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Subject: August 24th coincidences
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I was only kidding. Good counter point though. I just like reading the pro-24 posts and reassuring myself, because I am one of the 24ers. But then I like being shot down by the pro-9ers to not get my hopes up and keep my sights on the 9th. This makes it sound like football teams. The whole deflatable boner thing was just for fun.

  • 07.31.2004 1:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: snakies
what about to get halo 2 to the gamers before half-life 2 and doom 3. if they release on Aug 24th, halo 2 beats the competition and no-one even buys hl2 and d3. if they wait til nov 9th, they release last and the sales may suffer


Dude seriously are you that retarted. First of all Doom 3 comes out in three days and its a computer game. Its Xbox version doesnt even have a final date just the Holiday season 04. Half-life 2 doesn't even have a release date for its PC version and the Xbox version doesnt come out until after that. So none of those games for Xbox are coming out before Halo 2. And the demographic for the PC is different from the Xbox, so yes in a small way those PC titles will be some compition for Halo 2, even though Doom 3 is the only one coming out first, but not like the Xbox versions that are coming out later than Nov 9 and have less of a cult following

  • 07.31.2004 1:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: RuptureFarmer
I was only kidding. Good counter point though. I just like reading the pro-24 posts and reassuring myself, because I am one of the 24ers. But then I like being shot down by the pro-9ers to not get my hopes up and keep my sights on the 9th. This makes it sound like football teams. The whole deflatable boner thing was just for fun.


You talking about boners and all is getting me excited. Im getting a little chubby from listening to you :)



Haha Just kidding

  • 07.31.2004 1:48 AM PDT
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Hahaha! Man, that’s probably the first post to ever make me burst into laughter.

  • 07.31.2004 1:56 AM PDT
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By the way whats with the name dude is it like porking a farmer im confused but i must say thats one of the coolest names and at least it isnt like HaloMasterChief or MasterChief908 or something predicable like that

  • 07.31.2004 2:00 AM PDT
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do you know what i hate most.. in this world?

people who repeat things that everyone else in the world knows

they drone on and on, and we have to listen because we think that there might be a single scrap of new evidence in that meaningless pile of crap.. but then when we get to the end were like.. "oh hell."

i dispise you

  • 07.31.2004 2:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: BentTwig
Mister Coffee

How can looking at them taking their picture or the smile on someones face say its coming out on the 24th. Maybe hes smiling because he just finished a portion of the game that he was working on for a long time. Maybe his favorite baseball team won thier game. Maybe he got laid. So he smiled WOW. Also, maybe that professional photographer was just doing pictures for a story about "Making of Halo 2" or maybe their pictures for your beloved Extra disc. Just looking at a vidio doesnt say anything.


I was reading into the scene I was presented. To much coincidence, that is my arguement with the photographer. Something doesn't look right with the situation.

My argument with the everything I said previously has to do with a little "smoke screen" of sorts. I'm saying a lot of the Halo 2 development we have been reading about, has been done already, and the news we read is approximately 2 months old. I'm not saying Halo 2 has shipped already, but I believe that many units are ready to ship. It is very cheap, and very easy to ship mass orders of ONE product overnight, from one side of the US to the other.

Another thing Pre-orders of Halo 2 are around 700k right now I believe. If I was the PM for Microsoft on the Halo 2 project, and I had the choice between bumping up 3rd Quarter Profits or 4th Quarter Profits, I would do Q3, EASILY. That means all the pre-ordered sets get paid for and money transfers happen in August (i.e. your money from pre-order gets to MS b/c you have official recieved or been mailed your product). See, the longer the pre-ordered sets wait, the longer the money sits OUTSIDE, Microsoft's hands. The longer people wait, the more time people have to change their minds. Now, you could say that "hey Bungie fans would never cancel their pre-order". Bull-blam!-. People change their minds on more critical decisions everyday, don't think for a second that they wouldn't over a $50-$60 video game.

If I was Microsoft, I would think, Ok I'll make a bunch of money off the pre-orders in August, and then when Christmas shopping roles around, I will make a bunch of money in November as well. You know how people make money? Because they sell when buyers are ready.

But, oh well. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong and I wait two more months. Big deal. But it was fun bringing up the argument. I understand your frustrations as well Benttwig, your argument is well recieved, minus your bastard like sarcasm on the photographer. ;-)

  • 07.31.2004 11:20 AM PDT
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ITS SATURDAY!!!!

Not that many people are going to be working in the offices. Plus, just because there aren't that many people in the 3 cams we are given access to, doensn't mean they aren't working. Do you happen to know which area cam 1 is at. For all we konw its at Frankie's desk and he might be in Europe or Pakistan or where ever that dude wanted him to go this week.

  • 07.31.2004 11:25 AM PDT
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HALO 2 Was NEVER COMING OUT THE 24TH OF AUG. And The Most I Expect From XBM Is Millions Of Screens Or Hopefully An MP Demo Of Zanzibar, Zanzibar Becuase We've Seen It Already.

  • 07.31.2004 11:30 AM PDT
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the reason nobody is working is because it is NOT A WORKDAY

  • 07.31.2004 11:54 AM PDT
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Has ne one noticed that Gamepro EGM and OXM will all have there new issues out on the 24th?

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Posted by: BentTwig
By the way whats with the name dude is it like porking a farmer im confused but i must say thats one of the coolest names and at least it isnt like HaloMasterChief or MasterChief908 or something predicable like that


My name is a reference to Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. In that one, you have to bring down a giant corporation of Glukkons called Rupture Farms. And being the huge oddworld fan that I am, I named myself RuptureFarmer. Thanks for the compliments.

  • 07.31.2004 12:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: X117
Has ne one noticed that Gamepro EGM and OXM will all have there new issues out on the 24th?


Creepy. Someone go to 1up.com and see if you can get Shoe to talk.

  • 07.31.2004 12:08 PM PDT
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looks like they have put a can of tuna over the the release date..
does this mean they have CANNED the software?

  • 07.31.2004 12:09 PM PDT
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btw they have been doing alot of playing halo 2 the past 3 days... NOT WORKING

  • 07.31.2004 12:09 PM PDT
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that camera they've been using. if it's a video cam, expect to see this stuff again on the LE DVD.

  • 07.31.2004 12:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: x6ax
btw they have been doing alot of playing halo 2 the past 3 days... NOT WORKING

Maybe they are playing Halo 2 to find bugs and glitches.

  • 07.31.2004 12:16 PM PDT
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maybe...

  • 07.31.2004 12:19 PM PDT
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i don't know; taking pictures of the webcams and such seems more like gloating.

Not that i blame them.

  • 07.31.2004 12:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: justlazy
the reason nobody is working is because it is NOT A WORKDAY


Posted by: triggerhappy336
ITS SATURDAY!!!!
So, you guys are telling me that if you had a major piece of software going out in a few months you would be at home chilling? Give me a break. Why don't you kids talk to someone that has worked on a major project with a major deadline, for a guerilla company and see what they say about working on the weekends. This isn't your high school senior year term report, this is a major piece of software. They can't just pull an all nighter the week before its due and call it good, and get a B- or C+. They MUST get it in to their boses and thier boses boss and so on so forth. Plus marketing and QA/QC. When you guys enter the real work force, why don't you give Bungie and a call and see how it really is. Sorry if I'm rash, thats just the way I feel.

  • 07.31.2004 12:47 PM PDT

school starts the 24 here in lincoln, that would suck if it actually came out that day!!

  • 07.31.2004 12:58 PM PDT

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