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FIRST!!! ...on page six

Posted by: XDekoyX
Yes, the "Hi Ben" thing is an easter egg.. But, can someone breife me on the story behind it, if there are any clues besides "There once was a level quite airy
With some leaps that were dreadfully hairy
To get to Hi Ben
Takes a Gondola then
A leap with the touch of a fairy"



Easter Eggs are put in game by developers usually as little secrets for consumers to find or as jokes. Often an unorthadox method must be devised to access or view these eggs. They challenge players to be creative and push the potental of a game and its engine.

no one will ever know the purpose of this easter egg unless the creator or the person dubbed "ben" knows the inside joke or purpose for this. the point is, we know it is out there but we dont know where... the reason for it? a joke? something for us to search for because it is very well hidden? we probably won't ever know. just follow the clues that Frankie gives and maybe you will end up finding it ;)

[Edited on 7/30/2005]

  • 07.30.2005 10:31 AM PDT
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I just want to give a "Ha ha, punk mothaf*&%$" to all the cheaters, you deserve it.

  • 07.30.2005 11:41 AM PDT
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the fairy might be the prophet

  • 07.30.2005 11:56 AM PDT
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Where do you write to get your thoughts posted in the Weekly What's Update?

  • 07.30.2005 11:57 AM PDT
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Hey I was wondering if Bungie had any plans to improve either the damage, or the tracking on the needler. I mean, if the plasma pistol can home in on someone who's almost 80 degrees to your left, then why can't the needler home in on someone who isn't directly right in front of you? Although I must say that in the off-chance that I do get to kill someone with needlers, it's fun to hear them cry and whine.

Also, I don't know if it's just a coincidence, but is Bungie going to change the playlists so we can get an equal chance of getting Beaver Creek, Midship, etc. etc? It seems like ever since these new maps came out, I've always been getting Sanctuary, Turf, or Warlock on any matchmaking game. Not that those maps suck, I just want to play some other maps once in awhile...

  • 07.30.2005 11:59 AM PDT
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Easter Eggs are put in game by developers usually as little secrets for consumers to find or as jokes. Often an unorthadox method must be devised to access or view these eggs. They challenge players to be creative and push the potental of a game and its engine.

no one will ever know the purpose of this easter egg unless the creator or the person dubbed "ben" knows the inside joke or purpose for this. the point is, we know it is out there but we dont know where... the reason for it? a joke? something for us to search for because it is very well hidden? we probably won't ever know. just follow the clues that Frankie gives and maybe you will end up finding it ;)

Dude.. I know what easter eggs are, and I asked what other posts have been made about it, clues even.. So, basically, what you JUST said.. Does NOT help me in the least.. x.x

  • 07.30.2005 12:06 PM PDT
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Is boosting cheating?

  • 07.30.2005 12:49 PM PDT
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boosting is not cheating, because your noit using modified content. anyway... the fairy is probably a plasma grenade, so i would suppose a plasma grenade jump after one of the gondala rides.. but that's just me

  • 07.30.2005 1:22 PM PDT
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WOW, both of those hockey guys are dumbasses. The first one got banned for modding and he asked if it was fair???? wow. I hope he is never able to play again.

Then the other one leaves cheating feedback just because he destroyed him? wow.

  • 07.30.2005 1:25 PM PDT
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XDekoyX - you said does anyone know the story behind it. Well i just told you, that we WILL NOT know the freakin story behind it because easter eggs are almost always inside jokes or something... even when you find it you wont know. unless you contact the PERSON THAT PUT IT IN THERE and ask them... you will never know. and i doubt VERY HIGHLY that they would release that information. so yeah please READ before complaining about me not being any help

  • 07.30.2005 1:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: magic9ball
boosting is not cheating, because your noit using modified content. anyway... the fairy is probably a plasma grenade, so i would suppose a plasma grenade jump after one of the gondala rides.. but that's just me


Wow, boosting is cheating. It's not playing actuall games get higher levels. are you retarded?

How would this NOT be cheating? it's just a different type.

  • 07.30.2005 1:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: Cool Jack
Is boosting cheating?


