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> From the Bungie.net fourms
>
> _________________________________
>
> Posted: 11/15/2004 6:25 PM
>
> Subject: Why Halo 3 will be out VERY soon!!!!!!!!!!
>
> First, I apologize this is a bit long but please let me know what you
> think. Before reading this keep in mind that I have played through both
> games multiple times, and read the entire series of novels, and have
> absolutely loved every entry into the Halo universe (especially Red vs.
> Blue!), however;
>
> Picture this, you;re in charge of marketing and development, and
> essentially the success of the Halo franchise, you have two distinct
> crowds anticipating the release of the next entry into the series, crowd
> one, is completely obsessed with the story, what happens to Master Chief,
> Earth, Kelly, Dr. Halsley, the Master Chief flash clone, the Covenant,
> etc.; the other crowd is absolutely frothing at the mouth for Halo 2 to be
> the next Xbox Live killer app. Somehow you have to more than satisfy both
> crowds. At E3 3003, nearly a year and a half before the release date, you
> show the utterly jaw dropping New Mombassa Earth battle scene, fully
> rendered, fully outfitted with enemy, marines, vehicles, etc.! The
> following year you release the Xbox Live Zanzibar video full of the
> hottest new features, rocket tracking, and dual wielding is re-emphasized,
> the "Anti-Son-of-a-XXXXX-Stick," and other features that made all of us
> who had Halo 2 reserved for eons more excited than our first -blam!-
> encounter! Mission Accomplished, both crowds have magnified their level of
> anticipation 1000%, pre-orders over-run retailers nationwide ensuring
> every release date record (video game or box office) will be obliterated.
>
> Meanwhile in development you encounter a problem, if you attempt to build
> the true killer Live app Halo 2 is supposed to be, while fully completing
> the campaign mode story, you may absolutely nail it, but would (at least
> until they come up with a new enemy and story for future sequels) spoil
> the chances for another near future blockbuster sequel, and run the risk
> of packing so much content into one bliss inspiring mega-game, that both
> the multi-player game and the campaign could never end up living up to the
> hype, and wallow in mediocrity; therefore delivering a near fatal blow to
> the Halo franchise, and a huge fall in future sales to the Xbox console,
> the console that Halo built. Knowing that outcome is entirely
> unacceptable, you have to make a drastic, last minute change to your
> nearly completed super game.
>
> Not being appointed head of the largest gaming project in history by mere
> coincidence, you develop a strategy that will undoubtedly land you and
> your staff in the gaming hall of fame. Knowing that the game play engine
> will make anything you throw at the public at least fun to play, all you
> have to do is make it interesting. You decide to release a game with a
> trimmed down single player campaign from what everyone was led to believe
> it would be, add filler (all of the covenant levels), and also add enough
> plot twists and mysteries so that not only the game is more than enticing
> enough to finish, you are left wondering things like, among many others,
> will Cortana aid the flood? Why did I hear the mysterious voice of Captain
> Keyes in certain levels? What will happen to the Covenant with the Brute
> uprising bringing their race near civil war? And how will Master Chief be
> able to stop the Arc from remote detonating the other Halos, and save
> earth from the seemingly unstoppable covenant armada; conveniently ending
> in nearly the same place we were all led to believe Halo 2 would start.
> With the newly trimmed down campaign mode you can, without fear of
> mediocrity, release all of the Xbox Live content originally planned to
> deliver a game that’s few single player shortcomings will be
> immediately overlooked by the plethora of online features and game modes
> that will consume countless hours, days, months, and even years of our
> lives. You decide to unofficially name this incredible game, Halo 2:
> Combat Online.
>
> Now without allowing time for the recently released Halo monster’s
> hype to settle, you focus your efforts on the surprise you left for only
> the hardcore Halo masters who would dare complete the Halo 2 campaign on
> the near impossible Legendary difficulty setting "Coming February 9th.";
> With the real conclusion to the now Halo trilogy nearly completed from the
> past 3 plus years of endless work, you officially drop the bomb on the
> public, Halo 3: Combat Earth will release a mere three months after Halo
> 2: Combat Online! Rather than including a new online component, with the
> exception of Xbox live co-op play, all new levels, weapons, and vehicles
> will be released as downloadable content for Halo 2, and will focus
> entirely on the greatest single player campaign mode in video game
> history; starting with Master Chief on the Arc, including the mysteriously
> disappearing New Mombassa level, concluding the conflict on earth with a
> battle more epic than even the original Halo 2 hype has led anyone to
> believe, and finally taking Master Chief to the Covenant home world to
> bring an end to the threat of returning Covenant hordes. All of that while
> tying up all of the mysteries that have been strewn up by both the Halo 2
> campaign and the series of books!
>
> Bravo Bungie and Microsoft, on your brilliant venture to bring pure and
> utter bliss to the countless Halo fan boys and girls!
>
> While this is entirely speculation from one of millions of Halo fans, it
> is also what Bungie and Microsoft have set themselves up for. Fulfilling
> my prophecies would bring all parties, consumers, developers, and
> producers alike the greatest and most profitable gaming experience ever.
>
> Let me know what you think and thanks for taking the time to read this!
> _____________________
>
> hmmmm... don't know what to really make of it. I do hope it's true and it
> might be good biz strategy- make a lot more profit and make the hard-core
> campaigners happy. BUT I guess you do risk a backlash.

