[Update: Now with shaky cam video, embedded after the break.]
[Update: Now with shaky cam video, embedded after the break.]
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Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:40AM TheIcemanCometh said
@MicahR Seriously? Aren't we all a little beyond that anymore?
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Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:42AM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@TheIcemanCometh Not until the Office is canceled and has been forgotton.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:42AM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze Forgotten, even.
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Posted: Sep 11th 2010 5:46PM DarknessBear said
@Andrew12h
"I will be doing it with one hand, while holding you with the other" . . . what?
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"I will be doing it with one hand, while holding you with the other" . . . what?
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:13AM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Pardon me for my ignorance of the Halo lore, but..
Is that map supposed to be Earth? It looks like what Earth probably looked like millions of years ago, when the continents were in different positions.
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Is that map supposed to be Earth? It looks like what Earth probably looked like millions of years ago, when the continents were in different positions.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:21AM Just A Canuck said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
I'm pretty sure that it is a map of Reach.
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I'm pretty sure that it is a map of Reach.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:39AM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@PR0F3TA
Haha, no, seriously.
Are we sure that Reach isn't Earth? Or does Earth currently exist elsewhere in the Halo universe?
I don't know, I'm probably crazy. It just struck me as I first looked at it, that it seemed to bear a lot of similarities to Earth, only pre-continent shift into their current positions.
Alright, continue to mock me, I'm going to work. =P
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Haha, no, seriously.
Are we sure that Reach isn't Earth? Or does Earth currently exist elsewhere in the Halo universe?
I don't know, I'm probably crazy. It just struck me as I first looked at it, that it seemed to bear a lot of similarities to Earth, only pre-continent shift into their current positions.
Alright, continue to mock me, I'm going to work. =P
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:54AM Violent Brown said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Yes, Reach and Earth both exist as very different planets in the Halo universe.
The original Halo facility was discovered because the USNC had instituted the Cole Protocol, which entailed ships making slipspace jumps to random coordinates when under threat of boarding by Covenant forces. The point of the Cole Protocol was to prevent the Covenant from discovering the location of Earth, either through accessing the ship's computers, or by following the ship through slipspace back to Earth.
Long after the attack on Reach, the USNC ship Pillar of Autumn came under attack by Covenant forces. As the battle turned south, Commander Keyes on board the PoA instituted the Cole Protocol. The random slipspace jump ended with the ship near the original Halo installation. Unthaw Master Chief, begin trilogy of games.
What? You asked.
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Yes, Reach and Earth both exist as very different planets in the Halo universe.
The original Halo facility was discovered because the USNC had instituted the Cole Protocol, which entailed ships making slipspace jumps to random coordinates when under threat of boarding by Covenant forces. The point of the Cole Protocol was to prevent the Covenant from discovering the location of Earth, either through accessing the ship's computers, or by following the ship through slipspace back to Earth.
Long after the attack on Reach, the USNC ship Pillar of Autumn came under attack by Covenant forces. As the battle turned south, Commander Keyes on board the PoA instituted the Cole Protocol. The random slipspace jump ended with the ship near the original Halo installation. Unthaw Master Chief, begin trilogy of games.
What? You asked.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:06PM MGTrey said
@Violent Brown: Actually, the "random" jump the PoA took at the closure of the Battle of Reach wasn't actualy random: Cortana, the shipboard AI of the PoA, made that jump based on coordinates found in an ancient Forerunner rock on Cote d'Azure the Covenant were attempting to transcribe during the battle of Sigma Octanus IV.
Yes, I went there.
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Yes, I went there.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 2:42PM R Planteer said
@MGTrey
MGTrey is correct. The "random" jump was made unrandom by Cortona.
However it was very common for ONI ships to completely break the Cole protocol to save time. In the end it proved pointless anyways as the Covenant found Earth basically on accident in their search for the Ark of the Forerunner.
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MGTrey is correct. The "random" jump was made unrandom by Cortona.
However it was very common for ONI ships to completely break the Cole protocol to save time. In the end it proved pointless anyways as the Covenant found Earth basically on accident in their search for the Ark of the Forerunner.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 3:37PM Violent Brown said
@MGTrey, @R Planteer
Bah, Halo fanboy fail. That's what I get for trying to pull all that from memory while I'm at work. Lousy stupid Barracuda, blocking the Halo wiki. Been too long since I played through Halo: CE, I guess.
Maybe there's still time before Tuesday...
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Bah, Halo fanboy fail. That's what I get for trying to pull all that from memory while I'm at work. Lousy stupid Barracuda, blocking the Halo wiki. Been too long since I played through Halo: CE, I guess.
Maybe there's still time before Tuesday...
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 7:51PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@offscreen
I think you're just smelling yourself, moron.
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I think you're just smelling yourself, moron.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 7:52PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Alright, thanks everyone, for clearing that up. I warned you that I was ignorant to Halo Lore.
I warned you! :)
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Alright, thanks everyone, for clearing that up. I warned you that I was ignorant to Halo Lore.
I warned you! :)
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:23AM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@Sam406 Maybe they'll be $20 in a year, like the Cat Helmet edition?
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Posted: Sep 10th 2010 2:57PM killer rin said
@Sam406
Not going to happen...
The only left over ones are going to be the ones people "abandon" from Preorder/Ebay.
currently we already have stores fighting just to make sure they get the right amount of Pre orders. So unless you live in a Really Small town you may not get one
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Not going to happen...
The only left over ones are going to be the ones people "abandon" from Preorder/Ebay.
currently we already have stores fighting just to make sure they get the right amount of Pre orders. So unless you live in a Really Small town you may not get one
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:28AM Ballistic H said
I preordered the Legendary Edition and don't know if I should have waited. I bought the Halo 3 Legendary Edition a year after it came out at $40 brand new. They said the Halo Reach one will be actually limited.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:46AM Accessgranted said
@Ballistic H
I'm getting the standard edition for now but if I can find a legendary edition a year or so later for about $40 I might pick that up as well.
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I'm getting the standard edition for now but if I can find a legendary edition a year or so later for about $40 I might pick that up as well.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:37AM samjenkins said
Where did you get that controller for? I want it.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:07PM samjenkins said
@oJMan240o Thanks! I just ordered a 12 month xbox live card, the chat pad, another headset (mine is broke) and PGR4 for like 53 bucks total from amazon. It all came in one pack!
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Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:12PM PR0F3TA said
haha Woah alotta emotinal people in this site...
I've never played a halo game besides the first one but the story of Halo is good because it's expandable and bigger then just one story... much like fallout you can go to a wiki and just read on and on about halo and it's univerese
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I've never played a halo game besides the first one but the story of Halo is good because it's expandable and bigger then just one story... much like fallout you can go to a wiki and just read on and on about halo and it's univerese
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 2:16PM Mazrael said
@Frostfell It's not like you could see through the visor anyway.. if it was usable would be long before papers had headlines like..
Master Chief killed in motorcycle accident..
Spartans flee bank robbery on quadbikes..
Spartan stuck me and now I'm pregnant...
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Master Chief killed in motorcycle accident..
Spartans flee bank robbery on quadbikes..
Spartan stuck me and now I'm pregnant...
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