General Battuta introduced himself by his real first name, which I knew but I didn't connect the dots. He may have said his forum name but, like I said, it was loud in there.

It's just very sad that this wasn't the game. You should have woken up, been told one thing by the speaker, then met all these characters, made the decision to go with them, and defeat Crota yourself.

I would've bought him a beer had I realized it was him when we met in Seattle. My hearing ain't what it used to be, and it was at a bowling alley.

How I picture this meeting:

Ha! Fantastic! I don't know whether to smack his face or buy him a beer now. Please advise!

As he said, the decision to keep the cards' contents out of the game proper was not his. :)

All the oat sodas are on my tab.

Ha! Fantastic! I don't know whether to smack his face or buy him a beer now. Please advise!

As he said, the decision to keep the cards' contents out of the game proper was not his. :)

Outside my wheelhouse, I'm afraid, though I agree that it's really cool to see everything assembled and presented in one linear narrative. Just wanted to note that a lot of this wasn't fan-written.

It's a good point you made, and I'm more frustrated with Bungie here, not you; I should have been more definite in stating it's plot that Bungie left us short on, not exposition. They gave us a shload of exposition, that's for sure. I guess we're splitting hairs at this point.

Heh, just for context:

GB wrote most of those Grimoire cards when he was at Bungie. (You might actually know that - but from the way you worded this, I get the impression you think you're talking to an average fan who happens to disagree with a point you made.)

Ha! Fantastic! I don't know whether to smack his face or buy him a beer now. Please advise!

Outside my wheelhouse, I'm afraid, though I agree that it's really cool to see everything assembled and presented in one linear narrative. Just wanted to note that a lot of this wasn't fan-written.

It's a good point you made, and I'm more frustrated with Bungie here, not you; I should have been more definite in stating it's plot that Bungie left us short on, not exposition. They gave us a shload of exposition, that's for sure. I guess we're splitting hairs at this point.

Heh, just for context:

GB wrote most of those Grimoire cards when he was at Bungie. (You might actually know that - but from the way you worded this, I get the impression you think you're talking to an average fan who happens to disagree with a point you made.)

Outside my wheelhouse, I'm afraid, though I agree that it's really cool to see everything assembled and presented in one linear narrative. Just wanted to note that a lot of this wasn't fan-written.

It's a good point you made, and I'm more frustrated with Bungie here, not you; I should have been more definite in stating it's plot that Bungie left us short on, not exposition. They gave us a shload of exposition, that's for sure. I guess we're splitting hairs at this point.

Clever Bungie: don't have a story and your fans will write one for you.

Much of this is quoted directly from Grimoire cards.

Right, but how many of those were presented sequentially? How many fans dig through them? I'm a sucker for lore; I read through what I thought were all the grimoire, and I knew about a quarter of this. The grimoire are like legos, and while I think legos are great, when I'm reading a story I'm kind of trying to see what someone else built with their legos. Bungie just gave us the legos, and now we're watching what another kid built with them (although, like I said before, this is great).

I guess I would appreciate the idea of the grimoire more if they were actually in the damn game. I didn't need to read all of the Halo books to enjoy the story in the Halo games.

Clever Bungie: don't have a story and your fans will write one for you.

Much of this is quoted directly from Grimoire cards.