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The Competitive Nature
The Penny Arcade Report posted an interview with MLG CEO Sundance DiGiovanni where he shares his thoughts on first person shooters, competitive gaming and the possibility of an MLG developed game. He also compares competitive nature of modern FPS games like Halo 4 and Black Ops 2 to classic games like Quake and Unreal Tournament. Go read! Thanks, YourExWife.(mastrbiggy 10:17:44 UTC)
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Halo 4 – GODZILLACIDE
Corbman decided to share a Halo 4 mod he has been working on – he calls it GODZILLACIDE! It is a Regicide FFA game type with target locators and a rather large King. I can’t help but laugh every time I see the giant Spartan model hoping around – it is complete chaos! Thanks, NobleGundam.(mastrbiggy 06:57:08 UTC)
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Halo 4 Needler Blueprints Time Lapse
YouTuber volpin created a timelapse video of his creation of some blueprints to build a Halo 4 Needler. 7.5 hours are compressed down to just over 4 minutes… pretty cool! Thanks, Laird.(Louis Wu 20:00:52 UTC)
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Tattoo Tuesday: Grifball
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!
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Halo 4 Heroes Theme
Microsoft released a batch Halo 4 themes – go decorate your desktop with your favorite Halo 4 hero! Thanks, Steelyuhas.(mastrbiggy 18:00:02 UTC)
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Halo 4 Fails and Stuff 1 – Synchronized Spartan
From ReadyUpLive:This is Episode 1 of Halo 4 Fails and Stuff. Included are a Duck Hunt Double Kill, Scattershot suicide, Railgun fail, lucky Plasma Pistol charge, Binary Rifle Double Kill, and a Ghost Overkill. Enjoy!
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Master Chief Stained Glass Lamp
From halo.bungie.org:Nikko B201 pointed out this really awesome Master Chief stained glass lamp made by Michael McLane – it’s freaking beautiful! You can check out more pics of the Chief lamp on his deviantART page.
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Dust and Echoes Ep 31: Happy Birthday!
Woaf sent word that Dust and Echoes 31 is loose in the wild – go listen to their one-year-anniversary show! Topics of discussion include the new Forge maps, the return of Spartan Ops, and Grifball. Good stuff! (Louis Wu 15:10:22 UTC)
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Halo 4 Tutorial – How to Precision Forge
From ducain23:Today, I show you how to precision Forge in Halo 4! Hope this helps. 🙂
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Ops-Cast Episode 6: Schrödinger’s Harvester
MoltenSlowa and crew are back in full force with Ops-Cast Episode 6. Go listen!(mastrbiggy 12:04:55 UTC)
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Stunning Halo 3 Panoramas
Computron shared some beautiful high-res Halo 3 panoramas – sometimes I forget how incredible Halo 3 looks. Good stuff!(mastrbiggy 06:53:03 UTC)
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Halo 4 Spartan Ops: Catherine
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Lasky is getting desperate as the situation with the Covenant and the Artifact is getting out of hand. We are introduced to Dr. Catherine Halsey, founder of the Spartan program and Forerunner expert within the UNSC. She has been locked away for some time for the things she has done, but is there a chance aboard Infinity for her to prove her worth? On the Requiem side of the story, a Covenant terrorist Parg Vol has been wreaking havoc on the UNSC and something needs to be done about it. Again, we are joined by our resident Spartan Ops expert HaloFanForLife. Enjoy
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Going together
Urban Reflex pointed out a pretty cool pic on DeviantART – AndrewKwan has his own view of the end of Halo 4.(Louis Wu 21:32:49 UTC)
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RC Master Continues to Stand Alone
RC Master let us know about three more Legendary Solo Spartan Ops films, all from Episode 1: Chapter 3, the Challenge (13:34), Chapter 4, Sacred (12:02), and Chapter 5, The Core (12:19). Go see how he handles himself alone!(Louis Wu 20:07:03 UTC)
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Community Member of the Week: Lycan XIII
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 Lycan XIII. Read a little more about this particular fan below, then hit their profile to see what their favorite movie has in common with one of the maps in the Forge playlist!
Gamertag: Lycan XIII.
Origin of Gamertag: It’s inspired by my love for wolves and Red XIII from FF7.
Current clan/community: Whoever’s on at the time.
Favorite map, game type and playlist: Valhalla, Infection, Squad Battle.
Least favorite map, game type and playlist: Isolation, Headhunter, Rumble Pit.
Halo weapon specialty/preference: Warthog Front Bumper: Give me a good gunner that I can work with and I can drive for days. Well, technically minutes, but you get the point…
Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): Like I said above, I consider myself to be an objective vehicle specialist. Need someone to fetch the flag? Jump in my ‘Hog and we’ll go grab it. Need to defend the flag? Just give me the Wraith and it’ll be done.
Anything else we should know? Anything else you want to know, ask away!
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Halo 4 Assassinations – Holiday Style!
From MythicTyrant:A bit late on the holiday videos but for those of you who don’t know, over the course of my Halo 4 Legendary Walkthrough I had a personal goal to assassinate EVERY TYPE of enemy over the course of my deathless run. I’m VERY happy to say that I succeeded and compiled my success (along with a few other little fun tidbits) into one, belated, holiday video. Enjoy!
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I Wonder If There are ICWA Meetings
Over at the Little English Halo Blog there is a very interesting article/interview entitled “Confessions of an Infinity Challenge Winner”. Three of the winners for the recent Infinity Challenge in Halo 4 give their thoughts and strategies for how they managed to come out on top. Good read!(GrimBrother One 16:04:16 UTC)
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Halo 4 Forge Tutorial – Spawning
From Certain Affinity:This video covers how to set up spawn points and respawn zones in Halo 4’s Forge Mode. Topics include: Initial Spawns, Respawn Points, Respawn Zones, Advanced Settings, CTF Setup, Dominion Setup, and basic Flood/FFA setup.
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More Halo at the GDC
The Game Developers Conference has added another Halo-related Summit talk this year – the Gameplay Narrative Summit will now include a discussion by Kevin Grace, Frank O’Connor, Kiki Wolfkill, and Matt McCloskey about the creation of the Halo 4 web series ‘Forward Unto Dawn’ entitled “Bringing the Game to Life – Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Postmortem)“. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:08:34 UTC)
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Spartan Ops, Friends, and Grifball
It’s Monday, so there’s a new Spartan Ops episode live and ready to play – we’ve got the opening video up in our Cutscene Library, if you’d like to watch it before you get on LIVE. (It gave me chills.) Kermit’s put up a call for players who want to join in tonight with fun-loving teammates – and apparently, ncsuDuncan has even written up a new song to celebrate! (If Spartan Ops isn’t your thing, the standard Matchmaking update is live, as well – go get your Grifball on!)(Louis Wu 15:03:59 UTC)
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