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  • Normal Physics – montage

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    pete_the_duck and Snipe316 put a new twist (or bump, or something) on 1v1s – go watch! (The ending might make things a little clearer.)(Louis Wu 16:16:05 UTC)

  • Halo 4 Spoilers (PSA)

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    The Tyrant wants to help people understand why leaks are bad – check out his Halo 4 Spoilers PSA. And don’t make him angry…(Louis Wu 16:15:24 UTC)

  • Dust and Echoes 24

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    Woaf sent word that Episode 24 of the Dust and Echoes podcast is now live – they take a look at Forward Unto Dawn Part 2, and look closely at the progression system as outlined in last week’s Bulletin. Go listen! (Louis Wu 16:13:09 UTC)

  • Halo 4 Fan Art

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    zlatko found a pretty cool piece of fan art at DeviantART – it was created by tobylewin. There’s other Halo-related stuff in his gallery, notably this Halo ODST. Go explore!(Louis Wu 16:11:07 UTC)

  • HaloCE – GANGNAM STYLE

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    Dennis Powers sent word of HaloCE – GANGNAM STYLE, a parody that uses Halo CE guns to actually sing the GANGNAM STYLE song. Nicely done! There’s a discussion thread on the Halo Maps forum.(Louis Wu 16:05:30 UTC)

  • 2012 8-Bit Brigade Halloween Hootenanny Charity Fundraiser to Benefit Child’s Play

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    2012 8-Bit Brigade Halloween Hootenanny Charity Fundraiser to Benefit Child's Play



    From UncleGramps:

    8-Bit Brigade is proud to announce their 7th Annual Child’s Play Charity Raffle! This year, they have a ton of raffle prizes up for grabs, including retail release video games, downloadable games for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Steam and iOS, board games, autographed CDs, game-related crafts and artwork, and more! To enter, go to our website and donate to Child’s Play using the ChipIn widget. For every dollar donated, you’ll receive one raffle ticket number. The raffle drawing will take place on Sunday, October 28th and will be broadcast live! Donate today for your chance to win!


    2012 8-Bit Brigade Halloween Hootenanny Charity Fundraiser to Benefit Child’s Play

  • The Best of The Best of The Best of The Best

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    The awesome folks over at ReadyUpLive decided to pass the time waiting for Halo 4 by creating an awesome rap song to showcase their excitement. The beat is great and the lyrics hilarious and creative, definitely give it at LEAST one listen. Do it!(GrimBrother One 15:43:05 UTC)

  • Begin Armed with a Hammer, End Up Armed with Hope

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    We recently mentioned that our beloved hammer-wielding close friend and community colleague Goosechecka had wona Twitch scholarship for her work not only in the video game community, but also for her work using video games to help people go through therapy. She’s gained a lot of much-deserved attention from many non-gaming channels for her work, and this latest article from the Washington Post shows that. It’s a great interview with Goose (who is called by her more human name in the article, Kelli), and shows how she’s truly making a difference for some people in need around her. Great stuff!(GrimBrother One 15:15:49 UTC)

  • Podtacular 319: Forward Unto Dawn Episode 2

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    In the second installment of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, we see Lasky’s family record come into play a lot during his training and education where he doesn’t live up to the pedigree of his mother and brother. After getting into a fight with Vickers, he get’s pulled aside from Mahaffey to tries to convince Tom he has what it takes to get through the academy and should look within himself to be a soldier. Does he have the strength and courage to take a stand for the last big exercise for the semester or risk embarrassing his squad? Enjoy

  • Community Evolved

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    This is an incredibly cool project. Postmortem and the ForwardUntoDawn crew have launched an absolutely awesome tribute to celebrate the first 10 years of the Halo Community. Titled Community Evolved, the still-in-production book takes a look back at the last ten years of community support, activity, and involvement that the Halo franchise has inspired. Some wonderful special guests will be included throughout, and some amazing artwork will be included. If you are a Halo fan, this won’t be something you want to miss. As we mentioned, it’s still in production, and could use your support to reach its full potential, so please check out their Kickstarter page to see how you can become involved. Things like this continue to show how powerful the bond is between Halo fans, and how special the last ten years has been for all the content created and friendships forged. Go check it out!(GrimBrother One 20:59:01 UTC)

  • IGN’s Multiplayer Map Tour – Meltdown

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    From IGN:

    343 Industries Lead Multiplayer Level Designer Kynan Pearson takes IGN editor Ryan McCaffrey on a guided tour of “Meltdown,” a large-scale, vehicle-friendly map and one of ten core Halo 4 multiplayer maps.


    IGN’s Multiplayer Map Tour – Meltdown

  • Breaking In – Tom Slattery

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    Shooting baddies is fun in any language…

  • Tattoo Tuesday: Spot the Three Symbols

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    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!

    Halo Tattoo



    Halo tattoo, as seen on Mark

  • Halo 4 Free – Winners Announced!

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    KontrolFreek has posted a list of winners for their Halo 4 Free contest – congrats to all 6! (I’m impressed – four of them are women.) Even better news for folks who DIDN’T win – HBO was the winning community partner, which means that at some point soon, we’ll have ANOTHER Halo 4 LE console to give away. w00t! Thanks to GrimBrother One for noticing the announcement – and thanks to everyone who referred us! Keep your eyes peeled for the contest announcement. (There’s a discount code listed on that announcement page – you can buy anything in their store for 10% off with it. Go shopping!)(Louis Wu 17:30:43 UTC)

  • IGN’s Meltdown Walkthrough

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    IGN has posted their walkthrough of Meltdown (watch it on IGN.com or YouTube) – this showed up once before, by accident, but now it’s live for real. Go check out this large Halo 4 map! Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 17:13:12 UTC)

  • HH Gaming Grifball Highlights 6

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    From HuberHeightsGaming:

    Frantic and Corky are back with their friend Knight of 233! They’re here to rank community-submitted clips based off of jealousy, and you can definitely tell they’re jealous.


