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Yarrrr
Elnea’s posted a new Halo Action Figure Theater – and in honor of it being International Talk Like a Pirate Day, it’s all in Pirate-ese. I mostly don’t like this holiday… but I have to say, the third panel made me laugh. The fourth one, too.(Louis Wu 19:38:15 UTC)
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Punching Nuns
FreeeK ShoW noticed that TechRadar included Halo in its list of ‘48 things we hate about tech‘. (Number 21 is technically ‘Online Gaming’ – but the picture on the first page of the article references Halo directly.) Overall, a pretty funny article!(Louis Wu 16:32:55 UTC)
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The Rumors Just Keep Flying
Gamasutra is speculating that the Internal Halo team at Microsoft Game Studios might be called ‘Spawnpoint Studios’ – go read their rationale! (Louis Wu 15:30:57 UTC)
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Podtacular PC Regulars Clan Now Open!
Podtacular PC Regulars Clan
Not Just Halo Anymore!
Read Inside For Info, Rules & Links To Steam and Xfire groups.
—This clan was working there’s just been a large delay in getting it front-paged. This clan is going to work differently from the Rec Clan. One thing I want to re-iterate first:
The Clan Is Not All About Halo PC/CE Anymore
The PC clans are open to ALL games, not just Halo anymore. Even though Halo CE is a good game because of all the good custom content, it is old. I want to allow people who play newer games in as well to help the community grow.
Now then:
The Regulars clan is for people who want to play games on a team at a higher level and compete for Podtacular. Teams can be created for any game however someone must be willing to run the team. This clan will have the same overlords as the Rec clan, but Team Leaders will be given more pull over their teams. Team leaders have the ability to recruit people onto their teams, and manage other aspects of the team, such as meeting times and such. All custom rules will be reviewed by an Overlord prior to it being approved and active.Teams can be as large as is justifiable. We encourage people to try and get involved, but depending on the game only a certain number of people can attend actual competitions. Tournaments between any Podtacular PC team and an outside group requires an Overlord to be notified prior to the event.
If you wish to form a team for a game you can PM me and we’ll see about making it happen. The more the merrier! It is strongly recommended that you have Xfire, or Steam; it will help you stay in contact with people in the clan as well as your team leaders. I have created groups on both.
We already have had Dust Storm take over the PodPC group, and Scarface_Spartan is working on setting up a Battlefield 2142 team.
If you wish to form a team please contact me via PM.
I hope to see you soon!
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Friday’s Fanfic
Seven new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 13:53:14 UTC)
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Pod TV Top 10!
The first episode of Pod TV top 10 is finally here. Hosted by KBC and edited by Wooof this show compiles the best submissions from the Podtacular community. To submit your videos for the next show! Click Here
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Hawty Offers you a Quickie
Hawty McBloggy has posted the results of last week’s gamer survey (are you left-brained or right-brained, and how does that affect your Halo playing?), and has put up a NEW one – how fast is your reaction time? Go test yourself. You’ll finally know why those other guys keep getting the drop on you. (Louis Wu 13:19:32 UTC)
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Arm The Flag Wants It Done Wrong
AnTi PRO let us know that Arm The Flag is running a new contest – build a specialized de-motivational poster with the theme “You’re Doing It Wrong” (wow, twice in one day!), top 3 submissions will get 1600 MS Points. (You can only submit two posters to the contest, so choose carefully!) Read the contest page for hints and full rules, and a submission link.(Louis Wu 13:14:28 UTC)
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Halo vehicles and characters in Spore
When the Spore Character Editor was first released, we pointed out some early community efforts to introduce Halo content into the Spore universe (here, and here) – yesterday, over at the NeoGAF forum, Botolf noticed that there’s actually a pretty extensive collection of Halo creatures now catalogued (including some awesome vehicles). Go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 13:02:28 UTC)
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My wife wants a ‘You’re Doing It Wrong’ button, too
Edge has a fascinating discussion with Damian Isla about Halo’s AI, and where its weaknesses are. Go read! Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for the (pirate-flavored) heads-up. (Louis Wu 12:59:45 UTC)
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Checking Up On Fate
TTL Demag0gue came by to announce that Reclaimer 89 is now up – I think the Reclaimer is getting tired of being controlled. (He also added some goodies to the prize pack that will go to the winner of the Reclaimer Contest…)(Louis Wu 12:59:10 UTC)
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Halo Wars Field Manual Updates
The Halo Wars website has added new info to their UNSC Field Manual – clicking on ‘Barracks‘ will get you info on Marines (and their domiciles), and clicking on ‘AirPad‘ will get you info on the Hornet Launching Structure, and the Hornets themselves. (That gun seems to work a LOT better than the one in Avalanche…) Looks like BlueNinja was first with the news.(Louis Wu 12:48:12 UTC)
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Halo Trading Card Giveaway
Dave Kramer let us know that BusyGamerNews.com is giving away a Bonus Box of 42 Halo trading cards; all you need to do to be eligible to win is swing by and leave a (clean) comment on the page. (There are a few rules – a link to them is provided.) Post only once, and post by the 23rd!(Louis Wu 12:44:06 UTC)
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Stalking META
We pointed out a rendition of The Meta, a character from RvB: Reconstruction, posted by ZZoMBiE13 yesterday – he’s followed up with another one. I like this one even better! (As before, you can add your comments here if you’ve got an RvB account.)(Louis Wu 12:39:13 UTC)
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Inside Halo 21
After a long period of dormancy, it seems that Inside Halo is making up for lost time – Hydrosis noticed that Episode 21 is already up. Community News, Top Plays, and some entertaining funny stuff – go watch!(Louis Wu 12:38:04 UTC)
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Halo AI: You’re Doing It Wrong
EDGE has a feature up here: http://rampancy.net/weblink/bungie/Edge_Interviews_Isla about th’ AI in th’ Halo series. They interview AI programmer Damian Isla, where he brin’s up an interestin’ concept I’d love t’ see in a Halo game– or any Bungie game, really:
There were bein’ th’ well-known example in Halo 2 where yer ‘hog full o’ marines would just sail off if ye got out. That’s actually not that easy a problem t’ solve because how does th’ game know ye intend t’ come back?
My grand thesis is, what if ye can say: “Wait fer me”? Communication with AI has been sorely neglected; ye can ask them t’ charge, retreat, go there, but what about a richer level o’ communication than just orders? Even just a ‘You’re doin’ it wrong’ button – literally.
Aye, Damian. Please. Aye.
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HALO 3 will receive TITLE UPDATE # 2 and PLAYLISTS UPDATE on SEPTEMBER 23RD
Halo 3 and Bungie.net will see many new features and changes on Septemeber 23rd, including; Title Update # 2, Playlists deleted – added – and overhauled, Playlists Ratings, new Achievements, an overhauled Career Stats Page that combines Ranked and Social stats…
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Pro Clan Tryouts – 9/27/08
Podtacular’s Professional Clan is looking for new members!
This is your chance to prove your skill and play Halo more competitively with other members of the community. The Pro Clan will start holding annual game days, activities, and tryouts in the coming weeks.
The tryouts will be held on Saturday September 27 at 12:00 EST
So you think you got what it takes? Click Here to sign up!
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The Meta, interpreted
ZZoMBiE13 created a gorgeous rendition of RvB: Reconstruction’s ‘Meta’ character – feel the power! (If you have an RvB account, you can let him know what you think.)(Louis Wu 20:01:45 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft