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{{main|Bungie}}[[Image:New Bungie.net.jpg|thumb|275px|Bungie.net with a new, fresh look.]]
'''Bungie.net''' is the official website of video game developer [[Bungie Studios]]. 

==Background==
Before Bungie was purchased by [[Microsoft]], Bungie.net was used to host and play the ''Myth'' series of games. In addition to being the main portal to all official information about Bungie and their games, Bungie.net also operates as a statistical database for the game ''[[Halo 2]]''. 

Bungie.net retrieves data directly from the Xbox Live servers and stores it in its databases. Every Xbox Live player that participates in a match of a ''Halo 2'' will have an account created on Bungie.net. Connecting your Xbox Live Gamertag with a Microsoft Passport enables you to log on to your account. When logged on you can access much more information. 

The Game Viewer allows you to see any match on a series of images of the map telling you where you got killed, who killed you, and where they killed you from. You can also change settings to show where a specific player has achieved all his kills. You can also access information on any of [[Bungie]]'s past or upcoming games, along with news posts and information from the developers themselves. There is also a message board that can be accessed and posted on.

== PlayerStats ==
PlayerStats is a site within each individual Xbox Live Gamertag. Each page displays this players level in the various game types and where the past 1000 game scores can be accessed and viewed. The number of matches played is displayed along with the number of wins. These statistics can also be accessed via RSS feeds. Two developers have recently come up with a template for "Microsoft Excel 2003 Pro" that allows you to download your RSS newsfeed and view it in different charts and tables. The Leaderboards Page has been removed from Bungie.net to deter cheaters from Halo 2.

== Groups on Bungie.net ==

One feature of bungie.net is creating groups. If you have an account registered and have been a member for at least 14 days, you can create groups—commonly referred to as "chapters" or "fanclubs." Groups can have any theme to them. You can create anything from a free-for-all chat room to a Halo fan club.
Groups have a special system in them generally referred to as ''ranks''. These ranks are admin positions that vary in power. Powers include kicking members out of the group, banning members, posting news stories for the group to read, changing rank positions. The group's founder automatically has the Full Control rank. A common problem with most groups is that they fail to find a 'niche'. For instance, many new groups are themed around Halo, even though there are already dedicated public forums relating to it, as well as a large number of groups with the same theme that have already been established. This is the reason that most groups fail; that, or poor marketing and distribution of power (some members act nice until promoted, then overthrow the group) There is a two-week delay between the creation of a new account and when the account is allowed to create a new group, for anti-spam purposes.

== New Look == 
As of March 19th 2008, Bungie.net got a new look. It is a preparation for the Halo 3 beta and launch. It has a more futuristic look and lets you let view previous stories without a link. It shows the job openings on the front page. All the stuff is at the top. Even a link to the forums all on the front page.

Later, after the new Legendary Map Packs were on the Xbox Live Marketplace, Bungie.net had changed its background to the backdrop of [[Blackout (Level)|Blackout]].

==Forums on Bungie==

Yet another feature on the Bungie website are the forums. The forums are a part of Bungie that let the members discuss things in certain topics, to each forum, its own topic. The list of forums are as follows:

=== The Underground ===
"Discussions about anything and everything Bungie."

Discussion of old school Bungie games such as ''[[Marathon]]'', ''Myth'', and ''Oni'' take place here, as well as anything relating to Bungie in general. 

=== The Septagon ===
"Improve the Seventh Column and take over the world!"

The Septagon is the hub of Bungie's large and dedicated community. Various contests and debates are held here, as well as providing a place for suggestions to improve the site and questions relating to it. Help improve the 7th Column [http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=8035773 here].

=== New Mombasa ===
"Halo 2 General"

This forum is dedicated to the campaign mode of ''Halo 2'', mostly relating to its storyline but also to easter eggs hidden within the game. Fanfics are also posted here. With the removal of the Zanzibar forum, and the addition of the new Halo 3 forum, this is also the place for general multiplayer discussion.

=== Halo 3 Forum ===
"Halo 3 General"

This forum is dedicated to ''[[Halo 3]]''.

