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Subject: This is a Disgrace to the Bungie Community.
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Posted by: twinkiemaker
That sucks.

It should cheer you all up to know that there is some new swag in the Bungie Store.


Yeah, i'd be busy buying that if i didn't have to pay something in the region of 600% of the cost of the item on delivery, and then waiting "6-8 weeks".

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  • 12.04.2006 1:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: BobBQ
If there are a limited number of participants, each of whom is registered and had to actually do something to get his or her slot, that drastically cuts down on the risk of the beta being overrun by the scum of XBox Live.

Actually do something? 25 words about "finishing the fight"?

Read elmicker's post, a few above mine on the first page. Well, the bit about how to sign up testers, anyhow. =S

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ignore this. i blame scruss.

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  • 12.04.2006 1:08 PM PDT

It was a cold day near the southern base in Blood Gulch. Cortana and I were relaxing over a game of Go Fish, WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE 700 BANSHEES CAME FLYING IN!!! I GRABED MY SPARTAN LASER AND LET HELL REIGN DOWN UPON THEM. I HOPPED IN THE NEAREST WARTHOG AND TOLD CORTANA TO GET IN.

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Posted by: Pezza
Great!

We want to test with people from all geographical locations to ensure the best possible use of data.... I have never, ever been so pissed off at Bungie than I am right now.

Ah well, atleast now I dont have to worry about how the final product will be, enjoy your amazing game America/UK. I will still be here, waiting patiently, on yellow bar, wondering why the netcode is awful.

Oh my God I am angry. I'm getting off the site before I just... God dammit. Ten places? Sickening.


Might wanna throw it into perspective. Would you be angry if there were zero places worldwide? Probably not. Nobody promised anyone anything. Let's all have a goosfraba moment and calm down. It'll be ok.

Sometimes it's better to not be teased at all. I'd have rather not heard of a public beta at all then heard that there will be one with 10 places for my entire country.

Ignore this.

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Posted by: elmicker
ignore this. i blame scruss.


but the terms and conditions say so elmicker.

  • 12.04.2006 1:13 PM PDT
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/me beats head against wall.

I hate you all, you bastard mob.

  • 12.04.2006 1:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: twinkiemaker
It should cheer you all up to know that there is some new swag in the Bungie Store.


Swag Nobody outside of the US can get without insane shipping fees. neat.

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Posted by: twinkiemaker
It should cheer you all up to know that there is some new swag in the Bungie Store.


Swag Nobody outside of the US can get without insane shipping fees. neat.


Wow today is just not your day. You've been screwed twice. If I were you I would find a safe place and hide. Bad luck is finding you.

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  • 12.04.2006 1:18 PM PDT
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Im not australian, so technically i havent been screwed.



Yet :(

  • 12.04.2006 1:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: Gendo
Im not australian, so technically i havent been screwed.



Yet :(

Not until they announce the 11 slots available for the UK members.

  • 12.04.2006 1:21 PM PDT

Strange evolution how people have come to believe
That we are it's greatest achievement
We're barely, we're just a collection of cells
Overrating themselves

I bet Peter Jackson gets a copy!!

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Posted by: twinkiemaker
I bet Peter Jackson gets a copy!!


What after the Halo movie flopped before it even came out? I think they hate him now. I hope they get that thing back together. If he does then he can play the beta. Just to be mean they should make him take up one of the Australian spots.

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  • 12.04.2006 1:25 PM PDT

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They guys who made that site dedicated to hating Halo 2 are probably guaranteed a spot.

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Hahaha

This just in to the news desk: Halo 3 beta testing is now being managed by halo2sucks.com!

  • 12.04.2006 1:29 PM PDT

Oh come on, Americans and Australians are basically Brits anyway. It's just that in the past, we sent our bible-bashers to America and our criminals to Australia.

What have the Aussies got that we haven't? AUSTRALIA! Jeez, don't you guys know when you're on to something good? Wanna swap?

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What's the betting that in about 3 hour's time, bungie will just go, "Look, it was a social experiment, we weren't really trying to do a half-assed public beta like that... honest!!"

