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Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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Are we allowed to give the content we download/buy to other people for free?

And anyone who is complaining about this is really stupid, please go cut yourself. He explained why you are paying for these maps. I'd pay and extra dollar or two if I could get them right now though.

Why can't you put the auto update out now and then the maps when they are ready?

  • 03.25.2005 12:25 PM PDT
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You know this talk about a pc edition, well firstly i dont give a crap, but
you might like ot know if this has any relevance, about 8 months ago Microsoft announced some hardware and software they developed for developer, which allows them to create a game on the Xbox and it will automatically be made for PC and vice versa. If i can find the news story i will do so, but im not lying,

  • 03.25.2005 12:26 PM PDT
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so maybe i read over it or it was not discussed. how much will these maps cost to download?

  • 03.25.2005 12:26 PM PDT
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threekgt said,
you are dumb

Yeah and why exactly quite alot of people are coplaining about the price maybe i'm not as rich as you and can't go spending it all.

  • 03.25.2005 12:26 PM PDT
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What ever happened to the levels aqueduct and timetable? (i heard about it from someone)


oh ya and its -blam!- that we have to pay for levels that should have come with the game~

  • 03.25.2005 12:26 PM PDT

People, well... the stingy cheap bunch, shouldn't forgot that if you don't want to pay for the maps you can just wait until the end of summer. Oh, and what games have not charged for DLC... the crap pile bunch? All the best selling games (Splinter Cell, Mech Assault, etc.) certainly charge, and they didn’t offer 9 maps with fixes for the cheats! Anyways (rambles to himself), the maps look incredibly fun. I'm one of the few persons who didn't really care if old maps were included in the DLC... they're old. Since I'll gladly be paying for the DLC, I'd rather get completely new maps that offer up new experiences.

All in all, people expect too much for free. [color=brown]Why doesn’t Bungie just wipe your asrses while they’re at![/color] In my experiences, Bungie is the only gaming company that’s gone out of their way to offer an alternative route for their customers to get DLC. So be happy! Go spend an hour outside cutting an old laddies yard for $25 bucks. Wow, you suddenly have that [sarcasm]hard earned[/sarcasm] $19.99. If Bungie wants to charge 3 bucks a map, you tell them "Thank you for letting me experience your work. If Bungie wants to send a virus through XBL that integrates your Xbox into a world wide network of computers set to take over the Earth, you tell them "Thanks for making me your -blam!-":-)

- Starting to understand why people left b.net after 4/12/2004.

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  • 03.25.2005 12:27 PM PDT
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Heres the link for my previous post about xbox/pc development

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3567317.stm

there you go

  • 03.25.2005 12:28 PM PDT
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Millions of people paid for halo 2 now bungie wants us to pay for maps. Why can't they make it free because they have millions in cash. Why...

  • 03.25.2005 12:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: Yumso
Posted by: Nogert
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You should be patient retard. There is still a whole month. You don't think there will be commercials or screenshots somewhere. And You won't have to pay for the maps. Read the f ucking article idiot. You will only have to pay if you get them before the end of summer, after that they are free. I think this is a smart idea and I hate bungie. Keep your pants on and stop -blam!-ing. -blam!-!


I am for free speech and all but come on having to swear this much really makes you sound very ignorrant. You should be able to get your thought across without "F" this and that every 3rd word and the fact that bungie is allowing your post to stay is a real disappointment to me not the fact that I have to wait till late summer to get a bunch of maps.

I like Halo 2 but I am sorry to have to wait till the end of April to stop the standby problem is just annoying. Thank god for SPLINTER CELL: CT and DOOM 3!! I will probably pay and we all know that BUNGIE was counting on that. And please don't expect us to feel sorry for you BUNGE.. OHHH BOOO HOOO it costs money to make maps. The fact that you would charge to D/L them is a disgrace. The bandwith is already there don't give us this crap about how it costs more during a D/L. Its not like we are D/L'ing a 100MB service pack from MS. GHOST RECON 1 +2 - RAINBOW SIX - SPLINTER CELL - MECHASSAULT 1 + 2 Heck NINJA GAIDEN the KING OF CONTENT UPDATES with the beautiful HURRICAN PACKS did it all for free and that is just naming some of the more popular games. Hang your head in shame!!



