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The new Halo 2 commercial that was leaked awhile back has now been broadcast in North America, and several versions of it have hit the Internet. Mythica is hosting an MPEG, BSP is mirroring it, a QuickTime, and a DivX. Thanks Count Zero and Louis Wu at HBO.

UPDATE: There's a new version available on several sites now, recorded from satellite feed by ZiplocBodybag and mpeg2 encoded by CYBRFRK and sized for the web by Blackstar. It's being hosted at Boomerica, HaloArt, and Blackstar Productions. The earlier version mirrored at BSP and mentioned above has been replaced by this version.

Apparently fearing that the release of Halo 2 would mean the end of the Weekly Updates, as well as the trepiditious Mister Chief, a special Mister Chief site has been opened to keep him alive and in the public eye. Thanks again Louis Wu at HBO.

Today Rampancy.net was upgraded to version 4.5 of the Drupal Content Management System. Other than a few minor cosmetic changes, most users should not notice too much that is different. Here are some known changes and issues. Some we may be able to work on and fix, some we definitely will, and some we might not.

• Anonymous users cannot change comment view mode. The default is Threaded-Collapsed. This one is puzzling us, as it only affects this site, as upgraded, and not the old site or brand new sites in Drupal 4.5. We hope to resolve it. Until then... if you don't like the default view, register. It's free and we don't harass you.
• Files are offline. Files like the sheet music that were stored in the database are temporarily offline while we switch that to a new module. This will be addressed shortly. Large files like Movies are currently unaffected, but will be moved into that new system as well; eventually all file downloads will be restricted to registered users.
• The calendars for the Event module and for the archive of old content seem to be missing. We'll be looking for them.
• The Buddylist feature is generating errors for some users. We are disabling them until we can find the source of the problem.

That's all for now. If you notice anything else wrong, please email me at narcogen@rampancy.net.

Dolbex sends word that the first annual MLG Season Championship has begun. Of particular interest to us are the Halo Brackets which have updated scores from the first day.