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Halo: Reach |OT5| A Monument to All Our Sins
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It'd be neat if that was a permanent sale, haven't seen Major Nelson mention anything yet though.
All I've seen from him today is the new Bluetooth/360 wireless headset.. which is technically MS releasing a PS3 and 360 compatible wireless headset for the same price as the old one
All I've seen from him today is the new Bluetooth/360 wireless headset.. which is technically MS releasing a PS3 and 360 compatible wireless headset for the same price as the old one
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Holy crap, just when I thought Letters' shirt couldn't get any more awesome! The new revision is definitely my favorite.
But:
But:
I feel the same way. I'd rather have it just say BELIEVE in normal text, and leave the in fighting and favoritism out of the design.Zeouterlimits said:
xxjuicesxx
Member
Can I get one that says Juices like a jersey with the number 7?
Or can you change Belive to say ADAPTION?
Or can you change Belive to say ADAPTION?
Reach project lead and longtime Bungie art director Marcus Lehto is leaving Bungie.
http://twitter.com/#!/game_fabricator/status/95737911114350592
I'm shocked. I've been an admirer of his for years, and between he and Griesemer, two of Bungie's old guard have now left recently.
Edit: Beat, but I brought teh linkz.
game_fabricator Marcus Lehto
My end at Bungie is close. I will miss the many talented friends within.
My end at Bungie is close. I will miss the many talented friends within.
http://twitter.com/#!/game_fabricator/status/95737911114350592
I'm shocked. I've been an admirer of his for years, and between he and Griesemer, two of Bungie's old guard have now left recently.
Edit: Beat, but I brought teh linkz.
Hypertrooper
Member
Woah.wwm0nkey said:Marcus Lehto has left Bungie
About the Mappacks: It looks like that this isn't a sale. Maybe we'll get an announcement via Bulletin today.
Hypertrooper said:
Yeah I'm starting to wonder about this. Funny how it happens like 3 days after I make that big post about how the Halo DLC needed to start reducing in price so people weren't spending near the cost of the game just to catch up.
If 343 got MS to do a 50% permanent price reduction across the board, then I love them this much
from HBO:
http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1090201
It also applies to Halo 3. 200msp for Mythic 1 and 400msp for Mythic 2 (Legendary already at 160msp, I don't think they'd drop that to 80)
edit: and also Halo Wars. Both the Map Pack and the Gametypes DLC are now 400msp each.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
FyreWulff said:
...which is a rule put in place by Microsoft, and ergo can be changed at any time..
I mean, it probably won't be changed at any time. But it should!
RE: Marcus - I hope he has another job lined up...perhaps with 343?
Hitmonchan107
Member
Yeah, I was just about to post about all of the above on HBO (I had it written out!) when Wu beat me. Thank God I checked the front page before posting.FyreWulff said:
It's actually a Microsoft Studios sale, so you can get 50% off on Gears map packs, Forza car packs and more.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
OuterWorldVoice said:
Not enough dudebro.
The map packs are on sale?
Maybe i can finally get my friends to buy the map packs. We could finally play Premium Battle/Slayer.
I should've waited and not bought the map packs day one. Had i known that they're not exactly available in normal playlists and had i know how much they cost vs how much you get to play on them...
I know i won't be buying Halo 4 map packs right away unless they contain Single Player mission(s)(not Firefight) too and/or they will be common in Matchmaking.
Firefight maps are fine if they're good and if Halo 4 has Firefight mode and it's actually good, like ODST's (with proper customization options). Reach Firefight suffers from the game mechanics and cheating (accuracy) and stupid AI
Maybe i can finally get my friends to buy the map packs. We could finally play Premium Battle/Slayer.
I should've waited and not bought the map packs day one. Had i known that they're not exactly available in normal playlists and had i know how much they cost vs how much you get to play on them...
I know i won't be buying Halo 4 map packs right away unless they contain Single Player mission(s)(not Firefight) too and/or they will be common in Matchmaking.
Firefight maps are fine if they're good and if Halo 4 has Firefight mode and it's actually good, like ODST's (with proper customization options). Reach Firefight suffers from the game mechanics and cheating (accuracy) and stupid AI
ncsuDuncan
Member
What about:
The TRU7H is out there.
