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Sketchin’ Up A Storm
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.)
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Apocalypse Rising Trailer
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 format (17.7 mb). Enjoy!
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Creamed Corn
Stuntmutt lets us know that he’s updated his blog with some guest strips from around the net. Some good ones in there, the others were made by Stuntmutt.
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I like to say schematics.
Upon studying Steven Loftus’s Halo, Analyzed, Ωmega became inspired and decided to further detail a couple of models. First he took a look at the Pillar of Autumn model and came up with these two overlays. Then he took a look at the Covenant CCS-class Battle Cruiser and came up with this schematic. So far as the source is concerned, “The color pictures of the schematics were illustrated on Paint based upon several hours of game play standing next to Keyes near the front of the Pillar of Autumn’s bridge, and I estimate that they are about ninety percent accurate (all the lines and symbols are there, but the dimensions might be a bit off). As for the text information, all of the specifics (anything without a question-mark afterward) are taken from direct quotes in the game, logical reasoning, and the occasional book text.” Cool beans.
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First Contact site complete
First Contact, a Half Life 2 modification based on the Fall of Reach, has officially launched its main site at www.firstcontactmod.com. They have forums running, and an IRC channel at #Firstcontact at Gamesurge.net.
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Outbreak trailer passes MPRRS
This is one of those rare occasions when someone wants the feedback and no hosting. The trailer for the new four part series Outbreak passed with flying colors. A flood infection is spreading fast and the elites have come to earth to stop it. The humans need to learn to trust the elites before the earth becomes entirely infected.(WMV only, though if anyone needs a QT version, we’re hosting one. -lwu)
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Repetition and Luck
Narcogen has switched gears and returned to writing up his Halo 2 impressions over at Rampancy.net. Today he takes a close look at Gravemind.
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XiT WouNDz vs Str8 Rippin
Z pointed out a new video on Halo2Forum.com – it’s a Team Slayer match between XiT WouNDz and Str8 Rippin, on Midship. Amazing to watch pros working together, especially when full voice output is captured. Just under 100 mb, WMP9 format, definitely worth the download.
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The Mysterious Beastie
rockslider’s been busy; if you visit his Bad Cyborg site, you’ll find a new Frontline With Suzie (in which she interviews the mysterious beastie you can hear from a particular cave), and a more complete description of the beastie’s location. (This guy was first documented by oldmano’theC almost 4 years ago… how time flies!) Captain Spark did a pretty amazing job of capturing the sound with no ambient noise blocking your hearing; you can grab it from his site, or from our Dialogue Databank (actually, the sound is there, but it’s not yet registered in the databank).
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Droolables at the Bungies Store
Back from dinner, back from a nice moonlit walk on the beach… everyone else wanted to go to bed, so I figured I’d check in. Looks like a few things came in recently that haven’t been posted… so I’m posting. You could start by swinging by the Bungie store – there are some new goodies to check out. The Zanzibar retro shirt from last year is back, in long sleeves and a light blue… a Halo-styled Ogio backpack is waiting to be scarfed up… and a bunch of trinkets I don’t remember (a couple of pens and a caribiner keychain) have shown up. Thanks to Smith8907 for the heads-up.
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F-I-R-Z… dangit
The Weekly Update is up, this week Frankie’s got a special treat: a video tour of the new Bungie Studios. Naturally, Frankie was first to make note of it. (It’s in the BWU Archive, too. But don’t tell anyone.)
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Episode 50: Podtacular Tips Show with Map of the Month: Terminal
Download | Show Notes (PDF)
We made it to 50 episodes! This is the tips show, where we talk about noob tips, general tips, tips for Terminal divided up by game type, and the random tip of the week. With guest hosts CapnKrunk, Filthy Noob and Samanator. As usual, big thanks to Freak in a Box for editing this show.
Pod Art this week comes from Rabid Tapeworm. I hope I don’t have any rabid tapeworms.
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Episode 50: Podtacular Tips Show with Map of the Month: Terminal
Download | Show Notes (PDF)
We made it to 50 episodes! This is the tips show, where we talk about noob tips, general tips, tips for Terminal divided up by game type, and the random tip of the week. With guest hosts CapnKrunk, Filthy Noob and Samanator. As usual, big thanks to Freak in a Box for editing this show.
Pod Art this week comes from Rabid Tapeworm. I hope I don’t have any rabid tapeworms.
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No Competition
Even in these times of uncertainty, with our leader off who knows where (even though he hasn’t got the sense to stay off the ‘net), some things stay the same. A pun about puns? Who else to deliver but Stuntmutt and One One Se7en.
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Halo2 OS petition
Microsoft and Bungie does what they must in order to push their product and continue to develop as they do. This means we (consumers) have little to no control over certain choices. However, you can still speak up about it. Fransico A. informed us of a petition he started based on his reaction to this BBC article. Go take a look at the petition, and do what you feel you must. Don’t be disappointed when nothing changes. Update: As noted dozens of times in the past, we abhor petitions, and this news post does not mean we support the content, only that it is somewhat news worthy.
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Why Is It Always the Cute Ones?
In other dialogue news, Captain Spark lets us know that he’s recorded another 18 snippets, plus a bizarre sound from back in the T & R. Check ’em out! (Side note: Wu, you’re supposed to be on vacation, so vacate!) Update: Yeah, yeah… I AM vacating. Here are CS’s submissions in our Dialogue Databank. I like the grunt ones. -lwu
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They’re The Bomb!
Just testing out my net connection from here in paradise – seems okay. Looks like Eisen Feuer posted a new batch of multiplayer dialogue snippets on our forum; I’ve added them to the Dialogue Databank. (I discovered that SOME parts of my net connection aren’t that great; I can’t connect to the HBO servers at all from here, by anything other than the web. Security is good – except when it gets in your way.) Enjoy – and I’m out again!
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Dropshock Ep 11 podcast
Episode 11 weighs in at 71 minutes long is now available for listening off of their podcast site. Listen to their discussion on Vista and Halo2 as well as Uwe Boll.
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Team FSK wins the February Podtacular Tournament
Sorry for the late appreciation here, but Team FSK were the champions! Here’s how the games went down:
- Game 1: Beaver Creek KoTH
we won 5 min to 1 min 41sec
Against Painkilla’s team
- Game 2: Sanctuary Snipers
We won 50 to 47
Against Jonnysan’s team
- Game 3: Midship 5 Flag CTF
we won 5 captures to 1
Against SharpShot15’s team
- Game 4: Ivory Tower TS
We won 50 to 45
Against Painkilla’s team
- Game 5: Lockout Team Ball
We won 5 min to 2 min 52 secs
Against Jonnysan’s team
Big congratulations to the winners! The members of team FSK were:
- BCMAN
- General Corndog
- Breaker04
- Razor 1138 – Captin
- Game 1: Beaver Creek KoTH
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Team FSK wins the February Podtacular Tournament
Sorry for the late appreciation here, but Team FSK were the champions! Here’s how the games went down:
- Game 1: Beaver Creek KoTH
we won 5 min to 1 min 41sec
Against Painkilla’s team
- Game 2: Sanctuary Snipers
We won 50 to 47
Against Jonnysan’s team
- Game 3: Midship 5 Flag CTF
we won 5 captures to 1
Against SharpShot15’s team
- Game 4: Ivory Tower TS
We won 50 to 45
Against Painkilla’s team
- Game 5: Lockout Team Ball
We won 5 min to 2 min 52 secs
Against Jonnysan’s team
Big congratulations to the winners! The members of team FSK were:
- BCMAN
- General Corndog
- Breaker04
- Razor 1138 – Captin
- Game 1: Beaver Creek KoTH
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