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[DenogginizerOS]

Yeah, no problem. I would have responded but I was just about out of space and clicked the wrong box when I cleaned some up and nuked it before I could do so. Sorry about that. (In fact, I nuked all the PMs from the past week or two by mistake.)

And just to follow-up with what you said: Spoiler-tagged spoilers are not a problem. The forum administration has directed folks to post them in there, tagged, and this is the official thread - so it's appropriate to keep the discussion in here. Just don't read them.

My big concern is someone is going to forget to close a tag or have an error in it that is not caught, and so lots of people get spoiled by accident.

I am aware of the policy. I sent Bishoptl the message to ask him to warn people about spoilers.

 

[alexh]

"I know something you don't knowwwww!"

That's basically it I think.

Actually, I think holding the end rather than the means on a podium, and saying that it is the most important part of the story is rather ignorant.

Guess what happens at the end of your life.. you die!
It's the journey, my friends.

 

[FIREBABY]

The appearance of black bars in this thread is making people do all kinds of panic puckering. :lol

It is like internet "Operation"; DON'T TOUCH THE BARS!!!!

:lol Damn right. Except I got spoiled with clever writing. Somebody put in the middle of thier post and before I relized what i was reading it was to late.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I am aware of the policy. I sent Bishoptl the message to ask him to warn people about spoilers.

I wasn't responding to you, just adding on to your (spot-on) analogy. I edited to clarify.

 

[DopeyFish]

It's the people that watch the ending before playing the game that are in it just for the multiplayer, or don't fully understand the story of Halo.

no... or people who just actually like playing the game... or realising the ending that was leaked is really just closure. you have no idea wtf is going on or why. it's the journey that i like.

 

[Calm Killer]

Potter is Chief....Chief is Potter......Potter is a MAN!!

aynhorn is finkle?

 

[ice cream]

I seriously don't see how they balanced the Elites, they still look like they have MUCH bigger heads.
Someone from Bungie needs to clear this up.

 

[FFChris]

Actually, I think holding the end rather than the means on a podium, and saying that it is the most important part of the story is rather ignorant.

Guess what happens at the end of your life.. you die!
It's the journey, my friends.

So...now I'm ignorant for not wanting to read the ending? :lol

I seriously don't see how they balanced the Elites, they still look like they have MUCH bigger heads.
Someone from Bungie needs to clear this up.

They stand up straighter I think, their heads are in the middle of their chests less, that was the problem originally.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Spoiler

This ending is so fucking awesome. My Halo 3 hype just tripled. I just now want to see everything that lead up to the ending.

 

[Lakitu]

I'm scared.... someone please hold me.... I'm gonna have to temporarily black out from the internet. I wish I wasn't so tempted....

 

[ILL2]

Spoiler

This ending is so fucking awesome. My Halo 3 hype just tripled. I just now want to see everything that lead up to the ending.

Spoiler

it was shorter than I thought it would be....i want to see why they get blown to pieces

 

[ice cream]

Spoiler

This ending is so fucking awesome. My Halo 3 hype just tripled. I just now want to see everything that lead up to the ending.

Damn atleast tell us SPOILER before! I know you had the spoiler tags but still abover it, wriete SPOILER SPOILER
I only highlighted the first 2 or 3 words so I didn't get anything but stil..

 

[Grecco]

Anytime someone adds a spoiler tag i just add them to my ignore list. :lol problem solved.

Soon this thread will be full of This message is hidden because is on your ignore list. though

 

[PaulRTC]

Damn atleast tell us SPOILER before! I know you had the spoiler tags but still abover it, wriete SPOILER SPOILER
I only highlighted the first 2 or 3 words so I didn't get anything but stil..

If a post consists solely of spoiler tags, it's never going to be anything worth reading if you don't want to be spoiled. It will either be a bad joke or a spoiler - why bother with it?

 

[Vyse The Legend]

Actually, I think holding the end rather than the means on a podium, and saying that it is the most important part of the story is rather ignorant.

