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Then i noticed, she wasnt paying any attention at all. All i wanted was to make her proud, but once again, i was turned down. I was begining to realize my fate when i opened. . .

  • 04.10.2005 10:12 PM PDT
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Mister, mister, mister. What does Miss Chief look like?

  • 04.10.2005 11:22 PM PDT
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I highly agree with resetting the stats once most of the cheating situations have been resolved. Its true that a persons level is just a number and that you dont get anything for being on the leaderboard but, I get a sense of pride when my gamertag is next to some halo greats. Before stand by got ridiculous, I broke the top 250 and was very proud of that achievement.

  • 04.11.2005 12:05 AM PDT
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what would hapen if the chief got miranda keys drunk?

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I was curious to know if the starting weapon is ever going to change to a battle rifle. You guys talk about balance in the levels and nothing is balanced when your running around with a smg on Coagulation or Colossus.

  • 04.11.2005 12:11 AM PDT
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yeah!

  • 04.11.2005 12:41 AM PDT
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i want 2 let u know i am Halo 2 guy 99er

  • 04.11.2005 12:54 AM PDT
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hi

  • 04.11.2005 12:55 AM PDT
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does this mean that we have to wait until the summer to get the update. correct me if im wrong but it sead that the update disk would be avalable in june or july or something... i cant wait that long... im getting sick and tired of the stanby cheaters and bouncers destroying this beutiful game please somone with "real" info answer

  • 04.11.2005 4:11 AM PDT
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2 vs 2 will rock

  • 04.11.2005 4:28 AM PDT
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Hey frankie, had a piece of grafite inbedded in my wrist since i was 8. Am currently not dead. Does that answer your question?

  • 04.11.2005 4:57 AM PDT
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Okay i know we are going to have to pay for two of the for maps that are comming out late April, but my qestion is how much will we have to pay for them. Please answer
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  • 04.11.2005 5:46 AM PDT
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Hey Frankie I have a comment about this question/reply to the most recent What's Update:

Jumbo numbers ask,

I've heard that you can hack a game save and go online with basically a power up that means there's no reload time. Is this true, can I do that?



It's true, such a hacked profile exists and it will be disabled by the autoupdate, however, right now we can see that hack automatically and we are banning EVERY player who uses it. So don't. Ask the players who've just been banned if they still think it was a good idea....

Well I have a hacked save excactly like the one described above where I have instant reload, wich I did not create the hack I found it on www.xboxsaves.com(I also have flown the pelican without a mod chip,I dont have a modchip by the way) and transfered it to my xbox with a mega x key. I showed a cuple of friends on xbox live and they all wanted it, but i didnt give it to them. They asked me if i could use it in matchmaking and i said yes and we played in unraked matchmaking so it would not (hopefully) harm anything. Now to get to my point, Bungie, i'M BEING HONEST ABOUT HAVING THIS AND USING IT AND I WONT USE IT AGAIN!!! SO PPPPLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSSSEEEEEEEE DONT BAN ME FROM XBOX LIVE. Note: I have alot of balls telling you Bungie.

like it says you are banning people i havent been playing for like 9 hours and you could have banned me so if you already did ban me( Xbox Live gamertag: superaison) PLEASE unban me.
if you havent banned me and you dont care about me submitting mercy then please at least reply to me this messege before you ban me.
I also know a clan that uses stand-by which that clan is: alienworkshop12 also i know a clan that boosted their stats which is: l Destroyed l and a few of the people in the clan
l Destroyed l did not boost, so please do something about those clans.



Posted by: Frankie
Last week was a special April Fool's "treat" but this week we're not fooling. Real info, hard information and the creeping approach of the Autopupdate. Check it out and start complaining now!

  • 04.11.2005 6:03 AM PDT
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I'm sorry dude, but i'm not the hardcore gamer you think i am. the game actually is an online disaster, the reason i'm saying this is because it's slow, there's auto aim, 2 snipeshots ( which are easy to hit ) and weapon control. Unreal Championship 2 takes WAY more skill and there is no way u can argue with that without me saying something about it plus, check out the media on the website, that's all i have to say about that, the only thing you need skills for is no-scoping, that's it.