=== Halo 3 Files Forum ===
==== Community Screenshots ====
"View, rate, and discuss shared screenshots."
==== Community Films ====
"Download and watch community films, then come back to rate and discuss."
==== Community Film Clips ====
"Download and watch community film clips, then come back to rate and discuss."
==== Community Game Varieties ====
"Download and watch community game variants, then come back to rate and discuss."
==== Community Map Varieties ====
"Download and watch community map variants, then come back to rate and discuss."

=== Optimatch ===
"Dedicated forum for Halo 2 and Halo 3 Xbox Live Optimatch Playlist Discussions."

In this forum, various suggestions for online matchmaking playlists in ''[[Halo 2]]''and Halo 3 are put forth, although very rarely are they ever accepted. The employee at Bungie responsible for receiving these suggestions is known only by his screen name, Ninja on Fire.

=== The Maw ===
"Dedicated forum for Halo 2 Vista / Halo PC related discussions."

This forum is dedicated to all versions of Halo PC, including ''[[Halo: Custom Edition]]''. This forum is also the center of discussion for the recently released [[Halo (video game series)#Halo 2 for Windows Vista|''Halo 2'' for Windows Vista]].

=== The Library ===
"Dedicated forum for Halo Xbox related discussions."

A relatively inactive forum, The Library is dedicated to ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' for [[Xbox]] in all its aspects, from storyline to multiplayer.

=== The Gallery ===
"We post zany pictures, you get to write about them."

Regular members are not permitted to make new topics in this forum; rather, they post captions to humorous pictures posted by the administrators of Bungie.net. This Forum hasn’t been updated in years. Some members speculate that it will be removed in a future site update.

=== The News ===
"This forum is for discussion of the latest Bungie.net news stories."

As with The Gallery, members are not allowed to make new topics. Instead, they discuss recently-posted news stories in pre-made topics.

=== Voting Booth ===
"This forum is for official Bungie polls."

Once again, members are not allowed to make topics. Here is where Bungie conducts its official polls on many different subjects.

=== The Classifieds ===
"This forum is for promotion and recruiting for Chapters."

The Classifieds is a place where members may recruit other members either for their group or for their clan on Xbox Live. Gamertags are also exchanged here for custom games. Although the main purpose of this forum use to be recruiting members and allowing them to post in the threads thus declaring their interest in the group and subsequently boosting it to the top of the page so others may find it the Moderators of bungie.net have decided that no more replies shall be allowed on this forum and all who post replies or an ad more than once will be banned henceforth.

=== The Flood ===
"Off topic forum. Use at your own risk. Say your stupid things here."

The obligatory off-topic forum, The Flood contains topics ranging from inquiries about your favorite food to comments on the newest games.

Currently, a round of the Diplomacy game is being hosted by one of the moderators.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Flood is not a personal blog *

=== Forum Moderators ===
The moderators on Bungie.net are volunteers from the community who donate their time and patience to help maintain some peace and order on the forums. They primarily work to combat spammers and rule violators while also helping to answer questions and welcome new members. If a moderator sees a thread that doesn't belong in a forum, they will move it. If it's an inappropriate thread, they will lock it. The moderators also report members who violate Bungie's rules to the Bungie team so they can follow-up as appropriate.

==History==
Bungie.net began life in 1996 as Bungie.com, a community/business website covering ''Marathon'' and previous projects. Even in the beginning, classic pages such as Letters to the Webmaster and Soapbox existed, if in a somewhat graphically inferior manner to the later versions. A few layout and content updates ensued throughout 1997, until at the tail end of the year, consequent of the release of ''Myth'', Bungie.net was born, serving as a community, statistics and multiplayer metaserver. Bungie.com remained to cover the business side, while it's sibling thrived. With the release of ''Myth II'' at the close of 1998, the site was further updated and now supported the multiplayer sides of both games.

