 AM PDT
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Im a Heroic Member OYEAH!

  • 09.13.2008 6:39 AM PDT

4shotin'

okay yer i kinda get it but I dont understand.....what is going to happen to our ranks after this mighty update?

  • 09.13.2008 6:50 AM PDT

My fists pack one million volts!

Bungie needs to have a bowling tournament.

I am sooo excited for the TU2! Are there gonna be any new armor permutations?

  • 09.13.2008 7:01 AM PDT

7th Column Supporter.

Nice update dawgs.

  • 09.13.2008 7:05 AM PDT