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Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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Wow looking at your stats it seems that all you do is glitch?

135 clan matches only 35 won?

Hrmm

  • 03.28.2005 12:18 PM PDT
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omfg silvasdaf or whatever the hell u r name is, shut the hell up u dam noob, my god other people need to speak, stop moaning u f'n -blam!-tard!

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  • 03.28.2005 12:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hiro Protagnist
Posted by: MiamiJ
For all those crap holes I see complaining on here and for future complainers, I just want to let you know you are f'n retarded. I know Bungie won't say it to you but I sure as hell will. So you are f'n retarded. An autoupdate. 9 NEW Maps. 2 of which are free to us live users before folks without live even play it. All maps will be FREE any damn way by the end of summer! 19.99 if you don't want to wait, thats a steal as far as I am concerned. All this less than 6 months after release! Try feeding your face for a week with 20 dollars, try filling up your tank with 20 dollars, try paying for your electric bill for 20 dollars. What? What? Oh wait thats right you don't pay for any of that. Why? Because mommy and daddy pay for it all and you are used to having everything handed to you.You ungratefull pieces of -blam!-! These poeple worked years to get the game to us, then after its release KEPT WORKING to give you 9 new maps! PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES! So my point is thanks again Bungie for all your hard work and you complainers are f'n retarded.

I will definitely bump this



wow. All these months and you are the first guy to [i]impress[/i/ me w/ an argument.
Thx 4 the 7ruth.

  • 03.28.2005 12:28 PM PDT
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I want to see mister cheif pulling siv3l's skull out of his head and beating him to death with it !

  • 03.28.2005 12:29 PM PDT
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Dude, don't be hatin'. He decided he is to "good" for h2 and will go play Barney Adventures2: Enter the Ball Pit while we r playin h2. Bungie got his $$$, they r happy. we r 2.

  • 03.28.2005 12:32 PM PDT
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yeah mate i guess u r right, and i would like to thank bungie at this point for h2 and how they took the time to bring out knew maps, i will be happy to pay, cos tis game is better than any other!

  • 03.28.2005 12:34 PM PDT
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you never said how much is being chargerd for live users

  • 03.28.2005 12:34 PM PDT
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Ok honestly i didnt like it having a price at first either, but i gave it some thought before i spoke my mind. By the looks of it a bunch of people just checked out the weekly update and jumped on the boards pissed as soon as they had to dish out a few buck. Think about this. 20 bucks gives you: 7 new maps, glitch fixes, and 2 other maps are coming out free that will be used in matchmaking shortly after. And thats just what we know of. Alot of people would like to see some old maps come back (i would too), but thats something thats not gonna happen. Nothing we say or do is gonna change that. And if all that isen't enough for your money buy the disk.

Now that i got that off my chest i have a question of my own... Will we see any new or old gametypes come along in this series of downloads? I know i as well as alot of people i know on and offline would love to see the old 1 flag CTF return. Its something about having no pause between offence and defence that makes things harder and funner.

  • 03.28.2005 12:38 PM PDT
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I WANT BUNGIE TO BAN THAT GUY SILVA HE IS -blam!- RETARDED SOMEONE, ANYONE WHO LIVES CLOSE TO HIM BURN HIS XBOX PLZ.

OH AND IF U THINK U COULD BEAT ME AT HALO 2 BRING IT MY GAMERTAG IS ; SS KOMMANDANT!

BRING IT U MOTHER -blam!- NOOB!

  • 03.28.2005 12:45 PM PDT
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No worries for me, Ill get my copy for free

  • 03.28.2005 1:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: A Zebra
Dude, don't be hatin'. He decided he is to "good" for h2 and will go play Barney Adventures2: Enter the Ball Pit while we r playin h2. Bungie got his $$$, they r happy. we r 2.


'nuff sed. Now, kwit smack talkin' him.

  • 03.28.2005 1:03 PM PDT
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Ill be on tonight SS Kommandant!

Thats 8:30 California time make sure your mom and dad dont tuck you in before then ok baby!

  • 03.28.2005 1:18 PM PDT
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After reading through all this i went to to trouble of making the account just to say a few things.

