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List Of Bungie Employees

Becoming a Bungie employee is not just another job. For the people who work at Bungie, it is the opportunity to create AAA-caliber games in a fast-paced, collaborative, fun, and historic environment. Full-time jobs at Bungie are among the most sought-after in the gaming industry, and as a result the employees who make it through the grueling interview process are counted as being among the best-of-the-best in game development.

Bungie updates its public list of employees infrequently. This list of employees is based on publicly available information taken from a variety of sources, but as a result, may be out-of-date.

Looking for more employee information? Try Classification of Employees and Employee Anniversary Gifts.

## Founders

* Jason Jones
* Alexander Seropian (former employee)

## Notable Current Employees

(alphabetical by last name)

* Christopher Barrett (Barry)
* Roberta Browne
* Chris Butcher (Butcher)
* Jon Cable (Cable)
* Steve Cotton
* Cozmo
* Curtis Creamer
* Dave Dunn (Johnny Wad)
* DMG04
* Duardo
* Tom Gioconda (Achronos)
* Charlie Gough (Chucky)
* Mark Goldsworthy (Marky)
* Justin Hayward (The Velvet Kabob)
* James Haywood (Mad Max)
* Sam Jones
* Alex Loret de Mola
* Lorraine McLees (mehve)
* Mat Noguchi (Son of Gates)
* Mark Noseworthy
* Eric Osborne (Urk)
* Pete Parsons
* Lord Revan
* Matt Richenburg (Master)
* Tristan Root (Tri Draggon)
* Zach Russell (Zach)
* Michael Salvatori
* Luke Smith (Lukems)
* Stosh Steward (Stosh)
* Jason Sussman
* Luke Timmins (The Sausage King)
* True Underdog
* Luis Villegas
* Ben Wallace (Milo)
* Shi Kai Wang (Shiek)
* Michael Zak (Protégé)

## Notable Former Employees

(alphabetical by last name)

* Paul Bertone Jr. (bert)
* Travis Brady (travdogg)
* Doug Boyce (Harpo)
* David Candland (Evil Otto)
* Frank Capezzuto 3 (Quick Question)
* Chris Carney (Danger Boy)
* Hao Chen (Hao)
* Hamilton "sir" Chu
* Paul Clift (Gymnopædia)
* CJ Cowan (stormincow)
* David Dague (DeeJ)
* Andrew G Davis (TinMan)
* Vic DeLeon
* Tom Doyle (cancel)
* Max Dyckhoff
* Jonas "David" Eneroth
* Jamie Evans
* Michael Evans
* Noah George (Replicant73)
* Nick Gerrone ("Nick")
* Jaime Griesemer
* Alta Hartmann
* Max Hoberman (Yeroen)
* Brian Jarrard (Sketch)
* Aaron Lieberman (Lieb)
* Steve Lopez
* Robt McLees (harangue-utan)
* Marty O'Donnell (Marty the Elder)
* Frank O'Connor (Frankie)
* Pat Jandro
* Raj (Enemy Combatant)
* Jason Regier
* Paul Russel (Doctor Abominable)
* Harold Ryan (Deripper)
* Matt Segur
* Jerome Simpson (Security)
* Matt Soell
* Rob Stokes (Lips)
* Peter Tamte
* Joseph Staten
* Stefan Sinclair (Modem)
* John Stvan (Halcylon)
* Steve Theodore
* Brandon Whitley
* Tim Williams (negabyte)
* Nathan Walpole (Bentllama)
* Jay Weinland (Man Behind the Man)
* Roger Wolfson (r : w ))
* Michael Wu (Wu)
* Doug Zartman
Avatar

**Avatars** are small pictures on Bungie.net that serve to quickly identify particular users. Bungie.net users may select from nearly 100 avatars pre-approved by Bungie staff, their Halo 2 or Halo 3 emblem, or their Halo 3 player model as an avatar, for greater individuality. The default avatar displayed for all of those who have yet to choose an avatar

   to display is an image of the webmaster with a black and blue background.

Bungie Employees, Forum Ninjas, Master Forum Ninjas, and Theme Masters are allowed to have a custom avatar. Due to the potential of abuse, this feature is not available to Bungie.net users at large.

For many years, stosh has been in charge of avatars. He engineered the renowned Bungie.net Avatar Contest back in 2004 -- many of the winners of that contest are still used on bungie.net today.

## External Links

Avatar Contest Winners

Those who would like to make an avatar and submit it for review can find useful information here
Blam!

***Blam!*** was the code-name for *Halo: Combat Evolved* before it was completed. It was used to replace the original name "Monkey Nuts" because project lead Jason Jones could not bring himself to tell his mother he was working on a game called "Monkey Nuts."

The name of *Halo's* engine was also named *Blam* and a modified version of it is still used today in *Destiny*, *Destiny 2*, and *343 Industries' Halo games*. **View more information about the engine**.

## Other Uses

One of the earliest uses of this word was in a "Read Me" file in the Minotaur folder, which detailed an argument between Alex Seropian and "Chucky" (in which both persons argue over who gets to be player number 4), the last line was Blam! (uttered by Jason Jones).

"Blam!" is now used to censor curse words on the Bungie.net website, including the Weekly Updates, and to censor inappropriate content names in *Halo 3*, *Halo: Reach*, and even in *Halo 4*. It is most likely a tribute to the word itself. Many non-Bungie users have caught the habit and use it abundantly.

