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Re: I've Officially Gone Mad
Posted By: vshields ash <vshields@berkshire.net>	Date: 9/29/04 5:15 p.m.
In Response To: I've Officially Gone Mad (Metatron) : This will be my last thread, hopefully, which is dedicated to the sole : purpose of showing the abnormal “coincidences” one can find on the MP : maps. While I was playing Hang Em High last night, I noticed the map's : description, which said, “Tombstones for Everybody.” Well, being the : kind of person that looks far too deeply at every little detail, as some : have said, I decided to count how many tombstones were on the map. What I : found was interesting, to say the least. : There are 68 tombstones on the MP map Hang Em High. Of course, that number by : itself isn’t interesting. However, when you subtract 68 from 75, which is : the number of Spartan II’s (75 Spartans), then you get the number 7 ... : that’s not the abnormal part. At the end of First Strike there are 7 : Spartan II’s who aren’t listed as KIA/MIA, which would leave 68 of the : original Spartan IIs dead or MIA (Spartans never die:), hence there being : 68 tombstones! One can easily find that the Master Chief, Will, Linda, and : Fred are alive at the end of First Strike, but that would only add up to 4 : Spartans II's. However, when you add to this small group the “3 Spartans : who weren’t present for the PoA mission because they were engaged on : fields of combat too distant to be easily recalled (p.240, TFoR) , then : one comes up with the number of Spartans in the Halo universe, which would : be 7, that aren’t listed as MIA/KIA. : "He (the MC) paused at Kelly's name. John listed her as MIA, : too."(p.334, FS) : 7 known surviving Spartan II’s, 68 KIA/MIA Spartan II’s, 68 tombstones in : Hang Em High, which is on a Halo... just another crazy coincidence? In : order for Bungie to have the foresight to put something like this in the : game, it be quite amazing. Of course, something like this doesn’t add to : the story, or make the game play any better, if that’s possible. I believe : this is just one of the many small details one could find Bungie placing : throughout the games and books just so they could say, "Yes, we are : the collective genius that you all imagine." : Jamie Griesemer (Halo 2 Design Lead) - : “All through Halo 1 we were putting in hooks for Halo 2. Almost nothing in : Halo 1 was random. I think a lot of people are going to play Halo 2 and : then go back and play Halo 1, because they’ll see a lot of things they : didn’t see before.”(p.222) : Whether this will interest the masses, or not, and there is the slight chance : that I miscounted, I thought it was something worth mentioning. Oh, make : sure to count the tombstones on the map several times before posting the : inevitable, “I only counted 67 tombstones.” A little advise... mark each : counted tombstone with a plasma shot in order to not get confused:-) : - Metatron hmmmm...yep, Really nuts :) i haven't gotten into it that much, but now i might :)

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Message Index

I've Officially Gone Mad	Metatron	9/29/04 11:31 a.m.
Re: I've Officially Gone Mad	Hikaru-119	9/29/04 11:38 a.m.
Re:Nice find *NM*	thunderhawk555	9/29/04 11:41 a.m.
Re: I've Officially Gone Mad	Metatron	9/29/04 11:42 a.m.
I got 71... And I'm sure I did it right... *NM*	Stefander	9/29/04 12:11 p.m.
Others Confirmed 68...	Metatron	9/29/04 12:19 p.m.
Re: Others Confirmed 68...	kingphreak	9/29/04 1:08 p.m.
I got 68 *nm*	mercury	9/29/04 1:09 p.m.
Re: I've Officially Gone Mad	Ain Soph Aur	9/29/04 1:24 p.m.
Re: I've Officially Gone Mad	Metatron	9/29/04 4:34 p.m.
You're either insane, or f*cking genius. *NM*	Recoil	9/29/04 1:43 p.m.
Re: You're either insane, or f*cking genius.	Gothmog117	9/29/04 8:36 p.m.
Re:	Dom Dunc	9/29/04 3:17 p.m.
Re: I've Officially Gone Mad	vshields ash	9/29/04 5:15 p.m.
Holy Sh*t it does make sense. Tombstone 4 Evrybody *NM*	Someone	9/29/04 5:56 p.m.