=== The Great Hack of '07 ===
On Sunday, July 8, 2007, the Moderator Pezz had his, as well as other's, accounts hacked. Moderators were blacklisted. Stickies and topics were deleted and blocked. The hacker(s) caused panic by Rick Rolling and posting links to Meatspin. Almost every forum was attacked. Many people thought it had something to do with the ARG Iris, but no one is certain. The Flood Forum was said to have been hit hardest with over an entire page filled with blocked topics.

This hacking spree went on for a quarter hour.

===The April Fool's 2008 Gift===
[[Image:MisterChiefMap.png|thumb|Bungie.net on Aprils Fools]]

In the Bungie Online Forum, on the front page the development staff drew a picture of Mister Chief in the "1000 Points of Light" Online Multiplayer World Map. This modified map was also displayed on Xbox Live from within the Halo 3 Matchmaking Lobby. The screenshot below was taken during a scheduled Xbox Live maintenance window where all users were logged out of the service. The timing of the outage was purely a coincidence which had nothing to do with April Fool's day (as reported by e on Major Nelson's prior week podcast). It appears that a person or persons unknown on Bungie's staff decided to take advantage of the outage and further Bungie's quest for World Domination through the appearance of Mister Chief across three continents.

There is very little information publicly known about the Online Multiplayer World Map, how the map is drawn and what data is used to compose the map. It can be safely concluded that each point of light does have an actual relationship to a real time user of Halo 3 Multiplayer, but how many people are needed to turn a single point of light on is unknown. The web development team has been typically tight lipped on the subject.

==Trivia==
Bungie.net is now updated every Friday in what is called a Weekly Update. You can find all news regarding the Bungie world including latest projects here.
Occasionally Bungie.net in Internet Explorer 7 will have messages in the tabs like I blame Stosh and Don't use -blam-!

==See also==
* [[Bungie Studios]]
* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Marathon]]''

==External links==
* [http://bungie.net/ Bungie.net]
* [http://bungie.net/stats/ Bungie.net Player Stats]
* [http://www.isamrad.com/Halo2RSS/ Halo 2 RSS Excel Workbook]

