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"S1 types?"
"Admiral?"

Certaintly sounds like Halo...

S1 could be a reference to the first generation of Spartans, which would make this new project a prequal. If its a prequel maybe its not even called Halo. Perhaps its a game set in the Halo universe during the development of the original Spartans (hence the S1 reference), but under a different name. At that point neither the rings or the flood had made an appearence in the series, so maybe this new game is under a new title. That way Bungie isn't technically making a new Halo game, but its still set in the same universe. Really sounds like something they would do.

  • 09.22.2008 10:05 PM PDT

this thread doesnt seem as productive as i wouldve hoped so far. i guess its early... are there really ppl at bungie still?

  • 09.22.2008 10:06 PM PDT

Posted by: metaphyber
Has anyone else saw this yet???

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/wallpapers/SUPERINTENT3.jp g

-Jason


Yes, yes, no offense, very old news.

  • 09.22.2008 10:06 PM PDT

Posted by: Papa Bear 006
Possible story of the other Spartans, and their journey into the shield world place? Then at the end Master Chief crash lands in front of them? Am I repeating someone else's post? S1 types? Space battles? Shootin in the ass? Whats goin' on here?

Maybe the first encounter with the Elites? There's no mention of either the Covenant or anything in the messages.

  • 09.22.2008 10:06 PM PDT
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The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?
Waitress! A nice, tall glass of bleach for this man!

Why on earth would Sony have anything to do with Bungie? Microsoft and Bungie are thick as thieves.

  • 09.22.2008 10:06 PM PDT

It might have been a mouse or something, it was moving around a lot... then it went into the corner of one of the cushions and then disappeared.

  • 09.22.2008 10:08 PM PDT

there are 2 facts you should know..... 1. there is a fine line between bravery and stupidity. 2. no one dies a virgin because life screws us all


Posted by: Koitiz
Why on earth would Sony have anything to do with Bungie? Microsoft and Bungie are thick as thieves.


WOOOW IRONY pro Jumper was the 1 who got us off topic for once!

but anyway lets not dwell on this lets stick to what the point of this post and discussion thread is about

  • 09.22.2008 10:08 PM PDT

"Seems to me you should spend less time on that article and more time working on that novel you've been working on!!!"

Does anyone notice if any of the numbers used mean anything? I know the last couple days people used numbers from the last one and somehow managed to get the coordinates for the tokyo gameshow out of them, scuse me, they were letters turned into numbers. Anyone think there are numbers or words that seem a little suspicious? That's all I can think of...

  • 09.22.2008 10:09 PM PDT

I was a first wave Xbox LIVE Beta Tester
My clan and I were on the March '05 Issue of OXM
I and all my clanmates were Halo 3 Beta Testers

Is there a collection of these somewhere then?? I got 2 of them so far?

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/wallpapers/eos93kdjig.jpg

the newest^

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on the vidmaster achievement, it says after the 25th, 3 days more. than something is going to happen

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Posted by: RNMGUN
naw man...i happen to be one of those halo nerds...i do really have an idea

Right, one of those nerds who needs directions to the webcams and doesn't bother quoting.

  • 09.22.2008 10:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: fahad qadir
on the vidmaster achievement, it says after the 25th, 3 days more. than something is going to happen


In 3 days, Halo 3 turns one year old.

That is why it says "annual" in the achievement.

  • 09.22.2008 10:10 PM PDT

Posted by: metaphyber
Is there a collection of these somewhere then?? I got 2 of them so far?

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/wallpapers/eos93kdjig.jpg

the newest^


http://www.forgehub.com/forum/halo-discussion/20838-superinte ndent-wallpapers.html

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Posted by: Koitiz
Why on earth would Sony have anything to do with Bungie? Microsoft and Bungie are thick as thieves.


WOOOW IRONY pro Jumper was the 1 who got us off topic for once!

but anyway lets not dwell on this lets stick to what the point of this post and discussion thread is about


How did I cause us to get off topic? I just updated about the glass panels and said goodnight. The originator of the publishers was the other people. Maybe you saw the guy with the same symbol as me, just flashing, and thought it was me?

  • 09.22.2008 10:11 PM PDT

Wait, it just got a bit brighter in the Path of Doom...

  • 09.22.2008 10:11 PM PDT

shut up and shoot!!!

you got me...yea i havent been on in a while so i have been in the dark...

  • 09.22.2008 10:12 PM PDT
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that to, but i still think something is going off

  • 09.22.2008 10:12 PM PDT

Uh oh! The truck have started to move!

he spelled "Follows" and "unintelligible " wrong AGAIN! If he were using firefox, that would be mighty hard to miss. XD

  • 09.22.2008 10:12 PM PDT

A guy in the Path of Doom! people are coming!