  • 12.04.2006 1:34 PM PDT

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"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."

Yep, I did say that. Now, that means one of two things. Either I was lying, or the current methods to access the beta are not the whole story.

Which one do you think it is?

Posted by: Jeff McRaeDude you piss off right now. I mean 10 slots? C'mon. That doesn't even count for a gang bang anymore.

And about the "nobody promised anyone anything" comment, actually, we kind of were. Achronos said that they wanted to really test this game out worldwide, and they wanted to pretty much flood the servers with information. That being said, you kind of expect them to mean more than 10 people in Australia. This is just crap.

  • 12.04.2006 1:40 PM PDT
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Liar!




Ok, good to hear we might not be -blam!- over.

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First a dead croc hunter, then dead koalas in wild fires, now this! Australias youth shall grow up abandoned and meaningless.

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Posted by: Achronos
Yep, I did say that. Now, that means one of two things. Either I was lying, or the current methods to access the beta are not the whole story.

Which one do you think it is?

Posted by: Jeff McRae
Dude you piss off right now. I mean 10 slots? C'mon. That doesn't even count for a gang bang anymore.

And about the "nobody promised anyone anything" comment, actually, we kind of were. Achronos said that they wanted to really test this game out worldwide, and they wanted to pretty much flood the servers with information. That being said, you kind of expect them to mean more than 10 people in Australia. This is just crap.


Does Achronos agree though that this is very upsetting for members of the 'Halo Nation' (sarcasm there) who live in Australia/New Zealand?

I'm still not liking the fact we've heard nothing about the UK yet...

  • 12.04.2006 1:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: Achronos
Yep, I did say that. Now, that means one of two things. Either I was lying, or the current methods to access the beta are not the whole story.

Which one do you think it is?

Posted by: Jeff McRaeDude you piss off right now. I mean 10 slots? C'mon. That doesn't even count for a gang bang anymore.

And about the "nobody promised anyone anything" comment, actually, we kind of were. Achronos said that they wanted to really test this game out worldwide, and they wanted to pretty much flood the servers with information. That being said, you kind of expect them to mean more than 10 people in Australia. This is just crap.

Now that you've said that, how come you guys just don't tell us what the "whole story" is? I think the people who live in Australia and New Zealand would like to know the story. Right now, all they know is that they're getting screwed.

  • 12.04.2006 1:48 PM PDT

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Overrating themselves

Posted by: Jeff McRae
Now that you've said that, how come you guys just don't tell us what the "whole story" is? I think the people who live in Australia and New Zealand would like to know the story. Right now, all they know is that they're getting screwed.


Thats not always a bad thing.

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Posted by: twinkiemaker
Posted by: Jeff McRae
Now that you've said that, how come you guys just don't tell us what the "whole story" is? I think the people who live in Australia and New Zealand would like to know the story. Right now, all they know is that they're getting screwed.


Thats not always a bad thing.


Unless you are an altar boy.

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I don't see what the big deal is for people who'll get upset about not getting to sign up. It might be fun, but it's also just a game. You could have just as much fun playing the beta as playing Mario Kart drunk (I am so stealing your idea flower boi).

I may be saying that because I only want Halo 3 to finish the story arc, but eh.

  • 12.04.2006 2:08 PM PDT

Tom Achronos
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"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."

First of all, people trolling in this thread will get banned if they continue to. You know who you are.

Second, the whole story is significantly more complicated than you might expect. Besides being a worldwide thing, there are lots of logistics and various sensitive issues of timing that require us to not dump all information on you at once.

There will be ample opportunity for lots of people to get into the beta to make it a good large-scale test. I cannot be more specific than that. I understand your frustration, but please have patience. We aren't trying to screw you over.

Posted by: Jeff McRae
Now that you've said that, how come you guys just don't tell us what the "whole story" is? I think the people who live in Australia and New Zealand would like to know the story. Right now, all they know is that they're getting screwed.

  • 12.04.2006 2:09 PM PDT