rapture recently gave his opinion on the Halo 3 beta to Newsweek.

rapture is the only one who correctly organized the Halo games' multiplayer modes from best to worst. GG. rapture is also the only one who gave his most fleshed out opinion on the beta. Good job representing the Casket. We Thexers are proud.

So I spent a good half-hour submitting (what I thought was) a concise, well-written story of my favorite experience during the beta for a contest. It was only after I submitted it (of course) that I realized the stories would be chosen at random.

Because of the possibility that nobody will ever see it, I thought I might as well share it with you guys. Midnight will recognize it. Enjoy:

Update: XBOX.com is saying that the staff is working for the next 24 hours to fix the problem.

Update2: Bungie says an update will be ready before midnight EST

Update3: You can download the H3 beta via Crackdown now. Beta end date moved to Sunday, 6/10, at 11:59 PM PDT.

There is currently a delay from downloading the H3 Beta through the Crackdown method. Frankie states on Bungie.net that they are working on the problem.

"Folks are reporting problems downloading the Halo 3 Beta via Crackdown this morning. We have alerted the appropriate Live authorities and they are taking care of the problem as we speak. More news as it comes in."

Note: This is some H3 Beta Video farming I've done from Youtube. For some non-crappy quality Halo vids, I suggest Trigger's GamingTV.org
http://gamingtv.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=0&Itemid=50

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