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4/8/2012 1:50:23 PM
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Undiscovered Halo 3 Easter Egg
In the "Bungie Mail Sack 9.0"
[quote]Its A Mirage asked the following question:
Are there any Easter eggs from your past games that surprised you at how quickly they were found or any that surprised you at how long they took to find?
Definitely the IWHBYD skull in H3. But you cheated. There is one Easter egg in Halo 3 that I don't think anyone has found - I stumbled across it in code a while back. It only happens on a specific day...so good luck.
Jon Cable[/quote]
This has really raised my curiosity. Does anyone have any ideas?
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=32054]Link to the Bungie Mail Sack 9.0[/url]. Text is just above the video of the Marty Easter Egg on Kikowani Station.
This may be *old* news, but I've only just found out about it.
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Update:
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] antony X1000
[url=http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid32082]Mail Sack 13[/url] seems to expand on this. [/quote]
This was in Mail Sack 13:
[quote]What is your proudest moment in your time at Bungie?
Showing my wife the Easter egg I put in the halo 3 loading screen for her - the one that nobody has found yet.
Adrian Perez[/quote]
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Update, again. In [url=http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid32088]Mail Sack 14[/url], this is what we got.
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Xd00999 Can you give us any more hints on Easter eggs we have not found yet?
No. I cannot. And you, beloved community, must all stop asking. I am sorry. This revival of Easter egg hysteria is entirely my fault. In a previous Sack, I allowed the panel to tease you with mentions of Halo eggs that have yet to be found. You will never find them all. We cannot give you hints. If we did, those eggs would lose their magic. You simply must stop sending me private messages, and stop dropping these questions into the Sack. The strain of lugging around the extra weight of them just might break my back.[/quote]
Looks like no more information for us. We must do the rest of the work, ourselves.
Here is what we know, so far.
-Easter egg is on a specific day
-Easter egg happens in a loading screen.
Based on that information, it could happen any day of the year, in a loading screen.
But, what is a loading screen? Most of the Halo 3 loading is done in lobby..
I figure, it's when you complete a mission, without scoring on. You come to the screen with the Halo ring filling up. That is the only loading screen I can think of.
Activating the Easter egg, seems to be most likely a button combination. How else would you activate one during a loading screen?
What we need to figure out
-The day
-How to activate the egg
[Edited on 04.20.2012 11:35 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Lobster Fish 2 It is from a programmer to a loved one. Probably an anniversary of some sorts and it's personal, why keep trying at the near impossible?[/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] InvasionImminent There is a sign on Foundry that says 5/14 <------ DATE Could be it.[/quote] Possible. But even with that date, do we assume its Multiplayer or Campaign or something else? [Edited on 04.13.2012 5:35 AM PDT]
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There is a sign on Foundry that says 5/14 <------ DATE Could be it.
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It is from a programmer to a loved one. Probably an anniversary of some sorts and it's personal, why keep trying at the near impossible?
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This is interesting
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] droppedasababy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] JonnyOThan [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] NoWise10 ...Can we atleast get a "its in the A: Campaign , or B: Multiplayer" hint?[/quote]Ooh...such a hint would be interesting indeed. I have to say it's not what you'd expect. [/quote] Does this mean that it could only appear in Forge or Theatre?[/quote] I doubt Theatre, I'm guessing Customs/Forge. Possibly only a certain gametype, ie. Infection / Flag etc. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Bungie fan no7 I just watched the end credits again for clues and near the [url=http://i.imgur.com/99PKj.png]end of the credits there is two dates.[/url] [/quote] JonnyOThan said it's neither of those dates. [Edited on 04.12.2012 4:34 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] JonnyOThan [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] NoWise10 ...Can we atleast get a "its in the A: Campaign , or B: Multiplayer" hint?[/quote]Ooh...such a hint would be interesting indeed. I have to say it's not what you'd expect. [/quote] Does this mean that it could only appear in Forge or Theatre?
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Well, if its something to do with the coding...... and on a specific day...... it will be damn near impossible to find. Even after 5 years of Halo 3, its still got stuff to deliver. Amazing.