Ohh I'm sorry sally I didn't mean to ruffle your panties. And by the way I only used the "F" word, also known as f uck Once. Don't be such a wuss.

  • 03.25.2005 12:29 PM PDT
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StickyHelljumper you are correct sir! Yeah, there is some kinda special playlists for those that buy maps, but they are not the normal playlists, and yeah, I imagine that once the maps are all out for FREE that those special playlists will be gone.

DO THE DEW

  • 03.25.2005 12:30 PM PDT
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Because they are greedy?

  • 03.25.2005 12:30 PM PDT
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9 MAPS!! pretty sweet dude. they look pretty cool and well-thought out too. thanx bungie. i still luv ya o matter what they say

  • 03.25.2005 12:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Nogert
Yumso said,
You should be patient retard. There is still a whole month. You don't think there will be commercials or screenshots somewhere. And You won't have to pay for the maps. Read the f ucking article idiot. You will only have to pay if you get them before the end of summer, after that they are free. I think this is a smart idea and I hate bungie. Keep your pants on and stop -blam!-ing. -blam!-!

Wtf are you on about i'm not getting maps at the end thats like getting an Xbox now what i'm saying is that the price is stupid because we shouldn't have to pay for waiting this long.
And if the maps aint done how the -blam!- they get a birdeye shot of the hole map it must be almost done.



I agree that it sucks that we had to wait for so long, but they could have not released anything at all. Anyway Bungie sucks and I don't even know why I'm defending them. I'm gonna go slam my head into a wall now because I can't beleive I defended Bungie.

By the way If your like me Check outHalo2 Sucks

  • 03.25.2005 12:33 PM PDT
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SHould have fixed the Cheaters FIRST"!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS THE MOST IMPORTANT Y)OU NUMBSKULL BUNGIE EMPLOYEES

  • 03.25.2005 12:34 PM PDT
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I think everyone complaining about paying for this is cheap. I mean come on, they put in all this time and effort I will pay for eveyone and even buy the disc. You guys need to get a job, earn some money and realize that it's all about making money at the end of the day(for us and bungie).....peace to you all !!!!!

  • 03.25.2005 12:35 PM PDT
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I am MasterBlaster and I was hired as a Halo 2 consultant. (I)
Hello everybody and welcome to my post. My name is MasterBlaster and Bungie hired me as a consultant. My job was to basically research and converse with gamers everywhere to gather intell for Bungie and advise them of what they can and cannot get away with. I guess I will have to start at the begining. Here it goes.

From day one as I was walking into Bungie studios I was amazed to see a big waiting room filled with soccer moms, I approached one of them and asked her if this was Bungie studios? And she said yes. I then asked what the hell are all of you doing here? Is there a Martha Stewart convention or something? She laughed and said no, Actually she was hired along with the other moms to Beta test some xbox live game called Halo or something. I then laughed back at her and told her that was funny, There is no way Bungie is testing soccer moms for a video game, Moms dont play video games! Then all of a sudden I heard a loud voice shout out "Moms with the last names begining with the letters A through F please report to the gaming stations in the next room" I was shocked, I could not believe Bungie was actually testing soccer moms instead of pro gamers on such a big highly anticipated game. But sure enough, This was indeed hapening.

I made my way past the testing area and found myself in big room filled with nerds and geeks on computers filled with heaps of refuse! I was amazed... Some of these desks were insane to look at. I could not help but make my way to the junkiest desk I had ever seen, This thing was almost an igloo of crap. I dove into this heap and it was like Alice in wonder land falling into a giant hollow tree of nothingness. I eventually hit the bottom and to my supprise I landed right next to some Chinese guy playing Fable, lol. I introduced myself and he in turn told me who he was, Mat Noguchi. I asked him what game he was playing because it was obviously not Halo 2. He said Fable. I replied, Cool, Thats a pretty nice game, But Why are you not playing Halo 2? He said thats what the soccer moms are for. He went on saying things like "If soccer moms can play Halo 2 anybody can" and "All pistol whores from HaloCE must die! Soon after thata I decided to end my conversation with Mat because I started to fear the unthinkable, Could Bungie of sold out and Mickey Moused up Halo for all of the kiddies? Na.... This Mat guy is crazy! He is just pulling my chain, And probably pulling his own too, A little too much in fact.

