Archive for September, 2008

Fri
Sep
26

Bungie - Keep It Clean

Master Chief

Hmm, today has been an interesting day for Halo 3 fans. The news doesn’t involve Halo directly per se, but Bungie has released some archaic teasers upon their fans.

The first bit of information comes by way of a teaser trailer. The trailer really doesn’t show off a whole lot. It shows what appears to be Earth, or a human controlled planet. It has a very post-apocalyptic feel as the streets are empty with smoke rising in the air. I won’t say anymore for fear of giving too much away. Visit Bungie’s site if you wish to view the teaser.

The second pieces of information come by way of what looks to be fake broadcasting transcripts. I’ll post them here, but it all looks very jumbled so I apologize.

Pardon Our Dust transcript: <\\> UNSC OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE 

<\\> TAC-OPS LOGISTICS DATABASE [ONI.SEC.PRTCL-1A] 

 

<\ * PRIORITY! * RESOURCE RE-ALLOCATION REQUEST 

 

>> SENT: [DARE.V.500341(S1)] 

>> RECEIVED: HEAVY CRUISER “SAY MY NAME” [SMN.ACTUAL] 

 

\ PARTIAL VTT TRANSCRIPT AS FOLLOWS… 

 

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “The situation on the ground isn’t my concern.” 

[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “I understand, Admiral. But I need –”

[EXPLOSION (4.0098s)]

[SMN.UNKNOWN]:[UNINTELLIGIBLE > PANIC(?)]

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Empty archer pods six through twelve!”

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Ready the MAC, and come about!”

[SMN.UNKNOWN]:[UNINTELLIGIBLE > INSUBORDINATION(?)]

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “It may have passed us, Lieutenant, but it’s still in range.”

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Come about. And shoot it in the ass.”

[EXPLOSION (2.3482s)]

[STATIC (3.8761s)]

[SMN.UNKNOWN]:[UNINTELLIGIBLE > COMPLIANCE(?)]

[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Admiral, about my squad?”

[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “I’ve forwarded their NCO’s name to your –”

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Enough, Captain!”

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “If I survive this attack…”

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “I will deploy per my orders from Fleet HQ!”

[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Sir. I don’t report to Fleet.”

[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “And the men I want? Now they don’t either.”

[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Please. Read my request.”

[STATIC (2.8179s)]

[EXPLOSION (3.0194s)]

[STATIC (7.4501s)]

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Didn’t think you S1 types ever left your cave.”

[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Desperate times…”

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Alright, Captain. You’ve got your squad.”

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “If I survive the attack.”

[EXPLOSION (2.9016s)]

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “And right now? That’ll take a genuine act of God.”

[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “I’ll see what I can do.” 

 

\ ~ REQUEST COMPLETE

\ DATABASE CLOSED \>

 

Keep It Clean transcript: <\\> UNSC OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE 

 

<\\> CLASSIFIED SIGNALS ARCHIVE [ONI.SEC.PRTCL-1A] 

 

<\ OPENED PER OFFICIAL REQUEST [DARE.V.500341(S1)] 

 

\ SOURCE: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE A.I. [SUPERINTENDENT] 

 

\ RECIPIENT: PROWLER “TOKYO RULES” [COMM.DUTY.OFFICER] 

>> NOTATION KEYWORD SEARCH: “EMERGENCY” “DATA” “CORRUPTION” 

>> (…) ~ QUERY RUNNING 

>> (..) 

>> (.) \ VTT TRANSCRIPT AS FOLLOWS… 

 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY!” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY!” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMER–!” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “We know. Personnel are en route. Can you–” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “DETOUR! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “–put Kinsler on the line?” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: [UNITELLIGIBLE > DOG GROWLING(?)] 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Sorry, what?” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “BE A HERO! REPORT VIOLATORS!” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Oh, come on… ” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMER–!” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Listen. We have a report of core data corruption.” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “I need you to upload your–” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “PARDON OUR DUST!” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER] “–logs for the last twenty-four hours!” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “KEEP IT CLEAN!” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “KEEP IT CLEAN!” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “KEEP IT CLEAN!” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: [UNINTELLIGIBLE > PROFANITY (?)] 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “We’re sending a team, alright?” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Until they arrive, all additional comm needs to route through me.” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Repeat and acknowledge.” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “OBEY POSTED LIMITS!” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “YIELD TO UPHILL TRAFFIC!” 

