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I think a letter to Poopsi is a fine idea. I'm gonna guess that Sketch, Frankie and their troops have made anyone who was not already aware of how funky this "contest" was, well, aware of how funky this "contest" was but a good, clean letter with some honest questions about what went wrong on their end couldn't hurt (and might get you guy *something* for your troubles).

Anytime y'all wanna play after H2 ships, look for a guy named "Steel Rockhard", and that'll be me. Chances are I'll be pretty easy to spot: I'll be the guy laying on his back with a smoking shotgun hole in the back of his helmet -- my ex-girlfriend works the shotgun like a freakin' surgeon and I think she still has some issues with me (that she address by way of Halo). I think the Red Vs. Blue guys modeled Tex after her. My friend Boo is the O-riginal cybernetically enhanced b*tch : )

Ya know, I think there's a lesson in that last paragraph: no matter how pretty or smart or creative or buff you are... we are *all* equally worthless when we put on that fancy MJOLNIR suit! ; )

  • 07.26.2004 4:17 PM PDT
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I sure wish the Edit button worked : (

I type faster than I think and it shows: change "back" to "face" and... oh, nevermind.

  • 07.26.2004 4:22 PM PDT
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Well, I'm back from Seattle, but tired as hell. No, this contest was not a sham. Unless playing Halo 2 for 6 hours on 6 50" wide screen high def plasmas, all with bose surround sound is a sham. Even if that is a sham, it was the best sham of my life. And to address Raft, they were good pictures, but maybe you should tell the forums that at least one of you isn't 18. That's why you didn't get picked. And other than that, I think I'm supposed to contact a bungie.net rep, and I think they'll have a piece on us soon. If not, I'll be more than happy to tell you all what you already know.... halo 2 is impossibly amazing.

  • 07.27.2004 4:07 PM PDT

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OH well I'm stuck in Sri Lanka [u]WITH NO MT DEW IN SIGHT ARRG!!!![b][u][color=red][b]:::::::WARNING:::::::::::WARNING:::::::::::::WA RNING[/color]
Oh well why you were back in my homestate of Washington I took a trip to smelly New Delhi and visit the embassy commisary and was able to bring a case of Mt. Dew back to Sri Lanka. Of course customs was wondering why I was bringing a case of Mt. Dew back and my answer is I went from a 3 lt a day habbit to no Mt. Dew for over 90 days![i] I need some![i]

  • 07.27.2004 10:46 PM PDT
Subject: Who plas myth1?
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does anyone play myth 1 the fallen lords
plz reply



  • 07.28.2004 1:24 AM PDT
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YAAAA!!!, finally some info! Thanks BDaiber! Nice to know it was so enjoyable! What was the photo shoot like? Can you give us any more info on what you played? Was it MP or SP? Zanzibar or somewhere else? Did you get to try the carbine, brute shot, or any other new weapons? Did it look like an internal build or some sort of demo? Or are you under some sort of non-disclosure clause?

Sooo, did they go through and explain why each different team didn't win then? (extrapolating from the fact you knew about Raft's team ..) Raft ... I'm dissappointed ... It doesn't matter how good your ideas/photos/whatever are if you don't follow the rules. That's true of ANY contest, no matter how well/badly it is run.

Boy, I bet rip29's team is really feeling lousy about the whole non-communication thing now, huh? Sorry guys!

  • 07.28.2004 5:55 AM PDT
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Yeah, it sucks we didnt get to go, but I spent enough tiume this weekend pissed off about it. No use crying over split milk, its over and done with. I wish they would post some more details so we can know more about the game and what all maps and vehicals they got to play with.

  • 07.28.2004 8:59 AM PDT
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I'm still waiting for details before I feel lousy! One person that played said it was a demo! I'm still curious why no one can give details other than it's amazing! If I flew out there, I would have more to say than it was cool.

BDaiber, since you have great detail on all the losers and how good Mountain Dew's communication skills are, can you please give detail on the game play?

The contest was a scam for us, because we were told to call and email the next day with confirmation on all our team members. We did what we were told, and got a response at 11:00 that night. If we would have went, everyone here would have major details on the ganeplay by now! None of this, it was amazing crap!

  • 07.28.2004 9:04 AM PDT
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Well I too posted about us going , guess no one read it, but here is a link to my bud's write up on our experience with [link name="Halo2"]http://rhoxbox.com/articles/00007.html [/link]

  • 07.28.2004 9:20 AM PDT
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The edit post thing does'nt work so here's a link you're gonna have to copy n past I can't get the link markup to work http://rhoxbox.com/articles/00007.html

  • 07.28.2004 9:28 AM PDT
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lazy link

Sweet! Nice write-up too! Nothing really new from the E3 demo then huh? 1st time I've heard about the flag carrier slow down though. Not good for us team flag carriers ... Wooly you're gonna have to have that warthog ready to go to get me outta the base ;)

So which pictures were taken at the shoot and which ones were your entry pictures? Mind posting your essay too? That MC statue is AWESOME, if that's yours, how much can I pay you to make/get me one?