The word was thought of because Bungie's Chicago office was located near a very busy street that had numerous near-collisions between cars. Robert McLees would yell "Blam!" so there was a sense of completion.

`“'*You'd hear the screech of tires and then nothing, so I'd yell 'Blam!' just so there was some sense of completion."*”`

`~ **Robt McLees on from The Art of Halo: Creating A Virtual World**`
## Trivia

* An occasional glitch occurs on *Halo 3*. A player can name a map or a game variant anything, and no matter the result, a notice of censorship will pop up telling you that its name must be "Blam!" Censored words include:
	+ Assault
	+ Long
	+ Big
	+ Epic
* In *Halo: Reach* and *Halo 4*, if you start creating a Forge map connected to Xbox Live, then disconnect while making it and save it and end the game, its name will be replaced by "Blam!" and a script will say 'Bad name'. When used during online play, the map will be displayed as "Blam!"'. However, when you reconnect, the game will show the map's original name (Except if it includes profanity).

## Sources

1. ↑ Art of Halo, page 6
2. ↑ Archive.org
Anonymous User (Deleted)

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BL4H00G4N4

***BL4H00G4N4*** has been an member of Bungie.net for about five years, but has changed his username several times. He is a (somewhat) active forum goer and is the founder of Bungiepedia.

## Previous and Current Usernames

### BL4H00G4N4

BL4H00G4N4 joined the Bungie Community on October 1st, 2006 under the name " BL4H00G4N4" (pronounced bluh·hoo·gan·uh) after seeing a link in his Halo 2 manual. The name was coined from an inside joke between him and American Recoil about the lunch meat bologna. Of course, like most inside jokes, no one got it.

### Blahoo

Because "BL4H00G4N4" was difficult to write out, most Bungie.net users simply called him "Blahoo." So on June 6, 2008 he created the profile Blahoo. Though easier to understand, people still thought the name was dumd.

### oranje

`“*It's orange with a "J" for goodness sakes! How hard is that?*”`

`~ **oranje on on the complexity of his username.**`
On Bungie Day 2009, after a long period of inactivity, BL4H00G4N4 decided that blahoogana was an old worn out joke and decided to trash it. He created the profile "oranje" due to his love of oranges and purposely misspelled words.

### BL4H00G4N4 (again)

In April of 2011, people still called him Blahoo. So he sucked it up and is now using his original account, most likely for good.

## Seventh Column Troopers

`“*He [American Recoil] just called me up and was like 'Hey, join my group.' So I did.*”`

`~ ****BL4H00G4N4** on on SCT.**`
BL4H00G4N4 spends a large amount of his time on Bungie.net groups, most notably Seventh Column Troopers. American Recoil persuaded him to join, and he has been (mostly) active in it ever since. He is a full-control administrator and holds the rank "Elder".

## Personal Life

BL4H00G4N4 is the close friend and next door neighbor of American Recoil. His "irl" name is Josh. Although he doesn't own an Xbox, BL4H00G4N4 plays Marathon on occasion and frequents the Bungie.net public forums and private groups, particularly SCT. He plays the trombone.

## Groups

* Bnet Achievements
* Bungiepedia
* CompoundIntelligence
* SSMPPQMS
* Seventh Column Troopers
* The Black Chapter

## Links

BL4H00G4N4's Bungie.net Profile

BL4H00G4N4's Bungie.me page
Bungie Card

## About

The Bungie Card is a little slice of either your Halo 3 player profile or your Bungie.net profile that you can take with you wherever you go on the internet. Add it to your blog, add it to your forum signature. Whatever you fancy, it's a window into your Halo 3 or Bungie.net soul. It's a customizable widget that you can use to show off your accomplishments in Halo 3. The cards usually update about every 30 minutes. If you have your gamertag linked to your Bungie.net Profile you can customize your Bungie Card's background with your favorite screenshot.
Harold Ryan (Deripper)

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## Trivia

**Nickname:** Deripper

**Classification:** GrizzledAncients

**Current Job:** Arbiter

**Origin:** Earth

**Blood Type:** Red

**Age:** 4

**Weight:** 210 pounds

**Height:** 5'9"

**Girth:** Grunty

**First Job:** Slash and Burn

**Hobby:** Work

**Ultimate Halo Match:** Slayer, Rockets

**Ultimate Snack:** Vegans

**Ultimate Website:** http://www.shmoo.com/

**Mode of Transport:** Cheap, slow, dirty.

**Greatest Fear:** deltree

## About

**Harold Ryan** is an American game tester and configuration tester. He has worked on several video games, including the *Close Combat* series, *Crimson Skies*, and *Halo*. He was born and raised in eastern Washington, his father served in the US Navy. He is currently a senior employee of Bungie Studios.

He was credited as test manager of *Halo: Combat Evolved*. He also served as test manager and producer for Bungie.net for *Halo 2*. He became studio manager at the start of 2006 and now leads a team of 115.

Harold Ryan was also the bearer of bad news for the Bungie community on July 15th, 2008 when he announced that the "secret announcement" that was planned to be made just 12 hours later was delayed by Bungie's publishers.

It was announced on January 27th, 2016 that he has stepped away from his position as President of Bungie Studios. His current role with the Destiny developer is unclear. No announcements have been made regarding Ryan's continued involvement with Bungie.

