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Subject: Just out of curiosity when did this website start?
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Im sure the information is somewhere in this site but i never found it. I didn't even know this place existed before halo 2 came out. I was just curious and i hope this is in the right spot. If not im sorry.

  • 04.13.2005 3:37 PM PDT
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Some time in '96. But, Bungie has been around for much longer than that, of course.

  • 04.13.2005 5:32 PM PDT
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And I believed it reopened in November of 2001.

  • 04.13.2005 5:43 PM PDT
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Bungie has been around almost as long as Microsoft, and I think Vella is right about the site...somewhere around 96. Dont worry, one of the more important folks will come and give you an exact date.

  • 04.13.2005 5:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: BlackEye319
And I believed it reopened in November of 2001.


I don't think Bungie.net has ever been closed for an extended period of time.

  • 04.13.2005 6:00 PM PDT
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That was the release of the first set of new hotness... sort of.
And the earlier statement of "bungie has been around since Microsoft" is incorrect. Microsoft was started in the early to mid eighties, bungie's official beginning was in 1991.

  • 04.13.2005 6:27 PM PDT

Don't forget about Bungie.com, which was around far before this.

  • 04.13.2005 10:57 PM PDT

I believe that bungie.net came along at the same time as Myth: TFL, since it was used as the Myth multiplayer metaserver.

It was relaunched in 2001 to co-incide with the release of the original Halo.

This new version came on 12th April 2004.

  • 04.13.2005 11:47 PM PDT

Back in 1997, when it was first created, Bungie.net meant two things: The (free, I might add) Myth multiplayer metaserver, and the website which was the place to keep track of stats and check for updates and community news. Sorta like it is now, but focusing on Myth rather than Halo 2. Then, in November 2001, since the old style b.net smacked of Mythness, which was no longer even owned by Bungie, the site got a makeover, to make way for Halo, basically. A forum was added (the Underground we know and love), and the Seventh Column made its triumphant appearance.

The main problem was that you had to recreate your profile, since Myth profiles no longer worked. Which is the reason nobody has a "Member since" date before the 10th of November (well, except Achronos, and that's just because of the size of his ego).

Sometime later (2003), the Passport issue arose. Members now had to link their profiles to a MSN passport. I distinctly remember that thousands of angry Mac users got really really pissed off, because some of them had bothered to read the Passport User Agreement thingy, and really didn't like some of the things it said. A few of these people, and some other thousands who were just inactive, had their names changed to "NoPassportxxxx". Eventually these people were deleted from the univers--- I mean bungie.net. The big furore was mostly forgotten, and everyone got on with their lives.

In March 2004, the web team announced that a new look Bungie.net was going to be launched very Soon™. On April 1st, we were offered a glimpse of it. Some people actually believed that the new b.net would be an MSN group. Then on the 12th, the New Hotness was released. The rest is history. Well, the whole thing is history. Shut up, it's a turn of phrase! Yes, they actually turn!

- Reiginko

  • 04.14.2005 12:46 AM PDT

I forgot about the new hotness MSN group.

I miss it - it was surprisingly good.

  • 04.14.2005 2:05 AM PDT
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Thanks for the replies i now feel informed. Its a good feeling.

  • 04.14.2005 3:10 PM PDT