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Subject: gunmonkey80 - Anyone know who this guy is? (H2V)
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A guy named gunmonkey80 has been seen playing Halo 2 Vista here recently, but there are two unique things about this player.

1) His armor color randomly changes.

2) In the lobby, right after his gamertag, it says "bungie.net staff".

Since Microsoft and Bungie have abandoned Halo 2 Vista to hackers, I find it hard to believe that this guy really is a Bungie employee. My first instinct is to believe that this is a combination of hacks that firstly trick the dedicated server into thinking that the player has a Bungie employee ID, and secondly causes the armor color to randomly change.

While there is no mention in our RCON section, I have heard through the grapevine that gunmonkey80 has been banned from {XF} Clan servers (I have yet to verify this with our admins). I also hear that he is pretty upset about it. If this guy really is a Bungie employee, and someone has some proof, then please show it to us. There is no reason to leave a Bungie employee banned from our servers if that's truly what he is, but if he is as I suspect (a hacker) then obviously he needs to stay banned.

Link to screenshot showing "bungie.net staff":
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=10702si&s=5

Link to YouTube video showing armor color changing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYIdE3EqFMg

Screenshot and YouTube video complements of AsK RoLex.

[Edited on 05.28.2009 9:28 PM PDT]

  • 05.28.2009 9:28 PM PDT

Wish Halo 3 PC would come out sooner... :(

more videos please, that armour is awesome!

[Edited on 07.25.2009 6:26 AM PDT]

  • 05.29.2009 5:25 AM PDT
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That's the only video I know of.

Do you have a link to information on this guy? Does he have a profile here?

  • 05.29.2009 4:24 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Yeah, I do not know much about this guy, but that is pretty crazy. The only hacks I have witnessed on H2V are Trainers (Speed Hacks, Going Through Walls, Ability to Hover, Flying Hogs, etc.) But Trainers Cannot be used on Dedicated Servers, only in Custom Games (I think you have to be host). I have never seen such things as Armor Color and Gamertag altercations. That indeed, is very interesting. We must find the truth about gunmonkey80 at once!

  • 05.30.2009 9:46 AM PDT

This is an old account iDarkWint3r is my new Bungie.net user.

These extraordinary features of his.Did he make these glitch features?Or did he find it somewhere where the "Glitch" is hidden?

  • 05.30.2009 10:03 AM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

Posted by: ItsNOTJohnston
These extraordinary features of his.Did he make these glitch features?Or did he find it somewhere where the "Glitch" is hidden?
Do we care?! Find out on our next story called, "Stupid Questions A Fourteen Year-Old Retard May Ask", until then, this is Desert Fox RWTF reporting. Be safe, and good night.

  • 05.30.2009 4:29 PM PDT

This is an old account iDarkWint3r is my new Bungie.net user.

I Will proceed to call you "Stalker"

  • 05.30.2009 8:40 PM PDT
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I think that mod is pretty neat.

Shame the product key I purchased was hijacked. I miss playing in the XF servers. It was always a good time.

  • 05.30.2009 8:51 PM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

Posted by: ItsNOTJohnston
I Will proceed to call you "Stalker"
I will proceed to call you "-blam!-", "retard", and anything else that fits you. Why don't you use that amazing intellect (that's the proper use of the word anyway), and keep a bit of your integrity and not post any more?

  • 05.30.2009 9:01 PM PDT
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I'm guessing the poorly coded server allows players to alter their profile colour on the fly (provided they know how), thus allowing players to change their armour colour as they wish during a game.

  • 05.31.2009 8:12 AM PDT

Wish Halo 3 PC would come out sooner... :(

Posted by: Super PolarBear
Yeah, I do not know much about this guy, but that is pretty crazy. The only hacks I have witnessed on H2V are Trainers (Speed Hacks, Going Through Walls, Ability to Hover, Flying Hogs, etc.) But Trainers Cannot be used on Dedicated Servers, only in Custom Games (I think you have to be host). I have never seen such things as Armor Color and Gamertag altercations. That indeed, is very interesting. We must find the truth about gunmonkey80 at once!
someone from Bungie should answer.
But I guess they never will, leaving us in the DARK! :'(Posted by: XF GT500
A guy named gunmonkey80 has been seen playing Halo 2 Vista here recently, but there are two unique things about this player.

1) His armor color randomly changes.

