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Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)
Posted By: Rick BlaineDate: 5/12/02 3:51 p.m.

In Response To: Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory) (zudo)

: The Great Theory of Paolo got me thinking (it was mostly the word
: 'release)...

: And I've come up with the Best Guess Theory :D

: I don't know where to chack the dates -- was Nathan working for Bungie while
: Bungie owned Bungie or soon after the buyout?

We only need 2 facts involving dates. 1) Nathan B. knows that Halo is a ring. The puts him at the story conference table late in the development cycle, around the time when the storyline got locked-down.

2) Nathan didn't leave just after the first Cortana Letter. Give the well-known Bungie paranoia wrt leaks, this means his work was approved by top management. If they _hadn't_ approved, he would have been fired on the spot. Reductio ad absurdem.

Fact 2 tells us _nothing_ about the reason(s) for his departure, but we can guess that the original shipdate was supposed to be about 6-9 months from the end of Cortana letters. Of course, the Cortana Letters might only have been the opening salvo in a larger 'buzz' barrage. This is only a guess.

: My thinking is this... at one time, Halo DID take place in the Marathon
: Universe. For franchise purposes, the universes were partially severed
: (since Microsoft would/do totally own the Halo franchise but had no claim
: on the Marathon franschise). The partiality of severance would be a result
: of the need to maintain the Marathon community, and a neat way to dodge
: having to rebuild sizeable portions of the (now independant) Halo
: universe.

: This covers the allusions to the Big Bungie Story (chaos vs. order mixed with
: good vs. evil), as well as tying neatly with the Marathon references AND
: the 'factual' cracs that appear when you cross over the UESC/UNSC
: timelines.

: [z]

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MARATHON = and != HALOpaolo 5/12/02 9:20 a.m.
     Interesting theory... very interesting... *NM*Boomer 5/12/02 10:03 a.m.
     Re: MARATHON = and != HALORick Blaine 5/12/02 12:08 p.m.
           Re: MARATHON = and != HALOTru7h 5/12/02 12:43 p.m.
     Re: MARATHON = and != HALOGhôlsbane 5/12/02 1:20 p.m.
     Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)zudo 5/12/02 2:35 p.m.
           oh no, the trousers of time theory! [nt]•M 5/12/02 3:28 p.m.
           Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Rick Blaine 5/12/02 3:51 p.m.
                 Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Mark Levin 5/12/02 9:04 p.m.
           Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Mark Levin 5/12/02 9:03 p.m.
                 Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)zudo 5/13/02 8:34 a.m.
                       Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Mark Levin 5/13/02 11:40 a.m.
                             Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)zudo 5/13/02 12:12 p.m.
                                   Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Mark Levin 5/13/02 3:37 p.m.
                                         Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)zudo 5/14/02 4:18 a.m.
                                               Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Mark Levin 5/14/02 11:23 a.m.
                                                     Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)zudo 5/15/02 3:40 a.m.
                                                           Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Mark Levin 5/15/02 11:26 a.m.
                                                                 Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Rick Blaine 5/16/02 5:54 p.m.
                                         Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Rick Blaine 5/14/02 9:57 p.m.
                       Re: MARATHON = and != HALO (best guess theory)Rick Blaine 5/13/02 1:24 p.m.
     Re: MARATHON = and != HALOMark Levin 5/12/02 9:05 p.m.
     Re: MARATHON = and != HALOarchon 5/12/02 10:14 p.m.
           Re: MARATHON = and != HALORick Blaine 5/13/02 1:47 p.m.
                 Re: MARATHON = and != HALOarchon 5/16/02 5:33 p.m.
                       Re: MARATHON = and != HALORick Blaine 5/16/02 6:08 p.m.
     Re: MARATHON = and != HALOVoltanix 5/22/02 2:16 a.m.
           Re: MARATHON = and != HALOzudo 5/22/02 2:33 a.m.
                 Re: MARATHON = and != HALOTru7h 5/22/02 4:52 p.m.
                       Re: MARATHON = and != HALOInverted Sock Puppet 5/22/02 5:18 p.m.
                             Re: MARATHON = and != HALOBoomer 5/22/02 5:54 p.m.
                                   Re: MARATHON = and != HALOzudo 5/23/02 2:57 a.m.
                                         I LOVE CORTANA!!! ;-) *NM*paolo 5/23/02 12:02 p.m.
                             Re: MARATHON = and != HALOzudo 5/23/02 2:51 a.m.
                             Re: MARATHON = and != HALOTru7h 5/23/02 2:33 p.m.
                       Re: MARATHON = and != HALOzudo 5/23/02 2:49 a.m.
                             Re: MARATHON = and != HALOTru7h 5/23/02 2:39 p.m.
                                   Re: MARATHON = and != HALOzudo 5/23/02 2:55 p.m.
                                         Re: MARATHON = and != HALOTru7h 5/24/02 11:27 a.m.
     Re: MARATHON = and != HALOJohn Denton 5/23/02 5:07 p.m.
           Re: MARATHON = and != HALOInverted Sock Puppet 5/24/02 3:21 a.m.



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