Author: Louis Wu

Last week, we pointed out a Team Slayer match, on video, at Halo2Forum.com; it was Xit WouNDz vs Str8 Rippin, on Midship, from the point of view of XiT xItwasluckx. There’s another match between these two teams, this time filmed by | Killer N | – same map, KOTH game. Great to watch (and interesting…

F13ND points out an interview with OGRE 1, of Team3D, on the Team3D.net website; he’s looking ahead to this weekend’s MLG Nationals in New York. Take a look!

Yesterday, we mentioned the interview with xItwasluckx at MLG PwnCast – we got a message from QuaDxDaMag3, one of the site administrators, about a second interview, with Fonzi of TmG, and an article about team strategy. Go read!

Saber-Scorpion, who’s been mentioned a few times in the news for his Lego creations, has another couple of models up – the Pillar of Autumn, and a Pelican. Pretty impressive! Thanks to all who wrote in – looks like David was first.

Okay… this is pretty odd. About a month ago, mike0619 of Team Conquest submitted a vid to the MPRRS called ‘Outbreak’. It received high marks from every reviewer… except one. That one accused the team of plagiarism, and rated the film so low that it failed, even though everyone else passed it. It would have…

imSuck, of HaloGrid, hooked up with Burnie Burns of Red vs Blue in an XBL lobby, and asked him a bunch of interesting questions. (Kudos, Burnie, for sticking around even when some of the responses got… awkward.) Overall, lots of good info. Swing by HaloGrid to download this 30 mb podcast!

There’s an interview with xItwasluckx of XiT WouNDz over at the website for MLG PwnCast – thanks again, 3Suns.

Big news over at MLGPro.com; looks like they secured $10 Million in funding for the 2006 season, and picked up a new President/CEO – Matthew Bromberg, formerly general manager of Time Warner’s Moviefone and AOL Games properties. Not too shabby! This was in today’s Wall Street Journal (article will be visible for about a week,…

AnXplayFan noticed yet another full-sized M6D pistol for sale on eBay; if you want to see someone happy with their purchase, go check out Elnea’s RvB journal entry about hers last month. (Rooster Teeth just changed the site to allow unregistered people to see journal entries; I couldn’t get it to work in Safari, but…

Hrm… Slacker Entertainment posted a new tidbit, called ‘Heroes & Heretics Flashback #1: Flatulon the Uncorked’, on their website, recently. It’s… wow. It’s something else. I guess this is what happens when you put a bunch of psychologically unstable soldiers together in a remote location, without ammo. Available in lots of formats. Thanks, TheWereSloth.

Halogen, the C&C Generals Halo mod, has put up a new teaser vid; pretty nice footage. High-res is 22.5 mb, low-res is 5 mb (both are WMP9 format). Go grab! Thanks, Logical2u.

Eep – we almost missed this. Remember the Kings Cross Halo sign, that’s being auctioned off in pieces? Piece 1 – MC’s leg and arm – sold last week for AU$560; piece two – MC’s head – is up for grabs right now, for just two more days. Currently almost AU$1000, it’s quite possible it’ll…

Funky – a custom-cast Master Chief, for sale on eBay. Customized with GI Joe parts and Microman parts, this mini-MC is larger than the stock mini-MC, and far more detailed. Thanks, Joseph Ryan.

Vic De Leon writes about an upcoming tourney at Versus in New York City, on March 11. 2v2, Halo 2, max 16 teams, $400 for the number one finisher. More rules can be found at Halo2Tournaments.com.

Wow. Someone built a needler – and is selling the crystals for it on eBay. Pretty cool-looking! Thanks to BARBARIC RAGE, who pointed out the listing on eBay.co.uk – but it’s on the US version, as well. Currently at about $60, with a day and a half left in the auction.

Heh – you need an account at Red vs Blue to read this… but it’s worth it. Burnie wrote up a journal entry showing off one of the tricks they’ve figured out recently; it turns off dynamic shadows in Halo 2 multiplayer – or adds them, selectively, to characters not affected. He’s offered a reward…

Stephen Loftus has done some more work on his In Amber Clad model – check out his progress page to see where it stands!

0kinawa, over at Halovids.com, is redoing their War Series; they submitted Episode 1 to the MPRRS recently. It passed – so while they didn’t want hosting (you’re supposed to be able to find the WMP9 version of this vid on their Videos page), I couldn’t find a link, so we’re making local versions available -…

Elnea seems to be back on an avatar kick again – she passed along three new ones for her gallery page. Check out NinjaSpartan.com, BigNiceJohn, and Alsace. Nice stuff! (And for the record – no, I’m not back. I’m simply online from paradise.)

Matt6908 submitted a trailer for his upcoming ‘Apocalypse Rising’ trailer to the MPRRS – and it passed this evening. The series tells the story of the coming of the Apocalypse, and the efforts of four teens to stop the carnage. Nice use of mods. You can grab it in WMP9 format (22 mb) or QuickTIme…