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  • Revisiting Halo 3 – one last time

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    uberfoop continues his look back at Halo 3 with the fifth (and final) installment of ‘So, Halo 3 is a pretty cool game’ – this one covers Cortana and Halo. Again, great pics, great vids! Go read.(Louis Wu 21:40:05 UTC)

  • Community Member of the Week: Cizlin

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    Every Monday, we feature a community member who does one or more of the following things: routinely goes above and beyond for their fellow forum members, is a positive and active member of the community, and/or sends me mass amounts of cat pictures. This week our Community Member of the Week is Cizlin. Read a little more about this particular fan below, then hit their profile to learn even more!

    Community Member of the Week

    Gamertag: Cizlin.

    Origin of Gamertag: It’s a play on the word sizzlin’ that looked cool. It’s fun to say, too. :p

    Current clan/community: Not a part of any, unless you consider Halo Waypoint a community. 😉

    Halo game(s) you are currently playing: Halo: CE, Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach and Halo 4.

    Favorite map, game type and playlist: Haven, Mini Slayer and Action Sack.

    Least favorite map, game type and playlist: Solace, Capture the Flag and Team Throwdown.

    Preferred control scheme: Default, all the way.

    Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): Running into gunfire chucking grenades and dying. :p

    Favorite Halo character: Arbiter Thel Vadam.

    Favorite Halo book: Ghosts of Onyx.

    Favorite Halo quote: “Dear humanity. We regret being alien -Yoinks!-. We regret comin’ to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the corps just blew up our raggedy–Yoink!- fleet!” -Sergeant Johnson, Halo 2.

    Anything else we should know? I like Halo…a lot…as in it’s my whole life…oh, and I collect Halo Mega Bloks and created a Halo Toy Thread here on Waypoint. 😉

    Get to know Cizlin here

  • Halo 4 Matchmaking Update: 8.12.13

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    Welcome to the fifth and final week of the Halo 4 Global Championship! This week’s playlist features Legendary Rumble and Legendary Rumble BR. The settings for each game type are as follows:

    Legendary Rumble

    Game Settings
    Score to Win 25
    Time Limit 12 minutes
    Kill Points 1
    Respawn Settings
    Respawn Time 5 Seconds
    Death Cam Disabled
    Ordinance
    Initial Ordnance Disabled
    Personal Ordnance Disabled
    Equipment
    Motion Tracker Enabled
    Sensor Range Unchanged
    Loadout Pro AR
    Primary Weapon Assault Rifle
    Secondary Weapon None
    Grenades 2x Frag
    Armor Ability None
    Tactical Package Resupply
    Support Upgrade Explosives

    Legendary Rumble BR

    Game Settings
    Score to Win 25
    Time Limit 12 minutes
    Kill Points 1
    Respawn Settings
    Respawn Time 5 Seconds
    Death Cam Disabled
    Ordinance
    Initial Ordnance Disabled
    Personal Ordnance Disabled
    Equipment
    Motion Tracker Enabled
    Sensor Range Unchanged
    Loadout Pro BR
    Primary Weapon Battle Rifle
    Secondary Weapon Assault Rifle
    Grenades 2x Frag
    Armor Ability None
    Tactical Package Resupply
    Support Upgrade Explosives

    For Legendary BRs, we added a Battle Rifle in the Primary Weapon slot, and moved the Assault Rifle into the Secondary Weapon slot. These settings will offer a BR-based game type that is quite different from the Team Throwdown and Pro game types, and we hope that you enjoy the experience. Additionally, we want to hear your feedback on the game type, as we are considering adding it to the Legendary Slayer playlist after the tournament concludes. Head on over to the War Games Feedback section and let us know what you think after you give it a shot.

    Week 5 is your last chance to qualify outside of the Gamescom tournament, so be sure to register if you haven’t already. Just by registering, you’ll be rewarded with a free ‘sKills’ Avatar shirt, and for each week that you play 20 games in the Global Championship playlist we’ll award you with 20 games of Double XP tokens. As always, best of luck to all competitors, and we can’t wait to see who the finalists will be.