## Links

* Bungie.net - Meet the Team
* Harold Ryan at the Internet Movie Database
* Harold Ryan
BungiePro

## About BungiePro

BungiePro is an add-on service that enhances your gaming experience by allowing you to render your Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach clips. Once rendered you can download the clips to your computer. BungiePro was added to Bungie.net on the 07.07.2009 (Bungie Day 2009), the original thread now used for BungiePro bugs can be found here.

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## The cost of BungiePro

Six months of BungiePro is 320 Microsoft Points. Additional minute packs (50 render minutes each) can be purchased right on Bungie.net for $5.00 USD (£3.13 GBP).

## How to buy BungiePro

From the 15th of September 2011 BungiePro was stopped. Full support will be phased out on 3/22/2012. Six months of Bungie Pro is 320 Microsoft Points through 9/15. Afterward, Bungie Pro Video will be offered in pay-as-you-go form via the Render Minute Packs available through Bungie.net. Players will no longer need to be a Pro member to buy them.
For more information on BungiePro click here.

## End of the Halo-Era BungiePro

Members on bungie.net were told that they should use up all their render points that they have left as these points were for the Halo-Ear. Bungie said however, that BungiePro will remain for their next Universe. The thread created by sawnose in which this was announced can be found here.
Hamilton Chu (Hambone)

**Hamilton Chu** (Nickname: **Hambone**) is a former employee of Bungie Studios. He is a producer and writer. He has also served the role of voice actor, if need be.

He is credited as a writer in the *Oni* storyline, and was the lead producer for Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo PC. He also served as a producer for Halo 2 and is currently working as a producer on Halo 3. He was casted as "Additional Voices" in the cast of the *Oni* game.

He left Bungie in October 2006, and , along with Michael Evans, is starting a gaming studio of his own.
Bungiepedia:Community Portal

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* To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new events and problem edits, use **recent changes**.

* If you want to discuss anything about an article, you can use **the talk pages**.

* For more general discussion, use **the forum**.

* If you need help editing, you could start with **the tutorial on the Central Wikia**.

* There are also more help pages in **the help category**.
Ghandi 2

***Ghandi 2*** is a former Bungie.net Forum Ninja. Ghandi was a BNet moderator for about a year. He resigned his post on September 12, 2007, citing a lack of time and an excess of apathy about bad posts.
Ghandi 2 also banned Shishka at one time.
Ghandi also violently hates everything he doesn't like, especially music, movies, human beings, and anything considered "mainstream."

## Groups

* Bungie Jumpers
* For Carnage Apply Within

## Links

* Ghandi 2's resignation post.
* Ghandi 2's Bungie.net Profile.
Dmbfan09

***Dmbfan09*** is a Bungie.net Forum Ninja.

## Real Life

* Name: Greg
* Age: 29
* City: Blackwood, NJ
* College or University: Widener University Alumni
* Degree: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
* Real Job: Mechanical Engineer (ironically enough), subcontractor to the US DoD
* Dreams and aspirations: "Currently living my dreams and aspirations. I'm married, have a son, a daughter, a dog, and a house. Y'know, that whole 'American Dream' type of thing. Now to just win the lottery, retire and play golf every day until I die..." -dmbfan09
* Favorite use of the number 7: As the number that comes after 6 and before 8
* Favorite ninja weapon: Shiny buttons

## Bungie.net Life

Dmbfan09 joined Bungie.net on 9/9/2004 and he was a forum ninja from August 2005 to mid 2006.
In the old days dmbfan09 spent much time in New Mombasa talking about the impending release of Halo 2. Nowadays he can be found in the Flood, The Septagon and The Underground.
Sometime mid to late 2006 dmbfan09 stepped down from Ninja-hood. He decided to quit as a moderator due to his employer telling him to stop visiting Bungie.net at work, so he did (eventually). He could have stayed on as a moderator, but Dmbfan09 knew that his visits to Bungie.net would be very infrequent. He didn’t want to become an inactive moderator, and he felt as though he owed it to his fellow moderators (and the members) to step down.

As a ninja dmbfan09 was allowed to choose his own custom avatar. Dmbfan09 choose a Phoenix-themed avatar because most of the other Bungie games had already been referenced by other Ninjas (He REALLY wanted a cool version of my Minotaur Jester, but he's "not an artist or anything"), and this just looked cool in his opinion. His avatar was changed in 2011 to a Dark Tower theme.

Dmbfan09 was readmitted to HFCS in mid-November 2010 as a Forum Ninja.

## Trivia

* Dmbfan09's name is a tribute to Dave Matthews Band.
* Essentially he was regarded as one of the nicest guys ever. He's not around much anymore though.
* dmbfan09’s favorite game *was* World of Warcraft. He broke that horrible addiction in 2008.
* dmbfan09’s dream date would be with his wife, going back to Atlantis where they went on their honeymoon. If he could, he would live there for the rest of his life. While in Atlantis, dmbfan09 would drive around in a 1967 Shelby Cobra, go to the finest restaurants, eat the finest edible foods, and drink the finest Captain Morgan’s with Coke. He would support himself by playing golf professionally.

## Groups

* Bungie Jumpers
* Teh 1337ists
* HFCS
* The Black Chapter
Burritosenior

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## Bungie.net Life

Burritosenior is a Bungie.net user. He has been posting since 2005 as an anonymous user. He created his account on April 5th, 2006. He was absent from Bungie.net for just under a year, when he returned in May of 2007.

