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Subject: Who still believes in the august 24th release date?
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i just want everyone to know that this is the most replies i have ever recieved to one of my threads in my 6 months of posting.

  • 08.10.2004 3:25 AM PDT

SB-117

Posted by: Caesar14
Posted by: ash55
Posted by: Caesar14
Posted by: ash55
Posted by: Peck
choose a side now, if we're wrong, oh well. but what if we're right? i'll leave you on that thought.


IF you are wrong?? There is no "if". It is coming out in November.


And here we see ash55 demonstrate how to start a flame war.
:P


Err.....yeah.. I was just saying its November. 'Twasn't flaming.

Not saying you were flaming, but theres stupid people on this forum, and you just basicly said a november release is impossible, that can make some august supporting people mad, and thus start a flame war.

sorry, double posted.


But in that case anything can start a flame war then. This is a discussion just like any other. These "flashbang" threads can start a flame war, these ideas people have can start a flame war, Polls saying who would win in a fight between master chief and someone else could start a flame war etc. So if one person disagrees with an another it can start a flame war, you don't need to look far to find people disagreeing over a topic. So it's sort of pointless pointing a potential flame war starter when half the posts in this forum can end up as flames. Although i agree with you, it could but I ask are any other opinions any different?

  • 08.10.2004 3:26 AM PDT
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cuz everyone is bored and waiting. everyone's really chatting vs. posting to threads. right?

  • 08.10.2004 3:27 AM PDT
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Dude, a topic of mine got erased when i said that frankie said UK both times, and I guess after 20 million flames i just gave up on the aug 24th idea. But now, omg, somone agrees!!!

edit: forgot to quote that dobber guy, i hate forgetting to quote >.<

[Edited on 8/10/2004 3:32:43 AM]

  • 08.10.2004 3:29 AM PDT

SB-117

Posted by: Dobber83
Yanno...Frankie didnt convince me

Now. Now. Hear me out.

I posted this in a thread a while back, but that thread got erased (erased, not locked)

In Frankie's post he states that "Halo 2 is coming out on Nov. 9th or Nov. 11th for the UK. It is NOT coming out on Aug 24th." And again he says "To reiterate, Halo 2 is coming out on Nov. 9th or Nov. 11th for the UK"

He states it twice, but each time you can read the semantics to mean that it comes out in the UK on Nov 9 or 11. It says nothing about the US, and until Frankie or another Bungie employee (Not a mod) comes out and says it's coming out on Nov 9 IN AMERICA, I can still validly believe it can be released early.

Also, using the context of his post, it would read "Halo 2 is coming out on Nov. 9th or Nov. 11th for the UK. It is NOT coming out on Aug 24th (for the UK)"

My take on it, anyways.


Well here's yet another example of an opinion: ;)

He clearly stated in a sentence that it "is NOT coming out on Aug 24" meaning anywhere...

If it were a continuation of the previous statement about the UK then he would have used a semi colon to seperate the text and not a full stop. Therefore, "no 24th aug release" applies to everywhere.

Besides, do you really think Bungie would delay the game for 3 months for the UK when they are making both PAL and NTSC versions parallel to each other?

  • 08.10.2004 3:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: Caesar14
Posted by: ash55
Posted by: Peck
choose a side now, if we're wrong, oh well. but what if we're right? i'll leave you on that thought.


IF you are wrong?? There is no "if". It is coming out in November.


And here we see ash55 demonstrate how to start a flame war.
:P


Actually saying halo 2 is out the 24th is the way to start a flame war.
It is out on Nov 9th in the USA or Nov 11th for me in the UK. The veteran has spoken.

  • 08.10.2004 3:32 AM PDT
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I am now a believer!-----The date 11+09+04 if added to create a sum is the number 24.



[Edited on 8/10/2004 3:36:18 AM]

  • 08.10.2004 3:33 AM PDT
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I believe in the double UK thing. where we twist frankies words around. He was being so clear that noone would ever guess that a comma was missing. And he knew that if anyone questioned his ever so clear statement, that they would be laughed at and disregarded.

if someone else posted what i just said, i would flame them.

  • 08.10.2004 3:33 AM PDT
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I completely agree, and you can say we know what he meant, but that's not what he wrote.
I think it's interesting that he wrote it that way twice. The exact way he wrote it, in pure english, means for the UK, both ways.

However, I suggest we move that discussion to another thread or halt it, cause it's gonna get this thread locked, or worse.

  • 08.10.2004 3:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: ash55
Posted by: Dobber83
Yanno...Frankie didnt convince me

Now. Now. Hear me out.

I posted this in a thread a while back, but that thread got erased (erased, not locked)

In Frankie's post he states that "Halo 2 is coming out on Nov. 9th or Nov. 11th for the UK. It is NOT coming out on Aug 24th." And again he says "To reiterate, Halo 2 is coming out on Nov. 9th or Nov. 11th for the UK"

He states it twice, but each time you can read the semantics to mean that it comes out in the UK on Nov 9 or 11. It says nothing about the US, and until Frankie or another Bungie employee (Not a mod) comes out and says it's coming out on Nov 9 IN AMERICA, I can still validly believe it can be released early.

Also, using the context of his post, it would read "Halo 2 is coming out on Nov. 9th or Nov. 11th for the UK. It is NOT coming out on Aug 24th (for the UK)"

My take on it, anyways.


Well here's yet another example of an opinion: ;)

He clearly stated in a sentence that it "is NOT coming out on Aug 24" meaning anywhere...

If it were a continuation of the previous statement about the UK then he would have used a semi colon to seperate the text and not a full stop. Therefore, "no 24th aug release" applies to everywhere.

