Mac Halo 2 Experience Calculator Screenshot
A screenshot from Infernus' Macintosh Halo 2 Experience Calculator application.
Death by intelligence.
Halo And Xbox News Roundup For June 2, 2005
- The Xbox 360 is currently beating the PlayStation 3 in Voodoo Extreme's poll.
- Joe "Dyslexia" Renaud wrote a review of the Xbox 360's MTV unveiling two weeks ago, but we missed it.
Earth City
The MIDI is 4:42 long, and contains the opening sequence to both Outskirts and the 2003 E3 demo, as well as Earth City from the Halo 2 soundtrack. Also included are the Printmusic files of all the parts, as well as a score, and a PDF document that has all of the parts and the score, more than 45 pages of material all told in this .zip archive.
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Sheet Music For 'Earth City' Transcribed
Spenser "Poop Scoop" Anunsen is continuing his Halo 2 soundtrack transcriptions; this time, he's done Earth City, which includes not only the Earth City piece from the Halo 2 soundtrack, but also the introduction from Outskirts and the piece from the E3 2003 demo. As always, downloads for registered users.
XBL Experience Calculator for MacOS
A screenshot from the MacOS version of Experience Calculator, currently in development using RealBasic.
MLG 4x4 Online League Delays Until Monday
Dolbex has noted at MLG.com that due to certain issues, MLG online 4x4 league play is being delayed until May 30.
Worldwide Halo 2 Championships Names Finalists
Regional winners for most of the 24 countries competing in the Halo 2 Worldwide Xbox Live Tournament have been announced; the only countries without finalists so far are the United States and Japan. Read the full press release for the list of regional winners.
Race to Save Earth in Worldwide Halo 2 Tournament Nears Finish Line
Regional Finalists Named in First Global Xbox Live Contest
Qualifying finalists from 22 out of Xbox Live’s 24 regions have been identified and will advance to the championship round in the world’s first global Xbox Liveâ Halo 2 tournament. The United States and Japan regional contests are currently underway, with the winners being determined by the end of May. The winners from each locality will vie for the honor of being crowned Xbox Live Halo 2 World Champion, playing entirely online via Xbox Live.
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Xbox Live Experience Calculator Released
[image:9478 align=left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0] Infernus441 has written a small Windows program called the Xbox Live Experience Calculator that, when given your Halo 2 rating on XBL and that of your opponents, will precisely calculate the experience you will gain or lose as a result of a victory or a defeat. He's also posted his own description and download links in our forum.
Xbox Live Experience Calculator Screenshot
Xbox Live Experience Calculator
This program implements the scoring rules for Xbox Live that Bungie describes. It allows you to enter in your own level and the level of your opponents and precisely calculate how much experience you will gain or lose in a game against them.
PHP and Mac-compatible versions are also under development.
Registered users of Rampancy can download at the below link (login to download).
UPDATE: The archive has been updated to include a required font, installation instructions, and the application.
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No Monster Cables For Xbox 360?
Ryan "Mhaddy" Matthews of The Junkyard writes that Dan Chosich of 2070Films (who is clearly trying to make this Dan Choisch Day) inquired with the makers of Monster Cables about whether they'd be making DVI or HDMI cables for the hi-def, next-gen consoles. So far the answer seems to be that there are no such plans. Thanks vector40 for the link.
Bungie Defeats 2070Films In Humpday Challenge
Dan Chosich of 2070Films has put up links to what looks like this week's Humpday Challenge; Bungie won two out of three of the official games, and then heaped on an
Rampancy Turns Six
Happy Birthday to Rampancy! This site, which was originally called The Core, opened its doors as a news and forum site for Bungie's new game, at that time not yet announced and widely referred to only as "blam". Our first news post, by Ferrex (now at Bungie) was on May 26, 1999.
New Maps Draw Fans At E3
Ender Illes made a short photo essay and writeup about the Bungie booth at E3 2005, where the next five multiplayer maps were available for play. SketchFactor has put it up at Bungie.net.
What's most interesting is the quote by Bungie in response to Gates' Halo 3 "announcement":
We are very flattered. Its hard to believe that a man as powerful as him holds Halo in such a high regard. He places a lot of faith in us, and it's flattering.