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Posted by: nubyw00tz
Posted by: Achronos
There are several million avatars being added.

No, I am not joking.

Do you mean we have another feature for avatars along side Halo 3 Model, Halo 3 Emblem and Halo 2 Emblem? :)
I presume ODST avatars are what he's talking. Then again who knows until the time comes.

  • 08.27.2009 6:06 PM PDT

Okay, you have one of the most amazing web teams ever! Everything looks fantastic and amazing. Seriously, leaderboards within Bungie will be so much better. They won't be limited to who's register on what site, they'll be from everyone all in one awesome looking place.

  • 08.27.2009 6:06 PM PDT

Posted by: nubyw00tz
Posted by: Achronos
There are several million avatars being added.

No, I am not joking.

Do you mean we have another feature for avatars along side Halo 3 Model, Halo 3 Emblem and Halo 2 Emblem? :)


I think so. By "several million avatars" I am assuming he means there will be the B.net choices, along with Halo 3 Model, Halo 3 Emblem, Halo 2 Emblem, Halo 3: ODST Model, and Halo 3: ODST Emblem. The "several million" applies to the different possible Emblem and Armor combinations.

  • 08.27.2009 6:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: ReZeNeR
There will never be custom avatars allowed on this site.....Bungie has stated this numerous times.

Posted by: TES Christian
Custom Avatars I presume...


Nevermind, It's probably going to be the ODST avatars.

  • 08.27.2009 6:07 PM PDT
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Posted by: stosh
Did you notice the player models don't have an ugly white background anymore? Wasn't fun :(

But it looks nicer :)

Yeah it looks Superrrrr.....SEXY!!!!!!!!!!! OH yeah. Hey btw are we going to get any new avatars or anything updating witht the avatars or Backgrounds for peoples b.net profile?

  • 08.27.2009 6:07 PM PDT

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  • 08.27.2009 6:07 PM PDT

Posted by: TES Christian
Posted by: ReZeNeR
There will never be custom avatars allowed on this site.....Bungie has stated this numerous times.

Posted by: TES Christian
Custom Avatars I presume...


Nevermind, It's probably going to be the ODST avatars.


Custom Avatars will never be an option. Bungie, specifically Achronos, said so.

  • 08.27.2009 6:07 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hypogonadism
Okay, you have one of the most amazing web teams ever! Everything looks fantastic and amazing. Seriously, leaderboards within Bungie will be so much better. They won't be limited to who's register on what site, they'll be from everyone all in one awesome looking place.


It's friends only. Sort of. You'll have to wait and see.

[Edited on 08.27.2009 6:08 PM PDT]

  • 08.27.2009 6:07 PM PDT

Posted by: stosh
Did you notice the player models don't have an ugly white background anymore? Wasn't fun :(

But it looks nicer :)


Thank you for that. Now I might actually be able to use that as my Avatar.

Question: Does it still have that thing where if you're wearing a top with a high collar and you can see the neck over the chest piece? For example, My Player Model's Mark V neck overlaps the plate for my Katana.

[Edited on 08.27.2009 6:11 PM PDT]

  • 08.27.2009 6:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
There are several million avatars being added.

No, I am not joking.
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New hotness is hot. Can't wait for an ETA, I'm also wondering if the forums layout will change as well. Don't forget about group/avatars/themes. All the good stuff.

OMG ! That's awesome news !

  • 08.27.2009 6:10 PM PDT

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  • 08.27.2009 6:10 PM PDT

Check out the group, Planet Reach and talk about Bungie's next game without the annoyance of the public forum. Oh and it's nice there too.

You thought you had lag, it took Jesus 3 days to re-spawn.

Once again, the web team outdoes themselves. They deserve a raise.

Everything is awesome. I really can't wait till the new new drops.

  • 08.27.2009 6:10 PM PDT

"as you're read this." in the last few lines of text, is (i believe) a grammatical error. Sorry to be so -blam!- about this, but just letting you know :)

  • 08.27.2009 6:11 PM PDT

Plekpedia - The most epic site in the history of ever.

AWESOME!


I am scared though, I don't want to get lost in Bungie.net like it is a 3,000 mile long forest.


Still, incredibly brillaint. Can't wait.

[Edited on 08.27.2009 6:18 PM PDT]

  • 08.27.2009 6:11 PM PDT

Excellent. Campaign films.

