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GuiltySpark
06-18-2004, 08:29 PM
Well, I'm not much of a speculator of W/E but this week, while reading the new update, something just kinda hit me and I had to share it. A paragraph towards the end says this:

A bunch of the artists, including of course our multiplayer SWAT team, are just finishing up a 48 hour "lovefest", time dedicated to polishing a handful of multiplayer maps. It's amazing what 48 hours of relentless man love will do to a level.Steve Cotton, the newest member of our multiplayer art team, was just showing me the purple underbelly of a CENSORED, one of our multiplayer levels for the upcoming milestone. I can hardly believe this is the same kooky level I sketched over a year ago in Illustrator, it looks so damn good. Right smack in the middle of the map is an area that I'm convinced, once combined with a little magic that Adrian snuck in for me waaaay back, will be the ultimate King hill. Not for those with weak stomachs though. Too bad we're not working on King of the Hill right now, I can hardly wait! In the meantime Carney has taken our very first ever Halo 2 multiplayer map (also the map that's gone through the most complete revisions ... lovingly dubbed "Space Toilet" in its youth) and turned it into a real treat. Our goal from day 1 with this map was to capture some of the fun of an old favorite Marathon map, Mars Needs Women. It's looks absolutely nothing like that map, but people keep telling me that it feels like it. Awesome! Not only does it play great, once they get the "neighborhood" in this map is going to look incredible!

Well, I decided to think about exactly what he CENSORED and I have some to this conclusion. It is a new covenant ship, one of those big ones maybe a battleship or a carrier. We may have seen this ship previously (first Halo 2 teaser?) but they won't tell us the name yet. My point is this: Using the CENSORED in the same proximity of "multiplayer" "underbelly" and "not for those with weak stomachs" leads me to believe that a multiplayer level will be on the bottom of a huge covenent ship which is, of course, in space.

I know, I know its farfetched, but well I figured Max got his thread closed because of the "Grunt" so maybe I won't look as dumb as I would have. (No 'fense Max :cheers: It did look like a grunt).

So let's hear it...

l Maximus l
06-18-2004, 09:31 PM
Personally, I think the word "CENSORED" is the purple underbelly of a grunt :rofl:

BunnyRabbit
06-18-2004, 10:58 PM
I thought it was a grunt too! I was almost completely sure it was when I finally noticed what he was talking about.

But of course when I heard it was actually a crouching Master Chief I could see it.. It definitely was not a grunt.. But worth the post. =P

themoosearmy
06-18-2004, 11:14 PM
Well, I'm not much of a speculator of W/E but this week, while reading the new update, something just kinda hit me and I had to share it. A paragraph towards the end says this:



Well, I decided to think about exactly what he CENSORED and I have some to this conclusion. It is a new covenant ship, one of those big ones maybe a battleship or a carrier. We may have seen this ship previously (first Halo 2 teaser?) but they won't tell us the name yet. My point is this: Using the CENSORED in the same proximity of "multiplayer" "underbelly" and "not for those with weak stomachs" leads me to believe that a multiplayer level will be on the bottom of a huge covenent ship which is, of course, in space.

I know, I know its farfetched, but well I figured Max got his thread closed because of the "Grunt" so maybe I won't look as dumb as I would have. (No 'fense Max :cheers: It did look like a grunt).

So let's hear it...
Those vehicles were named in this update and in the teaser trailer so there is no need to censor them. They are called the phantom (larger) and shadow (smaller).

GuiltySpark
06-19-2004, 12:56 AM
Well perhaps it is a new ship then. I still think it is a ship and not the belly of a grunt! :cheers:

themoosearmy
06-19-2004, 12:37 PM
I was thinking maybe a covenent crash site. That would be sweet to have a bunch of burning ships stuck halfway out of the ground while everyone battles around them.

GuiltySpark
06-19-2004, 12:57 PM
But is says that the purple underbelly of CENSORED is the multiplayer level. I don't know how anyone can deny it especially after he said it's not for those with weak stomachs.

TOTTEN
06-19-2004, 01:47 PM
i think you right guilty spark or maby a human ship

themoosearmy
06-19-2004, 02:02 PM
But is says that the purple underbelly of CENSORED is the multiplayer level. I don't know how anyone can deny it especially after he said it's not for those with weak stomachs.
I agree with ya, I mean it could possibly be a crashed ship.

GuiltySpark
06-19-2004, 06:17 PM
Well, one thing is for sure, we are gonna' have one hell of a multiplayer level. :cheers:

FB-Gollum
06-20-2004, 10:52 AM
He said not for those with weak stomachs. Maybe it's the underbelly of a creature. Given weak stomachs could be referring to the vertigo effect from the vastness of space under you on a ship. However, it could be some secret giant space creature.

GuiltySpark
06-20-2004, 01:25 PM
I never even really thought about it like that. I guess anything is possible.

E Nomini Patri
06-20-2004, 01:28 PM
Maybe it's a giant pair of purple pants. I know that it would be scary with the threat of falling down a pant leg. Don't ask about the underbelly...