Bungie Humpdays

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:35 pm

Well, I was reading the Bungie Humpday for this week, which is here:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx ... &cid=13348

And I started wondering whether HaloMods had ever challenged Bungie to one. Though, I could understand Bungie's reluctance to play HaloMods, seeing as they aren't particularly fond of people modding their game.

I'm not sure, maybe one has to be challenged by Bungie to play them, rather than challenging them. I'd just think it'd be pretty cool if we could have a humpday against them sometime.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:37 pm

This has been suggested dozens of times.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:39 pm

for real?
I've not seen a thread about it...

No need to link to one, I'll just take your word for it.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:45 pm

I'm exaggerating, but it has been mentioned quite a bit. Everyone has high hopes, but it always falls apart long before a challenge is made, mostly because the people who offer to play are unreliable. To be perfectly honest, if you wanted to do it, you'd have to take the respected, reliable members of the community. You would have to tell some people they can't play because of who they are.

Bungie chooses their opponents based on community activity. I'd say we have a fairly active base, but getting them to take the modding site, especially now with the mods being leaked, may be difficult. You could always point out that we don't permit the mods here, but they do on their site. That could either work, or make you look arrogant. It would be a chance you'd have to take. >_>

Pyroman · Post by **Pyroman** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:28 pm

I'd kick their asses...

JDMFSeanP · Post by **JDMFSeanP** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:35 pm

That'd be cool, take pyro and like drxthirst and ish, they are both active and talented.

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:38 pm

That would be funny if Halomods challenged Bungie. I'm very good myself and I could probably beat them easily.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:40 pm

Skill isn't the de facto decider here, so boasting about your abilities isn't going to accomplish anything. Furthermore, nobody's even recruiting here, so there's no reason to be offering your services...

kibito87 · Post by **kibito87** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:43 pm

I think this is a pretty cool idea. I'd love to join in and play the makers of one of my favorite games. Maybe this time around, we should not let this die, and actually try to get Bungie to accept the Humpday challenge. I'd so be down, and I am reliable

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:49 pm

We could probably get eight people in.

Dibs. Staff represent site, etc.

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:50 pm

Tural wrote:We could probably get eight people in.

Dibs. Staff represent site, etc.

lol.

kibito87 · Post by **kibito87** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:56 pm

Tural wrote:We could probably get eight people in.

Dibs. Staff represent site, etc.

But you said...

Tural wrote:the respected, reliable members of the community.

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:57 pm

Tural wrote:We could probably get eight people in.

Dibs. Staff represent site, etc.

I say we have sorta of a tournament if we ever do make a challenge or get an invite.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:00 pm

If this isn't a completely hypothetical discussion, I'd recommend seeing if they'd actually organize a game with us before we started deciding on members.

If anyone really is up for this, and would be able to create a message to them that has organized and nice grammer/language, and is also of a high status(Mythic member, anyone?), then I wouldn't be adverse to someone requesting a match.

kibito87 · Post by **kibito87** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:02 pm

Supermodder911 wrote:I say we have sorta of a tournament if we ever do make a challenge or get an invite.

As that may seem like a good idea, it would be very very unfortunate for the people who may not be as skilled as the others. I'm sure there are many members here that would love to play with Bungie, but may not have the mad skillz to win a tournament just to play with them. Which would suck and shouldn't count them out. Just because a person is good at the game doesn't mean they deserve to play with Bungie anymore than anyone else here.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:03 pm

Bungie.net forum member status has no importance here.

We're working on something.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:09 pm

Tural wrote:Bungie.net forum member status has no importance here.

Does it not? I'd feel like accepting a request from someone well - respected than from someone who isn't. Of course, if you contact them through something else...

Tural wrote:We're working on something.

Yayz!

Just curious... if this has been suggested a few times as you said, why have we waited 'till its been suggested this time to actually do something about it? Of course, I wouldn't actually know if anybody's tried before.

And I agree with kibito, we'd have to find some "standard" that users have to reach for them to be considered to play against Bungie. I understand about letting say, lower skill players play, but I wouldn't want anyone coming out of the blue, who's never posted before, asking if they can join.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:11 pm

Aumaan Anubis wrote:Does it not? I'd feel like accepting a request from someone well - respected than from someone who isn't. Of course, if you contact them through something else...

The request will not be done through the forum, and we can do one better than someone just respected on their site.

Aumaan Anubis wrote:Just curious... if this has been suggested a few times as you said, why have we waited 'till its been suggested this time to actually do something about it?

This time we have a realistic chance to actually succeed. Previously, we did not. A unique set of events has happened that gives us a shot.

Aumaan Anubis wrote:And I agree with kibito, we'd have to find some "standard" that users have to reach for them to be considered to play against Bungie. I understand about letting say, lower skill players play, but I wouldn't want anyone coming out of the blue, who's never posted before, asking if they can join.

I don't know how democratic this selection process may be.

JDMFSeanP · Post by **JDMFSeanP** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:15 pm

Don't make it demoncratic at all and please don't base it on skill or have a competition, thats not fair t the people who really matter here.

Represent the community with people who represent this community.

shade45 · Post by **shade45** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:35 pm

This is actually a good idea.. Id love to see something like this happen!