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It's the 12th of April today! I don't think it will be Achronos' date because he was all about this site, rather than the game. Does anyone know which Tim it is? According to some dubious sources, Tim Williams is a production engineer, and Tim Dadabo was 343GS. [url=http://www.highimpacthalo.org/forum/showthread.php?p=510579]Sort of relevant.[/url] [Edited on 04.12.2012 2:25 AM PDT]
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thread saved, someone needs to pots this in the flood forum to get more attention, we need all the help we can get. OT: i think bungie fan no7 is on to something with those 2 days
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] antony X1000 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jew man man Interesting, what's his profile so I can send him one?[/quote][url=http://www.bungie.net/Account/Profile.aspx?memberID=2069695]JonnyOThan[/url] He also talks about it [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=70873020]here[/url] and [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=70878212]here[/url]. From those, I'm guessing it has to do with an employee's anniversary or something similar.[/quote] He's JonnyOThan? Wow, I didn't even know.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Bungie fan no7 I just watched the end credits again for clues and near the [url=http://i.imgur.com/99PKj.png]end of the credits there is two dates.[/url] [/quote] Could be, if so it won't be on dlc maps, will it? It could even be in campaign :S
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] xbLdan7 This couldn't be the ole Sandtrap easter egg which I and many believe was a hoax to keep us looking?[/quote] i don't think the sand trap easter egg is hoax bungie is not one to mislead, i say this easter egg is about the secret of sand trap maybe it only comes out on certain days
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huh sounds interesting... maybe it would be found on a sunday?(last and seventh day of the week?) and its probably on a later released map assuming all the less time people had to scour through it.. idk
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] mstrchief117 [/quote] Or you could go offline and change your the date on your Xbox. Yeah that sounds easier doesn't it?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Bungie fan no7 I just watched the end credits again for clues and near the [url=http://i.imgur.com/99PKj.png]end of the credits there is two dates.[/url] Do you guys think it could be one of those dates as those are both personal. Keep in mind we also have to do "something" to activate or view it.[/quote] Now we just need some plutonium to go back to 2008...
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This couldn't be the ole Sandtrap easter egg which I and many believe was a hoax to keep us looking? [Edited on 04.10.2012 12:56 PM PDT]
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I just watched the end credits again for clues and near the [url=http://i.imgur.com/99PKj.png]end of the credits there is two dates.[/url] Do you guys think it could be one of those dates as those are both personal. Keep in mind we also have to do "something" to activate or view it.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jew man man Interesting, what's his profile so I can send him one?[/quote][url=http://www.bungie.net/Account/Profile.aspx?memberID=2069695]JonnyOThan[/url] He also talks about it [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=70873020]here[/url] and [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=70878212]here[/url]. From those, I'm guessing it has to do with an employee's anniversary or something similar.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Bungie fan no7 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jew man man I'd like some more information from Bungie regarding this. Simply stating that it's only available on a 'specific day' doesn't really help.[/quote] Send John Cable a PM then. He normally replies to them if he isn't busy.[/quote] Interesting, what's his profile so I can send him one?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jew man man I'd like some more information from Bungie regarding this. Simply stating that it's only available on a 'specific day' doesn't really help.[/quote] Send John Cable a PM then. He normally replies to them if he isn't busy.
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I'd like some more information from Bungie regarding this. Simply stating that it's only available on a 'specific day' doesn't really help.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dark Hunter21 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Cobravert Anybody else find [url=http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=122957941]this one[/url] on The Flood?[/quote] That one is well known. I am actually responsible for finding one of those copies on The Storm, as it turns out.[/quote] Ya know what? I believe you're right. My son found this, and I do think it was the Storm. I'm remembering the level in reverse.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Cobravert Anybody else find [url=http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=122957941]this one[/url] on The Flood?[/quote] That one is well known. I am actually responsible for finding one of those copies on The Storm, as it turns out.
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Anybody else find [url=http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=122957941]this one[/url] on The Flood?
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I'm posting a theory up in the 343 forums
