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April 2000 Archived News
News April 30 2000
Space: Above and Beyond at Marathon's Story
Marathon's Story has an interesting news item about the similarities between Halo and Fox Broadcasting Network's "Space: Above and Beyond". A one-hour drama about a squadron of brave, first-year Marine Corps fighter pilots whose mission is to stop a race of aliens out to conquer Earth, in the year 2063. Definitely worth a read and a ton of pics too! (Crux Fidelis 14:40:03 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
Thanks to the addition of peteMG, among others, the Halo SETI Marines are in great postion to climb another notch on the Team hill. Jjaro Tech wins the La Crunch Honneur in heavy competition, but Kadreal easily walks away with the Frogblast award. Are you doing your part to stay off the Your Mom list? Check the 24 hour stats to see! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 14:21:10 UTC) (permalink)
Joe says Gamecenter shots are real
Weren't sure if those Gamecenter shots were real? Joe Staten sez yep. (Louis Wu 00:22:41 UTC) (permalink)
News April 29 2000
Incite gives hope to PC gamers
Posted on the Core last night... but posted by Myndreach on our forum first: Doug Zartman reassures those who worry about the death of PC gaming in the latest Incite magazine:
"Doug Zartman, spokesman for Bungie Software, maker of Myth and HALO, sums up Bungie's take on the whole thing: "No, we're not [dropping PC games]. Our goal is to increase the number of platforms we support, and adding the various consoles to that mix is and obvious next step for us. But specializing in any one platform would be contrary to everything that Bungie is."
Good news for those not interested in switching platforms! (Thanks, Myndreach.) (Louis Wu 19:35:42 UTC) (permalink)
PC Gamer says Halo number 7 on most wanted list
According to Jim Hunt, there's an article in the June 2000 issue of PC Gamer titled "Waiting is the Hardest Part", listing the top ten most anticipated games. And Halo is in... spot 7. Someone call Hamish! (Louis Wu 18:20:44 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
No movement by the Halo SETI Marines in the Battle of the Teams. Jjaro tech strikes back! Durandal PPC7400 takes the Frogblast award for third day in a row! Who is this guy?He's not on the Your Mom list that's for sure! Check the 24 hours team stats page. Are you doing your part for the Halo community team effort? (Wirehead 14:16:13 UTC) (permalink)
Gough and who? Zartman or Wang?
Gough and Zartman or Gough and Wang? Have the Halo developers immortalize themselves in Screen 3 from the Gamecenter collection? (Wirehead 09:45:05 UTC) (permalink)
Gamecenter puts up new screens
New screenshots at Gamecenter. A total five screenshots, four of which are brand spanking new! A must look! Thanks to R@ge, Chytra Pawashe, Paul McElroy, Peter Cooner, and Ben Stewart. (Louis Wu 05:00:04 UTC) (permalink)
Haloplayers adds another mirror for GameStar movie
Jenkz of Haloplayers writes with another mirror of the 65 meg GameStar video... Thanks to Jenkz and Blazingfast.net! (Louis Wu 02:00:04 UTC) (permalink)
Help is here for SETI addicts
Feeling like you're not crunching enough units? Getting depressed at your standing in the Halo SETI Marines? Help is here... Carolyn's Clinic will make you better! (Thanks to Matt Liebhold for the link.) (Louis Wu 01:55:35 UTC) (permalink)
News April 28 2000
Erratum: Allied Forces hosts GameStar video
Oops, my bad... yesterday, I put up a link to Haloplayers for the 65 MB GameStar movie. Turns out it's actually being hosted by Allied Forces, a Starsiege tribe in Germany, on their Gamesmania server... credit where credit is due! Thanks to Wanderer for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 20:11:15 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
The Halo SETI team dig in a position #57 in the Battle of the Teams. But the going is tough. Just under a 1000 units separate us from the next team. We gotta have air support! Call in a strike! Banzif takes the La Crunch honneur in fine style and Durandal PPC7400 high jumps 25 marines to take the Frogblast award for the second day in a row! Why did only 133 do Crunchin' Time last night?All this and more on the 24 hours stats page. (Wirehead 14:28:14 UTC) (permalink)
News April 27 2000
Original 65 MB GameStar movie (.mpeg format) at Haloplayers
For those who want the original, Haloplayers is distributing the full 65 MB GameStar mpeg with german voiceovers. Go grab it if that's what you need! (Louis Wu 19:58:13 UTC) (permalink)
Edited 34 MB Gamestar movie (.mov format) at The Core
The Core scores! GameStar has given them permission to distribute the full version of the Halo movie that appeared on the May 2000 cover CD. Bullseye converted the 65 MB mpeg to a 34 MB QT4 film... and removed the German soundtrack. (An english translation is in the works at the Core.) This one's worth your time. Go get it! (Louis Wu 18:52:04 UTC) (permalink)
Halo will have blood and gore!
