From SquirrelBurrito and MasterSundown:

April 15th, 2013 changed the lives of the people of Boston and its surrounding communities. Since the National Grifball Association is headquartered out of Boston, we felt action should be taken on our behalf to help our fellow citizens in this time of need. Over the next two weeks, we will be holding multiple “marathon-themed” Grifball events, and we have an open charitable donation campaign on HopeMob.org. Donations are now being accepted and will continue to be open throughout the events. Please give generously, as every donation will completely go to The One Fund Boston, Inc. We are also looking to have the event sponsored, and details for any sponsorships will arrive in the coming days. If you are reading this, and would like to help us in the way of sponsorship, please send an email to SquirrelBurrito or MasterSundown. Should this happen, we may hold prize raffles and other events to help raise money for those who were injured and their families.

EVENTS

May 4th 6:00PM ET – May 5th 8:20PM ET – Live 26.2 hour Grifball stream. We are asking interested community leaders and Halo personalities to join us on the stream on the NGA Grifball Twitch.tv channel for half-hour blocks of Grifball. We are maintaining a Google document with all available time slots. Please contact us in any of the ways listed on the document if you are interested in participating.

May 6th – May 12th: We will be encouraging the community to commit to playing 26 games of Grifball during this week. Players who report their games through a form on our site will be eligible to win prizes when the week is over. We will also give a prize to the player who gets the most sponsorships for this event. More details, including how to donate or sponsor your favorite Grifballer, can be found here and will continue to be updated as the event nears.

In addition, we are strongly considering holding a pay-to-play Grifball tournament, to be held on or around May 18th, depending on the amount of interest from the community at large. 80% of the fees for the tournament will be donated to charity and 20% will go to the winning team. If this is something you and your Grifball team would be interested in, please drop us a line. There will be a cap of 16 teams (with four players) for this event.

To stay up-to-date with this charity drive and our events, be sure to watch the grifball.net forums, as well as following @Grifballnet, @squirrelburrito and @MasterSundown on Twitter. Thank you for your time and support!

From omgitskazer:

“Awkward Moments in Halo” is a series about the strange moments we witness when playing Halo 4. This episode focuses on reloading. Enjoy!

Some people show their love for Halo by playing the games. Others get a relevant image permanently placed upon their body. Enjoy this particular example of a Halo-related body modification, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!

From Beyond Entertainment:

aPK has brought back to life one of the all-time Halo classics: Sanctuary. This beloved inverse-symmetrical map has been recreated on Forge Island in Halo 4 for your enjoyment. Check out this quick release video overview to learn a little bit more about the design approach and execution.

Map Name: Sanctuary – Download here

From Dust Storm:

As Halsey continues her study of the alien artifact with Thorne keeping watch, the rest of the Spartan fireteams continue their hunt for Jul ‘Mdama. While Halsey is chatting with an unknown contact, Majestic and Crimson are being lead through a goose chase as they jump through the slipspace portal network following Jul. Will Halsey unlock the secrets of the artifact? Will the Spartans catch Jul? As always, HaloFanForLife joins us for the discussion. Enjoy!

From MythicTyrant:

This special edition of Mythic Tips & Tricks focuses on the Halo 4 mission “Composer” and features cool new tricks to deal with the Four Elites of the Apocalypse at the beginning of the mission, walks you through the forklift skip method, and shows you how to turn the Hunters into Swiss cheese!

From Foan Song:

Cortana’s love theme in the game, Green and Blue, followed by Halo 4’s main theme, To Galaxy, on piano.

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 Verdigris. Read a little more about this particular fan below, then hit their profile to learn even more!

Gamertag: Verdigris.

Origin of Gamertag: I thought of a random word while making the Gamertag. Verdigris was that word.

Current clan/community: Section 3, of course! I’m also quite into hunting for easter eggs. 🙂

Halo game(s) you are currently playing: All of them!

Favorite map, game type and playlist: Halo 4; Shatter, BTB Objective, SWAT. All Halo; Sandtrap, Capture the Flag, BTB.

Least favorite map, game type and playlist: Wreckage, Oddball, Infinity 4v4 Slayer.

Preferred control scheme: I recently switched over to Bumper Jumper, and it’s been amazing to me!

Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): I like dying a lot.

Favorite Halo character: Cortana. The story that 343i told in Halo 4 with John and Cortana was beautiful.

Favorite Halo book: The Fall of Reach.

Favorite Halo quote: “Captain Keyes.” – The first line spoken by John in the series.

Anything else we should know? I love making screenshots. This was really big for me in Halo 3, but it’s slowed quite a bit since then. The Bulletin spotlights have brought me back into it a bit though, and it’s always nice to see others’ shots and grab some inspiration from them!