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^^what??

  • 10.15.2004 9:42 PM PDT
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FIRST!!!!1!1!!111one

  • 10.15.2004 9:43 PM PDT
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Okay, sorry if this hhas been posted already. I didn't read through over 3 pages of posts, but where is the MC pic at? I don't see it anywhere around the update on that site...???

cheers,
Twisted Chains

  • 10.15.2004 9:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mister_Ninja
Posted by: spin dr
its not letting me edit my post so thats y i have the double post. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and never will lose a war, because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.-
General George S Patton
that is such a tight quote


lol for someone as patriotic as yourself you sure dont know you american histroy.

Lets see America's first war, the war of independance, you guys invade Canada (at this time the British loyalist colonies) in order to save us from the birtans, find out we are quit happy with not commiting treason and declaring war on our founding country, and then we have a big war which you out number us (I'm Canadian) 10 to 1, sadly it takes you guys pretty damn long to win it and even though you did win it, we burnt down your whitehouse. Ya dont see us letting our parliment get burnt down.

Yah, ya did win all the wars you fought, but alot of times the underdog came close to shutting you down.

So shut up before we comes down their to school you again!

[i]yea I know we had the british supplying us lots of troops and goods during the war of independance. and that we could never even chuck a loonie across the border if we delcared war on you, cause now you your army outnumbers us 100 to 1 and is better equiped. So it would take some pretty good damn tactics to burn down the white house again.

And yes i do know i am being equally ignortantly patriotic, and somewhat hypacritical/i]

First of all it was the war of 1812 that the -British not canadians- burned down the white house, second he was quoting General Patton, You were right about one thing though we did invade canada in the revolutionary war, and maybe the canadians didnt have very many troops, but with all your british buddies you out numbered us about 2-1. And our army had -blam!- we were a poor ass little set of colonies with a bunch of ghetto little farmboys fighting the war. We didnt have enough food, guns, clothes, or shoes. While your little British buddies who were the army, had more than enough supplies, well trained soldiers, and a lot of soldiers. So you had better make sure you know what your taking about when you make a claim like that...

  • 10.15.2004 9:52 PM PDT
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"As Napoleon Dynamite says, "IDIOTS!".....hahahahaha i love that movie. Was the people that pirated halo 2 french?...they can be so rude sometimes, "GOOOOSSSHHH!". The game is done!! woohoo. I feel sorry for those who got the plot screamed at them. I would never download the illegal version, id rather play the english version in the comfort of my couch. For those of you who havent planned ahead, i just thought of this now, on Nov. 8 take a sleeping pill, i suggest melatonin...cuz u wont be able to sleep knowing that halo 2 is 12 hours away from coming out.

  • 10.15.2004 9:56 PM PDT
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Oh ya and Canada was populated by the french back then (maybe 2-3 British guys tops) and thats why we tried to get you all to help us out...cause you know France all the way up to now has been a decent ally unlike certain freeloading candians.

  • 10.15.2004 9:58 PM PDT
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First of all, let me just say this: I hope all piraters of Halo 2 burn in Hell!
Secondly, a question about something in the update: what is a "flowerpot?" It says something along the lines (I'm too lazy to copy and paste) of grunts and flowerpots being replaced by Elites and Hunters on Legendary difficulty. Is a flowerpot some type of new, low-ranking Covenant soldier or something?

  • 10.15.2004 10:21 PM PDT

Australia always gets left behind

No

  • 10.15.2004 10:49 PM PDT

Australia always gets left behind

If u read before that he says bizarre things happen so the once little innocent flowerpot turns into a savage hunter.

  • 10.15.2004 10:53 PM PDT
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i know this is entirely out of subject but on the screenshot of MC holding a brute shot, in the background, there is another white MC with a brute shot jumping down from a high level on midship. he is holding a brute shot (grenade launcher) but shooting a plasma blast that looks like a sniper?......


or i just don't know what im talking about and i am crazy.

  • 10.15.2004 10:55 PM PDT

4Base Avalanch MELTDOWN
battle is only a prayer.....
.......Better Start PRAYING!!!!!!!
Chapter Founders Bungie's Group Support
Mob of Angry Peasants

[color=cyan]wooot not first.[/color]

  • 10.15.2004 11:40 PM PDT

Hmm...Seems as though you were too busy to attempt the scale paper clip model of Halo...

  • 10.16.2004 6:49 AM PDT
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Alas! The good folk at Rampancy tell me I'm not authorized to view the update. Fools! Do they not know who I am????

  • 10.16.2004 9:20 AM PDT
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high-ranking, sword-carrying Elites

I like that way that sounds...and I also like the fact that Legendary is hard - that means more campaign playing time for all of us.

OMG - I cannot belive Nov 9th is so close..OMG OMG OMG

Must sleep as much as i can on the 8th.

  • 10.16.2004 10:15 AM PDT
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wtf it says im not authorized to view it

  • 10.16.2004 10:18 AM PDT
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That was AWSOME and I pray that the crooks get caught... SEriously that was the best weekly update i have read for a very long time... Thank you for it, It was awsome just hearing about legendary, i was praying that the game would be challenging this time...

Thanks for all your hard work BUNGIE. It's truly amazing how many people you guys make happy just by making a video game.. Thanks

DARK SAIYAN

  • 10.16.2004 10:48 AM PDT
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Why does the update work for every1 but me?

  • 10.16.2004 1:24 PM PDT
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Halo Gamers Against Piracy!