  • 04.11.2005 7:21 AM PDT
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Don't reset the stats, keep the cheaters up high as their punishment, let them get pummelled over and over until they smarten up and level down to where they belong.


The cheaters won't keep playing just to get pummelled. Most will either stop playing, get a new account, or play in a playlist they didn't cheat in. Your theory doesn't work.


But you've just described why that WOULD work.

"Stop playing" is certainly a good outcome for our cheaters. If they don't plan on playing right, better that they stop screwing the rest of us over and not play at all. I fail to see how having a cheater quit on us is going to affect us in a negative fashion.

"Get a new account" means that they'll either have to go through the work of getting a 2-months free card (Or move to Australia.....), or pay more money for another account. How many do you see going through that trouble? Especially if they're CHEATERS? They aren't going to work hard for very long at re-acclaiming their levels. They didn't do it the FIRST time. Who cares?

"Play in a playlist they didn't cheat in" as in, playing in a playlist that they are appropriately matched in? God, we don't want THAT!!! And so what if they have a high overall level? Let's see them use it for bragging rights, and have some guys talk him into playing some games in their highest playlist. They won't last long that way. I've played against some obviously reformed cheaters recently, as their overall levels were each 10 over my own, yet they absolutely sucked at playing. They got frustrated, and had to cheat to beat my team and I. With the autoupdate, they would have gotten frustrated and QUIT. This scenario does something that resetting stats won't: it frustrates CHEATERS and rewards legit players.

All in all, resetting the stats are going to frustrate more legit players than Bungie thinks. Do those levels mean anything? Bungie says they don't. I say they do. I don't get rewarded for my levels in Diablo II either, but I still get bragging rights, and that's what levels are doing for people right now. If I'm the highest level in a clan, and I'm being ranked as a peon, people know that there's something wrong with that situation. Those levels are important to people because of those bragging rights, and they are the goal in the sky. Players celebrate when they get a new level, and usually have a heightened need to play. I know a few fair weather gamers that will play for the next 8 hours whenever they start going up levels. It's a thrill and a joy for players, not some inconsequential tool for playing against better people. Do players know that's what it is for? Sure they do, but that isn't how they hold it in regard. If Bungie does this, they're going to piss off a LOT of people who will want their money back from the last few months of monthly subscription to Xbox Live, since all their hard work went to nothing. And they'll quit when they discover there is no way to get it back. And before you say "Who cares if they quit", try to keep in mind who they're doing this for to begin with. It isn't for the cheaters, it's for the legit players who are trying to have a good time. If we didn't care about the legit players' experience, we wouldn't even be talking about an autoupdate.

  • 04.11.2005 7:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: Thawmus
Posted by: timowns
Posted by: eleVader
Don't reset the stats, keep the cheaters up high as their punishment, let them get pummelled over and over until they smarten up and level down to where they belong.


The cheaters won't keep playing just to get pummelled. Most will either stop playing, get a new account, or play in a playlist they didn't cheat in. Your theory doesn't work.


But you've just described why that WOULD work.

"Stop playing" is certainly a good outcome for our cheaters. If they don't plan on playing right, better that they stop screwing the rest of us over and not play at all. I fail to see how having a cheater quit on us is going to affect us in a negative fashion.

"Get a new account" means that they'll either have to go through the work of getting a 2-months free card (Or move to Australia.....), or pay more money for another account. How many do you see going through that trouble? Especially if they're CHEATERS? They aren't going to work hard for very long at re-acclaiming their levels. They didn't do it the FIRST time. Who cares?

"Play in a playlist they didn't cheat in" as in, playing in a playlist that they are appropriately matched in? God, we don't want THAT!!! And so what if they have a high overall level? Let's see them use it for bragging rights, and have some guys talk him into playing some games in their highest playlist. They won't last long that way. I've played against some obviously reformed cheaters recently, as their overall levels were each 10 over my own, yet they absolutely sucked at playing. They got frustrated, and had to cheat to beat my team and I. With the autoupdate, they would have gotten frustrated and QUIT. This scenario does something that resetting stats won't: it frustrates CHEATERS and rewards legit players.

