Thanks to wraps rulz52, who found another set of Halo dogtags for sale at eBay. With five and a half days left, they’re already up to $35… looks like these might go for a bit. Update: Bigsauce, last heard from during the Halo National Championships, dropped us a note to let us know he just picked up one of these (from the same seller) last week, for $26. Suck it up…

When times are dark, humor brightens the sky. Warbow has turned in another Calvin and Halo… this time in color!

Another movie from Maverick J – this one might be a little long for the content, but it’s a pretty slick little trick, and I haven’t seen it in very high use; it’s probably worth learning for those who play lots of multiplayer. It’s called ‘Warthog Trick’, and tells the story of the MC-Launching Warthog. It’s 6:40 long, 27.3 mb big in QuickTime format or 22.9 mb in WMP9 format, and is mirrored at the Psyjnir Complex Hotline server, for folks who have trouble with the Mythica links.

Miscellaneous Art is working again – check the link for four new images, including a couple of sketches, some cereal, and a comic I don’t get.

Just a single desktop for you today… check our Wallpaper section.

Five new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section:

• Chapters 1-2, by HaloFREAK
• Legacy Part Two, by Havok
• After Halo, by Shub-alub-a-ding-dong
• Rogue Beast2, by Frensa Geran
• The Virus Part 1, by monitor101

Get to readin’…

AGP’s Spring 2003 Halo Championship (which took place in Nashville, TN last weekend) was won by The Dream Team, including Dustin Langton (Darkman), again. (Darkman also took home the Halo National Championship title last year… he proves, again and again, that his wins aren’t flukes, he really is that good.) There’s a writeup of the event over at Bungie.net – go check it out!

iGames has put up a Player Ranking section for those participating in the Halo Spring Season Tournament. Currently, they’re only regional, so you’ll need to look for your region when you get there. Thanks to TankRamp, from Battleground: Halo, for the heads-up.

Fan Fiction for this Tuesday:

• Fallen Angel 12: Invaders, by Gruntkiller/Covert
• MC’s Eyes part2, by Excalibur Spartan 117
• Rogue Beast1, by Frensa Geran
• Unexpected Surprises Part 4, by JediKnight114
• Halo: Captain Keyes Story Part 5, by monitor101
• Blind Eyes, by Socrates
• Road to Perfection Part 1, by Corey Lyon
• Slow to Perfection {(Part 1)}, by Corey Lyon
• Slow to Perfection (part 2), by Corey Lyon
• Slow to Perfection (part 3), by Corey Lyon
• Another ONI Black File: Halo ? We Got There First: Part 1, by Arthur Wellesly

I’m still amazed by how few authors bother to use the Series parameter properly… It’s gotta be a weakness in the docs if SO many of you get it wrong.

Maverick J created a funny little flick; the dumb things newbies do (and how to become the ultimate newbie warrior). I’ve seen all of these behaviors… and they ARE funny. This one is QuickTime format, about 13.5 mb, 3:22 long. We’ve put it up at both Mythica.org and the Psyjnir Complex Hotline server. There’s still more in the queue from Maverick…

Mister E has created another Halo movie; this one’s called Halo Special Olympics. It’s just under 3 minutes long, in WMP9 format, and 16 megs big. We’re not hosting it (it didn’t meet our Movie Posting Guidelines), but That Weasel Television is; swing on by and grab a copy if you’re not on a mac. Content is hog jousting on Blood Gulch, with some video effects thrown in.

We’re having a small problem with our Miscellaneous Art section; we won’t be able to add any new content for a little while. (We’re working on it.) However, we DO have a new desktop image for you, in three sizes, courtesy of Snide Limits. Check it out in our Wallpaper section.

To the rather large number of folks who keep pointing out a thread over at TeamXbox’s forums with pics of a flamethrower, ingame… these showed up in September, generated some forum traffic here, then were ignored until Frogblast posted them again in February. They’re old news…

T Love points out his new Halo 2 site – take a look.

Mark Levin slams the competition and wins the ‘Most Unlucky Checkpoint… EVAR’ contest. Do not try this at home.

Whoa. How would you like to have a dad like this? Check out the wall of Bruce’s younger son’s bedroom…

Sir Fragula is working on a retro-style Halo RPG, and is looking for help. Check his forum post for screenshots so far and more details.

[]D[]V[]FL3X (who’s posted as PM-Flex in the past) has created a Mountain Dew spoof; you can find a 5.5 MB QuickTime version at mythica. If you haven’t seen the original, entitled ‘Drive’, visit Mountaindew.com and watch it. Update: It’s now also available in its original DivX-encoded .avi format (8.1 mb).

Thirteen new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section today:

• Halo 2- The saga continues, Chptr 1, by Andy
• Halo 2- The saga continues, Chptr. 2, by Andy
• MC’s Eyes part 1, by Excalibur Spartan 117
• Taking Halo: Chapter One, Hot Drop, by Steele
• Humanity’s Last Hope: Part 2, by Ishkabibbl
• The Silent Cartographer: Part One, by Anonymous Guy
• Halo: 11th Strategic Interceptor Wing: The Hammer Falls, by LordofDestruction
• Death from Above part III: Apocalypse, by AlphaBravo343
• Humanity’s Last Hope Part: 2, by Ishkabibbl
• Brutus, the Spartans, two AIs and the Pirate Fleet (part 2), by Traumatised Marine
• Legacy Part One, by Havok
• Allies or Enemies part 1, by thoridan
• Covenant Geurilla Terrorist Troupe , by Angelus

Code continues to be revised… Please; if your story is fewer than 750 words, don’t just pad it with garbage to meet the minimum… write more, or skip the submission. Thanks!

Akilo posted a very funny Monty Python spoof on our forum last night. It was originally available in WMP7 format (4.1 mb, now moved to Mythica.org). Lion converted it to MPEG format (4.1 mb, from Lion’s server) – but there seem to be some timing issues with it. I’ve made another version, QuickTime this time (5.9 mb, also on Mythica). Grab the version that works best on your computer… this one’s worth watching.