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Wii Simply Cannot Stand It.
This isn’t Halo news, but it’s the longest ‘groaner’ thread I’ve seen in a while. It’s like the whole forum is channeling Stuntmutt or something. Mothergoat pointed out that the Nintendo Revolution has gotten it’s REAL name (Revolution was a working title)… and the forum community sort of… tore it a new one. Ouch. Maybe Nintendo should reconsider.
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Overloading the Air Vents
We usually leave the Halo tricking to High Impact Halo these days – but there’s a cool vid over there that’s worth pointing out. A bunch of guys got underneath the air vents on Foundation – insanity. The video is encoded using WMP9 Professional audio, which will give Mac users a headache… so we’re providing a QuickTime version (32.6 mb). If you CAN watch the WMP9, though, you should, because the quality is higher. Thanks, Ducain.
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Upcoming Action Figures
No pictures yet, but Stephen Loftus found mention of the upcoming Series 9 Halo action figures – details are in this forum post. Battle-damaged Ghost… mmm.
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Halo: The Covenant War
Ewen dropped us a note about a tabletop RPG adaptation of Halo he’s working on called “Halo: The Covenant War.” You can find some sample artwork for the miniatures in this blog post. Great start!
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Telling Stories through Games
Roger Wilco noticed a great article at Gamasutra, discussing storytelling and game design (and how they’re inter-related). Halo 2 is held up as a ‘mixed success’ – some of the storytelling is done in-game, but some of it is done via ‘agency-violating cutscenes’. Go read!
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ArKiVe Montage III
The Halo2Forum montage contest deadline is fast approaching, and a goodly number of montages are coming in at the wire. Today ArKiVe’s 3rd Montage was released – some serious sniping action. Swing by and grab a copy! (94 mb, WMP9 format.)
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Halo-themed MySpace Contact Boxes
AJay created some Master Chief contact boxes to use on MySpace profiles (if you have one, you probably know what a contact box is, if you don’t, don’t worry about it) – check this link to grab one (and the code needed to use it). If you want to see one in use, check his MySpace profile.
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*OT*
Today’s One One Se7en refers to a forum thread that blew up last week; it started with a simple question, and ended with some gaming philosophy. (Trust Stuntmutt to boil it down to a bad joke.)
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Contest Voting Low
Wow… only four hundred of you voted for the entrants to the 7 on the 7th Soundtrack contest yesterday… c’mon! We need more than that! Swing by, check out the pics, let us know your favorites! Thanks.
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The Webcam is Back
Alstrong discovered that the Bungie Webcam, dormant since before the move to Kirkland, is live once again. Currently it seems to be sitting in a room with a server rack in it (though I’m having trouble figuring out why there’s plywood in the image…). No Halo content – yet – but hey, you never know!
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Playlist Change Details
The playlist changes noticed a few hours ago are now official – as evidenced by the nice article on Bungie.net. There are some fantastic-looking changes – check it out! Thanks, Spartan Jag.
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Submit Stuff for Episode 61: The Halo 3 Show!
Episode 60 has been recorded and will be out Thursday or Friday night. (All our web-based tools suddenly went wacko on us) It should be all back up to speed next week. In the mean time, it’s time to gather the notes for next week’s show.
Behold, the last Halo 3 show before Halo 3 details are given at E3
It’s been all over blogs, hits have been all over the bungie.net weekly what’s updates, there was a big hint on Major Nelson’s podcast recently, and now it’s even on CNN and halo.bungie.org. It’s pretty clear, Halo 3 info is coming at E3. This is your last chance to tell us what you want to see in Halo 3 before official info is released! So send in what you’d like to see in Halo 3 using the submit news and tips link on the right. You know, like if you want to see futuristic assault skateboards, customizable clothing options, an attack staff, whatever. The more creative the better. Be sure to include your gamertag so we can give you credit.
Yeah I play Halo 2, but my real passion is Operation Wolf!
Some of you may like other games besides Halo (BLASPHEMY!). What do you like and why? Give us a one-paragraph mini review! If it’s good, we’ll say it on the show.
Deadline for all this is Thursday night. Better get typin’!
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Submit Stuff for Episode 61: The Halo 3 Show!
Episode 60 has been recorded and will be out Thursday or Friday night. (All our web-based tools suddenly went wacko on us) It should be all back up to speed next week. In the mean time, it’s time to gather the notes for next week’s show.
Behold, the last Halo 3 show before Halo 3 details are given at E3
It’s been all over blogs, hits have been all over the bungie.net weekly what’s updates, there was a big hint on Major Nelson’s podcast recently, and now it’s even on CNN and halo.bungie.org. It’s pretty clear, Halo 3 info is coming at E3. This is your last chance to tell us what you want to see in Halo 3 before official info is released! So send in what you’d like to see in Halo 3 using the submit news and tips link on the right. You know, like if you want to see futuristic assault skateboards, customizable clothing options, an attack staff, whatever. The more creative the better. Be sure to include your gamertag so we can give you credit.
Yeah I play Halo 2, but my real passion is Operation Wolf!
