Louis did some HBO server stats and posted the percentage of Windows and Mac OS users to theforums. We felt the figures were worth repeating here:

45.4% MacOS
50.8% Windows (31% Win98, 11% Win95, 7% NT, 2% Win2000)
The remainder is various flavors of Unix, and 6 WebTV hits, and 3 Amiga hits. (!!)

Ok who has the Amiga? 😉

Believe it or not! Matthew Liebhold reports thatmacslash.com claim they were hacked last night and their Bungie-MS buyout details were deleted from their server. Yeah right. Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em.

The SETI team ranks still haven’t been updated so we don’t know where the Halo SETI Marinesare placed at the moment. Some fine crunchin’ by Jjaro tech and ABordner takes the Frogblast award. Still only a third of marines are doing active service. We could do with some back-up people. Full details on the 24 hour stats page.

Joel Page (aka Ironfist) has written an interesting article on the MS rumors. Worth a read, just for the level-headedness.

The MS rumors have made it as far as MacAddict, a major Mac print magazine. No new info, but they point to As The Apple Turns for a distinctly Mac viewpoint on the potential truth to the rumors. Thanks to Formerly Wu, over at the R.net forum, for the heads-up.

The Movies page has been updated with a list of mirrors for the E3 teaser. All locations currently known, in one convenient place! Enjoy.

Fire Phoenix drops us a line to let us know that PCGameWorld is also mirroring the teaser; both the hi-res and low-res versions are available.

Manuel Blaschek has sent in another wallpaper for our Wallpapers page. Does it seem like the Halo-Marathon links are getting stronger?

Geez… first Macintouch, now MacSlash… the MS rumor is spreading.

JosephAW, who brought you low-bandwidth streaming versions of the bTV broadcasts, now brings you a low-bandwidth streaming version (removed) of the E3 teaser. Thanks, Joseph!

Happy Happy Halo Halo 4th July. Madfishwrites to tell us that the August issue of PCGamer will be out on the 4th July. We should have the full Halo movie… soon(tm). Thanks Madfish.

Halo wins Blue’s News Best of E3 2000. Thanks to Kamikaze who posts to our forums thatBlue’s News have posted their Best of E3 2000awards. Halo won “Best of Show”. This is what Stephen “Blue” Heaslip had to say:

Best of Show
Halo. Combining state-of-the-art graphics, with state-of-the-art teamplay, this is TRIBES meets Quake III Arena, and more. If gameplay lives up to this year’s demonstration, then the only thing that stands between Halo and being the all-time great multiplayer game is how the netcode turns out.

The Characters section in our FAQ has been up updated to reflect the new info from the Halo movie trailer. If you’ve got comments/suggestions about the FAQ please send them to halofaq@bungie.org. Thanks.

$erial-ki!!A has added another chapter to his work-in-progress about the Halo Marine. You can check out ‘Awakening’ on our Fan Fiction page. Remember, the “more by this author” link at the end of each entry is a convenient way to read all the chapters sequentially.

Weird goings-on at the SETI server… Club Rankings haven’t been updated in 3 days, and the Halo SETI Marines are being consistently credited 200+ fewer units than what’s actually crunched. No matter, the crunching goes on! Jjaro Tech and Rival take top honors today. Check the 24 hour stats for details.

Yrro writes to say that Halo Center has put up the teaser, as well… the mirror list grows some more. You can get the file here. Pax.

Stryker sends word that Halo HQ, an early Halo site that closed a while back, is up and running in its new digs at haloplayers.net. As he says,

Halo HQ is dedicated to the Halo team community, allowing Halo fans an instant link to many Halo teams.

Stop by and sign up today! Pax.

Matt Martinez writes to let us know that for those of you on a slower connection, there’s now an alternative to the multi-meg movies for getting your Halo fix. He’s snapped 35 screenshots from the trailer for you to drool over. Go check ’em out!

Oops, we missed this… thanks to R.net for noticing. The Daily Radar Teaser page specifies that it’s PC Gamer that will have the E3 Trailer on its cover CD, ending speculation about which gaming mag would host the US version.

Luxor writes to tell us that Halo Vault can be added to the fast-growing list of mirrors for the teaser. In his words, “awesome bandwidth (for now).” 😉