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> what are you're comments on the Arbitor just out of curiosity? do you depise
> him or what? lol
> "Buster" <buster@eatme.com> wrote in message
> news:sDQmd.2311$Qh3.1872@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...

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> Am I the only one who has actually thought about the meaning of the Ark? In
> the legend, the Ark was a ship, so I think it's probably the Forerunner ship
> the MC is on at the end. In the legend, the only survivors of the Flood
> (hint hint) were the ones who escaped on the Ark. What if the Flood wiped
> out the Forerunners except for a few, just enough to reproduce and recover,
> escaped on a ship that would obviously be called the Ark? Has NO ONE else
> noticed all of these similarities?

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> On 11/18/04 5:57 PM, in article
> MPG.1c0700e78c503f82989baa@news.giganews.com, "RuddyH20" <me@here.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> First, it's Arbiter, not Arbitor, and second, he could hold it awkwardly
> with two and use the third as a trigger finger. It would be no harder than
> it is for the MC to use the Covenant weapons.
>
>

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>mysterious voice of Captain Keyes in certain levels?

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> From the Bungie.net fourms
>
> _________________________________
>
> Posted: 11/15/2004 6:25 PM
>
> Subject: Why Halo 3 will be out VERY soon!!!!!!!!!!
>
> First, I apologize this is a bit long but please let me know what you
> think. Before reading this keep in mind that I have played through both
> games multiple times, and read the entire series of novels, and have
> absolutely loved every entry into the Halo universe (especially Red vs.
> Blue!), however;
>
> Picture this, you;re in charge of marketing and development, and
> essentially the success of the Halo franchise, you have two distinct
> crowds anticipating the release of the next entry into the series, crowd
> one, is completely obsessed with the story, what happens to Master
> Chief, Earth, Kelly, Dr. Halsley, the Master Chief flash clone, the
> Covenant, etc.; the other crowd is absolutely frothing at the mouth for
> Halo 2 to be the next Xbox Live killer app. Somehow you have to more
> than satisfy both crowds. At E3 3003, nearly a year and a half before
> the release date, you show the utterly jaw dropping New Mombassa Earth
> battle scene, fully rendered, fully outfitted with enemy, marines,
> vehicles, etc.! The following year you release the Xbox Live Zanzibar
> video full of the hottest new features, rocket tracking, and dual
> wielding is re-emphasized, the "Anti-Son-of-a-XXXXX-Stick," and other
> features that made all of us who had Halo 2 reserved for eons more
> excited than our first -blam!- encounter! Mission Accomplished, both
> crowds have magnified their level of anticipation 1000%, pre-orders
> over-run retailers nationwide ensuring every release date record (video
> game or box office) will be obliterated.
>
> Meanwhile in development you encounter a problem, if you attempt to
> build the true killer Live app Halo 2 is supposed to be, while fully
> completing the campaign mode story, you may absolutely nail it, but
> would (at least until they come up with a new enemy and story for future
> sequels) spoil the chances for another near future blockbuster sequel,
> and run the risk of packing so much content into one bliss inspiring
> mega-game, that both the multi-player game and the campaign could never
> end up living up to the hype, and wallow in mediocrity; therefore
> delivering a near fatal blow to the Halo franchise, and a huge fall in
