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Subject: Halo 2 Piracy
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oh yea this is defintly my last post here I thougt we all where serious people like the guy here above my post but the rest of have made me see the stupidness in this community last post last goodbye

  • 10.15.2004 3:24 AM PDT
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dude, that sucks. i love HALO and cant wait for HALO 2, so if i find the bastard who leaked it to the internet, i'll beat the living -blam!- out of him and give the copy to your and tell him to wait...

lae

  • 10.15.2004 3:25 AM PDT
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lol since I can't edit my last post this will me my last post ;))
anyways I just looked at this a diffrent way a more light hearted way for all the halo fans

some guy risk his job his well being and his pocket book and for some of you crazy -blam!-s his life just to play halo2 this shouldn't be "oh I am so pissed thing" this should be a "what a -blam!- loser thing" in the next month or so MS ninjas will be kickin these dudes ass where it hurts is "wallet" and maybe the might bill gates will take him into a dark room and teabag him lmao

  • 10.15.2004 3:39 AM PDT
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any more last posts?

  • 10.15.2004 3:46 AM PDT
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A few things #1.does anyone know how this happend and has anyone been caught yet
#2 I know it was in french-click here for info http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3743110.stm DONT WORRY NO SPOILERS I PROMISE
#3 bungie might want to keep an eye on a dl/file sharing programm called ares i dont know much about the site other than its a widely used site

  • 10.15.2004 3:50 AM PDT
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Does anybody know what has happened to www.halo2.com site. Very Weird
www.halo2.com

  • 10.15.2004 4:02 AM PDT
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That could be true. But I think all of the Bungie employee's know better than to send information to others, and could get fired. Maybe it was probrally some kind of hack into their computers or something idk. I just dont get how it all happend. Maybe im just so mad about it.

  • 10.15.2004 4:14 AM PDT
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That's a Halo2 site? There's nothing in it but a video trailer, and a glitch.

  • 10.15.2004 4:17 AM PDT
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I'm pretty new in the forums but i have been playing halo 2 for X box and pc since they came out. I am pretty mad about the halo 2 leak and will help with finding the low life scum that did this crime.

Halo one rules and Halo2 will be top

master chief rules

  • 10.15.2004 4:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dark_Hunter_18
A few things #1.does anyone know how this happend and has anyone been caught yet
#2 I know it was in french-click here for info http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3743110.stm DONT WORRY NO SPOILERS I PROMISE
#3 bungie might want to keep an eye on a dl/file sharing programm called ares i dont know much about the site other than its a widely used site


No-one knows 100% how it happened, but it was confirmed that it happened the night of october 13th. heres wat ive been hearing.....
while halo 2 was being manufactured, someone stole a copy, or possibly hacked into bungies pc's and stole files. There is a downside to the hacking though......hackers can be traced. even the most stealthiest ones. So my guess is that they got the file for halo 2. now remember, 8 languages are being made for halo 2, and french was one of them. Either the guy was french and wanted the version....OR he just swiped the first one he saw, and it just happened to be french. Whatever the case, this halo 2 is french. He got the files onto the internet, and it was acessible for download. All they have to do is download it, save it onto a burned cd, and play it on their modded xbox.
I just hope microsoft catches these bastards, cause for some odd reason halo 2 is playable on xbox connect. I wont say where the servers are, just in case some-one wants to do it, but when i was on xbc last nite playing halo, i saw 4 halo 2 servers. This really blows and i hope these bastards get caught sometime soon.

  • 10.15.2004 4:31 AM PDT
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Posted by: DF_SPARTAN117
That could be true. But I think all of the Bungie employee's know better than to send information to others, and could get fired. Maybe it was probrally some kind of hack into their computers or something idk. I just dont get how it all happend. Maybe im just so mad about it.


I think that Bungie's employees won't try that, it might be during the manufacturing of copies of Halo 2 that the game was leaked out by someone in the factories

  • 10.15.2004 4:34 AM PDT
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I agree with you Nuutral, even though I havent seen those halo 2 servers on xbox live I'm sad and dissapointed there are some people who would play the pirated copies instead of waiting for the grand opening launch:(

  • 10.15.2004 4:39 AM PDT
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To the European named Deli...

