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...gawd i love being a gamer right now...

Best Part of the Podcast: While listening with earphones, Frankie is exposed for what he really is: the bad little devil conscience in my left ear.
Most Lacking part of the Podcast: MORE COWBELL!

  • 09.23.2006 2:20 AM PDT
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Funny stuff. Loved the logo

  • 09.23.2006 3:04 AM PDT
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Awesome update. The logo looks great. The podcast was AMAZING!!!!! I loved it alot. I can't wait for the next to come out. Keep up the good work guys!

  • 09.23.2006 3:08 AM PDT
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Okay the update is one of the best ever, in fact it tickeled my innards! Wow. I do have to say that earlier today by chance I happed to be on my Motorola E815 surfing Verizon's "get it now" I noticed the Halo Portal and was so excited. Everything about the ringtones, wallpapers, etc surpassed my expectations and the user interface, like all BUNGIE stuff, was seamless and cool. I have one problem. I spent $12.50 for 6 credits. Now that will get you 1 halo opening ringtone, (16seconds long) a soundbyte about the same length with a grunt and soldier, and one wallpaper image for my phone. Now the question is was it worth paying $12.50 for these measly 3 items ... ABSOLUTELY! I am so pumped that I can have Halo music to show off everywhere I go, and to look up my Halo 2 stats on my phone free of charge, WOW. My only problem is that in your update you said you gave the Halo Portal over to a 3rd party. I don't mind paying for this kind of content, but it makes me extremely upset to think that this money is going to some "3rd party" when it ALL should be going to BUNGIE!!! Then I realized that if this kind of "outsourcing" allows BUNGIE to spend a greater amount of concentration on my forever favorite game (Halo 3) then maybe this isn't so bad. Anyone from BUNGIE, hit me back and let me know what you think?

  • 09.23.2006 3:18 AM PDT

Great work! I agree with Jolly Roger about livening it up though. Remember the Halo Evolution vid or whatever it was from a while back (that showed the variants of Halo from RTS to 3rd Person Shooter to FPS)? That had about 5 guys all cracking Bungie inside jokes, making fun of Jason Jones, and having a good, reactionary (not scripted) time. Great work on this one though!

And I'll seventh everyone else - more Whaaaaambulance!

  • 09.23.2006 3:18 AM PDT

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Old GTs; RebelRobot, Flamedude

Could you get Karl Pilkington in for the next podcast?

Monkey news!!

  • 09.23.2006 3:25 AM PDT

Podcast was very cool, needs more cowbell though.

Best part was the guy who lagged after standby, you just can't make this stuff up.

  • 09.23.2006 3:43 AM PDT
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Podcast was good listening, very entertaining. I liked the comedy at the end about cheaters writing in. Im guessing that myserty sound was a turret of some sort. The Halo 3 logo looks good but the colour of blue doesnt look quite right to me.

Overall, it was good.

SF.

P.S. Was it me, or does sk3tch sound like kermit the frog??

  • 09.23.2006 4:36 AM PDT
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wow, great first podcast guys!...a few suggestions:
* play more waaaambulance letters
* dont edit anything out...mistakes are funny cause then we all laugh at you...
* make the halo ringtone avaliable in mp3 or wma FOR FREE for us to download


well now that I have made myself look like a forum nerd I will bugger off and stop going on and on about how mr smith should be running this country, and how many languages...well, we all know the rest...long live monty python....
how the hell do you private message staff !!!?!!!! I want to message ninja about ideas for playlists as he mentioned on the podcast

  • 09.23.2006 4:54 AM PDT

Why do people call me Satan?

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Yo, good idea for some of us that don't have the best internet connection in the world and have to wait 2 hours for a little bit of sound, please make it a little bit smaller next time...or atleast in future. Seriously, I'm still downloading it now...I can't even listen to it yet. No Joke. =l This is my serious face. Do you see me smiling? No. I didn't think so.

Keep it real guys, keep it real. Seriously.

  • 09.23.2006 5:24 AM PDT
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I keep lagging out of matchmaking when I standby, what should I do?

Wow

  • 09.23.2006 5:44 AM PDT
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The Podcast was awesome, I cracked up for the last 5 mins, the cheaters section was by the best part.

10/10 for the whole preformance. I cant wait for the next one.

SAS03

  • 09.23.2006 5:46 AM PDT
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"I'm not sure which playlist i should my mods in: Team Slayer or Team Snipers. Please help me."

I laughed so hard at that it's hardly even physically possible.

I even had my brother shout at me because I was listening to it on my headphones while he was watching Blade in the same room.

Awesome podcast guys.

  • 09.23.2006 6:08 AM PDT
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Great podcast... loved it!