    In Spartan Ops Matchmaking, we’re offering the third and final Covenant-themed series of missions:

    Episode 4, Chapter: Hairy Call
    Episode 4, Chapter 3: Random Transport
    Episode 5, Chapter 3: Everything Has Gone Wrong
    Episode 5, Chapter 4: The Cauldron Base
    Episode 5, Chapter 5: Spartan Thorne

    Lastly, we’ve removed “Sarge’s Lab” from the Grifball map rotation as the map undergoes some lighting optimization. A refreshed version (and more) will be included the next time we update the playlist.

    Stay tuned to this week’s Bulletin for details regarding how the Champions Bundle will be featured in Matchmaking!

    Discuss

  • Halo 4 Weekly Challenges: 8.12.13

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    War Games Weekly Challenges

    Halo 4 Weekly Challenges


    Spartan Ops Weekly Challenges

    Halo 4 Weekly Challenges


    Campaign Weekly Challenges

    Halo 4 Weekly Challenges

    Halo 4 Weekly Challenges

    Discuss

  • Magni2ude – A Halo 4 Montage

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    From FBWalshyFTW:

    This is Magni2ude’s Halo 4 Montage 1 with gameplay and editing from himself, which I love dearly.

    Magni2ude – A Halo 4 Montage

  • ASE Ep. 48: No Artificial Colors M1 lvl 18

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    ASE 48: No Artificial Colors M1 l18

    Back on board the Marathon, Durandal gives us a pat on the back and then sends us back into the bowels of the colony ship, looking for a “friend” of his– Bernhard Strauss. But not everything is as it {}seems {}seems {}seems and before we can locate Strauss, the connection is interrupted– ***JUMP PAD ACTIVATION INITIATION START*** ***TRANSPORT WHEN READY***

    This podcast uses:

    Aleph One, free and open source versions of Marathon for Windows, Mac and Linux at http://source.bungie.org

    Remixes of the Marathon soundtrack by Craig Hardgrove at http://themarathonmusic.com

    Subscribe to the YouTube channel for Anger, Sadness and Envy video podcasts:

    http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIof4Cp3-cam7bAFzDEwK_wzSSEya050i

    Subscribe to the iTunes channel or RSS feed for video and audio podcasts:

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anger-sadness-and-envy/id266991411?mt=2

    http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngerSadnessEnvy

    Music used in this episode:

    “What About Bob?” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (intro music)
    “Aliens Again” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (gameplay background music)
    “New Pacific (Reprise)” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (outro music)

    For more information on this level, visit the Marathon Spoiler Guide:

    http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m1/17.shtml

    For complete Terminal texts, visit the excellent Marathon Story Page:

    http://marathon.bungie.org/story/

    There you can read faithful and complete reproductions of all of terminals in Marathon and its sequels, plus Facts and Puzzling Things About all sorts of characters, places, and concepts in the Marathon universe, as well as a forum where stalwart fans continue to argue the finer points of interpreting Marathon’s story nearly twenty years after the game’s release!

  • Halo: Second Class – Someday

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    It might be a little early for this… but HaloSecondClass stopped by with word of a new Halo Fan Film called (not surprisingly) Halo: Second Class. There are a few details about the film, and a link to a facebook page (with almost zero extra info) – which in turn has a link to a Twitter page with a LITTLE bit of extra info. I guess we’ll wait and see! (Twitter account says that the 15 minute movie is ‘set to come out in a few years’… so don’t hold your breath.) (Louis Wu 23:16:41 UTC)

  • Spartans Take Otakon

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    Ars Technica published a piece about Baltimore’s Otakon 20th anniversary and provided a slideshow of all the incredible costume that were on show – some familiar faces made an appearance. Thanks, davidfuchs.(mastrbiggy 21:39:08 UTC)

  • Who Needs a Portal?

