Oh teh nos! Master Chief to die in Halo 3?

Anyone who uses the letter "U" instead of spelling the word out is a moron and I won't read their posts. That said I call for a ban on Fontez and ccc, whether or not you agree with them they are both trolls of the highest calibur. Stop all the bickering you twats.

On topic here, Master Chief dieing would certainly be an epic ending to an epic series. Whatever happens I just hope Bungie does us right with a proper ending to the game unlike Halo 2, and please Bungie, I want some boss battles. Halo 2's boss battles were even more laughable than the ones found in Gears of War.

Going off DjDATZ's post DjDATZ's must be Linda since she's in Onyx with Kelly. Oh and not to mention all the Spartan III's that are there with them. Oh and then of course we have Grey Team who are god knows where.

If anyone's going to die in Halo 3 it's more likely going to be Cortana (who has a limited lifespan anyway) or Sgt Johnson who's immunity and Captain Scarlet like indestructibility make him the best weapon against the flood.

Master Chief never dies when I play him. (Yes, even on legendary.)

Aside from that, Halo 3 is the end of the story. There are two options for our armored hero, ride off into the sunset or sacrifice himself to save us all.

Given that the collective threat of the Flood could not be eliminated even with the destruction of all sentient life in the universe I suspect that it will be the former, not the latter.

Isn't Master Chief just a character class? like Medic, or Sergeant.

His full title is Master Chief Petty Officer. All the Spartans are given the rank of Petty Officer but John was made Master Chief due to his leadership skills. He is just known as Spartan 117 or Master Chief. Officers are usually just called by their rank by the men. The general said this, hey sarge, the lieutenants a wuss etc.

maybe master cheif had the red ring of death in this one!!!! im jp well my 360 got it a week ago so me sad.

If you watched the E3 2007 trailer...

http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/07/10/microsoft-5-halo-3-trailer/

...an evocative final shot of Master Chief - if it goes to black like The Sopranos… anyway, this trailer felt like this is it for our Master Chief. Sort of sad, really.

Western literature influenced by the Bible in particular, are all about the concept of "Rebirth". Can it be that Bungie has taken the same predictable route and scheduled a "Rebirth" for master chief? It looks kind of cloudy over the scene in question, so if it's about to Rain that symbolizes a rebirth. This is due to the customary water poured over you in a baptism.

I'll start with this: never liked MC and don't care if he dies.

Now, if he does die, it would probably be somewhere around the middle of the game and you'd be playing the rest of the game as the Arbiter or someone else. That's probably why they're not trying hard to cover this up.

yeah i won't be surprised if he does.

master chief is a spartan. remember the battle of thermopalae (sp?) Leonidas (Master Chief counterpart) was the leader of the spartans and he died for what he thought was a better cause.

From reading the full ad, it sounds more like Master Chief is MIA, rather than dead. People seem to think he's dead, but the UNSC wants them to believe he's still alive and well. Maybe his fate is similar to what happens to the other Spartans in "Ghost of Onyx."

Sure he will die, many many many times ,
only he'll be respawned again.
it'll be tragic

To all of you that have no "personal connection to the master chief" i invite you to read the Halo books, and you will have a whole new perspective on him and his past.

The current “BELIEVE” series of videos - so far “The Museum” and “Believe” both strongly hint at the way Master Chief may meet his end. Major Czernek talks about running out of ammo and Master Chief arming a grenade in a decisive moment, crying as he talks about the Chief giving them all hope. The next video depics Master Chief and the Arbiter standing calmly in the midst of chaos - Master Chief activating his grenade and looking up.

So much fucking hype over a fucking pixel game that will only keep you obese disgusting jackoffs from going outside your shacks and getting some needed exercises, its pathetic to see you obese disgusting bastards get all worked up over a video game like this professional masturbator didatz and all you dumb fucks who see this game as something important in the world, enjoy getting a fatter ass and smaller dicks while you sit for the next year playing this ambition robbing halo 3 game you fucking jackoffs.

