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== Background ==
== Background ==
The website was created in late May, 1999 as "blam.bungie.org", back when "''[[blam!]]''" was used as a codename for Bungie's [[Halo: Combat Evolved|''Halo'' project]]. The website was originally maintained by three staff members. At one point of time, one of the staff dropped out followed by another shortly after [[Bungie]] announced their [[Bungie#End_of_partnership|end of partnership]] with [[Microsoft]] in [[2007|October, 2007]].
The website was created in late May, 1999 as "blam.bungie.org", back when "''[[blam!]]''" was used as a codename for Bungie's [[Halo: Combat Evolved|''Halo'' project]]. The website was originally maintained by three staff members. At one point of time, one of the staff dropped out followed by another shortly after [[Bungie]] announced their [[Bungie#End_of_partnership|end of partnership]] with [[Microsoft]] in [[2007 (real world)|October, 2007]].


Though unaffiliated with either Bungie or [[343 Industries]], the website remains to be one of the most popular and most visited ''Halo'' fansites. During the release week of ''[[Halo 3]]'', the website received about 600,000 pageviews a day.
Though unaffiliated with either Bungie or [[343 Industries]], the website remains to be one of the most popular and most visited ''Halo'' fansites. During the release week of ''[[Halo 3]]'', the website received about 600,000 pageviews a day.