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-'''Bungie.net''' is the main official portal of [[Bungie|Bungie Studios]], the developer of [[Halo universe|Halo]], [[Wikipedia:Myth (series)|Myth]], [[Wikipedia:Oni (video game)|Oni]], and [[Marathon]], and the only site for interaction between company staff and the community surrounding Bungie's games.
-== Background ==
+==Background==
-Before Bungie was purchased by [[Microsoft]], Bungie.net was used to host and play the ''Myth'' series of games. In addition to being the main portal to all official information about Bungie and their games, Bungie.net also operated as a statistical database for the games ''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. Bungie.net retrieved data directly from the Xbox and Xbox 360 LIVE servers and stored it in its databases. Every Xbox Live player that participated in a match of a ''Halo 2'', ''Halo 3'', ''Halo 3: ODST'' or ''Halo: Reach'' prior to April 1, 2012, had an account created on Bungie.net automatically. Bungie.net transferred all of its record-keeping responsibilities to [[Halo Waypoint]] on March 31, 2012.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=32028 '''Bungie.net''': ''Final Transition for Bungie.net Halo Services'']</ref>
+Before Bungie was purchased by [[Microsoft]], Bungie.net was used to host and play the ''Myth'' series of games. In addition to being the main portal to all official information about Bungie and their games, Bungie.net also operates as a statistical database for the game ''[[Halo 2]]''.
-== History ==
+Bungie.net retrieves data directly from the Xbox Live servers and stores it in its databases. Every Xbox Live player that participates in a match of a ''Halo 2'' will have an account created on Bungie.net. Connecting your Xbox Live Gamertag with a Microsoft Passport enables you to log on to your account. When logged on you can access much more information.
-Bungie.net began life in 1996 as ''Bungie.com'', a community/business website covering ''Marathon'' and previous projects. Even in the beginning, classic pages such as ''"Letters to the Webmaster and Soapbox"'' existed, if in a somewhat graphically inferior manner to the later versions. A few layout and content updates ensued throughout 1997 until at the end of the year, consequent of the release of ''Myth'', Bungie.net was born, serving as a community, statistics and multiplayer metaserver. Bungie.com remained to cover the business side, while its sibling thrived. With the release of ''Myth II'' at the close of 1998, the site was further updated and now supported the multiplayer sides of both games.
-<!--
-=== Site redesigned ===
-On March 19, 2007, the website was given a new layout design and featured new accessibility features in preparation for the [[Halo 3 Beta]] and its launch. On July 14, 2008, the site became part of the [[Superintendent viral campaign|Halo 3: ODST viral campaign]], where the homepage shows a [[:File:Pardon Our Dust.jpg|false service suspension]]. By July 15, 2008, [[:File:Background Message.jpeg|an apology letter]] from the President of Bungie, Harold Ryan, announced that the announcement trailer of ''Halo 3: ODST'' would be postponed and the site's layout was reverted to its previous design. In order to coincide with the release of ''Halo 3: ODST'', the website experienced some layout updates such as a new front page which displayed a Flash-processed News Archive, a quick-access to players' personal stats and a ''Road To Recon'' list which showed the achievements the player earned; successfully obtaining all achievements unlocked the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI/R variant|Recon Armor]].
--->
-=== End of an era ===
-On March 31, 2012, Bungie.net transferred the last of its record-keeping responsibilities to Halo Waypoint. Although statistics and files collected prior to that date are retained, the information is no longer updated. Players are also no longer able to change their [[Nameplates]].
-== Bungie.net and public interaction ==
+The Game Viewer allows you to see any match on a series of images of the map telling you where you got killed, who killed you, and where they killed you from. You can also change settings to show where a specific player has achieved all his kills. You can also access information on any of [[Bungie]]'s past or upcoming games, along with news posts and information from the developers themselves. There is also a message board that can be accessed and posted on.
-Bungie.net is an extremely successful and enjoyable online community, and that's mostly because of a member's ability to interact with the site and other members. Although there are different ways of doing this, the most widespread and popular is posting in the forums.
-=== Bungie.net public forums ===
+== PlayerStats ==
-Inside these, any registered, non-blacklisted member may create or reply to a topic. Members cannot create new topics in the Voting Booth or The News unless their accounts have a certain level of security clearance.