BELIEVE.
(centered, with the upside down 343 in BELI343)
The TRU7H is out there.
BELIEVE.
(centered, with the upside down 343 in BELI343)
Zeouterlimits
Member
:-o. Wow. Best to him, weird loss for Bungie, having, like J.G. been there for so long, all of Halo's life really.GhaleonEB said:
Tha Robbertster
Member
Yeah, one of my friends still needs the noble map pack and another one the defiant so we can never play those playlists together.Woorloog said:
I'm still gonna buy the map packs on release though; the temptation is just to big and they aren't that expensive so I'll just pay the full prize.
Shocked about hearing Marcus is leaving Bungie, I thought he was very confident and enthousiastic about their new project.
Hypertrooper
Member
Who wants to help me to get the Deja Vu achievement?
Tha Robbertster
Member
Hypertrooper said:
What about tonight around 9.30 PM? I've got my diving equipment...
Miggytronz
Member
Maybe i can finally get my buddies to buy the mappacks.
Syracuse022
Member
I don't mind the BELI343 meme, but surely I'm not the only one who's recognized that a rotation instead of a flip will
1) spell "believe" more clearly and 2) keep the 343 more consistent looking - looking at the flipped version upside down makes my head hurt
1) spell "believe" more clearly and 2) keep the 343 more consistent looking - looking at the flipped version upside down makes my head hurt
The Henery
Member
First game - http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=722726426&player=The Henery
Guy and his guest ruin any chances of winning by going a combined negative 25.
second game - http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=722756543&player=The Henery
Win this one but it's a drawn out chore as two of the opponents quit a few minutes in.
third game - http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=722767354&player=The Henery
Guy and his two guests ruin any chance of winning by going a combined negative 24
fourth game - http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=722786390&player=The Henery
My entire team quits for no apparent reason a few minutes in *sigh*. Narrowly lose the game by two kills despite being 1v4.
A couple of things
1. What the fuck has happened in the last week or so with quitters. Reach has been fine for months; suddenly there's an epidemic of late. Had many games botched in the last week due to a disproportionate amount of quitting.#
2. Fuck guests being allowed in team snipers, seriously. Whose idea was that? At this point i'm advocating Ram's idea of a guests only playlist in which they are quarantined from the rest of the population. I never thought i'd agree with that but from my experience in Reach the vast, vast majority of guests are to the significant detriment of the quality of the game.
Guy and his guest ruin any chances of winning by going a combined negative 25.
second game - http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=722756543&player=The Henery
Win this one but it's a drawn out chore as two of the opponents quit a few minutes in.
third game - http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=722767354&player=The Henery
Guy and his two guests ruin any chance of winning by going a combined negative 24
fourth game - http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=722786390&player=The Henery
My entire team quits for no apparent reason a few minutes in *sigh*. Narrowly lose the game by two kills despite being 1v4.
A couple of things
1. What the fuck has happened in the last week or so with quitters. Reach has been fine for months; suddenly there's an epidemic of late. Had many games botched in the last week due to a disproportionate amount of quitting.#
2. Fuck guests being allowed in team snipers, seriously. Whose idea was that? At this point i'm advocating Ram's idea of a guests only playlist in which they are quarantined from the rest of the population. I never thought i'd agree with that but from my experience in Reach the vast, vast majority of guests are to the significant detriment of the quality of the game.
Thanks for the input dudes but that thing is done and submitted, I can't just keep changing it to please everyone, and I don't want it to be unfocused and referencing too many aspects of halogaf, let's take those ideas (the Bungie appreciation specially, and not having a big image on the front for a more serious look, I like those) and put them towards some other new designs, we can (and I would want to) buy multiple ones.
One other thing, I came up with the beli343 originally and even if I'm very vocal about not being a fan of the vanilla Reach mp I just wanted to make it clear that it's not supposed to be about 343i coming in and fixing Halo after Bungie fucked up, but more about having faith that they will do a great job continuing Bungie's incredible legacy. It's all about 343i, no disrespect to Bungie intended.
