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Subject: Horray
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Bungie, you guys are awsome. Please ignore the stupid people that come on your forums just to b!!ch. This is great news and I will gladly pay the $5.99 or whatever the maps cost. take as much time as you need, as is what I have always said.
For those who keep saying "its about time", my god you guys are being very very dumb. The work that goes into making 9 NEW maps from scratch only after the Halo 2 release is amazing. I'm amazed they are even close to done. Its a lot of work. They are not just putting together crappy maps in a month, they are spending time to not only make the best maps we have ever seen, but also testing them into oblivion.
Also with you people saying you shouldent have to pay, what are you thinking? Bungie dosent work for free. They may have made tons of money on Halo 2, but the creaters didnt nessasarly make millions of dollars. It was Microsoft. Bungie is not here for your personal enjoyment, they are part of a company. COMPANY! You know, the stuff people spend their lives WORKING at to make money. If you guys really dont want to pay, dont. Fine with me, means I dont have to see you people for a few months till the maps become free.
K I'm done berating on really impatient and non understanding people.
Great job Bungie, this is great news, the maps look great and I'm very glad your adressing the cheating issue.

  • 03.26.2005 10:17 AM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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its about damn time! but unfortunatly the wait isnt over.... well, i think im going to go play some halo.

  • 03.26.2005 10:21 AM PDT
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This is awesome, i cant see how anybody can complain about this deal. We are getting almost another new game, considering there were 12 maps in the first place and we are now going to have 21!! They have every right to charge us. If any1 else moans about this, ask yourself, did u really think that they would be realeasing another 9 maps. Rumors were going around about the new map Trench, which is now presumable Containment, and another couple of maps for free download. And its no different now, ur going to get a couple free maps, but we now have the option of getting more if we want to. Which is great. I cant wait to play 2vs2, the game will become alot more tactical. Before if some dies on 8vs 8 or 4vs4 on slayer it didnt really matter, but now each life is worth alot more, because of losing the best weapons etc to the other 2 players.

The only thing i am slightly disappointed at s that they are getting rid of the glitches, getting on top of the maps and doing other funny stuff was a laugh. But im definatly happy to here about getting rid of cheating, i mean clans etc having a rank of 40+, thats just a -blam!- joke. We'll now see truly how good the top few clans really are.

I have one last thing to say: Awwwwwright Giggedy Giggedy Giggedy!!

  • 03.26.2005 10:29 AM PDT
Subject: Suicide...
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Kevan Man cmon ... commiting suicide is -blam!- think of the god things in life.. if your not in skool... go back to shcool and you will have fun mett new people and play more Halo2
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No, actually, this really sucks. I am so depressed right now, I totally feel like cutting myself.
My mother always told me to go play on the farm...she doesnt understand anything

  • 03.26.2005 10:33 AM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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Damn right. New maps and NINE of them. Only one thing confuses me... are we getting 4 released over live but have to pay for 2? or are we getting 2 over live and 2 on disk.

  • 03.26.2005 10:34 AM PDT
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Just a quick question. Will any new or old gametypes be coming along with the new maps? I myself would love to see the return of the timed offence and defence CTF.

  • 03.26.2005 10:35 AM PDT
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are there going to be any new weapons??!?!?!!!?!? that would be very very cool. =P

  • 03.26.2005 10:46 AM PDT
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Havn't a clue, I think there are already enough gametypes to be going on with for a long time now...

Anyway wtf guys... Why is there so many people complaining about these maps?

If you want it soon you buy it, if your not that botherd you wait until summer to download them for free! "By late summer, ALL the maps will be available for free."

And may I say.. from the screenshots i've seen... I will never want to play the old maps again! :D (apart from maybe coagulation!)

There is only 1 question I want to ask... "All nine maps will eventually be available as a normal boxed game disc - available at retail for $19.99 (US)." (edited quote)
Does this mean its only available to US? If so then I agree with everyone who said Bungie sucks.. because I for one can NOT buy anything on live because im using my Dads card and he said if naything gets charged to it he will cancle my subsciption (the -blam!- dick) but Im living with it...

I want these maps so much, because they look stunning, I mean, I read 1 post saying they are copied all from campains and bungie has done nothing just copied and pasted... what a -blam!- prick, i mean from 1 screenshot u made a map look -blam!- stunning, thats an achievement! (because in all honesty the campains were kinda a let down apart from the ones on earth)

So well done bungie, and THANK YOU because I have a vast collection of games and Halo 2 by far is the best and will be the best until the new halo comes out! :D (and some1 please answer my question!)

Cheers,
Chris.

P.S
Who the -blam!- is this frankie guy? he's an -blam!- if he made it so Hang em High wern't on Halo 2!!

