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Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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Wow thanks Bungie i was really thinking yar didnt care 4 us now i know thank u bungie
PS ok i dont think people cant read if u have xbox live u dont need to buy the disk the disk is only 4 poeple without live who want the maps.The only thing we get is the commentory etc. also 2 will be free the other 2 will only b like $3 each thats money i go 2 school with! so in other words all the maps together will b about $20 thats just like buying the disk so stop -blam!-ing bungie worked hard 4 us n u should b thankful other games when they have downloaded content its usually just the same map but a differnt part where u respawn like in ghost recon 2 so thank u bungie n i look forward to ur maps my favorite is turf because my favorite campaign map is outskirts.

  • 03.25.2005 2:22 PM PDT

OMG!!! THese maps look freakin sweat. I can not wait for them to come out but i cant wait till late april.

  • 03.25.2005 2:23 PM PDT
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These new maps definately look impressive, i put the one from Turf as my desktop background. I don't have a problem paying for nine new maps, $20.00 isn't that much when you think about it.

Keep up the great work, Bungie!

  • 03.25.2005 2:26 PM PDT
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GUYS GUYS GUYS and girls...lol

i was pissed off about this at first, but then i got thinking. even if we buy the disk it will download the maps to our hard drives right? because they cant make us switch disks for the new map.


sooo take 5 bucks from 4 ( or more of your friends) and buy the disk and use it to put the maps on all of the xbox's.

AND BEST OF ALL THIS WOULD BE LEGAL because they are only charging for bandwidth and cost of the disk. so you buy one and you work the loophole.

you could even but it and make money off of it lol

  • 03.25.2005 2:27 PM PDT

People could just share the update on the CD with each other, then they wouldn't have to buy the update on live. Like me and my friend could split buying the update on the CD, then he could use it on his xbox, i use it on my xbox, then we could let some of our friends use it. Your idea of a CD update seems a little sketchy.

M. Joyce

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  • 03.25.2005 2:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: Iamme4ever
To those of you with money concerns....

I have spent over $300 in two X-Boxes ( first broke GET the insurance )
I have spent over $100 in X-Box Live Services (2 Yrs)
I SPEND $60 a month on High-Speed Internet
I have SPENT Over $300 in multiple games
I have SPENT around $20 in DL Content BEFORE (PGR2)
I am a 15-yr-old with NO JOB
I PAYED FOR THIS STUFF!! NO ONE ELSE
If I can do this, Im sure you can manage, those of you with an income.


your mommy and dadd probably paid for it be it with present money you recieved or allowance. i doubt you make 60 bucks amonth.....hahaha

  • 03.25.2005 2:29 PM PDT
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I am just gald they have the disc for non xbox live players because I don't have highspeed internet and I don't my paying the priice of a platinum hit to get the new maps

  • 03.25.2005 2:29 PM PDT
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Dear Bungie,

Thank you. Although I am a bit upset about Sidewinder not being able to make it, I am glad you at least replaced it with a suitable map. Also others seem to be angry about Hang 'em High. Too bad for them.

I will be more than willing to pay for these new maps even before I purchase the disc. Thank you once more for your excellent work. I'm already hard at study looking at these four beautiful screen shots.

Have a nice life and keep up the good work.

-Hikaru 119

  • 03.25.2005 2:32 PM PDT
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Bungie is #1 appeasement is coming, W00t

  • 03.25.2005 2:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tactics011
I think it is stupid that XBOX Live users have to pay for the new maps even though they already pay for an XBOX Live subscription. If I still have to pay for the new maps, (and I'm too impatient to wait for when they are free) what am i paying for with my XBOX Live subscription???


WHY DO we have to pay for xbl anyway?? they dont host the games. we host them on our xbox's. which is the number 1 reason for lag. xbl for them is about 70% profit if not more

  • 03.25.2005 2:33 PM PDT
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What I'd like to know is if you dont buy the disk if the cinematic sidestory thing will be available to download eventually, since making the disk come out when the second set comes out for download is kinda dumb. People who want to buy the disk arent going to be able to play with people who have the first set of premium maps unless they want to pay for those two maps twice, once for download and once on the disk.

  • 03.25.2005 2:33 PM PDT
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pattycakes ur exactly right....if he doesnt have a job...then how is it possible for him to have that much money???? isnt that just a stupid post....

  • 03.25.2005 2:34 PM PDT
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i think its pretty -blam!- that you guys are gonna make us pay for this stuff. and oh boy we get two free ones. you might as well just make us pay for all of them.

  • 03.25.2005 2:35 PM PDT
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the only reason for u to care is if it is going on your creditcard use yuor parents

  • 03.25.2005 2:36 PM PDT
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If you don't want to buy the new maps, nobody's making you.

