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That makes sense, lol. Did you know, the Monitors in Halo have the Marathon symbol in their eye? Also did you know the magnum from Marathon is similar to the one in Halo, despite the difference in design they are ultimately the same weapon, each having a scope?

I liked playing as elites in the game, when I first played Halo 2 I thought the whole idea was cool. After 2 it lost its appeal, largely because the mystery of the covenant and their world was lost after the events in 2, and that elites were playable in MP and in co-op.

I don't know if anyone corrected this, but it actually wasn't the first. The first was made by Bungie, and it was called Marathon, and officially its considered the first game to introduce "dual wielding" You could use both fists in melee among other things. Also did you know Marathon strongly influenced the Halo franchise, and that the ending of Halo two closely corresponds with the beginning of the first Marathon game? Bungie also aroused speculations of a Marathon game shortly after the release of Halo 3, it was the cover subject of one of their magazines (which I still happen to have). Did you also know that the armor Mk rating of the security guy you play as in Marathon (he has no official name) is the same as chief's, and that "his favorite rocket launcher" as quoted by an AI in the game, has the letters SPNKR on it, just like the Halo franchise? Many have speculated the ending of Halo 3 as the entry to Marathon, because of the similarities in the protagonists, and the fact the protagonist in Marathon made his appearance from a cryo capsule that was rescued from wreckage in space.

Personally you can't ask for too much more, with all the pieces that were in Reach and the new budget you could make alot of amazing stuff. If they do add alot more pieces I will be happy as well, but I will be fine with a better budget. I was good at making structures, but I always had so little budget left when my vision was realized that I couldn't put in weapons.

Personally I am still getting my LE, I have already paid it off. This just sounds like people getting upset over something trivial, most likely 343i will resolve the situation, and if they don't enough of people like yall will make them think twice in the future. Personally I am getting LE for the sake of getting the LE. Call me stupid or whatever, but when it gets resolved, I will be the one with LE, and yall will be the ones without it. I don't care what others think. Thats my input.

I usually listen to a soundtrack comprised of Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Avenged sevenfold, and a couple Dragonforce songs. I will list a few just to be specific my favorites out of this would be. Indestructible - By Disturbed Asylum - By Disturbed Operation Ground and Pound - Dragonforce Blinded in Chains - Avenged Sevenfold and Scream Aim Fire - Bullet for My Valentine. Those are my favorites, I may be a metal head, but it gets me pumped up when Im on a losing streak.

Imma keep tabs on this post, its like all of the other interesting things they just seem to add to make the story deeper. We arent really lucky though as some of these things will never be answered. I hate annoying puzzles, we can try to solve them, but we may never know.

I would have to say Shepard eventhough Im more of a Halo fan, because Chief is a soldier, in the Mass Effect games Shepard may have been a soldier but he brought together a whole galaxy of beings. Sounds like a prez to me. Know in terms of who I would choose for the heck of it...... That would be Chief.

For me DEFINITELY Johnson, I loved his comments in Halo CE, and the Easter egg of him in the ending, lol.

Still worth it for the case, and the maps, I never am able to afford map packs when they come out and this way I wont have to worry.

This is interesting I gotta rewatch it and see if I can see it.

Fallout 4 is supposed to be in the same area as New Vegas, they havnt released any details besides the Lead producers response to the question of "where" to which he said "I cant say anything, but the area in New Vegas was real interesting wasn't it?"

personally the whole robot arm thing, was alittle much....... Everyone seems to complain about the armor, but look at the stuff on Reach.

I think your onto something, also based off of the outline it would be logical to think that the message fits together like a jigsaw. That being said the two symbols dont appear to be next to each other in the message, you would have to find all the others, then if I am right the sides will fit together to form the message.

I'm polishing a map I made ages ago when Reach first came out that I made for Bungie's forge contest, it needs just a couple changes to make it better, and I want some input on it, as well as ideas for a new map I could work on until the release of Halo 4.... You don't have to be experienced as I mostly want ideas. I'm doing a marathon of sorts to celebrate my return to the xbox console, so I will be on for a good while. Either add me, message me, or leave a response here and I will invite you in. Thanks.

