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Subject: The Bungie Weekly Update

Halo 3 multiplayer is frustrating.

Posted by: Stryker1138
Very nice. Still lovin the Waaahmbulence stuff.

Wish there was more stuff on Halo 3 though. :(


I agree!


and I'm lazy.

  • 07.03.2006 12:12 AM PDT
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This was my first time reading the waaambulance. I must say it is hilarious. You guys are doin a great job!!!! Ive noticed that i havent been seeing a lot of cheaters or bridgers lately. Man you guys must be really crackin down on those cheaters.

  • 07.03.2006 1:36 AM PDT

Have that!!

*perfection medal*

My Stats: I Squall viii I

Ha ha ha!! am luvin the Waaahmbulance, especially the one about the kid with no friends and has XBL instead!! ha ha classic. An then he offers to work for bungie to bring cheaters down :-D.

I bet you guys get nothing done with all those mails cummin in. Still funny sh1t tho :-D

More Waaahmbulance pls

  • 07.03.2006 2:53 AM PDT
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Man it semms like all these people have some pretty mean friends, not to mention that they all suck at spelling (not that I'm one to talk) but when that kid was like I'm 13 exuse my spelling, take the 1 off the front of that number then it might be acceptable. And does no one know that you can just buy a new account . Plus it's XBOX not x Box. Anyways you guys just keep on whineing and I'll just keep on laughing. :-)

  • 07.03.2006 8:58 AM PDT
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Good god i still cant believe your still moaning about cheaters, ok i admit a few posts are funny, ie my dog took my gamertag and cheated with it but c'mon guys!

Do you really care about it THAT much? Seems a little petty that you dedicate so much time to the idiots that cheat, it is only a game after all. You guys are being rather wet about the whole matter, i just hope the same people who are crying about cheaters so damn often are NOT making HALO 3, or we will be seeing MC in a pink T-Shirt sniffing pretty flowers dreaming about being a fairy!

C'mon Bungie toughen up and stop crying about the minority and concentrate on the news that matters!

  • 07.03.2006 9:27 AM PDT

Waaahmbulance pwns!!1!

And that 13 year old must be retarded because that is quite possibly the worst spelling i have ever seen.

Great Update Frankie, and is Halo 3 going to have a "making-of" DVD like Halo 2 did?

  • 07.03.2006 9:54 AM PDT
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Lol I really love that Waahmbulance stuff. I love the 'his xbox fell out of a window' thing. That's just priceless. I hope by next week tons of modders get banned (for the actual benefit of it of course but moreover the hillarious side to it as well).

  • 07.03.2006 11:16 AM PDT
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When's the new soundtrack going to be put on iTunes?

  • 07.03.2006 11:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: I WAN HALO 3
bungie r niec guy, he r dont do anything to u, he only gave away free beta codes is that so wrong? microsfot was all liek 'YO BUGNIE PUT UR COEDS INTO DIS BOX AND WE R PUT LOCK ON IT' and bungie was all like 'oooo okay :D' but little r bungie no, microsft r hav bad lock, and BADDD BADD people gots in and stole ALL beta codes D: now we dun has none left, if nething, blame microsoft 4 bad lockss and allow bad peoples to steel code

Posted by: apologeticX
Waaahmbulance pwns!!1!

And that 13 year old must be retarded because that is quite possibly the worst spelling i have ever seen.

Great Update Frankie, and is Halo 3 going to have a "making-of" DVD like Halo 2 did?


Yeah, I could spell better than that kid when I was 9. And that's hard to believe, if you know me. At least I use good punctuation..-ahem- Hey, I'll give him this. He spells better than my mom and ex-girlfriend combined.

  • 07.03.2006 11:55 AM PDT
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"I am asking you to please unban me and am also wondering if i will be able to play halo 3 matchmaking if you don't unban me. Thank you."

"Nope."

Does that mean bans will be carried over to Halo 3 matchmaking?! That'd be awsome!

Nice update, again. I love the letters from cheaters. There enough laughs to carry me over a bit of time till Halo 3.

  • 07.03.2006 12:11 PM PDT

best waahmbulance yet! Keep 'em coming - and donate money to your local schools!!

  • 07.03.2006 12:11 PM PDT

TO THE NEIGHBOR'S!!!

Frankie, I have to hand it to you for being so kind to the complaints of cheaters. I feel depressed for mankind as I read/decipher the complaint letters. Then I laugh again as you oh so kindly let them in on how numb they are. Its like Jerry Springer for Bungie. I like that the AI seems to be sharp btw, shame on you for being flanked by grunts.

[Edited on 7/3/2006]

  • 07.03.2006 12:58 PM PDT
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I was going to post this earlier under one of my other accounts, but I figured I'd take my medicine and wait for the Ban from the forums to expire.
I'm probably gonna get a Ban again for this post but i am going for it anyway. And yes, i read the updates, every word. and have also read the posts before mine, I'm aware of the terms of use...etc.