Blood on the Halo. Matt Soell lays down the skinny on the blood and gore issue in Halo in anotherforum post. We'll be putting this one into the FAQ for Matt's sake! (Wirehead 17:17:46 UTC) (permalink)
New Halo footage coming at E3
New Halo footage coming soon... and a teaser about a movie made for nVidia showing how Halo rocks on their hardware! Matt can really pack the info into a forum post, can't he? (Louis Wu 15:51:15 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
Yeah Crunchin' Time! 141 marines wake up to the call and the Halo SETI team finally pull away from "The IsraAliens" in Battle of the Teams. Did you do your part or are you still on the Your Mom list?Durandal PPC7400 jumps an awesome 36 marines to take the Frogblast award and Jjaro tech just pips Banzif for the la Crunch honneur. Full details on the 24 hours stats page. (Wirehead 14:18:23 UTC) (permalink)
Ray's Halo World a new Halo page
Rayman writes to tell us that he's put a German Halo page online, Ray's Halo World. Go check it out. (Louis Wu 14:32:15 UTC) (permalink)
News April 26 2000
New poll at New Millennium Mac Games
Rock the vote! Spotted on the Marathon's Story page New Millennium Mac Games have a best Bungie game ever made poll. Ok so Halo ain't made yet but vote for your favorite Bungie game made so far! (Wirehead 18:26:32 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
The Halo SETI Marines come under pressure from the "The IsraAliens" in the Battle of the Teams. They're on our tail and we gotta shake 'em. But only 126 marines did Crunchin' Time last night. What were you doing?Frazman beat switch for the Frogblast award and Jjaro tech takes the La Crunch honneur again. Where's Banzif? Full details on the 24 hour stats page. (Wirehead 14:32:15 UTC) (permalink)
News April 25 2000
Halo Network gets redesign
Massa informs us that the German Halo Network page has had a redesign. Stop by and take a look. (Wirehead 17:05:14 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
Blam! The Halo SETI Marines take out another team and move up to position #57 in the Alien Hot 100. SETI return our lost units... yeah we had to send mad.max around to sort things out! ;)A big welcome to new recruits Scott Holyk and NiseGuy75 who bring over 300 units to the war effort! Are you doing your part?Full details on the 24 hour stats page. (Wirehead 14:33:53 UTC) (permalink)
New Miscellaneous Art
Yesterday, poena.dare #CP#g posted an interesting image of Hamish Sinclair to our forum. With his permission, we've added it to our Miscellaneous Art collection. While it's not completely relevant to Halo... it's great, nonetheless. (Louis Wu 12:41:07 UTC) (permalink)
Help Halothon out
Death Adder sends word that he needs some help with Halothon! If you'd like to help out on a new website, drop him a line. (Louis Wu 12:07:11 UTC) (permalink)
News April 24 2000
Matt says no Myth III... or does he?
You gotta love the guy's deviousness. Matt Soell weighs in on the Myth III issue on our forum... and his answer is beautifully neutral, while appearing to put the issue at rest. Take him at face value, and the third Bungie team is NOT working on Myth III. Look closely... and who knows. Read the post for yourself! (Louis Wu 18:05:26 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
The Halo SETI Marines have been cheated! SETI seems to have lost almost 700 units submitted in the past 48 hours. Don't worry, though... we're keeping track. Jjaro Tech crushes the competition to take the La Crunch Honneur, and gollum leapfrogs over 21 team members to vault to the Frogblast award. Are you doing your part? Or are on Your Mom's list? Check the 48 hour stats! (Louis Wu 14:16:53 UTC) (permalink)
More gun models
The guy doesn't stop. Ian McConville has sent in yet another model of a Halo weapon. We've split up his work onto a pair of pages to keep load times down... you'll find the "fuel rod gun" now in the collection. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 04:58:30 UTC) (permalink)
News April 23 2000
Seven Day Poll ends with interesting results
Last week, we asked you how you got started in the Bungie universe. 1252 of you voted... and here's what you said:
If you're interested in a bit more information, check out our forum! We're going to hold off on another Seven Day Poll this week... we'll chew on this data for a while. Thanks for participating! (Louis Wu 16:10:47 UTC) (permalink)
Halothon Hotline opens
Death Adder lets us know that Halothon Hotline is now running at 24.4.200.20. Go visit! (Louis Wu 15:42:44 UTC) (permalink)
GetRight skin posted
AJ Benkowics sends in a skin to be used with GetRight, a Windows ftp program. You'll need version 4.2 to use this, available at the GetRight site. Thanks, AJ! (Louis Wu 15:40:41 UTC) (permalink)
