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Subject: Halo 3 Beta Shenaniganry
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Posted by: KillaSL2
Posted by: Greenskull360
wow calm down, if you are not a "gaming nerd" then I hope Bungie doesn't pick you


That would be dumb...only having one "perspective" of gamer test it...obviously they want all perspectives due to the fact it is a PUBLIC beta. If they just wanted gamer nerd...I think they could find plenty within Bungie.
Um they aren't testing it to really see how people like it... It's to find bugs and what combos and settings work best etc etc.

  • 12.04.2006 5:59 PM PDT
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i put in all info just to hopefully make sure to get it it works on ie 7

  • 12.04.2006 5:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: PsychoAssassin
Jesus tap dancing Christ, will everyone please stop trying to register at the same time. It just makes it so no one can register. Its like 5 people trying to go through a revolving door, they all get stuck. So just take a breather and watch Monday Night Football or something.


Hey I don;'t see you watching the NFL (being as that you are posting on the forums... a bit hippocritical eh?)

  • 12.04.2006 6:00 PM PDT
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someone who works with bunge, PLEASE tell me why it requires a cell phone number if I don't have one!?

  • 12.04.2006 6:00 PM PDT

Posted by: DMK447
someone who works with bunge, PLEASE tell me why it requires a cell phone number if I don't have one!?
fill in home phone in the cell place

  • 12.04.2006 6:02 PM PDT

"Halo 2 is a lot like Halo, only it's Halo on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas... And the ninjas are all on fire, too." - Jason Jones, Bungie Studios

"Blue Spider, GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF" -Donut, RedvsBlue

Diary Of A Noob

Very Funny Post

Posted by: BMarsh
Posted by: PsychoAssassin
Jesus tap dancing Christ, will everyone please stop trying to register at the same time. It just makes it so no one can register. Its like 5 people trying to go through a revolving door, they all get stuck. So just take a breather and watch Monday Night Football or something.


Hey I don;'t see you watching the NFL (being as that you are posting on the forums... a bit hippocritical eh?)


Actually I'm multi-tasking, something im really good at. Im on the computer AND watching TV and the SAME TIME

  • 12.04.2006 6:05 PM PDT
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I need to know if there is something I can do so that I'm sure they won't reject my application simply because I didn't put in an actual cell number.

  • 12.04.2006 6:05 PM PDT
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yea thats what I did


If you noticed before when you were redirected to bungie.net at the top (blue bar thing on IE) it kept changing and would often display stuff referring to 7. I assumed this meant 7pm was when the beta would open and sure enough it was (around 7:07pm EST)...I entered almost immediatly and I registered in about 2 minutes...without this "white screen" So i agree with most that if poeple calm down you will get your entry in soon enough.

[Edited on 12/4/2006]

  • 12.04.2006 6:05 PM PDT

OOH... So the green reticle means Don't shoot?

I finished registering by entering my information however, when i clicked to submit the information the next page took consiterably long to come up and when it did it was blank save for 1 line and a couple of links. Is this normal and my information was sent, or should i retry?

  • 12.04.2006 6:07 PM PDT
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i've been trying for 30 minutes and keep getting the white screen with the copyright and the two links. If i just let it sit there for a while will i get anywhere or should i close out and keep retrying. Please help; i'm getting very frustrated and tired of letting pages just sit there.

  • 12.04.2006 6:08 PM PDT
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way way way to many ppl trying to sign up the site is going to slow

  • 12.04.2006 6:08 PM PDT
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Actually, sitinthehall, I got a white screen that has the copyright stuff in the same place as that picture so maybe I got through and the browser just didn't load that page properly...

  • 12.04.2006 6:09 PM PDT

Trailer just showed on ESPN, rewind it if you missed if and you have DVR

  • 12.04.2006 6:11 PM PDT
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omg commercial AMAZING

  • 12.04.2006 6:12 PM PDT
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Well I keep getting a page that is just white and for the title it says halo 3 registration anyone else got this?