  • 07.28.2004 9:42 AM PDT
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rhoh95ss-

Thanks for posting dude! It was killing me to find out about the play! I figured they would only let you play the E3 demo!

I guess 6 hours of straight play was really 3 hours....interesting! Maybe this is why the Mountain Dew guy wouldn't give us details. I wouldn't have entered the contest if I knew ahead of time it was the E3 demo (zanzabar) for three hours. Unless, I had two to three weeks in advance to get there.

Anyway, I bet you guys had fun playing and meeting everyone!

Being able to hook up 16 boxes is really cool! Everyone can bring their own TV, and we don't have to rent big screens!

Thanks again!

  • 07.28.2004 9:59 AM PDT
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Ah ... from this on the original announcement thread:Posted by: rhoh 95ss
It involves lots of Mountain Dew and one guy going "head over heels"
My guess is that it's the 6 guys, with 18 cans 3 bottles 2 empty cases of Mt. Dew sitting around 4 ~27" TVs, with one guy being help upside down in one of the pictures, right?

Any reason why only 3 of you went?

  • 07.28.2004 10:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: rip29
rhoh95ss-
Being able to hook up 16 boxes is really cool! Everyone can bring their own TV, and we don't have to rent big screens!

WTF, those weren't even your own big screens!?!?! You rent them????

  • 07.28.2004 10:07 AM PDT
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Yeah, we rent them! You know how much that cost? If I would have bought four big screens to play the E3 demo for three hours, I would have killed everyone! Also, I was told that the winners would get to play Halo 2 three months before anyone else! What about all the people at E3?

IMO, this thing was kinda a scam! Mountain Dew received free advertising and the winners paid for it! In return you got to play the E3 demo for three hours! Do you know how much money they will make off the ad's?

Mountain Dew should have provided details from the beginning! I would have saved my money and time. Wht couldn't they have said in the contest that you would play the E3 demo for three hours? Is that to much to ask?

  • 07.28.2004 10:27 AM PDT
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LOL!!!! That's hilarious! Here I was giving you guys points for truly being Hardcore by owning 4 big-screens to play Halo on and you rented them for the picture! Bwhaa ha ha ha ha.

If you were truly any sort of a Hardcore Bungie fan you would have known long ago that people played Halo2 at E3 and that you would be playing an early build of the game (which would most likely be the same as those at E3 with maybe a few upgrades/tweaks).

Yah, Mt. Dew is going to make out great from this, but we all knew that before-hand and were OK with it as we were going to get something absolutely priceless for us in return ... Playing Halo2 early, bragging rights about playing Halo2 early, and the once in a lifetime chance to actually be in a print ad (for those of us no-where near looking like a model, this was truly one-in-a-lifetime).

Man, I was feeling pretty sorry for you guys.

I still think this contest was run poorly and judged incorrectly, even more so now.

  • 07.28.2004 10:44 AM PDT
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I guess you shouldn't have assumed genuis, that we owned the four big screens! We rent them all the time to play Halo.

"If you were truly any sort of a Hardcore Bungie fan you would have known long ago that people played Halo2 at E3 and that you would be playing an early build of the game (which would most likely be the same as those at E3 with maybe a few upgrades/tweaks)."

Here is my post from 7/22/04: "That's $500 bucks an hour for me to play Halo2. Which will probably be Zanzabar which people played at E3."

Looks like I knew about E3 long ago dumb@ss! So I guess I'm a hardcore fan in your eyes! Can I hang out with you now, since I'm hardcore? Jack@ss!!!!!!!

Everyone did know before hand that you would play Halo 2. But nowhere was it posted that it would be a E3 demo! What the hell is so hard in providing details ahead of time!

Anyway, I'm happy for the people that went! I'm sure they had a great time!

BTW, the winners do not look like models (no offensive)! So I'm not sure how it was judged!

  • 07.28.2004 11:32 AM PDT
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Dude double check and proof read the post. We or should I say my bud does'nt rent out the tv's in the garage picture that is his setup(4 27" component tv's) for our bi-weekly lans. We are one of the few chapters on the 7th column that still hold LAN's regularly.

The four big screen tv's you are probablly thinking of are the ones that were in the Bungie/Microsoft studios, which I believe were 50 " plasmas along with the two 42" plasmas that were mounted on the walls. You question me and my Bud's Hardcoreness and I just feel the bitterness dripping from you bro, this whole freaking topic is stinking of the -blam!-. Everyone who did'nt go has to find something to try and rip on about the contest or those that were selected. Man just stop the hate , don't hate the player bro, hate the game.

With all that said I in turn feel really sorry for you.

  • 07.28.2004 11:35 AM PDT
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My bad I did'nt realize that the renting tv things was directed to rip. I apologize for above post except only If it aplies to youon the hating part.

