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JumpingYoshi said:
Holy crap....the ending is on youtube. Dear god...I am getting scared now...where can I hide for a week?
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It's pretty much safe here. You can trust [most] of the Halo GAF community members, but if at any point you feel uncomfortable towards someone, you can just add them to your ignore list and their posts will no longer appear on your screen.
 
i am avoiding everywhere except here on Gaf. Even then, you have to be careful what you click on. But as long as no-one blatantly tells me what the hell happens, I guess I'm in control of what I know and what I don't.
 
Domino Theory said:
It's pretty much safe here. You can trust [most] of the Halo GAF community members, but if at any point you feel uncomfortable towards someone, you can just add them to your ignore list and their posts will no longer appear on your screen.
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Ok thanks...
 
got2bekidding said:
:lol Damn, I like the grunts. If I was going to have a kegger with any Halo character/s, it would be them. They seem they would be the party people, and if not, you could sticky nade them to watch them dance. Although the Arnold yell the Elites make is kind of humorous too.
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Yesterday i was replaying Silent cartographer. In the beach section with the overturned warthog, i was going up the hill through the narrow path that leads to the pair of hunters, well there was a grunt that tried to throw me a grenade with so much bad luck that it got stickied in the Elite that just put in front of him, then both started "dancing" :lol

Im a bit amazed at how good the AI behaves, even if i suppose is more limited and basic than halo2, it still leaves you with the impression of being more believable and natural. Later on i that section, i took out like 4 jackals, one by one, sneaking behind and using melee. Each time i got one, i moved back and got covered hiding, waiting for the next one that would eventually watch the fallen comrade and come to inspect the surrounds.

What i didnt remeber though was the hunters being so weak ( i killed one of them with just one shot of the pistol, and i´m playing on heroic, not enough time for legendary).

Kuroyume said:
Anyway, guys I am FINALLY going to jump on the next gen/current gen bandwagon later today. I need some questions answered so please take a look if you can. I have two options in my head as to which SKU I will go for. I'm a HALO nut in the sense that it's the only game I have regularly played since the release of HALO 2, but I don't own any of the merchandise. I know the HALO 3 360 is meant for HALO fanatics, but I actually dig the color and design of the thing. I just don't know if it's worth $50 to own it for that reason alone. It baffles me that I'm even indecisive about such a dumb thing, but I really do love the look of it. I feel like smacking myself for even considering it.

01. Elite or Halo 3 360?

02. Are both machines covered under MS' three year warranty?

03. How do I check if an Elite has both the extra fan and quieter drive? Do the Halo 3 models come with those upgrades?
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I would go for the halo3. Its the limited one and i also dig the colors.

Both are covered by the warranty but dont know if the halo3 one has the "upgrades".
 
Did anyone from Australia order Halo 3 from Dstore? My friend apparently got an email saying its been shipped to him. I will update on Wednesday... Ill believe it when I see it, but the email looks legit.
 
EEEK!

I was JUST about to check youtube for some new MP footage but decided to check here first.

Thanks GAF, that could have went horribly, horribly, wrong.

*cranks up the volume on the ipod, puts on a blindfold, and rocks feverishly back and forth in a dark room*
 
Damn, I'm going to have to avoid YouTube for about a week now, I won't dare go there to listen to the Video Games Live suite of Halo now. Gamespot/Gamefaqs are also of the list (not that I go there anyway) due to some shiteface almost ruining the 'twist' in BioShock whilst I was idly browsing there just before release. Second rate news sites who are desperate for some hits (I'm looking at you maxconsole), you are off the list too. In fact I might have to stop visiting the official thread here, far too much attention is being given to these guys who have a copy early, and all it takes is one URL being left in a post, an innocuous image that reveals far more than the poster realises or one junior member who signed up specifically to ruin some Halo fans day.

Time for blackout.

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I just past the ultimate test. I had the Halo 3 ending Youtube video sitting on my computer in an open window paused at the very beginning. After several minutes of intense decision-making, I closed the window.


I will finish the fight on my own.

BUT BE WARNED! THE ENDING IS OUT THEIR ON YOUTUBE! IT IS THE LEGIT ENDING! WE NEED TO RAISE THE THREAT LEVEL
 
snack said:
I just past the ultimate test. I had the Halo 3 ending Youtube video sitting on my computer in an open window paused at the very beginning. After several minutes of intense decision-making, I closed the window.
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Fucking retard. Why?
 
RubberJohnny said:
The ending seems to have been recorded on a first-gen cameraphone, the quality is shitty even for Youtube. Too many artefacts in my spoilers.
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All this ending talk is seriously freaking me out.
 
I heard the banhammer was getting dropped on those playing the retail game on Live....is this true? This thread moves too quickly for me to keep up!
 
Caught up. Epic late night craziness... I couldn't sleep, this is probably why, my Halo sense was tingling.

It's next week. Next week.

I could poop, I'm so hyped :3
 
I didn't get my legendary edition. Meh. I know a store I won't go to anymore. Hopefully there will be a midnight launch somewhere in my area.
 
