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Re: No, Don't!
Posted By: Louis Wu <halo@bungie.org>Date: 8/12/02 4:47 p.m.

In Response To: No, Don't! (Matt)

: Let me explain what happened here, because I'm not happy about it.

: Many moons ago, my easy-to-find email address was added to the XboxGamers
: developer-spam list, through which their editor BCCs form letters to what
: I assume is a broad spectrum of Xbox developers. The letters always ask
: for exclusive content for XboxGamers. I've never responded because I don't
: like spam. Over the weekend he sent me a personally-addressed message
: (Subject; Hey Matt!) which was out of the ordinary in and of itself. Most
: of the message was boilerplate text about what a great site XboxGamers is,
: and the last bit was a custom paragraph asking for some Halo 2 exclusives.

: I told him I work pretty much exclusively with fansites in the Bungie
: community and he really needed to go through the general Xbox PR folks if
: he wanted exclusive stuff for his site.

: He replied that the Xbox PR folks never help him out much and asked,
: "Would you be able to comment on a few details about Halo 2?"

: I replied that if he had questions he could ask them, but I probably wouldn't
: have any good answers this early in the development cycle. Obviously it
: was foolish of me to assume that by "a few details" he actually
: meant "a few details."

: This morning I get an email telling me he's polling his site readership for
: questions for a full-scale "exclusive interview" and I can have
: answers for him later this week. Gee, thanks.

: This has left an extremely foul taste in my mouth - especially the letter
: from XboxGamers that addressed my displeasure with this bait-and-switch
: maneuver by saying "I'm very sorry you feel this way but just answer
: the ones you can answer....we promise this will be great publicity for
: your title." Whether XboxGamers get any answers at all is still way,
: way, way up in the air.

: -Matt

Well, if it makes you feel any better, the news article I put up about it is currently unreadable. :)

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Replies:

Bungie interview on Halo 2 - submit questionAginor 8/12/02 3:28 p.m.
     Re: Bungie interview on Halo 2 - submit questionUriel 8/12/02 3:46 p.m.
     No, Don't!Matt 8/12/02 4:09 p.m.
           ouch. *NM*oddworld18 8/12/02 4:13 p.m.
           Re: No, Don't!Warbow 8/12/02 4:24 p.m.
                 Re: No, Don't!Elan Sleazbagano 8/12/02 6:09 p.m.
           Re: No, Don't!Louis Wu 8/12/02 4:47 p.m.
                 Re: No, Don't!Uriel 8/12/02 6:12 p.m.
                       for me as well *NM*Elan Sleazbagano 8/12/02 6:16 p.m.
                       Re: No, Don't!Louis Wu 8/12/02 6:23 p.m.
                             Re: No, Don't!Elan Sleazbagano 8/12/02 6:32 p.m.
                                   Re: No, Don't!Louis Wu 8/12/02 6:41 p.m.
                                         Re: No, Don't!Elan Sleazbagano 8/12/02 6:52 p.m.
                                               Re: No, Don't!*Ar-Isildur of *WP* 8/12/02 7:03 p.m.
                                                     Re: No, Don't!Achronos 8/12/02 7:30 p.m.
                                                           Re: No, Don't!vector40 8/12/02 10:23 p.m.
                                                                 lolLouis Wu 8/12/02 10:53 p.m.
                                                                       Re: lolCunbelin The Longwinded 8/12/02 11:08 p.m.
                                                                       Re: lolvector40 8/13/02 12:19 a.m.
                                                                             Re: lolHalo-Wannabe 8/13/02 12:30 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: lolvector40 8/13/02 1:36 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: lolCunbelin The Longwinded 8/13/02 1:38 a.m.
                                                                                               Re: lolvector40 8/13/02 3:08 a.m.
                                                                                                     Re: lolLouis Wu 8/13/02 4:11 a.m.
                                                                                                           Re: lolvector40 8/13/02 4:13 a.m.
                                                                                                                 Re: lolTarrsk 8/13/02 10:59 a.m.
                                                                                                                 Re: lolHalo-Wannabe 8/13/02 12:09 p.m.
                                                                                                                       Re: lolLouis Wu 8/13/02 12:33 p.m.
                                                                                                                             "this time" hehMiguel Chavez 8/13/02 12:44 p.m.
                                                                                                                                   I'm not touching this one *NM*Louis Wu 8/13/02 1:07 p.m.
                                                                                                                             Re: lolHalo-Wannabe 8/13/02 7:25 p.m.
                                                                 Re: No, Don't!Achronos 8/13/02 1:17 p.m.
                 Re: No, Don't!Aginor 8/12/02 7:15 p.m.
                       Re: No, Don't!Louis Wu 8/12/02 7:27 p.m.
                             Re: No, Don't!Aginor 8/12/02 7:45 p.m.
                                   Re: No, Don't!Louis Wu 8/12/02 7:49 p.m.
                                         Re: No, Don't!Aginor 8/12/02 9:06 p.m.
           Re: No, Don't!Patroclus 8/12/02 5:46 p.m.
                 Re: No, Don't!tarehart 8/12/02 8:45 p.m.
           ack*Ar-Isildur of *WP* 8/12/02 6:10 p.m.
                 edit your post...Miguel Chavez 8/13/02 10:12 a.m.
                       aright, I take that back...Miguel Chavez 8/13/02 6:36 p.m.
           Sorry, I didn't know...Aginor 8/12/02 7:05 p.m.
                 Re: Sorry, I didn't know...Matt 8/12/02 7:54 p.m.
                       Re: Sorry, I didn't know...Barnolde 8/12/02 8:42 p.m.
                             Re: Sorry, I didn't know...bagelman 8/12/02 11:19 p.m.
                                   Re: Sorry, I didn't know...oddworld18 8/13/02 9:29 a.m.
                       *sobs some more then lightens up*...trailer? :-) *NM*Aginor 8/12/02 9:07 p.m.
           Re: No, Don't!todds 8/16/02 1:08 a.m.
           Re: No, Don't!Gecko_2k2 8/16/02 1:22 a.m.



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