[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “I’ll take that as a ‘yes’…” 

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “PLEASE REMAIN CALM!” 

 

\ ~ QUERY COMPLETE 

 

\ ARCHIVE CLOSED \>

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Thu
Sep
18

Halo 3 Title Update 2

Master Chief

Title Update 2 is nearly upon us. In preperation, Bungie has released their weekly update on a Thursday. It sounds like they’re aniticpating armageddon when TU2 goes live. Here’s some things they’re anticipating when TU2 goes live:

“Title Update 2 will download when you log in to Halo 3 on September 23rd. Smart alecky types guessed it would be either today (the 18th) or the 23rd as we make a habit of doing our updates on pretty particular days. If you poke around you’ll see that some stuff has changed here on Bungie.net, some of that stuff will flick on when TU2 turns on next week, and some of it is Live now. 

When TU2 goes live next week we fully expect a crazy period in Matchmaking. See, there will be a period after TU2 goes live where not everyone will have the Title Update for a number of weird reasons like: You left your box on and the TU came out so folks who turn their boxes on are getting the new patch and you’re playing the previous version of the game; Your Xbox doesn’t recognize a new patch (clear your boxes’ cache - Go to the System blade and select Memory. Press Y on the HD symbol and then press X, X, LB, RB, X, X. If you did this properly a message will appear saying: Do you want to perform maintenance on your Xbox 360 storage device. Selet the “yes” equivalent and then boot up Halo 3) or any number of other weird issues like the host has TU2 and the client doesn’t or the client has TU2 and the host is on TU1, it’s going to be a bit like the end of Ghostbusters, but we promise, that even though it seems like Matchmaking has fallen into the gaping maw of cement cracks - it will climb out. 

We expect all of these issues to resolve within four or five hours of TU2 going live. We will be watching it closely.”

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Fri
Sep
12

New Halo 3 Achievements

Master Chief

We’ve all downloaded the Title Updated 2 and have had time to put it through the paces. There were a couple of additions, but nothing as big as the achievement list update. Here is the list of added achievements in case you missed it:

Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch (0 points) – Get to the rank of Lieutenant in any playlist in the new EXP progression system.

Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 (0 points) – Enter into any ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.

Vidmaster Challenge: Annual (0 points) – After 9/25/08, complete Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.

Double Double (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get two Double Kills during any ranked or social match.

Poor Yorick (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 3 Oddball melee kills during any ranked or social match.

Came…From…Behind (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get 3 assassinations during any ranked or social match.

Defend This (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get a flag melee kill during any ranked or social match.

Flag Dropped (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 2 flag carrier kills during any ranked or social match.

Road Rage (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 5 Warthog chaingun kills during any ranked or social match.

Look Both Ways (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get a Splatter Spree during any ranked or social match.

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Fri
Sep
5

The Superintendent

Master Chief

It seems like has been some intrigue coming out of PAX 2008, for Halo fans. The Superintindent has been making a huge splash lately. If you dont know who the SuperIntindent is, click here.

The first bit of juicy Superintindent gossip comes by way of Xbox360fanboy. This is actually an update for the upcoming Halo Wars. There have been some fans on Bungie’s site that say it could be in reference to the Superintindent.

Then, again on Bungie’s site there was a fan that was lucky enough to visit PAX 2008. There he got to meet some of the artists, and creative minds behind Halo. While that’s all and good, it’s his mention of SI that stands out. If you wish to read up on his account, click here.

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