This is a direct quote from the weekly what's update

If Memory Serves me Well…




I have recently tried to play matchmaking after a 6 month hiatus. However, they said that I cannot play matchmaking because I am suspended. I have never re-called cheating ever, with the exception of my friend using stand-by on my account. I would like to know what's going on.



Have your "friend" buy you a new account.


Particulary this bothers many of the adults playing this game who pay for their accounts with their own money, not their parents money. They are not spending their own money, therefore will never have the respect for your game that the honest gamers do. Sadly, these people are not permanantly banned from Xbox live. Your Answer to this kids Plea has told him that..... "Have your "friend" buy you a new account".

Sadly, It wont be his friend that buys him a new account, It will be his mommy or daddy who probably have no idea why this kid needs a new account anyway. That being said, Xbox live keeps the $50.00 bucks that was paid for on his old account, the terms of use clearly state that you can be Banned from Xbox live for apparently no reason at all and you will not be given a refund in anyway shape or form. So this kid "buys" a new account and just cheats again again and again against innocent players, and Xbox live actually produces more income because of this, and here we are, the innocence spending half our time getting cheated on. making our $50.00 account worth $25.00. not to mention the time wasted and meaningless defacing of an incredible game.

These cheaters are getting exactly what they want, and that's attention. the more you tell them "NO" the more they want to do it.....It's a common fact in juvenile delinquency. And kids basically want to do what adults or mature people do, so thats why they beg and plea mommy and daddy to buy them a Mature Rated game. It's Obvious you are only banning accounts and not the source of the accounts. A letter of some sort should be written to the credit card holder or the credit card should be banned, then maybe you will get the parents attention like you asked (" i hope some parents are reading this....." also in the update.)on this website reading what their children are up to. until you do that, the parents will never ever know and the problem of cheating only gets worse. now all they want to do is stick it in your face to prove they can still cheat. It's the snowball effect and It is getting worse, not better. It's funny that a game rated "M" for mature only shows attention to the immature people who are not even supposed to play it. But then again. I could be wrong.

I probably will be banned from these forums once again... and that well, is up to Bungie. If thats what they decide, then thats fine with me. All I'm asking is for you guys to put your feet in my shoes for 1 minute and think of what we have to go through day in and day out playing one of the greatest games ever made. Your work of art is being destroyed by children, and eventually thats all you will have playing your game are children who cheat, why...because they can. Sory, if this post offends you, however it is tied directly to the weekly updates, I have not cursed or yelled in anyway, and It is right on topic. So Immediately after banning me, please send a reason why in a message along with the ban. this will save us all some time. thanks again for listening if you are, and if not then i guess that's okay also. See ya in seven days folks.

[Edited on 7/3/2006]

  • 07.03.2006 1:13 PM PDT
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You've got to keep the Waaahmbulance Stuff coming! I quit playing a lot of ranked games because of the loooosers who can't play fair! But, this just might make me start playing ranked games again. Oh this stuff is rich! Please, keep the Waaahmbulance on the Updates at least once a month! I think the best part of it is that they can't play Halo 3! Unless they can ask mommy or daddy for another credit card number because, that card doesn't work anymore! WAAAAAA!

Aloha,
Kekoa13

  • 07.03.2006 1:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: Kilroy
Scary Gametype=Zombies where you turn into Flood, mb?

I though the same thing :P

Great update bungie Love the whaaaaaaaaambulance

  • 07.03.2006 1:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: JW UK
Good god i still cant believe your still moaning about cheaters, ok i admit a few posts are funny, ie my dog took my gamertag and cheated with it but c'mon guys!

Do you really care about it THAT much? Seems a little petty that you dedicate so much time to the idiots that cheat, it is only a game after all. You guys are being rather wet about the whole matter, i just hope the same people who are crying about cheaters so damn often are NOT making HALO 3, or we will be seeing MC in a pink T-Shirt sniffing pretty flowers dreaming about being a fairy!

C'mon Bungie toughen up and stop crying about the minority and concentrate on the news that matters!


I am with ya. It can't be stopped, let them cheat their way to the top and find themselves fighting desperately to manipulate hosts and mod and cheat and standbye against the people doing the exact same thing. levels 30-50 should cover that zone. Leave them alone and then maybe they will leave us alone. and when they get to the top and find themselves losing against better cheaters, maybe they will come to their senses? there's way to much effort and attention going to these delinquents and not enough attention going to the fans who appreciate what bungie does.

I will not pre-order nor purchase Halo 3 untill the networking specifics for Xbox live are announced. If you are an honest gamer like myself, i suggest you do the same. After all, it is the way the game is networked that makes it so easilly Hacked.

although unfortunately you are wrong about cheaters being the minority. It's almost 40%.

