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Subject: TODAY'S UPDATE: Q&A

Though the armor seemed yellow to most people, after alot of inspection i found it to be green still, though the reflection of the ground and sun and everything around made the color different. This is an amazing feat with graphic design. Can we expect to see such enhancements throughout the entire game, or is it too early to tell?

The release date is for 2007, with no month or day. It took around 4 years to make halo2 (including the trouble you guys ran into), and now it looks like it'll take between 2-2 and a half years to make this. Is there any personal timeframe you've set for yourself, and is there any specific amount of time bungie usually takes to make a game?

If the master chief is enhanced, will Mister chief be enhanced to? Will he have battle-scarring?

Cortana does not seem crazy, and the first few lines that she supposedly says don't really sound like her (the first 2). In halo2, there was mention of an AI aboard the Forerunner ship. Could this be it? If not, could gravemind be controlling Cortana?

  • 05.12.2006 10:10 AM PDT
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Frankie, are there any "hidden" messgaes in cortanas transmissions? And Will the Assault rifle actually be in Halo 3?

  • 05.12.2006 10:10 AM PDT

Everyone is entitled to be stupid but some abuse the priviledge.

Are those graphics really in-game or are you just pretending they are to get us all excited?

  • 05.12.2006 10:10 AM PDT

I have a question about the trailer..

Why does the smoke coming from a wreckage move to the right, but the wind is blowing the dust to the left? Is this just to cover MC in something until he is supposed to be shown in the trailer?

And is the huge artifact a donut factory for elites?

  • 05.12.2006 10:12 AM PDT
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Will you be instituting some major changes to the current matchmaking system? I was thinking along the lines of player-moderators and hiding all rankings and levels.

Also, more OT about the trailer; it seems that having re-read the cortana letters, it appears the trailer is almost 100% based off it, and many of the cryptic clues in it have now become actual story points within halo. Are either of these intentional-long planned story points leaked by the writer of the letters, or pure coincedence due to story similarities of halo and marathon?

[Edited on 5/12/2006]

  • 05.12.2006 10:13 AM PDT

Veteran member of The Frozen Minority.

Can I make sweet sweet love to you guys for making by far the greatest trailer of all time?

  • 05.12.2006 10:14 AM PDT

Will the opening trailor for the game be the MC throwing away the BR, picking up the H1 pistol, the abritor getting shot, and the MC forgetting how to duel wield because that would be awesome.

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was that a Forerunnr in the background as the thing was being activated?

was that a scene from the actual game?

is MC realley a girl?

  • 05.12.2006 10:16 AM PDT
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Frankie,

When can we get soem Halo 3 swag in the store?

  • 05.12.2006 10:16 AM PDT
Subject: what does she say
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does she says " your source" or "your sword"
just wanna know to stop all the chit chat about that.

  • 05.12.2006 10:17 AM PDT
Subject: TODAY'S UPDATE: Q&A
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if somebody doesn't believe in ghosts could they still see them?

  • 05.12.2006 10:18 AM PDT
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Was Cortana's voice messed up because of transmission difficulties, or for other reasons? And what was projecting and recieving her image?
Tj-

  • 05.12.2006 10:21 AM PDT
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What scales and modes where used in the music to the trailer?

  • 05.12.2006 10:24 AM PDT

Yo!

is there going to be rumble when you fire and no rumble when your hit????? sorry i know this is a bit early to ask, but it was a little feature in halo 1 that made it a bit different to halo 2

  • 05.12.2006 10:24 AM PDT
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Can we expect a complete new look for Halo 3? The emblem, the chief and the overall style looked very different from the previous games, are you trying to create a completly new feel while at same time retaining what made Halo 1 and 2 so great?

  • 05.12.2006 10:25 AM PDT

Everyone is entitled to be stupid but some abuse the priviledge.

I swear I saw Peter Jackson flash on screen for a second during the trailer. Did you secretly put him in there as a nod to him being the executive producer of the movie?

  • 05.12.2006 10:26 AM PDT

"It's like a cake filled with pies." -Pete "Mango" Parsons

Seventh Column Contests

Are you guys releasing the game on 7/7/7?

  • 05.12.2006 10:32 AM PDT
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if your going awnser any questions please awnser this when will we see some actual gameplay please awnser this

  • 05.12.2006 10:36 AM PDT
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Online co-op? Oui or no.

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A bit detached from everyone elses questions really, 'cos they've covered what I'd like to know :)

At the end of the trailer - there's the showing of the H3 logo, Bungie, and Finish The Fight. I was just wondering how you created (and where you created in terms of programs, like AfterEffects or something) the effect of a torch flicking through them? It looks sweet.

Thanks Frankie.

  • 05.12.2006 10:40 AM PDT
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When did you start working on Halo 3 anyways?

  • 05.12.2006 10:40 AM PDT
Subject: TODAY'S UPDATE: Q&A
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I'm sure someone else thought of these but...

1) I've watched the trailer everyday at least once (that's how much it rocks) and from what I can tell Gravemind's voice is only overlaid with Cortana's for the first line of her dialogue. Am I correct there or what?

2) Can we hope for dual wielding ARs? (: P)

3) Will the upcoming novel fill in the story between the end of Halo 2 and Halo 3 where the Covenant has occupied Earth?

4) Is the last line still Cortana? (is it the same voice actress) It sounds like it could be Keyes but doesn't quite sound like Julie Benz either.

5) Is that the Mark VII armor? What caused the dents and the dings?

6) Why is that I can't stop wishing time would go faster?

7) Can Finish the Fight 2007 mean that we can expect a Dec 31/Jan 1 midnight release because anything later than that will kill me? And you wouldn't want that would you....

- Sleeper

Oh, and Bungie rocks...thanks for making such awesome games...if you need more employees with no video game developing experience, look no further & just shoot me a line.

  • 05.12.2006 10:41 AM PDT
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Alright I got a few Questions, I'll try not to anger you guys by begging for plot details so here we go. 1. Are any old maps making the way to be revisited I heard this a while ago from a few sites (if so which ones)? 2. If you had a choice to put a co-op in the game would you make a video explaining the other character or just leave it like the single player game? 3. Last question, Are their any humans alive on earth or around the orbit?

  • 05.12.2006 10:42 AM PDT

You are not a mistake; God has never said "oops." Seek Him and you will find Him. Do not seek Him, and you will not find Him. He respectfully leaves the choice up to you.

That rifle - is it the same version of the MA series (the 5B with no add-ons) or is it something else? Even if you said "we're not gonna tell exactly what it is," I'd really like to know exactly what kind. Should it be the same kind of MA5B that we used from the first game, the new refinments in the modelling of it will be of great interest to certain mod teams... :)

  • 05.12.2006 10:45 AM PDT
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liked the trailer...is cortana the one speaking? or is the Gravemind speaking threw her? and will the MC have a different Mjolnir Mark armor? in the trailer he's still in the Mark VI armor.

  • 05.12.2006 10:46 AM PDT