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Posted by: maciver
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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?


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


No offense taken, but I promise that wasn't me. >.< haha Mistran brought in Sony with his comment in response to Koitiz.

Anyways, don't worry about the light changes. They don't really mean too much. Good that you're being observant though. ; )

Okay, I'm about to pass out, so I'm really really heading out. Night, everyone.

  • 09.22.2008 10:16 PM PDT

Posted by: Papa Bear 006
What about the numbers following each of the explosions and static? Do they have any relevance in uncovering more clues maybe?


Thats just how long the explosion lasted, in seconds.

  • 09.22.2008 10:16 PM PDT

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  • 09.22.2008 10:16 PM PDT
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have we reached any conclusions yet?

  • 09.22.2008 10:17 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

you know, this is just an idea, but what if it was about that other race of being, you now if youve done the marathon man achivement you would know. the group of people before you whom 1 of them excaped to earth and sent a transmission saying she called earth eden.

the reason why, is becasue they were fighting the flood, but hey its a suggustion

  • 09.22.2008 10:17 PM PDT

Posted by: Next Pro Jumper
Posted by: maciver
Posted by: Next Pro Jumper
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


No offense taken, but I promise that wasn't me. >.< haha Mistran brought in Sony with his comment in response to Koitiz.

Anyways, don't worry about the light changes. They don't really mean too much. Good that you're being observant though. ; )

Okay, I'm about to pass out, so I'm really really heading out. Night, everyone.


You're leaving at the wrong time... a guy just walked in....

  • 09.22.2008 10:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: SuperJeenius
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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


Sweet. Anyone reminded of GladyOS at all? Bungie has done RTS' and fighting games in the past. Maybe they are breaking off more than we think. Or maybe I'm just fantasizing about a spiritual squeal to Oni.

  • 09.22.2008 10:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: The Old Wolf US
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.


And this still makes me say that the DARE person may very well be Dr. Halsey. She cares nothing for Chain of Command. She does whatever she needs to get the job done. =P

  • 09.22.2008 10:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: SuperJeenius

You're leaving at the wrong time... a guy just walked in....



ehh.. That's normal now. haha

  • 09.22.2008 10:19 PM PDT

Maybe, but why refer to Dr Halsey as Captain? She has no military rank. Could be that she's the one pulling the strings, and DARE is her man on the ground, so to speak.

  • 09.22.2008 10:20 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

pro just go to sleep ill handle it from here

  • 09.22.2008 10:20 PM PDT

then things are happening... people usually aren't there this late? in quantities?

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Posted by: The Old Wolf US
Maybe, but why refer to Dr Halsey as Captain? She has no military rank. Could be that she's the one pulling the strings, and DARE is her man on the ground, so to speak.


True. Time to get the name of the DARE guy then.

  • 09.22.2008 10:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: SuperJeenius
then things are happening... people usually aren't there this late? in quantities?


In crunch times like this, Bungie employees are known for working all day. That does help them do stuff while most of us are sleeping, but there's always one person up to catch them in the act.

Alright, later.

  • 09.22.2008 10:22 PM PDT

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this sounds so cool

  • 09.22.2008 10:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: SuperJeenius
then things are happening... people usually aren't there this late? in quantities?


Its fairly common to see people there this late the night before an update comes out. They're likely just rushing to put the finishing touches on TU2.

  • 09.22.2008 10:23 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: Next Pro Jumper
Posted by: The Old Wolf US
Maybe, but why refer to Dr Halsey as Captain? She has no military rank. Could be that she's the one pulling the strings, and DARE is her man on the ground, so to speak.


True. Time to get the name of the DARE guy then.



uhh i think im the only 1 who hasn't read the book series >.<

  • 09.22.2008 10:23 PM PDT

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  • 09.22.2008 10:23 PM PDT

Posted by: Next Pro Jumper
Posted by: SuperJeenius
then things are happening... people usually aren't there this late? in quantities?


In crunch times like this, Bungie employees are known for working all day. That does help them do stuff while most of us are sleeping, but there's always one person up to catch them in the act.

Alright, later.


Yeah, go to bed. And I guess... But TU2 is long done, so I'm not sure what they are crunching over unless it is some beta of their new game or something... Or one of their mini-crunches.

  • 09.22.2008 10:24 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!!!"

10:08:50 a person can be seen walking through the door at the end of the hall wearing black and jeans. just observing. they look like they are holding something...

  • 09.22.2008 10:24 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

well now i need to go to bed. good night folks

  • 09.22.2008 10:25 PM PDT

screenshot?
Posted by: Papa Bear 006
10:08:50 a person can be seen walking through the door at the end of the hall wearing black and jeans. just observing. they look like they are holding something...


Maciver and Pro gone... Hmm... well, hope the thread doesn't go to hell. :) We'll be good.

[Edited on 09.22.2008 10:26 PM PDT]

  • 09.22.2008 10:25 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!!!"

webcam. and damn I didn't think of that. how can i do this for future reference, i bet its probably really easy right?

  • 09.22.2008 10:27 PM PDT

Can anyone tell what the website is on the shirt on the secret camera not on the webcams page?

http://www.bungie.net/Inside/Webcam.ashx?camera=3

  • 09.22.2008 10:28 PM PDT

Could DARE potentially be an acronym for something?
I don't have any suggestions just a thought because the entire designation for that character seems pretty long for it to be unique to an individual.
And could this DARE individual/squad/whatever be something entirely outside of UNSC chain of command, like soldier-for-hire or extremely specialized spec-ops?
Just something to think about to give us more possibilities.

  • 09.22.2008 10:28 PM PDT