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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

JdFoX187 said:
I think everybody here is overestimating the amount of people who are getting in the Beta. Crackdown sold around a million copies. There were probably around 25,000 people who got into the Beta through the Rules of Three and the random invites from the first launch. I would imagine there will probably be around 500,000 people tops who get in the Beta. Maybe half of those will download it as soon as it goes live.
How dare you doubt the power of Master Cheif!

Agreed.
 
JdFoX187 said:
I think everybody here is overestimating the amount of people who are getting in the Beta. Crackdown sold around a million copies. There were probably around 25,000 people who got into the Beta through the Rules of Three and the random invites from the first launch. I would imagine there will probably be around 500,000 people tops who get in the Beta. Maybe half of those will download it as soon as it goes live.

So you're saying there are 500k Crackdown owners without Live Gold?

Even if 250k people were to download Halo 3 beta at the same time, that'd be 250k people downloading at 1 kilobyte per second per 250 megabytes per second bandwidth...
 
Crypto said:
So you're saying there are 500k Crackdown owners without Live Gold?

Even if 250k people were to download Halo 3 beta at the same time, that'd be 250k people downloading at 1 kilobyte per second per 250 megabytes per second bandwidth...

Aw, just let them be surprised in a few hours, my friend.

:)
 
Crypto said:
So you're saying there are 500k Crackdown owners without Live Gold?

Even if 250k people were to download Halo 3 beta at the same time, that'd be 250k people downloading at 1 kilobyte per second per 250 megabytes per second bandwidth...
I'm sure Microsoft servers can take a beating. Look at Windows Update.

In the worst case scenario, we will just have to wait a few hours or more for the beta. :)
 
college_boy said:
Bright side is, one less thing to download on your way to the beta.
I like your positive spin on life. Bless you!

JdFoX187 said:
Well I don't think there'll be a lot of people waiting up to start the download that early. If it's around 8 a.m., a lot of people will be at work or at school. If it's like 12 a.m. PDT like some people have specculated, hardly anybody will be up. Either way, I would imagine it'll be slower as the day goes on.
What?! 12am? I thought it was gonna be 5am for sure? Now I can't sleep at all!
 
Crypto said:
So you're saying there are 500k Crackdown owners without Live Gold?

Even if 250k people were to download Halo 3 beta at the same time, that'd be 250k people downloading at 1 kilobyte per second per 250 megabytes per second bandwidth...
I would imagine if you factor in the amount of Crackdown buyers who got in through the Rule of Three, the original Halo3.com email and the FaF, combined with the amount that have no interest in the Beta and those without LIVE and/or a HDD, probably only around 500,000 will get on.
 
Tokubetsu said:
You guys make 500,000 people sound like a small number...
Does anybody honestly think EVERY person who has the Beta is going to sign on and start downloading as soon as it launches? I downloaded the Halo 3 trailer in the midst of the heated rush for it and it took a while. But there have been people predicting a complete meltdown of Xbox LIVE.

Here's some things to consider:

1. The Halo 3 Trailer had more hits than the Beta will have. That's almost gauranteed considering the easy access to the trailer compared to the hoops you had to jump through to get into the Beta.

2. This is the biggest Xbox LIVE launch for Microsoft. Things are going to go slow, but Microsoft surely has planned on this already.

3. With the time frame the Beta is scheduled to release in, there won't be a massive penetration like if they released it at 5 p.m. Friday afternoon or something like that.
 
Starting up a full party match in team training ROCKS. Six guys just messing around, testing out weapons, checking out the picture on the fired shotgun shell and discovering the drifting snow on the hills of Snowbound.

Vociferous discovered the secret to permenant levetation (under the rock cave with the gravity lift) and Squicken, Voc and I had a great drag race around High Ground in the Mongooses.

The sandbox play in Halo 3 is stellar, easily the best of the series.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Starting up a full party match in team training ROCKS. Six guys just messing around, testing out weapons, checking out the picture on the fired shotgun shell and discovering the drifting snow on the hills of Snowbound.

Vociferous discovered the secret to permenant levetation (under the rock cave with the gravity lift) and Squicken, Voc and I had a great drag race around High Ground in the Mongooses.

The sandbox play in Halo 3 is stellar, easily the best of the series.