Happy Easter
No SETI stats today... we're taking Easter off. Enjoy! Your Mom's list will be back tomorrow. (Louis Wu 14:00:00 UTC) (permalink)
Gun Models collection updated
Ian McConville sends us another model for his Gun Models collection. This time it's the covenant pistol... and a pretty slick job it is! Take a look. We've also added bigger models of all the guns on the page... Thanks, Ian! (Louis Wu 01:40:13 UTC) (permalink)
News April 22 2000
Yet more new Wallpaper
'Tis the day for Wallpaper, it seems. In our third submission of the day, Diablo sends in a nice composite for 800x600 desktops. You'll find it in our Wallpaper collection. (Louis Wu 17:57:57 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
We ain't movin! The Halo SETI Marines sit it out at position #58 in the Alien Hot 100. It may be Easter but the other teams aren't slackin' off. We gotta work for this one! Let's move it out! Check out who's doing what on the 24 hour team stats page. (Wirehead 14:22:36 UTC) (permalink)
More new Wallpaper
Recoil created a nice desktop pic for his Skinsurge site, and told us it was okay to add it to our Wallpaper collection. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:12:25 UTC) (permalink)
Halothon comes online
Chris Didizian writes to tell us that Halothon is online... check it out! (Louis Wu 02:07:35 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Center has a chat
R@ge sends word that Halo Center is having an open chat on IRC tonight until 3 am CST (8 am UTC). Use the server irc.mgochat.com, channel #halo... stop by, and shoot the breeze! (Louis Wu 01:39:21 UTC) (permalink)
Earthquake comes online
Earthquake seems to have come online tonight... The Online Tournament for the Halo Community. Joining starts in about 7 months, the first contest is in 10. They've been sponsored by jungle.com, so there should be some good prizes. Now all you gotta do is wait until December... (Louis Wu 00:36:13 UTC) (permalink)
New Wallpaper added
Private Meowman has sent in another wallpaper for our Wallpaper page. Wouldn't you like to visit? (Louis Wu 00:17:06 UTC) (permalink)
News April 21 2000
Sorry, no PCXL scans here
We've received a number of enquiries about the PCXL scans now circulating on the net. We'd just like to point out that we are honor bound not to post these or indeed support their illegal distribution by linking to them. Mike Salmon, Editor in Chief of PC Accelerator made a special request to the Halo community not to post any scans until the magazine came off the shelves. We love Halo as much as you do but a promise is a promise. (Louis Wu 19:48:22 UTC) (permalink)
New logo added
Fire Phoenix also sent us a nice animated gif of the Halo logo... check it out, as well! (Louis Wu 17:46:51 UTC) (permalink)
New Wallpaper added
Fire Phoenix has sent us some nice new wallpaper for our Wallpaper page. Available in three resolutions... check it out! (Louis Wu 17:29:22 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
The Halo SETI Marines turn on the heat in the crunching stakes but the going is getting tough in the Battle of the Teams. Gonna need an all-out effort over the weekend to do some real damage. Were you one of the 134 marines who clocked up some units over the last 24 hours?Is that YOUR name on the "Your Mom" list? (Wirehead 14:18:23 UTC) (permalink)
News April 20 2000
It's tough to say goodbye. As noted on The Core PC Accelerator magazine is stopping publication as a print magazine after their June 2000 issue. Chuck Osborn, Associate Editor posted a news headline about the decision. PC Accelerator were recently in the news here on HBO because of their Halo preview and a week ago we got an exclusive interview with Mike Salmon, Editor in Chief of PC Accelerator concerning Halo. This is what he had to say. (Louis Wu 20:24:59 UTC) (permalink)
Got Myth? Win a copy of Halo in the Fearful Creations Plugin Contest. Create the most outrageous, destructive, humorous, messy, or just plain weird Myth plugin,following these Rules. The creator of the best plugin will win a free, preordered copy of Halo! Contest deadline is May 1st, 2000. Pax (Crux Fidelis 18:15:05 UTC) (permalink)
DINK! The Halo SETI Marines take it hard and slip one place back to position #58 in the Battle of the Teams. Why? Too many marines doing shag all! Let's face it who wants to appear on the "Your Mom" list! Get crunching... there's a war out there! Check the damage on the 24 hour team stats page. (Wirehead 14:43:36 UTC) (permalink)
Thanks to DeathGuru, who's submitted another interesting Bryce creation for our Miscellaneous Art page... can YOU find the Marathon logos in this one? (Louis Wu 12:13:02 UTC) (permalink)
News April 19 2000