Ripper

  • 10.16.2004 1:51 PM PDT
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Man, I finally got to rampancy.net, it kept saying to many people were on it. Way to go Frankie. I'm glad we're still getting updates!

  • 10.16.2004 1:54 PM PDT
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HA here for all of you too lazy to click a link


Bungie Weekly Update!!!
Frankie · Fri, 10/15/2004 - 20:52

Weekly Update: October 15th, 2004

You ever have one of those weeks? You know, the kind of week where you try to start your car, and it explodes in your face because the mob wired it to blow up and hurl your broken body across the street and through the plate glass window of the local acid factory? Well that was kinda like my week this week, but with the following metaphorical caveat — my broken, glass filled, acid-ruined body became a perfect fertile bed for a glorious, colorful display of flowers.

What is Frankie going on about this time? The horrible leak of the French PAL build of the game, and the impressive, wonderful, heartening reaction from our fans — who have been closing forum threads, slapping posters on the wrists and even reporting folks who broke the law. Community sites are all over it, and the big sites have been helping too, so a HUGE thanks to all of you guys.

Whoever did this is a criminal, plain and simple, but this isn't a pulpit from which to spew a sermon. Suffice it to say that stealing a traceable, Live Aware video game isn't the smartest thing you could do. But the way our community rallied to our support yesterday and the day before was incredibly gratifying. And a note to otherwise regular folks who might be tempted to download a copy — don't. It's really not worth the risk. Fines of up to $100,000 and all sorts of other legal remedies can be assessed against even individual downloaders.

You know, we're not Metallica. The cost of this is emotional, not fiscal (jerks would just hack and pirate the game on Nov 9th anyway). Bungie is mostly concerned that this event is going to ruin the plot of the game for the 99.9999999999% of fans who buy the game on November 9th. As you know, we've spent three tortuous years preventing story leaks, hoarding screenshots — not because we want to — but because they'll reveal twists and surprises. Now a few jerks have ruined that for everyone. It's one thing to sneakily pirate software — quite another to yell spoilers from the rooftops. As Napoleon Dynamite would say, "IDIOTS!"

Anyway, I'm making myself vomit with my combination of preachy outrage and quilted two-ply, absorbent love. Back to the matter at hand — the Bungie locomotive. Let's call it more of a monorail right now, since about 80% of the office is in Hawaii (if they're smart) or in Rainhole, Alaska (if they're married).

This week was another out of the office week. I accompanied ten copies of Halo 2 to San Francisco so that they could be reviewed over a period of nearly a week by gathered luminaries from various gaming, entertainment and technology publications from all over the US.

Everyone who played seemed to have a good time. Everyone had LOTS of questions about plot twists, new characters etc. I had to help out once or twice when people got stuck, but mostly it was eerily quiet, as the journos sat around in our special E3 chairs, with wireless surround headphones on, in front of 30 inch widescreen sets (CRT for maximum awesomeness and maximum Teamster complaints — since they weigh 200 pounds.) Actually, widescreen is a very cool feature, since the multiplayer game can then split vertically (for two) giving each player a great deal of real estate in co-op or MP.

The event was long enough for people to finish the game on NORMAL difficulty level, but then go back and try HEROIC: "Wow, that was freakin' hard!" And then they tried LEGENDARY: "What is wrong with you people!?" We should note that nobody completed it on LEGENDARY or frankly, more than a couple of levels. LEGENDARY is a whole new sick twist on game difficulty. LEGENDARY includes bizarre stuff like perma-death for co-op players — meaning that you can't hopscotch like you can on other difficulty levels. Once a player dies on LEGENDARY, both players are hurled back to the last checkpoint. It's brutal. Also, that place where you encountered two grunts and a flowerpot on NORMAL? Well now they're Hunters, high-ranking, sword-carrying Elites, and they're all PMS-ing. Seriously, sticking your head around a corner on level two can get it shot clean off.

Multiplayer was a blast. Like we'd hoped, players spent a long time exploring new modes, and enjoying them. As suspected, Swords is a huge favorite, but we (I was only HELPING!) played a lot of Assault, Territories and Juggernaut. Folks love NinjaNaut — Juggernaut where the Jug is invisible, has triple overshields and is the only player with a motion detector — you don't event WANT to find him!

Nobody would tell us what they thought, so I guess we'll find out in a couple of weeks.

Special props to Mister X — who, having only 24 hours to visit, played the game as a speed run, and pulled in the fastest completion time — though he missed about half the game doing that, and Mister Z — who, being hardcore as all getout, completed it on Heroic — and in a pretty respectable time. Epic, considering that was his first time playing.

Anyhoo, this week was short (game is done folks) and a downer, sorry, so here's a sad picture to make you feel even worse

  • 10.16.2004 6:48 PM PDT
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If that link doesn't work here's a different one: Update

  • 10.16.2004 8:27 PM PDT
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soooo.... Halo 2 will probably be harder in legendary then Halo 1... BUT IM THE BEST i can beat Halo 1 in legendary in single player no need for newbie teamates i say :)

  • 10.17.2004 4:53 AM PDT
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I FOUND A NEW HALO 2 TRAILER - LOW DEFINITION. You all can thank me now: http://halo2.xblgamers.com/halo2.wmv (yes it is a trailer, the high quality is coming Oct. 30th)

  • 10.17.2004 12:37 PM PDT
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Sorry about your terrible week...I can't believe someone would steal Halo 2! I hope they get caught and everyone else who downloaded it.

  • 10.17.2004 12:38 PM PDT
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Dude! Sweet trailer!

  • 10.17.2004 2:26 PM PDT