1. Fist every one seems to act like bungie is this saint that "gave" us halo 2, not sure if u realized this but they didnt do it for us, like every thing else in life they did it for money $$$$$

2. Of course they will charge for the maps, they didnt make them just to make us happy, are you kidding?? when they started on the maps the whole point was for the money.

3. If they cared about us, then the stand bye glitch would have been fixed a very long time ago. But the maps were Priority, guess why? oh yea becasue they can make MONEY on that, there is no gain for them to fix the stand by glitch what do they get for it....

4. But in the end will all still pay becasue the game is fun, but $20 for a few maps, just wait till they are free. Dont forget we pay just to have xbox live.

OUT

  • 03.28.2005 1:26 PM PDT
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Finally someone who understands!

  • 03.28.2005 1:29 PM PDT
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about time it took so long im not that mad late april. splinter cell will keep me happy untill then

  • 03.28.2005 1:34 PM PDT
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It's Unfotunate for the price. ( Microsoft owns Bungie hence the problem ) and the reason for the cost. Their are many games that have free downloadable maps ( ghost recon 2, splinter cell, mech assault ) Regardless if they were fresh or newly created and considering the technology in HALO2's new game engine you have tools to build these maps ( quake, doom, halflife, farcry engine they all have them ) Maybe once it goes to PC ( Microsoft can't allow it because of profit ; ) on their console ) then Map tools and add on's can be added at the users leisure.

Oh well Bungie you guys are doing an awesome job it's unfortunate that you guys get all the bad rap when it's the puppeteers that are the ones to blame. Hope you guys get a big enough piece of the profit though when all is said and done.

For all the clowns preaching and flamin bungie you should be flaming the wigs at microsoft as their the ones responsible for the cost.

  • 03.28.2005 1:35 PM PDT
Subject: What About That Other Darn Thing!?
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For anyone who can see this, all I want to know is what the "Xbox Live Autoupdate" thing is. If you know the answer to this desperate question, then please message me over Bungie.

  • 03.28.2005 1:40 PM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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Wow, it's been a while since I've been this angry. I can feel the power of PMS flowing through me as I read this update.

Nice little self serving mock Q & A session at the end. I'll supply you with the real answers.

Why is Bungie charging for these maps when they should be free?

Because Bunglesoft is the ONLY major game maker that has not embraced the modding community. I would just like to remind everyone that Half Life 2 has, at last count, well over one THOUSAND maps released, for free, since it came out. Wow. Bunglesoft is going to charge me for two. Months after the release of the game. Way. To. Go.

Why is the map release staggered?

Because in keeping with the spirit of Halo 2, we have not actually finished them. Also, the free two month subscription to Live has expired, so it could be an attempt to squeeze a few last Live subscriptions out of gamers.

How was the price point determined?

The max amount that we figured would sail through unnoticed on a typical Halo 2 fanboy's parent's credit card.

$19.99 for the retail disc seems really pricey for just a few maps. Why should I buy this?

You shouldn't. The only possible reason to play Halo 2 is the fact that it is live enabled. If you don't have live, you are better off playing something like the UC2 demo.

What does Mountain Dew have to do with the first 2 free maps? And what's Bungie's relationship with Mountain Dew?

Because Halo 2 is, from start to finish, one gigantic marketing wankfest. As far as Mountain Dew goes, I have only one thing to say. I'll take the Crab Juice.

Wizard is being ported as 'Warlock', sweet! Does that mean we can expect Hang 'em High as well?

I agree with Bunglesoft on this one. Hang em High would be absolutely terrible with the Halo 2 physics and weapons. What more do I need to say about how shritty a sequel this is that you cannot use one of the most popular Halo 1 map designs with it? No plasma freeze. No WortWortWort. And most of the time you are a purple horse-man abomination with a pink HUD. What the fruck were you thinking?

You can't make Hang Em High work. The most popular Halo 1 map. What more needs to be said. Worst. Sequel. Ever.

Why has it taken so long for these maps to get released?

Because Bunglesoft is the only major game maker to shrit all over the modding community. Because they were waiting for the free trial live subscriptions to expire. Because they are just that lazy/incompetent/wanked out that it took them this long to make (supposedly) 9 maps. Assuming that all 9 are even finished yet.

Half Life 2: one thousand maps released.
Halo 2: 9 promised, not yet delivered.