The Halo SETI Marines slack off a bit... 312 members on the team, but the top 200 members submitted all the units in the past 24 hours! Are you doing YOUR part to find the Covenant before they find you? Pax. (Crux Fidelis 14:15:15 UTC) (permalink)
Haloplayers are proud to announce the launch of a new open content site - Ourworld(http://ourworld.haloplayers.com) - where anyone is welcome to add their latest Halo news, add to, edit or modify the content and add their own thoughts and ideas. Go take a look! (Wirehead 13:10:41 UTC) (permalink)
Analyze THIS! Our Seven Day Poll for this week has generated a lot of interest with close to 800 votes so far. Nearly a quarter of voters played their first Bungie game before the Marathon series and if you add in Marathon the total rises to about 60%. It doesn't take a Hamish to tell you that we have a large number of "old school" Bungie diehard gamers. Good to see that nearly 10%of readers are looking forward to Halo even though they've never played a Bungie game before. Confession time. We know we left Operation: Desert Storm off the list and we've had a few complaints about this. If you got hooked on Bungie by playing ODS please let us know. (Wirehead 09:12:19 UTC) (permalink)
Myndreach sends in a new wallpaper by Wrath... check it out on our Wallpaper page! (Louis Wu 03:03:03 UTC) (permalink)
News April 18 2000
Blam!... and Blam! The Halo SETI Marines climb two more notches in the Battle of the Teams, sliding in to #57 and positioning themselves for a run on the Quake team. Are you holding up your end? Check the daily and weekly stats! (Louis Wu 17:35:11 UTC) (permalink)
SiliconDream =PN= has posted a pretty interesting physics analysis to our forum. Cross-posted, I should say... the original can be found at the Core. Definitely worth a read... (Louis Wu 00:45:59 UTC) (permalink)
Took all day, but here's the new Miscellaneous Art Bravehamster =PN= submitted this morning. Hmm... That logo could be useable in a Marathon terminal... (Louis Wu 00:21:43 UTC) (permalink)
News April 17 2000
Speaking of new Wallpaper, HazardOpC has submitted one of his own to our Wallpaper page. Nice and big... (Louis Wu 21:44:29 UTC) (permalink)
SonicStorm passes on the info that Battleground: Halo has added a bunch of new wallpapers and a flash movie section. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 21:43:01 UTC) (permalink)
Blam! The Halo SETI Marines take out another team and lay claim to position #59 in the Battle of the Teams. Banzif harnesses the combined computing power of New Orleans to take the La Crunch honneur with an amazing 87 units. Today's Frogblast award for the highest climb goes to And0. Full details on the 24 hour team stats page. Are you doing your part for the Halo community effort?Find the Covenant (and wail on some teams) before they find us! ;) (Wirehead 14:13:36 UTC) (permalink)
Bravehamster =PN= clears off his harddrive, and sends in a few items he created a while back, but never made public. We'll have some new Miscellaneous Art later today... but for now, check out this fun desktop pic, in one of three resolutions, on our Wallpaper page. Thanks, BH! (Louis Wu 13:23:47 UTC) (permalink)
Ragnarok sent in this nice pic for our Miscellaneous Art page. Pretty slick! (Louis Wu 03:30:31 UTC) (permalink)
Recoil from Skinsurge points out that they have a new article about the Jeep. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 03:22:55 UTC) (permalink)
News April 16 2000
Last Sunday, In our first Seven Day Poll, we asked, "Are online polls overrated"? Here's how you answered (724 of you):Ê 
Now... some may see this as an overwhelming mandate by our visitors to bag the idea of a poll altogether. However, in the interest of building a better site, we've decided to run another one, anyway. We'd like to know when you entered the Bungie universe. Thanks for your participation! (Louis Wu 17:41:29 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI Marines gain two more members and increase crunching by 7% over yesterday. (It's the weekend.) Banzif narrowly edges out Jjaro Tech for La Crunch Honneur, and Leonem and And0 share the Frogblast award. How did you do? Check the 24 hour stats! (Louis Wu 14:20:31 UTC) (permalink)
Powerman writes to tell us that the Durandle/Durandal mixup was a typo... nothing more. They really are Disciples of that wacky AI. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 13:46:25 UTC) (permalink)
Private Meowman sends in a space-like desktop for our Wallpaper page. Thanks, Meowman! (Louis Wu 01:40:06 UTC) (permalink)
Carl Norman sends word that M.D. Inc has now become Disciples of Durandle. We wonder... do they mean Marathon's Durandal... or someone/thing else? (The spelling has confused us.) Anyway, check it out. (Louis Wu 01:30:44 UTC) (permalink)