  • 03.26.2005 10:49 AM PDT
Subject: Bungie dissappoints me
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Halo2 is becoming more and more of a dissapointment to me. Any other xbox live enabled game i have played has had downloadable content out faster and cheaper. Bungie (i dont care who is "responsible" for marketing) is taking advantage of loyal fans who, in spite of waiting 3 long years for an unfinished game, is still waiting for this coveted downloadable content. You guys tried to explain the reason for priced downloadable content to a bunch of people who already spent at least 50 bucks on your unfinished game (which is fun); but now we have got to wait ANOTHER month for 2 new levels,(one is not even new, warlock=wizard) or fork out another 20 bucks, or wait til the END of SUMMER (these options arent fun). For the longest time, i was you unwavering fan. my friends hate you Bungie because you did not finish the campaign. i would defend "no no! game makin is tough, busy work! i bet they'll finish the campaign in some kind of download a few months after NOV 9th!". How wrong was I. Now i have got to wait even longer for "new" maps that arent free. You guys utterly disappoint me. Shame on you, you have lost a fan. Now excuse me while i play your game that is more addictive than Crack.
P.S. your prolly not even going to read this or blow it off as merely some ignorant kids rant but I am really pissed at you Bungie. You guys need to like, stop and view this from a gamers stance. Your freakin Bungie! your sapposed to be AWSOME! Now act like it.

  • 03.26.2005 10:59 AM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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To all of the people who come here to -blam!- and moan at Bungie:

You're pathetic. You first complain about how long the wait was. "About time Bungie!", "Wow, late April? Looks like Halo 2 is goin' on the shelf!", "You guys suck, couldn't you do it faster?". What, you all, is Bungie supposed to pull the maps out of thin air? Or would you rather them make the new maps in a week, and be boring, plain, and poorly designed? I don't get you people. This is hard work, and Bungie could have just said, "oh well we made enough money off the game, screw DC... we'll just let the people who bought it get bored with it..." I think you need to go get a job and try and make something of this magnatude. Maybe you'll see what it's like, and stop your idiotic whining.

Next complaint, "We have to PAY?!?! WTF, none of my other games make me pay!", "Wow, way to milk the cash out of us Bungie..." etc. You all are another sort of idiot. Do you think that they can do this for free? Bungie's staff WORKS the same way some of you do, to make a living. They can't piss three months of income away. Come on! That's like saying, oh you have to PAY for a lawyer? For fire and police (taxes)? etc. Consider what is coming out of your mouth before you say it.

Another thing, Bungie isn't asking for another $50 or something. The first two maps will be free, the second two will be avalable to download for about six bucks. The next five will either be a download for about twelve bucks, or on a disc with all nine maps for twenty bucks. Not a lot of cash. I don't think it's gonna put anyone with enough money to afford an XBOX out in a box.

People, it's better to let others think you are a moron, than to open your mouth and prove it.

  • 03.26.2005 11:00 AM PDT
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first off, i agree with hang 'em high not being as fun. i fired up the first halo the other day to see/remember how it was, and OMG, you can throw a grenade for days!!! from one side of ang'em high to the other!! man, was that a weird feeling. anyways, it didn't seem much fun, it was to small to start with, however, IT WOULD MAKE AN AWESOME 2 VS 2 MAP!!! anything else just doesn't seem to fit. 2 v 2 CTF would be cool, or assault (minus rocket launcher, or put one in for each team). SIDEWINDER SHOULD DEFINITELY MAKE A HALO 2 APPEARANCE!!! that map would be a sweet big team battle map. even 4 vs 4 skirmish!! new maps are always good too though. just if you brought back beaver creek, blood gulch and wizard, sidewinder should be there too. i actually played wizard and thought it would be a sweet team slayer game for H2, just as long as you put in good weapons. it would be crazy in that map! chill out would be cool and maybe derelict, but the new maps look SWEET! not sure if i'll pay or wait yet, have to wait and see what the prices are in CDN$ first...

that said, i though of a name for the new 2 v 2 playlist: Scrimmage. nothin too fancy, but seems to fit. AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (WITH SUGAR AND ICE CREAM, CHERRIES, CHOCOLATE CHIPS, SPRINKLES, GUMDROPS, M&M'S, REESE'S PIECES, AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE ON TOP) WITH A MOUNTAIN DEW ON THE SIDE (HOW'S THAT FOR SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT????) GIVE US 'BIG TEAM TRAINING'!!!!!!!!

  • 03.26.2005 11:12 AM PDT
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I gotta say one more thing: All you consumers who dont find anythign wrong with the downloadable content news obviously have been screwed over by corporations so much that you cant tell the difference. You should not have to pay money for stuff that i feel is entitled to any Halo 2 owner. Bungie never even finished the Halo 2 campaign and now they are charging us for new stuff that is coming out later than they said. Think about it fellow gamers. Bungie is huge, us consumers should not have to put up with this. The profit from the mere idea of Halo is astronomical. I dont want to fuel the social gap by dishing out more money like a glazed over zombfied gamer. I am sorry that some of you are taking this -blam!- so well.

