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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update
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Speaking of people on xbox live who are rude. Two points:

1) It really isn't that entertaining when atleast one of not two people drop out of every single game! Come on, penalize people, assign points to people who keep dropping out of games, and let us prioritize "good" gamers against "bad" gamers.

2) What is it the game uses to decide to let you kick a player who betrayed you? It seems to popup whenever its a mistake in a heated grenade battle, and you hit x before reading it. Whereas in games where you have someone purposefully betraying people (I was in a game this week with someone who did it atleast 10 times on our team), it never asked once! Seriously, that sucks. And you can't even report the person, the best I could choose was "Rude & Threatening".

Please change this in Halo 3!
Heck, please patch Halo 2!

And please hire someone to dish out paid halo 2 maps! Please, we play at work every day in the afternoon and these multiplayer maps are getting a bit tedious. Hiring 1 person to do maps.....say $60-100k a year. $10 for a map pack with online download only.... Breakeven if only 6,000 people buy it. Comeon, please, I'm beggin ya! :)

  • 10.20.2006 9:31 PM PDT

Here, go to this website and get your Halo clips recorded in HD for free.

http://sites.google.com/site/holdrbtomorph/

I forgot. How do you e-mail the Banhammer?

  • 10.20.2006 9:34 PM PDT

Just remember... I keep it real...

That Mister Chief could stop the Gears of War from turning. Its good to hear though that the Halo movie is still going on.

  • 10.20.2006 9:57 PM PDT

Just remember... I keep it real...

*Delete this*

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  • 10.20.2006 10:00 PM PDT
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Yay a little bit of everything in the update this week. Awesome Frankie! Keep it up.

Actually, when you do finally get to see the stuff WETA has already made, you will probably pee a little.
I like the sound of this. Thank you for finally pointing out that just because Fox and Universal backed out does not mean anything is over yet. I was getting really tired of people jumping to negative conclusions about that. In fact, I'll be really hoping that the movie turns out awesome now just to rub in their faces for making a bad decision like that on Bungie and Microsoft. I know that game-based movies have never done particularly well in the past, but they never were making movies off of games that would make a good translation in the first place. Halo is the perfect franchise for this, and I think if things can be pulled back together that it will be the first game-based movie that will NOT suck.

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  • 10.20.2006 10:16 PM PDT
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A nice Waaaahmbulance, Frankie. However, the movie news was a little unfortunate. Hopefully, Peter Jackson and the others will be able to find somebody else that shares their vision.

  • 10.20.2006 10:31 PM PDT
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"The reality here at Bungie towers is a feeling of optimism, satisfaction and happiness...." etc., etc., BS BS.

What that translates over to is ..."we don't know what the heck we're doing...".

If you ban me, you ban me for my free speech.... go on.

  • 10.20.2006 10:38 PM PDT
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I know this is random, but I was wondering if you guys will release a demo of Halo 3 on Xbox Live Marketplace a little bit before you release it?

  • 10.20.2006 10:53 PM PDT
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noooooooooooooo.....................i want to see those screens UNBLURRED!!!!!!!
nice update!!!!!!!!!

  • 10.20.2006 11:09 PM PDT

Love the community stuff. Since you can't show us much Halo 3 stuff, it's always good to see what the rest of the Community is doing.

Tied the Leader. One Year. Awesome.

KP deserves to get bant. ;)
Even though it was a custom game.

  • 10.21.2006 12:11 AM PDT
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KewLLeo :D

  • 10.21.2006 12:24 AM PDT
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I kind of doubt it, but could Spartan 51-Kurt- be the one with the freaky armor that's on the cover G.O.O.?

  • 10.21.2006 12:46 AM PDT
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So now that you and all the rest of the Bungie staff are familiar with this glitch and obviously recognize it as a problem (you supposedly ban people for it), why don't you get the team on putting out a patch to correct it? How long could this possibly take?

I've played over 5K MM games and I would estimate I've been cheated in about half or more of them thanks to modders, BxR cheaters, standbyer's, and the long past dummy glitchers (only cheat that has been patched up?). I really hope Halo 3 relies on games hosted by MS servers. This would hopefully cut down on network cheating (host grabbing, standbying, ppl screwing w/ others' connections, etc...), which seems to be the biggest issue on Halo 2 (with the BxR glitch sitting at a close second).



PS... How do you detect people using this cheat and ban them? Is there really a good way? If so, how long did it take to develop it and implement it? I would assume this time could have been better served in making a patch to correct the issue.

  • 10.21.2006 12:59 AM PDT
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Yah! i did mod! i admit it! i dont any more, but i did. and i'm sick of hearing all this crap about ow bad its getting...and how much wosre its ganna be for us. how bout rewarding or at least releaving those of us that have stopped. i am banned from matchmaking for no purpose. if i wasnt banned...i'd stiil pwn, but i never used mods in matchmaking any way...
by the way, modding is fun. we put all the stuff in ahlo 2 that bungie should have in the first place (like flyable pelicans) and admitably also some retarded stuff like flying warthogs and what not. but, yes, its wrong and its yall's game not ours. but still. think about maybe an unban system for those who have stopped modding.
P.S. oh yah... he says he hates modders. everyone does. but from those exact same people, we recieve about a hundred or so friend requests a day. plz reply


Heh. I guess it really is true that cheaters have a poor grasp on english.

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"The reality here at Bungie towers is a feeling of optimism, satisfaction and happiness...." etc., etc., BS BS.

What that translates over to is ..."we don't know what the heck we're doing...".

If you ban me, you ban me for my free speech.... go on.