Some of you may like other games besides Halo (BLASPHEMY!). What do you like and why? Give us a one-paragraph mini review! If it’s good, we’ll say it on the show.
Deadline for all this is Thursday night. Better get typin’!
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Matchmaking update is here!
Sweet! Rumble Hardcore, easier Big Team matches, no more Backwash in matchmaking. Sign on and check it out!
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The Bungie Acronym Compendium
JNAMSTFY. DMUKYA. ABTFIPASO5. These cryptic identifiers have entertained, enightened, frustrated, and confounded Bungie fans since the early days in Chicago. Found on nearly every game and soundtrack created or licensed by Bungie, a surprising number of these enigmatic acronyms remain unsolved….
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Matchmaking update is here!
Sweet! Rumble Hardcore, easier Big Team matches, no more Backwash in matchmaking. Sign on and check it out!
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The Bungie Acronym Compendium
JNAMSTFY. DMUKYA. ABTFIPASO5. These cryptic identifiers have entertained, enightened, frustrated, and confounded Bungie fans since the early days in Chicago. Found on nearly every game and soundtrack created or licensed by Bungie, a surprising number of these enigmatic acronyms remain unsolved.
Acronym Game Solution Confirmed by: DMUKYA Marathon Don’t Make Us Kick Your Ass   MBIBTYB Marathon 2 My Bob Is Bigger Than Your Bob   TBWSAF Marathon ∞ and Trilogy Trick Bitch Whore Slut Ass Fucker Alex Rosenberg WACCSMD Myth Warcraft And Command & Conquer, Suck My Dick Max Hoberman MRTEFCFY Myth Soundtrack Michael Ryan, This Eleven Foot Cock’s For You Max TATRTSTS Myth II Total Annihilation True Real Time Strategy Totally Sucks Tuncer Deniz (below) WUBNMH Myth II Soundtrack What’s Up, Bitch? Not Much, Holmes Matt Soell SPMLOAS Myth Total Codex Steve Parson’s Mom Likes Our Ass Sandwich Max YYMMDBATC Myth TC Soundtrack Yummy, Yummy, Munchy, Munchy, Dwarven Bones Are Tasty Crunchy Max Hoberman ABTFIPASO5 Halo (GotY) Arrr, Bitch! The Future Is Pimps At Sea ’05! Max SABABWL Halo Soundtrack, Halo 3 Beta Shiny And Bumpy And Bursting With Love Marty O’Donnell ILWNL Halo PC     JNAMSFTFY Halo 2     EGATFIBGBCSIMAW Halo 2 Soundtrack Vol 1     MNNGSBTFS Halo 2 Soundtrack Vol 1     IOHBOY Halo 2 In-game map (Metropolis)     SIOHBOY Halo 2 In-game credits     TOFTMTWCLMB Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack     HAISTCWITDO Halo 2 Soundtrack Vol 2     BMDWATBATWMC Halo Graphic Novel     DTARAGS Halo 2 Vista     SLMCWMYOW Halo 3     JLTLEBLC Halo 3 Limited Edition     WWYANOFAWD Halo 3 Legendary Edition     TGAWAFAL Halo 3 Soundtrack     ITIFGDM360 Halo 3: ODST     ONSSFIH Halo 3: ODST Soundtrack     BBBSLTPHSTBGF Halo: Reach     TIMLAFAHS Halo: Reach Soundtrack    
There have been tons of different guesses as to these on a variety of different forums all over the place, so if you see one you think you know the answer to, feel free to post a comment. Hopefully, someone at Bungie will step in periodically and let us know how we’re doing.
Remember that, although some of them contain a little bit of good-natured profanity, they’re not all strings of foul language. Many of them are catchphrases heard around the Bungie offices during development of the related game.
Note: It’s pretty obvious that EGATFIBGBCSIMAW refers to the skulls (Envy, Grunt Birthday Party, Assassins, Thunderstorm, Famine, I Would Of Been Your Daddy, Blind, Ghost, Black, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mystic, Anger) but since no one from Bungie has ever stepped in with any observations on the elusive W at the end, and public opinion is hardly conclusive, it’s pretty pointless to keep throwing guesses about it around. Maybe somebody in the know would care to tell us a story? 😉
Update
For the record, here are a few of the more widely-recognized guesses on some of the unsolved ones:
SPMLOAS: Single-Player Myth, Loads (or Lots) Of Additional Shit
ILWNL: I Like (or Love) Winning, Not Losing
IOHBOY: I’m Only Here Because Of You
SIOHBOY: Sid, I’m Only Here Because Of You
Anyone who can confirm or deny these is always welcome. 🙂
Another Update
In the Halo 3 Beta, SABABWL is heard via Morse code, coming from the radio near the upper flag base on the map High Ground.
New Update!
Halo:Reach is upon us, with a new acronym, and a very plausible-sounding guess from old-school community stalwart Ross Mills, over on the HBO forum: “Bye Bye Bungie, So Long To Project: Halo. Stuff’s Totally Been Great Fun”. As always, we appreciate any insight that benevolent patrons wish to make. 😉
Newer Update!