All in all, resetting the stats are going to frustrate more legit players than Bungie thinks. Do those levels mean anything? Bungie says they don't. I say they do. I don't get rewarded for my levels in Diablo II either, but I still get bragging rights, and that's what levels are doing for people right now. If I'm the highest level in a clan, and I'm being ranked as a peon, people know that there's something wrong with that situation. Those levels are important to people because of those bragging rights, and they are the goal in the sky. Players celebrate when they get a new level, and usually have a heightened need to play. I know a few fair weather gamers that will play for the next 8 hours whenever they start going up levels. It's a thrill and a joy for players, not some inconsequential tool for playing against better people. Do players know that's what it is for? Sure they do, but that isn't how they hold it in regard. If Bungie does this, they're going to piss off a LOT of people who will want their money back from the last few months of monthly subscription to Xbox Live, since all their hard work went to nothing. And they'll quit when they discover there is no way to get it back. And before you say "Who cares if they quit", try to keep in mind who they're doing this for to begin with. It isn't for the cheaters, it's for the legit players who are trying to have a good time. If we didn't care about the legit players' experience, we wouldn't even be talking about an autoupdate.


I know exactly what you mean.

  • 04.11.2005 8:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: MondoBondo
2 vs 2 will rock


I agree with you too.

  • 04.11.2005 8:23 AM PDT
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Bungie needs to punish people who quit mid game. It would be nice if they lost a level each time they quit. This would make the online game more enjoyable for all. It really takes the enjoyment out of a shirmish game when you count on all your teammates to pull together and some lame quits because they can't get a certain weapon or gets killed a couple times in a row by the same player.

  • 04.11.2005 8:41 AM PDT
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k this might be a wrong place to post this question, but where you guys on drugs when you made the sword? it ruins the game, i know alot of people are going to argue with this but it seems like you guys knew alot of 12 year olds would want to hide behind corners and think it was pro or very skilled to watch there radar and pop out and 1 hit you, or people running around and being able to "jump" at you with the sword and 1 hit you before you can even lower there sheilds with guns, which i would think would take em down pretty easy especially because they have a sword and you have two guns, but nope they just jump and 1 hit you, so i was just wondering what went through your heads when you made it

  • 04.11.2005 8:57 AM PDT
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I dont get it you bastards are allways complaning. Bungie are working there asses off 24/7 to get things out as quickly and as best as possible, now do us a favour, Shut up, stop complaning and LIVE.

  • 04.11.2005 9:13 AM PDT
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its stupid to reset the stats they show your skill to your freinds if they dont already know it i mean im only a level 15 but my lowest level is a 10 and that sucks getting up head to head cause its no fun going one on one over and over again if the reset any stats it shoulb any one above like 25 cause ive played people good enough to be level 21 or so but no level 30!!
am i right??

  • 04.11.2005 9:23 AM PDT
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yeh im a level 20 at the mo but the amzing thing is i dont have a gamer tag so i use my cousins, and before u ask cant remember his gamer tag. but yes ressetting the stats would be an awful thing to do, all that hard work, GONE down the loo!

  • 04.11.2005 9:34 AM PDT
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In the Weekly Waht's Update There was a comment about Bungie's next project. Here it is. "SURE GUYS. QUIT WORKING ON BUNGIE'S NEXT PROJECT AND JUST KEEP MAKING NEW MAPS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS!" Did you happen to notice the words BUNGIE'S NEXT PROJECT. That kinda hinted to me that Bungie's next project was Halo 3 because the maps were used as an excuse of why not to work on their next porject which makes it sound like it has to do with Halo. Besides i've already heard rumors that halo 3 was coming out the same day as the PS3 as a marketing stratedgy.

  • 04.11.2005 9:35 AM PDT
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i just wanted to know what everyone wants the stats reset for peopel are still going to be ass's and it doesnt matter how good u r there is always someone better. i just stopped playing bc of the cheating and i started playin splinter cell chaos theory. i would recomend to pick that up.

  • 04.11.2005 9:44 AM PDT
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Yeh but the stronger man always walks away from cheaters so we dont give a toss about them lot but we love to play with the non-cheaters u know the sensable people!
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i just wanted to know what everyone wants the stats reset for peopel are still going to be ass's and it doesnt matter how good u r there is always someone better. i just stopped playing bc of the cheating and i started playin splinter cell chaos theory. i would recomend to pick that up.

  • 04.11.2005 9:48 AM PDT