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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

GavinGT said:
*EDIT UPDATE - 4:07 p.m. EST - A few items have been popping up online stating Xbox Live support is now saying the process will take up the entire 24 hours as stated before. If true, this would mean the beta won’t be available for play through Crackdown until 5 a.m. EST on Thursday, May 17, at the earliest. We will update as we find more information on the matter.

You've goooootta be shitting me.
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Source?

This isn't on Bungie.net
 
thatbox said:
As far as we know, we won't either, only we paid sixty dollars for the privilege.
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Yes it is going to take them three full weeks to figure this problem out. This is after all the biggest **** up in ALL OF GAMING EVER.
 
Flo_Evans said:
stupid question:

If I was to go out and buy crackdown today, could I get into the beta still? (assuming they sort this shit out) or is it too late? All this anger has interested me. Must be some hot shit.

(I've never played HALO) :lol
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If it has the sticker, you can be angry with the rest of the guys here in this thread there's no beta. So for all copies have the sticker.
 
Flo_Evans said:
stupid question:

If I was to go out and buy crackdown today, could I get into the beta still? (assuming they sort this shit out) or is it too late? All this anger has interested me. Must be some hot shit.

(I've never played HALO) :lol
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Yes, although if I were your financial adviser I wouldn't let you do it. It's been a lousy ****ing return on investment so far.
 
Flo_Evans said:
stupid question:

If I was to go out and buy crackdown today, could I get into the beta still? (assuming they sort this shit out) or is it too late? All this anger has interested me. Must be some hot shit.

(I've never played HALO) :lol
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As long as the Crackdown box has a "Halo 3 Beta included" sticker, then yeah you would be all set for the beta.
 
Man. I was hoping it wouldn't take this long. We'll probably be waiting till tonight.

Heres your new game plan Bungie. Release the beta on the market place free for everyone. Solve the Crackdown problem and when you get the fix out disable the demo for the people who did not use the rule of 3.

Eveythings ****ed already so I don't think the paying customers will mind if non-paying get to play for free for a day, so long as they can start playing right now.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Common sense has no use here!
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Ya know, you are absolutely right.


Anyways, why don't you Halotards go start lining up for this.
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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7308
 
so we have successfully outstripped the 8,000 mark without the public beta even going live. bravo, thread, bravo.




hey frankie what's happenin man holla back
 
I really like my idea of releasing it onto Marketplace for 400pts for the impatient and then sort out the Crackdown problem tomorrow.
 
op_ivy said:
it woud still be extended. jesus you guys and your complaining.
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easy for you to say.

My day today should have been awesome... yet all of my friends and I are sitting here waiting for the beta which we thought we were going to be playing 2 hours ago. You have been playing it for ****ed 5 days now... and basically for free.
 
Now I know why the launch date was announced yesterday. Divert as much attention away from the beta not working as possible. Couple that with a free game and their knowledge of this happening is obvious.
 
Analogy: Your work has a free vacation to all the employees but because you were late to work on that day you had to pay for it, sucks but you do it anyway...

then, when the day comes and you get off work your boss tells you that he forgot to buy your plane tickets so it'll be a couple days until you can join them and then to make matters worse, your co-workers are taking time out of their vacation to mock you and your sad situation.
 
*EDIT UPDATE - 4:07 p.m. EST - A few items have been popping up online stating Xbox Live support is now saying the process will take up the entire 24 hours as stated before. If true, this would mean the beta won’t be available for play through Crackdown until 5 a.m. EST on Thursday, May 17, at the earliest. We will update as we find more information on the matter.

You've goooootta be shitting me.

http://www.rithum.com/?p=126#more-126
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This guy has no clue. Ignore the quote above - he's just regurgitating speculation.
 
Kiyamon said:
I am confused. I recieved a beta invite back in January, but have not recieved any emails recently... should have I recieved something from Bungie?
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yes, the code would have been sent to the same email as the invite
 
ATF487 said:
I was just prompted for a title update, though i had the newest one

lets see where this goes
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there was a new one released today to fix some DLC errors, is that what you are talking about?
 
I haven't read the last 50 pages so this has probably been suggested. But why not just put up the beta as a download like any other demo on Marketplace. Admit you screwed up and try to salvage things.

My sympathies to those who took today and/or tomorrow off of work or school.
 
Oh my god. I've been out for a few hours and there are FORTY FIVE PAGES worth of posts?! It's still not out yet? Man I feel for you guys, someone has majorly dropped the ball.

Has there been any update from anyone at all in the last 5-6 hours?
 
deftangel said:
Oh my god. I've been out for a few hours and there are FORTY FIVE PAGES worth of posts?! It's still not out yet? Man I feel for you guys, someone has majorly dropped the ball.

Has there been any update from anyone at all in the last 5-6 hours?
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no
 
squicken said:
I haven't read the last 50 pages so this has probably been suggested. But why not just put up the beta as a download like any other demo on Marketplace. Admit you screwed up and try to salvage things.

My sympathies to those who took today and/or tomorrow off of work or school.
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seriously, its so simple, just put it up on marketplace, bungie ****ed up, admit and move on. I think most people would be happy with that.
 
I love it how people who payed nothing for the Beta and have been playing since Friday still complain about people who payed 60 dollars and still cant play the Beta.

Royal $%#% up by Microsoft. Nothing more you can say. Great way to thank your paying customers..!
 
Karma Kramer said:
easy for you to say.

My day today should have been awesome... yet all of my friends and I are sitting here waiting for the beta which we thought we were going to be playing 2 hours ago. You have been playing it for ****ed 5 days now... and basically for free.
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QFTMW.

To say whining and whatnot is immature is a bit ridiculous, too. Some of us have been waiting all day long to come home and fire up our consoles, ready to finally play something that's been on our minds for the last few months. When I ran off the bus, hopped into my bedroom and loaded up Crackdown to see the "Download Halo 3 Beta" box still grayed out, it was like having an energy sword plunged into my chest by an Elite that didn't even possess the decency to take it out when it was all said and done.
 
Fletcher said:
Alright, man. We get it. You wormed your way in.
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Is your reading comprehension really this bad? I've never said you guys don't have the right to complain, I'd be complaining if I were you, I'm just saying to stop acting like you're the most unfortunate people in the world. You have a right to be upset, it is bad but it isn't the end of the world. But, you keep ignoring that and dwelling on one thing. Well, I'm done trying to get you to understand. You'll make a good addition to my ignore list.
 
segarr said:
Now I know why the launch date was announced yesterday. Divert as much attention away from the beta not working as possible. Couple that with a free game and their knowledge of this happening is obvious.
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Everytime you post, everyone on the thread gets stupider. Stop.
 
I'm wondering if it'd even be possible to extend the beta an extra day? It might be hardcoded into the game or something.
 
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