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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 9/12/08
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the ban thing for those booters should be done if not i'll beat them

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  • 09.13.2008 7:18 AM PDT

This video was beautiful, how ever boring it may be to watch 8 minutes of halo scenery. Still, despite the previous reviews of the music I feel I must still say what the hell? I get that you don't want to offset the beauty with something too heavy or fast paced, but I feel, as a viewer, that we should be entitled to some decent music for while we watch a very long video. Also, what is with the ending? Of all the places we could have stood Master Chief to do the titanic, looking out over the ocean scene, which has to be the least scenic and least dramatic possibilities. I think of the cliffs he could have loomed over, the vast oceans that could have spanned below him and I wonder if this was the right choice. Despite this rant I do want to clarify. I am shocked at just how beautiful halo is, I suppose amidst the destruction that I’m usually causing I’ve never stopped to take a look around so thank you to who ever it was that took the time to bring all of this to our attention.

  • 09.13.2008 7:33 AM PDT

Fortune favors the Bold

wats up with all the updates now? they jsut arent wat they used to be

  • 09.13.2008 7:35 AM PDT

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Posted by: mongoose4
Frankly, not that informative. I would probably find other places to read about golf.


more tears plz

Who the f*** cares about your golf game??? We want new informations about halo 3!
And why is it so hard to know the date for the TU2? -.-
Some new informations/pics for the new map pack were nice too...

  • 09.13.2008 7:39 AM PDT

yayz i cant wait AU2.

  • 09.13.2008 7:55 AM PDT

"I aim to misbehave" - Captain Malcom Reynolds.

I approve of updates and new and innovative ways of banning cheaters in all shapes, sizes, colours and forms... But I don't like what I've read of the new achievements, some of them sound really silly and "pain in the ass" type of achievements that I never have the bother to get.... and I assume as one of them is "reach the rank of Lt. in the new ranking system, that means the ranks and EXP are being reset.... I sincerly hope not.... if that IS the case, I'm not going to spend hours getting my rank of Colonel Back again... I don't have every minute of every day to play it like some people do who have reached General...

I am an animator as well and I have a career to think of.... I'll do my best to get the 10 new achievements but I'm not going to get my rank Back up to Colonel....
IF the stats are being reset of course...

I hope my post can be understood fairly, I both approve and disaprove of features forthcoming this month.

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  • 09.13.2008 8:02 AM PDT

You might as well call Recon armor a Fancy Fedora, because that's all it is really.

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The poor foghorn...please, make it stop D:

  • 09.13.2008 8:16 AM PDT
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Nice update Bungie =]

  • 09.13.2008 8:19 AM PDT

Oooo you're gna die!

Will this update ban standbyers cus i dont get host booted or boosted against much. Dont even care about boosters cus most of them are bad anyways. But So SOOOOO many games I have been standbyed. I even had proof at one time, called xbox live and they said the only thing i could do was to file a complaint, which didnt even give the guy a 1 day ban.

(plus i dont use these forums much, will it tell me wen i get a reply or what?, be back in an hour)

  • 09.13.2008 8:19 AM PDT

I knew you were gonna read my sig.

Watched the vid and halo really is a beautiful game. I couldn't make it through the whole 8 mins though. Got to about 3 mins and i had enough.
Update not very imformative but nice to hear about cheaters getting there just deserts.

  • 09.13.2008 8:25 AM PDT

My troll sense is tingling.

Aw, I would have played golf would you guys. :(

  • 09.13.2008 8:27 AM PDT

Anyone else find themselves wondering what map that screen shot was from? doesn't fit any existing map that I know of, which leads me to believe we are seeing a screen shot from one of the new maps. If that is the case, I like the tone and setting of the map already.

  • 09.13.2008 8:38 AM PDT

Join Planet Reach
Hog sniping
Exalted is considered "the highest" because you can't get any bans or warnings of any kind for quite a long time, which is harder than just being a member for a long time.

I'm getting sick luke

Please let us have a Mister Chief... is he copyrighted or something??? GEEZ!

  • 09.13.2008 9:09 AM PDT

i know why Dinosaurs became extinct its because they learned to suck their own -blam!-

me too. golf just ruins a good walk anyway

  • 09.13.2008 9:20 AM PDT

Take life one step at a time

The ban update is going to cause problems. You can ban people from your online games and not cause any problems. Now you are going to ban them from custom games. You are going to anger three groups here. One, you are going to anger retailers like EB games and Gamestop, they lose money on the game returns and thats not good for buisness. You are also going to get on Microsofts bad side because your game is so big that now people return it and do not buy it. They lose money there. Plus, people just have xbox live to play halo, campaign is not worth playing through more than 3 or 4 times so they would just cancel the account. Microsoft loses even more money. Finally, you are going to anger the people banned, online ranked is a privlege, custom games with friends is mandatory. You can not say, well you messed up in our game so now you ca not play with your friends. Not only could they step in and say you are taking away from my game that i bought, Microsoft may help the customer because the world is about making money, and if that means hrting Bungie, that is what they will do. So it may help more to make it so they are not banned from the custom games if you want to keep any fans. Because personlly, i went from a Halo fan to a gears fan because at least epic cares about their community. You folks at Bungie need to understand that you are slowly losing fans. Your games are losing what made them fun, you change things that your fans did love. So think about it and undersand this is not just me, it is just that your "fans" are too afraid to say anything or they are too die hard to think that you could do something bad.

  • 09.13.2008 9:20 AM PDT
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The Last Fighter

Ehhh...I've seen better updates.

