http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_011.mp3
Listen, discuss, and please keep the flaming to the minimum.
Notes from podcast:
(partly in the order of the podcast)
San Francisco build is from an internal test, was 3 weeks old when they had shown it.
Maps discussed:
•Wraparound, nothing like narrows, cracks/crevasse in floor you can drop through to get away or move easier around the map. Basic design is a big circle in the center with a cross running through it, and it’s a two level map. Man cannons on the level fire you into the center. However, the line of sight into the center is broken up by pylons, not a total killing field in the center than.
•Warhouse, a facility vessel, traveling through a crazy atmosphere. Man cannons feature on the outskirts of the map. One side of the map is a star field, one side of the map is filled with clouds, can be used to help/hurt people.
The AR is confirmed for Halo 4 and is ‘kind of’ beefy. Covenant weapons sound really good as well.
Special guests were shown significantly more at a recent visit. One particular level referred to as 7 for the campaign at the visit.
Not many sleeps till new halo 4 info.
Talked about the campaign that was shown to the special guests again.
Clarified what they meant by the story in multiplayer to the guests as well.
The BR discussed again.
The DMR is back!
No Bubble shield in Halo 4.
Marines? A designer’s face was used for a marine’s face.
thank you good sir… much appreciated
> thank you good sir… much appreciated
No prob. 
Also its ma’am.
> > thank you good sir… much appreciated
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> No prob.
> Also its ma’am.
Revelation, I always thought you were a dude. Anyway, thanks for the link Math.
I will have to do this later as im on my phone at work-- WORKING VERY HARD ATM lolzz
Later it will be mine…
P.s op your gamer tag is AWESOME
> > thank you good sir… much appreciated
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> No prob.
> Also its ma’am.
oh sorry ma’am… thank you for the sparkast
Thanks for the link.
Lol, Frankie at the beginning “Hello, Children!”
Wow they talking about how they are playing the game every day online with many microsoft people and bla bla
Yeah what about a beta or demo for the public before release?
> Wow they talking about how they are playing the game every day online with many microsoft people and bla bla
> Yeah what about a beta or demo for the public before release?
after how everyone is reacting to that little gameplay they showed… I don’t blame them
> Yeah what about a beta or demo for the public before release?
I’m pretty sure that’s not going to happen. Frankie has said that we won’t be getting a public beta so I doubt we’d get a demo.
> > Wow they talking about how they are playing the game every day online with many microsoft people and bla bla
> > Yeah what about a beta or demo for the public before release?
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> after how everyone is reacting to that little gameplay they showed… I don’t blame them
then they should show more gameplay 
Mentioned the AR so I think thats pretty much confirmed.
mentioned 1-50 ranking system
Assault Rifle is back <3 and its more powerful.
INCOMING PATCHHHHHHH
Covenant weapons back.
Now they are talking about that they showed the campaign to some special people (the press probably)
It’s funny how Ellis is saying it’s great to have outside people play the game and do things they wouldn’t think of and yet they aren’t doing a beta. So isn’t that the whole point of a beta? Lol
Marines in? Some designer uses his face for a Marine…
> Marines in? Some designer uses his face for a Marine…
On Cortana… lol