News April 15 2000
Can the Halo SETI Marines catch the powerful Quake and Diablo teams? Are you doing your part for the Halo community effort? Be a team player enlist today! Don't know how to join?Then check our FAQ.Who's who on the Halo SETI team. (Wirehead 14:18:30 UTC) (permalink)
Halo's impact at E3 to surpass last year's Macworld Expo in New York. According to Matt Soell on our forums Bungie's Halo offering at E3 will be a knockout. Will you be at E3? (Wirehead 09:51:50 UTC) (permalink)
Rock that poll! Sandman points out on our forums that PC IGN have a poll for the most exciting thing you want to see at E3. Halo is there. But Warcraft III leads to poll. Go vote. (Wirehead 09:29:16 UTC) (permalink)
It's the week for theories... and Ken Patterson has another shoulder mount one. Read it, as well, on our Theories page. (Louis Wu 00:40:43 UTC) (permalink)
Damon Whitney has done some thinking about surveillance drones... read about it on our Theories page. (Louis Wu 00:31:42 UTC) (permalink)
News April 14 2000
Total Halo has posted Part 5 (the final part) of their interviews with Halo site maintainers. Interesting question... interesting assortment of answers. Go read it for yourself! (Louis Wu 19:51:19 UTC) (permalink)
PC Accelerator ran a Halo spread in their May issue. While we can't bring you the actual scans yet, Mike Salmon, Editor in Chief of the mag, did agree to answer a few questions about what he saw of the game. Check out what he had to say! (Thanks, Mike!) (Louis Wu 15:16:34 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI Marines dig in at number 60... but fighting for the top honors is fierce! Jjaro Tech narrowly wins the La Crunch Honneur... and there's a three-way tie for the Frogblast award today. Check out the details on the 24 hour stats page. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 10:18:05 UTC) (permalink)
Ack! We spaced on yesterday's installment of the Total Halo Interviews. Go read question 4 now! (Question 5 will be posted later today.) (Louis Wu 05:12:33 UTC) (permalink)
So... you're sitting in study hall, and you've got nothing to do. Wait! Why not model the Halo weapons in Strata Studio Pro? That's just what Ian McConville did. You can see the first two models here. More are on the way. (Louis Wu 04:54:42 UTC) (permalink)
News April 13 2000
Thanks to Max Miller, who sent along (via Pete Cooner) a cool-looking new piece of fan art for our Miscellaneous Art page. Needs a ring in the background! (Louis Wu 16:34:55 UTC) (permalink)
Blam!... and Blam!... The Halo SETI Marines get back on track, and regain lost ground (and then some!), climbing to position 60 in the Battle of the Teams. Banzif handily takes the La Crunch honneur, and And0 clocks the competition for the Froblast award. How did you do? Check the 24 hour stats! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 14:30:35 UTC) (permalink)
To all of you who sent word that I was wrong in thinking there were two pistols... congrats. You're correct. Sort of. From Matt Soell:
"There have been two distinct iterations of the pistol so far (which is probably where the confusion stems from), but the intent is to have just one in the game."
The Weapons in Halo page has been updated to reflect this info. (Louis Wu 01:00:00 UTC) (permalink)
News April 12 2000
Straight from the Haloplayers PR machine:
Haloplayers are running a public beta of a new WAP site, for those with WAP devices - mobile phones etc. We hope to move this into a more general gaming WAP news site if it proves successful. You can access it at http://wap.haloplayers.com, or for those without a WAP device - through a converter at gelon.net.
Now you can get your Halo news on the road! (Louis Wu 19:13:26 UTC) (permalink)
Total Halo has posted question 3 (and the answers) in their week-long interview with Halo webmasters. Go read it! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 18:37:22 UTC) (permalink)
It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping! Two more theories come in regarding the shoulder mount units on the Marines. Check 'em out on our Theories page. (Louis Wu 18:33:15 UTC) (permalink)
"...we just got out asses kicked, pal!" The Halo SETI Marines are forced back to position 62 in the Battle of the Teams. Prep for dust-off. We're gonna need an immediate evac. We'll take off and nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Jjaro Tech takes today's La Crunch honneur, NATO grabs that Frogblast award for climbing the highest and we gain 3 new recruits. Full details on the 24 hour team stats page. Be part of the Halo community effort join up today! (Wirehead 14:19:29 UTC) (permalink)
