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Re: Nope.
Posted By: Metalingus627 <mtracy627@yahoo.com>Date: 10/14/09 4:16 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Nope. (Bry)


: *sighs* Last I'm saying on this because its really utterly pointless.

: 1) We're talking about a quote from a couple of years before ODST came out.
: It was around the time of Halo 3 as I recall.
: And even then, ODST doesn't really tell you anything about it. A few throw
: away lines from Buck that mean something if you know about Reach, and lose
: a lot of their significance if you don't. It is still left as little more
: than a word .

: 2) The lines in Halo 1 and 2, as I've said several times before, barely
: elaborate on what Reach was or its significance. You can gather it was
: important, whatever it was, but you have no idea why unless you've read
: the books.

Its not neccessary for Bungie to spoonfeed information about what Reach is/was to those who don't truly understand what it is/was. Is it gonna piss people off? Yes. Is that also an inevitable side effect of human nature about not knowing 150% of the story before becoming involved in it? Yes.

People didn't know what the Ark was before Halo 3. It received one line of information in Halo 2 and very little else, and yet I don't see people complaining about Bungie not revealing more information about it before releasing Halo 3. Reach has received lines of dialogue in all four games, not to mention part of a cutscene, so even if somebody doesn't know what it is from the novels, if they have paid attention to the games and nothing else they should at the very least stop and think, "Hey didn't Buck/an Elite/Lord Hood/Cortana say something about that place?" Reach has been teased since Halo 1, if anybody hasn't picked up on that, well, that's their fault.

I remember thinking specifically the first time I played Halo 1: "Reach? Whats that?" Then in Halo 2, "Oh thats what Reach is..." This was before I ever picked up the novels. I realized that Reach must be important because I was smart enough to connect the dots that Halo 1 took place because of the Pillar of Autumn escaping from a place called Reach. If I never picked up a novel after that I would see "Halo: Reach," and think, "Huh I wonder if that will be about that place they mentioned in Halo 1 and 2?"


