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The Halo 3 Great Journey
The Halo Council is organizing a mass Great Journey to Halo 3 on February 1st (today), 2nd and 3rd. Share gamertags and spread the word – it would be really awesome to see a huge Halo 3 population spike. Update: This is actually being organized on Reddit, The Halo Council was just spreading the word. Thanks, CyReN.(mastrbiggy 17:33:52 UTC)
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Halo Custom Games Community
From HaloCustoms.com:Having trouble finding people to play custom games with in Halo 4? Not anymore! HaloCustoms.com is a community forum centered around Halo custom games with built in features to help you participate in customs. Check us out by clicking the link below!
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Determining the Real Sizes of Objects in Halo
From halo.bungie.org:Stephen Loftus has completed a massive update to his Halo Scale Charts – the total number of pages has increased from 12 pages in the last version to 27 pages in this one! It contains a mountain of new items from previous games, plus most major vehicles from Reach and Halo Wars. Go take a look! (The original article is unchanged; only the Cascade Scaling images are new. You can jump right to the top level of this series if you’re in a hurry.)
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Renegades Episode 1 – A Halo: Reach Machinima
From NukeTacoProductions:The beginning… the beginning of a story that tells of a man, betrayed by his fellow countrymen, on a mission to sort out his life and what has become of it. Meeting acquaintances, adversaries and allies along the way, this is going to be one hell of a ride.
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Lords of the Dance
The Section 3 crew at Halo Waypoint has discovered a new Spartan Ops easter egg in Episode 6, with help from 343’s Jayce Diaz – the trigger, and resulting fun, was filmed by OvTheVoid. Be sure to go in solo, on Legendary, to make this work. Thanks to ZaneZavin for bringing it to our attention!(Louis Wu 14:38:40 UTC)
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Anoj’s Top 10 Amazing Kills: Episode 13
Anoj released episode 13 of his top 10 series – this one focuses on amazing kills. All the clips are really amazing, but the video does a great job of showing off how awesome the Sticky Detonator can be. Thanks, Jordan Bell.(mastrbiggy 09:03:05 UTC)
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117 Emblems But A Crescent Moon Ain’t One
SK CRISIS shared this full emblem chart – it shows all 117 foreground emblems found in Halo 4. Neat! (mastrbiggy 08:50:32 UTC)
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Podtacular 342: Bulletin Update
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This week’s bulletin highlights the world of Grifball with an interview of Burnie Burns from RoosterTeeth, talking about the history of the gametype. There is the weekly playlist update as well as short behind-the-scenes look on how 343i decided to progress the Spartan Ops story after the first five episodes. The in-game File Browser is also fully functional. Again, we dip into our mailbag and read your submissions. Enjoy
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Rampancy Reformatted Has Been, Seven Is Darker
Websites, like smart AIs, start to go rampant after seven years, and that’s about how old the software and hardware that underpinned Rampancy had gotten.
No more. The site is now on a new machine, and although it’s modest, it still outspecs the old one by a significant margin. The CMS that runs that site has been upgraded to a version that, while it is not the latest, is officially supported, and we have a clearer upgrade path to later versions than we had before.
Nearly all of the content has been saved; I’m not actually aware of anything that was lost, and nearly all site features– the sheet music database, the gamertag database, the forgemap database– should work as well if not better than they did before.
Some different antispam methods are in place, which means I’m going to experiment with reopening user registration without admin approval soon.
Kick the tires and let me know if anything breaks.
UPDATE: There is one thing broken; the podcast feed. It’s being worked on.
UPDATE: The podcast feed should be fixed. I apologize if this creates duplicates for anyone; I’ve seen this happen before on other podcasts I follow, and I know I hate it when it happens. The upgrade has been a long time coming, though, ad some hiccups are inevitable.
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Achievement PIG 112
The Achievement Hunter crew has released Halo HORSE 112 – Gavin and Geoff try out a phalanx of new maps. Watch it on AH.com or YouTube – thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 19:08:41 UTC)
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Let’s Play Spartan Ops – Two New Chapters
Tyrant’s back with a pair of episodes in his Let’s Play Spartan Ops series – The Challenge pits him against some pretty mean Prometheans, while Sacred involves alcohol and a guest to save his but. Go watch!(Louis Wu 19:03:37 UTC)
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More on that Needler Prop
A couple of days ago, we pointed out a time-lapse video showing the creation of some blueprints for a Halo 4 Needler prop – today, Pyrosporkerlet us know that there’s quite a bit more info about this project out there. Check out this post at Tested.com for info on Volpin, and this one for specifics on the Needler project! (Louis Wu 19:01:05 UTC)
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Backup on Apex – Dying Not Allowed
RC Master let us know about another Legendary Solo No-Death run he’s filmed – this one shows you the first chapter of Spartan Ops Episode 7, ‘Backup’. Nice work! (Louis Wu 18:56:52 UTC)
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Halo 4 – Achievement HORSE #112
From Rooster Teeth:Gavin and Geoff play PIG in Halo 4 to decide who will get the larger piece of steak this week.