What now you are online?

Did you try jumping in the trees in High Ground?
 
Truelize said:
What now you are online?

Did you try jumping in the trees in High Ground?
Just logged off. We talked about the trees to get out of the level like in that vid, but never did it. I know exactly how many bullets the AR, spiker and SMG take to drop you, though. Gotta leave something for next time!

Also, fire different weapons at the shield doors on Snowbound and look closely at the effects. They are amazing, and vary by weapon. The spartan laser pushes out a bubble over a foot deep. Looks awesome.
 
Well, it was worth a try. But it looks as if it's 8 a.m. EST. I'm going to try again at 5:30 CDT. Frankie mentioned that time earlier in the thread.
 
WAITTASECCINT.

I just realized, I won't be able to go into Low Power mode because I have to keep Crackdown running...

NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
BenjaminBirdie said:
WAITTASECCINT.

I just realized, I won't be able to go into Low Power mode because I have to keep Crackdown running...

NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Just download it some other day. If you are not willing to stay awake then you dont deserve it!
jk!
 
BenjaminBirdie said:
WAITTASECCINT.

I just realized, I won't be able to go into Low Power mode because I have to keep Crackdown running...

NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

dude...

go to sleep, wake up, d/l beta... it's that simple... there'll be maybe 100,000 people at any given time d/ling it...
 
CreepingDea7h said:
Never. You guys got scammed.

When the beta launches, I assume this is because these beta codes are exactly like the F&F invites.
Probably so. My F&F email never said Friends and Family on it - it was a very complete form email from Microsoft with instructions and the key. Probably the exact same one all the contest winners will get.
 
Fletcher said:
Why isn't this just being released at 2 a.m. like everything else? What benefit is there for it to be released at 5/8 eastern?


So it's perfectly in time for when I come home from Work

(Europe release time is around 2pm)
:)
 
Fletcher said:
Why isn't this just being released at 2 a.m. like everything else? What benefit is there for it to be released at 5/8 eastern?
Gives us another night's sleep, bless them. I'm posting this from my laptop in bed only because I was having trouble dozing off :lol
 
+Aliken+ said:
What I hate is why does it end... they should keep it up until the game is released, or at least for a longer period of time.

it's not an MMO. they don't need to let people level up to test higher level content. The test is being conducted for them to collect data to improve the game, and this is apparently the amount of time they think they'll need.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Starting up a full party match in team training ROCKS. Six guys just messing around, testing out weapons, checking out the picture on the fired shotgun shell and discovering the drifting snow on the hills of Snowbound.

Vociferous discovered the secret to permenant levetation (under the rock cave with the gravity lift) and Squicken, Voc and I had a great drag race around High Ground in the Mongooses.

The sandbox play in Halo 3 is stellar, easily the best of the series.
I'm Striker029. I want to join you next time! Beta tomorrow
I hope
!
 
JdFoX187 said:
whatdog.gif

Frankie said those would go out just before the Beta went up.

You staying up?

Yes, a bunch of people on IGN are confirming that they just got their codes and they're on their way to download.
 
Blim, I'm DubC on xboxyde. Did you just send me this beta invitation? I just got a random e-mail with a beta key and instructions on downloading it. =O
 
BboyDubC said:
Blim, I'm DubC on xboxyde. Did you just send me this beta invitation? I just got a random e-mail with a beta key and instructions on downloading it. =O
I guess you "won" a few months ago and I sent your email to Microsoft. Good for you :)
 
Where's the Frankie/Lukems singal? People are downloading it with the codes. When do the loyalist of the loyal Bungie supporters get it? We paid $60 for this!
 
Heh, I thought you guys might get it early for some reason. Meh, oh well, I guess I'll be off to bed then. HF, all those who just received their keys (you better have fun).
 
JdFoX187 said:
Where's the Frankie/Lukems singal? People are downloading it with the codes. When do the loyalist of the loyal Bungie supporters get it? We paid $60 for this!

For real!

And yes, the codes are working already. Activate the Crackdown link!
 
Eric WK said:
For real!

And yes, the codes are working already. Activate the Crackdown link!
Y'know, if I really didn't want to play this so bad, I would protest by not downloading it simply because we paid money for it and we're the last ones to get it.
 
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