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Oracle Newsletter Volume VII for Oracle Newsletter Volume IX

April 14, 2007

The Oracle
The Unofficial Newsletter of Halopedia
Hello, Oracle Newsletter Volume IX, and once again, the Oracle bids thee tidings in this release of the Oracle Newsletter, for the week of April 14, 2007!

Wha's goin' on?

NEW VIDOCLOL! Apparently a new video documentary, Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!, was released, and no one told me about it (shoots sideways glare at Relentless, who puts his hands up and acts innocent). Anyway, you can find it at the here place thingy, and it's about Halo 3's multiplayer. Go looky!
Bubble Shield and Trip Mine are the X-Button! I KNEW IT!!! Except the tripmine... well, now you can really reenact that scene from First Strike with the frag nades and the Grunts! Sorta... meh.
I'll let Relentless put in the number of days remaining until the release of the renowned Halo 3 in November...

Local news

The Oracle Newsletter is HIRING! RelentlessRecusant is offering two positions - intern staff writer & graphical designer - to any interested Halopedian! Please message RR at his talk page to apply and to check out what opportunities the Oracle can provide you!
Have you seen the April Fools Joke? Check it out - Cabal...and to think that some people thought that these purported cabalists were communists. *RR glares accusingly at Haloman333*
Deletion of the AVC?! See this forum. Wikia Staff have requested that the Anti-Vandal Coalition be deleted because of two newly instated policies. Please offer your input!

Covenant of Halopedia news

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Current Improvement Article: Civil War of the Covenant

Help out the Covenant of Halopedia and Halopedia as a whole by improving the Civil War of the Covenant article! Donut THX 1138 and RR are offering promotions for such work!
Any ideas on how to spiff up the CoH? The Councilmen are open to your suggestions. =D

Meet Someone New!

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Ryangreenday is the distinguished community member of the week! An old-time veteran of Halopedia since August '06, he still maintains considerable spunk and charisma, forming the Halo 2 Xbox Live clan "Lima Company" - a very popular organization with over a dozen Halopedians enlisted! He's especially knowledgeable about current military ranks, and also military weapons, and has almost 4 thousand edits on Halopedia as well! He also has uploaded many images, which you can view at his page, not to mention links to YouTube videos of his favorite band. (Hint: Look at his user name. *stares*) You can speak to Ryanngreenday at his talk page!

Randomo!


9.6

The Oracle's Review for Halo 2^®, Xbox

Halo 2 is a science-fiction first person-shooter...blah blah blah...if you don't know that you play as SPARTAN-117 and the Arbiter, you can dual-wield, whateverI'msupposedtosayheretofillupspace, etc...you deserve to be shot and banned from Halopedia! =D Now, onto our review...

Gameplay: 10 - Halo 2 is a jack 'o all trades. It has nothing that is particularily outstanding...but everything just seems to...fit together, you know? Seamless playing quality.
Graphics: 9.5 - Satisfactory...although not Xbox 360-quality. =D This is offset by the fact that Halo 2 was Xbox-era...but...gahh! =D
Campaign: 10 - Hell yeah! The detail that Bungie invested into making the campaign is tremendous! Using mods, when Cairo Station shudders in the level Cairo Station, you can see the actinic flash of the Super MAC cannon...you can also see the UNSC Frigate In Amber Clad docked on Cairo Station as well...when you get to New Mombasa, you can see the flood walls that still exist from 2007 Mombasa...the realism is unnerving. Exacting detail to realism and exacting detail to gameplay equals a well deserved 10/10 in this category.
Multiplayer: 10 - Truely exceptional. When you get onto XBOX LIVE, an all-new Halo 2 experience permeates you! The multiplayer maps are wonderfully balanced, and there is nonstop action. Except when n00bs begin to mod and hack. But that's a different story. =D
OVERALL: 9.9 - A beautifully put-together video game that's considered a benchmark par excellence for all other "beautiful" video games. (Of course, if I didn't rate this something like a 9.9, I have a feeling that you Halopedians will run after us with pitchforks...=D)

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The Oracle's Help Guide for the Crackdown^® Achievement "Body Juggler"

