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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:17PM Jerk Face said

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Yikes! That's kind of a big deal, considering the scale of the title involved.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:42PM daytripper said

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@Jerk Face
You would think MS would send reviewers copies via UPS, FED EX, ect.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:59PM Nick Spacek said

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@Jerk Face

I'm very surprised this happened. Isn't the bigger deal the fact that they basically stole something from the Marketplace (assuming they weren't able to actually add all the MS point required for the purchase, maybe they were).

Not to mention it required a code (presumably the same sort of dealie as when you get some special offer code that unlocks Marketplace content). I guess we've known for a while that some content could be download over normal HTTP (I think) if you knew the specific URL, but I would have thought there'd be some security or that the content would be encrypted with SSL or something.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:31PM Extinction said

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@Jerk Face I blame Microsoft for having it up. Dont tease gamers like that. If it's done, release it to everyone
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:31PM Espada said

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@Jerk Face

I don't think these hackers knows the feel of a woman. lol
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:35PM Chibi Chaingun said

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@Extinction

I blame you.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 3:00PM swooded said

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@Jerk Face
I'd be surprised if MS wasn't already planning a hack sweep of Live prior to Reach release anyway. This just ensures that they will.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 4:16PM thisredengine said

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@Jerk Face No kidding, but it will still sell over a million copies.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 4:51PM daytripper said

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@daytripper
*you're*
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Posted: Aug 21st 2010 7:36AM SnorlaxTheSerialKiller said

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@daytripper

Embarrassing...
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:24PM wunwunx said

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god help whoever tries to spoil the ending
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:27PM Giggman said

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@wunwunx Yeah I think I'm going to slowly back away from the internets.....

*backs away with hand on holster*
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:29PM Zacxx201 said

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@wunwunx
But... We already know the ending :P
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:29PM Wiizer said

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@wunwunx

It'll happen. Especially considering the demographic.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:33PM trickybuz93 said

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@wunwunx Umm you only need to see the promotional line
`Reach falls September 2010` to know what happens :P
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:42PM Victoryismine52 said

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@wunwunx
It's not as big of a deal as Joystiq is making it out to be I just went on the site and they said they will only be showing off multiplayer so as not to poil anything, and will NOT be leaking this to the public. They seem to respect the work Bungie put into this and have been telling thier community to go buy the game.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:43PM rskutins said

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@wunwunx

It takes place BEFORE the first Halo, so you have to have some idea how's it's going to end.... Plus, isn't it somewhat related to the novel "Halo: The Fall of Reach"?

Wasn't there an interview with someone from Bungie where they commented on how difficult it was to write a story when the audience already knows the ending?


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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:51PM BrianH said

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@Giggman

reach blows up
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:01PM Deschain said

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@wunwunx

Spike dies!
Wait that's not right...
Snape kills Dumbledore?!
No no no that's not it either...
hmmm...
OH RIGHT
BRUCE WILLIS WAS DEAD THE WHOLE TIME!
...
Ah shit i give up.

JK everyone dies.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:02PM XGM said

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@wunwunx

Spoiler - Marter Chief is actually Duke Nukem from the future.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:17PM ShadowOp said

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@wunwunx
We know the ending and how it happens from one viewpoint... but this is another perspective. Seeing how the end is achieved is what's really important.

That being said, if anyone tells me how that comes about, I will send a Grunt through their digestive system... That's right, from start, to the ungodly finish.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:24PM Shauk said

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@wunwunx Snape kills Dumbledore!
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:25PM SpacePenguinBot said

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Urrrgh. I will never go through the trouble of doing whatever it takes to pirate a 360 game, so I'll just say this:

Please Bungie/Microsoft! Release the game for all of us now! Ship it, unlock it on the server. Whatever it takes. Me Wantee!
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:28PM Wiizer said

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MY GOD, FPS FANS!

STOP MAKING VIDEOS WITH SINISTER RAWK MUSIC BEHIND IT!


