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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 03/06/09

You know, for a company that's supposed to be in tune with their community, they've been doing a lot of "giving only 10 players the MMP for free", when they could be doing more of "Telling us when we can BUY THE MAPS instead of WAITING for chances to get them"

Why? When members of the PRESS (ie, Kotaku dot com) are hunting for codes, you know you don't got a chance.

[Edited on 03.06.2009 4:38 PM PST]

  • 03.06.2009 4:38 PM PDT
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The Sentinel Beam isn't excluded from Matchmaking due to any performance concerns. It's excluded because it's ridiculous. It may as well be firing super-accelerated clowns. - Shishka

Are all 6 Sandbox versions planned for matchmaking available in fileshares currently?

I've been seeing a lot of freshly forged maps on Sandbox. Best one so far is a remake of Wizard/Warlock. I've also played remakes of Boarding Action and Longest, but I think they still need some work.

  • 03.06.2009 4:38 PM PDT

Bungie, I plead to you, DO NOT put your garbage forge maps into MatchMaking.

Not a single damn one (talking about full forge maps on Foundry and Sandbox so far) has been fun or has good spawns which you knock so many maps back for at atlas. LOOK AT TUNDRA! out of the 60+ spawn points you just randomly throw around the map you put about 10 behind cover and then you make players play SWAT on it.

Lets Take Anvil and Smashed for example now, Anvil is such un unbalanced map and should never have been considered for MatchMaking and Smashed will only spawn players either a) in hte foundry default bases or b) right next to the guy covering his team when they go to cap the flag.

I'm sorry but no one at Bungie studios can forge a good map and then Shishka says that many get knocked back for bad spawns and yet Narrows and Standoff are acceptable?

  • 03.06.2009 4:38 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Posted by: mityman50
Gosh it sucks so much being dumb. How thew hell am I supposed to know what a hexidecimal string is?

OK, calm down for a moment.

Is anyone else like this? You're there, ready to get the code, but you just don't know how!


likewise, that and the disadvantage of not being off work for another hour and a half so i cannot always check back. o well, i'll just wait till MS announces the marketplace release.

also, the mauler pic was choice, nicely done.

  • 03.06.2009 4:38 PM PDT

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Halo 2 Stats

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There is one more...

  • 03.06.2009 4:40 PM PDT

^to the guy 3 posts above me

Who said Shishka was a good forger? Then again, he's in charge. He's the boss (of matchmaking). He also bans people who mod forge variants yet bungie releases maps like Boundless... o_O

[Edited on 03.06.2009 4:41 PM PST]

  • 03.06.2009 4:40 PM PDT

c|_|Care mug begs to differ.

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FURT PAEGED

Nice update, I can't wait to get the maps!

  • 03.06.2009 4:41 PM PDT

Posted by: prometheus25
I could have eaten a box of Alphabits and crapped out more logical proof than that...

Nice update!

  • 03.06.2009 4:42 PM PDT

Posted by: mu5t ki11 u 411
I can't wait to get the maps!


Ooooohhhhh. I have bad news for you my friend....

[Edited on 03.06.2009 4:43 PM PST]

  • 03.06.2009 4:42 PM PDT

I keep on hearing you can't redeem these on xbox.com...any truth to that?

  • 03.06.2009 4:44 PM PDT

Posted by: Zombie Governor
^to the guy 3 posts above me

Who said Shishka was a good forger? Then again, he's in charge. He's the boss (of matchmaking). He also bans people who mod forge variants yet bungie releases maps like Boundless... o_O


I never said shiska was a good forger but he keeps putting maps into matchmaking purely because he has fun on them while playing LAN with workmates so if something does go wrong he can just punch them in the arm but he won't ever think there might be something wrong with the map.

  • 03.06.2009 4:45 PM PDT

If I had one wish for Bungie.net, it would be to be able to change my username. Even if it cost me Microsoft Fun-Money, Space Bucks, or Stosh Dollars. That is all.

Halo 2 Stats

~AFEM

Posted by: UncagedxCRAZYx
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This code was also in the page's source code.


Actually, you could just find it by highlighting the whole page. It's in hidden text...

  • 03.06.2009 4:46 PM PDT

Cool update. According to the one blog submission, urk is a Misses. That's disturbing if you think about it...

  • 03.06.2009 4:49 PM PDT

~B.B
RIP, 1982-2010

Since organized communities are usually more enjoyable, you should take your time to read the forum rules to save yourself some trouble and help keep the forums clean :-)

Neat update!

It'll interesting to see some of the new Forge variants added to matchmaking in the future :-)

  • 03.06.2009 4:52 PM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

No ODST news? oh well. good to see that you're examining community forge variants, and that Shishka's finally doing a spawning guide...

  • 03.06.2009 4:55 PM PDT

I found the code but it was too late. Oh well.

  • 03.06.2009 4:58 PM PDT
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I always giggle at the ways you say "it will rain down Mythic codes". :)

  • 03.06.2009 5:03 PM PDT

I'm gonna skim thru this whole 4 pages of replies about mythic map packs ... But, wtf? why haven't u stated what the criteria was necessary for earning recon during the V-Day Massacre? ...
I know bungie won't release the names of the people. I didn't play the playlist until i wasn't blinking anymore. Just, what was the parameters for attaining recon? I'm just curious.

  • 03.06.2009 5:06 PM PDT

I'm going to invade your heart like a barn swallow high on milk chocolate and grandma love.

Fairness is only possible within the limited powers of man. Elsewhere, there is only chance.

Thus I refute thee.

I only see one code, but considering It is 8:11 pm, it's probably been redeemed already. Drat.

  • 03.06.2009 5:12 PM PDT
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don't ever change your xbl login email. it will only leave you with over 30 days of stress trying to fix it.

This is the longest update I can ever remember. Geez.

  • 03.06.2009 5:13 PM PDT
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Wort,

Do you guys assault beef jerky as quickly and precisely as the people on here searching for MMP codes? ^>"<^

I wasn't aware there was a map called "Solitude" originally made and planned for the H2 Blastacular map pack. Interesting. Your artists must never stop working, since you're making H3: ODST, just finished the Mythic map pack, and are now working on the next and final set, no doubt, plus any other projects out there.

...I'd tip my hat to you artists as you sketch away with your Cintiqs and multi-monitor solution in Sketchbook, Max, Maya, and Mudbox, but I'm an Elite, and my helmet is rather firmly grafted to the rest of my armor.

  • 03.06.2009 5:14 PM PDT

I just like to play Halo, and chill on the Flood.

Ah, the bigot in the last post kinda annoyed me. Funny how he says "$60 for the new maps". First, the LCE is $80 USD. Second, I don't think he realizes how many people actually bought the game for well.. erm.. the game..

Its an amazing game in itself. The maps were a great addition.

  • 03.06.2009 5:25 PM PDT
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The Flood Revolution is coming...

Posted by: Mini Waz
Nice update, i hope to get a map of mine in matchmaking someday : )
We played SWAT today lol

Nice update, even if you guys do act really Jewish. (Whatever that means.)

  • 03.06.2009 5:26 PM PDT

i will never find the hidden codes in anything... I'm such a failure

  • 03.06.2009 5:26 PM PDT

I like to see pwnge like a buttery spread and the enemy as a peace of bread. The the fewer the enemies, the more pwnge is lathered on.

From all that Q&A stuff I gather that this is sort of a filler for a podcast. I just hope the huge gap is a sign that important stuff is getting done. :P

  • 03.06.2009 5:26 PM PDT