He is a frequent Halo 3 forum dweller, who ventures into the Community Forum (A.K.A. the Septagon). He is a Mythic member. He does not like to post threads often, but started a series of long, often in depth threads after joining SonicJohn's group SIP.

He is a Master Moderator in the group Owners of the Katana, a Veteran in 'The Real
Community', and is currently in 13 groups. He is a moderator of some sort in 6 of those
groups.

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He is generally a somewhat respected, if not well known, member of the community who is
known for helping people in the Halo 3 forum and actually explaining his opinions on
certain subjects.

## Halo 3

He is a Brigadier on record as saying several times that rank doesn't really mean anything.
The only time he brings it up is to mock Feanor about his rank.
He is an avid AR lover, and loves using Sticky grenades. He does not mind MLG, but feels a
strong dislike towards many of its most vocal fans.

## Groups

* BUNGLE
* CSFSL
* Gamers Anon
* Hunting club
* LIES
* Mob of Angry Peasants
* Mythic Members
* OTK Flood
* OTK Forum Ninjas
* Owners of the Katana
* Project ARCADIA
* The Bungie Community
* The Gallery
* The Marty Army
* The real community
* This is One One Eight
* Waaahmbulance
Chris547

## Bungie.net Life

Chris547 is a Forum Ninja on Bungie.net. If you look hard enough you might get to see him. He lurks in the shadows waiting for prey to fall into his traps. Other than that nothing is known about it — by people who aren't in the know that is.

On 1/23/11, chris547 was stripped of his moderation powers and title. Most likely due to chris' excessive recent inactivity. Chris still remains a member of HFCS; it has been theorized that he may be given the opportunity the next time he signs in to resign as a Forum Ninja, or continue on and hold the ranks of his fellow ninjas.

## Trivia

* He likes Reese's Pieces and is into wenches.

* He is the founding father and patron saint of MoAP.

## Groups

* Chapter Founders
* HFCS
* Inside the Machine
* Mathematics
* Mob of Angry Peasants
* The Kuniklo Project
Gnop!

***GNOP!*** was the first computer game created and published by Bungie Studios. Alex Seropian authored the game in 1990, almost a year before Bungie's official incorporation. A simple *PONG* clone with added sound and graphics written and released nearly 20 years after the original, "GNOP" is simply "PONG" spelled backwards. Released as freeware, the game proved popular enough that Seropian sold the source code to fans for $15 USD.

## **Availability**

*GNOP!* is currently available for download at https://www.myabandonware.com/game/gnop-3km

A faithful recreation of *GNOP!* in Adobe Flash was playable on http://gnop.bungie.org/ before Adobe Flash Player was shut down.

## **Lore**

According to Bungie Lore, "*OWT GNOP*" will be made when the jar that holds Ling-Ling's Head is broken.

## Gallery

GNOP! title screenGNOP! gameplayGNOP! "You Win" screenGNOP! "You Lose (ha ha ha)" screen
Fu'ulphul

## Chapters

**Fu'ulphul** is a demonic entity and the patron of Crawmi Lonespire.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Fu’ulphul has an impish, wiry body. His head is nearly twice the size of his body, almost potato shaped. He is a hairless creature, and his head appears only to have a mouth that stretches the length of its “face.” But, on rare occasions, Fu’ulphul opens the hundreds of eyes that cover his entire head. Fu’ulphul’s headpiece is literally made from his servants. He wears Dakgu’s head/skull like a hat, and arms from subsequent servants adorn it.

## **Biography**

### **Background**

This story is the first harvest of the demon some call Fu’ulphul (FOOL-full).

For decades, Dakgu was alone. His clan fought valiantly ages ago, and he remained, the last of his kin. Dakgu spent his days tilling a small plot of land, barely growing enough to sustain himself, as he had grown too old for the hunt. He knew his time had passed, and that his last days would be those of waste and weakness.

The shouts outside his small home woke Dakgu with a start. From the front door, Dakgu could see at least ten men approaching his home, and he knew the night would probably be his last. Dakgu sprinted into his field and met his enemies, and despite his fear, he cut them all down with nothing but his scythe. Blood flowed through the tilled rows of soul, poisoning the land, and Dakgu knew that nothing more could grow here, that he would starve.

Then in the darkness, something clawed its way up from the earth.

Under the light of the moon, Dakgu saw the creature rising before him, some hideous abomination covered in hundreds of blinking eyes. It hovered closer, inches from the orc, and finally, it spoke, “I saw the flicker of life sprout from you just now, like a seed piercing the earth, its tender, green arms grasping toward the sun.”

Dakgu fell to his knees. “Kill me,” he demanded.

“Nonono, Old One. The harvest is not ready, the grain is not yet golden!”

Fu’ulphul touched the scythe, and an energy like none Dakgu had ever experienced coursed through the tool and into his body. Vigor that Dakgu hadn’t experienced since his youth drummed within him.

“Now, my dear Old One,” Fu’ulphul hissed, “find your happiness. Touch the sun, and we will bring home the harvest.”

Dakgu didn’t see Fu’ulphul for years, but he wielded the creature’s strength against the haughty and powerful. Dakgu crossed over the world and through the Planes, and despite his youth being behind him, he lived those days again for a time.

Fu’ulphul came to him at sunrise. The orc rested against a tree, content for the first time in years. “I see,” said Fu’ulphul. “You’re finally happy.”

