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8/14/2004 12:06:47 AM
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HALO 2 WEEKLY UPDATE! August 13th

[color="yellow"][i]Note: Frankie is out of town this week and the Bungie Princess is our special guest author.. (I'm just posting it). Now brace yourselves for the most fact-filled top-secret-spoiling update EVER!...[/i][/color] [b]BUNGIE WEEKLY UPDATE[/b] - August 13th Frankie’s in Mexico and I’m in charge! So, listen up…we are taking a break from all that blah-blah about Halo 2 and we are discussing a truly important topic…HAIR! I will be devoting several hours of my Saturday to some serious “diva-time” along side my best friend at Joel’s salon. There will be lots of girly-girl talk and wine to be had for all. The only dilemma is what color should I do my hair? Anyone who has known me longer than about a month knows I absolutely love to change my hair color. It is a running joke around here. I am currently blonde, but am thinking it is time for a change. In the spirit of by-passing all that typical video game talk I think we should devote a forum to helping me choose my new hair color. But seriously, I am supposed to be giving you some weekly information about our big project over here in Bungieland. Biggest news of the week involves the rancid Bungie refrigerator. We are bursting at the seams over here and need to find some space to sit some more people helping out on the game. So, I figured what the heck why not the fridge…that is some prime real estate. But seriously, the dev team doesn’t know it yet but they have lost the battle of the fridge and it’s pungent odor will soon be seeping onto their side of the room. I ate dinner with the boys tonight (frightening). Have you ever had the pleasure of attacking a taco bar with 70 hungry men…hhhmmmm, let me be the one to tell you this is not a pretty site. Amanda has quickly learned that food is the precious commodity in this office. The way to a man’s heart is most certainly through his stomach. We will be making the ever dreaded Costco trip next week to stock up on goodies. The people at Costco, employees and customers alike, hate me. When I roll up to the check out lane with two industrial size carts stacked to the point of towering over my head and a flat bed stock piled with beer in tow…let’s just say I am not typically greeted with a warm “How are you?” but rather an overwhelmed look of panic. So, my week has not solely revolved around food and nasty refrigerators. In addition to feeding the masses, Amanda has been hard at work helping Harold keep a running inventory of about a thousand computers…man, these guys are expensive. She has also called all over the world in search of elusive Xboxes from other countries…so if you have one that you don’t need, feel free to send it in…kidding. I just got the 2nd pass of the art book back…looking very cool guys...keep your eyes open come November 9th (oh yeah and Halo 2 will be on shelves as well). The rest of my time this week was spent modeling Dunn’s ever-growing collection of crazy hats. I have been a cowgirl, a gardener and Frank Sinatra so far. Okay, okay enough my drivel, here are some updates straight from me to you on this game everyone keeps talking about (stage whisper…”Hey Brian, what’s the name of that video game we’re working on again….oh yeah…Halo 2…thanks!) So Butchie put the beta out on a branch this week and really wants the code to stay jolly and happy until he goes to RTM…wherever that is…and what is he doing taking a vacation anyway?! All of the levels are undergoing performance reviews (are they even eligible for a raise?) and things are shaping up nicely. Even though Jaime's running around his level with ¾ of his screen filled with debug info, we still have trouble getting him to stop playing so Butchie can run his analysis tools. He's evidently having a blast, and that's a good thing. Luke has been integrating our aiming code withhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, huh!?!? Ooops sorry drifted off there where was I…something about sniping and intending to shoot …I don’t know sounds, pretty cool and I guess the Counter-Strike and Quake people will really like the fact that you can’t snipe through walls. Which seems kinda lame to me, I think Master Chief should have x-ray vision and be able to snipe through walls, because then he could really wail on those damn Elite bastards. Ryan, a very verbose gentleman, a man of many words has this to say regarding test: Testing next beta update Emblem Pass (it failed but no bugs encountered) Working on test cases for release Thanks for that lovely, in-depth update Ryan, it was truly moving. Apparently, Adrian has some serious termite problems at his house because he is fixing bugs like a machine and patching all the holes in the drywall. He is having a really hard time determining if his house has too many holes or too many walls, but says it is gonna be so cool, so he must be having fun! Keep us posted Adrian and let me know if you need some help selecting new paint color and curtains when you’re done patching those walls. Last, but certainly not least, Nathan would like to take a jab at "Pistol Pete" -- Pete apparently did some dorky thing when he introduced himself to someone last week and made pistols out of both hands and pointed and said "Pete Parsons"…I personally did get to witness a later revival of the pistol gesture and it is pretty lame. Nathan also mentioned something brief about "his first man hug with Chris (butcher).” Aaahhhhh. Well, boys and girls, that’s it for me this week. I am sure you are sitting on the edge of you seat waiting for the next installment of the Weekly Update with special guest writer Bungie Princess…So far we haven't heard a peep out of ole Frankie and it's highly likely that he's in a small village in Mexico lying in a bathtub filled with ice minus a few internal organs. Don't worry, I'll keep bringing you the best updates ever until he surfaces again! Ciao! Yours truly, [i]Bungie Princess[/i] [img]/images/games/halo2/weeklyupdate/mschief.jpg[/img]
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  • [u] [b] POWER TO THE BUNGIE PRINCESS [/b] [/u]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] NiVeKeR14 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] KEEZY I hate to bring up the bees, but doesn't the little story derived from ilovebees.com deal with a queen and a princess? I'm kinda new to bungie.net so I don't know if the bungie princess has doen an update before or not, but I think it's kinda coincidental. Just speculation.[/quote] *shakes head* You must be [i]really[/i] new...[/quote] Yeah, I didn't have time to read 25 pages of posts, my bad. I was just making conversation that didn't consist of people being pissed about how the update sucked.

