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Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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sorry for the double post but i was looking at the names of the other maps they're making, and elongation sounds like a remake of longest. I was never really a big fan of longest, but it also sound like damnation. Maybe it's the lovechild of those 2 origional maps.

  • 03.26.2005 1:30 PM PDT
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yeh, so, anyway i dont know why almost everyone is complaing about getting new maps i mean when they were talking about posting new maps i figuerd they meant 3 or 4 but 9!!! omg thats freakin awesome im going to download them and buy the disk from gamecrazy cause if i didnt buy the disk i dont think id feel complete. no one should complain about buying the maps, thats retarded cause you can wait for them to be free so yall should just get your panties out of wad and get over it if you dont wanna pay for it then dont wait till its free as for me and my friends we will be buying it. plus it takes time and effort tweeking them to give them the maximum effect and they are also giving us the fixes or at least making it less effective to cheat or exploit the bugs and glitches in the game, so i think everyone should just be happy and joyous about this wonderful news. however i would like to hang'em high i liked that map in halo but if not im not dissapointed

  • 03.26.2005 1:34 PM PDT
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First off, I just can’t wait until all the whiners who are complaining that they are going to quit playing Halo2 actually do quit. Go ahead lamers, we won’t miss you.

I was a bit put off by the fact we’d have to buy the maps. In the past Bungie has given away maps. In Myth they didn’t charge for maps. But that was the past. So let’s compare. For RainbowSix3 you had to pay for maps. Then BlackArrow came out and it was really just an update but it was the full price of a game. Then more maps came out and you had to pay for those too. It’s foolish to think that you should get something for free. People work hard to make the maps so they should be paid. It’s also part of a big marketing machine that helps keep Halo, Bungie and Live going. Also, if they were free I bet they would be just that – worth nothing. And if you don’t want to pay they give you the option of waiting. So I’m expecting some seriously good maps. And from what I’m seeing, Bungie seems to have done it’s usual good job.

And as far as the timeline. (I guessing you’re all mostly kids you have never worked on real projects.) It’s about 5 months since the launch and they are giving us 9 maps. That’s better than a map per month. I’m amazed that they can be created, tested, and fine-tuned in such a sort time. And you people want them faster. I guess everyone just wants junk. I want maps that can stand the test of time. That requires work. I don’t want some throw-aways that we’ll be bored with after a couple of weeks.

Bottom line: So far playing Halo2 has been a top notch experience. I’m sure the update and these new maps will be the same. Sure there are always some problems but those are only a small percentage of the experience. I’ve played a ton of games. I still dig the maps and cheating has only effected the outcome of a fraction of the my games. The biggest problem is people with lame attitudes, and Bungie can’t control that. So if you like Halo2 stop your whining and if you don’t then go play another game so I don’t have to hear you!

  • 03.26.2005 1:39 PM PDT
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there has been a wet patch in my pants since i read that
Good move bungie but could i ask how much these maps will be, I will buy them anyway but i would like a price around £3 each but i know bungie put lots of blood sweat and tears into the maps so it could be higher

  • 03.26.2005 1:41 PM PDT
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Bungie i have a question, how much money does it take to make one map?

And now we will all shutup about Sidewinder cause of Containment

  • 03.26.2005 1:43 PM PDT
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First of all that new snow level looks like the level in the halo computer verison. i forgot what it is called. and about the banshee being on one side WRONG. If u look close enought u can see that thers two of them

  • 03.26.2005 1:46 PM PDT
Subject: ACK
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I cant believe bungie is gonna charge us for the update... we have only been waiting months... we have only been paying for xbox live, and dont try to say that more games than halo2 can be used on xbox live... because halo2 is the only good one... it owns xbox live... not even half of the people who play halo2 on live play other games as well... updates are supposed to be included on xbox live... and this is a freakin update... with paying for xbox live to play your game... i cant afford the update... and without the update... i cant play your game

  • 03.26.2005 1:48 PM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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im getting sick and tired hearing about HANG EM HIGH dont you ppl understand!! ITS not a good map for halo 2 they mad one similar to it and they tried it they said that it was NOT GOOD, halo and halo 2 are diferent.... guns, physics, ect. NOW hand em high was not that good in halo 1 so quit whinning about hang em high, before I HANG you!!

  • 03.26.2005 1:52 PM PDT
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These 9 new maps sounds great!

Cant wait for them.

I am dissapointed that the old halo 1 maps are not gonna return as well.

After you release all the new maps bring back the old ones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I miss chiron and damnation hang em high chill out.

Those were the best of maps and It took me 2 years to just get bored of them. These maps and stuff didnt take as long. Bring back the old ones.

If you dont I know someone will from the modding community.

  • 03.26.2005 1:52 PM PDT
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NEW MAPS in the famous words of someone YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The complaining is most likely comeing from little kids who don't have any money to buy it. But most people are like me they have at lease $20 hidden somewhere in their house. Yah Pacthes They are fixing the stand-by with the AUTO-DOWNLOAD that comes out before the new maps. :)

  • 03.26.2005 1:53 PM PDT
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Snow level on Halo PC? Um, I think it was called Ice Fields, if that's the one you're talking about then you, sir, are on crack. That's nothing like it. That's WAY bigger and if you actually look at Ice Fields from above it has huge differences. Ice Fields was okay, I didn't really play there much. I like the map Infinity a lot more. That map was the best. Four Banshees...*drools*.


And not that Bungie actually reads these posts or anything, they just leave it up to members to help other members but I do have a question, why did Bungie change the fuel-rod gun in Halo 2? It's really stupid now, in Halo PC it was cool. A little cheap if you're ever stuck in a hallway but in an outdoor level with a well aimed shot, OMG, that was the coolest weapon. I used it all the time...that, the sniper, and the pistol. You killed the Fuel-rod this time around. I hate that it uses actually "bullets" instead of just the normal energy heating thing. That's messed up.


