From TheFrenchfryjordan:
I made an easy-to-understand video summarizing the extended fiction in the Halo Universe, from Precursors to the activation of the Halo rings. Hope you like it!
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ExpertZone leak means more Halo 4 info
Early this morning, over on NeoGAF, OdysseusVA pointed out that there’s a new training course on ExpertZone, the Microsoft resource for helping game store employees get up to speed on new games. Shadders jumped on the situation, and quickly posted a full collection of info – it provides previously-unreleased details about Halo 4’s feature set that should be of interest to most fans. (This is something of a grey area, as far as leaks go – I think normally, we’d stay away from stuff like this, but in this case, it’s already been picked up by outlets like Eurogamer, and will be all over the internet by the end of today… and with one major exception, it’s minor information.) The big bit, for me – the first season of Spartan Ops is currently planned to be 10 weeks long (5 missions per week). Awesome! ZaneZavin kicked off a thread on our forum, if you would like to discuss this stuff. (OdysseusVA’s post also contains a couple of cool phone wallpapers, if you’re interested.)(Louis Wu 14:14:48 UTC)
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HRSotD: The Imperial March
HRSotD (short for Halo: Reach Screenshot of the Day) is a daily feature dedicated to the wonders of Halo: Reach screenshots and the artists that capture these amazing images. A variety of shots—all of which are completely unaltered and captured in Halo: Reach's theater mode—are included for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the varied selection of images, and maybe even find inspiration to make your own!
Author: Captian Kipp
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Tattoo Tuesday: Back First Into Hell
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, as seen on Adam
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Project Phase 1 – Halo: Reach Tricks
From TenaciousTricking:This is Episode 1 of our Project Phase series, which showcases various tricks on every level of the Halo: Reach Campaign. Up first is the mission “Winter Contingency.”
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Grifball Summer League 2012 – Sign-ups and Information
From Kalbelgarion:Sign-ups are now open for GrifballHub’s Summer Grifball League! The league will run through July and August, and teams can play either Classic Grifball or Grifball Dash. All teams of all levels of experience are welcome!
More details are available here. For a taste of the action, check out this highlight reel from our Winter season.
See you on the court!
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The Avengers – A Halo: Reach Montage
From The Little Moa:This is a dualtage for MLG pros Lethul and Formal, edited by Muggsy and CJnew. It has got to be one of the greatest montages on Halo: Reach for a long time, so I thought it was worth sharing. Enjoy!
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GCA E3 Awards – Halo 4 Goes Home a Winner
The Game Critics Awards for E3 2012 have been posted… and Halo 4 walked away with two: Best Action Game, and Best Online Multiplayer. Not bad! Thanks, Hypertrooper. (For reference: Halo won Best Action Game in 2000. Halo 2 won both Best Action Game and Best Online Multiplayer, plus Best Console Game, in 2004. Halo 3 won Best Online Multiplayer in 2007. Reach was nominated for both Best Action Game and Best Online Multiplayer, but lost out to Modern Warfare 2 and Left 4 Dead 2, respectively.)(Louis Wu 16:34:06 UTC)
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Community Customs Spotlight: Pete the Duck
From Community Customs:It’s begun. They dropped in just under an hour ago. Swarms of them. Hundreds more than our outpost around Jupiter lead us to believe. At first, we thought it was an all-out invasion. That we were doomed. But now… Now it’s as if they’re searching for something. Something that could only be provided on a slow, tedious, Monday morning. The Questions are streaking overhead again right now. The loudspeakers blasting the population below demanding the truth. The truth? Are those Questions sure they can handle the truth? It’s time to find out. Suit up, Spartan. Winter Contingency has been declared. All Answers are mobilized and ready. It’s time to launch the Spotlight.