Dakgu didn’t speak. He watched the sky as the sun burned away the inky black of night.

Fu’ulphul picked up the worn scythe from the ground.

“The harvest is ready. We will thresh the grain, together. Twist it, tear it, rend it, mash it.”
Hdubya

## History

hdubya is a Bungie Employee, hired in September of 2010, currently managing customer facing data centers. hdubya previously had the Forum Ninja title bar with the title "Ops Overlord", which caused much confusion. He had only posted three times since he joined on 8.15.2010, until he suddenly became active on Bungie.net, and then also gained the gold text affiliated with Bungie Employees, along with a new title, "Combat Commander" and a new avatar.

hdubya's username may be just random jibberish or have an internal meaning; however, nothing has been confirmed. Nothing more is known about hdubya at this stage.

## Explanation

When asked why his text had originally been orange, he said he had "never got around to setting gold".

## Groups

* Reach Stats API

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BobBQ

## About

With an arsenal of over three-hundred rifles, pistols, and various prototype high-caliber weaponry, ***BobBQ*** (or Robert B. Quinlan, as he likes to call himself) is definitely one of the more lethal Forum Ninjas. BobBQ is a fan of the occasional round of "Skeet Shooting", as his friend Skeet is not only a fast runner, he also recovers quickly from injuries.

BobBQ has been a member of Bungie.net since 6/8/2003. In July of 2006, he was appointed to Forum Ninja.

## Appearance in Pimps at Sea RPG

In the Pimps at Sea RPG game, BobBQ takes all of the player's hos, causing outrage from several members. GameJunkieJim exclaimed, "YOU STOLE THEM YOU STOLER!!!" Fortunately, BobBQ was able to escape Jim's rage, and continues to live on to this day. Bob still claims that "[he] could've taken Jim out with the Strayer-Tripp."

## Fighting

It is common knowledge among the Forum Ninja that BobBQ is the worst swordsman in HFCS, being especially prone to stabbing himself in the foot and slicing off his sparring partners' sleeves.

Bob is also in possession of the SIG-Sauer SG-730 Bancannon previously owned by Shishka. This weapon was long little more than a paperweight, however, as the arming key had disappeared shortly after Shishka's move to Certain Affinity. Nobody dared look for it, out of fear that Bob would slaughter anyone who found it before him. Shishka finally revealed the key's location when Bob returned from his 2007 summer vacation, allowing this fearsome chunk of steel and titanium to be returned to service.

## Groups

* For Carnage Apply Within
* HFCS
Bungie Lore

Unlike most game developers, Bungie Studios has carefully cultivated and encouraged its fanbase. As with any community of people, the Bungie Community has developed its own captivating legends, lore, myths, and history.

Example: Secrets of the Tricorn

## Some of the most prominent pieces of Bungie Lore:

* Acronyms
* Alternate Reality Games
* Artificial Intelligence
* Bungie Soapbox
* Bungie Mythos
* The Cortana Letters
* Disembodied Soul
* HFCS
* The Ivory Tower
* Jason Jones
* Latin
* Ling-Ling
* Pimps At Sea
* Rampancy
* Seven
* Soffish
* The Seventh Column
* The Shaft
* Tijuana Mamas
* The Webmaster
* Words and Phrases
Gruntsbane

**Gruntsbane** was the artist of the Halo Babies comics, which ran from 2003-2009. He and mrsmiley (who hosted HaloBabies.net) were both were given the custom bungie.net forum title of "Theme Master" for creating the Halo Babies Chapter theme.

Gruntsbane has been a member of bungie.net since November 8, 2002.
Giant slingshot

The creation of the 'Giant Slingshot' is the 7th and final phase in Bungie's Plan for World Domination. A giant slingshot is a slingshot that is big. Really, really big. So big that it could eat you (or send enemies flying into the sun, Bungie's use for the superweapon). Until recently still in the planning stages but STAGE 6 of The Se7en Step Plan to World Domination was completed on October 5, 2007 when Bungie staged a bloody coup of parent company Microsoft. There have already been several secret attempts by upper echelon Bungie staff members to create the giant slingshot. Sadly, all have failed.

Photographic documentation of said slingshots below:

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Know your Ninjas

## About the Know Your Ninjas

Know Your Ninjas were news articles almost mini interviews made about some of the Forum Ninja's. Urk started these in April 2009, he interviewed 8 Ninjas. The Know Your Ninjas haven't been seen or posted since November 2009. There have been many threads in the Community Forum asking where they have gone, Urk has not said anything about them. Know Your Ninjas were made at the same time as the Average Joes.

## List of all the Know Your Ninjas

**November**

* 10.November.2009 - Duardo

**October**

* 20.October.2009 - Sir Fragula
* 13.October.2009 - Achilles
* 06.October.2009 - Qbix

**June**

* 30.June.2009 - Butane123
* 16.June.2009 - Foman123

**May**

* 05.May.2009 - The Slayer

**April**

* 07.April.2009 - El Roboto
BungieTV

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BungieTV (BTV for short) was the program Bungie broadcasted for four days during Macworld 2000.

It was hosted by Joseph Staten and featured a number of people including Doug Zartman, Matt Soell, Dave Dunn, and Marty O'Donnell. There were also representatives from ATI and Macintosh that spoke about the latest gaming hardware.

