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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 01/23/09

Cool update, I enjoyed the stuff on ODST. I seriously hope that we don't have to wait 2-3 months after the release of Halo Wars to be able to get them off of Marketplace. If that happens, I'm done with Microsoft.

  • 01.23.2009 4:23 PM PDT

dont mess with the monkey"s or POO will be flung!

ya know i think it sucks, that a game not made by bungie, will have mythic. so people will go buy a crap game, just to get to some new maps, wich will make the rest of us wait till spring? bungie aint really looking out for their fans. release it all at once, and let halo wars fail all by itself!
ok maybe im talking about the co. who is responsable for this M.S. or bungie


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  • 01.23.2009 4:23 PM PDT
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What is this "Fool with a View" pic, and where can i find it?

  • 01.23.2009 4:23 PM PDT

I don't want random messages (ie, Join my group, etc). I have begun blocking solicitations.

Darn, no Elites.

One question though. If the Reflex sight serves no purpose, why put it there? We already know that Halo 3 can suffer massive slow down because of all the crap that is loaded and rendered on the stage, so why put in something unnecessary?

  • 01.23.2009 4:24 PM PDT

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This was a really nice update, thanks for all the info Urk.
I hadn't seen the fan Brute Pimps yet, that was awesome. But I'm still confused about Sandbox. Only thing to do is wait it out.

  • 01.23.2009 4:24 PM PDT

if its a choice between regular or extra crispy..........I WANT YOU EXTRA CRISPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Very nice update some very interesting stuff in there also can't wait for some more pics of the mythic maps and ODST.

  • 01.23.2009 4:25 PM PDT

My Best Bungie moment: finally beating all the Halo games on solo legendary.
My Worst Bungie moment: not seeing giant stuffie grunts in the Bungie store.

The picture alone makes this the best update ever.

  • 01.23.2009 4:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: apocolyps
ya know i think it sucks, that a game not made by bungie, will have mythic. so people will go buy a crap game, just to get to some new maps, wich will make the rest of us wait till spring? bungie aint really looking out for their fans. release it all at once, and let halo wars fail all by itself!
ok maybe im talking about the co. who is responsable for this M.S. or bungie
Both.

  • 01.23.2009 4:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: AT AT Assault
Darn, no Elites.

One question though. If the Reflex sight serves no purpose, why put it there? We already know that Halo 3 can suffer massive slow down because of all the crap that is loaded and rendered on the stage, so why put in something unnecessary?


Accuracy.

  • 01.23.2009 4:26 PM PDT

-S

Don't see why not. It's my truck, not a feature of an upcoming Bungie game. =P

It's a Ford Ranger. It's pretty old, and I wouldn't describe it as being in "top condition."

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May I ask, what type of truck? Are you allowed to say it?

  • 01.23.2009 4:26 PM PDT
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Well, that about covers it.

It's a little disappointing that the first release of the Mythic Map Pack is in the LC of Halo Wars. I'm sure it'll be a good RTS, it's just that I've never liked those kinds of games. I'll try the demo and see how the game plays. Who knows, I actually might like it and buy it, but this strikes me as the same thing done with Crackdown (Crackdown was a great game, hope that's a sign about Halo Wars).

I just hope Bungie will release the map pack to the public within a reasonable time (About 2-4 weeks would be good.), so those that have it won't feel lonely.

  • 01.23.2009 4:27 PM PDT

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First.

Same as before. "First" nonsense results in a ban. Lucky enough for you guys, "Not First" nonsense will not result in a ban.


Oh...okay. Not First. By the way Shishka, why don't you and Lukems do the Updates anymore? And what happened to Humpday Challenges? I remember when there was something on Monday so you can learn about Halo. There was the Humpday Challenge on Wednesday. And there was the Weekly Update on Friday. Why have you guys suddenly become less active?

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P.S. Still no pictures of Sandbox. Sad face ---> : (

  • 01.23.2009 4:29 PM PDT

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I knew it Halo 3 Visa is coming next fall!

