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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Ticked Mice.

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    And again. This time it’s Finn, working toward the Tag Team knockout of the Halo Story Page mailbag (though the first post of the day is mnemesis’) – more stuff than you can shake a Forerunner at. (Can you even SHAKE Forerunners? I mean, given the doors on Halo, they must be pretty big, right? Or was that just so their trapezoidal cars could get in? No, that couldn’t be it…) Anyway, go read. (And oh, yeah, the fixed content at the top of the subpages has been updated, as well. That Finn… he’s a funny guy. (I think Stuntmutt was looking for more corn material…) )

  • Joy Story

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    Another One One Se7en crossover… Buzz don’t look happy.

  • SpikeTV wants your vote

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    Frensa Geran points out that SpikeTV is hosting an on-air Video Game Awards night on December 4th – and are currently taking votes for games. Halo 2 is nominated for ‘Most Anticipated Game’, and Halo PC is up for ‘Best PC Game’ and ‘Best First-Person Action’. (The survey is linked off their front page; it’s a javascripted Flash popup, so go in through the front door.) Forum reaction is mixed.

  • Unnatural Predators

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    Halo: Resolution has a… different take on Steve Ballmer today. Hmm…

  • CPL Interview at B.net

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    SketchFactor cornered Angel Munoz, President of the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL), and got him to talk about the league, its activities, and its history. It’s a great read – go check it out at Bungie.net!

  • Server Removed From Blackhole Lists

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    dmjossel

    The configuration that got our server put on some blackhole lists (lists that ISPs use to block incoming email, assuming it is junk mail) and also caused email to be inaccessible for part of the last day or so has now been fixed. The only remaining obstacle is that the SpamAssassin spam filter does not appear to be working. It should be fixed soon.

    At the moment, Synfibers.com has been removed from the following anti-spam lists:

    • AHBL
    • SORBS
    • ORDB
    • DSBL
    • OpenRBL
    • MSN Hotmail

    Some of the updates will take some time to take effect, so you may still receive some mail bounced back to you mentioning these or other lists some time over the next 24 to 48 hours.

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  • Be careful what you ask for.

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    oddworld18, afraid that folks might miss his pearls of wisdom strewn around the Halo Story page today, took the opportunity to insult the management in an attempt to guilt his way onto the front page. It worked. This time. Go read the Story page; there’s more than just that charlatan’s paranoid ramblings there…

  • MLG results – in full

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    Earlier today, we posted a note about some pics from the MLG tourney in New York this weekend. MLG themselves have now sent along results from the tourney – and man, do the names look familiar…
    Halo FFA:

    • 1st Place, $2,000: Zyos (Matt Leto, TX)
    • 2nd Place, $1,000: -Hp-Darkman (Dustin Langton, KS)
    • 3rd Place, $500: -Hp- Alex (Alex Burden, KS)
    • 4th Place, $300: Shizz (Paul Baffi, TX)
    • 5th Place, $200: Strangepurple (Doug Fabrizio, NJ)

    Halo 4v4:

    • 1st Place, $1,000: TDT: -Hp- Darkman, Zyos, Shizz, and -Hp- Alex
    • 2nd Place, $500: StK: Strangepurple, Brese (John Calabrese, IN), DrPoon (Pete Fabrizio, NJ), Pray4u (Jayson Strauss, NJ)
    • 3rd Place, $200: MoD: Xena (Bonnie Burton, PA), JMB (Johnny Burton, PA), MoD-Burton4 (Jeffrey Burton, PA), Grasshopper (PA)

    Strangepurple also won the Oustanding Strategy Award, sponsored by GameTime’s DVG Strategy Guides (which netted him ANOTHER $100). Domination!

  • First Strike Preview now online

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    Recently, we noted that there was a bonus file on the Halo PC CD, a PDF with previews of all three Halo novels on it. We’d held off posting it because we weren’t sure whether the file was supposed to be an exclusive goodie for the buyers of Halo PC… but today we received word from Bungie that it’s okay to pass this along. The PDF will probably be available from Bungie themselves in the near future – but the intriguing bit for most people, the preview of ‘Halo: First Strike‘ (the new novel due out in December), has now been HTML-ized and made available in our Miscellaneous section. (With the exception of font choice, I did my best to remain true to the PDF in terms of layout.) Enjoy!

