A year ago, on November 9, Halo 2 was released. And there was much rejoicing. And not a little bitching about mostly insignificant stuff. But nevermind that now.
To celebrate Halo 2's first anniversary, Bungie is revealing a neat little tidbit. If you play your existing copy of Halo 2 in an Xbox 360 when it comes out later this week, this is what you'll see:
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Frankie's Weekly What's Update at Bungie.net promises that the lack of information about.. whatever it is they're doing isn't just to spite us all:
We're torn between two goalposts (worst metaphor ever!) which are; waiting til' we're comfortable about talking about it, and being very busy making it. I know that's frustrating, but it's a complicated business and we're not just being jerks.
Frankie's written a Bungie.net primer on the new Team Hardcore playlist, arranged with the input of Major League Gaming. To help Frankie stay alive more than two ten seconds in Team Hardcore, he enlisted the help of MLG's own director of communications, Dolbex.
Bungie has killed the Halo 2 leaderboards to discourage cheaters, as well as added the Team Hardcore playlist. Thanks SketchFactor.
What's interesting in Sketch's post is the admission that the top-ranked Halo 2 players online are cheaters:
This week's Weekly What's Update by Frankie has decorating tips mixed in with serious news. To summarize:
Bungie's Humpday Challenge is back after a long hiatus. The boys from Kirkland took on some random misfortunates in the new Team Snipers playlist and took two games out of three. The story is accompanied by the best animated GIF ever.
Yup, for the fans of PraetoriaGuard clan out there, the long awaited Episode 4 - Polly Want A Cracker?, was released today in both Low/Hi Res formats. I recommend downloading the Hi-Res, it's worth the wait, trust me. I have watched it today and it's the best one yet out of our Live series! 15 minutes long and I laughed the whole time. Loved it! =) LordGideon and Eisen Feuer have definately raised the bar on Halo Machinima. So what are you waiting for? Go check it out under the Downloads section, scroll to the bottom and you're there!
Halo 2 tricking now has its very own O'Reilly book. Halo 2 beta tester Stephen Cawood has written Halo 2 Hacks, with a forward by Ducain, Louis Wu and Grenadiac. Thanks HIH.
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HBO pointed us to what the guys at TeamXbox have done to the Origen site-- namely, they found the XML file that contains the dialog between the two rabbits. It also reveals the first three of the four contests that will determine who gets to go to Origen. Places 5 and 6 will go to the top eligible Double Team playlist player and his or her usual partner. Unless you live in Portugal or Greece, apparently.
Bungie's Frankie has created his own Bungie.net Group, the Legion of Jerks, for "evil-smelling ruffians" who like "Pie and Margaritas". (Not sure who Pie is, but hopefully they'll have some nice-looking Margaritas--Ed.)
Hopefully at some point there will be some information there, like, how to join, or a Halo 3 announcement, or something.