## Links

Guide

Part of Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4
Bungie Mac Action Sack

The ***Bungie Mac Action Sack*** was a collection of six Bungie Macintosh games on one CD released on July 21, 1999 for $19.99. The collection came in an actual sack of cloth.

* ***Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete***
* ***Pathways into Darkness***
* ***Abuse***
* ***Marathon***
* ***Marathon 2: Durandal***
* ***Marathon Infinity***

In addition to the games, a demo of ***Myth: The Fallen Lords*** was included, as well as a preview of ***Oni*** and an Easter egg for the just-announced ***Halo***.

## Description

`*We're pleased to announce the Mac Action Sack, an affordable compilation of six Macintosh action titles including the entire Marathon series. Get it now for just $19.95!*`

## Secrets and Trivia

* The "Movie, Images & Music" folder of the *Oni* preview hides an invisible file: **big brains=huge game.jpeg**, a photoshopped image of the staff at Bungie West.
* The "Minotaur 7" folder contained three invisible JPEGs of *Halo* concept art by Shikai Wang.
* *Mac Action Sack* was released the same day as the *Halo* announcement trailer, and just 48 hours later, the hidden sketches were helping to melt the servers of barely-opened *Halo* fansites.

The staff of Bungie West. big brains=huge game.jpeggrndsprtcrft.jpegtransport.jpegtrooper.jpeg
1. ↑ Halo.Bungie.org - July 23, 1999
Bungie Podcast

The **Bungie Podcast** is, as the name implies, a podcast by Bungie. It was originally hosted by Brian Jarrard, Frank O'Connor, and Luke Smith. Later, it was hosted by Eric Osborne flying solo. The Podcast was mixed and mastered by Steve Lopez and produced by Tom Gioconda and Chris Gossett.

The Podcast was created to help quench the information-thirst of rabid Bungie fans as well as to provide another way for fans to get the inside scoop of the goings-on inside of Bungie.

There are 46 episodes of the Bungie Podcast, with the last one published on November 29, 2017.

## Theme Song

### The Original

`*"We're the Bungie Kids, with Plasma Pistols glowing. It's our podcast show, with Brian and friends, and Frankie."*`

`- Lyrics to the theme song`

The original Bungie Podcast had a theme song jingle that was written and composed by Bungie's own Marty O'Donnell. It featured Brian Jarrard, Frank O' Connor and Marty attempting to sing in unison and was a parody of the Flintstones Vitamins jingle, which Marty also composed. Courtesy of Jay Weinland, the theme song did feature some use of cowbell, although Marty stepped in during production and ended up snipping much of it out. Everyone agrees, it could use more.`“*We're a parody of ourselves.*”`

`~ **Frank O' Connor on the Podcast theme song**``“*I'd love to see us get sued. That'd be so much fun.*”`

`~ **Marty O' Donnell on "maybe we really aren't covered by parody."**`Despite some mutterings to the contrary, Marty remained adamant that it is legally covered by parody. After Frankie left Bungie, the theme song remained intact except for the ending, which replaced Frankie's voice with a loud horn.
### The Horn

On the May 16, 2008, it was announced that Frankie would be leaving Bungie. His last appearance was on April 11 where they discussed him about to become a U.S. citizen. In the next Podcast on July 7, Luke Smith made reference to Frankie not being there by joking that the theme should end with an explosion instead of Frankie's voice, but the podcast used a *Halo 3* song instead. In the next episode on October 21, the theme song returned but edited our Frankie's name - replacing it with the horn sound from *Halo 3's* elephant vehicle.

### The Community

On March 29, 2010, the intro changed to music from the *Halo: Reach* soundtrack. Afterwards, the podcast used several themes from a Bungie-held podcast theme contest created by the Bungie community.

## Episodes

To listen to all episodes, visit The Bungie Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podbay, and Podchaser.

## External Links

* Bungie Podcast RSS feed
* Bungie News Article that contains the preview episode
* Bungie News Article that contains the first episode
* Bungie Podcast Archive circa 2012
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Community Spotlight

This article needs more cowbell. If you have *expert* knowledge of this topic and would like to help keep Bungiepedia up to date, please feel free to add-on or make appropriate changes. If not, leave it alone.

The Bungie.net ***Community Spotlight*** is a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly (depending on how busy the Community Team is) spotlight on a prominent Bungie community member. This is where Frankie or another member of the Community Team interviews the member, and then posts the interview on the front page. The interviews are often surprise interviews, and are usually conducted via an instant messenger.

## List of Community Members that have been Spotlighted (oldest to newest)

Dalteth Spotlight

BOLL Spotlight

Jillybean Spotlight

Narcogen Spotlight

Mintz Spotlight

Foo Mo Jive Spotlight

Ducain Spotlight

imSuck Spotlight

CunBelin Spotlight

Anne Wolanski Spotlight

Stosh Spotlight

Recon Number 54 Spotlight

Xerxdeej Spotlight

GameJunkieJim Spotlight

Louis Wu Spotlight

Chris547 Spotlight

ZoomDemon Spotlight

Dweezle Spotlight

Kitty Spotlight

LordGideon Spotlight

Maimum FEAR Spotlight
Chris Butcher (Butcher)