Guess what happens at the end of your life.. you die!
It's the journey, my friends.

It's all important.

 

[FIREBABY]

Anytime someone adds a spoiler tag i just add them to my ignore list. :lol problem solved.

Great idea.

 

[radrelic]

wtf, I don't know which spoilers to highlight because of people making jokes!!


this thread is officially shit, I'm out

 

[Deadly Monk]

Oh my god so many black tags now...One week people!!!

 

[HallwayGiant]

[not really a spoiler]

Truly, though I have yet to see the ending (I don't intend to either) if I did it would really only make me more interested in what led up to that point rather than feeling like I had been spoiled (and therefore my experience ruined). Now when people start posting all of the games cinematics/story nuances online* then I have a problem...

 

[HomShaBom]

Damn atleast tell us SPOILER before! I know you had the spoiler tags but still abover it, wriete SPOILER SPOILER
I only highlighted the first 2 or 3 words so I didn't get anything but stil..

oh ffs. You know damn well its a spoiler. Stop acting like a 3 year old child, no one is forcing you to highlight the bars.

 

[Cornballer]

Anytime someone adds a spoiler tag i just add them to my ignore list. :lol problem solved.

:lol That's the same thing I'm doing. I just need some sort of firefox script that does it automagically, and I'll be all set.

 

[DenogginizerOS]

This thread is quickly becoming a mine field. Junior members especially need to chill. The ending has been spoiled in this thread with black bars. Repeatedly posting it is adding more mines to the field. Read the spoilered posts and then ask yourself, "Am I contributing more by posting this?"

 

[No Means Nomad]

Damn atleast tell us SPOILER before! I know you had the spoiler tags but still abover it, wriete SPOILER SPOILER
I only highlighted the first 2 or 3 words so I didn't get anything but stil..

He said he liked the ending and he wants to play the game.

Is Halo 3 spoiled forever for you now?

 

[ILL2]

Oh my god so many black tags now...One week people!!!

Spoiler

 

[Tieno]

Lets just stop this meta-spoiler talk, it's getting rather annoying and makes people more anxious than they should.

 

[Deadly Monk]

I seriously don't see how they balanced the Elites, they still look like they have MUCH bigger heads.
Someone from Bungie needs to clear this up.

They have become smaller. And their heads are looking so far down, it makes it way more even.

 

[Thermite]

Wow. This is getting way too dangerous for me, I'm absolutely not taking any chances. Some junior could come in here and post the Halo 3 ending or other major story spoilers without using the tags. I'm bailing out of Halo thread(s) my brothers, I'll catch up with y'all sometime after Halo 3's release.

P.S. - Thanks for the warnings about Youtube guys, I go to that site very often and I'd be super pissed if someone snuck in the ending in a video that wasn't labeled it had the ending beforehand. (like the Rickroll shit)

 

[IJoel]

MADNESS! I'm adding you ALL to my ignore list!

 

[AfunkyArcadeStick]

Not a spoiler people.

Spoiler

The ending reminds me of a pg13 movie on basic cable oh well ill be playing MP most of the time anyways

 

[FrankT]

I see dead people.

Dead People=Ban Hammers.


P.S. temporally kill Junior posting abilities.

 

[Sullichin]

Good thing I can't highlight spoilers on my iPhone. I usually can't help myself

 

[_dd_]

oh ffs. You know damn well its a spoiler. Stop acting like a 3 year old child, no one is forcing you to highlight the bars.

Spoiler

basically everybody knew what that spoiler was too. If you saw any of the last 2 halo commercials or the making of, you definately know what's going on at that youtube link

 

[Littleberu]

The ending reminds me of a pg13 movie on basic cable

Fuck you. You got that? Fuck you.

 

[Deadly Monk]

MADNESS! I'm adding you ALL to my ignore list!

I'm a nice person, don't add me!