2) In the lobby, right after his gamertag, it says "bungie.net staff".


[Edited on 07.28.2009 10:55 AM PDT]

  • 05.31.2009 9:27 AM PDT
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Well, if he can change what it says then I'm inclined to believe that it is a hack.

If anyone else has information, then feel free to post links and such.

  • 05.31.2009 3:00 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

From the sounds of it, he seems pretty harmless. No in-game cheating that gives him the advantage to win...just color changing armor. I say let him in your servers! Might attract more players!

  • 05.31.2009 5:46 PM PDT

This is an old account iDarkWint3r is my new Bungie.net user.

Yeah he has a good point

Also I really hate stalkers.

  • 05.31.2009 10:14 PM PDT
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yeah i know this guy hes on my friends list
it does say bungie.net staff next to his name and his armor changes color i also have a video of it
gunmonkey 80 - video of him
he always talks about a Halo 3 coming out for PC and u have forge,theater and 32 player matchmaking?
is this true?

  • 06.01.2009 9:19 AM PDT

Wish Halo 3 PC would come out sooner... :(

another vid >here<

  • 06.01.2009 2:00 PM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

Posted by: ItsNOTJohnston
Yeah he has a good point

Also I really hate stalkers.
I hate retarded -blam!-s. Oh well.

  • 06.01.2009 6:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: M iZ FoR MasKoT
yeah i know this guy hes on my friends list


Apparently KIWIDOGGIE knows the guy. He says he does work for Bungie, but doesn't have access to most of their stuff.

Posted by: M iZ FoR MasKoT
he always talks about a Halo 3 coming out for PC and u have forge,theater and 32 player matchmaking?
is this true?


I have no idea. I'm going to see if I can get in contact with the guy to discuss the ban issue, and verify that he's from Bungie, but I don't expect to be given all sorts of inside info on Halo 2 for PC.

  • 06.02.2009 11:35 AM PDT

Wish Halo 3 PC would come out sooner... :(

Posted by: M iZ FoR MasKoT
he always talks about a Halo 3 coming out for PC and u have forge,theater and 32 player matchmaking?
is this true?[/quote]

I have no idea. I'm going to see if I can get in contact with the guy to discuss the ban issue, and verify that he's from Bungie, but I don't expect to be given all sorts of inside info on Halo 2 for PC.
I don't believe Bungie would ever put 32 players in Matchmaking, its silly. mistake maybe?
also, whos KIWIDOGGIE? is he a modder?
& why would you ban Bungie? you should ban HiredGun. lol

[Edited on 06.02.2009 11:43 AM PDT]

  • 06.02.2009 11:41 AM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

The bungie.net community is the halo PC community that is renowned for being unbelieveably sucky.

I say ban him and let Bungie vouch for him. Besides, color changing armor is definitely a cheat, harmless, but still cheating.

I would say since this is the second thread on this, and nobody has spoken up, I doubt he is a legit staff member.

  • 06.03.2009 9:40 AM PDT
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What's the polite way to call somebody gullible? ;)

  • 06.03.2009 12:15 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Lol. I seriously do not know what to believe. As far as we know, he is the only player anybody has seen doing this on Halo 2 Vista. He may be legit? Until I see everybody with color-changing armor and 'bungie' next to their name...let the man play on the servers. Obviously whatever it is, it is harmless.

  • 06.04.2009 7:10 PM PDT

Yea I was playing H@V yesterday, and he joined the server.

Started talking about Halo 3 for PC, and that Halo : Reach was coming for PC first.

Like 70% of the people actually believed him and started asking him about all the features that will be coming for Halo 3.


Then he started abusing everybody from M$ to HiredGun for making H2V a crap game or something.

  • 06.08.2009 11:20 PM PDT

Wish Halo 3 PC would come out sooner... :(

he said that Halo 3 and Halo 3 ODST expansion will be in Halo 3 PC.
Dunno about Halo Reach.

  • 06.10.2009 6:11 AM PDT
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He's from the UK, I don't think he's an actual Bungie employee. "Gunmonkey80" isn't even registered on this site... lol I'm pretty sure he's just a mod developer who ported the halo 2 xbox "bungie staff" insignia to h2v. He also seems to know quite a bit about monstrmo and company, so I'd be willing to guess that he's friends with them.

  • 06.11.2009 10:31 AM PDT