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  • Not that it matters, but I would like to state that I do appreciate the updates, be they long or short, informative or not. I really like having my window into bungie, as I am majoring in CS so I can work in the video game industry. This gives myself and others like me the perspective of somebody that works at a Top software studio. Believe it or not, these updates were intended, as specified by frankie, to give those interested in Bungie and its workings a view at a week inside of its towers. Its called the weekly BUNGIE update, not the halo 2 update.I usually just lurk on these forums and catch the updates, but there was so much stupidness that I had to poke my head in and say on behalf of myself that I appreciate the updates. I appreciate the time taken out of hard working people's jobs to let me see whats goin on, and I appreciate Frankie and Alta putting up with ignorant jackasses that are disrespectful, rude, and completely indifferent to those working their guts out so we might have an incredible experience. Keep those updates coming, and they are appreciated, please keep that in mind. Faithful Fan, Justin Turner BTW, if anyone has a retort to that, stfu and bring it on live, my gamertag is in my sig.

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  • Good update! Yes it could of used some more straightforward info, but I liked the different viewpoint. It is good to see these updates and it helps humanize Bungie even more. "Working on test cases for release". Does this mean games cases? Hope Frankie is enjoying his vacation and I look forward the next update regardless of who writes it.

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  • To Stachzilla -- Just before I say anything - I want you to know that I respect your opinions although I may not agree with them. But to be fair -- It's called the Weekley update - not the Halo 2 update. The reasopn it stays in New Mombasa is because for the most part, Bungie's been working on one game... Halo 2... But no ranting or raving from you - and your opinions are valid. I think Bungie however- well, I think the update had more info in it than people think...

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Joe X9 The mother -blam!- update was -blam!- horrible i mean what the -blam!- this little -blam!- think he can -blam!- with us with this -blam!- ass muther -blam!- update that didnt even make -blam!- sence -blam!-k this and fuack and update to the -blam!- power was -blam!- horrible -blam!- -blam!- -blam!- -blam!- dog damnit -blam!- this. [/quote] wow suprise he joined 3 days ago but i guess its alright cause with any luck they will ban him soon i joined in 2004 and i agree with the people that say alot of 2004 joiners are morons... [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] mjolnirV Hey, I joined B.net in 2004, but I am far from a bandwagon jumper. When I joined in march of this year, it was still months prior to when Bungie's new site came up, and even longer before this ilovebees crap came up. I remember having the tru7h and reconciliation as my homepage even before I signed up as a member. Please dont stereotype, because I had no problem with this weekly update, and am also trying to defend it from the ungrateful little -blam!-es that are complaining.[/quote] and by the way to me that doesnt seen stereotypicle it seems true...look at a 100 moronic comments and you'll probly see 75 or more are by 2004 ppl... you know why that is ...its because the moderators are good and can ban ppl oh ya good update princess and all the idiots that posted stupid stuff are just jackasses [Edited on 8/15/2004 12:24:19 AM]

