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Alidane had this to say about Cuba:
iirc, the books simply stated that he wasn't the strongest or the fastest.
He wasn't the strongest at any one thing, but he was the most balanced, and did seem to be a natural leader.
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The planet is most likely Onyx, which is the subject of the last book that came out. I haven't actually read it, but apparently there are a bunch of Spartan III's and Dr. Halsey hiding on it. Alidane fucked around with this message on 10-01-2007 at 05:18 PM.
Onyx disintegrated at the end of Ghosts of Onyx, and in the ending movie of Halo 3 (as far as I can see from these shitty Youtube videos), you can see the giant Marathon logo on the side of the structure. This has to be the Marathon.
Stalwart Steve fucked around with this message on 10-01-2007 at 05:24 PM.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
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Stalwart Steve stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Well I actually read the book, and it's not Onyx, hahaOnyx disintegrated at the end of Ghosts of Onyx, and in the ending movie of Halo 3 (as far as I can see from these shitty Youtube videos), you can see the giant Marathon logo on the side of the structure. This has to be the Marathon.
Wait, what? Onyx never exploded, Kurt just vaporized the Covenant invasion force and then the Sentinels activated the shield around Onyx, didn't they? I'm gonna have to go through it again...
Dave fucked around with this message on 10-01-2007 at 07:19 PM.
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Dave was naked while typing this:
Not exactly... I lent the book to a friend, but I believe Onyx had a gateway to the arc. A small complete ball that had a planet on the inner surface to act as a bomb shelter for when the halo rings went off. I also think it was in a different dimension or something as well. At the end of the 4th book, he set off a nuke after the portal closed while holding off an army of covenant so they could not reopen the portal. The metal ball could be shielding for the inner planet... and would fit the ending of the 4th book.
The planet is clearly not Onyx though ha ha, unless the Forerunner figured out some way to magic bag a planet (since the shield planet's dimensions were described as far larger than that of Onyx). Also, why would it play scary music (and have the Marathon symbol on it, I cannot see exactly) if it were not the Marathon?
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http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=549532
Spoilers
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The most salient of these connections is the nature of the "waking god" and the helpful aliens who inform the United States government of its nature. The "waking god" is believed to be a or the W'rkncacnter, a race or singular entity in the Marathon series which shares similar properties, primarily ancient origins, incredible power and the capacity to cause destruction on a global or cosmic scale simply by existing.
Also, the aliens who inform the US of the waking god are the Jjaro, an ancient alien race that is featured heavily in the Marathon and (as some fans believe) Halo series, although they are never mentioned by name in the latter.
There are also connections which are not directly spoken, but many believe. Although it is never directly stated, the Marathon character is rumored to be a cyborg, formed from the dead bodies of soldiers. This character feels as if he has done certain things before, or as if he has dreamed about them. These 'certain things' match up well with nearly identical events which the main character from Pathways experienced. However, former Bungie Head Alex Seropian has stated that the protagonists of Marathon and Halo are the same person, indicating that the Marathon cyborg cannot be the dead soldiers as he is Master Chief.
The most subtle of the connections between Pathways Into Darkness and Marathon lie in a single computer terminal in the latter game. While seemingly there to provide proof that a human AI is distorting human history data (to prevent invading aliens from knowing of Earth's location) the text is actually a highly corrupted version of the original Pathways Into Darkness story. Anakha's Wii fucked around with this message on 10-02-2007 at 05:29 PM.
Anakha's Wii fucked around with this message on 10-02-2007 at 05:29 PM.
It's kinda gay how you have a limited time to read the first bit before it ushers you off to the second bit.
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Anakha's Wii said this about your mom:
There are also connections which are not directly spoken, but many believe. Although it is never directly stated, the Marathon character is rumored to be a cyborg, formed from the dead bodies of soldiers. This character feels as if he has done certain things before, or as if he has dreamed about them. These 'certain things' match up well with nearly identical events which the main character from Pathways experienced. However, former Bungie Head Alex Seropian has stated that the protagonists of Marathon and Halo are the same person, indicating that the Marathon cyborg cannot be the dead soldiers as he is Master Chief.
I'd like a source because on the Bungie Website it says just the opposite. There is no connection between the two universes, other than shared themes.
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Does anybody know where I can find the complete text on the terminals?It's kinda gay how you have a limited time to read the first bit before it ushers you off to the second bit.
terminals? as in Marathon's story?
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A sleep deprived Anakha's Wii stammered:
Pathways Into Darkness is considered by many to be the beginning of the "Bungie Mythos", a large timeline which connects this and later Bungie games.The most salient of these connections is the nature of the "waking god" and the helpful aliens who inform the United States government of its nature. The "waking god" is believed to be a or the W'rkncacnter, a race or singular entity in the Marathon series which shares similar properties, primarily ancient origins, incredible power and the capacity to cause destruction on a global or cosmic scale simply by existing.
