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Halo 3 medal rewards players for being like Cheney [update 2]

by Dustin Burg on May 14th 2007 1:30PM

Bungie's quirky sense of humor really shines in a newly discovered Halo 3 beta multiplayer medal. Halo 3 beta player Izequo discovered a new medal while pwning a bunch of noobs with his shotgun in High Ground. The multiplayer medal, aptly named "Cheneymania!", is earned when a player kills ten others, with a shotgun, and without dying. A feat Mr. Cheney would definitely be proud of, because we all know how experienced he is with a shotgun. Birdshot FTW!

Update 1: Looks like Bungie was feeling the political heat and changed the name of the Cheneymania! medal to Shotgun Mania. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

Update 2: They changed the name again. It's now called Open Season! Thank you David.

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Tags: beta, bungie, bungie.net, cheney, h3beta07, halo 3, halo 3 beta, Halo3, Halo3Beta, multiplayer

Reader Comments (25)

Haha oh wow, that's kinda funny.

Cheney - pwned!

Shouldn't that be for friendly fire?

yea that should be friendly fire I'm gonna try to get this medal next time i have the shotgun but i probley wont get thanks to that damn laser damn that laser i hate it

Awesome. The value of this game just went up a notch for me. Although mirage does have a point, you should only get that medal for 10 consistent team kills...

Ya, thats a good idea...lets give team killers achievements to reward their work.

gold. bungie makes gold.

Sweet, I think it should be for 1 team kill though, and only w/ the shotgun, otherwise maybe a Pat Tillman medal is in order...but that may be a bit over the top...

Nice way to alienate half their audience

How does it alienate their audience? Its a MEDAL not an achievement, calm down. This doesn't force people to whore weapons, unlike Gears of War.

I think he means, way to alienate all the people who like Cheney.

So in that case, it's not half, it's like, less than 30% :)

This made me laugh so hard. Mad props to Bungee for having a sense of humor.

Haha, That is one of the funniest things I've seen in a video game. Bungie's got grande cajones.

wanna bet that's not in the final release.

That is too funny. Just another good reason to buy Halo 3.

It's hardly alienating right-wingers. Love him or hate him, the man did shoot someone in the face with a shotgun. This are a fact.

Yea, they can't give medals for team killing (although it definitely makes more sense). It is definitely a hilarious medal tho. They still got a ways to go to catch up with Gears. "Don't hurt'em" and "Is it a spider" are two of my favorites.

16> Of course it is. Don't you know that if you poke fun at somebody these days, it's because of their politics, not because they SHOT A FRIEND IN THE FACE WITH A SHOTGUN.

Wtf... they changed it to "Shotgun Mania"...

Way to be losers, Bungie.

"They still got a ways to go to catch up with Gears. "Don't hurt'em" and "Is it a spider" are two of my favorites."

My personal favorite is "A series of tubes".
Don't think bungies the only ones making jokes at the expense of politicians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes

oh, and Halo 3 FTW!

Can I get any credit for finding the name change? Oh, and now they changed it AGAIN to "Open Season!"...

So if you driving with a teammate in your car and get him killed is it called Kennedymania?

:-)

Wimps ... they should have renamed it to Cheney The Drunk Shoots 'Em In The Face.

Wow, Microsoft pussies caved into political pressure and gave up freedom of speech. I would just like to say,I would have loved getting that medal.

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