  • 03.26.2005 11:13 AM PDT

I have 2 XBOXs and 1 XBOX Live account. Will I have to buy the premium content twice, once for each XBOX, or will the system recognize my gamertag and let me re-download the maps on my other machine?

  • 03.26.2005 11:17 AM PDT
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this is preety cool that we finally have some new maps just the problem is to learn the maps and get them in your mind so you know where all the weapons are. the problem is that the people that only want them for free will ahev to learn them when everyone else is a pro at them.

  • 03.26.2005 11:18 AM PDT
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oh yeah, sniping from one side of blood gulch to the other was cool. it sucks in coag. i get the guy in my crosshairs, pull the trigger, nothing that sucks.

please include 1 flag ctf on lockout more in the skirmish playists!! i really enjoy it.

thanks bungie!!

what would mister chief look like if he was staring master chief right in the face????

  • 03.26.2005 11:20 AM PDT
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Hey Frankster, I'd love to see a new and improved sidewinder. You all know we cant go to halo because; No MULTIPLAYER ON XBL, and there is a fog in it that limits view(i noticed when i poped it in the other day ;) ). Also I love glitchs id like to have custom games have a glitch enable button so we can still have fun. I love just to show people crap that they dont know, we spend hours in there just figuring it out. there should be a glitch lock mode(for non custom games) and a glitch mode

  • 03.26.2005 11:26 AM PDT
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Thank ye Bungie for telling us when to explect the glorious goodnedd of good. I also thank yee for what these maps will incorporate: interactive map elements. On reading that Containment will have gates to open and that Turf will have catwalks that can be knocked down I nearly exploded with joy. As much as I love Halo 2, the multiplayer maps were nothing that special. They are all kickass (note: I do not consider Colossus or Burial Mounds maps) but Zanzibar was by far the best due to it's intricate layout and interactive enviroment (The shutters, the gate, the bridge) no other map had interactive elements that change the gameplay.

  • 03.26.2005 11:35 AM PDT
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What if i just buy the 19.99 disk from a video game store do I get the nine maps without purchasing them on xbox live?

  • 03.26.2005 11:43 AM PDT
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Even more than -blam!-ing, people fail to remember that, a bungie workweek is not normal. at all. they work from 7 in the morning until usually about midnight. every day. even weekends. Do you know how much -blam!- work that is? im surprised at how cheap it is. furthermore bungie is not "huge" they have a total staff of maybe a hundred or so, not counting hired musicians and whatnot. people just stop -blam!-ing okay?

  • 03.26.2005 11:46 AM PDT
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Hers what i think. The maps are great and all ut what about the weapons!!!!!!!!!!!! The weapons that are on halo now are getting kind of boring. Hey bungie hear me out save the maps for a little bit later and start making the big guns :)

  • 03.26.2005 11:46 AM PDT
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Finally, some new info on the new Halo 2 stuff! Yeah! And it all looks damn cool, to boot. In fact, the new levels look a lot better than the current ones, so now I'm really impatient, especially since the first ones come out in a month. But, I'll buy every one, anyway. I think what I'll do is pay for the first four maps (two are free) as soon as they become available. Then, I'll buy the disc instead of paying for the new maps via download, because I need everything Halo. Also, the new Matchmaking/Automatic Updates are what I'm really looking forward to. I hope they make melees more powerful like they were in Halo 1, and make the Elite and Spartan SMG melees the same.

  • 03.26.2005 11:46 AM PDT
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Ok... Too many people are saying "OMG YOU HAVE TO PAY" or whatever...
Even on -blam!- games you have to play like Rainbow 6 Black Arrow... For i think 1 map its $5... And black arrow some may say is good.. but in no way is it better than halo 2 (apart from it doesnt have as many glitches or as easy to cheat) but otherwise, because I am quite new to xbox live I odn tknow many other games you have to buy maps for.

But Halo 2 is one of the best games out there for Xbox (so was halo 1 tbh) so i mean you shouldnt complain, cuz its like getting a new game ... with neally double the amount of maps you originally had.

Stop complaining -blam!-s!

  • 03.26.2005 12:01 PM PDT
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Hey guys, i was looking at the maps, and i noticed a few things on containment...

1. the offenders have a banshee in the far back

2. there is a warp exit and oversheild in the small middle structure in the open feild.

2. it loks like a gause turret on the edge of the defenders base in the bottom right. thats right. a gauss turret! i think its the new thing they were talking about.

  • 03.26.2005 12:02 PM PDT
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Btw... I can't see this Halo 2 Multiplayer Map CD anywhere for preorder... ? Lol I hope play.com will find out soon about this CD cuz i wana preorder it! :D

  • 03.26.2005 12:04 PM PDT
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well imust say i did expect to wait about until the endof april to even find out what the maps where even going to be could or anything like that so thanks bungie we love you!

  • 03.26.2005 12:06 PM PDT