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[Yo Gotti]

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12680

Speaking of “not being here,” our version of the Thompson Twins, Frankie and Ske7ch are airborne this weekend, passports, handheld gaming systems, toothbrushes and Halo 3 in-hand heading to the fine nation of Amsterdam on the next stop of the Halo 3 tour. They are taking secrets untold across the pond to hopefully entertain the foreign press with antics, shenanigans and Infinite Win. It’s likely that in the near future you’ll see some of the fruits of their latest trip fall off of the Internet’s tree. These fruits should be ripe and juicy.

Joseph Staten is down at the San Diego Comic-Con, getting ready for his signing Saturday at the WizKids’ booth. He and bestselling author Eric Nylund will be autographing treats from 3:30-4:30 p.m. All week long Joseph was using one of those hand-strengtheners that you’ve probably seen on the table next to the chair your grandpa watched Hee-Haw in.

Q: Can you tell us a little about the faithful-to-the-game Features in the Halo 3replica weapons?

A: First off, would be the realism. The detail on these guns is amazing! We are still in development on the final pieces, so there may be some slight variation to some of the features, but the plasma rifle will have lights and recoil similar to those in the game. It will also have the real sound effects from the game as well as some of the special features including the “overheating” when shot too many times in a row. The plasma pistol will also have the lights and sounds as well as a recoil vibration when shooting and a “super shot mode” when holding down the trigger that will do more damage.

Q: How does Laser Pursuit differ from other, similar games?

A: Our Halo Laser Pursuit differs in the way that it is trying to replicate the game instead of just having your basic laser tag game. The target will represent the shields similar to the game. When you are shot the target will show the damage to your shield, if you can get away the shields will recharge back to full power.

Q: Where and when can we buy these things?

A: The Covenant Plasma Rifle and Pistol will be available at your local Hot Topics and other fine retailers starting October 2007. The Covenant Energy Sword will be available sometime in 2008.

Q: Why aren’t the UNSC weapons such as the BR and AR represented here?

A: Our Halo 3 Laser Pursuit replica weapons are going to be available at toy stores and we wanted to keep the detail as realistic as possible. The human weapons look too real and would need to be made in bright orange or green to be sold at retail. Depending on the success of the alien weapons, however, who knows what could happen.

Q: A little bird tells us these aren’t precisely the correct scale – now why would that be?

A: We originally made them at the correct scale, but they were huge! The Master Chief is something like 7 feet tall and when you held the weapons at that scale they were way too big. We scaled them down slightly so that they work for an average sized adult.

Q: Where can folks see these weapons at ComiCon?

 

[Odysseus]

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12680

fail

 

[krypt0nian]

Not Ghaleon.

/ignore

 

[Vyse The Legend]

=/ Ghaleon?

No quoting, no bolding. Don't ever post this thread again.

 

[bud]

you're not ghaleon

 

[Sage00]

Why do people even bother..

 

[armubaba]

*cue the failure music*

 

[CrunchinJelly]

 

[TDG]

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12680

You're not me.

 

[AZ Greg]

Wow...

You might as well post "First! " in the OP.

 

[ToyMachine228]

I'm not Ghaleon either but almost as good. Here's a few choice quotes.

lately we’ve witnessed brand new behaviors from Halo 3’s principle foe – the Brutes. In Halo 3’s final stages, Brutes have begun to think. They’ve become acutely aware of you and your location, so much, in fact, that in areas where you are above them, they’ve begun to climb. Reaching up with their giant arms, they pull themselves up to your elevation, blast their way through your marine buddies and if you're lucky you might turn around in time to hear the squishy thud of a spike grenade ripping through your MJOLNIR armor.

As fun as Halo and Halo 2’s Elites are to fight, the Brutes in Halo 3 have shaped up into something really special. I’ve had more fun fighting them, than any foe in previous Halo games.

September 25th is getting closer.

CJ is looking at a level in the game that pretty much forces me to do a double take everytime I look at it. The level itself is unlike anything I’ve come across in my millions of hours of Halo, and CJ showed me an effect that occurs in the level that actually loosened my ability to control pee.

 

[manxor]

...or at the very least, try and do it right... /Not Ghaleon

 

[arne]

I'm too worn out to make a GIF.

Survey says.....


FAIL.

 

[Scottlarock]

wheres the bold parts?

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Yo Gotti is a disgrace to the Halo Community.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Old Hip Hop Sample:
DON'T EVEN TRY IT

 

[Thermite]

/INFINITE FAIL

 

[RBH]

chappelledylan.gif

 

[LukeSmith]

*sigh*
not ghaleon.

 

[urk]

The most important paragraph:

Another way the Brutes continue to prove to me that they are in fact, smarter than I am, is in their ability to adapt and adjust to situations on the fly. Future Halo 3-owners can look forward to scads of moments where they’ll believe they are about to execute some grand strategy, only to have a Brute or a pack of Brutes show up and foil your plan, using the exact correct countermeasures. As fun as Halo and Halo 2’s Elites are to fight, the Brutes in Halo 3 have shaped up into something really special. I’ve had more fun fighting them, than any foe in previous Halo games. [Me too, I like 'em better than Elites, for fighting - last minute Frankie departing thought.]

High praise from the best [and baldest] Halo players at Bungie Studios.

 

[Buttonbasher]

You'll never be Ghaleon. Update ruined.

EDIT: Luke needed to be held!

