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Astro True Stories: Team Instinct, Part 2
Headset maker Astro followed pro team Instinct as they played through MLG Dallas 2012 (the first Halo 4 tournament) – part 1 was released way back in May, while Part 2 came out today. Check it! Thanks, Tashi.(Louis Wu 21:23:38 UTC)
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ThreeRunner, Forerunner, Speedrunner
RC Master let us know about a pretty impressive run on Forerunner, Legendary, with all skulls on – it scared me just watching! The whole thing takes less than 19 minutes. (While you’re watching videos, he includes a pair of Spartan Ops No Deaths runs, as well.)(Louis Wu 21:05:17 UTC)
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What do those buttons do?
Zylon 0217 stopped in with word of a new video, showing off some pretty mysterious buttons that can be found on the level Reclaimer – it’s unclear what they do, exactly, but the hints are intriguing! Go watch.(Louis Wu 20:46:58 UTC)
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Halo 4 Tourney, from Multi-Threat Gaming
MTG Clover X let us know (via HaloGAF’s Twitter, actually) that Multi-Threat Gaming is hosting a tournament – top prize is 1600 MS Points. You can read the details on Halo Waypoint’s forum, and then register on their Facebook page. (Louis Wu 20:05:01 UTC)
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Community Member of the Week: aixnekko
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 aixnekko. Read a little more about her below, then hit her profile to learn why she considers herself a master of the splatters!
Gamertag: aixnekko.
Origin of Gamertag: It’s supposed to be Japanese. Translated: lovexcat.
Current clan/community: Waypoint.
Halo game(s) you are currently playing: Just Halo 4. I have 1, 2, 3 and 4, though.
Favorite map, game type and playlist: Solace and Complex, Infinity Slayer and Capture the Flag, and Crimson DLC. I die so much in Capture the Flag, and I blame it for my K/D, but I enjoy capturing flags with the Mongoose. I’m also a Splatter Master, so I enjoy maps with the Ghost. xD
Preferred control scheme: Bumper Jumper and Default.
Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): I’ve been learning not to rush and wait for them to come to me. I’m pretty aggressive, though. I get a lot of Plasma sticks on teams. For some reason the Storm Rifle became my most used weapon and the one that I’m most comfortable with. I also use the DMR. I have a loadout that combines both.
Favorite Halo Character: Can I say the Grunts? I wish they talked in this Halo. It was my favorite part in the others. I played the campaign with the Birthday skull, and it was hilarious. xD
Favorite Halo book: Love reading but Halo hasn’t appealed to me yet. Maybe one day.
Favorite Halo quote: “He was my best friend and now he’s dead!” – Grunt
Anything else we should know? This past year I decided to pay serious attention to my Xbox. It’s been going well…
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Wait… aren’t dungeons UNDER things?
Nevin ‘CruelLEGACEY’ Douglas has kicked off work on Playtime Season 4, and wanted to share a collection of screenshots of a new Forge location he’s built for the process. Looks like fun!(Louis Wu 17:51:59 UTC)
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Waypoint Challenges, More Easily
Firestream created a really useful Challenges service on HaloCharts – and we finally got around to integrating it into our forum. Grabbing the current challenges on Halo Waypoint’s site takes a whole bunch of mouseclicks, and a bunch of scrolling. Doing so online is pretty complicated, too. Doing it on our forum is fast and easy! Just check the upper left corner. (If even THAT’S too much loading for you, or you’re on a mobile device and that scrollbar is tough to deal with, try this really, really simple page.)(Louis Wu 17:37:36 UTC)
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Forge Cafe Halo 4 Map Spotlight 13 – Fragion
From undr zid:Fragion by Slytacular, a fast paced box-style Dominion map that focuses on its defensible center and its frenzied pace. You can download this map by performing an in-game Gamertag search for “Slytacular”.
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Halo 4 Mythbusters Ep 5
The DefentTheHouse crew is back with another episode of MythBusters – and there are some really cool demos in here. Go watch – and be sneaky in matchmaking! Thanks, Lawnmower172.(Louis Wu 17:21:09 UTC)
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HaloBible gets out of Anniversary’s Maw
Jefferson is back with more Halo CE Anniversary tricks, from the HaloBible crew – this time, the montage (and the accompanying tutorial) involves the area outside The Maw. (Not sure I understand the first half of the vid – it’s just a standard playthrough of the level up to the point where you launch out. Fine editing, in any case.) Nice work! (Louis Wu 17:18:13 UTC)
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The Halo Council’s Top 5 Halo 4 Plays, Episode 3
From The Halo Council:This is our third Top 5 Halo 4 Plays, commentated by our very own u4iX. Enjoy!
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Grunt Dance-Off
Zylon 0217 posted a video of two Grunts having a dance off on the level ‘Dawn’ – seems they are having a rap battle too! All you have to do is get past the first Elite encounter above the elevator and sneak into the next control room unnoticed. Neat find!(mastrbiggy 08:43:57 UTC)
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Halo 4 Forge | Parody ViDoc
Some Forge fans created a pretty funny parody ViDoc showing off the new features of Halo 4’s Forge – I laughed. (pete_the_duck wants to make sure you understand that there might have been a touch of hyperbole in the video… but don’t let that stop you from enjoying the high production value of this parody.) (Louis Wu 20:27:28 UTC)
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MLG Episode 1
Deathmcgunz let us know that episode 1 of the new machinima series, ‘MLG’, is now live – neat concept and great first episode. Go Watch!(mastrbiggy 10:21:11 UTC)
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Lab Access Granted
t00lbox posted a trick/glitch video showing how you can get into the science lab on the level Composer. Check it out!(mastrbiggy 09:29:52 UTC)
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Swatting Flies
Zylon 0217 shared this video (CONTAINS STORY SPOILERS) demonstrating what happens when you try to jump on the back of a Pelican – the UNSC may want to look into this. I don’t know if I’d consider it an easter egg, but it is amusing!(mastrbiggy 09:15:28 UTC)
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Halo 4 Screenshot Extractor – on the web
We’ve mentioned screenshot extractors in the past – but I’ve never seen a web-based version before. Armor Watcher has a web page that will take a saved screenshot file (that you’ve grabbed off your Xbox with a USB drive) and yank out the pic for your use in other places. Pretty slick! Thanks, MrGreencastle. (Louis Wu 18:16:33 UTC)
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Spore Herding in the Library
Rockslider posted a couple of videos about Spore Herding – he collected about 150 Flood Infection Forms… and played with them. This is pretty amazing stuff! (Louis Wu 18:13:14 UTC)
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Halo 4: Riding a Puma of Victory
Skywalker DSP is back with a new commentary vid – the game was Big Team Infinity Slayer on Exile, and they really had fun playing this. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:11:21 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