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Brutes > ElitesRiceatron 10/13/09 7:38 p.m.
     Re: Brutes > ElitesGordon Freeman 10/13/09 7:50 p.m.
     Re: Elites > Brutes for Reach. Wort Wort Wort! *NM*rhubarb 10/13/09 7:51 p.m.
     No.gunluva 10/13/09 7:51 p.m.
     Dinosaurs > MammalsMetalingus627 10/13/09 7:58 p.m.
           Re: Dinosaurs > MammalsIbeechu 10/13/09 8:02 p.m.
           Jackals = Dinosaurs, Elites = Snakemansharks *NM*Riceatron 10/13/09 8:10 p.m.
                 Re: Jackals = Dinosaurs, Elites = SnakemansharksLincoln 10/13/09 8:15 p.m.
           Re: Dinosaurs > MammalsBry 10/14/09 4:41 a.m.
     Brutes = Elitesfree 10/13/09 8:24 p.m.
     Re: Brutes > ElitesFyreWulff 10/13/09 8:53 p.m.
           Re: Brutes > Elitesscarab 10/14/09 7:41 a.m.
     We need more characters to represent the races.Leviathan 10/13/09 9:32 p.m.
     Is this a poem...?stan 10/13/09 9:41 p.m.
     Nope.Hawaiian Pig 10/13/09 9:45 p.m.
           Completely agreeAvateur 10/13/09 9:54 p.m.
                 Re: Completely agreeRiceatron 10/13/09 10:05 p.m.
                       Re: Completely agreeAvateur 10/13/09 10:20 p.m.
                             Re: Completely agreeRiceatron 10/13/09 10:26 p.m.
                             Re: Completely agreescarab 10/14/09 8:27 a.m.
                             Re: Completely agreeThe More Deluded 10/14/09 1:06 p.m.
                                   Re: Completely agreefree 10/14/09 8:00 p.m.
                                         Re: Completely agreeStephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/14/09 8:41 p.m.
                                               Re: Completely agreefree 10/14/09 10:55 p.m.
                       Re: Completely agreeSonofMacPhisto 10/13/09 10:25 p.m.
                             Re: Completely agreeArteenEsben 10/14/09 12:05 a.m.
                                   Re: Completely agreeSonofMacPhisto 10/14/09 10:28 a.m.
                 The Truthpete_the_duck 10/14/09 6:08 a.m.
                       Re: The Truthscarab 10/14/09 9:12 a.m.
                             Great post *NM*SonofMacPhisto 10/14/09 10:24 a.m.
                                   Thanks :-) *NM*scarab 10/14/09 11:41 a.m.
                             Re: The TruthBry 10/14/09 11:49 a.m.
                                   Re: The TruthAvateur 10/14/09 12:11 p.m.
                             PeoplenessRockslider 10/14/09 6:31 p.m.
                                   Re: Peoplenessscarab 10/15/09 3:28 a.m.
                       Re: The TruthHawaiian Pig 10/14/09 2:18 p.m.
                             Re: The TruthGravemind 10/15/09 7:51 p.m.
                                   Re: The TruthGeneral Vagueness 10/16/09 12:14 a.m.
           Re: Nope.General Vagueness 10/13/09 10:14 p.m.
                 Re: Nope.Hawaiian Pig 10/13/09 10:23 p.m.
                       Re: Nope.jazo 10/13/09 10:53 p.m.
                 Re: Nope.The More Deluded 10/14/09 1:20 p.m.
           Re: Nope.Bry 10/14/09 4:45 a.m.
                 Re: Nope.General Vagueness 10/14/09 9:20 a.m.
                       Re: Nope.Bry 10/14/09 10:25 a.m.
                             Re: Nope.General Vagueness 10/14/09 11:26 a.m.
                                   Slight rabbit trail for you guys... :)SonofMacPhisto 10/14/09 11:34 a.m.
                                         Re: Slight rabbit trail for you guys... :)Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/14/09 3:53 p.m.
                                               Re: Slight rabbit trail for you guys... :)Louis Wu 10/14/09 3:55 p.m.
                                                     Re: Slight rabbit trail for you guys... :)Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/14/09 4:06 p.m.
                                                           Re: Slight rabbit trail for you guys... :)Louis Wu 10/14/09 4:08 p.m.
                                                           Re: Slight rabbit trail for you guys... :)Bry 10/14/09 4:10 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Slight rabbit trail for you guys... :)Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 10/14/09 4:14 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Slight rabbit trail for you guys... :)Bry 10/14/09 5:07 p.m.
                                   Re: Nope.Bry 10/14/09 11:36 a.m.
                                         Re: Nope.General Vagueness 10/14/09 3:02 p.m.
                                               Re: Nope.Bry 10/14/09 3:33 p.m.
                                                     Re: Nope.Metalingus627 10/14/09 4:16 p.m.
                                                           Re: Nope.Metalingus627 10/14/09 4:25 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Nope.Bry 10/14/09 4:55 p.m.
                                                     Re: Nope.Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/14/09 4:26 p.m.
                                                     Re: Nope.General Vagueness 10/15/09 7:38 p.m.
                                                           Re: Nope.Bry 10/16/09 4:15 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Nope.General Vagueness 10/16/09 8:43 a.m.
     Brutes and Elites are both greatArteenEsben 10/13/09 9:49 p.m.
           Re: Brutes and Elites are both greatT07WRX5 10/14/09 9:02 a.m.
                 Re: Brutes and Elites are both greatArteenEsben 10/14/09 11:33 a.m.
                 Re: Brutes and Elites are both greatBry 10/14/09 11:54 a.m.
     but brutes are so easy...Hunt3r 10/13/09 10:52 p.m.
           Re: but brutes are so easy...The More Deluded 10/14/09 1:34 p.m.
     Go back and play Halo 1jazo 10/13/09 11:08 p.m.
           Re: Go back and play Halo 1SonofMacPhisto 10/14/09 8:09 a.m.
           Re: Go back and play Halo 1The More Deluded 10/15/09 2:13 p.m.
           Oh please.Riceatron 10/15/09 3:16 p.m.
                 Re: Oh please.Hawaiian Pig 10/15/09 3:31 p.m.
                       Re: Oh please.Riceatron 10/15/09 3:40 p.m.
                             Looking more like a troll everytime I come back... *NM*The More Deluded 10/15/09 7:02 p.m.
                                   lol i trol u wid mah 1337 leterzRiceatron 10/15/09 7:14 p.m.
                                   Michael Wincott > RicatronTHe BS Police 10/15/09 11:46 p.m.
                       Re: Oh please.Bry 10/15/09 3:59 p.m.
           Re: Go back and play Halo 1FyreWulff 10/15/09 8:04 p.m.
     Elites > H2 Brutes > H3 BrutesThe BS Police 10/13/09 11:37 p.m.
     Re: Brutes > ElitesRockslider 10/14/09 5:19 p.m.
     Re: Brutes > ElitesThe BS Police 10/15/09 1:57 p.m.



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