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  • 08.27.2009 6:11 PM PDT

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Yes. To clarify - global leaderboards like we had for Halo 2 are not a good thing. We're not bringing those back. Friend leaderboards, however, are cool. And the ODST leaderboard expands on that a bit to do what you want it to do without the stupidity global leaderboards cause.

Posted by: stosh
Posted by: Hypogonadism
Okay, you have one of the most amazing web teams ever! Everything looks fantastic and amazing. Seriously, leaderboards within Bungie will be so much better. They won't be limited to who's register on what site, they'll be from everyone all in one awesome looking place.


It's friends only. Sort of. You'll have to wait and see.

  • 08.27.2009 6:11 PM PDT

OMGz i can finaly haz reconz!
new set up looks sweet cant wait for ODST! glad to put my money bungies way to help make more awsome games :D

  • 08.27.2009 6:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: Achronos
There are several million avatars being added.

No, I am not joking.
Posted by: All of humanity
New hotness is hot. Can't wait for an ETA, I'm also wondering if the forums layout will change as well. Don't forget about group/avatars/themes. All the good stuff.


Okay, Achronos, I love you too. Urk, nothing personal.

  • 08.27.2009 6:12 PM PDT

absolute awesomesauce! this is the best thing to cross my screen in ages!

and urk, congrats on your own upgrade!

....can't wait for all these new goodies to drop

  • 08.27.2009 6:13 PM PDT

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Posted by: stosh
Did you notice the player models don't have an ugly white background anymore? Wasn't fun :(

But it looks nicer :)
Nice work. Now I can easily copy my model into a Paint.net file and work mah magic.

=P

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  • 08.27.2009 6:13 PM PDT

Posted by: Achronos
Yes. To clarify - global leaderboards like we had for Halo 2 are not a good thing. We're not bringing those back. Friend leaderboards, however, are cool. And the ODST leaderboard expands on that a bit to do what you want it to do without the stupidity global leaderboards cause.

Posted by: stosh
Posted by: Hypogonadism
Okay, you have one of the most amazing web teams ever! Everything looks fantastic and amazing. Seriously, leaderboards within Bungie will be so much better. They won't be limited to who's register on what site, they'll be from everyone all in one awesome looking place.


It's friends only. Sort of. You'll have to wait and see.


That's good. I am pleased that Global Leaderboards are not going to be implemented. It will lessen the flaming and spam on the Forums about Global Tops on the Leaderboards, as compared to having it.

  • 08.27.2009 6:14 PM PDT

Can you please, oh dear please, not send me ANY RANDOM GROUP INVITATIONS. You will be blocked.

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This article made me happy. Verrrry happy.

It actually got me pumped again for ODST. So thanks.

Also, lol @ the new symbol for meleeing, which actually looks like...FALCO PUNCH!

  • 08.27.2009 6:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: LordOfBlah51
Posted by: stosh
Did you notice the player models don't have an ugly white background anymore? Wasn't fun :(

But it looks nicer :)


Thank you for that. Now I might actually be able to use that as my Avatar.

Question: Does it still have that thing where if you're wearing a top with a high collar and you can see the neck over the chest piece? For example, My Player Model's Mark V neck overlaps the plate for my Katana.


Maybe but I think it will be less noticable. The player model is built out of a base file with armor pieces overlayed on top. We then automagically assemble the playermodel back into a single image and display it on bungie.net. We fixed some of the alpha blending...It is now a PNG file with no background.

[Edited on 08.27.2009 6:17 PM PDT]

  • 08.27.2009 6:15 PM PDT

Owners of the Katana: A place for those who have a Katana or over 1000GS in Halo 3.

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Posted by: stosh
Posted by: LordOfBlah51
Posted by: stosh
Did you notice the player models don't have an ugly white background anymore? Wasn't fun :(

But it looks nicer :)


Thank you for that. Now I might actually be able to use that as my Avatar.

Question: Does it still have that thing where if you're wearing a top with a high collar and you can see the neck over the chest piece? For example, My Player Model's Mark V neck overlaps the plate for my Katana.


Maybe but I think it will be less noticable. The player model is built out of a base file with armor pieces overlayed on top. We then automagically assemble the playermodel back into a single image and display it on bungie.net. We fixed some of the alpha blending...It is now a PNG file with no background.

Did you mean to say 'automatically'? Because, even if you didn't, it still makes sense. :P

  • 08.27.2009 6:20 PM PDT