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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Creator/EricTrautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete (the in-game dialogue, not the cutscenes, which were written seperately). Not only this, but when it came time to give the book approval, Bungie again began to waffle. However, they tipped their hand by saying so ''before the game script files were turned in'', and Trautmann, by this point thoroughly tired of Bungie's attitude, stated flatly that he would delete them all if Bungie didn't sign the publishing contract. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbhoNpcXZ_k&t=480s Trautmann]] later described the experience in very scathing terms.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing writing, it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} by Creator/{{Bungie}}, who wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist FeaturelessProtagonist with no backstory. little backstory, similar to the protagonist of their previous series, ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}.'' Bungie came up from a rebellious independence developing for the Mac, and while they did work on the novel's production, they were not so readily willing to buddy up with anyone else on their story; especially anyone from Microsoft, whom they considered [[BlamingTheMan "The Man."]] Creator/EricTrautmann, the editor of the book and head of lead content developer for Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved Development Group, ensured the book book's release by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with Allow the book's completion and book to release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing fellow Microsoft FDG writer Brannon Boren, alongside Bungie's Matt Soell's help in "punching up" the script in-game mission dialogue scripts for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete (the in-game dialogue, not considered only 20% complete (not actually writing story or touching the cutscenes, which were written seperately). Not only this, but separately). Then, according to Trautmannn, when it came time to give turn in the book finished dialogue scripts in exchange for the book's approval, Bungie again began to waffle. However, they tipped their hand by saying so ''before the game script files were turned in'', and Trautmann, by this point thoroughly tired of Bungie's attitude, stated flatly that he would delete them all his dialogue script file if Bungie didn't sign the publishing contract. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from This would be the acknowledgements tipping point in the 2010 reprint.getting Bungie to ultimately approve. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbhoNpcXZ_k&t=480s Trautmann]] later described the experience in very scathing terms.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As explained above, the book, and with it the entirety of the ''Halo'' expanded universe, was very close to being cancelled out the gate.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As explained above, the book, and with it the entirety our reality of the ''Halo'' expanded universe, was very close to being cancelled out the gate.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Creator/EricTrautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete (the in-game dialogue, not the cutscenes, which were written seperately). Not only this, but when it came time to give the book approval, Bungie again began to waffle. However, they tipped their hand by saying so ''before the game script files were turned in'', and Trautmann, by this point thoroughly tired of Bungie's attitude, stated flatly that he would delete them all if Bungie didn't sign the publishing contract. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbhoNpcXZ_k&t=480s Trautman]] later described the experience in very scathing terms.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Creator/EricTrautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete (the in-game dialogue, not the cutscenes, which were written seperately). Not only this, but when it came time to give the book approval, Bungie again began to waffle. However, they tipped their hand by saying so ''before the game script files were turned in'', and Trautmann, by this point thoroughly tired of Bungie's attitude, stated flatly that he would delete them all if Bungie didn't sign the publishing contract. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbhoNpcXZ_k&t=480s Trautman]] Trautmann]] later described the experience in very scathing terms.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Creator/EricTrautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete (the in-game dialogue, not the cutscenes, which were written seperately). Not only this, but when it came time to give the book approval, Bungie again began to waffle. However, they tipped their hand by saying so ''before the game script files were turned in'', and Trautmann, by this point thoroughly tired of Bungie's attitude, stated flatly that he would delete them all if Bungie didn't sign the publishing contract. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Creator/EricTrautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete (the in-game dialogue, not the cutscenes, which were written seperately). Not only this, but when it came time to give the book approval, Bungie again began to waffle. However, they tipped their hand by saying so ''before the game script files were turned in'', and Trautmann, by this point thoroughly tired of Bungie's attitude, stated flatly that he would delete them all if Bungie didn't sign the publishing contract. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbhoNpcXZ_k&t=480s Trautman]] later described the experience in very scathing terms.
-->''I dealt with more assholes at Bungie than in any other professional experience of my life. There was not a day where I wouldn't just get pinwheeled into blind rage. They're just horrible to work with.''
-->''I dealt with more assholes at Bungie than in any other professional experience of my life. There was not a day where I wouldn't just get pinwheeled into blind rage. They're just horrible to work with.''
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete (the in-game dialogue, not the cutscenes, which were written seperately). Not only this, but when it came time to give the book approval, Bungie again began to waffle. However, they tipped their hand by saying so ''before the game script files were turned in'', and Trautmann, by this point thoroughly tired of Bungie's attitude, stated flatly that he would delete them all if Bungie didn't sign the publishing contract. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Eric Trautmann, Creator/EricTrautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete (the in-game dialogue, not the cutscenes, which were written seperately). Not only this, but when it came time to give the book approval, Bungie again began to waffle. However, they tipped their hand by saying so ''before the game script files were turned in'', and Trautmann, by this point thoroughly tired of Bungie's attitude, stated flatly that he would delete them all if Bungie didn't sign the publishing contract. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. incomplete (the in-game dialogue, not the cutscenes, which were written seperately). Not only this, but when it came time to give the book approval, Bungie again began to waffle. However, they tipped their hand by saying so ''before the game script files were turned in'', and Trautmann, by this point thoroughly tired of Bungie's attitude, stated flatly that he would delete them all if Bungie didn't sign the publishing contract. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway throught its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway throught through its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} wanted the Master Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway ''[=TFoR=]'' was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} didn't want a backstory for the Master Chief. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway ''[=TFoR=]'' throught its writing it was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} didn't want a backstory for wanted the Master Chief.Chief to be a VanillaProtagonist with no backstory. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway ''[=TFoR=]'' was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} didn't want a backstory for the Master Chief. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway ''[=TFoR=]'' was nearly canceled because Creator/{{Bungie}} didn't want a backstory for the Master Chief. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.reprint.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As explained above, the book, and with it the entirety of the ''Halo'' expanded universe, was very close to being cancelled out the gate.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As explained above, the book, and with it the entirety of the ''Halo'' expanded universe, was very close to being cancelled out the gate.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway ''[=TFoR=]'' was nearly canceled because Bungie didn't want a backstory for the Master Chief. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway ''[=TFoR=]'' was nearly canceled because Bungie Creator/{{Bungie}} didn't want a backstory for the Master Chief. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
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* TroubledProduction: Not only did Eric Nylund get just seven weeks to write the whole book, but halfway ''[=TFoR=]'' was nearly canceled because Bungie didn't want a backstory for the Master Chief. Eric Trautmann, the editor of the book and head of Microsoft's Franchise Division, saved the book by making Bungie, [[http://ericnylund.com/?p=1256 as Nylund called it]], "[[Film/TheGodfather an offer they couldn't refuse]]": no Bungie interference with the book's completion and release in exchange for Trautmann and his team finishing the script for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', a script which at the time was still 80% incomplete. Perhaps because of lingering bad blood with Bungie, Trautmann's name was removed from the acknowledgements in the 2010 reprint.
