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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 01.22.10

"I just looked at a 7-day forecast. Furnace. Ugly. Cooking. Killer. Yowtch! Overcooked. Unbearable. I've never had it spell out "-blam!- you" on me before." -Facetious Sage

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Did I see "sandbox" in there relating to the gameplay?

Interesting...

As for the contest, might try my hand at that.

  • 01.22.2010 6:27 PM PDT

How long until we get a number of the people who participated in "Be a Hero" with the heart emblem enabled? I'm sad that we didn't get to $77,000 on matchmaking, but I'm am glad to hear a lot of folks bought a lot of t-shirts. I hope the collective amount of $100,000 will help those in need. Great job, everybody.

My prayers still go out to the Haitian people. Thanks, again, Bungie for being so awesome. I wish somebody in the media would do a story on this.

Oh, and great update! Keep up the good work, Urk!

  • 01.22.2010 6:29 PM PDT

Big shiny Reach pics and stuff early next week?!?

< head explodes >


AWESOME. Roll on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/whenever (patience being a virtue and all that)! :D

Glad to see the 'Be A Hero' drive is doing well, even if it fell short of the $77,000 - saw a lot of people rocking the red heart over the last couple of days, nice to know folk are doing their bit. Can't wait to see the final amount including the store takings for February - kudos, Bungie! :)

  • 01.22.2010 6:31 PM PDT

I prefer señor Legendary Member.

Roadhouse.
I have seen the powers at hand and I can honestly say I am not ready

Sweet update.

Couple things:

I'm going to try and make an emblem. It will probably be lame and I am wearing my BE A HERO shirt. It is awesome.

  • 01.22.2010 6:33 PM PDT

Posted by: Navaha42
Did I see "sandbox" in there relating to the gameplay?

Interesting...

As for the contest, might try my hand at that.

Sandbox is used to describe all the weapons, vehicles, grenades, and equipment like items in the game and how they relate to each other.

And Urk, can I get a clarification? By "Original Artwork only", does that mean we can't use items from Halo in our designs? For example, lets say I wanted to make a crossed AR Emblem, thats a no-go?

[Edited on 01.22.2010 6:37 PM PST]

  • 01.22.2010 6:36 PM PDT

Maybe I will never be
All the things that I wanna be
But now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever

0_0

  • 01.22.2010 6:41 PM PDT

I'd like to know, how many people actually changed their symbol to a heart? Did we reach the goal of 770,000?

  • 01.22.2010 6:42 PM PDT

Hello

great update cant wait for more info


and congratulations on the money for haiti

  • 01.22.2010 6:46 PM PDT

I can't wait for more Halo: Reach information soon! Congrats to the Haiti-relief efforts.

  • 01.22.2010 6:49 PM PDT

Posted by: A Bit Of Zero
This thread would have appealed to me more if it was written with crayons.
Posted by: King Dutchy
I broke one of the cords for my X11s because I couldn't get past the final American course in Doritos Crash Course.

This was an epic update, everything made me smile, cheers urk.

  • 01.22.2010 6:49 PM PDT

Posted by: T1B3R7uMB0YXVI
Chief vs the scarab? I find that hard to believe to roundhouse boot the scarab's figurative emotion out of the gaming zone.

Ooh, I can't wait to hear the reverb! (yes, I'm an audio nerd)

  • 01.22.2010 6:49 PM PDT

"I just looked at a 7-day forecast. Furnace. Ugly. Cooking. Killer. Yowtch! Overcooked. Unbearable. I've never had it spell out "-blam!- you" on me before." -Facetious Sage

The intelligence of my questions shall be directly proportional to the intelligence of your thread, and you will like it! -Jesusismyhomey

Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: Navaha42
Did I see "sandbox" in there relating to the gameplay?

Interesting...

As for the contest, might try my hand at that.

Sandbox is used to describe all the weapons, vehicles, grenades, and equipment like items in the game and how they relate to each other.