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  • You know what guys.. I can see where this is going. Next staff meeting this will be brought up... And I would bet the farm that whoever is in charge is going to cut us off. No more Bungie Weekly Updates, no more screen shots, nothing. In fact we will get one thing.... squat. All thanks to a select few idiots who had to make their voice heard.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GameJunkieJim [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] NiVeKeR14 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] KEEZY I hate to bring up the bees, but doesn't the little story derived from ilovebees.com deal with a queen and a princess? I'm kinda new to bungie.net so I don't know if the bungie princess has doen an update before or not, but I think it's kinda coincidental. Just speculation.[/quote] *shakes head* You must be [i]really[/i] new...[/quote] That's quite obvious -- Hey man -- How was the rain down in Bradenton today???[/quote]Wouldn't you know it we weren't even touched! We got mild rain and thats it. However, just 20 minutes east of us was COMPLETELY destroyed. I mean just flattened. They don't even know what the status of the people are yet because they can't get any vehicles down there because of the debris. There have been about 15 fatalities already reported, but we haven't even begun to find all of the people. Our city was DAMN lucky. The really sad thing is that all of those people weren't even prepared because everyone on the news said it wouldn't hit them, it just shows how much we really know about hurricanes. Orlando still doesn't have power... But on topic, the bungie princess has been around a LOT longer than that stupid website.

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  • [color=gold]Sure, I would have liked to see more about Halo 2 developments, but it's fine that I didn't. Did you expect it to be exactly the same, even though Alta (a.k.a.[/color] [color=hotpink][b]Bungie Princess[/b][/color][color=gold]) has never written one of these before? I don't understand how people can become upset about this. I know it's supposed to be about Halo 2, but they're getting closer to the end of production every day, which means fewer and fewer new things to discuss. I found the update entertaining, and at certain points, quite humorous. I enjoyed the change of pace. As[/color] [color=silver][b]Starwind[/b][/color] [color=gold]said, she took the time to throw this update together so we wouldn't start a riot and parade around the forums holding signs that say "Bring the Bald One back!" But I guess that's going to happen anyway...oh well. Something similar to this has most likely been posted already, but I didn't take the time to read through the entire thread. [b]PS:[/b] Make your hair[/color] [color=darkblue][b]blue[/b][/color][color=gold] ![/color]

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  • You know wven though i'm new to this forum i have been reading posts from this site for a great while and two things need to really be said 1.) Some okay the majority of posters need to have respect for the people at Bungie who do the Weekly Update remember they don't have to update if they don't want too. 2.) Everybody else please realized that places like forums are designed for everyone from smart asses to the educated or at least those who have manners. And finally ilovebees is just a publicity stunt to grab our attentions, August 24th the new issue of OXM will most likely have a new info, although it was official announced by bungie that no Halo 2 demo would be included we will have to wait to find out and if it is included then we know Bungie would have to say otherwise so as not to ruin a great suprise

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  • *sighs* [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Stachzilla This was beyond a shadow of a doubt, the worst update ever. You took my 5 minutes for reading this, and now I want them back! This is a Halo update...not a Hair update....for the love of god, please get back quick Frankie...... I come here to read how the developement process is going...not if the fridge has food or not, and no I'm not going to apologize for being rude...or being right... It's my opinion...take it as you will[/quote] All right.. I can understand how posting this makes you feel better.. but still. Little -blam!-s like you can go pound -blam!- sand. This woman took time out of her schedule to do something for us.. and all you do is crap all over it. And people wonder why the world is one big -blam!- hole. Now please if your gonna do something stupid like this again.. do us all a favor and shoot yourself in the head. That way we wont have to hear it... and the world will be a better place because of it. Bill Engvel was right, stupid people should have to wear signs. (edit) Sorry about the cursing... it's just that chivalry isn't dead. [Edited on 8/15/2004 12:19:18 AM]

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  • [quote]Well to the Bungie Crew -- You make enough money - GET A NEW FRIDGE ;) The Whirlpool Gladiator models are sweet looking - but they are primarily freezers. Now to the rest of you empty headed pricks.... What in the hell is your problems? Bungie provides information to you as a favor - they don't owe you a GOD damned thing... You are inconsiderate and rude little bastards. You should all be ashamed - and I'm ashamed to be counted amongst many of you. Quit acting like -blam!-heads and grow up. Now that a few of them have seen it, feel free to snip parts of this post. Thank you for the update Princess, those of us with our heads removed from our nethers appreciate it... It had to be said again. it had to be said again for all you new morons[/quote] See but that's not the point... the point of the Weekly Update, is to delve into the creative process that is put into the creation of the game. This had very little information pertaining to that very thing. I read these weekly updates with a certain expectation of learning how the Bungie Staff works, I'm not saying that this article sucks, I'm saying that it had little to do with the actual development process, and thus shouldn't have been labeled as such. And when one of the first things I read is that this will be a huge spolier update, I expect atleast some sort of information. The big problem that everyone is having, is that this could have been labeled better, and atleast forewarned us of the information we're about to read. And yes, I do believe that the folks at bungie owe me atleast the courtesy of being consistent. After all, it's my purchasing of their products that keeps them in a job. So, take this however you want...this was not meant to be flamatory, and is only my perspective on this whole thing... I don't speak for everyone. Some people are just asshats.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] NiVeKeR14 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] KEEZY I hate to bring up the bees, but doesn't the little story derived from ilovebees.com deal with a queen and a princess? I'm kinda new to bungie.net so I don't know if the bungie princess has doen an update before or not, but I think it's kinda coincidental. Just speculation.[/quote] *shakes head* You must be [i]really[/i] new...[/quote] That's quite obvious -- Hey man -- How was the rain down in Bradenton today???