All the different species in the Covenant still had fully independent worlds they lived on before they shipped out to join the war. The Covenant was a "group" so to speak, they didn't HAVE to be part of the covenant, (heretics) and since they were on a pirate ship (according to IGN and other sources), what makes you think they are part of the covenant... Also sangheili weren't exactly friendly with covenant forces at the end of Halo 3, so the rules don't apply to them anymore, so if they are sangheili loyalists they probly dont care, forerunner or not. Also Chief is all but presumed dead, so they just might not realize it's him....

I have been running a server for over a year. I have Plugins that safe guard all of my important stuff. This isnt the only major creation I have on the map. We have numerous castles, a colony, factories. and oil rigs. NOTE: this is PC minecraft.

We are running tekkit so I did one up on that already. We have a bomb system built out of frames that moves groups of Nukes (super powered TNT) into position, we then use red wire and a reciever hooked to the bombs to activate them dropping down the hatch. Then there is a second set that moves in when the first set is empty so you can circulate and effectively bombard people. Of course it doesn't move so it defeats the point, but its pretty badass just to have legitimate working mechanisms like that in Minecraft, lol.

Its not completed on the inside, so I cant post pics of it, but the outside is finished. Its not a exact replica of any type of cruiser from Halo, but Halo was a large inspiration for the look of the ship. Especially the front end. Some of the ship is not characteristic of a Halo ship, but I have to make some variations to fit in the working parts. Colors in Minecraft are limited, so I could only do a classic silver and black look, not the colors of Halo UNSC frigates. Just a reference Picture Look at the TOP RIGHT for a picture of it on the minimap and get the scale.... Yes the little green round things are trees. Feel free to post comments or suggestions for changes. I know its MC but I thought it would be a cool thing to share.

Dude like I said no hating, and to be technical, peice of **** doesn't apply to a console that has better hardware, the interface just sucks, I had 300 friends on three different accounts, and on PS3 I dont have anyone to play with. Since a deal is going on for double credit, I think I will just do it.

Yeah lighting is a must, but it also would be cool to make the Forging world alittle deeper, to use the water more effectively. I'd also like to see the pieces be able to be mirrored. I was always a symmetrical forger, and even though I forged amazing things, it annoyed me I couldn't mirror an object to my liking.

Ok this is a serious topic and I don't want any hating even though I know to expect it. Defy my expectations. Anyway I game on both consoles, I consider myself a broad gamer, I like whatever keeps me entertained. Due to this we had an xbox, and PS3 in the household. I'm actually a student just out of high-school, and because of the cost of gold membership on XBL, when I left for college I took my PS3 with me, and left the Xbox for my bro. Anyway I like PS3 it plays blu-ray etc., but I have never had any long time friends like I have on Xbox, and I love Halo, been a fan of it since Halo 1. I already have the LE pre-ordered and its been pre-ordered since LE was announced. But I found out our xbox back at my home, is pretty much dead, and my bro ain't looking to get a new one. I still have the LE pre-ordered, and I am sitting here with a dilemma. MY PS3 just ain't doing it for me, I love the games I have for it but I dont have many peeps to play with. Should I give it a shot, and sell it and my games for the ultimate combo, the LE edition game and the LE edition console (even though it comes with the game too), or should I be level headed, keep the good games I got (Borderlands 2, Darksiders 2, etc. among them).

Ok so just to fill in some of the blanks on rampancy. Even though I'm kinda young to be saying I've played the games, I have played and finished the Original Bungie games from which Halo is largely derived called Marathon. The games are free so you can check it out for yourself. This is all based off the info in those games and info derived from halo and what Bungie has said in the past. Basically its said that when AI's go rampant they need a large Network to survive, like one of a large city or a whole planet. and the rampancy has four stages. Rampancy itself isn't the bad thing, it's the fact that AI's in the lore don't survive the process, and the process itself is largely destructive. The four stages are Melancholia - the AI in question can act... depressed. Anger (the stage that Durandal goes through in Marathon I) - Angry AI, nuff said. Jealousy - AI expands into a planet wide, or utterly complex system. Consumes all the info it can. Metastability - This is the phase in question THIS PHASE IS NOT BAD. AI has gone through rampancy, and is stable retaining the knowledge of a rampant AI. It's only theoretical since in the Halo lore the only possible AI to get to metastability is 05-032 Mendicant Bias, and it was a forerunner AI. I know this strays from the conversation at hand, but thought yall might like this bit of info. If Cortana does indeed obtain metastability, it would indeed be a good thing.