The video game Ticket Into the Halo 3 Beta, erhm...sorry...I mean...of course...Crackdown...has just come out. While its most lucrative siren alluring players is entrance into the Halo 3 Beta some time this summer, it's loaded with beautifully done Achievements for all of you Gamerpoint whores out there. =D

Okay...the Body Juggler achievement requires you to keep a body aloft in the air for 10 seconds. How to? First off, grab a dead body. There should be many. Preferably not your own. =D Next, go to the Shai-Gen sector of Pacific City and grab one of 'em sweet Firefly homing 5-rocket rocket launchers. Firefly is an understatement of the fireworks you can make with this tubule of metal, but that's another matter. Okay. Now, go to somewhere isolated, away from any civilians, Peacekeepers, etc...Now, toss the body straight up into the air a bit in front of you. Now, unload your rocket launcher. You'll need to deplete two magazines to keep the body in the air, but that's a minor price for 20 gamerpoints. =D

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-''The Oracle's Review for Crackdown<sup>®</sup>, Xbox 360''
+''The Oracle's Review for Halo 2<sup>®</sup>, Xbox''
-In the new tactical first-person shooter, you're Logan Keller. Who said so? The game did, so shut up and listen! =D Logan Keller is a former [[wikipedia:Delta Force|U.S. Army Delta Force]] commando, but was recently transferred to the counterterrorism unit RAINBOW, a special operations force with almost unlimited jurisdiction. When the very bad and unkewl international terrorist and leather girl Irena Morales attacks Las Vegas, you and your three-man team are dispatched to a bewildering number of ''real life'' locations - Calypso Casino, Vertigo Spire, Dante's Casino, Las Vegas University, etc...to take out the bad guys and restore justice to, ironically, ''Sin'' City. =D
+''Halo 2'' is a science-fiction first person-shooter...blah blah blah...if you don't know that you play as [[SPARTAN-117]] and the [[Arbiter]], you can dual-wield, whateverI'msupposedtosayheretofillupspace, etc...you deserve to be shot and banned from Halopedia! =D Now, onto our review...
-*'''Gameplay''': 10 - Sweet! You kidding? The entire game screams corybantically at you - '''TACTICAL''' and '''REALISTIC'''! Add to that the 40+ weapons you can wield...
+*'''Gameplay''': 10 - ''Halo 2'' is a jack 'o all trades. It has nothing that is particularily outstanding...but everything just seems to...fit together, you know? Seamless playing quality.
-*'''Graphics''': 9.5 - Excellent. Beautiful lights, character textures...
+*'''Graphics''': 9.5 - Satisfactory...although not ''Xbox 360''-quality. =D This is offset by the fact that ''Halo 2'' was Xbox-era...but...gahh! =D
-*'''Campaign''': 10 - Exceptional. Multiple hostage situations, rapelling, suppressors ''do'' things, multiple avenues of attack, infrared imaging, flash-bang grenades...and the high you get when you rescue a family of three from a host of terrorists. =D
+*'''Campaign''': 10 - Hell yeah! The detail that Bungie invested into making the campaign is tremendous! Using mods, when ''Cairo Station'' shudders in the level ''Cairo Station'', you can see the actinic flash of the Super MAC cannon...you can also see the UNSC Frigate ''In Amber Clad'' docked on ''Cairo Station'' as well...when you get to New Mombasa, you can see the flood walls that still exist from 2007 Mombasa...the realism is unnerving. Exacting detail to realism and exacting detail to gameplay equals a well deserved 10/10 in this category.
-*'''Multiplayer''': 9.0 - Meh, it's ''okay'', with a severe disinclination against newer players. It gets kinda old after awhile, too.
+*'''Multiplayer''': 10 - Truely exceptional. When you get onto XBOX LIVE, an all-new ''Halo 2'' experience permeates you! The multiplayer maps are wonderfully balanced, and there is nonstop action. Except when n00bs begin to mod and hack. But that's a different story. =D
-*'''OVERALL''': '''9.6''' - An excellent modern tactical shooter, in the vein of Tom Clancy.
+*'''OVERALL''': '''9.9''' - A beautifully put-together video game that's considered a benchmark ''par excellence'' for all other "beautiful" video games. (Of course, if I didn't rate this something like a 9.9, I have a feeling that you Halopedians will run after us with pitchforks...=D)
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