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Subject: A comment about the leaks.
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BETA VERSION IS NOT FINAL VERSION

In case you havent read HBO this morning...

Reminder made by Louis Wu, talking about the screens; listen up - Maka

Many of you probably saw threads on various Halo or Xbox forums this weekend about leaked beta screenshots. Bungie has yet to make a public announcement about this (it's unlikely that they ever will, actually), but there are many clues that suggest that these aren't fakes; that they did, in fact, come from a beta version of Halo 2. Putting aside the legal issues (which aren't actually minor), there's a really good reason to keep pics like this away from the public... many casual gamers don't realize that a beta version is NOT a final version. Often, there are elements that have been added specifically for beta testers - debugging information, or extra on-screen displays, so that testers can provide useful feedback to the creation team. (Beta testing isn't a game; that should have been made clear from the recent Bungie.net article. It's pretty serious business.) When beta shots hit the public, though, many people are oblivious to the fact that they're looking at a test image. We've already had folks griping on our forum about how cluttered the HUD looks, and how disappointed they are in Bungie for putting so much crap onscreen. Others read these comments, maybe without even looking at the pictures themselves, and the ideas spread... and before too long, there's buzz about how crappy the interface of Halo 2 is. Only... it's NOT the interface of Halo 2 - it's the interface for BETA TESTERS. Boiled down: the final product can NOT be judged by the appearance of an early beta - but because many people can't make distinctions like that, pictures of early betas do NOT belong in the public eye.

(Lets just hope that 4 player live is still an option)

[Edited on 7/19/2004 1:11:11 PM by MakaVeli4LIfe1]

  • 07.19.2004 1:02 PM PDT
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Mmhmm

  • 07.19.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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whats this guys point?

  • 07.19.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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Mak u made this a sticky i mean he has a good point but, why.

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It's a reminder made by Louis Wu concerning the leaked screens, and why they are harmful to not just Halo fans, but to anyone looking to see how Halo 2 is gonna be

Definitely deserves a sticky; way to bring it here Aristotle

  • 07.19.2004 1:07 PM PDT
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either way, it spoils the idea

  • 07.19.2004 1:08 PM PDT
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That it's just a beta version and the final version will probably look nothing like it.

Also, that the film option showed on the main menu is there so the beta testers can save films if they find a bug/glitch and send it to Bungie, not to show off how they got 7 killtaculars in a row(which is what people think it would be for).

Anyone know if they found out who it was/what the consequences are?

[Edited on 7/19/2004 1:13:24 PM]

  • 07.19.2004 1:11 PM PDT
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ok i didnt know this came from headquaters and from louis so my bad.
good sticky.

  • 07.19.2004 1:14 PM PDT
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Bravo. Well said aristotile

[Edited on 7/19/2004 1:36:25 PM]

  • 07.19.2004 1:36 PM PDT
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I also was thinking that this was not gonna be the final product. It was an awful hud. I trust in bungie and knew it was reasons like this that they were testing the beta. Anyways good sticky Maka, people should know that those screens aren't showing the finished the product.

  • 07.19.2004 1:38 PM PDT