What sounds like a perfectly reasonable guess for the Reach Soundtrack, found over on the HBO Forum: “This Is My Last Absolutely F***ing Awesome Halo Soundtrack”. Perhaps Marty will chime in somewhere on this?
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The Bungie Acronym Compendium
JNAMSTFY. DMUKYA. ABTFIPASO5. These cryptic identifiers have entertained, enightened, frustrated, and confounded Bungie fans since the early days in Chicago. Found on nearly every game and soundtrack created or licensed by Bungie, a surprising number of these enigmatic acronyms remain unsolved.
Acronym Game Solution Confirmed by: DMUKYA Marathon Don’t Make Us Kick Your Ass   MBIBTYB Marathon 2 My Bob Is Bigger Than Your Bob   TBWSAF Marathon ∞ and Trilogy Trick Bitch Whore Slut Ass Fucker Alex Rosenberg WACCSMD Myth Warcraft And Command & Conquer, Suck My Dick Max Hoberman MRTEFCFY Myth Soundtrack Michael Ryan, This Eleven Foot Cock’s For You Max TATRTSTS Myth II Total Annihilation True Real Time Strategy Totally Sucks Tuncer Deniz (below) WUBNMH Myth II Soundtrack What’s Up, Bitch? Not Much, Holmes Matt Soell SPMLOAS Myth Total Codex Steve Parson’s Mom Likes Our Ass Sandwich Max YYMMDBATC Myth TC Soundtrack Yummy, Yummy, Munchy, Munchy, Dwarven Bones Are Tasty Crunchy Max Hoberman ABTFIPASO5 Halo (GotY) Arrr, Bitch! The Future Is Pimps At Sea ’05! Max SABABWL Halo Soundtrack, Halo 3 Beta Shiny And Bumpy And Bursting With Love Marty O’Donnell ILWNL Halo PC     JNAMSFTFY Halo 2     EGATFIBGBCSIMAW Halo 2 Soundtrack Vol 1     MNNGSBTFS Halo 2 Soundtrack Vol 1     IOHBOY Halo 2 In-game map (Metropolis)     SIOHBOY Halo 2 In-game credits     TOFTMTWCLMB Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack     HAISTCWITDO Halo 2 Soundtrack Vol 2     BMDWATBATWMC Halo Graphic Novel     DTARAGS Halo 2 Vista     SLMCWMYOW Halo 3     JLTLEBLC Halo 3 Limited Edition     WWYANOFAWD Halo 3 Legendary Edition     TGAWAFAL Halo 3 Soundtrack     ITIFGDM360 Halo 3: ODST     ONSSFIH Halo 3: ODST Soundtrack     BBBSLTPHSTBGF Halo: Reach     TIMLAFAHS Halo: Reach Soundtrack    
There have been tons of different guesses as to these on a variety of different forums all over the place, so if you see one you think you know the answer to, feel free to post a comment. Hopefully, someone at Bungie will step in periodically and let us know how we’re doing.
Remember that, although some of them contain a little bit of good-natured profanity, they’re not all strings of foul language. Many of them are catchphrases heard around the Bungie offices during development of the related game.
Note: It’s pretty obvious that EGATFIBGBCSIMAW refers to the skulls (Envy, Grunt Birthday Party, Assassins, Thunderstorm, Famine, I Would Of Been Your Daddy, Blind, Ghost, Black, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mystic, Anger) but since no one from Bungie has ever stepped in with any observations on the elusive W at the end, and public opinion is hardly conclusive, it’s pretty pointless to keep throwing guesses about it around. Maybe somebody in the know would care to tell us a story? 😉
Update
For the record, here are a few of the more widely-recognized guesses on some of the unsolved ones:
SPMLOAS: Single-Player Myth, Loads (or Lots) Of Additional Shit
ILWNL: I Like (or Love) Winning, Not Losing
IOHBOY: I’m Only Here Because Of You
SIOHBOY: Sid, I’m Only Here Because Of You
Anyone who can confirm or deny these is always welcome. 🙂
Another Update
In the Halo 3 Beta, SABABWL is heard via Morse code, coming from the radio near the upper flag base on the map High Ground.
New Update!
Halo:Reach is upon us, with a new acronym, and a very plausible-sounding guess from old-school community stalwart Ross Mills, over on the HBO forum: “Bye Bye Bungie, So Long To Project: Halo. Stuff’s Totally Been Great Fun”. As always, we appreciate any insight that benevolent patrons wish to make. 😉
Newer Update!
What sounds like a perfectly reasonable guess for the Reach Soundtrack, found over on the HBO Forum: “This Is My Last Absolutely F***ing Awesome Halo Soundtrack”. Perhaps Marty will chime in somewhere on this?
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The Bungie Acronym Compendium
JNAMSTFY. DMUKYA. ABTFIPASO5. These cryptic identifiers have entertained, enightened, frustrated, and confounded Bungie fans since the early days in Chicago. Found on nearly every game and soundtrack created or licensed by Bungie, a surprising number of these enigmatic acronyms remain unsolved….
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