  • 07.28.2004 11:40 AM PDT
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rhoh95ss-

Yeah, it was directed to me! I guess I'm not hardcore because we rent 4 big screens for LAN parties! I guess I should be rich and can afford them!

  • 07.28.2004 11:48 AM PDT
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Yeah shame on you for not maxing out all your credit cards !!!!
:^)j/k

  • 07.28.2004 11:56 AM PDT
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Yep, directed at rip29. And no you're not hardcore ... you were clueless as to the state of the builld of the game or what you would be playing and you had no idea that there was a demo played at E3. These are extremely basic facts as far as knowing what's going on with Halo2 and Bungie that you would expect anyone even remotely interested in the game to know, let alone a "hardcore" fan.

No, being "rich" is not required, maybe smart like me to get an HDTV 120" big "screen" for 1/2 the price of a normal "big" screen. Yep, split 4 ways that a 60" for each, bet you didn't know the "dot" in the center of the sniper reticle is another smaller reticle ... really helps for nailing those head-shots during our chapters bi-weekly Halo LAN parties, or chapter $ tournaments, or tournaments we run for local conventions.


I just feel the bitterness dripping from you bro, this whole freaking topic is stinking of the -blam!-. Everyone who did'nt go has to find something to try and rip on about the contest or those that were selected. Man just stop the hate , don't hate the player bro, hate the game.
Hate the game?!?! Man, what are you nuts?!?! I'd never hate the game!!! As far as bitterness, yes there probably is some. We took our time thinking of creative ways to show our enthusiasm for Halo2 and Mt. Dew (seeing as how the contest was supposed to be judged on creativity and enthusiasm) because we didn't want to be just another group sending in dumb pictures of "hey, here we are with some TVs and some Mt. Dew playing Halo, whoopeee". Guess we should have just stuck with that after all though, huh? It worked for 2/3 groups that won. But with the "beauty contest" aspect of this competition, I would bet we never really had a chance no matter what we did. Hey, is that why only 3 of your group went? Did Mt. Dew discount the other 3 because they weren't good looking enough?? LOL!

  • 07.28.2004 12:22 PM PDT
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Must have missed this while I was typing, so let's address it :)
Posted by: rip29
I guess you shouldn't have assumed genuis, that we owned the four big screens! We rent them all the time to play Halo.
Boy, you must not play all that much then. If you can't afford to buy them. I'm sure that ~10-15 rentals or so would probably pay for the cost of the TVs themselves.

"If you were truly any sort of a Hardcore Bungie fan you would have known long ago that people played Halo2 at E3 and that you would be playing an early build of the game (which would most likely be the same as those at E3 with maybe a few upgrades/tweaks)."Man, learn how to use the "quote" markup tags :)

Here is my post from 7/22/04: "That's $500 bucks an hour for me to play Halo2. Which will probably be Zanzabar which people played at E3."

Looks like I knew about E3 long ago dumb@ss! So I guess I'm a hardcore fan in your eyes! Can I hang out with you now, since I'm hardcore? Jack@ss!!!!!!!
Boy somehow I got the impression you didn't know ... oh maybe from this:Also, I was told that the winners would get to play Halo 2 three months before anyone else! What about all the people at E3?And no, you can't hang out with me now, I prefer not to hang around with people who have to resort to name-calling and swearing to get their point across. I prefer a higher intellectual level thank you.

Everyone did know before hand that you would play Halo 2. But nowhere was it posted that it would be a E3 demo! What the hell is so hard in providing details ahead of time!I guess the rest of us didn't really care if it was just the E3 demo, that would have been plenty for me!

Anyway, I'm happy for the people that went! I'm sure they had a great time!

BTW, the winners do not look like models (no offensive)! So I'm not sure how it was judged!
No, they're multicultural, that's probably just as good from a marketing standpoint.

  • 07.28.2004 12:35 PM PDT
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weephun-

Go back to page 5 and read my post about people playing the Zanzabar demo at E3. It's now page 11. Looks like I already new that you ignorant @ss! You sound like a friggin moron each time you say, "you're not hardcore". You surely sound stupid by saying I didn't know about E3 when I posted it on page 5. Get a brain cell dude!

Do you work for consumer reports? Do I care about how to get deals on TV's? BTW, thanks for the headshot tip....genius!

And shut up about the model crap! It's getting old! The dudes that won do not look like models! Look at the photos! I honestly don't know how they judged this thing. That's why I'm saying the contest was poorly ran, but I'm not making up excuses about it.

If they ever run another contest, I have a great idea! I will spell Halo with a bunch of cans and hold up dew in front of a projector! Oh wait, then I will lose and have to make up excuses! Moron!!!

****BTW, that wasn't directed towards the other team members. Only the cry baby!****

  • 07.28.2004 12:48 PM PDT
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Man, learn how to use the "quote" markup tags :)

I am the smartest man alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I already feel better about myself....thanks

  • 07.28.2004 12:56 PM PDT