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Top 10 Halo 4 Grifball Matchmaking Tips
The fine folks over at GrifballHub enjoy getting hammered on a regular basis. They do it so often, as a matter of fact, that they have perfected the art of all things Grif and ball-related. Thankfully they’re not shy about sharing their wisdom, so below you will find 10 Halo 4 Grifball Matchmaking tips, courtesy of their smashingly delightful community members. Read, learn and dominate!
Take advantage of the bomb throwing ability and keep [the ball] moving around. – Germanicus1994
Always check your radar and see if there’s anyone on your plate. – BennyBedStain
On your own plate, stick with the hammer. You have a better chance of popping up an incoming runner than hitting him with a sword. Anything that makes the opponent not score is preferable. – L1ght5aber
The bomb carrier is lighter in Halo 4 than he was in Halo: Reach. Try using the hammer swing of one of your teammates to launch your bomb carrier up and over your opponents for a possible score. – a man canon
When in doubt, pass it out! Passing adds a whole new dimension to Grifball. While passing is technically intended to be an offensive tool, it can also be used defensively as well. If you find yourself trapped in a corner on the enemy side, don’t try to be TacoPizzaHunter (see what I did there?), pass it back to your side of the court. – TacoPizzaHunter
Play with a full team of 4 players. Your chances of success increase when you play as a team and communicate with your teammates. If you run alone, try to join up with other’s you meet or play against. – runNOKYARDrun
Learn to Waltz and Tango. That’s right, put on your dancing shoes for this one. As a tank in Grifball, it is key to be able to kill the opposing players in your way as you lead your runner to the pad. Dancing is the act of moving to try and get your opponent to swing first and then stepping in to get the kill. When dancing, I find it best to move randomly around to try to get the enemy into your hammer range while staying out of theirs. It takes patience to do this correctly so take your time. – LovableLambchop
The hammer is able to reload and swing again much more quickly than it could Reach. This, in turn, causes the sword to be a lot more difficult to use in Halo 4 than it ever was before. If the hammer and sword clash (hit each other at the same time), the hammer wins. The sword can still cause some damage from behind enemies or to the sides, but it is impractical in a 1 on 1 hammer vs. sword duel. It can, however, be used rather well against the runner still. – Crusader0102
Spread the field. The runner is no longer defenseless and in need of protection 24/7. The U-6 soccer bumbleball play style is now obsolete and teams that spread the field will be able to take full advantage of the new passing mechanic in Halo 4 Grifball. – Goosechecka
Don’t be afraid to get silly with it. Grifball is all about lols and shenanigans (and killing Grif). Don’t be afraid to try something completely ridiculous and see if it works. Who knows, you may just become the next TacoPizzaHunter. – ForsakenMango
Games as Lit 08 – Second Halo Podcast
Travis Knight let us know that the second episode of their Halo-centered podcast is live – this podcast focuses on The Cole Protocol, Contact Harvest, and Ghosts of Onyx. They won’t be returning to the Halo books until the after the next Greg Bear book comes out – when they do return they plan to do an in-depth comparison of the Forerunner trilogy, Niven’s Ringworld and Banks’ Culture. Go listen!(mastrbiggy 14:11:16 UTC)
What the Duck!?
pete_the_duck has a very important announcement – I think it’s for the best.(mastrbiggy 11:22:39 UTC)
The Halo Bulletin: 1.30.13
Waypoint released this week’s bulletin – Burnie Burns, creator of RvB and Grifball, is interviewed and details are given regarding next week’s matchmaking update and Spartan Ops Episode 8. Fileshare is now fully-functioning, so go check out the bulletin walkthrough and then proceed to upload and share your Halo 4 content. A local version of the bulletin is also available.(mastrbiggy 11:14:07 UTC)
HBOMB 2013: A Retrospective
Avateur shared his HBO Mountain Bash experience – Avateur seems to have a thing for using ice as a weapon. Go read about the madness and look at some pretty pictures – I can’t believe I missed out on building a snow fort :(. Looks like everyone had a great time!(mastrbiggy 10:59:56 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
