Ah, isn't gaming love beautiful? XBox Live user Moviesign seemed to think so, when he created a custom-map in the Halo 3 map editor Forge, spelled out the words "Marry Me?" in weapons, then led his girlfriend of two years to the location. Aww, what a romantic gesture ... I think.

On November 3, 2007 Moviesign made a Forge map in Halo® 3, and set up what his girlfriend of over two years (furtive penguin) thought was going to be a two-on-two match with his friends. They started the game and Moviesign led furtive penguin to a spot where he claimed he'd put an energy sword.

Instead there was a nice top-down view where he had spelled out a proposal in weapons. He then asked her to be his teammate for life.

Furtive penguin and Moviesign recently moved from Indianapolis to Chicago where she (penguin) is a copyeditor and he (Movie) is a graphic designer. They haven't set a wedding date yet. As furtive penguin said, "We're waiting to see what the release date is for the next Halo game. We don't want any conflicts."

Congratulations to furtive penguin and Moviesign from the entire Xbox community!
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    Reenee Nov 9, 07
    That's pathetic.

    The fact that it's in an FPS is worse.

    And it's Halo 3.
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    TurMoiL911* Nov 9, 07
    Part of me thinks that this is kind of romantic in a strange, slightly nerdy way. The other part fears for their children.

    "Daddy, how did you propose to Mommy ?"

    "Well, sonm it all started with Bungie's Forge system ..."
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    timberwolf120 Nov 9, 07
    I guess you find your teammate for life when she actually says yes to a proposal like that.

    Is the wedding going to be online too? Is he going to make a custom map for their honeymoon?
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      George Nov 9, 07
      Hahaha .. this made me laugh. I'm sure that they'll actually step away from the 360 and get married outside of their home.
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    iLLmatic Nov 9, 07
    At least it was his girlfriend. I came in thinking he met and proposed to some chick online, a la World of Warcraft and The Sims.
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    Bale Fire Nov 9, 07
    This just creeps me out. He could have taken her on a cruise or out to a restaurant but instead he does it on Halo of all things

    This reminds of the even more stupid Zezima wedding in Runescape. Type it in on Youtube if your interested
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    Seeker X Nov 9, 07
    Well let's be honest people, that was innovative, but it will never beat the diamond ring.
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    Final Blade Nov 9, 07
    Wow how pathetic, i mean come on proposing on a online game. Wow, there is some things i need to know, one how long did he and her date and two did they meet online and did they ever meet in person. For some strange i would laugh if he proposed to a man
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      TurMoiL911* Nov 9, 07
      I don't know. I think that they're actually a couple in real life. But instead of paying for dinner at a nice resturant, the guy decided to spend an hour on Forge working on his proposal.
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        Final Blade Nov 10, 07
        Sounds like alot of work to me.
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    DEZVOUS Nov 9, 07
    I honestly don't buy this...
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    Incidnia Nov 9, 07
    Me neither. I mean wtf? Next they will have the ceremony on forge too. ¬¬
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    Incidnia Nov 9, 07
    Me neither. I mean wtf? Next they will have the ceremony on forge too. ¬¬

    It was obviously just 2 guys pissing around.
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    Dance Floor Killah Nov 9, 07
    I remember furtive penguin from the GamerchiX boards on xbox.com. Congrats to her and Moviesign.
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    Shadow of Death Nov 9, 07
    Well, this is nice...

    And I don't think most of you understand that BOTH are obviously big fans of Halo, otherwise the girl would have been real irritated, I'd think....

    And yeah, from what I can tell from the article, they are a couple in real life...

    I think this is nice, he creatively (sorta) used something they BOTH like, to make a marriage proposal...Like, if someone really likes cake, you could say "Try a sample of this cake" and have "Will you Marry Me" on it...

    Or two sports fans go to a ball-park, and the screen displays "Will you marry me?" on it...corny, and somewhat unoriginal, but eh.

    The point is, they both liked the game >_>

    Eh, I'd probably never do this, unless my future partner really liked a certain game >_> I'd be like "Honey, I found something in 'The Game' that You won't believe! It is a super secret easter egg or something"....if she/he liked the game as much as I thought, she/he would come running, only to see a "Will you Marry Me?" thing on the screen, and I'd probably drop on my knees and propose or something, in real life...
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    kik36 Nov 9, 07
    Well, it's original to say the least. At least they are dating in RL. Unlike FFXI where you can marry complete strangers in-game, that always creeped me out a bit.
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    doylie Nov 9, 07
    And i thought doing that on WoW was bad...
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    Underated Nov 10, 07
    Jesus, that is weird. Proposing on a games just seems.... pathetic really.
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    Dark Dom Nov 10, 07
    These people need to get out more
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    HBK619 Nov 10, 07
    Gotta give the guys a clap for trying something a bit different, I know people have proposed in online games before, but still, it's not as common as the traditional ways.

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