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Mirroring can be painful
MichiganJ.S has asked us to pull his server’s listing (CitrusV) from the GameStar movie mirror list, because the huge demand caused him to go way over his bandwidth limit (9.5 gigs in 2 days). Folks – it’s not unusual for a new Halo movie to be downloaded by 10,000 people or more. At 30 megs a pop, that’s more than 250 gigs of downloads… if you add your server to a mirror list that contains 10 other sites, you can count on traffic increasing by AT LEAST 10 gigs almost immediately. (I bet FilePlanet served over 100 gigs of that movie.) As much as I hate the idea of discouraging folks from volunteering with mirror space… PLEASE be aware of what you’re getting into before you do so. Thanks.
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Let’s get that bitch in there…
Matt’s Weekly Halo Update surfaced at Battleground: Halo this week – and it’s tasty. Lots of Sin-O-MaTiXXX stuff, some good multiplayer morsels, and the Shadow is out again. (Oh, and Jason’s listening to some scary stuff.) Go check it out!
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FAQ updated – GO READ IT
Mark Levin, walking repository of Halo knowledge (and other infectious stuff), dropped a note on our forum to let folks know that he’s updated the HBO FAQ. Always nice when we’re up-to-date! Thanks, Mark.
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Tchaikovsky + Halo = Fun!
What do you get when you put a great battle scene to great battle music? A little diversion, that’s what. Freedom, from Garden of War, started with the E32000 Halo movie, and spliced and diced it to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. The result is a pretty nice clip. Check it out. (1.7 megs, WMV format.)
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And some full-blown Fan Fiction
And as she jumped, reality falling away into memory, Einstein’s laws vanishing as seeds of millet upon a fierce wind, the talons of a mad empire raked across her skin, and the gods of this empire were still not satisfied with the bloody massacres occuring on five worlds. Defensive cannonry fell from Pillar of Autumn as she danced through a timeless realm.
A wonderful writer from the early days of Halo’s Fan Fiction comes back on the scene, bringing with him last year’s E3 movie, and some homage to Iain Banks. While the GAME might not be this way any more… the STORY sure is fun to read. Check out ‘Bracelet of Gods‘ in our Fan Fiction section.
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Some almost-Fan Fiction…
“Who are you?!”
“Destiny,”
and shot him too.That’s all we got from vector, who says it’s the beginning of another Fan Fiction… and the end of a poem. It’s called Lineatemp. And when we get an actual story, you’ll be able to find it in our Fan Fiction section.
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Fan Fiction section updated
He walked to the table and ran a hand across the smooth surface, avoiding the plant that seemed to expand and contract, as though breathing, upon closer inspection. Putting his ear near to one particularly large creeper, he thought he could make out a barely perceptible rhythm of air sounding from pores too small for him to see. It was moving though; his experience upon arriving told him that.
Bob’s history becomes clearer, though his future is still murky. Tursas’ latest installment of the Hermes Trismegistus saga is posted in our Fan Fiction section.
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Las Vegas? Yah, could be fun…
Tom Van Sinden noticed that the newest Bungie.net poll asks, “If Bungie were to support a FanFest in only one of these US cities, which would you choose?” Go check out the choices. Pax.
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Acrappa featured at the Junkyard
Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews lets us know that Day 3 of their Gaming Site Interviews series highlights Matt ‘Acrappa Martinez, newshound for Rampancy.net and maintainer of bungie.org’s own OniRes. Check it out! Pax.
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And more movie mirrors
You guys are amazing. While we slept (okay, Crux wasn’t sleeping, he was zoning out), news of three more mirrors for the GameStar movie appeared in our inbox:- Wireplay Australia and
- AusGamers (thanks, trog)
- CitrusV (thanks, Michigan)
There are now enough mirrors out there that EVERYONE should have access to this movie, one way or another. What a fantastic community!
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Still more mirrors for the Gamestar flick
Two more mirrors for the GameStar movie – Dan Kristiansen, of Xbox Movies, has added the file – when I tested it, I got VERY fast transfer rates… and Clayton Hernandez notes that Multiplayerzone.com has the movie up, though you need to log in to get it. Thanks, guys! (These have been added to the full mirror list.)
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Mac Halo awakened?
Oops – we missed this a few days ago. Mac Halo, an Inside Mac Games affiliate that has had on-again, off-again webmastering over the past several months, seems to have been revived. Welcome to Matt Malinowski, the ‘new guy who will be bringing you the news now, only several days later’. Let’s hope they’re back for good! Pax.
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Mirror, mirror, on the net…
Pete Cooner, admin of the bungie.org Hotline server, dropped us a note to say that the GameStar movie is up on the BorgHL server, plus a couple of personal servers – folks should check the news and user list for details. He reminded us that Hotline might be a better choice for modem users, since the downloads are resumable. A full list of mirrors has been compiled here (and will be added to the Movies page momentarily).
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More mirrors for the Gamestar movie
Thanks to AcidBurn, for making two new mirrors for the GameStar movie (these both in Germany) available:Also, thanks to Yosr, who made the movie available on his mac, using MacOS Web Sharing – a grand gesture, at the very least! Go get ’em!
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The meat behind the matter
Noctavis spun out one of his trademark-length posts, explaining in quite a bit more detail what’s going on with Rampancy.net – definitely worth a read.
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Mirrors up for the Gamestar movie
More apologies, this time for actually going to sleep. In the last 5 hours, though, 4 mirrors have popped up for the GameStar movie – we’re supremely grateful to the folks who helped out here.- Fileplanet mirror (2 download links – thanks, Bounty!)
- tornado.omnicon.net (thanks, B-Sharp!)
- ghalidrim.2y.net (Hotline server – thanks, ghalidrim!)
Hopefully, one of these will get you the file you’re looking for – we’ll add new mirrors when we hear of them. (The HL server, by the way, has been throttled to 10 downloads – be gentle.)
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Fansite operator interviews at the Junkyard
Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews writes to say that the Junkyard has put up the first of 13 interviews with fan site personnel, exploring why they do what they do and what it takes. This one is with Manveer ‘Eidolon’ Heir of VoodooExtreme. Check ’em out!
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Gamestar down – pipe too small
Apologies – our puny T1 just couldn’t handle it. The server hosting that GameStar movie died under the almost 600 simultaneous connections you folks threw at it – I’ve (regretfully) pulled it until we can get some mirrors going. If you can mirror this, let us know (preferably with a place we can upload it to) – until then, it’s gotta be offline again. Sorry.
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