  • 01.23.2009 4:30 PM PDT
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do we get to see the ODST guy's face

  • 01.23.2009 4:30 PM PDT

Any chance on seeing the Pimp Brute Chieftains in action after the release to the public later this year?

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  • 01.23.2009 4:31 PM PDT
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Any chance on seeing the Pimp Brutes in action after the release to the public later this year?
Read the last update.

  • 01.23.2009 4:32 PM PDT

Our destiny is not frightful because it is unreal, it is frightful because it is irreversible and iron-clad. Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river. It is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger. It is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.

Posted by: Shishka
Don't see why not. It's my truck, not a feature of an upcoming Bungie game. =P

It's a Ford Ranger. It's pretty old, and I wouldn't describe it as being in "top condition."

Posted by: CarnagePWND
May I ask, what type of truck? Are you allowed to say it?
If I cause a Ford Ranger to be in Halo 3: ODST, definitely keep me posted Chad. At 24, I got no family yet, but I do have a crappy Honda Accord that is "barely legal" on the streets. In all honestly I always wanted a truck. To bad I don't live in Seattle! I'm going to go Google car air-lifts. :P

  • 01.23.2009 4:32 PM PDT
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please save some clips of the pimp-daddy brute doin his thang, and make a sexy montage set to '70's music.

thanks

  • 01.23.2009 4:32 PM PDT
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I was thinking 2 to 4 days, not weeks. For a developer so close to its followers, you'd think they'd fight against bailing out other failing developers at the expense of said fans.

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  • 01.23.2009 4:32 PM PDT

New Maps? Spring? SPRING? ARGHHHH!

Bungie why...why must you make us wait....

I don't plan on picking up Halo Wars, but argh I want my maps. Cry some more, yadda yadda.

Preview pics of new maps please. :)

  • 01.23.2009 4:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: Frojoe186
It's a little disappointing that the first release of the Mythic Map Pack is in the LC of Halo Wars. I'm sure it'll be a good RTS, it's just that I've never liked those kinds of games. I'll try the demo and see how the game plays.


I feel the same way. The only RTS I've ever played is the EndWar Demo, and I liked it, just not enough to buy the game. If I'm going to get HW, I'm getting the Limited Edition, but figuring out what to buy isn't the same as it usually is. Usually, I'll have to decide "Do I want to spend this extra $20 for the extras in the LE for this game?" But in HW's case its "Do I want to spend the original $60?"
I can only hope that, like Crackdown, this game surprises me.

  • 01.23.2009 4:34 PM PDT
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Huh......hey Luke, for once I would rather actually see a blank page instead of hearing about the Elites. =)

Thanks for the update guys, good and interesting!

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What do I expect in the next update? Nothing. I expect a blank page every week. This makes me surprised every week since they never have a blank page as an update, so it also makes every update good because it was better than I expected.


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  • 01.23.2009 4:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: Shishka
Don't see why not. It's my truck, not a feature of an upcoming Bungie game. =P

It's a Ford Ranger. It's pretty old, and I wouldn't describe it as being in "top condition."

Posted by: CarnagePWND
May I ask, what type of truck? Are you allowed to say it?


Sounds pretty good. Either way, if I lived in Washington instead of Pennsylvania, I think I would maybe even think about buying it from you. It would be worth more to me than Recon. lol

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  • 01.23.2009 4:36 PM PDT

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Then there are the people who poop in the mash potatoes. Those people get launched out on their asses.

Once again great update ; )

  • 01.23.2009 4:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: Spartan_008
Any chance on seeing the Pimp Brutes in action after the release to the public later this year?
Read the last update.


He means, "can we see the footage?" We know we won't have them in the release, but I think it would be very funny if maybe in a pre-release ViDoc or maybe even in a video on a possible Limited Edition of ODST, we got to see the Pimp Brutes ride dirty and give the backhand.

  • 01.23.2009 4:36 PM PDT