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Hyper_9 · 06-01-2004, 12:14 AM

http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/ebay_halo2fraud/

Wow. Look [at] the cash. FYI, total hoax. That image is of the Best Buy halo 2 preview disk. I have it. 100 MILLION $$$! Holy XPBackfire-esque.

ChaosKnight · 06-01-2004, 12:18 AM

Hey, that's funny., someone is now set for life, until he gets sued for false advertising, and the highest bidder gets sued for not paying the high bid (he probably doesn't have that much money). Yup, everyone's screwed. :P

Ben · 06-01-2004, 05:46 AM

I bet they knew it was a hoax and that's why they big 10 million on it. They knew they wouldn't have to pay it.

Elite Zero · 06-01-2004, 02:09 PM

Dude if that went for something more like $40,
I would be all over it. <_<

MilkMan · 06-01-2004, 07:05 PM

That is Hilarious. The guy probably isn't going to pay. Although you never know.....he could be some super rich multi-billionaire's son just wasting his money.

Wow Elite. Nice spamming. You apologized for all the spamming and then just did it again. You could have put that comment in edit. BTW: you say you don't exactly know what spamming is......that right there is spamming.

Edit: A few touch-ups

Ben · 06-01-2004, 07:13 PM

I agree completely with you MilkMan. I'm just going to delete his comments that are spam now, and subtract 2 posts for each one! I don't even think he has changed at all from us repeatedly telling him to improve. At least BlueSmudge tried to improve. Speaking of him, why hasn't he been around? Did Hyper pull another read-only on him?

Hyper_9 · 06-01-2004, 07:23 PM

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Originally posted by DoomSoaker@Jun 1 2004, 03:13 PM
I agree completely with you MilkMan. I'm just going to delete his comments that are spam now, and subtract 2 posts for each one! I don't even think he has changed at all from us repeatedly telling him to improve. At least BlueSmudge tried to improve. Speaking of him, why hasn't he been around? Did Hyper pull another read-only on him?

I didn't. Last R/O he got from me (the only one I can GIVE) was 12 hours. Check the warning sys on him. Unless I put in days instead of hours. But Im pretty shure it was hours.

Diablo-the-Nerfer · 06-03-2004, 11:59 PM

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Originally posted by Hyper_9@May 31 2004, 11:14 PM
http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/ebay_halo2fraud/

Wow. Look [at] the cash. FYI, total hoax. That image is of the Best Buy halo 2 preview disk. I have it. 100 MILLION $$$! Holy XPBackfire-esque.

Hey, I'm new here, just to let all of you know.....
Anyway, that site seems to be a hoax itself. That isn't a real E-Bay page I don't think, merely a site that copied the source from an E-Bay page and added some funny stuff. I've seen them before, and I am guessing this is one of them.

Ben · 06-04-2004, 05:54 AM

I noticed that. I thought that it might have been saved to their hard drive and edited a bit to put other pages on like the bid.

Hyper_9 · 06-04-2004, 07:16 PM

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How to be stupid, in public

Yesterday, we got word from haloruler33 that a rather bizarre auction was going on over at eBay. Someone who'd registered on Thursday had started an auction for a Halo 2 pre-release playable game. There was a bit of discussion in our forum about this - many people warned the bidders that this was likely not real. By yesterday evening, things had gotten out of hand; the bidding, which had been creeping up by $50s and $100s all day, suddenly started jumping by thousands. At 11:38 pm (PST), the bid had reached $100,000. By 15 minutes after midnight, it peaked - at $99,999,999.00. And that's where it closed, at 7:15 this morning. It's quite possible this page will be yanked by eBay - there's fraud on all sides, more than enough to go around - so we've put up a static (no working links) local copy. The exception is the Bids link - that works, and points to another local page. Bungie's been alerted - but I'm really doubting this is anything but a scam, in any case.(Louis Wu 20:37:01 UTC)

The real auction should be able to be found here.... NM its already

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Invalid Item
The item you requested (8108524918) is invalid, still pending, or no longer in our database. Please check the number and try again. If this message persists, the item has either not started and is not yet available for viewing, or has expired and is no longer available.

Yup.

blueviper · 06-08-2004, 04:09 PM

The guy claims to work for "bungee" but he can't even spell bungie right.

Edit: If you look on the CD, it says RP-M rating. Obviously it is not the actual game. Oh, and if you try to click the links on it, they Don't work.

Hyper_9 · 06-08-2004, 07:05 PM

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Originally posted by blueviper@Jun 8 2004, 12:09 PM
The guy claims to work for "bungee" but he can't even spell bungie right.

