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== Canon status == | == Canon status == | ||
The issue of whether ''i love bees'' should be considered canon is somewhat unclear. In the [[Halopedia:Apocalypso Chat|Apocalypso Chat]], the minds behind | The issue of whether ''i love bees'' should be considered canon is somewhat unclear. In the [[Halopedia:Apocalypso Chat|Apocalypso Chat]], the minds behind i love bees say that Bungie basically let them write their own thing, but offered certain suggestions regarding storytelling devices and corrected facets such as the original idea that ONI would hang traitors, which was changed to them being rendered permanently comatose.<ref>[[Halopedia:Apocalypso Chat|'''Apocalypso Chat''']], 18:03 - 18:05</ref> In October 2004, this was expanded on by [[Joseph Staten]] in an interview with ''[[halo.bungie.org]]'', who, when asked if ''i love bees'' should be considered canon, said: | ||
{{Article Quote|The Bees would not make the cut. Those guys basically did their own thing with very little Bungie input (save for massaging and approving the initial plot-treatment). While we helped define the boundaries of their fiction, we let them do what they thought best. And I think the game turned out great.<ref>[http://halostory.bungie.org/staten102204.html '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Joe Staten Interview - October 2004'']</ref>}} | {{Article Quote|The Bees would not make the cut. Those guys basically did their own thing with very little Bungie input (save for massaging and approving the initial plot-treatment). While we helped define the boundaries of their fiction, we let them do what they thought best. And I think the game turned out great.<ref>[http://halostory.bungie.org/staten102204.html '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Joe Staten Interview - October 2004'']</ref>}} | ||
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*A player tried to answer a live call in the middle of [[wikipedia:Hurricane Ivan|Hurricane Ivan]]. The Puppet Master (Puppetmaster 2) broke character to tell him to run to safety: "Dude, it's a hurricane. Put the phone down."<ref>[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,65365-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1 '''Wired''': ''I Love Bees Game a Surprise Hit'']</ref> | *A player tried to answer a live call in the middle of [[wikipedia:Hurricane Ivan|Hurricane Ivan]]. The Puppet Master (Puppetmaster 2) broke character to tell him to run to safety: "Dude, it's a hurricane. Put the phone down."<ref>[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,65365-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1 '''Wired''': ''I Love Bees Game a Surprise Hit'']</ref> | ||
*The countdown did not appear for [[wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]] users, and still, to this day, does not appear for them. | *The countdown did not appear for [[wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]] users, and still, to this day, does not appear for them. | ||
*''i love bees'' is mentioned in a [[Wikipedia:Cracked.com|Cracked.com]] article called ''The 5 Most Insane Alternate Reality Games''.<ref>[http://www.cracked.com/article_19346_the-5-most-insane-alternate-reality-games.html '''Cracked.com''': ''The 5 Most Insane Alternate Reality Games]</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||