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  • 07.03.2006 1:51 PM PDT
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Waambulance?

What a lame idea. My account is perfectly fine, I've never cheated or been banned. I just have to laugh at how little Bungie's done to curb cheating, and then try to make examples of the few people that actually did get caught. Halo is years old, and the first problem of standbying isn't even fixed.

weak

  • 07.03.2006 2:24 PM PDT
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they are doing stuff to stop the cheating, just not the right things. what has to be done is the source of the accounts has to be cut off, the credit card. once that is gone, they cant do anything. another thing they can do is ban their ISP accounts.

also, lvls 30-50 arent the only lvls. i have been standbyed at lvl 20 in slayer before. basically no matter which level you are, it is unavoidable. some days you get lucky, no cheaters are on, other days its every game.

also, anyone notice that basically all cheaters now are from USA?

[Edited on 7/3/2006]

  • 07.03.2006 2:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: FluKy
they are doing stuff to stop the cheating, just not the right things. what has to be done is the source of the accounts has to be cut off, the credit card. once that is gone, they cant do anything. another thing they can do is ban their ISP accounts.

also, lvls 30-50 arent the only lvls. i have been standbyed at lvl 20 in slayer before. basically no matter which level you are, it is unavoidable. some days you get lucky, no cheaters are on, other days its every game.

also, anyone notice that basically all cheaters now are from USA?


thats because that guy was recently banned, and thats why us in the levels 20-30 get hit the hardest with cheating. these kids are stealing from us...it's that simple. they are stealing our money we spend to play Halo on Xbox live because we play them almost half the time, and at the same time, the only people making out are the Owners of the companies getting multiple payments from banned players. Xbox live is thriving right now on banning full accounts that have been paid for a year in advance, only so if these children have the money, or can get it...all they need to do is BUY a new account which does nothing for us and everything for MS and the cheaters continue at a steady pace and growing. It cannot be fixed?...or can it be fixed?.....or it won't be fixed ....It is however one of these. I know which one ...do you?

It needs to be Ignored, and not recycled for profit.

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  • 07.03.2006 2:47 PM PDT
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and another thing. cheating starts like this. 1 kid cheats. the 4 kids on the other team decide that hey, hey cheats me, i cheat everyone else. they play say 5 games where they cheat. every 4 players on the opposite team decides to do the same. start cheating just so they wont be cheated. it is a huge chain that never stops. 1 cheats, then a ton other think its cool to cheat back and it is the biggest chain ever started.

thats how cheating went from only like 5% of the population to around 50+% i bet. bridging counts as cheating, which is not known to most people. some guys come in my lobby, say oh im a 42, i say bridged it didnt you, he says bridging isnt cheating its just giving me host. what i say to that, LET THE MATCHMAKING SYSTEM DECIDE.

maybe they should redo the networking and stuff

  • 07.03.2006 2:51 PM PDT
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yes, it's known as the "snowball effect"... see my 1st post on page 12.

yup, the networking is key, see my other post above as well. andd also, why do we not have the opportunity of deciding who we play with? we have no controll over playing competetively on xbox live, and thats a problem. I've been matched with the same cheaters 2 or 3 times in a row, I always quit when getting cheated on, and then the cheaters report me as a quitter. it shows on my feedback, and they continue to deface what might have been the best game ever made. and all xbox live sees is me as a quitter and eventually enough quitting feedback will build up on me, and guess what, I'm banned because i won't allow these children to have fun at my expense and time.

anyway, i have a question for Frankie about Mister Chief?
More on that in July huh? could i be close to a certain message i sent you reguarding certain updates for the 360? I won't reveil what my question was to everyone, if they are Halo Fans like me, then they would be up to date on rumors from IGN. Please respond

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  • 07.03.2006 2:56 PM PDT
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those dame cheaters can burn in hell for all i care there is no way someone would get banned just because some one else cheated on there account. I play often and I go out of my way to report cheaters,modders,stand byers and brigders. Any one who gets macthed up with one of these ingreats should kill themselves( NOTE IN THE GAME ) to avoid being reported with the ref raf

  • 07.03.2006 3:16 PM PDT
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I can hear the bets going now from these children in school. "Okay Johnny....i bet i can cheat my way to level 35 without getting Banned before you . "Okay Billy......the loser has to buy the winner a bag of lolli pops or a ten pack of bubble gum of the winners choice."

similar conversations may happen at your local elementary school.... wait Isn't Halo for Mature players? Why are elementary school kids playing a game that contains such violence and language?

  • 07.03.2006 3:44 PM PDT
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how the hell can you be banned for quitting. dude its just not possible

  • 07.03.2006 4:27 PM PDT

Huh, well as I would sometimes always say, You can always... aw forget it... HAI my name is Dann =]

Yeah, mi2

  • 07.03.2006 5:11 PM PDT