@syracuse you're right, others are free to use it like that, it's not a locked thing, I personally will continue using the old one because 3 to E is not a big stretch like 4 to V, and the 3 loses impact to me when it looks more like an E, but mostly because I've grown attached to the look already (was getting a headache trying to figure out what looked wrong in the version I put it on the shirt, and turned out I had the 4 horizontally flipped at first)
One other thing, I came up with the beli343 originally and even if I'm very vocal about not being a fan of the vanilla Reach mp I just wanted to make it clear that it's not supposed to be about 343i coming in and fixing Halo after Bungie fucked up, but more about having faith that they will do a great job continuing Bungie's incredible legacy. It's all about 343i, no disrespect to Bungie intended.
@syracuse you're right, others are free to use it like that, it's not a locked thing, I personally will continue using the old one because 3 to E is not a big stretch like 4 to V, and the 3 loses impact to me when it looks more like an E, but mostly because I've grown attached to the look already (was getting a headache trying to figure out what looked wrong in the version I put it on the shirt, and turned out I had the 4 horizontally flipped at first)
Zeouterlimits
Member
Oh I know it wasn't an intentional slight, just felt it could be seen as that.Letters said:
ElRenoRaven
Member
Ok I'd be lying if I said i wasn't starting to worry about Bungie. Now Marcus is leaving. I mean serious that's like what? The 4th or 5th high profile departure over the last year or so?
i nerini del buio
Member
wow Lehto... it makes me a lil bit sad
Let's hope he gets hired by 343i
Let's hope he gets hired by 343i
Steelyuhas
Member
GhaleonEB said:
Whoa, shocked. Marcus is a Bungie OG.
Hypertrooper
Member
Tha Robbertster said:
I'm fine with that.MrBig said:
The Librarian
Banned
I'm sorry to hear that.GhaleonEB said:
Same. Marcus was the art director for all of the Halo games, and Jaime the sandbox designer for Halo 1-3. Obviously Bungie is a lot more than two people, but it's a tad worrying to me that the leads on the sandbox and art - the two things I love about Halo - have left.Letters said:
PsychoRaven said:
Same. It could just be that these guys have been investing so much of their lives that they are tired and now would be a perfect time to break away before getting too invested in another IP/universe. Still, it makes me wonder. It seemed like these guys all had their dream jobs, and when that happens you only leave if you find a better dream job, or you are not liking things.
Honestly I hope its that he's just tired and now is a good time to drop out, but in the last year there's been:
Chad Armstrong (Shishka)
Brian Jarrard (ske7ch, mancannon)
Jaime Griesemer
I swear there was 1 more, plus several who went to 343i. I consider those dudes just choosing between Halo and Bungie and wanting to continue being with Halo. These others though were OGs. Hrm.
bobs...onGaf
Member
PsychoRaven said:
I really hope he's leaving to join 343, but if not I do wonder whats up. Bungie without Marcus Lehto is really odd, hes one of the dudes I recognised vidoc after vidoc, pretty much for the last 10 years.
I do hope the best for him, dudes incredibly talented and im sure anywhere would love to hire him. Im personally hoping 343 does.
Like others though I get the feeling this may just have been the best opportunity to drop out of the video game industry or whatever rather than leaving Bungie specifically.Hypertrooper
Member
I still want to know, what happens to Brian. He was so friendly at GamesCom.senador said:
Arsenal2022
Member
Hitmonchan107 said:
Excellent, just nabbed defiant, but I don't have enough points for noble
.As for Letho, best of luck to him, he is very talented and passionate about what he does and I'm sure he'll make some incredible things wherever he finds himself. As for Bungie, it may not be as bad as it may seem - it may be that a lot of the departures are due to how careers work - after a decade at a company it is not unreasonable for someone to want a change of scene or a change of role; game development is a profession that does not lend itself to a lot free time.
PooBone said:
I fired up the Halo 1 credits, and these names ring a bell as those who have stuck around at Bungie, although I may be wrong:
Chris Butcher
Dave Dunn
Mat Noguchi
Paul Russel
Shi Kai Wang
Paul Bertone
Tom Giaconda
Harold Ryan
Curtis Creamer
Roger Wolfson
Chris Carney
Pete Parsons (although he was under special thanks and wasn't he at MS at the time?)