Halo 3 Beta "Rule of Three"


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Remember, this stuff is being handled by Porsche-driving muckety mucks from Microsoft ? and not Bungie directly. So send all your complaints and questions to them, and not to us ? we?re just the bearers of the glad tidings.s.

[Rule of Three Programam

The "Rule of Three" program is currently planned for gamers (17 years and older) in the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia) and Canada who have access to an Xbox 360 Pro console or an Xbox 360 Core console with hard drive, a valid Xbox Live Gold subscription and the Halo 2 game.

It is a two-step process:

1. Participate in at least three hours of Halo 2 multiplayer sessions on your Xbox 360 console via Xbox Live during the three (3) day period beginning February 1st at 12:01 am EST and ending February 3rd at 11:59 pm EST.

2. After the three day window is over, head back over to www.halo3.com on February 5th and register.

If you are one of the FIRST 13,333 to do this (and meet the above requirements) you will receive an invite notification in February to participate in the Halo 3 BePlease note that if you registered to participate in the Halo 3 Beta during Phase One and were not selected, that does not preclude you from registering again for during Phase 2. .

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Also, important to note: It appears as though the Cracdiscscs act as the "invite code" to access the Halo 3 beta. It does not sound like it will be a 'scratch-off key' like the 48-hour Xbox Live Gold trials that come with some games.

When the Halo 3 multiplayer beta surfaces in spring 2007, those owners of Crackdown that have access to an Xbox 360 Pro console or an Xbox 360 Core console with hard drive and a valid Xbox Live Gold subscription simply need to load their copy of Crackdown into Xbox 360 and use the disc as a key to download the beta from Xbox Live Marketplace and join the battle in Halo 3 multiplayer.

All quotes: Bungie.

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Yessssss, i dont have to buy crackdown, i can just rent it :)

Uh, no. :blink: The discs are the codes, and I'm sure only the initial shipment of retail discs. Sorry buddy, but it's Rule of Three for you.

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Uh, no. :blink: The discs are the codes, and I'm sure only the initial shipment of retail discs. Sorry buddy, but it's Rule of Three for you.

Ummm buddy, I haven't played halo 2 in 6 months. I'm not about to start.

And yes, it will be unlimited because the disks don't have a unique id or hash.

You shouldn't post stuff you have little or no knowledge on. It just makes you look foolish in the end.

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Ummm buddy, I haven't played halo 2 in 6 months. I'm not about to start.

And yes, it will be unlimited because the disks don't have a unique id or hash.

You shouldn't post stuff you have little or no knowledge on. It just makes you look foolish in the end.

No, YOU look foolish. Microsoft/Bungie has stated that ONLY the initial shipment of discs will have beta keys, not all of them for an unlimited time. It's as simple as pressing some extra code to the initial disc shipment that you don't press to the rest. They don't have to have unique ID's.

Get your info right.

-Spenser

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No, YOU look foolish. Microsoft/Bungie has stated that ONLY the initial shipment of discs will have beta keys, not all of them for an unlimited time. It's as simple as pressing some extra code to the initial disc shipment that you don't press to the rest. They don't have to have unique ID's.

Get your info right.

-Spenser

Excuse me?

Who asked you for your opinion?

The point is... I'm not buying this garbage game to get into a beta.

I will rent it, simple as that.

I did not say anything about the codes being put on the disk forever.

You're foolish.

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Excuse me?

Who asked you for your opinion?

The point is... I'm not buying this garbage game to get into a beta.

I will rent it, simple as that.

I did not say anything about the codes being put on the disk forever.

You're foolish.

No - you made it sound like all Crackdown discs would have beta keys, and that's not the case. The beta doesn't start when Crackdown is released - you won't just be able to go and rent it and get a key. That's the point.

-Spenser

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Rule of Three Program

The "Rule of Three" program is currently planned for gamers (17 years and older) in the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia) and Canada who have access to an Xbox 360 Pro console or an Xbox 360 Core console with hard drive, a valid Xbox Live Gold subscription and the Halo 2 game.

It is a two-step process:

1. Participate in at least three hours of Halo 2 multiplayer sessions on your Xbox 360 console via Xbox Live during the three (3) day period beginning February 1st at 12:01 am EST and ending February 3rd at 11:59 pm EST.

2. After the three day window is over, head back over to www.halo3.com on February 5th and register.

If you are one of the FIRST 13,333 to do this (and meet the above requirements) you will receive an invite notification in February to participate in the Halo 3 Beta.

Please note that if you registered to participate in the Halo 3 Beta during Phase One and were not selected, that does not preclude you from registering again for during Phase 2.

Does that mean we another chance for those that weren't chosen?

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Excuse me?

Who asked you for your opinion?

The point is... I'm not buying this garbage game to get into a beta.

I will rent it, simple as that.

I did not say anything about the codes being put on the disk forever.

You're foolish.

No, you really are foolish if you think a Crackdown rental disc will get you into the Halo 3 Beta. I'm sure Microsoft has thought this one through, and if getting into the beta was as easy as renting Crackdown, they would be widening their scope for the beta far wider than they would've wanted or intended it to be.

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So do we go back and register on February 5th starting at 12:01 am EST or what? It just says register on the 5th...

Thats what I was wondering, because I dont really feel like sitting here and playing halo till 3am. I hope its you do it sometime within the next few days and then register on the 5th.

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No, you really are foolish if you think a Crackdown rental disc will get you into the Halo 3 Beta. I'm sure Microsoft has thought this one through, and if getting into the beta was as easy as renting Crackdown, they would be widening their scope for the beta far wider than they would've wanted or intended it to be.

Well, keep in mind that Crackdown comes out on February 20th and the Halo 3 Beta isn't supposed to be online until sometime in the Spring (I'd say late Spring if I were to bet on it). So if you wait to rent, you never know if you'll be getting a launch copy or a post-launch copy of Crackdown. ;)

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Ughh. I'm so tired. I've played for an hour and a half. It's 4:16 and I really need some sleep. I'll continue tommorow. (or later today, whatever.)

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so,..we have to play three hours between those days, then go to halo3.com and re-register on the 5th?

Yes, right now I'm waiting for my friend to come over so we both can play on the same box and have fun, even though I can play by myself it gets prety boring about 1 hour later :p

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If you are one of the FIRST 13,333 to do this (and meet the above requirements) you will receive an invite notification in February to participate in the Halo 3 Beta.

Anyone know exactly what this means? Is it the first 13,333 to actually play 3 hours or the first 13,333 to sign up on the 5th? Seeing as I wasn't chosen in the initial round, I have to know if I need to do an extensive Halo 2 gaming session tonight. :rofl:

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Anyone know exactly what this means? Is it the first 13,333 to actually play 3 hours or the first 13,333 to sign up on the 5th? Seeing as I wasn't chosen in the initial round, I have to know if I need to do an extensive Halo 2 gaming session tonight. :rofl:

The first to sign up after you played 3 hours on Feb. 5

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does anyone know when the site will go live? at midnight? midnight EST or PST (where bungie is?) like hell im waiting up until 3 am to sign up for a beta

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