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Subject: Why don't they let some of the fans Beta test Halo 2
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They let 1,000 microsoft people alpha test the game why not have the 100% fans test it for them to find bugs in Halo I have found almost every glitch.

  • 07.06.2004 12:49 PM PDT
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Because we can't be trusted. we could make copies, disappear etc. and they would have a leaked version of the game out there, months before it's release date, and no way to stop it.


-EDIT- btw, they're doing a Microsoft Beta soon too...

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  • 07.06.2004 12:50 PM PDT
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Yeah, we are worthy! seriously, they should give like the best halo players the beta as a reward for their mad skills

  • 07.06.2004 12:52 PM PDT
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The could make us sign a contract to make sure that doesn't happen. They could make applications.

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  • 07.06.2004 12:52 PM PDT
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And if that person disapears, how would they enforce the contract. Signing a contract doesn't do -blam!-, unless the person who wrote it has the power and ability to enforce it.

  • 07.06.2004 12:54 PM PDT
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Modded Xbox+Xbcopy+FTP support=No fan Beta testing

  • 07.06.2004 1:04 PM PDT
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i htink we DESERVE it. weve been waiting for 2 frickin years. at least give us a demo that has nothing to do with the storyline and a mp with zanzibar. hmph they better do that or i'll be pissede still a third of a year to go!

  • 07.06.2004 1:17 PM PDT
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Even if someone didn't copy the disc, they might tell the story to their friends.

  • 07.06.2004 1:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: Blue Napalm
Even if someone didn't copy the disc, they might tell the story to their friends.


Yes, I agree, they don't want to give away any of their secrets to the Halo fanatics until November 9th, besides the guys at microsoft are probably in contact with bungie all the time, and that would mean that bungie would have no secrets to give away to microsoft

  • 07.06.2004 1:28 PM PDT
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A demo would dillute the excitement of Halo 2 - and some of you "skilled" people aren't very skilled at all.

We can't be trusted and having a demo will only create morons who claim they have the whole game to their friends ( like some other kid in one of the forums). They can just show them the disc and give them the -blam!-est smile in the world and say " I got it. . . before anyone because bungie said they've been tracking my awesomeness on Xbox Live yeah" when in reality bungie doesn't even know this assclown so the kid makes this big elaborate story how his Halo 2 demo disc is the full disc. then all the other nerds out there will get the Halo 2 demo disc ( and if it's with one multiplayer map. that's it people will be too hooked to buy the full version ) and if by chance they get the full they'll be like " Oh why did Bungie do that!? Now I know what's gonna happen. " I've seen many people in this forum do that, and I'd rather not see it again.

  • 07.06.2004 1:38 PM PDT

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maybe a demo for all us really good fans at b.net and only us who actuall post on the forums and arent spammers maybe they should give us a blank disc with acces to xbox live and u could play halo 2 directly off a content download then at the end of the test Live will do a update to whoevers system demo is on erasing the memory of halo 2

also the file would be to big to go on a memory card and u couldnt play it offline and modded xbox's cant get xbox live so i would work

  • 07.06.2004 1:39 PM PDT
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Hm. Lol interesting thinking, but I dont think I'd want a demo. Maybe I'd get it a week before Halo 2 so I could atleast practice MP a bit.

  • 07.06.2004 1:44 PM PDT

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i dont think a demo would be right either but i wish they would give us a full 3 minute movie of a MP game with 50% of the movie following the attackers and the other 50% following the defenders

i was just giving an idea how u could realease the demo

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[color=lime] All you had to do was get into E3 and talk your way in [/color]

  • 07.06.2004 1:48 PM PDT

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The fans are the people the game is being made for. You know all that secrecy and censorship that keeps us from any information about Halo 2? Giving people the game would ruin that. Bungie wants to blow the fans away, so you'll all just have to wait until the game is released.

  • 07.06.2004 1:50 PM PDT

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yea i could of got jenny to get me in

  • 07.06.2004 1:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Shishka
The fans are the people the game is being made for. You know all that secrecy and censorship that keeps us from any information about Halo 2? Giving people the game would ruin that. Bungie wants to blow the fans away, so you'll all just have to wait until the game is released.


THANK YOU, once Nov. 9 is here, all this talk and hoping won't even matter, so talk about stuff, rather than complaining about being the best generation ever, the one that gets Halo 2 right of the market, Bungie will make all of it up on Nov. 9, 8th for me.

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The fans are the people the game is being made for. You know all that secrecy and censorship that keeps us from any information about Halo 2? Giving people the game would ruin that. Bungie wants to blow the fans away, so you'll all just have to wait until the game is released.


If you want to keep everything secret, why show the game off at E3 to hundreds of journalists, whose reports would naturally be read by many people? What exactly are you hidding? There won't be a beta, obviously - requires a dev. xbox (for legal use), and many other things that contribute to the cost, with no real payback for Bungie/Microsoft. They could spend millions on all the dev xboxes needed, but what's the point?

What really pisses me off is when some guy named "Sinbad" and his kids get to go on Halo 2, before millions of others, because he's famous. Regardless of whether he's a Halo fan or not, it's just because he's famous, not because he's a true Halo fan, which is a deep shame.

Additionally, why deny others a demo when all the code is there? If you're concerned about it not being a finished product, wanting to keep it a secret, or for some other reason, remember one thing: People have already seen the unfinished product, made many previews of it, which have each been seen by many people, respectively.

We don't want much in a demo. We're not asking for Bungie to include 1/2 the SPC, and all finished multiplayer levels, but just one SPC and one MP level, which have already been seen by many people. What secret is there? Ok we might know the exact location of a few fusion cells on Zanzibar in MP, and get a little taste for the new AI ourselves, but nothing out-of-this-world. Keeps the fans happy until Nov 9th, game magazines get to rave on about Halo 2 even more (all publicity is good publicity after all), and hopefully less crap on these boards, which could be answered if the author put in some effort.

It's a shame that you allow famous people and journalists (expecially those from gamespy) to play the game, ahead of your 'beloved' fan base, at the expense of your true fans.

Summery: Beta, No. Demo, Yes.

  • 07.06.2004 2:33 PM PDT
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They should let the fans Beta Test Halo 2

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  • 07.06.2004 3:01 PM PDT
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They could release a demo, but they should let us [color=red]Beta Test[/color] the game.

  • 07.07.2004 10:58 AM PDT
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they could just make a beta demo with only the things they have shown us in it. and they could implant little cameras in our eyes to see if we try and copy the disc although that would kind of hurt.

  • 07.07.2004 11:00 AM PDT
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the only way to make sure the fans who test it wont talk about it would be to put them in jail untill november 9th i dont want to see a demo but mabey a little one on one with a brute in a small stage so fans can get a feel for the battle rifel stuff like that i could be included in xbox magizine DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY MAGIZINES THAT WOULD SELL!!!! even target practice with one of the new weapons would be ok just so you could get a feel of it before november 9th and one more thing if you wanted to get fans hooked who haven't played halo it would be better to release the demo after nov. 9th so nothing is given away to the die hard fans and people are hooked perfect solution

  • 07.07.2004 11:15 AM PDT

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An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.

Microsoft owns bungie. Why not try -blam!-ing at them? I tried, even when they told me to -blam!- off and change my gamertag, and they told me to -blam!- off again. : )

WOot!

Come on, Microsoft. Please release bungie's balls from the vise/death grip.

[Edited on 7/7/2004 11:28:48 AM]

  • 07.07.2004 11:26 AM PDT