YES boosting is cheating, bungie said you will get banned for boosting, i dunno what that other guy is sayin about it NOT being cheating... if you are in a party with a modder or cheater and you BOOST your stats by always winning no matter what because of the cheater in your party, YOU are in fact cheating to get your stats higher without actually using TALENT to get that. yes its cheating yes you will get banned and go read bungies previous posts about cheating if you don't believe me.

  • 07.30.2005 1:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: magic9ball
boosting is not cheating, because your noit using modified content. anyway... the fairy is probably a plasma grenade, so i would suppose a plasma grenade jump after one of the gondala rides.. but that's just me


Wow, boosting is cheating. It's not playing actuall games get higher levels. are you retarded?

How would this NOT be cheating? it's just a different type.


yeah magic9ball is one of those few people who probably doesnt think modding is cheating. "your right magic, boosting is not cheating... so why don't you go boost a bit and get a visit from the magic ban hammer while your sleeping, it will crush your dreams of ever being on matchmaking again" HAHAHAH

  • 07.30.2005 1:29 PM PDT
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Hey I have three questions, first, why does it seem that all modders sound like immature 10 year olds? Do their parents care that they are breaking their contract with XBL and clearly wasting money? Second, If you guys are putting the Arbiter in Halo 3, then at least dont give him the last level cuz that ruined Halo 2 for me. And my last question is the "Hi Ben" thing in single player and if it is then is it in "Delta Halo" or "Regret", oh and it the prophet of Regret the fairy?

  • 07.30.2005 1:29 PM PDT
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This is a question for bungie: When will you fix the stats page for big team battle? whenever I check my stats, It says no games played for big team battle yet I know im a lvl 25 cause I play it all the time...?

  • 07.30.2005 1:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: HAVOK nuke
Hey I have three questions, first, why does it seem that all modders sound like immature 10 year olds? Do their parents care that they are breaking their contract with XBL and clearly wasting money? Second, If you guys are putting the Arbiter in Halo 3, then at least dont give him the last level cuz that ruined Halo 2 for me. And my last question is the "Hi Ben" thing in single player and if it is then is it in "Delta Halo" or "Regret", oh and it the prophet of Regret the fairy?


answer #1: they are probably 10 year olds and their parents are probably too doped up to realize you have to be at least 13 to be on xbox live and at least 17 to play halo 2. I am just amazed that little kids have the ability to find and download hacked map contents and make a cable to ftp it to their xbox's via PC. obviously their parents dont care what they do and the kids are not smart enough to understand RULES which their parents clearly dont enforce, they scream, threaten and swear, even though they are unaware that most of the halo 2 fans out there are 20 year olds and up, and could kick their scrawny asses so hard it would render them unconcious. they get banned and unfortunetly don't learn a lesson and send stupid emails about why they got banned like that hockey guy in Frankies latest post.

answer #2 ok well i dont know how to answer this for you since what you said was not a question. bungie will not even say they are making halo 3, they will not say ANYTHING, so dont bother asking or requesting about halo 3 because they will just deny it. and that arbiter thing shouldn't have ruined halo 2, it was supposed to make you want to play halo 3 (if and when it comes out)

answer #3 no one has found the "hi ben" easter egg yet, so no one knows the answers to the clues Frankie gave. the fairy could be anything for all we know, maybe its a prophet since he floats and fairies float, and thats about all i can guess. you just have to realize easter eggs are meant for users to go BEYOND the game limits and explore, so you will have to search hard for that egg... also search the internet (on google) for some hints or theories that people have discovered about the "hi ben" egg. maybe someone has already discovered it but it hasn't been reported to Frankie yet, or the person who discovered it doesn't go on bungie.net? who knows... point being, only the creators of the game know the answer and they aren't going to spoil it by telling us the answer.

  • 07.30.2005 1:37 PM PDT
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um. i think i lost my xbox guys....its not in my room anymore...could it be downstairs.and wheres my halo2 disc?! darnit.

  • 07.30.2005 1:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: FragMasterD
um. i think i lost my xbox guys....its not in my room anymore...could it be downstairs.and wheres my halo2 disc?! darnit.


remind me again how this has anything to do with Frankies latest post? I thought this was a board to discuss his latest post.