[Ajem]

  • 03.26.2005 1:59 PM PDT
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HEY if you want halo 1 maps I got an idea for ya, GO turn on your xbox and put in HALO Combat Evolved and go play on XBC there ya go all the Halo 1 maps you want Hang em high YAY?!?!? look at my crappy pistal that only takes 3 head shots to kill someone and they dont even know where its coming from!

  • 03.26.2005 2:02 PM PDT
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you have to remember that halo2 is nothing like halo1
so the weapons dont work well with hang em high..
since everybody loves damnation and hang em high so well...
why didnt they build the weapon sets around these level types??? probably cause that 4 year old will start to cry
when he gets pwned...... My guess is that somebody has to much power at bungie and that "someone" was only worried about "selling out"..... the original bungie crew that made halo 1 should of thrown this guy or girl out in the garbage, and im talking to you that "someone" you know who you are......
id punch your face in for being such a -blam!-g come on right now punk i bet you i could make a game beter than this "one guy" bungie managed to still make a good game no thanks to this "one guy" lets review what i think this "one guy" is responsible for.................

1. no really effective long distance "counter weapon" against the sniper

2. Who the hell wants to listen to incubus during a scifi epic story? thats like a big movie like starwars playing Alice in Chains when you first meet Darth Vader???? wtf??

3. Some -blam!- "that guy" only decidied to test the sound in surround sound ( you can barely hear cortana reveal parts of the story with just stereo settings)

4. smg as a starting weapon?

5. I will never trust a E3 preview again

this "one guy" is rersposible for all this i know he his
i challenge him to a legal fight......( a boxing match etc.)
and i definately would do a better job if i had his job...

  • 03.26.2005 2:02 PM PDT
Subject: F$%# PS%!!! We Rock The Box
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Great article very imformative and for those who know halo and how important it is to have STRATS should understand the why. I'll be getting them all. Oh yeah im also available for beta testing Bungie ;-)

!!! Keep ROCKIN THE BOX !!! Own It, and know it, in HALO

  • 03.26.2005 2:04 PM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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this is -blam!- i was hoping to be playing the new maps over my sping break!




but they still look cool, nice job bungie

  • 03.26.2005 2:05 PM PDT
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  • 03.26.2005 2:08 PM PDT
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no

  • 03.26.2005 2:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: cobra8288
you have to remember that halo2 is nothing like halo1
so the weapons dont work well with hang em high..
since everybody loves damnation and hang em high so well...
why didnt they build the weapon sets around these level types??? probably cause that 4 year old will start to cry
when he gets pwned...... My guess is that somebody has to much power at bungie and that "someone" was only worried about "selling out"..... the original bungie crew that made halo 1 should of thrown this guy or girl out in the garbage, and im talking to you that "someone" you know who you are......
id punch your face in for being such a -blam!-g come on right now punk i bet you i could make a game beter than this "one guy" bungie managed to still make a good game no thanks to this "one guy" lets review what i think this "one guy" is responsible for.................

1. no really effective long distance "counter weapon" against the sniper

2. Who the hell wants to listen to incubus during a scifi epic story? thats like a big movie like starwars playing Alice in Chains when you first meet Darth Vader???? wtf??

3. Some -blam!- "that guy" only decidied to test the sound in surround sound ( you can barely hear cortana reveal parts of the story with just stereo settings)

4. smg as a starting weapon?

5. I will never trust a E3 preview again

this "one guy" is rersposible for all this i know he his
i challenge him to a legal fight......( a boxing match etc.)
and i definately would do a better job if i had his job...


You're funny

  • 03.26.2005 2:11 PM PDT
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longest would be the best for a 2v2

I want my hallway back

  • 03.26.2005 2:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: savedfsin
have you guys heard anything about what they are doing wiht H3



No, but (no this sounds stupid but) do we even no they are coming out with a Halo 3?

  • 03.26.2005 2:17 PM PDT
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How much will the new maps be?

  • 03.26.2005 2:23 PM PDT

"Be killing you soon..." - God's anger

"Look, sewer rat may taste like pumkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy mother-blam!-..."
Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction

unbelievable...now my copy of Halo 2 costs $120 instead of the normal $50. (game, xbox live subscription, expansion pack) and i don't get Chill Out or Hang 'Em High?? this is some f***ing bullsh**!! about the only good news is that they're taking out some of the cheats for xbox live and they're adding a 2v2 mode for live.

gee, thanx a lot Bungie......i think....

  • 03.26.2005 2:25 PM PDT
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Bungie i adore you. plz plz plz choose one qustion at least and answer it.

1. After you'll finish with whole of the 9 maps, will you release another maps?
I know it's kind of lust but anyway it's intersting me (and i guess millions of people).

2. About the new maps... i have wondered, will they be interactive at least like Zanzibar? Beacause in the other maps i can't see the interactive environment you promised to be inclued in, before Halo 2 released. I mean, Lockout is kind of interactive and also Colossus, Ascension, midship and Waterworks, but it's not what i expected to... I expected to wals to fall down on me! Like in waterwork! I love when i get owned by one of those egg drops!

3. I'd like you to give your opinion about this idea: starting matches on matchmanig with Battle rifles! Not all of them of course but there are gametypes which i feel about them that they must be included starting with Battle riffles, like games in cagulation! Think about that...

  • 03.26.2005 2:25 PM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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Just appriciate what Bungie is doing.
They are giving us maps
And they will increase the gameplay by 75%
now if 75 added on to 100 isn't good
u should go play Pokemon

  • 03.26.2005 2:41 PM PDT
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will we be able to get all the stuff that will be on the disc on live without buying the disc

  • 03.26.2005 2:44 PM PDT