Besides, do you really think Bungie would delay the game for 3 months for the UK when they are making both PAL and NTSC versions parallel to each other?


Not necessarily, if the entire statement was only about the UK release, which it can easily be seen as since there is no mention of anything but the UK, then that overall statement would be meant only for the UK.

However, I think the most substantial rebuttal to my belief is that they wouldnt delay the UK release 3 months. That'd be totally whacked, but I live in the US, so more power to US, hehe.

[Edited on 8/10/2004 3:38:24 AM]

  • 08.10.2004 3:36 AM PDT

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Bungie is not delaying the game for 3 months for the UK.

Especially given the fact that they said the European/Australiasian PAL versions are being worked on along side the american NTSC version.

  • 08.10.2004 3:37 AM PDT
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Don't you dare get my thread locked DOBBER! either i get it locked or noone does! this is a freakin record for me! A RECORD! we're at 50+ replies! fifty freakin plus!!!!

frankies word is law here! not "misinformation" so lets keep it that way. speculation will be allowed. But if i hear ONE of you make any statements that frankie was in fact lying... oh.. their will be blood...

  • 08.10.2004 3:37 AM PDT
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I'm not saying he's lying, not at all. He's being completely truthful, I'm just seeing his statement another way. Anyways, we will know soon. I'm done

  • 08.10.2004 3:39 AM PDT
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If frankie did mean everywhere, then wouldn't he say that instead of UK? I mean, if you're gonna put such a HUGE rumor to rest, you're gonna wanna be pretty friggin specific right?
I still don't understand that, and until he says halo 2 will not be released before Nov 9th ANYWHERE, I still believe that it could come out on the 24th.

  • 08.10.2004 3:47 AM PDT

SB-117

Posted by: Caesar14
If frankie did mean everywhere, then wouldn't he say that instead of UK? I mean, if you're gonna put such a HUGE rumor to rest, you're gonna wanna be pretty friggin specific right?
I still don't understand that, and until he says halo 2 will not be released before Nov 9th ANYWHERE, I still believe that it could come out on the 24th.


Well is this good enough for you then?
Posted by: Frankie (in the weekly update)
I've sorta been following the fuss – too busy to really get into it, but Halo 2 will still release on Nov. 9th in the US and most other places, and Nov. 11th in the UK. Nor will we release a playable demo, anytime soon. In fact, we're so busy with the game that there's no chance we'll even think about a playable demo until after Halo 2 ships.

He clearly states right there that Halo 2 is coming out on November 9th in the USA...

Source

  • 08.10.2004 3:52 AM PDT
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Those who do believe that a release is going to occur on the 24th August are sadly mistaken. All I want to do is watch their faces when they get to the 25th August!!!!!!!!!!!! lol... How stupid are they going to look? Very Stupid.

Bring on the 11th! +9th for USA

  • 08.10.2004 3:58 AM PDT
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ah crap. guess that kills the aug 24th theory.....

  • 08.10.2004 3:59 AM PDT
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::Bows out respectively::

Then I await the huge update and screens. Still seems poorly handled to me, but that rant is for another thread. Thanks for the info.

  • 08.10.2004 4:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: X Crimson
Those who do believe that a release is going to occur on the 24th August are sadly mistaken. All I want to do is watch their faces when they get to the 25th August!!!!!!!!!!!! lol... How stupid are they going to look? Very Stupid.

Bring on the 11th! +9th for USA


Hey Crim, don't flame.

No where in this thread has anyone said something demeaning about anyone no matter their belief. leave it out.
On Aug 25, the faces of all the 24th believers will be the exact same as yours, glass eyed and laxadasical, waiting another 2 and a half months for Halo 2.

  • 08.10.2004 4:02 AM PDT

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Lol. Don't worry about being wrong ;)

Halo 2 just made people sick and desperate to believe any shred of hope of getting their hands on it sooner.

  • 08.10.2004 4:09 AM PDT
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well, there is still a small chance that frankie was lying.....




JUST KIDDING.

  • 08.10.2004 4:10 AM PDT
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Yeah I never had more than a strong hope for the release. It's just been really crappy in my opinion how it's been handled.

To place such s 'secret' website at the end of a Nation wide movie trailer then provide that crazy hacked site with a COUNTDOWN. Who in their right mind wouldn't foresee people seeing a countdown for a game and taking it as an early release. To say that they dont know how the rumor got momentum so quickly is ludicrous, Bungie is smarter and more experienced than that. They should have come out and quelled the rumors from the start.

Bah, anywho, wonder what's gonna happen today.

  • 08.10.2004 4:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dobber83
Yeah I never had more than a strong hope for the release. It's just been really crappy in my opinion how it's been handled.

To place such s 'secret' website at the end of a Nation wide movie trailer then provide that crazy hacked site with a COUNTDOWN. Who in their right mind wouldn't foresee people seeing a countdown for a game and taking it as an early release. To say that they dont know how the rumor got momentum so quickly is ludicrous, Bungie is smarter and more experienced than that. They should have come out and quelled the rumors from the start.

Bah, anywho, wonder what's gonna happen today.

That reasoning in it's self could mean an early release................but wait I'm on the other side, Nov. 9th it is.

  • 08.10.2004 4:15 AM PDT
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August 10th, 2004. The date that was scarred intot he minds of every Halo player on the planet. For on this magnifiscant day, somthign so astounding, so amazing, so unpredictable cool happened. The timer on ILB was reset to end on the 24th.

XP

edit: to anyone who passed out due to an overage of spelling errors, my deepest apologies.

[Edited on 8/10/2004 4:20:04 AM]

  • 08.10.2004 4:17 AM PDT
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what happened?

  • 08.10.2004 4:18 AM PDT