  • 03.25.2005 2:36 PM PDT
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Containment looks awesome! I'll be able to drive the vehicles in the base without a big hassle! I love you guys!

  • 03.25.2005 2:40 PM PDT
Subject: Dumb -blam!-es Complaints Mean Nothing
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Okay now that every1 can think now if any1 has an alright clan my gamertag is Shadow Blade888 and im a Level 13 goin 14.

  • 03.25.2005 2:40 PM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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I am not a programmer, I am an architect who spends much of my professional time modeling in 3-D, so I do have an idea of what this takes. You design the map, build it add the textures and lighting, plug it into the engine and test it, you don't build it from code or anything as elitist as that.

And I have read the update, most of us have read the update, that is why ew are mad. Did you get the Specail Edition of Halo 2? Did you watch the feature on the creation of the game? It is clear from that feature that Bungie is resting on their laurels, feeling quite proud of themselves for delivering a game that is not as well conceived as the first. It was rushed out because they took something that they were supposed to have been working on for 3 years and did it in the last 9 months. Now they are telling us that what we want isn't going to happen because of the "improvements" that they made to the game, so that a completely fictional environment coul be more realistic. They screwed up, aren't apologizing for it and telling us to get in line for more. I really like playing on Live, but there really isn't any better balance to the game that there was in the first, I actaully think its worse now. I will not buy the maps because I don't think that I got what I was told I was going to get out of the original release. But if you want to support them in creating more product that they don't follow through on, go ahead and throw your money at them, they'll take it and smile smugly. But don't pretend that they are meeting the expectations that they built up around themselves.

  • 03.25.2005 2:41 PM PDT
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I cant wait for Turf... AMAZING IDEA!!! im kinda of depressed about the fact we still have to wait... but its going to be worth it! I think i'm going to download and pay for the content on my XBOX, but still buy the disc for my other XBOX, so that i can do system link, etc. Also, i want to see the bonus content that comes with the expansion. I am a little upset that they're not bringing back the older maps, but hopfully these new ones will be just as good, or better.

  • 03.25.2005 2:43 PM PDT

Fire your guns
It's time to run
Blow me away

First of all, don't complain about paying for these maps. But other games don't make you pay but oh yeah I forgot they do. Most games have premium updates and if they don't then they are not worth getting. Note that two maps will be free. And the raving "I'm going to post early so I can be on the front page even though I haven't read the whole update." SCREW YOU! Why do we have to wait until late June oh yeah I forgot we don't. Almost half the maps come out in a few weeks, in case some of you didn't bother reading the first paragraph. They are just trying to do their job, and if you want them to become homeless people living on the streets by making free games, you can live outside for a month and try that! (no offense to the people who are homeless and happen to have a computer with internet connection. That was not aimed at you.)

  • 03.25.2005 2:43 PM PDT
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OMG thoes look amazing good job bungie!!!

  • 03.25.2005 2:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: CLEVEGAS STRPER
i think its pretty -blam!- that you guys are gonna make us pay for this stuff. and oh boy we get two free ones. you might as well just make us pay for all of them.


They will all be for free, you just have to wait...

  • 03.25.2005 2:44 PM PDT
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no -blam!-...im just expressing my opinion on cheating....WHAT WILL THE NEW MAPS BE GOOD FOR IN MATCHMAKING IF THE CHEATING ISNT FIXED?????

The answer is NOTHING.

Do any of you guys noticed that bungie never actually states that the cheating will be erased forever and forgotten??? You know why they dont say that? Its because it wont be..all the cheating will continure...they might have a couple fixes here n there but the cheating will never end...they are just temporarily acting like the cheats will be fixed so you will buy their maps...

  • 03.25.2005 2:45 PM PDT
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Hang 'em High and Sidewinder were truly great maps; they will be missed. Actually, I kind of hoped that they would remake Chiron TL34, because that map was always a good laugh. Whether it involved never finding anyone, annihilating oneself with a rocket in a hallway, or blasting someone with a shotgun as they stepped out of a teleporter. I do look forward to the new maps, however. And the fixes to the cheats also are high on my wish list. If you cheaters are reading this you can all [censored] yourself and [censored] you [censored] bunch of [censored][censored][censored]!!! Other than that, I look forward to playing with all of you honest gamers on the new maps.
-Red

  • 03.25.2005 2:46 PM PDT
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i believe we all hate cheating and cheaters etc. but if you wait you can get the maps for free so they arnt trying to cheat you out of your money.
PS: i do miss hang em' high but i miss Chill Out more!

  • 03.25.2005 2:48 PM PDT