Battleground: Halo and Marathon's Storyboth feature short reviews of the Halo preview in the latest PC Accelerator magazine. Good to see Jaime Griesemer, senior design editor of Halo,get some interview exposure. Please remember to respect Mike Salmon's request not to scan this article yet and buy the magazine. Thanks. (Wirehead 07:38:18 UTC) (permalink)
Whoa... and yet another one. Ryan Rea sends in his theory about those shoulder mount units... you'll find it as well on the Theories page. Any other takers? (Louis Wu 02:01:33 UTC) (permalink)
Seems the latest theory about those shoulder mounts didn't ring true to Andy Prendergast... so he sent in his own for our Theories page. What's your call? (Louis Wu 00:07:07 UTC) (permalink)
News April 11 2000
Total Halo have posted the second part/question of their interview with a number of Halo page webmasters. Seems it's never to late to join in either! ;) (Wirehead 18:12:15 UTC) (permalink)
Seems the post we mentioned earlier today concerning info sent out to programmers might have been in error. Or at least, that's how I interpret Matt's response. (Louis Wu 17:25:48 UTC) (permalink)
New screenshot! Kudos to Cyberbob of Halo World who scanned in another screenshot from the German Halo preview in GameStar magazine. Great shot of a Halo marine versus an energy blade wielding Covenant! Woohoo! Go grab it here. (Wirehead 16:33:03 UTC) (permalink)
Pelleas posts to our forum with some interesting (if true) info about Halo, and what's being made available to programmers. Truth? Fiction? We don't know... you gotta ask Bungie. (Louis Wu 16:16:16 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI Marines are poised to take that #60 slot in the Battle of the Teams. Banzif takes today's La Crunch honneur in fine style and the Frogblast award goes to KraQ and NATO as they climb to the top! Were you frogblasted again? Find out on the 24 hour team stats page. (7 day team stats posted, as well.) (Wirehead 14:15:29 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Center got confirmation from Max Hoberman that Halo will be played on a redesigned bungie.net. Apparently, there's more info coming. Can't wait! (Louis Wu 00:12:55 UTC) (permalink)
News April 10 2000
Soon you will be food! The Halo SETI Marines consolidate their 61th position in the Battle of the Teams. Blam time... soon! Jjaro Tech pips Banzif for the La Crunch honor and John, NATO, and dr0ap frogblast five marines in their climb to the top! Were you frogblasted last night? Find out on the 24 hour team stats page. Whatcha going to do about it? (Wirehead 14:26:11 UTC) (permalink)
Teo Addams sends us yet another theory about the shoulder mounts on the marines. Check it out on our Theories page. Thanks, Teo! (Louis Wu 16:12:51 UTC) (permalink)
Matt Soell chimes in on the leaked beta rumor on our forum. It's a good bet that whatever you're downloading off some hotline site right now isn't a Halo beta. (Louis Wu 17:33:27 UTC) (permalink)
fAt1 of Total Halo asked us (and other Halo site maintainers) a few questions not too long ago. They've put up the first part of this interview today... go see what we all think about Halo! (Louis Wu 18:46:18 UTC) (permalink)
R@ge writes to let us know that Halo Center is hosting a new site, Skin Surge, devoted to skinning and models. If you're interested in working on the site, contact the folks involved! (Info is on the page.) (Louis Wu 13:03:27 UTC) (permalink)
News April 9 2000
Updates R us... We've added a couple of shots from the incite movie to the Weapons in Halo section, showing a marine cycling through the Covenant weapons. (Blink and you'll miss it.) The fuel rod gun appears in the same sequence (about 1:56 into the Incite video), but I didn't bother to add it... the second gun is much rarer. Thanks, Brehan and Xero! I've also updated our movies page to include the two remixes made a couple of months ago. What else is the weekend for? (Louis Wu 20:01:28 UTC) (permalink)
Everybody else does it... why not us? Well, maybe because we're lazy. We've added a poll to this page... let us know what you think of the concept! Results will be turned over each Sunday. (Unless your feedback convinces us that NOT polling you is a good idea.) (Louis Wu 18:12:08 UTC) (permalink)
We asked PC Accelerator if we could bring you the new Halo info from their May 2000 issue. We got this reply back from Mike Salmon:
Yes, but I don't want to see a reprint of our article. A few quotes and a general assessment of what we revealed is fine, but scanning in all of the pages and pictures is not.
Sorry, but we want people to buy our magazine and if you guys or someone else just takes all of our content then we're kinda screwed.
thanks, and especially thanks for asking (it is rare).
