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what's the email? i didn't get one

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Erm, yeah chances are you wouldn't get one. They notified a few media sites, I didn't get it personally, it was sent to the site.

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Man it sucks when people pirate games.

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reports are coming in about the games quality:

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reports are coming in about the games quality:

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The same XBots who praised the first Halo despite the fact that it was really a letdown? Who is surprised?

But the can't stop a leaked game. The amateurs who get into it might have a hard time finding it, but those who regularly pirate games and download bootleg versions leaked months before their release, will return to their regular sources, Usenet groups, and private P2P servers.

Once it's out, it's out.

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Wow, there are rumors that Halo 2 is a huge letdown? Like the rumors that the Xbox was really the "Crashbox" when it first came out? Like the naysayers who said that Halo wasn't the sublime game that it was because they WANTED it to be a letdown?

Don't believe everything you read. Trust a variety of reviews, not someone on the internet who claims to have the game.

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And they cant tell you what you like and do not like

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Of course they'll say it's crappy. If they said it was good, they'd have to back it up with information, which they don't have.

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I personally think that Halo 2 shouldn't be very different from the original, because it was that good of a console game. If it was radically different, I don't think it would be near as good as it can be.

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Exactly. Halo was the perfect FPS IMO and all I really want in Halo 2 is updated graphics, new weapons and enemies, and improved AI. I'm pretty sure all that **** is in.

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I know the sentiment because that's exactly what I said about Perfect Dark in comparison to Goldeneye...And while Perfect Dark is still a great game, to me it will never have quite the appeal that Goldeneye will.

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I personally can't wait for nov 9th.. Halo 2 is gonna be a good game IMO because I mean I liked the first one. Hours of nothing to do hrm. lets go kill some ruthless alien scum :) hehe.. Just IMO though :)

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I couldn't agree more. It's absurd to think that shutting some websites down will deter the distribution of already-existing bootlegged copies to the masses. And if you're smart, you'd never download from these slow, unstable sites anyway. Everyone and anyone who knows anything about bootlegging would use usenet, or bittorrent - neither of which MS holds influence.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: there is simply no reasonable way for MS to stop the current rampant piracy. Any deterrence will have to be relegated to their next venture. And even then, I'm not sure piracy will stop. After all, we all know MS has never been known to be proficient in deterring it.

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I know a good deterrent: Smart Bombs. Everyone who prates a game gets a J-Dam down their chimney.

"Hey, this illegal copy of Halo 2 is GREAT. I can't wait to pirate all kinds of other games! Whats that sound?"

Its called a B2 Bomber, asshole. :D