Halo 3 Update; New Achievements

[Quo]

That picture is completely awesome. And it only touches the tip of the nerd iceberg that was PAX.

[Justintiime]

Supposedly even with all this text, I got a stupid "post too short" notice. Heres more info.

Originally Posted by Foman123 B.net forum ninja

As a cautionary note, I do not work for Bungie, I am just a community member like the rest of you. But I was at PAX. I saw the "achievements" incident go down, and I saw what it took to reach them. It was no accident; at the end of the day, as Bungie and PAX were shutting down for the day, a PAX visitor sat down at a monitor and deliberately started clicking through to reach achievements, taking advantage of the distractions. Bungie employees were cleaning up for the day and had their backs turned, which is the only reason that the achievements were up for as long as they were. As soon as they noticed, they came over and turned off the television. The same PAX visitor who clicked through to view the achievements had also taken some photographs, and asked a Bungie employee if he could post them. The Bungie employee asked this person not to post them, and the person who originally looked at the achievements has, so far, held true to their promise and neither posted nor discussed the achievements.

The damage, however, was done. Other people had also taken pictures in that short timespan using both cell phone cameras and regular digital cameras. These are the pictures that you see posted all over the internet now.

I am just a fan, like everyone else, and I do not have any inside track to Bungie's secrets, but I think that ANY person who was there can tell you that Bungie did not want these pictures taken, and the only reason that people were able to view the achievements at all is because an ambitious PAX visitor took advantage of Bungie being distracted at the end of the day.

This was not a case of Bungie "purposely displaying" its achievements.

I understand that it is not only the right, but also the responsibility of the press and the media to be open about news and information that they are able to dig up. But this was not the press or media -- these are people who call themselves Bungie fans. People who presumably understand Bungie's desire and need for secrecy in new projects. And people who should respect it.

Discussing the pictures? Well hell, once the horse has left the barn, you may as well ride it. But going through the somewhat devious process of reaching the new achievements, and then taking pictures, and then proceeding to POST the pictures despite the fact that Sketch made it obvious that they were not supposed to be seen (and I know all the people who took pictures and they were there when Sketch turned the TV off)? That's something that I hope a true Bungie fan (who presumably wants to see the company succeed) would refrain from.

As a fan, this is a disappointment for me in the Bungie Community -- a small one, considering all of the awesomeness I saw from the Bungie Community in general at PAX and over the last few days, to be sure. But a disappointment nonetheless.

Like many other community members, I have and will continue to refuse to discuss anything regarding these photographs except to echo Recon Number 54's sentiments in my usual concise style.

[Wondermonkey]

It's like the person that wrote that didn't realize that the majority of Halo fans are 14 year old dickbags with a chip on their shoulder and a sense of entitlement so large it makes their giant, whiny, acne infested faces look small in comparison.

[ZoomZoom71]

Originally Posted by Justintiime

Supposedly even with all this text, I got a stupid "post too short" notice. Heres more info.

I think the software ignores any text inside brackets.

[Teh Shrapnel]

i guess we'll find out sooner or later. i figure "later" . I need to get back to playing halo weekly.

[supafreak]

Originally Posted by Teh Shrapnel

i guess we'll find out sooner or later. i figure "later" . I need to get back to playing halo weekly.

You need to play with us tomorrow night for FNFF!

[Quo]

The idea of an expansion pack and new achievements is believable... however, something I find hard to swallow are the achievement point amounts. Some of them seem relatively easy yet are 25-50 points. Versus the last few in H3, which are really tough to get in multiplay (especially if you suck, like me...) and are only 5 points. Seems inconsistent, which makes me raise an eyebrow in this whole affair. I mean, it probably did happen and they probably were on the machine, but I question whether this is something final...

[Justintiime]

im sure points values can be changed, which will probably happen for some of them

50 points for a flag kill? wtf?

[Justintiime]

assembly

[Twilight]

I also thought that only 250 additional points could be assigned to any expansion pack?

[Quo]

Correct, Twilight. Only 250 pts in an expansion pack. At least in the past.

[Justintiime]

I've heard two possible ways to get past that.

1. Each map pack is considered DLC and can have 250 points

2. M$ bends the rules for its flagship game lol

[The Milk Man 09]

Yea I think MS would bend the rules and there already have been 2 map packs out.

[Twilight]

Here it is. Not all the answers to all the questions, but its a start!

Bungie.net : Inside Bungie : News

[Steelhead]

I love the smell of achievements in the morning.

They look surprisingly easy though compared to some of the toughies on the initial list. I miss Halo. Need to get back to it. There's just too many games and not enough hours in the day.

[Wallace Suka]

What if they made Halo into a Platinum Hits, like Lost Planet and called it Halo:Mythic. Then they could have a new set of 1000 point achievements.
After all this could make this article seem to be true.
Source: Halo "Blue" headed to 360 in September - Xbox 360 Fanboy

[Stewii Griffin]

Hey Keezy R.I.P. beta tripmine

RIGGS has a burning inquiry: The final word on the beta tripmine debate , will it return or