BETA BABY!

Am I happy? Yes. Why? I'm gonna be participating in perhaps the biggest and most hotly anticipated video game's in recent history Beta test. What's a Beta test? It's an unfinished version of software that is released, usually in limited numbers, to a select few individuals to test and find bugs, among other things. What is this game? None other the Halo Fucking 3. Yup. Exactly how many will be in the Beta? I'm not sure of exact numbers, but I'd say maybe 25-30,000 people. Sounds like a lot, but really, it isn't. I'm really looking forward to it.

I had said previously that if a demo of Halo 3 were to become available, that I wouldn't play it in fears of being spoiled. So why did I even attempt to get in the Beta and why and I'm excited about it? Simple, really, and totally not hypocritical. When a demo is out, its more or less done, and is just a teaser. The vast majority of bugs have been found and squashed, and most/all of the playability stuff has been sorted out. If I play the Halo 3 Demo and don't like something about it, there is little I can do but bitch and hope it gets changed...with the Beta, that's different.

However, since this Beta isn't super exclusive, I may just but hoping for too much if I think that any bugs/glitches/annoyances I find and report in the Beta will actually get fixed. Summed up, there is nothing I can do to fix something that's wrong with a demo, but I can help make Halo 3 better by being in the Beta. It's almost a dis-service to myself to NOT participate. Or something equally as geeky sounding.

News on the '66...
The headers we've got installed currently aren't going to work. All that work to get them to fit, and the damn things won't work now. The reason is that the steering linkage won't connect to the pitman arm because the headers hang down too low. Running a drop pitman arm/idler arms won't work either, as they'd then be just a few inches off the ground. I'd rather not have something uber important like steering being the first thing to run aground. Fuck that. So....off the Summit to try different sets...

News of the '89...
I started chipping up some of the tar-based sound deadener thats stuck down everywhere. For the time being, I'm just gonna get it up off where the back seat goes. Eventually, when I make the jump to Phase 2/race car, all of it will come up. Its a bit of a bitch to remove, but it'll really clean up the areas where it was, and more importantly, save a fair bit of weight. The downside is more heat/cold/noise...oh well.

The passenger side mirror on the 240 has something bad wrong with it the glass...its all warped or something, looks like fake glass, and you just can't use it for anything. So I snagged a set of "F1/DTM style" aero mirrors off of eBay for $20. I wasn't expecting too much, and its a good thing, as while they will work out, I do have to drill out the mounting holes and tap them so they'll even mount. No biggie for me really, I'm sure others would curse, complain, and send them back for a refund. I'll grab some pics tomorrow.