During the game's open beta test, a medal was discovered called "Cheneymania!" that could be earned by killing ten players consecutively with a shotgun and without dying. This was a reference to the then-current vice president of the United States, Dick Cheney, who one year prior in 2006 had accidentally shot attorney Harry Whittington while they were out quail hunting. After players and other Bungie developers noticed, they changed the name of the medal to "Shotgun Mania", and then to its final name "Open Season". According to multiplayer announcer Jeff Steitzer, it was originally planned for him to shout "Cheneymania!" as a hidden voice line that would have been triggered under very rare circumstances if the player were to kill their own teammates. This line was cut from the game before the open beta test began, but the Cheneymania! text was left in as an oversight.