Editing .fortune

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[[File:HCE_,fortune_Flaw.jpg|thumb|300px|A ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' .fortune message.]]
'''.fortune''' is an [[Easter egg]] in the [[Xbox]] version of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', as well as ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', and ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''. In all cases, the egg causes a funny message to appear when ".fortune" is written somewhere, but the egg is more extensive in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. In ''Halo 3'' and ''Halo: Reach'', giving a map variant the description of ".fortune" will produce the phrase "My modem is on fire". In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', if the player creates a profile, renames an existing one, or creates a map name and names it ".fortune", a random fortune-cookie-like saying will appear on the screen. In ''The Master Chief Collection'' the Easter egg will appear if the player enters the .fortune almost anywhere in the game, including [[Forge|map variants]], game types, [[loadout]]s, [[clan (social group)|clan tags]], or even [[Service Tag|Service ID]]. 

The ".fortune" on the text box will then also instantly disappear. However, if the player places a symbol at the beginning (such as a left parenthesis) to make ".(fortune", and subsequently uses the arrows to move to and delete the parenthesis when finished, ".fortune" will remain, allowing the player to use it as a profile name if they so wish.

Activating the Easter egg in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' unlocks the [[Mystery Achievement]].

==List of Fortune Quotes in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''==
*All your hard work will eventually pay off<ref name="HBO eggs">[http://halo.bungie.org/tipsntricks/eggs.html '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Halo Easter Eggs'']</ref>
*Everything lies in silence{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}}
*If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} ''(The first of Murphy's Laws)''
*Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} ''(A subdivision of Murphy's Law)''
*Never wear your best pants when fighting for freedom.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}}
*Rest is good, but idleness is its brother.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}}
*Smile when you're ready.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}}
*You cannot fall off the floor.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} ''(Another Murphy's Law)''
*Your luck is about to change.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}}
*I like beans.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} ''(Rare)''

==Trivia==
*This joke was also present on Bungie.net's ''[[Myth]]'' metaserver.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}}
*The Easter egg is similar to the [[Wikipedia:fortune (Unix)|fortune]] command found on most [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix]]-compatible operating systems. Like the fortune command in Unix, the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' egg draws a random quote from a database, albeit much smaller than the lists accompanying most fortune implementations.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}}
*"My modem is on fire" is the Myth / Myth2 username of the developer who inserted the .fortune Easter egg into the Myth game servers, and subsequently Halo. [https://www.macobserver.com/mwc99/dynamic/teams/bmf/modem.html MWC '99]

==Sources==
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