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One Billionth Halo 3 Game Played

Posted by Soulskill on from the master-chief-is-a-busy-man dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Bungie recently announced that Halo 3 has served its 1 billionth game. It's an important milestone which Halo 2 failed to reach. The billionth game was played at 6:36 PM PST last Saturday and lasted three minutes and 19 seconds. The total amount of active match time exceeds 64,000 years." Frank O'Connor, director of the Halo franchise, also made comments recently teasing future Halo games.

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  1. 3 mins 19secs by Hecatonchires · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't that how long most Halo players last in the presence of a woman?

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    1. Re:3 mins 19secs by MooseMuffin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Perhaps. Luckily such a scenario will never occur.

    2. Re:3 mins 19secs by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, but you are including the three minutes required to put the condom on properly.

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  2. Re:That's funny by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I got my billionth Double Kill the other day too.

    Amateur. Call me when you get your trillionth Double Kill.

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  3. Re:what could we do in 64,000 man hours ? by shawb · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That's not 64,000 man hours. That's 64,000 man YEARS. About half a billion man hours. And that's not even including campaign mode, custom maps, waiting around in the lobby, reading FAQs and hint guides, making and watching machinimas on Youtube, and even more..

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  4. Re:wasted time by incognito84 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes. Successful games like Halo 3 and the success of films like Harry Potter continually remind me that the general public has very poor taste. Now that I have that out of my system, I'm going to order another Vente coffee and continue writing my screenplay about gay cowboys while pondering why chicks are stupid for not digging tweed jackets with scarves.

  5. Re:64,000 years? by superdave80 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...said the man posting on /.

  6. Re:what could we do in 64,000 man hours ? by revengebomber · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, considering the average Halo player, you could probably get a LOT of coloring done.

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  7. Re:64,000 Year(s) by N1AK · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Like complained about all the time wasted posting and reading posts on Slashdot? People get born, live a little and then die. There is no secret formula to define true success, though some people will equate it with exploration and some others will equate it with living a satisfied life. If people want to use time (likely relaxation time anyway) to play games then so be it.