Well it was almost 4:15 p.m. and I was late for this meeting I was invited too, It was a sit down with some very important advisors for a disscussion concerning the outcome of Halo 2 and beyond. I was very excited and could not wait to walk through this door. Its not everyday that you are invited to sit down with the geniuses behind Bungie studios. So here I am, I take a deep breath and pull down on the door handle, I slowly walk through the door and.... wait.. am I at the right place? I am greeted right away by Jason Jones who says " Hey there MasterBlaster! We have been waiting for you!" But something was very wrong :/ To the right of Jason was Mickey Mouse, To the right of him was Duke Nukem, To the right of him was Krusty the Clown, To his right was Teddy Ruxpin, To his right was Barney, And to his right was Jar Jar Binks, To the right of him was Gumby, And last but not least, To the right of Him was Martha Stewart! I almost Blamed my pants. Jason says take a seat Master and we will get under way here.

"Now then lets get started, You have all been invited to this meeting because you are all great at what you do and perfect for what Bungie is trying to do. We are going to revolutionize the gaming industry and inturn Place Bungie on a very high mantle. Your extensive knowledge of what makes things silly and funny and out right humptacular is what we hope to achieve with Halo 2! Right now as we speak we have hundreds of soccer moms testing out the Beta build in hopes for the simplest and easiest way to engage in xbox live combat. Our saying as of right now and we are very proud of it is "If a soccer mom can tear it up in Halo 2, Then anybody can". And thats exactally what we are striving to accomplish.

I Blamed my pants when I heard this and as a result everybody heard me blaming my pants! Mickey was the first to hear me because of his big ass ears. He strangly jumped out of his seat looked in my direction with very mean eyes and said.... Hahahahahaha!. Then everybody started laughing, I even started laughing. Soon after Jason spoke and said "Now then if everybody is feeling ok lets get started on any thoughts on what needed to be changed in HaloCE that was frustrating to anybody here. I jumped at the chance to speak and I said 'Nothing really needs to be changed with HaloCE, Just add some more maps, Guns, Vehicles, And tone down the pistol a little and your good to go." The second after I said this the whole room broke out in laughter again! Did I say something funny?

Jason Jones: Everyone has to be able to play this game MasterBlaster and quite frankly the learning curve in HaloCE is far too great. So what does everybody think we can do to tone down not just the pistol but the whole game?

Mickey: Well I think that if you take away the very foundation that HaloCE is built on, Which is its physics engine, Thats a great start! Use a physics engine that is not that demanding on the xbox so that things run smoother and things wont feel the same anymore, The feel of HaloCE must go, Is basically what I am saying.

Jason Jones: Done.

Duke Nukem: Hey whats up guys, *cough* *cough*, I think you should make bigger guns and stuff, I mean bigger as in make them ake up most of the screen! And make rockets folllow stuff too. And make nades useless too, All you need are bullets! *cough*.

Jason Jones: Done.

Gumby: I think you should make it easier for me to aim with weapons because my stupid hands are so big and I dont have a good aim because of them, Maybe you put something in the game like a Auto-Aim that helps me kill people without too much presicion, Like if I shoot at someone in the shoulder, Count it as a head shot or something. That would be great!

Jason Jones: Done

Krusty the Clown: Whenever I play Halo I am always all goofed up and I cant ever concentrate. I am always falling off stuff and dying! Take away that damn fall damage cuz its poopy!

Jason Jones: Done

Teddy Ruxpin: I like to play Halo but I often get very scared when people melee me. Its frightning and I dont like it, Can you take it away or at least make it almost useless to do?