 

[jet1911]

CJ is looking at a level in the game that pretty much forces me to do a double take everytime I look at it. The level itself is unlike anything I’ve come across in my millions of hours of Halo, and CJ showed me an effect that occurs in the level that actually loosened my ability to control pee.

But not in the “I’m so happy, I’ve lost all control of my ability to behave like an adult,”-way. It’s more like: “OMG, I need to be held. And held tight.”

:lol

 

[duderon]

You highlighted the part about the laser tag toys! :lol

 

[BlazeDSM]

Damn, I hope they're having fun in Amsterdam...a trip there and a copy of Halo 3 is all that I will need.

 

[chapel]

Even after edit, FAIL.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Don't pick on the new guy, I'm not posting any Weekly Updates from now until launch. I must save my strength for the official thread. Unless we want to castrate every poor soul to start a thread on the Bungieness I suggest the "you're not Ghaleon" meme die a quiet death.

 

[Yo Gotti]

WEEKEND!

 

[TDG]

Yo Gotti is a disgrace to the Halo Community.

Indeed.

So, not the most mind-blowing BWU, but there are still some interesting tidbits, nice details on Brute A.I., the updates on the bug fixes (it's getting closer to being in our hands to play...) and Jamie Evans confirmed for the next Bungie Podcast.

Also:

Bungie pushing part of the noob combo as a toy. That's encouraging bad behavior.

For some reason, I want that in my hands.

 

[Karma Kramer]

edit; oh you updated... nice

 

[radrelic]

As fun as Halo and Halo 2’s Elites are to fight, the Brutes in Halo 3 have shaped up into something really special. I’ve had more fun fighting them, than any foe in previous Halo games. [Me too, I like 'em better than Elites, for fighting - last minute Frankie departing thought.]

I call bullshit.

 

[professor_t]

Who said that? Who the **** said that? Who's the slimy little communist shit, twinkle-toed ****sucker down here who just signed his own death warrant?

 

[ToyMachine228]

I nominate myself to take Ghaleon's job!

 

[squicken]

"The effect is jarring and intense, it, just like the level you’ll see it in, is radically different from what players may expect from a Halo-game."

Hmm. What wouldn't I expect in a Halo level?

 

[Shake Appeal]

I call bullshit.

no Elites whatsoever in Halo 3 CONFIRMED

 

[krypt0nian]

WEEKEND!

Yeah but you've ruined it.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Other folks have been coming upstairs to play through the game’s campaign system link in pairs

Hey I think Luke may be hinting at something here.

Yeah but you've ruined it.

Click on the link. Read the Update. Then come here to talk about it.

Must every Update thread be filled with complaints about proper bolding? We should be reading the whole thing anyways.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

I nominate myself to take Ghaleon's job!

We need someone reliable and with a sense of humour.

 

[TDG]

I nominate myself to take Ghaleon's job!

I think Ghaleon needs to name a succesor if he wants the "You're not Ghaleon" meme to end.

And I think it should be me.

We need someone reliable and with a sense of humour.

Who does that sound like?

 

[LukeSmith]

I call bullshit.

I call illiterate.

 

[Gadfly]

"The effect is jarring and intense, it, just like the level you’ll see it in, is radically different from what players may expect from a Halo-game."

Hmm. What wouldn't I expect in a Halo level?

Viva Pinata gardens in Halo 3 confirmed.

 

[ToyMachine228]

We need someone reliable and with a sense of humour.

Hostile take over confirmed.

In all seriousness check out the quotes I posted above. There is some great stuff in the update about Brute A.I, the "best level" Luke's seen in Halo, etc.

 

[Wario64]

You should stick to making threads like
Halo is more than a game... (It's a lifestyle) and God... (will come prepackaged in every copy of Halo 3.)

 

[urk]

We're quite the surly lot, ain't we?

 

[chapel]

Don't pick on the new guy, I'm not posting any Weekly Updates from now until launch. I must save my strength for the official thread. Unless we want to castrate every poor soul to start a thread on the Bungieness I suggest the "you're not Ghaleon" meme die a quiet death.

You're too nice, but you have a position of power now, the position of official Halo Thread Starter. No one can take your place, you have built up an expectation of greatness that no one else can easily accomplish. GHALEON FOR PRESIDENT!!!

 

[GhaleonEB]

"The effect is jarring and intense, it, just like the level you’ll see it in, is radically different from what players may expect from a Halo-game."

Hmm. What wouldn't I expect in a Halo level?

Something set in space, with low gravity (ala the MP custom options). No idea about the effect, though.

 

[radrelic]

I call illiterate.

I should've been more clear.

I call BS to the implication that the Brutes are more fun to fight than Elites.

 

[Gadfly]

I think Ghaleon needs to name a succesor if he wants the "You're not Ghaleon" meme to end.

And I think it should be me.


Who does that sound like?

The mere presence of your avatar makes each and every one of your posts funny. You have my vote.

 

[urk]

I should've been more clear.

I call BS to the implication that the Brutes are more fun to fight than Elites.

If I had a dream that I slept with Heidi Klum, I'd bet you'd come along and tell me it was really Kirsten Dunst.

 

[radrelic]

I just can't see those gorilla monkey wannabes replacing the cunning Elites. I can't.

 

[urk]

I just can't see those gorilla monkey wannabes replacing the cunning Elites. I can't.

It was Heidi, I tell you, not that flapjackity breasted tooth monster! Stop shitting on my dreams!