Also, the aliens who inform the US of the waking god are the Jjaro, an ancient alien race that is featured heavily in the Marathon and (as some fans believe) Halo series, although they are never mentioned by name in the latter.
There are also connections which are not directly spoken, but many believe. Although it is never directly stated, the Marathon character is rumored to be a cyborg, formed from the dead bodies of soldiers. This character feels as if he has done certain things before, or as if he has dreamed about them. These 'certain things' match up well with nearly identical events which the main character from Pathways experienced. However, former Bungie Head Alex Seropian has stated that the protagonists of Marathon and Halo are the same person, indicating that the Marathon cyborg cannot be the dead soldiers as he is Master Chief.
The most subtle of the connections between Pathways Into Darkness and Marathon lie in a single computer terminal in the latter game. While seemingly there to provide proof that a human AI is distorting human history data (to prevent invading aliens from knowing of Earth's location) the text is actually a highly corrupted version of the original Pathways Into Darkness story.
Don't forget that the Marathon man also went through a bunch of time travel and a bunch of other crazy nonsense in Marathon: Infinity so assuming the identity of the guy from Pathways Into Darkness and Halo is somewhat permissible (Quantum Leap)
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Because if so that'd be kinda cool but otherwise Halo still sucks
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I enjoyed Halo because it was like a proper PC FPS on a console with superb timing and story, but playing Halo 2 was like having my thumbs crushed repeatedly in a car door. Let's see:
Dear god I've never played a bigger pile of shit in my whole life. Seems like Halo was ruined the moment it ceased being a single game and became a cheesy franchise.
I think I may have enjoyed it more if I removed my brain and ran through the game banging the butt of my gun against my head and going "HURRRRR". Mortious fucked around with this message on 10-02-2007 at 10:05 PM.
that's the whole philosophy
edit: halo 2's single player still sucked Kegwen fucked around with this message on 10-02-2007 at 10:08 PM.
i've officially put more hours into it now than i did the campaign, making up for over half the cost
well worth it even if i didn't like the story (which i did)
But I hear multiplayer is good, yeah. I'd only play it on a LAN with friends though.
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A sleep deprived Mortious stammered:
I don't really like playing with the random xbox live crowd (which at the best of times can be described as a frat house with an unlimited beer supply and no rules) so I really hate games with crappy single player stories.But I hear multiplayer is good, yeah. I'd only play it on a LAN with friends though.
or you could get on live and play it with goons/ecers that don't suck.
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- Silvast, Battle.net forums
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Y.O.T.C said:
or you could get on live and play it with goons/ecers that don't suck.
I can't be bothered paying for Gold. 
Seriously, I don't multiplayer enough to justify it.
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A sleep deprived Mortious stammered:
I can't be bothered paying for Gold.Seriously, I don't multiplayer enough to justify it.
Why did you buy a 360 then? 
At least half the time I'm on mine, I'm at least in a chat with someone from work or one of my friends. Even just playing one player games, I open a chat and talk to someone. (Although that usually just leads to me yelping into the microphone because I'm a little girl when it comes to playing Bioshock. 
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"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
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Mr. Gainsborough said:
Why did you buy a 360 then?
Mass Effect and The Force Unleashed, but there have been other games that have been awesome too. I enjoyed The Darkness a lot.
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Mr. Gainsborough got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Why did you buy a 360 then?
At least half the time I'm on mine, I'm at least in a chat with someone from work or one of my friends. Even just playing one player games, I open a chat and talk to someone. (Although that usually just leads to me yelping into the microphone because I'm a little girl when it comes to playing Bioshock.
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We need to play bomberman again.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
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Stalwart Steve had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
Yes (except for the story part, and claiming the end was easier when he clearly didn't beat the game)
The end boss was the easiest "boss fight" I've ever come against in all my years of gaming. Heck, Hogger from wow is a tougher fight than that.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Dave wrote:
The end boss was the easiest "boss fight" I've ever come against in all my years of gaming. Heck, Hogger from wow is a tougher fight than that.
halo doesn't do boss battles. That was just a story event. Would fighting a fucking monitor be tough? I didn't want him to hop into a giant mecha or something and have to fight that. That'd be dumb. It made sense.
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Kegwen had this to say about John Romero:
halo doesn't do boss battles. That was just a story event.
Uhhh Remember the ending of Halo 2 by chance? Heck, it also had 2 or 3 mini bosses/level bosses as well.