Jason Jones:Done

Jar Jar Binks: Meesa donts liksa gunsa, I wantsa a lights sabers swordsa! Like obi!!!!

Jason Jones: Done

Barney: I think you should put some dinosaurs in the game, That would be as sweet as a little boys...oops... ugh.. sweet as a big plate of french toast!

Jason Jones: Ugh.. Done

Martha Stewart: You guys are all idiots! Those changes are only the begining. I say change everything! Every last little thing, Make it so that Halo2 is not really Halo anymore. Just a game with Halo window dressing. Take away the skills that made HaloCE a precision style game and replace it with alot of toned down borring weapons. You can say that this was done to balance out the game. Furthermore, Litte kids love to cheat so why not encourage it! Make sure there are alot of glitches in the game and hacks for kids to pull off so they can make up for the skills they dont possess. This way everybody wins. And take out those stupid looking health packs too. And you had better take away the nasty humping that goes on, Its just sick! At the very least make it not look funny anymore.

Jason Jones: Done Digity Done. Most of all of your great ideas have already been put into place and for the ones that are not we will work on them immediately. I shall conclude meeting as of right now. I have much work to do and I need to start right away. You are all hired as perminant cosultants, Even you Master, I will schedule another meeting very soon and we can start round two of the soccer mom Beta tests with these new ideas inplemented! Thanks guys and have a wonderfull evening.

To be continued...

  • 03.25.2005 12:36 PM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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You said that hang em' high would not be fun with the dual weapons and such... Dont you think thats our job to decide? This system of freeness/disc/download looks very comlicated but im glad you decided to do it!

  • 03.25.2005 12:40 PM PDT
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Alright this for all u dum pieces of crap that r still complaing,
Pleaze quite your -blam!-in i mean really wut more do you want from Bungie.
My gamer tag is Shadow Blade888 if u actually like the maps send me a friend request

  • 03.25.2005 12:40 PM PDT
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who cares if u have to wait another month for it if bungie is taking a long time with this project
then this is going to be BIG

  • 03.25.2005 12:42 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 2's new maps
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Dude... where is my Chill Out

other than that, I must say this got to be update since the Ninja Gaiden, thank you bungie there goes my summer :-(

  • 03.25.2005 12:43 PM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: SPECIAL EDITION!
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Still no Coop-Mode and just 9Maps - and therefore we have to pay? Stick the nine maps into the hole, I quit playing Halo2!

On PC you never have to pay for maps, but on this game they are testing out how they can ripp you off in the future. JUST SAY NO!

On releasedate on 04-09-09 the game was just not finished at all, a horrible end of story and hell - no coop-mode via live and even not on system link! And now we have to pay to get what it should have been included on releaseday! No no bungie, THIS SUXX!

Before I pay for some fxxxxng maps you should offer coop.

  • 03.25.2005 12:43 PM PDT
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I honestly think these maps shouldent cost us a dime! We paid microsoft for the xbox live and the game and everything else so we should at least get these maps free. I say they Can Post the maps but as long as they cost something, Were going on strike!!!!!!
Posted by: Frankie
This week we finally answer the really, really pressing questions. What are the maps, when are they coming, what do they cost, how you get them and what this means to folks who don't have Xbox Live. Hot, hot, hot.

  • 03.25.2005 12:44 PM PDT
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i love you bungie, in the non--blam!- way of course. do you have an exact date yet? you don't have to say when, but just curious if you know for sure.

  • 03.25.2005 12:44 PM PDT
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6 millions of halo2 copies sold...

  • 03.25.2005 12:44 PM PDT
Subject: DON'T BUY THE MAPS
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Anybody that pays for these maps when they eventually will be free is a complete and utter moron. Think about it people... the less maps that are sold... the quicker we get them for free. Online play has already taken a serious blow with the cheating -- I know I haven't played since... charging for the content is another blow... they need to release all the maps for free ASAP or else the community is going to die. The LONG-awaited patch to take care of the cheating is the most important thing -- if they screw that up... Halo 2 Multiplayer is done.

  • 03.25.2005 12:45 PM PDT