And Urk, can I get a clarification? By "Original Artwork only", does that mean we can't use items from Halo in our designs? For example, lets say I wanted to make a crossed AR Emblem, thats a no-go?


Oh, okay. I freaked out a bit when I saw "sandbox" as I figured it was hinting at something. Thanks for not letting my hopes build up too high before being crushed by Bungie. XD

And yes, Urk, can we use Halo-based designs?

  • 01.22.2010 6:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Marty the Elder
$9.99

That's pretty good for 2 hours of music without explosions and people yelling. I don't care if you steal it, but God does...

For the emblem submissions, it says to send them to
... septagon at bungie.com ...
Not Bnet?

  • 01.22.2010 7:10 PM PDT
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Thanks for choosing to whine over being a productive member of the community and possible element towards advancing Reach.

OOSNK!!!!!!!!

I don't know it sounds like a name Mr. Wilson would shout.

  • 01.22.2010 7:15 PM PDT

Dead Mans Hand-Always Loaded.

I WAS SOCK

Awesome update ^_^

Definitely going to get my submission in for the emblems =D

Glad to see the awesome turnout for the Haiti donations as well!

  • 01.22.2010 7:21 PM PDT

Kawkawkaw.

Oonsk huh... Mhmhm.. >:)

  • 01.22.2010 7:21 PM PDT

One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie

I better have been the first person to submit an emblem.

  • 01.22.2010 7:26 PM PDT

I got live!

I'm wearing my Be a Hero shirt right now.

  • 01.22.2010 7:28 PM PDT

[edit] Note below I'm complaining about the recent lack of info about the reach game itself. Studio news is not my complaint here. Some of the stuff below still applies to that stuff too.[/edit]

At least this update's "can't talk, no reach news we can talk about, look shiny!" was padded with news, and not padded with padding.

Honestly though, I DO enjoy reading this weekly. If not for the somehow still funny way you describe stuff, or blame stosh (cause I can't find that stuff cause the same photos are favorites), or the random stuff (too random to list). But this getting a little old, and you can't keep saying little to no news, bloat it to look better, and pad it with content.

Actually I think it would be better if you just give the news (the stuff you use to pad) and not drag on the agony by pretending you said something just to hit the end and find nothing. Just be straight. Say "I got nothing on X" and get on with it.

Enough venting.

Good to hear some news (hopefully it's actually news, maybe start filling the Halo: Reach project page?) is finally on it's way, along with what sounds like another podcast coming soon. Hope you save (or steal, and blame on stosh) a little for yourself (else it'll just be a repeat next time, though I'll direct myself elsewhere, most likely a good game.)

[edit] By the way, sweet Blame Stosh and that pic at the top for the article this week. And (know you seriously can't say but) were you describing a campaign map fragment or a multiplayer map fragment?

[Edited on 01.22.2010 7:40 PM PST]

  • 01.22.2010 7:29 PM PDT

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Hmm. A good update. I look forward to the next one.

  • 01.22.2010 7:41 PM PDT

7777777

They've really got me hopin for a beaver creek remake now cause that whole time he was explaining the noise mechanics on the map I was imagining him at beaver creek :(( or maybe coagulation with a waterfall and pond? =)

  • 01.22.2010 7:43 PM PDT

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I too have long hoped for a Battle Creek or Blood Gulch remake, but they probably won't make said maps. At least not in Halo: Reach.

  • 01.22.2010 7:46 PM PDT
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This is my original acc, but I changed my GT email, so its not linked to this acc anymore.

Nice update. Wow $100,000, nicely done people.
So does that mean we can change our emblems now?

  • 01.22.2010 8:04 PM PDT

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Indeed, I believe emblems are now changeable. Unless, of coarse, you wish to keep the heart symbol.

  • 01.22.2010 8:07 PM PDT

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This Oonsk guy is really coming to life...

Next we're going to have cartoons of him pooping grenades... wait a seconnd

  • 01.22.2010 8:18 PM PDT