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Subject: Possible name of AI in next Bungie game theory.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

Tl:dr at bottom.
So, my little theory is if there is an Artificial Intelligence in the next game made by Bungie, that AI shall be named Joyeuse, or a corruption thereof, my reasoning being such: Cortana, the main AI in the Halo series, is a corruption of a the name of a type of sword known as a curtana; and the name of the AI in the Marathon games was Durandal, being a corruption of Durendel, the sword of Charlemagne's paladin Roland in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France (NB: I find it likely that the name was derived from the French for "endure;" "durer," hence the sword's famed indestructible nature)  A famous curtana was that of Ogier the Dane, originally said to have been the sword of Tristan, the famous Cornish hero and Knight of the Round Table, if my history serves, which it does. (The curtana was, interestingly, renamed "Cortana" when it was cut down for ceremonial purposes.) But the reason that I have formulated my idea is that there was supposedly an inscription upon the curtana of Ogier the Dane that read upon the lines of "My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as Joyeuse and Durendal." Now, Joyeuse was the name of Charlemagne's personal sword, and can still be viewed in the Louvre today. Going by the nature of Bungie, I find it unlikely that they would not do such a thing, it being too much of an opportunity to pass up.
Thank you for reading,
~AQ
tl:dr, the next AI will be named something like "Joyeuse" because it is one of three swords that are closely linked both in real life and the Bungie universes.

  • 12.18.2010 6:51 PM PDT

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.” – Psalms 46:1-3

Do not attempt to steal the ideas of those in which we the majority of the Universe thread know.

TLDR- GTFO


However, if you found this on your own, Well done, keep up the good work.

However use the Search function next time.

[Edited on 12.18.2010 6:57 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2010 6:55 PM PDT

Don't worry, you're still your mom's favorite Bnet member.

Someone at Bungie is probably like "How did he figure it out!?"
EDIT: He didn't, Cortana 5 did...

[Edited on 12.18.2010 6:56 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2010 6:56 PM PDT

Cortana 5 is going to be pissed.

  • 12.18.2010 6:57 PM PDT

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

Jeez, calm down, it's three in the morning, I have caffeine, and I had an idea. I apologise for my ignorance of your alien customs /endsarcasm\
Edit: sorry, that was rude. That was my first ever post in here, and I didn't expect such a hostile reaction. I apologise for not checking if the topic had been made already, but I wanted to get it down on paper, as it were, before the idea vanished D: But I am highly anti-plagiarism, especially since some asshat stole my dissertation verbatim and almost got away with it :@ So, sorry.

[Edited on 12.18.2010 7:05 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2010 6:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: Deus_Ex_Machina
Cortana 5 is a carbon-based lifeform that frequently visits these forums, currently residing in the United States. Practically every male on the site responds to her posts.

The Joyeuse IP Formula

(I just got off of work, nobody freak out over my necrobump)

It's awesome that someone else figured it out. Great minds think alike!

  • 12.18.2010 8:57 PM PDT