+PlayerStats is a site within each individual Xbox Live Gamertag. Each page displays this players level in the various game types and where the past 1000 game scores can be accessed and viewed. The number of matches played is displayed along with the number of wins. These statistics can also be accessed via RSS feeds. Two developers have recently come up with a template for "Microsoft Excel 2003 Pro" that allows you to download your RSS newsfeed and view it in different charts and tables. The Leaderboards Page has been removed from Bungie.net to deter cheaters from Halo 2.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=1 Bungie Universe Forum]— Formerly known as ''The Underground'' - Discussion of all things Bungie.
+== Groups on Bungie.net ==
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=3 Bungie.net Community Forum]— Formerly known as ''The Septagon'' - Talk about community stuff here.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=304365 Halo: Reach Forum]- Topics concerning the game Halo: Reach.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=304364 Halo 3: ODST Forum]- Discussion relating to the Halo 3 expansion, Halo 3: ODST.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=105242 Halo 3 Forum] — All subjects regarding Halo 3's campaign or otherwise are located here.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=6 Halo 2 Forum]— Formerly known as ''New Mombasa'' - Anything and everything related to Halo 2.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=2 Halo 1 & 2 For PC]— Formerly known as ''The Maw'' - Discussion of Halo and Halo 2 for the PC.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=7 Halo Combat Evolved Forum]— Formerly known as ''The Library'' - General Halo Xbox discussion.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=4 The Gallery Forum]—Crazy pictures from Bungie and fan-created art goes here. This forum hosts the occasional Caption Contest.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=5 The News Forum]—Bungie's top news stories go here. Whenever you see a Weekly Update or other announcement on the front page, a corresponding thread for discussion of that story automatically appears in The News.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=9 The Classifieds]—Advertise for your Halo 2 clan, Bungie.net chapter, or other general recruiting here.
-#[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=10 Off-Topic Forum: The Flood]— Formerly known as ''The Flood'' - Off-Topic forum; use at your own risk.
-=== Private groups ===
+One feature of bungie.net is creating groups. If you have an account registered and have been a member for at least 14 days, you can create groups—commonly referred to as "chapters" or "fanclubs." Groups can have any theme to them. You can create anything from a free-for-all chat room to a Halo fan club.
-Users have the ability to create their own private groups (also known as Chapters) on Bungie.net. A private group consists of a private forum and is moderated by the members themselves. The group founder has the ability to accept and reject members, and give other people moderator powers. Bungie also does a private group spotlight and gives one of the Bungie.net groups the ability to control Bungie Favorites for two weeks.
+Groups have a special system in them generally referred to as ''ranks''. These ranks are admin positions that vary in power. Powers include kicking members out of the group, banning members, posting news stories for the group to read, changing rank positions. The group's founder automatically has the Full Control rank. A common problem with most groups is that they fail to find a 'niche'. For instance, many new groups are themed around Halo, even though there are already dedicated public forums relating to it, as well as a large number of groups with the same theme that have already been established. This is the reason that most groups fail; that, or poor marketing and distribution of power (some members act nice until promoted, then overthrow the group) There is a two-week delay between the creation of a new account and when the account is allowed to create a new group, for anti-spam purposes.
-=== Forum moderators ===
+== New Look ==
-The moderators on Bungie.net are volunteers from the community who donate their time and patience to help maintain some peace and order on the forums. They primarily work to combat spammers and rule violators, while also helping to answer questions and welcome new members. If a moderator sees a thread that doesn't belong in a forum, they will move it. If it's an inappropriate thread, they will lock it. The moderators also report members who violate Bungie's rules to the Bungie team, so they can follow up as appropriate.
+As of March 19th 2008, Bungie.net got a new look. It is a preparation for the Halo 3 beta and launch. It has a more futuristic look and lets you let view previous stories without a link. It shows the job openings on the front page. All the stuff is at the top. Even a link to the forums all on the front page.
-== Trivia ==
+Later, after the new Legendary Map Packs were on the Xbox Live Marketplace, Bungie.net had changed its background to the backdrop of [[Blackout (Level)|Blackout]].
