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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 05/22/09

"Seems to me you should spend less time on that article and more time working on that novel you've been working on!!!"

Posted by: Oxford Comma
So what can you do if you DON'T have mythic? I live on a very small island nowhere near a game shop so I cant buy Microsoft Points to get them.
So you're the itty bitty light far below the Hawaiian islands on the map that pops up during matchmaking showing the globe and all the lights from different areas! I have wondered for so long who is down there! Haha, jk.

Anyway, cool update, but one little thing I saw recently was Peter Jackson presenting a film made by Neill Blomkamp, called District 9. Now as some may know, Neill Blomkamp also made those short Halo real life videos. District 9 is kind of a science fiction movie with aliens, though the plot and aliens have nothing to do with Halo, at least as far as I know. But with the speculation of Peter Jackson working on some sort of Halo project, is there a connection with him presenting this science fiction film, even if he's not directly making it? Perhaps getting himself out there again before some big surprise? Hmm? Hmm?

You're not gonna tell me are you? I figure as much, but I anticipate with great excitement the news when it comes out...

  • 05.23.2009 3:24 PM PDT

Nice check out Ghost Town2.2 and Ruins

  • 05.23.2009 4:11 PM PDT

Action sack ftw!

  • 05.23.2009 4:13 PM PDT

Vell mudda SICK dred!

i really hope you bring back a different form of team objective like you did for big team battle (squad battle). Team objective was the only playlist me n my cousin allways resorted to for fun (to scape the monotany of team slayer), please bring another form back for the summer before school starts.

Also keep up the recon contests

  • 05.23.2009 5:09 PM PDT

Vell mudda SICK dred!

Posted by: Papa Bear 006
[quote]Posted by: Oxford Comma
So what can you do if you DON'T have mythic? I live on a very small island nowhere near a game shop so I cant buy Microsoft Points to get them.


You gotta get a US debit/credit card and just purchase them via marketplace; thats what I had to do. I live in the bahamas and they dont sell microsoft points either so when I went off to school in florida i got a card and now i have no problems purchasing anything.

Thanks bungie for making Bahamians allowed to buy your maps, GOW2 says our region is not allowed when I try to download their DLC

  • 05.23.2009 5:12 PM PDT

Wow, bungie is so -blam!-... Why the hell would they retire team objective? That was my favorite playlist!

  • 05.23.2009 6:00 PM PDT
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this just makes me sad that objective is going to be removed, it takes true skill to win objective and strategy, which is why i loved playing this game. Please dont take away objective.

  • 05.23.2009 6:24 PM PDT

Halo 3: Lone Wolves - 44
Team Slayer - 38
Team Doubles - 46
Team Snipers - 25
MLG - 20
Team SWAT - 28
Halo: Reach: Brigadier Grade 2 - 73% Armory Completion

after losing the chance for recon (because of assumed exp boosting), when recon comes out for all except HUGE a-holes. will there be any more things kept from me?

and i really dont care what you think of me for exp boosting cuz it was a complete misunderstanding and i understand why they're mad because they have no time to sort them out, but ya don't -blam!- up the thread with your stupid bull-blam!-

[Edited on 05.23.2009 6:30 PM PDT]

  • 05.23.2009 6:30 PM PDT

Wow, I'm gonna really miss Team Objective :( i hope they can do that thing they did with the RBTB; where if they more people played it would stay..

If they do take it out.. they should add a new ranked playlist like only CTF that would be awesome..

  • 05.23.2009 6:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Rise Against
Wow, bungie is so -blam!-... Why the hell would they retire team objective? That was my favorite playlist!


The really awesome thing is that I can see your game history. You've played four total games in your "favorite playlist" in all of 2009.

  • 05.23.2009 6:47 PM PDT

Posted by: urk
Posted by: Rise Against
Wow, bungie is so -blam!-... Why the hell would they retire team objective? That was my favorite playlist!


The really awesome thing is that I can see your game history. You've played four total games in your "favorite playlist" in all of 2009.

owned....

The Watchmen reference was awesome. I really liked the soundtrack personally. *shrugs*

  • 05.23.2009 6:54 PM PDT

Halo 3: Lone Wolves - 44
Team Slayer - 38
Team Doubles - 46
Team Snipers - 25
MLG - 20
Team SWAT - 28
Halo: Reach: Brigadier Grade 2 - 73% Armory Completion

Posted by: urk
Posted by: Rise Against
Wow, bungie is so -blam!-... Why the hell would they retire team objective? That was my favorite playlist!


