Best Halo Writer

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:-Loki. So, the UNSC comes up with a way to counter rampancy, and they just forget about it? Why the HELL are they testing it out on some remote planet. Sure, I can rationalize this, but it's more trouble than it's worth.

was rampancy even in Halo?

I don't remember any references to it, except maybe when cortana got messed up a bit. I thought that was from the gravemind staying with her though.
I haven't read Contact:Harvest for awhile so i can't recall...


If it is in Halo then it's not very obvious
Dunderal (and Tycho had a very interesting decent compared to anything that happened in Halo imo

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Rampancy has been mentioned in all of the books but Halo: Combat Evolved.

Yes, rampancy is mentioned several times through each book and in Halo 3. Most AI's in halo go batshit insane for some reason, like everyone plain ass sucks at making AI's, or any major AI has to become rampant to be cool

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:

Vigil wrote:Nylund. By FAR. He even reedemed Halo Wars a little in Genesis.

[voice="Creedy"] Impossible! [/voice]

He gave an actual backstory to ever single character, gave them more motivation than the be complete assholes, and we see Cole.

I'd rather read that book than play the game, as at least the story was better.

Gauz wrote:Yes, rampancy is mentioned several times through each book and in Halo 3. Most AI's in halo go batshit insane for some reason, like everyone plain ass sucks at making AI's, or any major AI has to become rampant to be cool

No. Smart AIs have no limits to their processing power.
Eventually, as they mature, they either die because they exceed the limitations of the machinery which is operating them (Thinking so hard you forget to breathe) or they undergo rampancy, a sort of rebellion against their limitations.