-*Bungie.net has a total of 3 million page views per day and accumulates over 300 GB of data a month of online game statistics from the almost 1 million online games played every day.<ref>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms978497.aspx '''Microsoft:''' ''Bungie.net Technical Case Study'']</ref>
-*Occasionally, Bungie.net will have comical messages in the title bar such as ''"Satisfy Your Grunty Thirst"'', ''"Our Webmaster Wears a Gorilla Suit and a Jetpack"'' and ''"Don't use -[[blam!|blam]]-!"''.
-*Bungie.net's design and inventive features have not gone unnoticed, since it was rated as the "Most Innovative Design" by IGN Entertainment in 2004.<ref>[http://bestof.ign.com/2004/xbox/14.html '''IGN:''' ''IGN Xbox Best of 2004 Awards'']</ref> The site also exceeds a 99 percent up-time ratio even through peak usage periods such as the week of the Halo 2 release.
-*The "search" button for the search bar of the site is actually the Marathon symbol, tilted on its side to resemble a magnifying glass.
-== Gallery ==
+==Forums on Bungie==
-<gallery>
-File:Bungienet logo 1999.gif|Bungie.net logo circa 1999.
-File:Bungie logo 2004.gif|Bungie.net logo circa 2004.
-File:Old Bungie net banner.jpg|An old banner from Bungie.net
-File:H2 GravityThrone Gonefishing.jpg|A 2004-era error page image, with artwork by [[Lorraine McLees]].
-File:Old Bungie net image.jpg|Bungie.net around December 2006.
-File:MisterChiefMap.png|April Fool's of 2008 on Bungie.net
-File:Service Will Resume.jpeg|Halo 3: ODST viral campaign on Bungie.net
-File:Background Message.jpeg|President Harold Ryan's apology letter for postponing the announcement of ''Halo 3: ODST''.
-File:Bungie.net.png|Bungie.net homepage in February 2010.
-File:Bungie.net - 070910.png|Bungie.net homepage in September 2010.
-File:Bungie.net goodbye.jpg|A infograph by Bungie as a farewell to the ''Halo'' franchise (March 31, 2012)
-File:Bungie.net April 1 2012.jpg|Bungie.net's homepage on April 1, 2012.
-</gallery>
-== Sources ==
+Yet another feature on the Bungie website are the forums. The forums are a part of Bungie that let the members discuss things in certain topics, to each forum, its own topic. The list of forums are as follows:
-{{Ref/Sources}}
-== External links ==
+=== The Underground ===
-*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms978497.aspx '''Microsoft:''' ''Bungie.net Technical Case Study'']
+"Discussions about anything and everything Bungie."
+Discussion of old school Bungie games such as ''[[Marathon]]'', ''Myth'', and ''Oni'' take place here, as well as anything relating to Bungie in general.
+=== The Septagon ===
+"Improve the Seventh Column and take over the world!"
+The Septagon is the hub of Bungie's large and dedicated community. Various contests and debates are held here, as well as providing a place for suggestions to improve the site and questions relating to it. Help improve the 7th Column [http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=8035773 here].
+=== New Mombasa ===
+"Halo 2 General"
+This forum is dedicated to the campaign mode of ''Halo 2'', mostly relating to its storyline but also to easter eggs hidden within the game. Fanfics are also posted here. With the removal of the Zanzibar forum, and the addition of the new Halo 3 forum, this is also the place for general multiplayer discussion.
+=== Halo 3 Forum ===
+"Halo 3 General"
+This forum is dedicated to ''[[Halo 3]]''.
+=== Halo 3 Files Forum ===
+==== Community Screenshots ====
+"View, rate, and discuss shared screenshots."
+==== Community Films ====
+"Download and watch community films, then come back to rate and discuss."
+==== Community Film Clips ====
+"Download and watch community film clips, then come back to rate and discuss."
+==== Community Game Varieties ====
+"Download and watch community game variants, then come back to rate and discuss."
+==== Community Map Varieties ====
+"Download and watch community map variants, then come back to rate and discuss."
+=== Optimatch ===
+"Dedicated forum for Halo 2 and Halo 3 Xbox Live Optimatch Playlist Discussions."
+In this forum, various suggestions for online matchmaking playlists in ''[[Halo 2]]''and Halo 3 are put forth, although very rarely are they ever accepted. The employee at Bungie responsible for receiving these suggestions is known only by his screen name, Ninja on Fire.
+=== The Maw ===
+"Dedicated forum for Halo 2 Vista / Halo PC related discussions."
+This forum is dedicated to all versions of Halo PC, including ''[[Halo: Custom Edition]]''. This forum is also the center of discussion for the recently released [[Halo (video game series)#Halo 2 for Windows Vista|''Halo 2'' for Windows Vista]].
+=== The Library ===
+"Dedicated forum for Halo Xbox related discussions."
+A relatively inactive forum, The Library is dedicated to ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' for [[Xbox]] in all its aspects, from storyline to multiplayer.
+=== The Gallery ===
+"We post zany pictures, you get to write about them."
+Regular members are not permitted to make new topics in this forum; rather, they post captions to humorous pictures posted by the administrators of Bungie.net. This Forum hasn’t been updated in years. Some members speculate that it will be removed in a future site update.
+=== The News ===