    HH Gaming Grifball Highlights 6

  • Pre-Order Bonuses… out of hand

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    Huh. If you pre-order Halo 4 at Wal-Mart, you get the Circuit Armor skin as a pre-order bonus. But what if you’ve pre-ordered somewhere else? Looks like Wal-Mart’s selling that skin for 35 cents. And so it begins… (thanks, Amazing Mic).(Louis Wu 16:16:29 UTC)

  • QuackTastical

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    pete_the_duck stopped in with word of a bunch of new content – Episode 9 of his magical Forge With Pete series is live (Waypoint | YouTube), showing you how to build a game of Breakout in the Halo Reach engine. As always, I’m flabbergasted. He’s also posted a new Forge Quack (Blue trees? Cool!), and a new webcomic (a cautionary tale that’s relevant this week) – he’s been busy! Go enjoy(Louis Wu 15:56:15 UTC)

  • HaloTracks BOHR – Best of Halo: Reach

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    HaloTracks BOHR - Best of Halo: Reach



    From Jeffh3962:

    Halo: Reach expanded on Halo 3’s sandbox in revolutionary ways. We were given Forge World: An expansive, open world environment which offered us seemingly limitless environments. New tools were invented, and Forgers took full advantage of them. Hundreds of thousands of maps have been created in Halo: Reach. A large number of those have been racetracks. We honored the best racetracks ever made during the closing of Halo 3. Now Reach is coming to an end as the premiere Halo title, and it is time to honor what was made once again. However this year we are not only honoring the best racetracks made in Halo: Reach but the best racer in Reach as well. Racers will go head-to-head, toe-to-toe against all others to earn the title of best racer in Halo: Reach. Forgers must prove that their racetracks have not only innovated but inspired. The title of BOHR winner is held above all others. It is now your turn to decide who receives that honor.

    How BOHR Works

    Best of Halo: Reach is a voting and racing competition to determine the best racetracks and racers in Halo: Reach. Racetracks are nominated by HaloTracks members for different categories. Categories include best tracks of a specific type and the best overall track, which is determined as the best racetrack in Reach. At the end of the nomination period, the voting begins in which HaloTracks members have the only stake in. The maps with the most votes wins the category.

    Unlike Best of Halo 3, HaloTracks is playing host to a large 1v1 tournament to find out who the best racer is in Halo: Reach. The tournament is a single elimination bracket, one racetrack per match, and match-ups for the first round are completely random. What types of racetracks and how much are race is dependent on the amount of attending racers. However, the final round consists of racing one of each category selected for the map voting portion of BOHR. The last racer standing wins the tournament.

    Prizes

    • Best Overall: One copy of Halo 4 (Standard), Map Featured, Distinguished title, interview in upcoming HT Podcast, and 2000 HT Points. Map Pinned in BOH Gallery.
    • Best Racer: One copy of Halo 4 (Standard), Map Featured, Distinguished title, interview in upcoming HT Podcast, and 2000 HT Points.
    • Category Winner: 1000 HT Points and Distinguished Title. Map in BOH Gallery.
    • Spot prizes for people that nominate and vote: TBA.

    Categories

    • General Track – Tracks that have a little bit of everything, and don’t fit into the other categories.
    • Motocross Track – Supercross tracks consist of tight, banked turns, rhythm sections, and other various jumps around the track. Nationals tracks fall under this category.
    • Terrain Tracks – Racetracks that solely utilize a maps geography to form a racing surface. Bridges are acceptable, however, sky track portions (hybrid tracks) are not.
    • Aesthetic Tracks – Tracks that focus on visual appeal and generally have a scenic theme.
    • Stunt Track – Tracks that have some sort of stunt in them, such as a backflip, a barrel roll or any other stunt.
    • Battle Track – Tracks that are compatible with the Battle Tracks game variants.
    • Hardcore Track – Racetracks designed to kill or slow down the driver. Challenge tracks will also fit into this category.
    • City Tracks – Tracks designed to encompass racing in an urban environment.
    • Rollercoaster Track – Fast, narrow tracks designed to feel like a thrill ride.
    • Mayhem Track – Tracks designed for crashing into other racers. Demo and Roller Derby tracks fall into this category.
    • Rocket Race/Rally Track – Racetracks designed to accompany teams of Mongoose or Warthog drivers, with every team competing to reach the alternating checkpoints at the same time. Savage tracks fall under this category.
    • Best DLC Track – Any racetrack made in the Halo: Reach downloadable content packs.
    • Map Maker- HaloTracks Map Maker that consistently turns in well above average racetracks.
    • Best Overall Track – Not constrained to any specific category, this racetrack is considered the best racetrack ever forged in Halo: Reach.

    Deadlines

    • Nominations End: 10/23/12.
    • Voting Begins: 10/25/12.
    • Voting Ends: 11/3/12.
    • Tournament Begins: 10/27/12.

    To view the full topic, rules and the nomination format, please visit www.halotracks.org. You must have a registered account on HaloTracks to partake in BOHR. Best of luck to the nominees and racers, and we hope you enjoy BOHR!


    HaloTracks BOHR – Best of Halo: Reach

  • Halo 4 Grifball Events

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    GrifballHub is planning on livestreaming Halo 4 Grifball on a special Wednesday Night Grifbrawl on November 7 – with the first league signups coming on November 16. Read all the details at their site!(Louis Wu 15:35:28 UTC)