Well, a sad day in the Podtacular history has come where the future of the community lies in the balance. Our beloved CapnKrunk has been gracious to manage the website hosting for almost three years. Now he’s facing not having a job and having to pay for the website himself, which is not an easy burden at $250 a year. There have been little donations and the advertisements on the site have not produced any income. So now it’s time to decide the fate of Podtacular.
Many of the 500s is due to the fact that Krunk had to lower the hosting drastically so he wouldn’t be paying as much. Also, every time the podtacular site 500, the rest of Krunk’s sties did, which are his online portfolios that are needed for him to get a job. That’s why he has given us till the end of the month to make a decision. He also did not appreciate the whine thread about the site being down. Yes it was down, no it wasn’t our fault, but the fact is that it’s still here and there are other things outside Podtacular. Things break sometimes and they just have to be fixed.
We have been talking with friend of the show, Fyb3r from This Spartan Life about looking into the hosting they have. It looks very promising that we will be able to keep the majority of the site intact, but we will probably be downsizing the site to a Word Press type homepage with the forums. A lot of this is still up in the air, but we are definitely moving soon.
We appreciate all the donations we do get, but if you are looking to donate in the near future, please do so in the courtesy of paying back Krunk for all that he has done for the site. Krunk will still be around to help fix the site, but other than that, he is moving onto other things, and it has been a real blessing to have him be a part of Podtacular history. We will miss you and all your crazy voicemails ๐
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Halo 2 Done Segmented. Really, Really Fast.
Cody Miller stopped in this morning to announce a truly impressive speed run – a segmented full game run of Halo 2 on Legendary, in just over an hour and a half. That’s… pretty ridiculous, if you ask me. Check out his post for an explanation of what a ‘segmented speedrun’ is all about – and what sorts of tricks they employed to set this absurdly fast time. And then follow his links to either watch it online, or download it and watch it on your own computer. Don’t forget the bib to catch the drool.(Louis Wu 13:36:52 UTC)
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Master Chief shows up at SXSW
The Interactive portion of SXSW (The South by Southwest Music and Media Conference) kicked off this weekend in Austin… and the boys from the 405th were there to celebrate. Swing by and see some funny pics! Thanks, Adam.(Louis Wu 13:23:23 UTC)
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Monday Comic Summary
Monday’s comic roundup:- The Catfish stopped in Saturday with word of 2501 Episode 27 (Under The Dark Forest).
- Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater 160 (Beware the Ides of March).
- TTL Demag0gue stopped by this morning with word of Reclaimer 166 (Arrival).
Light update!(Louis Wu 13:22:16 UTC)
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Halo 3 now a Classic
Looks like Halo 3 has been relabeled as a ‘Classic’ title; according to this story at MCV (in the UK), it’s been officially dropped to £19.99 there, and a quick glance at retailers in the US show that its retail price here is in the $35-40 range, as well. Not bargain-bin prices… but definitely cheaper!(Louis Wu 13:18:40 UTC)
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Halo Wars Developer Blog Opens
The Halo Wars website has kicked off a Developers Blog (interesting, since the developers have been disbanded), and the first entry is an article about Halo Wars ranks and skill levels. Give it a read! Thanks to Planet Halo for the heads-up. Update: There’s also some entertaining reading over at Graeme Devine’s personal blog – he calls it fan fiction, but it was written ‘to support the story and help the team get the vibe of what it was like to be on “Spirit of Fire”.’ Thanks, sharpsniper99.(Louis Wu 13:14:00 UTC)
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Beautiful – A Screenshot Montage
I’ve never really been a fan of screenshot montages; it never seemed like the right medium for that sort of content. Maybe that’s just because I never saw one done in a way that really caught my imagination. MLG Slush sent word that he’d finished a screenshot montage called ‘Beautiful’, and I must say… it’s really, really nicely done. Great shots, great editing. Most of the screens were taken by his brother, Chilaxing, and the overall effect has changed my mind about screenshot montages. (Or maybe it just raised the bar some more.) You can find this at Eve-Films, but he’s also put up a copy at WeGame.com, and for those in a hurry, it’s available on YouTube.(Louis Wu 12:48:53 UTC)
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Microsoft Settles Halo Technology Lawsuit
According to Edge, Microsoft has settled with PalTalk holdings, the company that alleged that Halo infringed on patents they held that covered interactive gaming.
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What the French, Ep 1
Kral, from Halo.fr, let us know about the first episode of WTF (What the French), a sort of Halo 3 Fails for French players. (Failure is universal, it seems; you might not understand the titles, but the gameplay is pretty straightforward.) (Louis Wu 16:39:08 UTC)
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I refuse to pun about this.
Hawty McBloggy found what is probably the wrongest custom action figure… evar. Seriously.(Louis Wu 15:10:22 UTC)
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Halo 3 Fails: Episode 13
The Halo 3 Fails series continues – I’m not sure if they specifically picked some bad luck examples for this thirteenth episode… but many of the ‘Fails’ are really just awful luck. (Some are totally legitimate failures – the Rat’s Nest splatter attempt(s) made me laugh a lot.) Thanks once again to Chris10023 for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 15:09:29 UTC)
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Halo Bible site kicked off (again)
StrengthInFaith wasn’t happy that the Halo Bible site set up last year died… so he’s started over. The concept is that only information that’s been confirmed as canon will be collected – and all information will be referenced. This is only as good as the community can make it – so if you want it to succeed, stop by and help him out!(Louis Wu 15:08:36 UTC)
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Marbles Rock.
urk highlighted a couple of ‘marble mazes’ yesterday – been more than a year since we saw one of these!(Louis Wu 15:06:28 UTC)
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HBO Legendary Map Code Giveaway – Results
We’re a little later than we’d planned – but the winner in the HBO: Legendereh contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Boltstriker – Domino picked him at random from the nearly 2500 entries we got. And thanks, Domino! Because of you, all the Legendary-required playlists just got bigger pools!(Louis Wu 20:50:56 UTC)
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Lawsuit Settled
Last week, we mentioned a story about Microsoft getting sued for patent infringment that involved code that was supposedly used in Halo games. Apparently, the suit has already been settled… neither side is disclosing details, but Microsoft said it was “an amicable agreement”, and PalTalk “is quite pleased with the outcome,” according to one of its lawyers. Over… and done.(Louis Wu 13:47:56 UTC)
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Mythic maps reviewed at 360Evolved
360Evolved has a review of the Mythic Map Pack up right now. Always good to get another opinion! (Louis Wu 13:42:39 UTC)
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Halo Toys for Cheap
InnerRayg pointed out a site that’s selling McFarlane figures for some significant discounts – swing by if you’re in the market!(Louis Wu 13:40:56 UTC)