  • Bungie, Gearbox, MS chatting with TheCPL tomorrow

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    I was planning on holding this until tomorrow, but I’d like to stave off the email we’d get if we DIDN’T post it now, so… A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a chat taking place on The CPL’s IRC channel on Gamesnet. SketchFactor wanted to make sure it wasn’t forgotten, so he posted a note about it over at Bungie.net today. (The chat takes place tomorrow evening, at 8pm EST/midnight UTC.) We were also reminded this morning by George Kaspiris, of The CPL. Should be a pretty informative chat; if you’ve got access to an IRC client, you should try and be there!

  • Reactor news, part 2

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    mehve pointed out that the ‘quick Reactor report’ we noted yesterday was actually posted from the show; they were NOT back yet. They ARE back now, though, and she’s posted a second part, focusing mostly on the reasons Halo fans go to Anime conventions (and how Bungie employees can get their butts kicked at Halo sometimes). Go read!

  • Pics from MLG tourney

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    (GT)Juggler went down to NYC this weekend, and took part in the MLG tournament at Gametime Nation… and snapped a bunch of shots. You’ll find ’em on his website. Take a look!

  • Why I luv Xboxconnect…

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    Speaking of Guest One One Se7en strips, today’s entry is from Stephan Hennion, and although it’s ostensibly about XboxConnect, the sentiments apply nicely to some HPC games as well. Take a look!

  • What’s a FAQ, anyway?

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    Back in April, we started hosting a comic strip called One One Se7en. Its simple artwork and clever writing caught on – it’s become one of our most popular features. So much so, in fact, that many people have submitted their OWN One One Se7en strips, which are now posted on days when Stuntmutt’s official strips are not. Still, though, there is some confusion about how to go about creating and submitting strips, and what’s really acceptable. To that end, Stuntmutt (in his own inimitable style) has written a FAQ, of sorts, to cover the basics. Check it out.

  • Fan Fiction

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    Sizeable Fan Fiction update (17 stories) today:

    Probably becauuse I didn’t get to one yesterday. Read, there’ll be more tomorrow.

  • Proxy Server Abused By Spammers

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    dmjossel

    While trying to implement a new security feature, an error in configuration was made that allowed some non-Synfibers clients to send junk mail through our server to the Internet. The problem has been corrected now. However, becacuse of this, it is possible that over the next few days you may have difficulty sending mail to certain addresses (IE hotmail).

    If this occurs please let me know at dmjossel@synfibers.com and I will do my best to relay any urgent messages that need to go through before this problem is resolved. Thank you.

  • More on the Console/PC issue

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    Yesterday, we mentioned an interesting article from Mat Noguchi on the differences between console and PC programming. There’s been a second part posted – and it, too, is quite informative. Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for noticing. (A more recent note suggests that folks are using this info inappropriately… remember, Mat’s a programmer at Bungie, he doesn’t work for Gearbox, and Halo PC support questions should not be directed at him.)

  • HaloPC Online Tourney – in 6 hours!

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    Rapture reminds us that there’s another SeeMePlayMe tourney (2vs2) on tonight; the festivities kick off at 7 pm Central time. The more teams that enter, the more months of a gold account are on the table… so sign up!

  • Covering the bases, indeed.

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    Finn, unwilling to be shown up by mnemesis, has submitted his OWN mammoth Halo Story page update. Classical connections, books, chess… It’s a pretty erudite update. Read and be illuminated! Update: Oops – both Finn AND mnemesis get credit for today’s update; my bad. (They work well together, but I’ve found that fear and paranoia breed more productivity than kindness and contentment. Don’t tell them.)

  • GameDaemons server back up!

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    GameDaemons came through! The problem (the loss of the GameDaemons-hosted HBO dedicated server) arose from a series of bizarre events all occurring simultaneously – but the support staff worked overtime, and the problem is fixed. There are now TWO listed servers; both use the same password (again, just visit our forum for info), both are listed in the status page (and have links on our main page). The Subnova server MIGHT disappear, if they decide they need the resources back… but we’re extremely grateful it was around during the downtime, and so, apparently, are our forumgoers. Go play!