## Trivia

**Nickname: Butcher**
**Classification: GrizzledAncients**

**Current Job: Senior Engineer**

**Origin: HODDESDON, HERTS, UK**

**Blood Type: A-Positive**
**Age:** 29

**Weight:** 160 pounds
**Height:** 5'9"

**Girth:** Classified

**Tensile Strength:** 14.3 GPa

**First Job:** Hardware Engineer, Iconix Equipment

**Hobby:** Crushing fragile egos

**Ultimate Halo Match:** 2v2 Shotguns & Snipers, Guardian

**Ultimate Snack:** Pavlova

**Ultimate Website:** www.fyreball.com

**Mode of Transport:** 2001 BMW 330Ci convertible with the top down at all temperatures above 25 F

**Greatest Fear:** Accidental Deportation

**Looking Forward To:** Far Cry 2, Sins of a Solar Empire, GTA 4

## Biography

Butcher got his start in the industry by dodging his PhD advisors for long enough to organize worldwide tournaments for Myth and Myth II over bungie.net, most notably, the Myth World Cup, which still continues to be held every year to this day. Hired out of college in New Zealand, he was originally slated to work in Chicago but was hijacked upon arrival in LAX to Bungie West to rewrite the particle effects and AI systems for Oni. As a result he has almost no memories from most of 2000 and suffers recurring nightmares about gorillas wearing cowboy hats. His AI minions in Halo have racked up over a billion kills on the Master Chief worldwide which makes him the best Halo player at Bungie, numerically speaking. His favorite memory of working at Bungie is of falling asleep on the walk home at 4am and waking up the next morning on a high school football field. He is currently working on Internet networking for Halo 3.

## Links

* Bungie.net - Meet the Team
* Chris Butcher's Broken In Interview
Charlie Gough (Chucky)

## Trivia

**Nickname:** Chucky
**Classification:** GrizzledAncients

**Current Job:** Code Gorilla
**Origin:** Austin, TX

**Fact:** One of a few people who actually played Minotaur.
**Age:** 34

**Weight:** 195lbs
**Height:** 5'8"

**Girth:** Classified

**First Job:** Mac Repair Technician, University of Texas Campus Computer Store.

**First Real Job:** Bungie!

**Hobby:** Games of any type, reading, basketball, snowboarding, backpacking, and mountaineering

**Ultimate Halo Match:** Single flag CTF on Zanzibar

**Ultimate Snack:** Turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato, cheese, mustard, pickles, red onion, sprouts, grilled peppers, black olives, salt, and lots of pepper on toasted wheat bread

**Ultimate Website:** [1]

**Mode of Transport:** Subaru Legacy Outback Limited

**Fake Weapon:** Super tinker swiss army knife

## Biography

In January of 1998, after visiting his longtime buddy Max Hoberman at his new job, Chucky impulsively quit school to work at Bungie on a new and undefined game with a small team composed of Jason Jones, Rob McLees, and Marcus Lehto. Four and a half years, 40lbs, four moves, two sellouts, one car, and an obscene number of new hires later, Halo was lovingly shoved out the door. Chucky then spent another three years crunching on Halo 2 where his responsibilities expanded from being the physics programmer to engineering lead. During this experience he lost hair on his head, gained more of it elsewhere, forgot how write code, learned how to pretend to manage, gained even more weight, lost it all, and met his future wife. He's currently slaving away on Halo 3 where he continues to be management overhead.
Community Team

The Bungie Community Team is the public face of Bungie. This small group of Bungie Employees is charged with dealing directly with the Bungie Community. These individuals take on such tasks as administering Bungie.net, visiting other fansites such as Reddit, Bungie.org, creating Weekly Updates, conducting interviews, speaking with the media, and a host of other activities.

While dealing with the Bungie Community is rarely the sole job of Community Team members, it is often their most important. The Bungie Community Team is also the group of Bungie employees with the highest public profile. Indeed, some Community Team members, such as former Bungie employee Frank O'Connor (Frankie), can be quite literally classified as celebrities of the video gaming world. Every word said or written by a Community Team member is routinely scrutinized by Community members for the latest possible scrap of information about new Bungie games, such as Destiny 2.

As a result Community Team members must undergo a special training before being allowed to speak to the public. The contents of the training are a secret, but most likely involve such topics as political correctness, avoiding giving away proprietary information, and how to speak with the media.

### Community Team Members

The following is a list of the members of the Bungie Community Team:

* Cozmo23
* dmg04
* Hippy
* Sam

### Former Members

* Max Hoberman (Yeroen) [Former Employee]
* Brian Jarrard (Sketch) [Former Employee]
* Matt Soell [Former Employee]
* Frankie O'Connor [Former Employee]
* Kevin Paul [Former Employee]
* Luke Smith (lukems)
* Eric Osbourne (Urk)
* David Dague (DeeJ) [Former Employee]
David Candland (Evil Otto)

*"I think the days are gone with the guys that say 'Honey, I'm going over to Jeff's house to go play cards'...now it's 'Honey, I'm going over to Jeff's house to go play Halo'."*

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## Trivia

**Nickname:** Evil Otto

**Classification:** GrizzledAncients

**Current Job:** UI Lead, Halo: Reach

**Origin:** Seattle, WA

**Marital Status:** 20 years+

**Age:** 42

**Progeny:** 6

**First Job:** Art Intern, Microsoft 3D Moviemaker

## Biography

David Candland is an Old School employee of Bungie Studios. He has worked as a User Interface lead on Bungie projects such as *Halo: Combat Evolved*, *Halo 2*, *Halo 3*, *Halo 3: ODST* and *Halo: Reach*.