Seems pretty reasonable to us... sometimes it's hard to remember when you're looking for that next tidbit of info that you might actually be taking away someone's livelihood by printing it. (Louis Wu 14:35:12 UTC) (permalink)
Who's top dog in the Halo SETI Marines? Check the 24 hour stats to see! One wonders how many machines those two top players are using. To Banzif... LA CRUNCH! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 14:17:38 UTC) (permalink)
Noticed on Haloplayers... YA new clan, Followers of Chaos, enters the scene. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 13:52:09 UTC) (permalink)
Yesterday's news, but we liked it so much, we're holding it over. Lots of new info can be found in our Weapons in Halo analysis... and there have already been several very good points made about it on our forum. Weigh in yourself! (The pages are heavy on the graphics. Slow modem users, you've been warned. Hang in there, though... it's worth it.) (Louis Wu 02:23:51 UTC) (permalink)
News April 8 2000
Confirmation of new Halo content in the May 2000 PC Accelerator comes from Christian on our forum. We'll try to provide more info as soon as we can! (Louis Wu 19:26:27 UTC) (permalink)
We got mail a couple of days ago that got us started looking at weapons all over again. What we found surprised us. You can see the details on this page... don't forget to chime in with comments! (This is the most comprehensive weapons analysis to date.) (Louis Wu 16:53:43 UTC) (permalink)
HALO on hotline?. The XLR8YOURMAC.COM 3DFX Hardware / Software Forum has thread concerning a Halo beta on Hotline. Just a silly rumor? (Wirehead 15:18:37 UTC) (permalink)
Noctavis over at The Core kindly informed us that CyberBob of Halo World has posted a translation of the German GameStar movie interview on their forums. Go take a look! (Louis Wu 14:27:18 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI Marines dig in at postion #61 in the Battle of the Teams. Big push coming soon. Team membership rises to 288. Jjaro tech takes today's La Crunch award and NATO frogblasts 12 marines on his way to rank #162. Check out the team play on the 24 hours team stats page. Are you a team player? (Wirehead 14:18:44 UTC) (permalink)
Jason Thomas sends in some thoughts about weapons damage, and intriguing game enhancements. Read about it on our Theories page. (Louis Wu 00:00:00 UTC) (permalink)
News April 7 2000
Seen on Haloplayers... Seems next month's PC Accelerator magazine will have an article comparing Halo, Tribes 2, and Team Fortress 2. Here's the cover. Rumor is, there's more on the CD. (Louis Wu 19:30:55 UTC) (permalink)
Kudos to Xero, who spotted a new Halo preview at Tech Extreme. Nice job, Xero! (No new info, but hey!) (Louis Wu 15:57:42 UTC) (permalink)
Blam! The Halo SETI Marines retake their 61th position in the Battle of the Teams. Smells like victory! Banzif and Jjaro Tech slug it out once more for La Crunch! This and more on the 24 hour team stats page. (Wirehead 14:58:25 UTC) (permalink)
News April 6 2000
Johnny writes to tell us that Thirty-Nine is online. It's in German... but it looks to be a full-service Halo site (that is, it's not a clan site, or dedicated to some other specialty). Check it out! (Louis Wu 21:08:38 UTC) (permalink)
Georg Wedemeyer has kindly sent in a higher-res scan of the mystery ship first seen at Battleground: Halo. I've played with it a bit... here's the result. The details are much clearer than they are on the first image... but still leave much to be desired. Thanks, Georg! (Louis Wu 19:44:57 UTC) (permalink)
The Marathon's Story page has a funny report from Robert Zimmermann of HaloWorld about Peter Tamte, Doug Zartman and Marcus Letho all appearing in the German GameStar magazine under different names. What a mix up! (Wirehead 15:20:31 UTC) (permalink)
anti-Blam! The Halo SETI Marines came under heavy fire last night and were forced back to position 62 in Battle of the Teams. We also lost a ton of units due to SETI server malfunction. Damn crazy computer! Check out the damage on the 24 hours team stats page. Pick us up! (Wirehead 15:00:02 UTC) (permalink)
SonicStorm sends word of a pretty interesting looking screenshot that was scanned in from the GameStar print article. You'll find all the details over at Battleground: Halo! (Louis Wu 00:05:18 UTC) (permalink)
News April 5 2000
Wow. Check out that GameStar cover on the Bungie Press page! (Wirehead 20:51:31 UTC) (permalink)
Fred Carter writes to let us know that one clan bites the dust, another is ready to come online. Say goodbye to Alien Forces, say hello to Human Forces. (Louis Wu 20:12:15 UTC) (permalink)
Seen at Total Halo: Xeno Nemesis is a new clan on the Halo scene. Check 'em out! (Am I forgiven for that last yet?) Pax. (Crux Fidelis 15:13:27 UTC) (permalink)
Apparently, Haloplayers have figured out how to get Jesus to bless our lowly Halo site. Now, I talk to this guy every day... and I didn't know he was doing this. Maybe I need to study under Jenkz... he seems to have a closer relationship than I do. I'm off to flog myself now. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 15:04:03 UTC) (permalink)
KyLe writes to let us know that the Unforgiven clan has changed servers. (Louis Wu 14:22:01 UTC) (permalink)
Is the SETI server losing stats again? Check the 24 hour stats... the Halo SETI Marines have lost some 46 units today. Time for action? (Louis Wu 14:20:29 UTC) (permalink)
Logos page updated
Frederic Laporte (Black Bear {RCU}) sends in a modified logo for our Logos page. Thanks, BB! (Louis Wu 14:00:39 UTC) (permalink)