 

[ILL2]

Wow. This is getting way too dangerous for me, I'm absolutely not taking any chances. Some junior could come in here and post the Halo 3 ending or other major story spoilers without using the tags. I'm bailing out of Halo thread(s) my brothers, I'll catch up with y'all sometime after Halo 3's release.

P.S. - Thanks for the warnings about Youtube guys, I go to that site very often and I'd be super pissed if someone snuck in the ending in a video that wasn't labeled it had the ending beforehand. (like the Rickroll shit)

Fedor will protect you from the black bars. Infact, he'll armbar all of them for you.

 

[ice cream]

He said he liked the ending and he wants to play the game.

Is Halo 3 spoiled forever for you now?

I said I didn't read all of it.

 

[Grecco]

Just a litle warning to the multiple juniors posting in this thread.

you do know that a ban with a junior tag means a perm ban? Just a Friendly warning.

 

[FIREBABY]

Truly, though I have yet to see the ending (I don't intend to either) if I did it would really only make me more interested in what led up to that point rather than feeling like I had been spoiled (and therefore my expereience ruined). Now when people start posting all of the games cinematics/story nuances online then I have a problem...

Then you better be real careful then. Some sneaky assholes are putting them in the middle their posts. Not here yet thank god.

 

[Edwood]

Spoiler

The ending reminds me of a pg13 movie on basic cable oh well ill be playing MP most of the time anyways

I'll say it again. Ban all Juniors for at least a month.

 

[FriedCalamari]

This is taking the piss now. It really is. I might have to bail out of this legendary thread real soon.

 

[DenogginizerOS]

I am done with this thread. All it takes is one junior who does not care about his status here to post Halo 3's ending. Not a risk I am willing to take.

 

[AfunkyArcadeStick]

I'll say it again. Ban all Juniors for at least a month.

Why, did I break a rule?

 

[ferrex]

I seriously don't see how they balanced the Elites, they still look like they have MUCH bigger heads.
Someone from Bungie needs to clear this up.

Long story short, the model geometry that you see is different from the collision geometry that we use for hit detection. The Elite's collision geometry is tighter than the Spartan's, compared to the render geometry, and the old headshottable region was halved in size.

The only objectionable side effect of this is that shooting an Elite in the kisser won't actually be a "headshot" (you need to hit him higher on his head). But I don't think that's going to be an issue in anything but laboratory conditions.

It'll never be perfect, but our goal was "close enough that you felt like you actually had a choice in casual play". I don't expect MLG will be using them any time soon.

 

[bounchfx]

ok yeah this is bullshit. out.

 

[wonderkins]

I see dead people.

Dead People=Ban Hammers.

Ghaleon, get m0dus to draw a line.

Below that line, the shenanigans, meta-shenanigans (thanks, Tieno!), and astro-shenanigans stop.

Isn't it easier to respect that there are people who do care about the story? Show respect to your fellow fan by following the rules. And doing so without chortles, sly-winks, and other assorted nonsense.

If you can't hold to a simple kindness, go watch Jerry. I think it's stilll on tv. Thanks!

 

[Domino Theory]

For those of you worried about playing the beta, or any game without getting spoiled: Don't use your mic. That simple. Either that or private chat with someone you trust while you play a game. Therefore you can't hear them, and they can't hear you.

And for those fooling around with spoiler tags for the hell of it: FUCK YOU.

 

[_dd_]

I will not let this thread die.

 

[Geoff9920]

I am done with this thread. All it takes is one junior who does not care about his status here to post Halo 3's ending. Not a risk I am willing to take.

Agreed, I'm bailing out of this thread till my first play through is finished.

 

[kittens]

This thread is getting really ugly. I'm bailing out... And not just cause of potential spoilers.

THE TERRORISTS HAVE WON. :lol

 

[Domino Theory]

This is taking the piss now. It really is. I might have to bail out of this legendary thread real soon.

You just started out on GAF. It would help us alot and it wouldn't really affect you that much.