Dave and his UI work has appeared in several Bungie ViDocs including Router 7.0, Halo 2 multiplayer, Halo Reach: Carnage Carnivale, and Is Quisnam Protero Damno!

David Candland's Xbox Live gamertag is is Evil Otto, derived from "the invincible smiley-face boss from the old Atari game Berzerk". Candland is 42 years old and lives in Washington state with his wife and six children.

As a kid, I used to blow an entire Saturday off pumping quarters into arcade games. In college, I had an epiphany after playing hours and hours of continuous Marathon in the ArtCenter Mac lab - maybe I could get paid to do this. I redirected my major emphasis to interactive design, and after a few years at Microsoft and Sierra, I'm here at Bungie making money doing the two things my Dad said would never get me anywhere - art & video games. I live in a tiny rural 'no stoplight' town with my wife, Marcy and our kids. Frog blast the vent core.

## Links

* Bungie.net - Meet the Team
* David Candland (Evil Otto)'s Bungie.net Profile
* Bungie.net - Broken In
* IMDB
* Moby Games Database
* David Candland - Adobe Developer Center Article

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Avius Custos

A custom title on Bungie.net given out to  ex-contractors for their duties at Bungie Studios and the forums.

Like the  Forum Ninjas they have custom avatars.

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## Meaning

"Avius Custos" is Latin, and in English roughly translates to "wandering guardian" or "wandering soldier."

## Members

The only known members to have received this custom title are KPaul and  Jeremiah

## More Info

Please click  here for more information regarding other various member titles
Jeremiah

`“*bump lolz*”`

`~ **Ninja 0n Fire**`

> *Jeremiah now works for a secret organization of utmost secrecy; working on web applications which are also secret and we shouldn't be talking about them anyway. You didn't read any of this.*
>
>

## About

**Ninja 0n Fire** (Jeremiah Pieschl) was a contractor for Bungie Studios. While he was contracting, he was known as the "Matchmaking DJ" -- setting up playlists, testing them, and putting them into the game to improve the Halo 2 matchmaking experience.

His contract with Bungie has ended, but he still frequents Bungie.net. Ninja 0n Fire had his Bungie.net user name changed to Jeremiah shortly before his contract ended, but reasons as to why he had this done are unknown.

Ninja 0n Fire/Jeremiah has gold text and possesses the custom title "Space Ninja", which he had changed from "Playlist Fungineer" on 8.24.2011. He is currently working on a variety of projects for Bungie, including Bungie Mobile, Bungie Aerospace, and "other stuff."

## Trivia

* Jeremiah once won a "hottest man" contest back in July 1991. Since then he has been inundated with countless love letters. Suspicions have led many to believe many of said letters were written by The Don Wan.
* Possibly a reference to the popular Drmcninja webcomic. Drmcninja's father Dan Mcninja sets himself on fire so their ninjas can't catch him.
* Had a custom member rank "avius custos."
* Was the Playlist Manager for Halo 2 and Halo: Reach.

## Groups

Community Cartographers

HFCS
Frank O'Connor (Frankie)

File:Frankieavatar.gif  **Frank "Frankie" O'Connor** was an old skool employee, part of the Bungie.net Community Team. His Bungie.net title was **Content Monkey**, meaning that he (sometimes with the help of Brian Jarrard, or more recently, Luke Smith) wrote the Bungie Weekly Updates which usually centered on Bungie in general and current Bungie projects. Frankie is well known for his reflective bald head and poorly disguised Scottish accent.

In the May 16, 2008 update it was announced that Frankie would be leaving Bungie. He now heads up the Microsoft subsidiary 343 Industries, which has taken over the support and development of new content for the Halo franchise.

His Bungie.net title is now Mister Chief, which is reference to Frankie drawing pictures of Mister Chief in weird situations.

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## Biography

Nickname: Frankie
Classification: OldSkool

Current Job: Content Monkey, Bungie.net
Origin: Edinburgh, Scotland

Blood Type: acid
Age: 36 DD

Weight: 180 Pounds
Height: 5' 10"

Girth: Taut, Toiger-loike

First Job: Staff Writer, Amstrad Action

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Hobby: Enkillenating, murderousness and destructification.

Ultimate Halo Match: Blood Gulch, CTF, all weapons, all vehicles

Ultimate Snack: Curly Wurly [1]

Ultimate Website: www.realultimatepower.net

Mode of Transport: Green Destiny - 2001 Mazda Protégé, 1.6 liters and four cylinders of dented steel madness.

Fake Weapon: Bra-bomb

Now a long-serving jerk at Bungie and still the subject of relentless, painful and invasive hazing, Frank O'Connor is a 12-year veteran of the videogame magazine industry and has therefore never worked an honest day in his life. His contributions to society include the expression, "Fans of the genre will love it, but others, try before you buy," and the mistaken belief that "Woot!" is a universal exclamation of delight. His greatest legitimate Halo feat was a fully-witnessed, partial-Warthog Xbox LAN "Killtacular."

## Trivia

* Frankie is currently losing the Halo 3 Grudge Match challenge to Sketch, 2-0.
* Frankie is bald.
* Frankie prides himself on his Scottish origins, but his accent is barely distinguishable.
* Frankie was a former member of Official Xbox Magazine in the U.S.
* Frankie is now an American citizen.
* Frankie is a former host of the Bungie Podcast