Troll-e-o-le-o-le-ooooo

How do you like my yodelling? I've been practicing lately. Getting better at it too.

  • 10.21.2006 1:38 AM PDT
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what...no good news on the movie...peter please talk to the fans of halo we want more news on the movie pleaseeee..........



cant wait for halo 3 to hit the shelves...............the day that happens i'm going to have a halo party but first paintball must start the party as always. My Titan owns!!! : ]

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  • 10.21.2006 1:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: EssenceOfAndrew
I know this is random, but I was wondering if you guys will release a demo of Halo 3 on Xbox Live Marketplace a little bit before you release it?


They most certainly won't, it costs time, which they will need for Halo 3.
Bungie didn't make a H2 demo for the same reason.

  • 10.21.2006 2:04 AM PDT


With the arrival of some new, more horrifying ban tools on the horizon, we thought now would be a good time to remind modders, cheats and miscreants that they really should stop now. If they think a ban from matchmaking was bad, they’ve got another thing coming. I am deadly serious too.

What!?!, you're gonna give them free gifts... ?

But seriously, it's about time. Great news.

  • 10.21.2006 2:05 AM PDT
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...gawd i love being a gamer right now...

FRANKIE!!!
I WANT THAT JACKET MARTY IS WEARING!!!
[Well okay not THAT jacket that he's wearing specifically... for obvious sanitary reasons, but one very similar, in a medum prefferably].
I'LL GLADLY PAY ANY AMOUNT YOU CAN FATHOM!!!
PLEASE PUT IT IN TEH BUNGIE STORE!!!

  • 10.21.2006 2:52 AM PDT
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Thanks! I feel really updated this time.

  • 10.21.2006 3:57 AM PDT
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I love the sense of humour you guys have...

Especially those 00ber 1337 gFx 0v da HaL0 treeeeee on t3h monit0rz
(= "especially the great graphics of Halo 3 on the monitors")

lol ^_^ I can't wait to see some H3 screenshots even if they're no way near completion, I'm sure they'll look amasing

  • 10.21.2006 6:18 AM PDT
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About skipping school at Halo 3 launch day
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I'm going to school because I plan on having a life...
Yeah, only nerds skip school. Oh wait...

Best update in a long time! I was hoping that Halo 3 would have better graphics than the early versions of pacman, but I guess you can't have everything.

  • 10.21.2006 6:50 AM PDT
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I have a great recommendation....how about a Bungie Update that will tell us when (what date) you will actually be telling us something.

Don't post anything else until that day comes and leave it at that.

  • 10.21.2006 7:19 AM PDT
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Posted by: EssenceOfAndrew
I know this is random, but I was wondering if you guys will release a demo of Halo 3 on Xbox Live Marketplace a little bit before you release it?


They most certainly won't, it costs time, which they will need for Halo 3.
Bungie didn't make a H2 demo for the same reason.


That's not why. Bungie and MS have more than enough Capitol to put out a Demo. I'm sure they have more Capitol actually and Time than other "smaller" companies. I won't say why they won't, but i will tell you this, Before the launch of Halo :Combat Evolved, Bungie did infact release a "Demo" for it. It came for PC as a "Demo" only and I believe the Level was "Halo" then later releasing a Demo of "The Silent Cartographer" (for the actual Xbox)after The Launch of Halo : Combat Evolved. I'm pretty sure Halo 2 grossed around $125 million on Launch Day. Who knows, If I had a "Demo" of Halo 2 (with Multiplayer) before it actually launched, I may not have Bought the Game at launch, me and ALOT of Oldschool Halo Fans. Sure with the expansion of Halo 2 and it's Options, Mainly XBL, Halo 2 would blow Halo: CE off the map in sales no matter what. But, Even though "WE" bought the game at launch, many of us simply just stopped playing it. Unfortunately, we already bought it...so..... It would make NO sense for Bungie to release a "demo" for any Halo game to come in the future. They Don't need it, The game will sell off the Name "Halo" alone. Why potentially Hurt your initial Sales at launch by releasing a "Demo" that many Fans may not like? And then, they don't buy the game at Launch. They are better off just releasing the game and let the road take the Fans where it will.

Halo 3 has ALOT of anticipation for me and alot of other players out there. I have Faith in Bungie and Expect the best game on the 360 for 2007 from them. But they will never ever release a "Demo". I would just stop asking that Question cause they will tell you "they Don't have Time, and it costs too much" which is probably true, but maybe not the actual reason. Think of how many Demos of Halo 3 they Have already and are playing right now. What would be the big deal to dish out 1 of them to us. Polish it up, make some copies and send it out, I bet they could actually get most of the Expenses Paid if they allowed it to be released in one of the Gaming Magazines. Any Idea how many copies of a magazine you would sell with a "Halo" Demo in it? ALOT !!!!!!!!!! And I'm sure that they have been appeoached by gaming magazines to do this and it in the end wouldn't really cost them a dime. Bottom line, Halo needs no Demo. It will sell no matter what. The only thing is, it will sell less copies at launch if there is a Demo released. That's my opinion.

Good update anyway. I guess KP got pretty good at Demoing the BXR glitch, i men he totally Pwned that noob with it in like les than a half of second!

Still tryin to figure out why Bungie is helping promote "GOW", is the game really that bad I ask? I hope "GOW" is not a let down like "Brute Force" was.

Too bad on the Movie, I guess Peter Jackson and the crew are going to focus on Halo in a 3rd person shooter format for xbox 360 in the meantime. I'm guessing thats his new project for Halo. Hopefully we will get a movie someday and it will rock!

peace.

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  • 10.21.2006 7:20 AM PDT