For those who want to be cool:

Bungie Kids Ringtone

http://www.bigfellahull.co.uk/Sounds/bungieKidsRingtone.mp3

[Edited on 9/23/2006]

  • 09.23.2006 6:34 AM PDT
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Good update. I like the new logo, but it seems kinda plain. How about my logo?


As Much as I like the "Old School" Logo look, it really gives Halo a "Stamp". Im glad it Isn't Blinged out and yes, it should be plain. I think it is perfect. However, being a Huge Pink Floyd fan, I do second this kids Logo. Nice work with "The Dark Side of The Moon" Prizm... I think it looks great !

  • 09.23.2006 7:05 AM PDT
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finally a good update. im liking eveything tho, but how do i get my ringtone the update never said.

  • 09.23.2006 7:12 AM PDT

No I don't want to join your group/clan/cult.

Ha. Loved the Waaahbulance. "I dont know what Matchmaking to use my mods in" Hmmmm...

  • 09.23.2006 7:38 AM PDT

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Yusss!!!! FINALLY got the podcast after about 2 hours or more. I'm still listening to it right now for the first time. I reckon a good idea would be to play a little music for a couple of minutes, y'know, just for a little while at least. It'd be a bit like a radio show/podcast and that would be pretty cool. Otherwise its just kind of people talking for ages and thats all well and good but a break for a bit of Halo music would be quite satisfying.

  • 09.23.2006 7:40 AM PDT
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Hey Frankie, I have 1 question reguarding the podcast... I'm also obviously not a "Jennus" and I was wondering how you spell "suspeened" and what it means....oh yea,...and does it hurt when this happens to you? Did he get poked with something.....maybe?....I dunno, i'm confused.

I also want to say once again ...........

******************** SICK LOGO *********************

It's already the background on All my PC's and all 3 Screens in My Car. I made it into a Wide Screen version Using Windows Picture IT so it fits better on the screens in my car, and it Looks Amazing ! And no Frankie, you didn't ruin space with your drawing, you just took up WAY too much of it...............

  • 09.23.2006 7:41 AM PDT
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A Guide to Networking, Matchmaking, and Host in Halo (HBO mirror)

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Really loved the podcast; great work guys. The Waaambulance sounds so much better when it's read out by you folks as well.

Kickass stuff:

Mystery Sound
Placeholder Dialogue
Playlist stuff
News update
Uh ... pretty much all of it


What would be cool:

A slight hint as to where the mystery sound comes from (ambient sound for a map in campaign/MP, for instance)
Interviews from many perspectives (which you would probably do anyway). I'd be interested in hearing Chris' thoughts on networking/AI in both games, David on the new UI, and so on.

What could be done a little better

Please note that this is only a minor little thing, and that the podcast was very good, but at times it seemed a little like you guys were a little unsure of what to do next (though as you guys say, you'll probably get better at this). In particular, when talking to Jay, there was a noticable pause when he finished asking the question, and the next one being asked.


Anyway, thanks very much for that guys. The update itself was interesting too ;)

  • 09.23.2006 7:50 AM PDT
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Excellent update. The Final Logo looks cool, and didn't stray to far from the placeholder in E3. The Podcast was looooong, but better that than short. The Waambulance was hilarious, especially the modder kid. I also enjoyed being able to see a new wallpaper, for us photoshop junkies.

Hey, Bungie is that a halo 3 pelican pilot in the gallery for the halo cellphone stuff ?

NOTE: In your next podcast the previous podcasts mystery sound should be revealed. If that is not allowed, then reveal the "bungie podcast seaon 1 mystery sounds" after Halo 3 is released.

  • 09.23.2006 8:25 AM PDT

Can't wait until X06. I hope the trailer is in game.

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  • 09.23.2006 8:28 AM PDT

There is one word to discribe this update. And that word is, "Uber 1337" Plain and simple.

  • 09.23.2006 8:33 AM PDT
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The podcast was great!

I enjoyed listening to the bungie news and the waaambulance must appear in every podcast, funny stuff :)

An idea, when you guys are more willing to talk about halo 3 there could be a Q&A section where fans can email a few questions and you answer a few.
Thats what the weekly update used to do with Halo 2 and i assume it would be the same but the podcast could allow you to answer more.

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  • 09.23.2006 8:39 AM PDT
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Podcast was good, got better as it got more involved, the beginning was a little dreary...someone sounded like he'd lost his dog or his wallet or mabe the dog ate the wallet and then ran away. The whole halo 3 mystery sound idea is great, very radio-esk, got me thinking more about halo 3 and increased anticipation. Looking forward to the next episode and give us some more outtakes if you can- always good! Oh and on that subject it's good to hear the marines will be from different backgrounds- if the British guy doesn't say something like "I could sure use a cuppa" then you just don't know the British- our tanks have water heaters for just that :)
Keep up the good work.

  • 09.23.2006 9:22 AM PDT