Pete isn’t an active member of Community Customs. In fact, if you ask him, he’ll say he’s not a member at all, and that’s alright, because we don’t consider ourselves some sort of exclusive club or clan. To us, “member” merely means, “registered on the site,” or perhaps, “regular player.” What Pete is, however, is a well-respected and outstanding member of the greater Halo Community at large, and that makes him more than worthy of some time in our modest little Spotlight. If you’ve played in any of our Customs Nights, you’re guaranteed to have been subjected to a minimum of five rounds on Knockin’ Zombs, which is, by far, our favorite creation of his. But that’s not all he’s known for… Pete is the author of the Flaming Ninja Challenges, Last Forger Standing, daily (for a time) single panel Halo-related webcomics, and so much more. His most recent claim to greatness, however, is his “Forge with Pete” series on Halo Waypoint. It’s a series where Pete showcases a simple minigame before explaining how it works and how to build it. The results are often, as expected, ingenious in their re-purposing and twisting of Halo’s mechanics. But enough of my glowing comments, let’s see what he has to say for himself.
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Halo: Reach Racetracks 14
From LayedBackGaming:This episode of Halo: Reach Racetracks features the maps Australia (by Lama on St3r0id, Mr Stylisin, KSI Milk Man, and Oomishday3) and Wave World (by TH3 DE5TR0YER). Enjoy!
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RvB PSA: Online Survival
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new PSA from the Rooster Teeth crew… but there’s one today, and it’s pretty funny. Go watch ‘Online Survivor’, and begin the process of protecting yourself from the dangers of the internet!(Louis Wu 12:13:40 UTC)
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Space Wars Pilot Episode
AytonHunter let us know about Space Wars, a new skit-based machinima – the Pilot Episode is now live on YouTube. Funny bits abound!(Louis Wu 11:48:10 UTC)
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Community Customs Content
nomis78 stopped by with content from Community Customs – a summary of new content at the site, and a new Community Spotlight, focused on Shadow of the Void. Go see!(Louis Wu 11:47:52 UTC)
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What I Would Do With Halo 4, by Cursed Lemon
Cursed Lemon ranted for nearly an hour about how Halo is going down the toilet – if you listen to him, he knows EXACTLY what’s wrong with the franchise, and even better, how to fix it. You might find him a bit too arrogant to listen to, unfortunately. Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 11:47:19 UTC)
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Preparing for Halo 4
Tyler Garner is preparing himself for Halo 4 – he’s reading a lot of books, he’s playing a lot of games. If you want to see the entire list, swing by his blog! (Louis Wu 11:46:34 UTC)
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This is stupid and I hate it.
Scott Kankelborg has been a Test Engineer at Bungie since 2008, and has seen a lot of bugs in his day. He seems to love his job, though – and it’s clear he’s pretty good at it! If you want to know how he got where he is (and what he thinks you could do to join him), go read his Breaking In article at Bungie.net! (Louis Wu 11:45:50 UTC)
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HRSotD: Extradict
HRSotD (short for Halo: Reach Screenshot of the Day) is a daily feature dedicated to the wonders of Halo: Reach screenshots and the artists that capture these amazing images. A variety of shots—all of which are completely unaltered and captured in Halo: Reach's theater mode—are included for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the varied selection of images, and maybe even find inspiration to make your own!
Author: Halo Conceptor
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Community Member of the Week: frenchfryjordan
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 frenchfryjordan. Read a little more about this particular Forger below!
Gamertag: frenchfryjordan.
Origin of gamertag: Friend suggested it to me.
Halo game(s) you are currently playing: Reach, Halo 3, Anniversary.
Favorite map, game type and playlist: Powerhouse, Prisoner, and Guardian/Crazy King, Slayer/Multi Team.
Least favorite map, game type and playlist: Boardwalk, Isolation/no hated playlist or game type.
Preferred control scheme: Recon.
Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): Defense and driver.
Favorite character: Master Chief, The Prophet of Truth, Guilty Spark, and Bornstellar.
Favorite book: Halo: Cryptum.
Favorite Halo quote: “I do know how pick ’em.” “Your destruction is the will of the Gods, and I am their instrument!” “Wake me, when you need me.”
Anything else we should know? I am an enormous Halo fan. I am also a Theatre geek; performing in plays is sort of my passion and what I hope to have a career in one day. As for Halo, love the story, the gameplay, the community, etc. I love posting on these forums because everyone is very nice and fun to talk with. Thank you for reading. 🙂
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Pokálo: Pocket Spartans – A Halo: Reach Machinima
From DTA MoonDawg:Ever wonder what Halo would be like if it had turn-based combat? Then look no further! Pokálo: Pocket Spartans is a mashup of Halo and Pokemon by expressing the Halo Universe in a new form.
