Year: 2002

cobaltnova popped on to the forum yesterday to describe the next tournament his group his hosting. This one’s called the HALO: Killtacular Invitational, and top prize is $1000. If Phoenix, AZ is within your visiting range, be there on January 11.

Ouch. Team Overkill beat themselves, it sounds like… a depressing account of the first qualifying round of the iGames Winter Season. On the plus side, they’ve included a link to a copy of Halo for just $29.99, certianly the cheapest I’ve ever seen it. (You have to put it in your cart to see that…

Chekov writes that he’d created an Elite costume for Halloween, but didn’t have the nerve to wear it… but sent in a shot of his friend Charles modelling it.

FloodSpecies writes to let us know of a new website; Halo: Installations & Evolution is a roleplaying group based on the Halo universe. The website isn’t finished yet, but you can get a taste for what’s coming. Check it out!

Some Fan Fiction material for you… Lord Dagon has turned in part 5 of his Halo 2: Return of Death series, and hipboyscott has turned in a sketch of the rifle from his Have Design, Will Build series. He says this:the rifle design is my own, and this is a basic render. I had more…

lol – Señor 404 shows a sense of humor with a Miscellaneous Art submission. Check it out.

Whoa. The Gameplay Tips section, somewhat neglected in recent weeks, has had a facelift. 40+ new tips, plus (some much-needed) sorting functions! The site map has been updated, as well. As far as I can tell, Cybrfrk has left out some of the SupaMegaTricksta-type tips that we get… which is a fine thing, SMT is…

Skip Weasel the pegboy, Bungie intern etraordinaire (or something), returns in the latest Bungie comic. (That thing, minus the sign, really is in the building.)

We get a lot of Wallpaper submissions. Periodically, I threaten to create some sort of ‘maintainer’s choice’ gallery, to showcase the ones I consider to be the best of the best. I haven’t found time to do this yet… but when it happens, the two new entries from Stormsinger will definitely be in there. Check…

Stories from the last day or so, just clearing out the Fan Fiction queue:The Long Ride Home, part 11, by Joshua Barreto Taker of Life, Giver of Death, part 11, by Ian Barnes Human, by Mr Bill Jr V Halo: The Final Fight, part 2, by Daniel Luiken Have Design, Will Build, part 3, by…

A couple of pieces of Miscellaneous Art submitted over the last couple of days; apologies, it’s been busy. You’ll find the original version of strykerwolf’s Halloween (modified version visible on yesterday’s news page), and a clan logo from some Halo fanatics in Finland. Enjoy!

Tarrsk is compiling a database of HBO forumgoers who play on Xbox Live; it’s unclear at the moment where it will be hosted, but if you want to be included, simply reply to the forum thread, or email Tarrsk with your HBO forum screen name and your XBL gamer tag. (If you include only one…

Forum regular Warbow sent his son out for trick-or-treating last night as a Master Chief. You can see his post (and the resultant thread) on the forum, and we’ve added a local copy of the pictures. Now that’s fatherly dedication!

Thank goodness SOMEONE saved a copy of this; we were out trick-or-treating, I would have missed it. (Thanks to Candyman for the creation, and mnemesis for its posterity assuredness.) Bed…

Bungie’s hiring again… this time, they’re looking for a Community Development Manager. Responsibilities, requirements, and general info can be found on Bungie.net… oh, how I wish I lived near Seattle sometimes.

A European mirror for the Halo Winter Season promo mentioned yesterday has come online – thanks again to GJ of Fantazm!

Halo in your local pub? Narcogen, of Rampancy.net, found an interesting article describing a new marketing deal between Microsoft and Anheuser-Busch which will get Xboxes into bars. Promotional schwag, including Xboxes, will be given away during the initial phase. Nice!

In the midst of the forum madness of the last couple of days, Lorraine Reyes-McLees dropped by with an update on Eagan (misspelled the last time we mentioned him) – sounds like everyone’s doing well! (We want sketches, Lorraine!)

Strykerwolf created a pretty cool image for Halo-ween… we’ve shamelessly stolen it for use here on this page. (You can see the original on our forum.) Strykerwolf – if this thievery is not acceptable, we’ll yank it… but it was just too cool not to use.

Lots of Fan Fiction today… Unexpected Surprises, part 3, by JediKnight114 Fafnir, part 7, by KnightmareWolf Shadows of Archon II, part 25, by Wado The Shadows, part 10, by Glenny Cooking Covies with Neco Divad, by Neco Divad The Time Vortex: Intro, by Arthur Wellesly Revolution 2 Return of the Forerunner, part 3, by Gruntkiller…