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*This joke was also present on Bungie.net's ''[[Myth]]'' metaserver.<ref name="HBO eggs"/> | *This joke was also present on Bungie.net's ''[[Myth]]'' metaserver.<ref name="HBO eggs"/> | ||
*The Easter egg is similar to the [[Wikipedia:fortune (Unix)|fortune]] command found on most [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix]]-compatible operating systems. Like the fortune command in Unix, the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' egg draws a random quote from a database, albeit much smaller in size than the lists accompanying most fortune implementations.<ref name="HBO eggs"/> | *The Easter egg is similar to the [[Wikipedia:fortune (Unix)|fortune]] command found on most [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix]]-compatible operating systems. Like the fortune command in Unix, the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' egg draws a random quote from a database, albeit much smaller in size than the lists accompanying most fortune implementations.<ref name="HBO eggs"/> | ||
*"My modem is on fire" is a reference to a notorious Unix error message "[[Wikipedia:Lp0 on fire|lp0 on fire]]". | |||
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Revision as of 21:19, March 3, 2015
.fortune is an Easter egg in the Xbox version of Halo: Combat Evolved, as well as Halo 3, Halo: Reach, and Halo: The Master Chief Collection. In all cases, the egg causes a funny message to appear when ".fortune" is written somewhere, but the egg is more extensive in Halo: Combat Evolved. In Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, giving a map variant the description of ".fortune" will produce the phrase "My modem is on fire". In Halo: Combat Evolved, if the player creates a profile, renames an existing one, or creates a map name and names it ".fortune", a random fortune-cookie-like saying will appear on the screen.
The ".fortune" on the text box will then also instantly disappear. However, if the player places a symbol at the beginning (such as a left parenthesis) to make ".(fortune", and subsequently uses the arrows to move to and delete the parenthesis when finished, ".fortune" will remain, allowing the player to use it as a profile name if they so wish.
Activating the Easter egg in Halo: The Master Chief Collection unlocks the Mystery Achievement.
List of Fortune Quotes in Halo: Combat Evolved
- All your hard work will eventually pay off[1]
- Everything lies in silence[1]
- If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway[1] (The first of Murphy's Laws)
- Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.[1] (A subdivision of Murphy's Law)
- Never wear your best pants when fighting for freedom.[1]
- Rest is good, but idleness is its brother.[1]
- Smile when you're ready.[1]
- You cannot fall off the floor.[1] (Another Murphy's Law)
- Your luck is about to change.[1]
- I like beans.[1] (Rare)
Trivia
- This joke was also present on Bungie.net's Myth metaserver.[1]
- The Easter egg is similar to the fortune command found on most Unix-compatible operating systems. Like the fortune command in Unix, the Halo: Combat Evolved egg draws a random quote from a database, albeit much smaller in size than the lists accompanying most fortune implementations.[1]
- "My modem is on fire" is a reference to a notorious Unix error message "lp0 on fire".
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