> future sales to the Xbox console, the console that Halo built. Knowing
> that outcome is entirely unacceptable, you have to make a drastic, last
> minute change to your nearly completed super game.
>
> Not being appointed head of the largest gaming project in history by
> mere coincidence, you develop a strategy that will undoubtedly land you
> and your staff in the gaming hall of fame. Knowing that the game play
> engine will make anything you throw at the public at least fun to play,
> all you have to do is make it interesting. You decide to release a game
> with a trimmed down single player campaign from what everyone was led to
> believe it would be, add filler (all of the covenant levels), and also
> add enough plot twists and mysteries so that not only the game is more
> than enticing enough to finish, you are left wondering things like,
> among many others, will Cortana aid the flood? Why did I hear the
> mysterious voice of Captain Keyes in certain levels? What will happen to
> the Covenant with the Brute uprising bringing their race near civil war?
> And how will Master Chief be able to stop the Arc from remote detonating
> the other Halos, and save earth from the seemingly unstoppable covenant
> armada; conveniently ending in nearly the same place we were all led to
> believe Halo 2 would start. With the newly trimmed down campaign mode
> you can, without fear of mediocrity, release all of the Xbox Live
> content originally planned to deliver a game that’s few single
> player shortcomings will be immediately overlooked by the plethora of
> online features and game modes that will consume countless hours, days,
> months, and even years of our lives. You decide to unofficially name
> this incredible game, Halo 2: Combat Online.
>
> Now without allowing time for the recently released Halo monster’s
> hype to settle, you focus your efforts on the surprise you left for only
> the hardcore Halo masters who would dare complete the Halo 2 campaign on
> the near impossible Legendary difficulty setting "Coming February 9th.";
> With the real conclusion to the now Halo trilogy nearly completed from
> the past 3 plus years of endless work, you officially drop the bomb on
> the public, Halo 3: Combat Earth will release a mere three months after
> Halo 2: Combat Online! Rather than including a new online component,
> with the exception of Xbox live co-op play, all new levels, weapons, and
> vehicles will be released as downloadable content for Halo 2, and will
> focus entirely on the greatest single player campaign mode in video game
> history; starting with Master Chief on the Arc, including the
> mysteriously disappearing New Mombassa level, concluding the conflict on
> earth with a battle more epic than even the original Halo 2 hype has led
> anyone to believe, and finally taking Master Chief to the Covenant home
> world to bring an end to the threat of returning Covenant hordes. All of
> that while tying up all of the mysteries that have been strewn up by
> both the Halo 2 campaign and the series of books!
>
> Bravo Bungie and Microsoft, on your brilliant venture to bring pure and
> utter bliss to the countless Halo fan boys and girls!
>
> While this is entirely speculation from one of millions of Halo fans, it
> is also what Bungie and Microsoft have set themselves up for. Fulfilling
> my prophecies would bring all parties, consumers, developers, and
> producers alike the greatest and most profitable gaming experience ever.
>
> Let me know what you think and thanks for taking the time to read this!
> _____________________
>
> hmmmm... don't know what to really make of it. I do hope it's true and
> it might be good biz strategy- make a lot more profit and make the
> hard-core campaigners happy. BUT I guess you do risk a backlash.