Bungie.net
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| URL | http://www.bungie.net/ |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Official Bungie Studios website, forums |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | Microsoft |
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Bungie.net is the official website of video game developer Bungie Studios, makers of the popular Halo series for Xbox, as well as earlier games such as Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete, Pathways Into Darkness, the Marathon series, Myth, Myth 2 and Oni. Before Bungie was purchased by Microsoft, Bungie.net was used to host and play the Myth series of games. In addition to being the main portal to all official information about Bungie and their games, Bungie.net also operates as a statistical database for the game Halo 2.
Bungie.net retrieves data directly from the Xbox Live servers and stores it in its databases. Every Xbox Live player that participates in a match of a Halo 2 will have an account created on Bungie.net. Connecting your Xbox Live Gamertag with a Microsoft Passport enables you to log on to your account. When logged on you can access much more information. The Game Viewer allows you to see any match on a series of images of the map telling you where you got killed, who killed you, and where they killed you from. You can also change settings to show where a specific player has achieved all his kills. You can also access information on any of Bungie's past or upcoming games, along with news posts and information from the developers themselves. There is also a message board that can be accessed and posted on.
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[edit] Groups on Bungie.net
Groups on the new bungie.net are down. they want to make them more useful and have more of a meaning. Groups were used originally for setting up Halo lan parties and other things related to halo. But with Halo 2 and xbox live they kind of lose there purpose. Around that time the Bungie webteam got handed a task of rebuilding the website. One of the first things they did was make the website faster and easier to use. The other thing they did was make it easier for the content manager (Frankie)to post. They added other thing other things and stated getting stats ready for Halo 3. Due to the importance of stats and such on halo 3 and that groups won't work on the new website they have be taken down while they make them useful again
No timeline has been given but they said that they will be done right. So it could be awhile.
[edit] Forums on Bungie
Yet another feature on the Bungie website are the forums. The forums are a part of Bungie that let the members discuss things in certain topics, to each forum, its own topic. The list of forums are as follows:
[edit] The Underground
"Discussions about anything and everything Bungie."
Discussion of oldschool Bungie games such as Marathon, Myth, and Oni take place here, as well as anything relating to Bungie in general.
[edit] The Bungie.net Community
"Improve the Seventh Column and take over the world!"
The bungie.net community is the hub of Bungie's large and dedicated community. Various contests and debates are held here, as well as providing a place for suggestions to improve the site and questions relating to it. Note: it was renamed when bungie.net was relaunched. 9see below)
[edit] Halo 3 Forum
"Halo 3 General"
This forum is dedicated to the newly announced Halo 3. At this time the discussion is mainly fan speculation on the upcoming game's contents and comments on what fans want (or do not want) to see in it. This extends to story line elements as well as game play.
[edit] Halo 2 Forum
"Halo 2 General"
This forum is dedicated to the campaign mode of Halo 2, mostly relating to its storyline but also to easter eggs hidden within the game. Fanfics are also posted here. And anything that has nothing to do with playlist.
[edit] Optimatch
"Dedicated forum for Halo 2 Xbox Live Optimatch Playlist Discussions."
In this forum, various suggestions for online matchmaking playlists in Halo 2 are put forth, although very rarely are they ever accepted. The employee at Bungie responsible for receiving these suggestions is known only by his screen name, Jeremiah (previously "Ninja 0n Fire").
[edit] Halo 1 and 2 PC
"Dedicated forum for Halo 2 Vista / Halo PC related discussions."
This forum is dedicated to all versions of Halo PC, including Halo: Custom Edition. This forum is also the center of discussion for the upcoming Halo 2 for Windows Vista.
[edit] Halo: Combat Evolved
"Dedicated forum for Halo Xbox related discussions."
A relatively inactive forum, The Library is dedicated to Halo: Combat Evolved for Xbox in all its aspects, from storyline to multiplayer.
[edit] The Gallery
"We post zany pictures, you get to write about them."
Regular members are not permitted to make new topics in this forum; rather, they post captions to humorous pictures posted by the administrators of Bungie.net. The last update this forum received was in 2006 when "KPaul" started putting up contests and avatar submissions temporarily.
[edit] The News
"This forum is for discussion of the latest Bungie.net news stories."
As with The Gallery, members are not allowed to make new topics. Instead, they discuss recently-posted news stories in pre-made topics.
[edit] Voting Booth
"This forum is for official Bungie polls."
Once again, members are not allowed to make topics. Here is where Bungie conducts its official polls on many different subjects.
[edit] The Classifieds
"This forum is for promotion and recruiting for Chapters."
The Classifieds is a place where members may recruit other members either for their group or for their clan on Xbox Live. Gamertags are also exchanged here for custom games. Although the main purpose of this forum use to be recruiting members and allowing them to post in the threads thus declaring their interest in the group and subsequently boosting it to the top of the page so others may find it the Moderators of bungie.net have decided that no more replies shall be allowed on this forum and all who post replies or an ad more than once will be banned henceforth.
[edit] The Flood
"Off topic forum. Use at your own risk. Say your stupid things here."
The obligatory off-topic forum, The Flood contains topics ranging from inquiries about your favorite food to comments on the newest games, and many other fascinating subjects not related to Bungie itself.
[edit] Forum Moderators
The moderators on Bungie.net are volunteers from the community who donate their time and patience to help maintain some peace and order on the forums. They primarily work to combat spammers and rule violators while also helping to answer questions and welcome new members. If a moderator sees a thread that doesn't belong in a forum, they will move it. If it's an inappropriate thread, they will lock it. The moderators also report members who violate Bungie's rules to the Bungie team so they can follow-up as appropriate.
[edit] History
Bungie.net began life in 1996 as Bungie.com, a community/business website covering Marathon and previous projects. Even in the beginning, classic pages such as Letters to the Webmaster and Soapbox existed, if in a somewhat graphically inferior manner to the later versions. A few layout and content updates ensued throughout 1997, until at the tail end of the year, consequent of the release of Myth, Bungie.net was born, serving as a community, statistics and multiplayer metaserver. Bungie.com remained to cover the business side, while it's sibling thrived. With the release of Myth II at the close of 1998, the site was further updated and now supported the multiplayer sides of both games.
Between the release of Halo and Halo 2 Bungie.net began to update every Friday in what is called a Weekly Update. In the Weekly Updates new information regarding Bungie, including their latest projects, can be found.
[edit] The New Bungie.net
On March 20th, 2007, Bungie relaunched their website. It has a more black, sleek, and easier-to-navigate layout, but has angered many members who miss the "blue, warm, coziness" of the old Bungie.net. The also renamed the forums and made navigation within the forums easier.