  • 07.30.2005 1:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Silenced Truth
XDekoyX - you said does anyone know the story behind it. Well i just told you, that we WILL NOT know the freakin story behind it because easter eggs are almost always inside jokes or something... even when you find it you wont know. unless you contact the PERSON THAT PUT IT IN THERE and ask them... you will never know. and i doubt VERY HIGHLY that they would release that information. so yeah please READ before complaining about me not being any help
ONCE AGAIN.. Lost in translation, what I ment by "Story behind it" was not about all easter eggs, I ment the rumor behind it, which was given out by Frankie, so in other words, what you said, once more is useless.. Not to be rude, just trying to clear stuff up... The only reason I'm bringing this up, is because it was on the update questions.

  • 07.30.2005 1:54 PM PDT
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When It ended up that you got to be the arbiter in the end it didnt ruin it, it made it better, elites are so freakin awesome and the covenant screwed them over. The brute home world should be desecrated in many horrible ways. As for little ten years olds they all suck because for some odd reason they either mod or are not half bad at the game. Now i am only 15 and halo 2 was rated m for extremely stupid reasons. And to anybody who blatently cusses on live you should be banned for all eternity. You dont know who plays on live. And about halo 3 i agree with silenced truth, bungie isnt going to say anything so get over it. All i know is they had better focus more on the campaign than on live. And i have one more thing, post something if you think bungie should stop worrying too much about halo2 on live and all the damn bugs, and focus in halo 3 I mean there is no way on earth they will ever fix all the freakin bugs and glitches without writing nex code and reselling the game. Stop worrying about it damnit. And about modding, it does suck when people do it in matchmaking, but some games have accepted modders as part of the society and have been bettered for it. That is all.

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What happens if you use the Action Replay for a gametype that you couldn't normally get, like no weapons and no reticule with grenades only? I dont see where the harm in that is. Its one on my favorite gametypes called "Sticky Blue Balls"

  • 07.30.2005 2:07 PM PDT
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Halo 3 will PWN! Bungie has learned from thier mistakes, so there wont be many Halo 3 haters as there are Halo 2 haters. Just remember that Halo 3 is a completely different game from Halo 2 and Halo 1, so don't expect thing to be the same with new maps, weapons and graphics.

  • 07.30.2005 2:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: XDekoyX
Posted by: Silenced Truth
XDekoyX - you said does anyone know the story behind it. Well i just told you, that we WILL NOT know the freakin story behind it because easter eggs are almost always inside jokes or something... even when you find it you wont know. unless you contact the PERSON THAT PUT IT IN THERE and ask them... you will never know. and i doubt VERY HIGHLY that they would release that information. so yeah please READ before complaining about me not being any help
ONCE AGAIN.. Lost in translation, what I ment by "Story behind it" was not about all easter eggs, I ment the rumor behind it, which was given out by Frankie, so in other words, what you said, once more is useless.. Not to be rude, just trying to clear stuff up... The only reason I'm bringing this up, is because it was on the update questions.


read carefully now, the rumor is, there is the words "Hi Ben" somewhere in the halo 2 game... we don't know where it is, what it means or anything. that was what i said several times

  • 07.30.2005 2:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: wuz sup
Halo 3 will PWN! Bungie has learned from thier mistakes, so there wont be many Halo 3 haters as there are Halo 2 haters. Just remember that Halo 3 is a completely different game from Halo 2 and Halo 1, so don't expect thing to be the same with new maps, weapons and graphics.


halo 3 is probably going to be for xbox 360, and xbox live gold is supposed to have the most advanced anti-cheat system for online gaming, so of course, halo 3 will be hard to cheat at... if at all

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Posted by: Harbinger187
What happens if you use the Action Replay for a gametype that you couldn't normally get, like no weapons and no reticule with grenades only? I dont see where the harm in that is. Its one on my favorite gametypes called "Sticky Blue Balls"


well there really isn't any harm, but the fact is, its a hacked gametype. you can download OFFICIAL gametypes for action replay ONLY at www.codejunkies.com (make sure it says OFFICIAL). Bungie just made things easy and said ANY hacked or modified profiles, saved games, maps, or content on the xbox will be punishable by permanent ban. so unless you want to be perm banned i suggest you keep that OFF your xbox (the special gametypes with no weapons and stuff) unless you unhook xbox live and delete the gametype BEFORE hooking back up to xbox live. it sort of sucks but if it gets rid of modders im content

  • 07.30.2005 2:40 PM PDT