The really awesome thing is that I can see your game history. You've played four total games in your "favorite playlist" in all of 2009.


hahahahahahahaha. urk rules all but shishka

  • 05.23.2009 6:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: urk
Posted by: Rise Against
Wow, bungie is so -blam!-... Why the hell would they retire team objective? That was my favorite playlist!


The really awesome thing is that I can see your game history. You've played four total games in your "favorite playlist" in all of 2009.


urk many of us like objective though, for instance i have played quite a bit more than 4 games in objective =/

  • 05.23.2009 7:04 PM PDT

spacebar

We made last weekend's contest a bit more complex than usual, requiring that the hoops we held aloft be jumped through by four man squads racing through Halo 3's final campaign level. Still, even with the added difficulty we saw thousands of entries. Thanks for playing. Winners have been notified.

what were these "hoops"?

  • 05.23.2009 8:11 PM PDT

I cannot believe you are going to take out Team Objective... I'm ashamed.

  • 05.23.2009 9:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: cgraham720
I cannot believe you are going to take out Team Objective... I'm ashamed.


Okay, now you're just messing with me. You almost never played it.

  • 05.23.2009 10:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: urk
Posted by: cgraham720
I cannot believe you are going to take out Team Objective... I'm ashamed.


Okay, now you're just messing with me. You almost never played it.


urk, you keep talking to the people who never played objective, but can you please explain to those of us that play objective on a regular basis.
Objective is a core playlist and has been around since the beginning, it provides a playlist for those people that want to use strategy to win. Removing objective just doesnt seem right...

I'm willing to listen to your side though, if you would like to respond

[Edited on 05.23.2009 10:39 PM PDT]

  • 05.23.2009 10:37 PM PDT

WOW...okay first you take big team ranked the only playlist I play now...you take team objectives the only playlist I ususaly play...screw you bungie

  • 05.23.2009 10:57 PM PDT

I love how half the commets are about you guys taking team objectives out...dont make this stupid mistake

  • 05.23.2009 10:59 PM PDT
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ah, forget it

[Edited on 05.24.2009 12:30 AM PDT]

  • 05.24.2009 12:20 AM PDT

does anyone have the map and variant for 'run for cover'? i really wanna try it out. sounds awesome!

  • 05.24.2009 12:58 AM PDT

My troll sense is tingling.

No more team Mythic? I was so close to getting the light switch achievement! Now I'll have to go back to big team. If only I wasn't renting Fallout 3, then I would've got the achievement.

[Edited on 05.24.2009 2:12 AM PDT]

  • 05.24.2009 2:08 AM PDT
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Action Sack sounds like its going to be fun :)
Yay I get recon armour this fall, I only got a temporary ban. Thankyou and I love you Bungie(in a platonic way of course)

  • 05.24.2009 6:19 AM PDT

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Team Objective was something people never thought would retire and they played 150+ games getting their rank up and you take it away.

Action Sack is just going to become a playlist for boosters to put multiple losses and wins on their record without leveling up.

The only part of the update I enjoyed reading was the Render to Video info and the Recon Challenges for this week and the summer.

But please Bungie I hardly post anymore but this is just going to far. Every time someone plays Doubles one of the most loved playlists they will get Objective or they will get lucky and get a Slayer game variant like how it should be. But if players veto all they get is Sandbox maps and I don't mean to be harsh but all the Sandbox maps are terrible especially Plurality. Think Bungie many people thrive on the Doubles Playlist to get 45 or 50 and that goal rides on a 2 in. map with grav lifts in the middle and no power weapons?!?!

The only Sandbox variant in Doubles that I think could stay is Vessel as alot of thought was put into making it and it has some strategy.

  • 05.24.2009 7:11 AM PDT

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/BngObj/petition.html

Sing the petition to keep team OBJ. Hopefully in the future when bungie decides to remove a playlist they will look past the people who have no clue what they are doing and actually think about what the good players think. All I know is that me and a lot of like minded people will end up with barely anything to play as I dont find social remotely challenging and the amount of hostbooting ins squad and MLG is rediculous, Once objective is removed I hope something gets put in its place or its off to Bioshock2 for me...

  • 05.24.2009 7:54 AM PDT