You guys paint yourselves into a stereotype...
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:01PM Deschain said

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@Wiizer

LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:02PM Ukgamer66 said

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@Wiizer
I would normally agree but Breaking Benjamin are an awesome band (they had a song on Halo 2 swell)
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:22PM Petebot330 said

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@Wiizer Breaking Benjamin are an AWFUL band. Bland rock of the blandest order.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:59PM SpacePenguinBot said

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@Wiizer And do they have to make the lyrics so easy to understand? As if the music wasn't so bad, the words just make me want to find a teenager and give them a book of real poetry and a hug.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 3:13PM TheMichaelJackson said

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@Wiizer

I wish they put my music in FPS games. *cries*
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 4:30PM Wiizer said

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@TheMichaelJackson


I would love to headshot someone while in the background plays "Do You Remember the Time?" or even "Black or White"!
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 6:15PM Ryuk said

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@Petebot330

They're far from bland bud.

bland = nickelback, creed.

Breaking Benjamin is awesome...
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2010 3:25AM TheDarkWayne said

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@TheMichaelJackson Oh man, I cant even imagine how wonderful it would be to play Reach with Bad going on back
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:30PM Zertoss said

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Spoilers! This is going to be a really fun weekend for me. Not so much for anyone I find being an asshole in TF2/SC2.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:31PM Wiizer said

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@Zertoss

LOL! And so, Halo Reach was fun, camping sniper!

You'll never guess what happens at the end...
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:38PM Themoreyouknow said

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@Zertoss
I would hope anyone playing TF2 would be above playing console games, especially over hyped ones like the Halo series.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:01PM Zertoss said

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@Themoreyouknow

You would be WRONG. First of all, just look at the Battle.net and Steam communities. They're terrible. I was just in a game the other night where some kid was getting destroyed by my team and hated the server mods.

Rather than find a new server, he proceeded to call us all homophobic slurs over and over and over and over until he finally ragequit after we started hounding him for being such a jackass. 5 minutes later, he joined again to call us homophobic slurs some more. I see this type of behavior all the time, and I always immediately start griefing them to hilarious results.

Halo Reach spoilers are going to produce so many delicious tears. I might even drop fake spoilers too, just to really get under someone's skin, like "In Reach, Halo takes off his armor for the first time but then he dies."
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:10PM Themoreyouknow said

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@Zertoss
"Halo takes off his armor but then dies"

His name ain't Halo lol. And how can he die if it's a prequel to Halo 1?
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:33PM BrianH said

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@Themoreyouknow

please, shut up, i'm a massive PC gaming nerd, and the only reason i won't be playing reach is because my little brother will be playing it non stop on his 360.

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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:38PM Zertoss said

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@BrianH

Does your little brother know that Halo is a girl?
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:51PM Deschain said

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@Zertoss

Change your avatar. I'm sick of reading your posts in the prof's voice.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 2:58PM Zertoss said

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@Deschain

No.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 3:11PM swooded said

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@Zertoss
Halo is not a girl. He's a cyborg sent back in time to protect Gortana from the one ring. The ring is actually a gun.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 4:48PM daytripper said

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@Zertoss
You should always start your comments with: "Good news everyone"
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 4:52PM Zertoss said

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@daytripper

But what if it isn't good news at all? Should I use "Bad news, no one" for those?
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 5:19PM Xiegfried said

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@Zertoss

I think Halo is a pretty cool guy. eh kills aleins and doesnt afraid of anything.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:32PM trickybuz93 said

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Stupid pirates.
Can`t wait till MS bans their ass to hell and back!!
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:33PM Colostomeboy said

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Well I wold not mind big spoilers. Last week bungie teased pants changing news would come from gamescon, so far nothing so i would rather have leaked info then none at all
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:34PM den69 said

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Fail much?
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Posted: Aug 20th 2010 1:35PM Acosta02 said

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ODST also leaked; I remember watching some of it in French before it came out.

...it may or may not have convinced me to buy the game.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2010 1:34AM kjsin1994 said

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@Acosta02 that's cause it got released in france a few days earlier
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