  • 12.04.2006 6:21 PM PDT

no one will be able to register now, after the commercial even more people got online and are currently registering, everyone who came in late is ruining it for the rest of us!!! Everyone must wait 20 minutes before trying to register or it wont work for anyone untill late tomarrow when they fix the server

  • 12.04.2006 6:25 PM PDT

So the "gamer nerd" gets to decide what combos work best? I would say that is a matter of opinion. Like I said...they want more than just "gamer nerds" to test the game.....because more than gamer nerds will be eventually playing it.

"This beta also represents an opportunity for gamers to give information that will help in the development of Halo 3"

I interpret that as giving your opinion on what you thought of the multiplayer experience.
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Posted by: KillaSL2
Posted by: Greenskull360
wow calm down, if you are not a "gaming nerd" then I hope Bungie doesn't pick you


That would be dumb...only having one "perspective" of gamer test it...obviously they want all perspectives due to the fact it is a PUBLIC beta. If they just wanted gamer nerd...I think they could find plenty within Bungie.
Um they aren't testing it to really see how people like it... It's to find bugs and what combos and settings work best etc etc.

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commercial was pretty good, one question, well two just real quick since i dont have dvr or anything, were those things brutes once master chief jumped over that little ledge thing at the end or what? and is that grenade gonna be in game? i know they said that it was like not actual gameplay or anything *of course* but still is there a chance it could be in the game? looked pretty cool

  • 12.04.2006 6:26 PM PDT

"Halo 2 is a lot like Halo, only it's Halo on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas... And the ninjas are all on fire, too." - Jason Jones, Bungie Studios

"Blue Spider, GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF" -Donut, RedvsBlue

Diary Of A Noob

Very Funny Post

my connection just keeps on timing out. I got so close to registering, i entered my address crap and everything and i press enter and the connection times out

  • 12.04.2006 6:26 PM PDT
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Damned site won't load. Thanks for nothing, Bungie. Next time you might want to get some more bandwidth, hm? You need a lot more space to deal with all of the people trying to register FAIRLY. Otherwise stuff like this happens, and people don't get a fair chance. It doesn't seem right to me.

  • 12.04.2006 6:27 PM PDT
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I've been there several times and it keeps telling me the registration page is unavailable.

  • 12.04.2006 6:27 PM PDT
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Halo 3 Trailer was AWESOME!!!!!!

I clicked submit (after registration info) and got this:

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

I tried going back and starting over again, figuring I have to resend the info anyways, and I'm getting this over and over again.

Grrr. Looks like we took the entire site down! Good Job Guys! lol.

Edit: I've just tried to ping the site from the terminal, and I can safely say that IT IS DOWN.

[Edited on 12/4/2006]

  • 12.04.2006 6:27 PM PDT

are you an idiot! everyone is getting the white page because too many people are on the same server at one, you even could have read ANY of the earlier posts...about all of them complain about the white screen and why its happening... n00b

  • 12.04.2006 6:27 PM PDT

OOH... So the green reticle means Don't shoot?

Oh yes.. the commercial was quite amasing. I loved the 'sheild grenade' and thought it was quite unusual that MC's helmet fell off... I was like *GASP*

Anyways, back to the registering problem, it seems that it occurs very commonly. Any explanation as to what we can do to have this registration work would be greatly appreciated.

  • 12.04.2006 6:28 PM PDT

"Fixing" the server isn't the issue and won't even help. There's just too many people trying to access the site that it's being overloaded. The same thing happened with the Comcast free MSP giveaway. The only thing that will help is people who stop, take a break and let the server recover. Idealy people should access it in spurts so it doesn't overload, but that will never happen. Would have been better if the registration page was limited to IP ranges in each timezone/area so the entire nation isn't accessing it at the same exact moment.

  • 12.04.2006 6:29 PM PDT