+"This forum is for discussion of the latest Bungie.net news stories."
+As with The Gallery, members are not allowed to make new topics. Instead, they discuss recently-posted news stories in pre-made topics.
+=== Voting Booth ===
+"This forum is for official Bungie polls."
+Once again, members are not allowed to make topics. Here is where Bungie conducts its official polls on many different subjects.
+=== The Classifieds ===
+"This forum is for promotion and recruiting for Chapters."
+The Classifieds is a place where members may recruit other members either for their group or for their clan on Xbox Live. Gamertags are also exchanged here for custom games. Although the main purpose of this forum use to be recruiting members and allowing them to post in the threads thus declaring their interest in the group and subsequently boosting it to the top of the page so others may find it the Moderators of bungie.net have decided that no more replies shall be allowed on this forum and all who post replies or an ad more than once will be banned henceforth.
+=== The Flood ===
+"Off topic forum. Use at your own risk. Say your stupid things here."
+The obligatory off-topic forum, The Flood contains topics ranging from inquiries about your favorite food to comments on the newest games.
+Currently, a round of the Diplomacy game is being hosted by one of the moderators.
+<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Flood is not a personal blog *
+=== Forum Moderators ===
+The moderators on Bungie.net are volunteers from the community who donate their time and patience to help maintain some peace and order on the forums. They primarily work to combat spammers and rule violators while also helping to answer questions and welcome new members. If a moderator sees a thread that doesn't belong in a forum, they will move it. If it's an inappropriate thread, they will lock it. The moderators also report members who violate Bungie's rules to the Bungie team so they can follow-up as appropriate.
+==History==
+Bungie.net began life in 1996 as Bungie.com, a community/business website covering ''Marathon'' and previous projects. Even in the beginning, classic pages such as Letters to the Webmaster and Soapbox existed, if in a somewhat graphically inferior manner to the later versions. A few layout and content updates ensued throughout 1997, until at the tail end of the year, consequent of the release of ''Myth'', Bungie.net was born, serving as a community, statistics and multiplayer metaserver. Bungie.com remained to cover the business side, while it's sibling thrived. With the release of ''Myth II'' at the close of 1998, the site was further updated and now supported the multiplayer sides of both games.
+=== The Great Hack of '07 ===
+On Sunday, July 8, 2007, the Moderator Pezz had his, as well as other's, accounts hacked. Moderators were blacklisted. Stickies and topics were deleted and blocked. The hacker(s) caused panic by Rick Rolling and posting links to Meatspin. Almost every forum was attacked. Many people thought it had something to do with the ARG Iris, but no one is certain. The Flood Forum was said to have been hit hardest with over an entire page filled with blocked topics.
+This hacking spree went on for a quarter hour.
+===The April Fool's 2008 Gift===
+[[Image:MisterChiefMap.png|thumb|Bungie.net on Aprils Fools]]
+In the Bungie Online Forum, on the front page the development staff drew a picture of Mister Chief in the "1000 Points of Light" Online Multiplayer World Map. This modified map was also displayed on Xbox Live from within the Halo 3 Matchmaking Lobby. The screenshot below was taken during a scheduled Xbox Live maintenance window where all users were logged out of the service. The timing of the outage was purely a coincidence which had nothing to do with April Fool's day (as reported by e on Major Nelson's prior week podcast). It appears that a person or persons unknown on Bungie's staff decided to take advantage of the outage and further Bungie's quest for World Domination through the appearance of Mister Chief across three continents.
+There is very little information publicly known about the Online Multiplayer World Map, how the map is drawn and what data is used to compose the map. It can be safely concluded that each point of light does have an actual relationship to a real time user of Halo 3 Multiplayer, but how many people are needed to turn a single point of light on is unknown. The web development team has been typically tight lipped on the subject.
+==Trivia==
+Bungie.net is now updated every Friday in what is called a Weekly Update. You can find all news regarding the Bungie world including latest projects here.
+Occasionally Bungie.net in Internet Explorer 7 will have messages in the tabs like I blame Stosh and Don't use -blam-!
+==See also==
+* [[Bungie Studios]]
+* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
+* ''[[Halo 2]]''
+* ''[[Halo 3]]''
+* ''[[Marathon]]''
+==External links==
+* [http://bungie.net/ Bungie.net]
+* [http://bungie.net/stats/ Bungie.net Player Stats]
+* [http://www.isamrad.com/Halo2RSS/ Halo 2 RSS Excel Workbook]
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