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November 1, 2006 Link to this post
Halo 3 Spoilers - and how we're dealing with them.
This has come up a few times in the forum - now it's appearing in my mailbox, so it's probably time to deal with it publicly. We have a spoiler system in place for Halo and Halo 2 information. This is ENTIRELY story-based; the spoilers we're talking about have to do with Halo's story; plot, universe, what have you. Folks have been asking whether it's time to institute a Halo 3 spoiler setting - and the answer is 'no'. The answer is no for a very simple reason - there IS no Halo 3 story information out yet that can be considered 'spoiler' material - and there almost certainly won't be until Halo 3 is nearly ready for release.
If you feel that you want to play Halo 3 without knowing ANYTHING about what's coming - new weapons, new maps, new vehicles, changes to armor, whatever - you have a single choice; stay off the internet. (Well, stay off Halo-related sites.) That information is not considered story spoiler material; we will not be blocking it with a spoiler cookie. Our belief is (and has always been) that knowledge of information that Bungie deems 'releasable' before the game is out will not in any way impact your enjoyment in playing the game. You are welcome to disagree with that belief - but you're on your own avoiding it. We don't have the time or energy to decide what consitutes a 'spoiler' in that sense to the millions of Halo fans out there. (I guarantee you, the range of what's acceptable is nearly infinite - from 'no info at all' to 'everything except the color of John's underwear'.)
There WILL be a Halo 3 spoiler setting implemented - probably a month or two before Halo 3 is released (in order to catch any potential leaks in magazines) - but it will NOT cover information released by Bungie before that point, and it will not happen sooner than that. (Louis Wu 20:19:52 UTC)