News April 4 2000
Chris writes to tell us that if you're a Windows user and are having problems with the .asf file, you can grab a program called Uncook to fix the problem. You'll find it here. (Once again, this is Windows-only.) Thanks, Chris! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 21:00:14 UTC) (permalink)
R@ge writes to tell us that the Halo Center mirror of the Halo Network/Gamestar .asf movie is now properly attributed, and fully functional. (I just downloaded it, and it is indeed fine.) Thanks, R@ge! (Louis Wu 19:55:46 UTC) (permalink)
Seen on the front page of bungie.org: looks like that basta-um, bastion of the Marathon community, Hamish Sinclair, is coming to his first MacWorld Expo this summer! Read all about it here. (Louis Wu 17:35:15 UTC) (permalink)
Still no movement on the Club listing for the Halo SETI Marines... but the 24 hour and 7 day stats show who's pulling their weight and who's turning off their computers at night. Check it out! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 14:29:13 UTC) (permalink)
Flashback writes to let us know that Halo Center's mirrored the GameStar movie (.asf version). They've zipped it... but this has cut only about 200k off the filesize. There's also no mention of where they got it... and the word over at the Core is that folks are having trouble with all but the official (Halo Network) version. Just a word of warning... (Louis Wu 13:26:15 UTC) (permalink)
Our resident German translator, Harry "You're gonna have to start paying me for this" Al-Shakarchi, has submitted a translation of the GameStar teaser posted yesterday. Thanks, Harry! (Louis Wu 12:46:24 UTC) (permalink)
Seems folks are having trouble getting the ASF version of the Gamestar movie from the German Halo Network site. Battleground: Halo seems to have mirrored it... you can try there, as well. (Louis Wu 00:54:55 UTC) (permalink)
News April 3 2000
Woohoo! Massa writes to tell us that he's put up a Windows Media Player version of the GameStar movie. (Yes, Mac users can play this... grab the mac player here.) Thanks, Massa! (Louis Wu 21:23:40 UTC) (permalink)
Kudos to CyberBob and Noctavis, who collaborated on a translation of the online portion of the GameStar preview. (Like the movie teaser, the text is only a portion of what's in the dead tree version.) Go read it now! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 17:46:25 UTC) (permalink)
Dan Williams sends in another theory on the shoulder mount units. Read about it on our Theories page. Thanks, Dan! (Louis Wu 15:47:43 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI Marines hold steady at 61 in the Battle of the Teams. Banzif pours on the steam, though, and retakes top crunching honors... check out the details in the 24 hour stats! (Louis Wu 14:53:03 UTC) (permalink)
EVEN MORE SCREENSHOTS. Kudos to Virtu who points out on our forums that GameStar have posted some high quality screenshots from their latest Halo preview. There's a new jeep shot, tank shot, and a half-submerged flyer shot! Go HERE for the screenshots and the full German article. English translation on the way! Thanks Virtu. :) (Wirehead 11:57:05 UTC) (permalink)
More new screenshots! Kudos to andz who tells us that he has set up a page with 31 screenshots from the new Gamestar movie. It's at http://andz.cx/halo/halo.html. Thanks andz. :) (Wirehead 06:15:20 UTC) (permalink)
KyLe writes to let us know that another Clan has come online: Unforgiven. Check 'em out. (Louis Wu 01:03:43 UTC) (permalink)
News April 2 2000
Blam!... and Blam!... and Blam! Another three teams bite the dust, as the Halo SETI Marines climb to number 61 in the Battle of the Teams. Looks like only the SETI administration can stop them! Details can be found on the 48 hour stats page. (Louis Wu 14:17:49 UTC) (permalink)
Dan writes to tell us that you can preorder Halo at Gamestop, who list a release date of September 8, 2000. Of course, you should keep in mind that Gamestop is run by Babbages, who already suggested a release date of January 3... (Louis Wu 04:29:34 UTC) (permalink)
Logos page updated
Fire Phoenix sends us a new logo for our Logos page... pretty nice! (Louis Wu 01:07:10 UTC) (permalink)
News April 1 2000
April 1st must be Halo Day! Kudos to Flashback of HALO-NET who points us to a trailer of the new Halo video from GameStar magazine. It's short and sweet and at http://www.gamestar.de/downloads/trailer/W_halo.MPG (size 2828K). Download it NOW and beat the rush! Remember this is just a trailer! (Wirehead 14:15:47 UTC) (permalink)
Whoa! It's all happening today! Haloplayers have published their Halo interview with Max Hoberman of Bungie Software. The emphasis of the interview is on the Halo community, web, and development aspects. Go check it out! (Wirehead 13:53:22 UTC) (permalink)
Awesome! Major kudos to Massa of HALO Network who got his hands on a new Halo video from the May issue of German magazine "GameStar". It contains new Halo footage and an interview with Doug Zartman and Marcus Letho. Massa has kindly upped a bunch of screenshots at http://halo.gamesweb.de/gs5_1.shtml. go... go... GO... (Wirehead 13:19:04 UTC) (permalink)
For the geeks among you... Steve Hahn points out a Physics News Update that suggests that halo orbits might arise from bizarre interactions between gravity and electromagnetic forces... just what IS the charge on the Halo, anyway? (Louis Wu 01:45:24 UTC) (permalink)
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