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  • Posted by: GameJunkieJim Posted by: GameJunkieJim Well to the Bungie Crew -- You make enough money - GET A NEW FRIDGE ;) The Whirlpool Gladiator models are sweet looking - but they are primarily freezers. Now to the rest of you empty headed pricks.... What in the hell is your problems? Bungie provides information to you as a favor - they don't owe you a GOD damned thing... You are inconsiderate and rude little bastards. You should all be ashamed - and I'm ashamed to be counted amongst many of you. Quit acting like -blam!-heads and grow up. Now that a few of them have seen it, feel free to snip parts of this post. Thank you for the update Princess, those of us with our heads removed from our nethers appreciate it... It had to be said again. it had to be said again for all you new morons

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] KEEZY I hate to bring up the bees, but doesn't the little story derived from ilovebees.com deal with a queen and a princess? I'm kinda new to bungie.net so I don't know if the bungie princess has doen an update before or not, but I think it's kinda coincidental. Just speculation.[/quote] *shakes head* You must be [i]really[/i] new...

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  • You know, the next week they should let the webmaster loose on all of the flamers.

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  • I'm pretty speechless at the subject of the weekly update but what can I say but thanks for giving your time to post it, Ms.Princess.

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  • Something tells me we should have [b][i]Frank[/i][/b] do the job.

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  • I hate to bring up the bees, but doesn't the little story derived from ilovebees.com deal with a queen and a princess? I'm kinda new to bungie.net so I don't know if the bungie princess has doen an update before or not, but I think it's kinda coincidental. Just speculation.

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  • i commend her for trying but it was too much about her and her jobs,nothing,not 1 shread of halo 2 info!,and no we shouldnt get mad i agree im just saying

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  • This was beyond a shadow of a doubt, the worst update ever. You took my 5 minutes for reading this, and now I want them back! This is a Halo update...not a Hair update....for the love of god, please get back quick Frankie...... I come here to read how the developement process is going...not if the fridge has food or not, and no I'm not going to apologize for being rude...or being right... It's my opinion...take it as you will [Edited on 8/14/2004 9:43:53 PM]

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  • The should have the Bungie Princess do the rest of the updates until Halo 2 comes out! j/k she'd be way too busy to do that. Too bad though, she'd be great.

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  • I actually kinda [I] liked [/I] this update... but I still miss Frankie. I wonder if the bungie princess would be intrested in me... Though I do doubt it. Oh Well...

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xbox Aristotle I hope that bungie doesent make an update next week, but instead makes one called "sorry kids, no update this week (because you would rather have that then somthing funny) Just to spite....[/quote] I would love that...to death. :) Great idea.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MCs Brother Exactly. I joined in June and nothing was going on. The morons that joined cuz of ilovebees are the ones you should have a problem with. Not us. Besides, if Frankie had joined in 2004, would you be bashing him? No. No you wouldn't. You just have a bug up your @ss, Jamirus. Whoops. forgot to Quote. This goes after mjolnir's post[/quote] Once again, I was (rightfully) bashing the morons who jumped on the Bungie bandwagon this year becasue of all the hype, then complained. If you weren't one of those people, then you don't count as the "most." Also, I wasn't talking about the ilovebees thing....because frankly, I never cared about it, or even knew that more people registered at Bungie because of it. I'm an HBO guy, having been there long before I registered here, and so I don't usually check these forums.. And of course I wouldn't be bashing Frankie...because Frankie wouldn't be -blam!-ing. I feel like transforming into Maddox and yelling at this point because even the people who aren't complaining have problems that he could fix.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] mongoose007 is this "The Bungie princess" without her helmet on ? http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=82222[/quote]No thats not her. The Bungie princesses name is Alta. If you read about the picture you can tell that's not her.

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