  • 09.13.2008 9:24 AM PDT

Update was a good read, am pleased to hear about the new banhammer hits and more people will be getting caught but what will be happening to the people that have already boosted? Will the hammer be visiting their account?

  • 09.13.2008 9:25 AM PDT

Posted by: ThunderBunny4
The ban update is going to cause problems. You can ban people from your online games and not cause any problems. Now you are going to ban them from custom games. You are going to anger three groups here. One, you are going to anger retailers like EB games and Gamestop, they lose money on the game returns and thats not good for buisness. You are also going to get on Microsofts bad side because your game is so big that now people return it and do not buy it. They lose money there. Plus, people just have xbox live to play halo, campaign is not worth playing through more than 3 or 4 times so they would just cancel the account. Microsoft loses even more money. Finally, you are going to anger the people banned, online ranked is a privlege, custom games with friends is mandatory. You can not say, well you messed up in our game so now you ca not play with your friends. Not only could they step in and say you are taking away from my game that i bought, Microsoft may help the customer because the world is about making money, and if that means hrting Bungie, that is what they will do. So it may help more to make it so they are not banned from the custom games if you want to keep any fans. Because personlly, i went from a Halo fan to a gears fan because at least epic cares about their community. You folks at Bungie need to understand that you are slowly losing fans. Your games are losing what made them fun, you change things that your fans did love. So think about it and undersand this is not just me, it is just that your "fans" are too afraid to say anything or they are too die hard to think that you could do something bad.


But people also buy the game to play it, not to be cheated on by people who use illegal tactics to fool the true-skill system! Cheating = illegal therefore you should be punished!! Alos thats why alot of people left halo3 because of the cheaters!! so its visa versa my friend i know what i would rather play, a nice game of halo where i'm not faced with a team full of cheaters!!

  • 09.13.2008 9:30 AM PDT

your updates -blam!- suck and are gettting worse and worse...

  • 09.13.2008 9:35 AM PDT
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I would just like to thank you for the extra couple of days of Rocket Race, and confirmation on the Double Experience Weekend in the future. I always like to listen to the Podcasts too so pretty nice update. And have fun with your new Retro-Banhammatron

  • 09.13.2008 9:46 AM PDT

Take life one step at a time

Posted by: Pro Kendog
Posted by: ThunderBunny4
The ban update is going to cause problems. You can ban people from your online games and not cause any problems. Now you are going to ban them from custom games. You are going to anger three groups here. One, you are going to anger retailers like EB games and Gamestop, they lose money on the game returns and thats not good for buisness. You are also going to get on Microsofts bad side because your game is so big that now people return it and do not buy it. They lose money there. Plus, people just have xbox live to play halo, campaign is not worth playing through more than 3 or 4 times so they would just cancel the account. Microsoft loses even more money. Finally, you are going to anger the people banned, online ranked is a privlege, custom games with friends is mandatory. You can not say, well you messed up in our game so now you ca not play with your friends. Not only could they step in and say you are taking away from my game that i bought, Microsoft may help the customer because the world is about making money, and if that means hrting Bungie, that is what they will do. So it may help more to make it so they are not banned from the custom games if you want to keep any fans. Because personlly, i went from a Halo fan to a gears fan because at least epic cares about their community. You folks at Bungie need to understand that you are slowly losing fans. Your games are losing what made them fun, you change things that your fans did love. So think about it and undersand this is not just me, it is just that your "fans" are too afraid to say anything or they are too die hard to think that you could do something bad.


But people also buy the game to play it, not to be cheated on by people who use illegal tactics to fool the true-skill system! Cheating = illegal therefore you should be punished!! Alos thats why alot of people left halo3 because of the cheaters!! so its visa versa my friend i know what i would rather play, a nice game of halo where i'm not faced with a team full of cheaters!!


Online in ranked, i understand about baning, but they cross a new line by saying you can not play in custom games. A line that can very well involve lawsuits. Do you understand that, i like nice games online, and if you ar playing with cheaters in custom games leave or take them off your friends list. You have a choice to play custom games. Ranked, once your in, if you leave you lose XP.

  • 09.13.2008 9:50 AM PDT
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You guys need to stop being so condescending to your community. You're already losing fans to other games. If you want to keep people around, maybe its best not to be asses to them. You need the community to keep Bungie alive more than it needs you.

  • 09.13.2008 9:57 AM PDT
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The whole part about the banhammer, I just had a question. Ive made some 2nd accounts, but they were the month trial versions so my buddies could play with me without being guests (since I swear no one owns an xbox in kent) but I have only played social with them and a little ranked every once in a while. Its been pure legitimate fun. Sooooo, does that mean I get the banhammer??

  • 09.13.2008 10:02 AM PDT
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WELL!!!....Frankly i dont care about the ban hammer or golf. I dont listen to the podcast. Im so sick and tired of meaningless -blam!- just being thrown into the update just to take up space. TU2 is probably going to ruin the game even more and im still going to be stuck holding onto the hope that someday these people with game designing software will realize that the hardcore players of this game would like to see some actual some stuf that help the gameplay and not the unskilled 5 year olds who cant win a game without the assualt rifle being their tool of destruction.

  • 09.13.2008 10:17 AM PDT
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Man these updates suck so much.

No one cares about this crap, we just want to hear about Halo 4. Seriously.

Luke you're a fat dick and no one likes you. Stop thinking you're tough because you write updates for Bungie.

[Edited on 09.13.2008 10:19 AM PDT]

  • 09.13.2008 10:18 AM PDT