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Subject: OXM release is the 10th, NOT the 24th!
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The RELEASE date for the mag is Aug 10th (subscribers will get theirs circa), but the STREET date ("hits newstands...") is the 24th. HOWEVER, the 10th is when the 2nd ILB ("metastasize") countdown ends. You figure it out. Apparently the distinction was important enough to Bungie for them to have two separate countdowns..

http://www.futurenetworkusa.com/pdf/oxm/2004-Schedule.pdf

  • 07.30.2004 9:10 PM PDT
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that puts a damper on the early release speculation

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all this thread is saying is that we might get the news earlier from subscribers if the rumors are true.

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So the MAG will come out on the 10th and maybe it will talk about a demo release for the 24th?

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I got the September issue today. It has Conker on the front.

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Posted by: PieFresh_
So the MAG will come out on the 10th and maybe it will talk about a demo release for the 24th?


the 10th is when subscribers get it and the 24 is when it hits news stands from what he says.

i just looked at the schedule and there is nothing there about a mag coming out aug 24. the sept issue is coming out the 10th but that already came out for subscribers... man im confused

[Edited on 7/30/2004 9:21:57 PM]

  • 07.30.2004 9:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: PieFresh_
So the MAG will come out on the 10th and maybe it will talk about a demo release for the 24th?


Well, if it's a demo, the only way Bungie could avoid screwing over non-subscribers (which they would be conscientious to do) would be if it were a LIVE demo, where the servers would not be online (the demo wouldn't work) until the 24th. The language in the two countdowns is not incompatible with this theory, either: "metastasize"=to spread throughout=distribution of the discs themselves; "wide awake and physical"=when you can actually log onto LIVE to play the demo. Of course, it would probably be the Zanzibar level. On the 28th people will be able to play that level at the Penny Arcade Expo anyway, right? It's not too strange an idea, then, that Bungie could circulate a demo of that level.

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  • 07.30.2004 9:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: PieFresh_
So the MAG will come out on the 10th and maybe it will talk about a demo release for the 24th?


the 10th is when subscribers get it and the 24 is when it hits news stands from what he says.

i just looked at the schedule and there is nothing there about a mag coming out aug 24. the sept issue is coming out the 10th but that already came out for subscribers... man im confused


Well, on that link it only says the 10th, but if you search www.officialxboxmagazine.com to find a picture of/ advertisement for that issue, it says plainly "on newsstands Aug. 24th." Several people have posted this pic, too.

  • 07.30.2004 9:25 PM PDT
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o ya... im too tired to think straight sorry

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Posted by: DNak
all this thread is saying is that we might get the news earlier from subscribers if the rumors are true.


Right, that's what I'm thinking. Word would come down the pipe on the 10th, but NO WAY Bungie is gonna let the far greater majority of its fans who don't subscribe to OXM languish while waiting two weeks for their demo copy to hit stands. So that's why I think if it's a demo disk shipped with OXM, it must necessarily be on LIVE only, with the ability to play it beginning on the 24th.

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Posted by: PieFresh_
So the MAG will come out on the 10th and maybe it will talk about a demo release for the 24th?


Dude do you know what you just said? The subscribers get the august 24 issue on the 10th its the same -blam!- magazine for crying out loud.

  • 07.30.2004 9:36 PM PDT
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LOLOLOLOL

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Posted by: Jason_4_04
I got the September issue today. It has Conker on the front.


they are talking about the next issue go to page 96 of ur and u will see

  • 07.30.2004 9:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: PieFresh_
So the MAG will come out on the 10th and maybe it will talk about a demo release for the 24th?


Dude do you know what you just said? The subscribers get the august 24 issue on the 10th its the same -blam!- magazine for crying out loud.


that still doesnt mean there wont be a demo

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Wait wait wait... the OCTOBER issue is coming out in AUGUST?! No one else sees something wrong with that?

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Posted by: foodfodaskin
Posted by: PieFresh_
So the MAG will come out on the 10th and maybe it will talk about a demo release for the 24th?


the 10th is when subscribers get it and the 24 is when it hits news stands from what he says.

i just looked at the schedule and there is nothing there about a mag coming out aug 24. the sept issue is coming out the 10th but that already came out for subscribers... man im confused


The tenth just might be the time we all get the news then.

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why would u not subscribe to OXM its only 30buks and u save like 100 dollars when u subscribe. it is gonna be a demo of like a tutorial that just lets u shoot some of the weopons and some of the new stuff.

  • 07.30.2004 10:05 PM PDT

[color=white]Hate to rain on your parade, but the special issues don't get sent to subscribers unless they specially request them.
If subscribers do request them it counts against the number they get per year (which, with OXM, is 13 (the 13th being a year end special)).
Now maybe OXM is putting this August 24th issue out instead of the year end special they normally do (I've subscribed for two years now), and maybe subscribers will get it in early August.
Personally, I doubt it, since the September issue has arrived at most subscriber's houses this week (got mine two days ago) and the October issue is the next one subscribers should be receiving (around the end of August--subscriptions usually run a month and a half ahead of the calendar, and at least a week or so ahead of retail newsstands).
Solution: Email OXM and ask them if the August 24th issue is going to subscribers or if everyone has to pick it up on the newsstands.[/color]

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  • 07.30.2004 10:08 PM PDT
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Yeah, I thought about this, too, since Bungie seems especially concerned about newcomers to the game possibly getting slaughtered--maybe they want folks to get a feel for the controls first. But how would Bungie keep non-subscribers from feeling ripped/losing their minds during the two-week wait? I guarantee you'd read about H2 demo related crimes.

Posted by: DANuke10
it is gonna be a demo of like a tutorial that just lets u shoot some of the weopons and some of the new stuff.


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[color=white]If OXM releases a demo, they'll also ship enough magazines to retail outlets to make sure of two things: 1: That a lot (I mean A LOT)of people get the magazine, and 2: That that issue is the biggest selling issue in the history of their magazine.[/color]

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  • 07.30.2004 10:12 PM PDT
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they wont release a demo ever, -blam!- bone

  • 07.30.2004 10:47 PM PDT

Posted by: NinjaMasterG
they wont release a demo ever, -blam!- bone

[color=white]Wow.
Did anyone else here know that the All-Knowing God Almighty was here, in this very thread?
God says there will be no demo, so there you have it. We may as well give up all hope and go back to playing Scrabble with our grandmas until November.

Wait--he can't be God!

God knows my bone is violently hetero.sex.ual.[/color]

  • 07.30.2004 10:56 PM PDT
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see its wierd becuase two days ago i just got the september issue oh OXM on july 28th isnt that kinda wierd becuase i usually get it on the 5th or around then so why would they send one out so suddenly when they already just sent me one

  • 07.30.2004 11:06 PM PDT
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the august issue that is out for subscribers and street dat is the 10th or sooner is all about conkers.
Next Issue
Xbox grows up with a full hands on report of Conker: Live and Reloaded, as well as a rundown of games for grown-ups! Plus loads more!
http://www.officialxboxmagazine.com/

  • 07.30.2004 11:06 PM PDT

[color=white]The August issue has GoldenEye: Rogue Agent's Odd Job on the cover, throwing his top hat. It arrived in subscribers mailboxes in early June.
The September (Conker) issue arrived this week.

Email OXM and ask them about the "special" issue "hitting newsstands August 24th."
They probably won't tell you if there's a demo, but they will tell you if subscribers will get it in the mail or have to buy it.[/color]

  • 07.30.2004 11:12 PM PDT