You do the math.

How will the matchmaking playlists work once free and premium maps are added to the mix?

It will be a retarded mess like the rest of the Halo 2 live experience. How are the rankings going to work when some people can play on certain maps and some people can't? Oh, I know. "We'll just throw it out there, hide under some coats, and just hope that it all works out".

And then it will all change again at the end of the summer. So how many stat resets are we looking at here?

A Grunt

  • 03.28.2005 1:43 PM PDT
Subject: Bungie gets paid enough
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Bungie gets enough profit and we don't even need to question Microsoft. I support Bungie 100% and I will pay the $20, but I don't like hearing 2 different things. What I'm talking about is when Bungie said they'd never charge for downloads. At the time I thought that was sensible too, since there's a huge profit already being made. But things change obviously. I'm temped to go back and find which weekly update it was in where I heard that too - where I heard Bungie wouldn't charge for downloads. But they win either way if people pay now or wait until the end of summer. . .

  • 03.28.2005 1:43 PM PDT
Subject: What About That Other Darn Thing!?
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Heh Good Luck JohnnySon2 Bungie doesnt have answers to most of my concerns.

  • 03.28.2005 1:43 PM PDT
Subject: Nothings Free
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Why do people always want everything to be free. I'll put it in words you'll understand:

Lets say a company (representing Bungie) builds a house (representing H2). And a family (representing the customers) buys it. Several months/years go by and the family wants another room added to it (Downloadable Content). So the company comes back and builds a new room.

So now you don't want to pay them because you already paid them for the main house and you think this should be free. Well sorry guys, thats not how its works in RL.

Now I don't care if it's $20 I can't change that, no one can. Actually i would buy it if it were $30. Even if it was $50 i... Ok lets keep it at $20.

If you can't/dont want to/or to damn cheap to buy the maps then wait till summer or don't play at all. I don't want to hear any more rambling and crying on this already to long thread.

But the maps looks SWEET (drools looking at the screenshots). I like Warlock because i already know the basic layout of the map. Containment will prob be my least fav...i know i know, but i don't like big maps (Coag or SideWinder).

P.S. I'm not talking about the Gliches/Cheats because i don't know enough to talk about it.

  • 03.28.2005 1:52 PM PDT
Subject: What About That Other Darn Thing!?
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FINALLY SOME REALISTS WHO UNDERSTAND AND SHARE MY VIEWS.

GOOD POINT ON RELEASING MAPS ALMOST A HALF YEAR AFTER HALO 2 RELEASE. THAT MEANS THE GRAND TOTAL GOES OVER A BILLION DOLLARS FOLKS LETS REFIGURE THIS.....

So now lets take into account were paying 20$ for the 9 new maps.

Next we are IF WARRANTED going to want to buy or renew our subscription to XBOX LIVE! $50

THEN Xbox 2 comes out around the time of late 2005 early 2006 which means Halo 2.5 and a console with only 1 controller. So were going to want a second so make that 400$

To put the icing on the cake well have to renew XBL services one more time to play XBL on the new console. 50$

Ok grand total give or take a few dollars is roughly 520$ a person.

If 2 Million and that’s being generous go ahead and go through this which I assume and pretty much know they will because it’s mom and dads money lets not forget.

That’s 520 * 2,000,000.00 units = to a grand total of

(((1,04,000,000.00)))
(((1BILLION)))))))))
(((4Million))))))))))))

Yet we can’t have 9 free maps for Halo 2!

Make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Great values you show there at Bungie and MS!

  • 03.28.2005 1:55 PM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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I want sword flying!

  • 03.28.2005 1:58 PM PDT
Subject: What About That Other Darn Thing!?
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late april, how late in april r we talking about? and thanks for the not keeping us waiting to long. And what would Mister Cheif look like if he was in Sesame Street?

  • 03.28.2005 1:58 PM PDT
Subject: HALO 2 - GAME ENGINE TOOL
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Ya give us the POWER Now that would be kewl .... why not make and charge for a HALO 2 editing tool. package a keyboard and halo2 editing tool cd and let us creat maps problem solved ; )

Now that would easily be worth $20 to $50 bucks and keep the Halo junkies happy till Halo 3 comes out.

  • 03.28.2005 2:01 PM PDT