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Not to be confused with Home Box Office (HBO) the real world cable network.

Summary

Often abbreviated as HBO, Halo.Bungie.Org is the most popular fansite for the Halo series. Its webmaster, Louis Wu, has appeared in a documentary included on the DVD.

Popular HBO Features

Character Scale

File:CortanaHunterScale.gif

Comparing the size of a Hunter with Cortana.

Stephen Loftus created a site that allowed users to compare size ratios of different characters from Halo 1 and Halo 2. At the site you can choose a character from each list, hit 'Compare' and characters are shown to scale. The measure in the background denotes feet. (The Master Chief, for example, is exactly 7ft tall.)

See Also

Legendary Walkthrough Guide

A good guide buried in the HBO website is this Halo 2 Legendary walkthrough. It provides videos and helpful links for writing the walkthroughs.

HBO Trivia

"Louis Wu", the HBO webmaster, is the name of a character in Ringworld, a book which inspired Halo. The webmaster's real name is Claude Errera.
Bungie named a character after Errera: Corporal C. Errera.
The website was mentioned in the credits of Halo 2.

External Links

Halo.Bungie.Org

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 [[Image:CortanaHunterScale.gif|thumb|200px|Comparing the size of a [[Hunters (Lekgolo)|Hunter]] with [[Cortana (A.I.)|Cortana]].]]
-[[Stephen Loftus]] created a site that allowed users to compare size ratios of different characters from [[Halo 1]] and [[Halo 2]].  At the site you can choose a character from each list, hit 'Compare' and characters are shown to scale. The measure in the background denotes feet. (The [[Master Chief]], for example, is exactly 7ft tall.)
+[[Stephen Loftus]] created a site that allowed users to compare size ratios of different characters from [[Halo 1]] and [[Halo 2]]. At the site you can choose a character from each list, hit 'Compare' and characters are shown to scale. The measure in the background denotes feet. (The [[Master Chief]], for example, is exactly 7ft tall.)
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