There is no doubt that in trying to create a story of epic proportions (very successfully I might add), that Bungie includes small hidden messages, information, or other clues as to the direction of this unfolding storyline in their TV adds and videos released on the net. It seems to be that with the release of their "Believe" add campaign that it is possible to piece together (somewhat) the final battle, or if not the final battle then at least the decisive battle, of Halo 3. What we simply do not know is the ultimate question of whether Master Chief (henceforth referred to as MC) lives or dies. There are three of these adds which provide the most clues, and which can be said to represent pieces of the plot of this "final battle." The three adds which I speak of are the adds in which the old man (a survivor of the "final battle") speaks of his memories of the battle; the add in which a voice over describes to us the motivation and purpose of the diorama which was created to commemorate this battle; and the add in which we see MC being held up by a brute, disarmed except for one plasma grenade which he activated as the camera dramatically zooms into his visor, then fades out. I am assuming that if you have read this far, and are on this site in general, that you have seen these adds at least once, so I will list the parts of these adds which seem important in bullet form, then try to analyze them rather than further explain the context and sequence of the adds. If you have not seen the three adds, I would recommend looking here, or searching something along the lines of “halo 3 believe videos”:

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/734/734817/vids_2.html

-MC can be seen apparently defeated (or at least captured) by a Brute, he then clearly activates a grenade, obviously ready to take action (what action, we don’t know)
-In another add, the old soldier is asked what he was doing on that day (referring to the battle, more on this later), and he replies: “When MC activated that grenade, I was…”
-In the other add, it makes the fact very clear that by creating the diorama, they wanted to honor MC and the fight he waged against the Covenant
-In the same add, the old soldier tells us many details about the battle, the most important part being that it was at least seven days long; however, the voice over tells us that every effort was taken to recreate exactly the scene on that day

Now, to tie this all together. It seemed to me when I first watched this that there was an awful lot of stress being places on what they called “that one day.” The fact that the old soldier distinctly remembers (and was asked about) where he was, and what he was doing “when MC activated the grenade” seems to point to special significance of this action. To me, this specific remembrance is quite similar to way in which many people in America place special significance on (and will tell you) what they were doing, or where they were when JFK was assassinated. Additionally, we know that this battle lasted for more than one day (as stated by the old soldier), so why would it be necessary for the diorama of the battle to be exactly accurate to the conditions of one specific day? Obviously, something very important happened on this one day. By now, you most likely have figured out that I am suggesting that the “one day” which carries so much weight with the post-war world is the day in which MC activates his grenade, seemingly, an action which results in his own death.

There is one other piece of information that holds true to (or at least does not contradict) the idea of MC’s death. If you follow the Halo series storyline, and are interested in deciphering some of Bungie’s clues (I am assuming you are) you have probably noticed, or at least heard of, the way that MC fits the role of a messiah-like figure; and have probably heard of or noticed yourself the religious imagery placed in and on the Halo series storyline (trust me its there, if you haven’t ever seen it, do some research of your own, examination of the religious imagery in Halo is really big on the net, you will have plenty of information). Well, assuming that MC fits the role of a Christian messiah-like figure (aka he resembles Jesus), it can be easily seen how MC could die.

Thanks for reading, I’ve basically exhausted the critical analysis part of my brain for now, so I hope you guys have some feedback or other observations/information. I know there are plenty of other theories about the end of the game such as time travel (the Guilty Spark knowing MC thing), as well as ties to the Marathon storylines, but instead of trying to decipher EVERYTHING that is there for those theories, I only offer some information on the question of if MC dies or not. (There’s a reason I focus on that one question, and that’s because all the other theories and critical analyses of them could fill volumes)

P.S. Remember this line from the Cortana letters: “Oh, and your poet Elliot had it all wrong, THIS is the way the world ends” (aka it ends with a bang). Well, how would the world end for MC in the situation I described above (think…. What do grenades do best?)