  • 09.22.2008 10:12 PM PDT

I was a first wave Xbox LIVE Beta Tester
My clan and I were on the March '05 Issue of OXM
I and all my clanmates were Halo 3 Beta Testers

thanks im wayyyyy outta date apparently haha

  • 09.22.2008 10:13 PM PDT

there are 2 facts you should know..... 1. there is a fine line between bravery and stupidity. 2. no one dies a virgin because life screws us all

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Posted by: maciver

Posted by: Koitiz
Why on earth would Sony have anything to do with Bungie? Microsoft and Bungie are thick as thieves.


WOOOW IRONY pro Jumper was the 1 who got us off topic for once!

but anyway lets not dwell on this lets stick to what the point of this post and discussion thread is about


How did I cause us to get off topic? I just updated about the glass panels and said goodnight. The originator of the publishers was the other people. Maybe you saw the guy with the same symbol as me, just flashing, and thought it was me?


don't take any offense, but you brought up the whole sony thing i think

  • 09.22.2008 10:13 PM PDT

I also think S1 refers to ONI Section 1:

[SMN.UNKNOWN]:[UNITELLIGIBLE > COMPLIANCE(?)]
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Admiral, about my squad?”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “I’ve forwarded their NCO’s name to your --”

"DARE" has requested a squad, led by a specific NCO (Sgt. Johnson?) to help him deal with a situation on the ground that the Admiral doesn't want to deal with because he is busy fighting a ship-to-ship engagement

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Enough, Captain!”
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “If I survive this attack..."
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “I will deploy per my orders from Fleet HQ!”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Sir. I don’t report to Fleet.”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “And the men I want? Now they don’t either.”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Please. Read my request.”

DARE is a Captain and he doesn't report to Fleet. That makes him either a Marine Captain (seriously outranked by the Admiral and being dangerously insubordinate) or is a UNSC Navy Captain working for ONI, still outranked by the Admiral. Either way, he is pushing someone who clearly outranks him to do what he wants, suggesting that he is outside of the normal UNSC chain of command. That suggests ONI spook to me. A SPARTAN I would very definitely fall under the UNSC chain of command, and I just can't see a SPARTAN giving this much lip to an Admiral. Furthermore, DARE has just told the Admiral that the squad he has requisitioned no longer reports to Fleet either, in other words DARE has the authority to take troops away from very senior UNSC commanders as and when required. SPARTANS are good in a fight, but they don't wield that kind of authority. When an Admiral tells the Master Chief what to do, he does it. DARE seems to do whatever he needs to do to get his mission done, regardless of the chain of command.

[STATIC (2.8179s)]
[EXPLOSION (3.0194s)]
[STATIC (7.4501s)]
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Didn’t think you S1 types ever left your cave.”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Desperate times...”

I think people are taking the cave reference too literally. I think it just points to DARE being ONI, i.e. working behind the scenes in the shadows, mostly analysing intel in offices rather than being on the front lines (contrast to SPARTANS, who definitely belong front and centre on the front lines). These "desperate times" have forced DARE out into the open to requisition a squad in order to directly gather intel because his usual means of doing so have been lost (presumably due to the attack in progress).

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Alright, Captain. You’ve got your squad.”
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “If I survive the attack."
[EXPLOSION (2.9016s)]
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “And right now? That’ll take a genuine act of God.”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “I’ll see what I can do.”

DARE apparently has some aces up his sleeve that he can use to save the Admiral's ship. Who knows what though.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I think this could be the squad-based game we've been hearing about, and that it takes place in the aftermath of Contact: Harvest. That's why I think the NCO being requested is Avery Johnson, because of his extraordinary abilities and the fact that he is the only human officer to have fought the Covenant and won.

[Edited on 09.22.2008 10:17 PM PDT]

  • 09.22.2008 10:13 PM PDT

there are 2 facts you should know..... 1. there is a fine line between bravery and stupidity. 2. no one dies a virgin because life screws us all

NEVERMIND sorry, it was mistran who got us off topic

  • 09.22.2008 10:14 PM PDT

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5585/pathmd6.jpg

Anyone have any ideas who it is?

  • 09.22.2008 10:14 PM PDT

"Seems to me you should spend less time on that article and more time working on that novel you've been working on!!!"

What about the numbers following each of the explosions and static? Do they have any relevance in uncovering more clues maybe?

  • 09.22.2008 10:14 PM PDT