Edit: If you look on the CD, it says RP-M rating. Obviously it is not the actual game. Oh, and if you try to click the links on it, they Don't work.

Alpha, thats a LOCAL COPY on halo.bungie.org

Bravo: It COULD have other promo materials from Halo1, rated M, on it.

Charlie: Its just the disk from Best Buy anyway.

blueviper · 06-09-2004, 01:44 PM

I was saying if it was the real game it wouldnt say RP-M on the ratings, it would say what they rated it.

ChaosKnight · 06-09-2004, 06:56 PM

it was stated as a PRE-RELEASE playable demo. most demos are rated "rating pending" because the game has not come out yet, so changes in blood and gore can be made, so there is no permanant rating. duh :P

blueviper · 06-10-2004, 01:14 PM

I didn't know it said demo

06-01-2004, 12:14 AM	#1
Hyper_9 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere in California Posts: 313 UserID: 51	http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/ebay_halo2fraud/ Wow. Look [at] the cash. FYI, total hoax. That image is of the Best Buy halo 2 preview disk. I have it. 100 MILLION $$$! Holy XPBackfire-esque. __________________ Offical DMOZ Editor of "Recreation: Guns: Toy: Water Guns" Soak On HYPERACTIVE 4 EVER!

06-01-2004, 12:18 AM	#2
ChaosKnight Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Surrounded by my personal harem. =) Posts: 89 UserID: 115	Hey, that's funny., someone is now set for life, until he gets sued for false advertising, and the highest bidder gets sued for not paying the high bid (he probably doesn't have that much money). Yup, everyone's screwed. :P __________________ http://xs7.xs.to/pics/04512/sig2.jpg -whoamg, I can't put ANY anime girl in my sig without doom deleting it. =\

06-01-2004, 05:46 AM	#3
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 6,043 UserID: 1	I bet they knew it was a hoax and that's why they big 10 million on it. They knew they wouldn't have to pay it. __________________ Note: I am busy so if I am slow to respond, be patient. email: ben at sscentral dot org / Forum rules / Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas.

06-01-2004, 02:09 PM	#4
Elite Zero Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 43 UserID: 93	Dude if that went for something more like $40, I would be all over it. <_< __________________ BEFALL TO MY UNSTOPPABLE SOAKER ONSLAUGHT!!

06-01-2004, 07:05 PM	#5
MilkMan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: PA Posts: 308 UserID: 110	That is Hilarious. The guy probably isn't going to pay. Although you never know.....he could be some super rich multi-billionaire's son just wasting his money. Wow Elite. Nice spamming. You apologized for all the spamming and then just did it again. You could have put that comment in edit. BTW: you say you don't exactly know what spamming is......that right there is spamming. Edit: A few touch-ups __________________ "Anything with a nozzle and a pump is good enough for me." <--------------- Same lying signature 3 years and counting!

06-01-2004, 07:13 PM	#6
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 6,043 UserID: 1	I agree completely with you MilkMan. I'm just going to delete his comments that are spam now, and subtract 2 posts for each one! I don't even think he has changed at all from us repeatedly telling him to improve. At least BlueSmudge tried to improve. Speaking of him, why hasn't he been around? Did Hyper pull another read-only on him? __________________ Note: I am busy so if I am slow to respond, be patient. email: ben at sscentral dot org / Forum rules / Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas.

06-04-2004, 05:54 AM	#9
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 6,043 UserID: 1	I noticed that. I thought that it might have been saved to their hard drive and edited a bit to put other pages on like the bid. __________________ Note: I am busy so if I am slow to respond, be patient. email: ben at sscentral dot org / Forum rules / Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas.

06-08-2004, 04:09 PM	#11
blueviper Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 45 UserID: 84	The guy claims to work for "bungee" but he can't even spell bungie right. Edit: If you look on the CD, it says RP-M rating. Obviously it is not the actual game. Oh, and if you try to click the links on it, they Don't work. __________________

06-09-2004, 01:44 PM	#13
blueviper Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 45 UserID: 84	I was saying if it was the real game it wouldnt say RP-M on the ratings, it would say what they rated it. __________________

06-09-2004, 06:56 PM	#14
ChaosKnight Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Surrounded by my personal harem. =) Posts: 89 UserID: 115	it was stated as a PRE-RELEASE playable demo. most demos are rated "rating pending" because the game has not come out yet, so changes in blood and gore can be made, so there is no permanant rating. duh :P __________________ http://xs7.xs.to/pics/04512/sig2.jpg -whoamg, I can't put ANY anime girl in my sig without doom deleting it. =\

06-10-2004, 01:14 PM	#15
blueviper Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 45 UserID: 84	I didn't know it said demo __________________

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