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Subject: Countdown to China... Nah, it couldn't be!
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I was just perusing the images of the H2: Collector's Edition case. Now, don't quote me on anything, but as I was admiring the look of the tin case I stopped on something I had overlooked a few times before. Again, I'm likely grasping at straws, but with all the ilovebees messages being potential snippets of Halo/H2 character conversations and status updates of Bungie's progress on H2, I found this to be a little difficult to ignore:

Follow this link:

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/metalboxshotz/ backmetalbox.gif

and take a careful look at the bottom left corner of the case.

I'm a firm believer in MS/Bungie adhering to the official release date of November 9th, but could this be more evidence that by August 24th the game will have gone gold and be going for manufacturing(METASTASIZING) at the pressing plants? That would give MS/Bungie plenty of time to finalize the ad campaigns, distribution channels, POP displays and prepare the LIVE servers for the biggest title the service will have yet seen.

Hmm...

  • 07.27.2004 2:19 PM PDT
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Link doesnt work...

  • 07.27.2004 2:24 PM PDT
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i wanna see the pic... fix the link

  • 07.27.2004 2:26 PM PDT
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Front
http://www.bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/metalboxshotz/ front metalboxsm.gif
Back
http://www.bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/metalboxshotz/ Backmetalboxsm.gif
I think thats it...

Edit: Found The Link

[Edited on 7/27/2004 2:31:05 PM]

  • 07.27.2004 2:27 PM PDT
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wow... what is it

[Edited on 7/27/2004 2:32:11 PM]

  • 07.27.2004 2:30 PM PDT
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im not sure what im looking for, whats so special

  • 07.27.2004 2:32 PM PDT
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What am I supposed to be seeing? I see nothing that hints at it going gold in august...

  • 07.27.2004 2:32 PM PDT
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its to small to c

  • 07.27.2004 2:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: itsabrditsaplane
What am I supposed to be seeing? I see nothing that hints at it going gold in august...


Im not really sure either, I think I know what he is talking about but Im not totally sure.

  • 07.27.2004 2:33 PM PDT
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what ARE we looking for?
and the front box doesnt work..
and the site says METASIZING will begin in 14 days if im not mistaken, August 10th.

  • 07.27.2004 2:34 PM PDT
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are you talkin about that tiny text in the corner?

  • 07.27.2004 2:34 PM PDT
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Made in Hong Kong?

  • 07.27.2004 2:35 PM PDT
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It's nothing particularly clever, it's just that on the tin case, it says it's made in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, China.

I figured the messages aren't going to say "...time to Redmond, or Hong Kong..." or something that specfic.

Just my two cents to the unfolding mystery of H2.

  • 07.27.2004 2:36 PM PDT
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dosent mean the games made in china just the case

  • 07.27.2004 2:37 PM PDT
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what are u TALKING ABOUT

  • 07.27.2004 2:40 PM PDT
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Yes, Riddick, while that is true I was just offering some evidence to the China reference. I haven't seen any other posts regarding that piece of information.

I've read the three books, kept up with this site and played Halo:CE time and again, but there was never any reference to the East Asian continent.

Again, just my two cents(Canadian, so with the exchange, $0.007).

  • 07.27.2004 2:44 PM PDT