I hope you understand that microsoft is tracking your IP and finding your where abouts as we speak...soon enough your going to have some kind of law enforcement at your door ready to charge you for computer theft...and if we were lucky..send you to Canada where we could kick ur ass with hockey sticks...

  • 10.15.2004 4:40 AM PDT
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I just wanted to pipe in saying that I am a professional musician / record producer and my industry has been dealing with this kind of stuff for years now. And it is god awful. But it lights up my eyes to see so many Bungie/HALO fans, alot of whom I assume are kids, relating to this catastrophie and wanting to do something about it. I bought HALO the first day it was released for the mac and I have been hooked ever since. And those of us who are true fans have been on this website all the time for years now getting first hand information on how much work and effort people put in to making a game like this. It''s the same with music, and the only way those people can continue making great games or the music you love is to get paid for it. Bottom line is if people pirate HALO or HALO 2, Bungie doesn't have the money to make the next one and we all lose. But it is very refreshing to see so many people feeling the catastrophie of an event like this. I wish it was the same with music. In the end people must be paid for their work or they can't work anymore. I hope you all take this to heart especially as fans of one of the greatest games ever made. The reason they got to make HALO 2 is cuz so many people bought the first one. I encourage everyone here to do their best to make this piracy insignificant. Cuz I want there to be a HALO 3 as I'm sure you all do. Peace.


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  • 10.15.2004 4:48 AM PDT
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this makes me both angry and sad.... angry because, i don't want any spoilersa coming my way (or anybody elses way in the Bungie community) and sad because, who could be cruel enough to take away Bungies hard work....So i am reporting for duty!

  • 10.15.2004 4:50 AM PDT
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The bastard/s who did this are really gonna pay. If i hear anything rest assured you will be the first 2 now. You guys are great and thamks for making 2 brilliant games.

  • 10.15.2004 5:08 AM PDT
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Nice wasesx... and you are no better... worse actaully.

  • 10.15.2004 5:14 AM PDT
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Evil One will hunt them bastards down and cut their balls off
Muhahahahahaha

  • 10.15.2004 5:17 AM PDT
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Master Chief dies at the end of this one.....maybe leading into a new hero for a 3 installement.

How that for a spoiler, you people are sad ,sad excuses. It's a damn game. Life WILL go on, if this was all you had in your life, then go end it now.

and the person who used a Martin Luther King jr. quote to describe the situation, you are the bigest moron Ive ever seen in my life. A great mans name shuld not be used in a place like this. Over a -blam!- game...

This is definately my last post. Of to "2" play halo :)

  • 10.15.2004 5:24 AM PDT
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  • 10.15.2004 5:31 AM PDT
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My contribution:

As of this morning 7 IRC bots, 3 unique headers from various Usenet groups and 5 Ftp sites submitted to the gents/ladies over at Microsoft. I’ll certainly keep looking when I have time this weekend.

Keep up the great work Bungie!!

  • 10.15.2004 5:39 AM PDT
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Apparently the game is played on xbconnect.

Cutting of hands is too light a punishment.

That is one of the reasons why diehard, regular gamers, like us, have to pay more for their games

  • 10.15.2004 5:44 AM PDT
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This really sucks. I hope they catch the person or persons involved with this. Halo is a great game and deserves to be released when it is suppose to be released. It does not deserve to be leaked out. The delightful feeling of finally being one of many people to experience the game on release day is a great feeling and shouldn't be taken away. You guys at Bungie are doing a great job!

  • 10.15.2004 5:58 AM PDT
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i searched lime wire nothing of course but on kazaa bearshare and e- donkey its there i sent the ip addresses to microsoft so i hope it gets takien care with a fat law suit

  • 10.15.2004 6:05 AM PDT
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haha i have downloaded halo, halo 2 and lots of other games. You should know Microsoft cant do -blam!- in most european countries. I live in sweden and the worst thing that can happen is your ISP suspending you. And to all you thinking you can stop the spreading of this game, dream on.... its legal to download games in lots of countries and Halo 2 will continue to spread whether you want too or not.

Hail Piracy!

  • 10.15.2004 6:07 AM PDT