Year: 2003

MaverickJ stopped in this afternoon to post the results from the AGP Fall 2003 Halo Championship. HP Darkman was unseated by Walshy of the Psycho Soldiers, with Clockwork and Strange Purple taking 3rd and 4th spots. Forum regular Break Point was there, and wrote up his own take on Day 1 – there’s a version…

progamerz stopped by our forum to point out that a new version of HaloSpy has been released; this build adds screenshot viewing capabilities and autojoin and game autolaunch functions. Check it out!

Ross Mills found a Master Chief model for Unreal Tournament 2; you can find download links (and a screenshot of the model) in this thread on the Atari forums. His feet look a little funny… but maybe that’s just the angle.

Not long ago, it became clear that the submissions for One One Se7en were quickly outstripping our chance of hosting them in a reasonable timeframe, and the Archive was born. (Next week’s Archive update already has nearly 30 strips in it.) It took much of the pressure off the Guest queue… but Stuntmutt hasn’t been…

Wonga. Now that the DVDs are done, Red vs Blue is back at work; filming on season 2 has begun, and they’re shooting for a mid-December release of episode 20. (They’re also hoping to have another Public Service Announcement between now and then.) Thanks to Ross Mills for the heads-up.

18 stories for you since the last Fan Fiction update (36 hours ago): The Battle for Phi Delta: Part 1, by witelancer 500 Men. 1000 Covenant. 1 Spartan. 1 Building. , by Steve Fight or flight: Chapter Three, by teemus The Battle for Phi Delta: Part Two, by witelancer The Last Forerunner Part 1:The Battle…

Ross Mills has whipped up a short Christmas-themed film for you; only 26 shopping days left! Timing’s nice, though it would have been more impressive had there been no need to manipulate pitch… it’s 1:21 long, and available in both WMP9 and QT formats (4.8 mb each, you choose). Don’t hate him for the suffering…

A couple of members of the Halo Elites wrote to say that their clan website is now online, and they’re looking for new members. Check it out!

In today’s Guest One One Se7en strip, Stumanji looks at possible Covenant counterattacks to the new Mark VI armor and weapons. Ouch!

NINJ4 posted a funny little animated gif earlier today… I can’t say I haven’t wished I’d had one of these… (The image is now local, to keep from crushing his connection.)

Hehe – the Story page boys get a nod from 343GS.com today, with the latest installment of echofournineteen, their ongoing comic. (Check the Downloads section.) Thanks, Madda Cheeb.

progamerz points out that over at halocity.org/forums, there is quite a bit of info about making Halo PC maps and mods. (He also pointed out molkien.halocity.org, a mod site with a pretty cool-looking map in progress called Cliffhanger.) Look around!

This came in a few days ago, too – we’re slipping. Efighter wrote to point out that The Red Army Clan for Halo is currently recruiting. Drop by their forum if you’re interested.

DOH! mrsmiley stepped in and created a Thanksgiving-themed Halo Babies when Gruntsbane had family obligations… we missed it because we took yesterday off. Take a look!

Dang – posted a few days ago, I forgot to get back to it. SanchezTheLlama put out a request on our forum for developers who want to help out in an open source project – a strategy game based on Halo. There’s an out-of-date website up at SourceForge.net, and more information within the linked forum…

Thanks to Jamirus99 and Geeoff, who both pointed out that Best Buys across America today will be selling Xbox Halo for $17.99 between 6 am and noon. This after-Thanksgiving sale is the perfect time for those of you in the US to buy that spare copy!

In today’s One One Se7en, Stuntmutt points out some of the advantages that the Mac MC has over the PC MC. (Note that Macsoft will honor no promises made by a comic strip on a fansite.)

The PoA is a tad bigger than it might look – certainly bigger than Halo: Resolution noobs can grasp.

Yesterday, DaChameleon sent a note to our forum announcing a HBO/HPC nickname list. You can use this to learn the HPC handles (and in some cases, the real names) of your favorite HBO forum regulars. (This was originally put together by Ben Roth, and posted on our forum. This version now has a permanent home.)

The guests have gone, the cleanup is mostly finished, and I came down to look at the Fan Fiction queue, knowing that the last time I did so was 3 days ago. Gah… 35 new pieces! (And that’s after rejecting the ones that shouldn’t have been submitted…) A Spartan’s Path- Chapter 2, by Myth A…