Rampancy
Death by intelligence.
Recent Videos
| Title | Date |
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| Marathon: Server Slam | 03.08.26 |
| No Man's Sky: Remnant Part 1 | 03.07.26 |
| Destiny: Last Patrol Pt 2 | 02.21.26 |
| Destiny: Last Patrol Part 1 | 02.14.26 |
| Bazzite Backlog Blowout Pt 2 | 01.24.26 |
| Bazzite Backlog Blowout | 01.17.26 |
| Spatial Outpouring Pt 5 | 01.10.26 |
Sheet Music
| Title | Transcriber | Date |
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| Halo 5: Advent (String... | cwhiterun | 06.07.16 |
| Halo 5: Blue Team (Str... | cwhiterun | 10.22.15 |
| Halo 5: Light is Green... | cwhiterun | 10.20.15 |
| Halo 5: The Trials (St... | cwhiterun | 10.12.15 |
| Roll Call - Price Paid | pimpnmonk | 06.02.14 |
| Behold A Pale Horse Fo... | pimpnmonk | 01.24.14 |
| Farthest Outpost/Mercy... | pimpnmonk | 12.30.13 |
Rampancy Podcast
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
| Sony Acquires Bungie (mp3) | 02.02.22 |
| Let's Play Mass Effect 3 #27 Final... | 06.02.17 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 27: Craig Ha... | 05.08.13 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 25: Destiny... | 03.05.13 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 24: Halo Ann... | 04.21.12 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 23: Halo Ann... | 06.26.11 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 21: The Wint... | 04.18.11 |
Subnova Endures Hardware Issues
Deimos Fawkes at Subnova wrote today that the server outage that coincided with the appearance of the second Halo 2 Update in their forum is actually the result of hardware problems with their scavenged-parts webserver, and not a connectivity or bandwidth issue.
Other sites, including Rampancy and the Junkyard, made copies so Bungie fans could read the update; in the future, I expect everyone will be holding to the one-week-exclusivity rule used for the original Halo updates and mentioned by Louis Wu at HBO recently.
Subnova appears to be recovering from its hardware problems at this moment; the latest Bungie Weekly Update by Frankie is now visible in its original location; as such, we'll be hiding our local copy until Friday unless Subnova goes down again.
Stuntmutt Celebrates 117th One One Se7en
We don't mention all the Halo comics around the web every time a new one comes out-- there are just too darn many of them, and besides, Louis Wu at HBO does a better job keeping up with them than we ever could.
However, the publication of the 117th edition of Stuntmutt's own One One Se7en comic deserves special attention; he's produced a four-page series of panels that not only traverses the entire plotline of Halo, but also contains more jokes than the entire series up until now.
Just kidding. Maybe.
How To Make HUDless Halo Screenshots
XLNC has posted a series of very nice, high resolution, nearly HUDless screenshots from PC Halo over in the HBO forum. And in response to the many questions he received, he wrote up a short tutorial on how to make them. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO for the heads-up.
Plinth Of Art Winners Announced
The Plinth of Art contest over at HBO ended awhile ago, and just now the winners have been announced. Congratulations to Sep7imus, BOLL and Sam Koch, who will receive hand-drawn, framed One One Se7en strips by Stuntmutt, quite an honor. Speaking of honor, honorable mentions Patroclus, Neil Corné and Max Power will each get hand-drawn, unframed single frame comics.
All the details, as well as the winning strips and images of the prizes are avaialable at the Plinth of Art winners page.
Over 13 Million Xboxes Sold
Microsoft announced earlier this month that the installed base of Xboxes worldwide has reached 13.7 million, and the Xbox Live service now has 750,000 subscribers.
When you look at that in context of the other recent announcement, that Halo has now sold 4 million copies of its Xbox iteration, one question becomes clear:
What in God's name are those 9.7 million people who have Xboxes but don't have Halo playing? Fusion Frenzy?
Playing Halo As A High Ping Bastard
When online gaming first became popular, it seemed that only a lucky few had high speed, low latency connections, usually from a university or office. Now, with the proliferation of DSL and cable modem availability, a lot more people can get in on the fun without cursing about their modem catching on fire.
However, there are still those of us who, for one reason or another, can't find Halo servers on the 'net with a ping lower than 250 or so.
For this reason, I've started to compile the High Ping Bastard's Guide to Halo, tailored specifically for helping players who want to get in on the fun of online Halo but haven't yet managed to discover the joy that is broadband.
The first installment, Vehicles, is available now.
Halo Sales Hit Four Million
Frankie has written at Bungie.net that this past December, Xbox Halo has sold four million copies worldwide, and the more recently-released PC version (not including Mac sales or... ah... downloads) has sold a half a million. Halo has been on the top of the Xbox charts for most of the two years since it was released, and was #2 seller this past holiday season.
Come On In, The Water's Fine
[image:6677 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Frankie has put up the second Bungie Weekly Update over in the forum at Subnova. We've archived it in our Halo 2 Updates section. Here are some highlights:
- The new Bungie.net is launching soon.
- Mehve has been working on the Halo 2 log and some top-secret stuff. (Ed. note: Whatever happened to the team working on what was formerly Phoenix, anyway?)
- The Master Chief will have a real walking animation in Halo 2, unlike the neat running-in-place animation he has now.
- Combination of animations and AI code are now reaching the point of being called "gameplay" rather than technical demos.
- Bungie employees are starting to participate in wider multiplayer testing.
Yeah, I bet they have to twist arms to get testers. Both of 'em.
Xbox.com Interviews Eric Nylund
Marty Greene over at Xbox.com has interviewed Eric Nylund, author of Halo novels Halo: The Fall of Reach and Halo: First Strike. One of the more interesting bits of information is that Halo: The Fall of Reach was written in only seven weeks. Talk about deadline pressure. Thanks to Louis Wu at HBO for the heads-up.
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