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    t00lbox finally posted another trick tip video – this time he shows you how to get out of the Portal area on the mission ‘Forerunner’. Neat!(mastrbiggy 21:28:45 UTC)

  • Halo HORSE 139 – Caleb vs Martinizer

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    Nikko B201 also let us know that Halo HORSE 139 is up on AH.com and YouTube. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 21:25:23 UTC)

  • Fails of the Weak 151

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    Jack and Gavin from Achievement Hunter are back with another episode of Fails of the Weak – I thought it was common sense to stay away from vehicles that are on fire. You can watch it on AH or YouTube. Thanks Nikko B201.(mastrbiggy 21:24:35 UTC)

  • Halo Waypoint 2013-08-11 14:09:06

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  • Down Amongst the Dead Men

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    Robowski let us know about ‘Down amongst the Dead Men‘, a Halo fan fiction story by Joe Seaton – it’s gritty and fascinating story that depicts the realities of war. Check it out!(mastrbiggy 21:58:24 UTC)

  • Podtacular 386: When Champions Rise

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    The Halo 4 Global Championship is on week 4 of it’s five week qualifier and we finally have the first three confirmed winners of the online portion, courtesy of this week’s Halo Bulletin. Next week’s gametype is Legendary Slayer with the addition of Legendary BRs. Five new multiplayer medals are coming along with the Bullseye Pack as well as the first details around the Gamescon portion of the championship. AGL 9 is also this weekend in Atlanta, GA so make sure you go over to Twitch and support competitive Halo. We also get to jump into our mailbag and see what you guys have sent over. Enjoy

  • He must be in the front row!

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    RedGrimRune let us know that a pretty slick piece of his Halo fan art was featured last week on Halo Waypoint’s Fan Art Focus – nice! (Louis Wu 22:18:24 UTC)

  • HMV Hell 4 Trailer

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    Wow. Dustin ‘Dust Storm’ Pettigrew sent along a link to a video that had all sorts of memory-triggering names in it – remember ImSuck? How about HollywoodHalo? If you’ve been a fan since the Halo 2 days, those names mean something to you. So a video called ‘HMV Hell 4 Trailer‘, posted on ImSuck’s channel and containing work done by members of Dark Space and HollywoodHalo, make me all sorts of hot. Go watch! (Louis Wu 22:14:24 UTC)

  • Choose the Mail Sack

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    You have chosen wisely.

  • Halo 4 Friday Caption Fun 16

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    Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring a hardworking Spartan. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!

    Halo 4 Screenshot


    “Hee hee. Red forgot to log off Facebook.” –AriesDog
    “Man! I can’t get over how good Windows 3000 looks!” –MissingSpartan7
    “I’m going to need those TPS reports…Mmmmmkay? Thaaaaaanks.” –Plunderfull
    “Guys, the Master Chief just liked my status!” –Alex Henderson
    “The files are IN the computer?” –Mikey Lopez
    “You’ve got mail.” –aSkyCaptain
    “Spartan-037 was left crushed when he found out Halo Waypoint was blocked on his new work computer.” –The BaconPerson
    “Even the UNSC’s supercomputers couldn’t escape the infamous blue screen of death.” –DamienJaller
    “Why is there a ‘Caboose’ button on the keyboard?” –Riot Rojas
    “They finally made me a Waypoint monitor… PRESS ALL THE BUTTONS!” –OompaMyLoompaa


    Now that we’ve wrapped up that picture, let’s start a new one. Up for your captioning pleasure this week is an image featuring a rather flexible Spartan. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!

    Halo 4 Screenshot

    Author: EATMUHSPORXZ

    Caption your heart out here!

  • YouTube at WAR!

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    Joshinhuman pointed out a collaboration vid put together for YouTube’s Geek Week – I was amused!(Louis Wu 17:33:22 UTC)

  • Spartan Assault Codes Deciphered

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    GunRunner48 let us know that Section 3 has solved another pair of codes tied to Halo: Spartan Assault. If you complete the ‘Prodigy’ Achievement, you can unlock some XP with this code, and if you complete the ‘Powered By Mjolnir’ achievement, the related code will give you XP, Spartan Assault concept art and the Flying Colors emblem. Nice! (Remember, just go to the ‘Classified’ section of Halo Waypoint – either the website or the XBL app – to enter these codes.)(Louis Wu 17:28:05 UTC)