I just preordered the reg. version. I said I would just wait and pick it up on the day it comes out, but ... the hype got me. I almost bought a 2nd 360 (halo 3 one) lol. :lol
 
Uncle said:
I didn't get my legendary edition. Meh. I know a store I won't go to anymore. Hopefully there will be a midnight launch somewhere in my area.
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What does this mean?? Are people getting told that they are missing out on their pre-order? Or am I confused?
 
deftangel said:
I heard the banhammer was getting dropped on those playing the retail game on Live....is this true? This thread moves too quickly for me to keep up!
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That'd be pretty sucky for people who legitimately paid the asking price of the game.
 
von zipp said:
What does this mean?? Are people getting told that they are missing out on their pre-order? Or am I confused?
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Yeah, but I'm not from the states (I'm assuming that you are), so you probably shouldn't worry. I think the store just took pre-orders without knowing how many copies they were getting. Didn't cost me anything so no biggie, but I'm still pissed about it. Had I known I could've pre-ordered elsewhere to make sure, but, ya know, shit happens.

I'm just wondering, is the limited edition really limited as well, since it's no longer up for pre-orders anywhere here either? Or will it be like Halo 2?
 
deftangel said:
I heard the banhammer was getting dropped on those playing the retail game on Live....is this true? This thread moves too quickly for me to keep up!
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Not true, playing the retail game on XBL before the 25th will not get you banned. They only banned people who had illegitimately gott a hold of the Epsilon.
 
Uncle said:
Yeah, but I'm not from the states (I'm assuming that you are), so you probably shouldn't worry. I think the store just took pre-orders without knowing how many copies they were getting. Didn't cost me anything so no biggie, but I'm still pissed about it. Had I known I could've pre-ordered elsewhere to make sure, but, ya know, shit happens.

I'm just wondering, is the limited edition really limited as well, since it's no longer up for pre-orders anywhere here either? Or will it be like Halo 2?
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Nah, I'm not from the states mate. I'm an Aussie, and even though they were apparently sold out of all the Legendary copies, I was able to find somewhere here in Western Australia who were still keen to take my pre-order for the cat helmet.
 
von zipp said:
Nah, I'm not from the states mate. I'm an Aussie, and even though they were apparently sold out of all the Legendary copies, I was able to find somewhere here in Western Australia who were still keen to take my pre-order for the cat helmet.
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Ah, ok. I've been trying to do the same, but none of the stores seem to have them (they don't even have the limited edition anymore). Oh well, hopefully MS will throw an "official" launch like with Halo 2.
 
Wolves Evolve said:
I've just been spoiled. Don't click any youtube links this week, everybody.
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How was it spoiled? Was it something completely unrelated to Halo or did you do something stupid and actually click a Halo video?
 
BuG said:
How was it spoiled? Was it something completely unrelated to Halo or did you do something stupid and actually click a Halo video?
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Its pretty obvious what it is. Not much is really spoiled in the first few seconds, so you have time to close it.
 
Completely unrelated. I was rickrolled, by somebody saying it was a new video of the Forge in action. So if you see that.. avoid.

EDIT: yeah what Dot50Cal said.
 
Wolves Evolve said:
Completely unrelated. I was rickrolled, by somebody saying it was a new video of the Forge in action. So if you see that.. avoid.

EDIT: yeah what Dot50Cal said.
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That's rough. The internets are a dangerous place...
 
You should never have accepted a Halo related link when we are currently at danger level THREATTACULAR. That sucks though. :(
 
Wolves Evolve said:
Completely unrelated. I was rickrolled, by somebody saying it was a new video of the Forge in action. So if you see that.. avoid.

EDIT: yeah what Dot50Cal said.
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Wolves Evolve said:
I was rickrolled, by somebody saying it was a new video of the Forge in action.
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Wolves Evolve said:
I was rickrolled, by somebody saying it was a new video of the Forge in action.
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Wolves Evolve said:
I was rickrolled, by somebody saying it was a new video of the Forge in action.
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Just thought I'd make that REAL obvious to anyone who missed it. BE AWARE, PEOPLE!
 
I have sacrificed myself for the Threattacular information matrix. Let my experience be a lesson to you.

Go play in a park.
Go for a run.
Go see a live band.
Ask her out.
Clean the car.
Have that cup of coffee on the stoop.
Read the paper.

Just.
Don't.
Be.
Online.
 
Thermite said:
It feels weird, in a way, that we're so close to playing Halo 3 in our Xbox 360s. It seems like it was just yesterday we were all gawking and furiously fapping over tidbits in the Weekly Updates, website articles, videos, screenshots, etc. Time has really flown by fast..
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I agree. Its almost here and I'm in disbelief. This time next week I will be lining up outside of GameStop trying to remain calm and not freak out. I want it bad.
 
S1kkZ said:
DONT GO TO GAMETRAILERS!

some idiots spoiled the ending in the upper right corner.
shit.
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Damn. I'm considering shutting down teh intternets. Maybe I'll do something productive. This is Human Energy.
 
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