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Get to knowAgentPaperCraft here!

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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 AgentPaperCraft. Read a little more about him below, then hit his profile to learn about the role he plays in the Community Cartographers!

Community Member of the Week

Gamertag: AgentPaperCraft.

Dream job: 3D Environmental Artist for 343 Industries. (ONLY TWO MORE SEMESTERS TO GO!!!)

Hobbies: I makem somma PAPERCRAFTS!

Anything else we should know? I’m one lucky guy, persistent, handsome, smart, and full of myself. I enjoy my hobbies, which are finding great maps to suggest for matchmaking, building them, and helping others. I enjoy the good times we have here on the forums. I may not post much but I watch intently. I like vidya games and aminals, and mopeding around town.

I also run Test Night with Crafty, which is weekly event dedicated to the forgers of Waypoint as convenient means of testing content for matchmaking consideration. It is a great way to get good professional constructive feedback on your map variants and game types and will also provide you with a player base to help test your creations. Your content will be observed by a secret member who reviews and suggests maps for matchmaking. This could mean thousands may eventually battle on your creations! Please visit my Test Night thread for details about how to participate.

Now You Can Play Metal at Your Halo Blok Party

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Halo Waypoint has a new video featuring Andrew Sparks, Vice President of Mega’s Kids and Collectors Brand. Andrew talks about the development of the new Halo Universe Metal Series, which was recently unveiled at the 2012 American International Toy Fair in New York City. Very cool! Go check it out! (GrimBrother One 19:39:24 UTC)

Oboe Scores 5 – A Musical Halo: Reach Gameplay Clip

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Oboe Scores 5 – A Musical Halo: Reach Gameplay Clip

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From LaurenOboe:

This is my attempt to meld the two things I love: Oboe and Halo. In this clip, NinjaKitty deals a lot of death in a very short amount of time.

Fan-made Heroes Never Die Wallpaper

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Fan-made Heroes Never Die Wallpaper

Fan-made Heroes Never Die Wallpaper

From Liam DeBeasi:

I’ve been working on a Halo: Heroes Never Die wallpaper. Download and enjoy!

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Mini Spartans – A Halo: Reach Illusion

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Mini Spartans – A Halo: Reach Illusion

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From halo.bungie.org:

Lee Georgeton dropped by with a video showing off some funky mini-Spartans on Forge World. Awesome effect!

Reach Weekly Challenge – 2.20.12

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I saw a motivational poster in a high school gym once that said “it’s not whether you win or lose; it’s how you play the game.” That’s good advice as playing can be fun and challenging, but if you want to get a big prize at the end you better get to winning games. Seventy seven games to be exact. It’s no easy task, but you can do it! This week we challenge you to:

PLAY TO WIN – 20,343cR
Win 77 games in multiplayer Matchmaking this week.

Winning is way more fun in a group, so don’t forget to stop by the forums and build your squad.

Weekly Challenge Thread

A LEGO Almaden

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Eric ‘Hawk’ Mickle put together the UNSC Destroyer Almaden with LEGO blocks – pretty amazing piece of work! Thanks to recusant, who pointed out a promo pic on Flickr.(Louis Wu 19:08:55 UTC)

Weekend Webcomic: A Fistful of Arrows p.7

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Weekends and webcomics go hand in hand, and there’s no better day to celebrate that relaxing ritual than on Sunday. Today’s
Halo-themed Weekend Webcomic, which chronicles the unknown story of the Spartan named Jun, is brought to you by Levi Hoffmeier. Enjoy this incredible fan-made series, and if you have a comic you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!

by: Levi Hoffmeier

It’s Sunday, so I’m making up words

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Hedgemony put together some panoramic shots from a recent Community Customs night. As usual, he has a knack for increasing the epicosity (shut up) of Reach moments.(Louis Wu 16:30:54 UTC)

They’re tiny, but they’re tough

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Lee Georgeton dropped by with a video showing off some funky mini-Spartans on Forge World. Awesome effect!(Louis Wu 16:28:12 UTC)

Greenskull’s Halo: Reach Randomtage

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Greenskull put together his 7th Randomtage – definitely well-named. 9 minutes, though it’s quite a bit shorter if you discount the lobby rap.(Louis Wu 22:20:47 UTC)

The Tyrant Documentaries: Episode 5

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The Tyrant is pretty negative about Halo 2 – go watch why.(Louis Wu 22:18:22 UTC)

Waypoint Weekly Wrap-Up – 2.18.12

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News
The Halo Bulletin: 2.15.12
Halo Avatar Collection – February
Office of Halo Intelligence: Part 4
McFarlane Toys Introduces New Halo Product Lines at 2012 NY Toy Fair
Reach Weekly Challenge – 2.13.12

Videos
Last Forger Standing 4 – A Community Forge Competition Show
Chillax – A Halo: Reach Funtage
Superiorosity SX – A Halo: Reach Racetrack Review
Express – A Halo 3/Reach Montage
Halo: Reach – Achievement HORSE #62
r/Halo 2 – A Halo: Reach Community Montage
Forge Spotlight 13 – A Halo: Reach Machinima Series
Helljumper 2 – A Fan-made Halo Web Series
Beaver Creek Walkthrough – A Halo: Anniversary Gameplay and Commentary Video

Fun Stuff
Halo eValentines for Your Favorite Player 2!
Halo Shoes – A Valentine’s Day Gift
Chance to Win a Custom-made Mega Bloks Heart!
Toy Fair 2012: Square Enix
Halo IRL: Ivory Tower
You Know You Play Too Much Halo When – Part 3
Halo: Reach Gamer Health Kit
Friday Caption Fun 40

Community Happenings
Community Member of the Week: crazybydefault
The Running Riot Goes Feet First into Helljumper
10,343 Halotracker Challenges, In the Bag!

Halo: Reach Screenshots
Elites with Cones – Absolutely Hilarious
Batman – Fun with Forge
Orbitally Deployed Sangheili Troops – Fun with Forge
Night Hunter – Simply Amazing

You’re a busy person, and we have a thing for releasing as much Halo-related content our multi-fingered appendages can handle. That means—assuming you aren’t a speed reading super-soldier—you probably missed a few stories along the way. Not only do we forgive you, but we’ll also happily provide a convenient weekly wrap-up of absolutely everything we covered during the last seven days. Don’t worry about saying thank you. We’d rather you spend that time soaking in the goodness that is this entertaining collection of articles. Off you go!

Waypoint Weekly Wrap-Up

Forge World

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While I don’t really agree with the negative overtones, I can’t deny that ncsuDuncan’s latest Halo parody is really slick. If I could sing, I’d record this one myself. (Though I’d probably stick with the original cadence, myself…)(Louis Wu 16:51:16 UTC)

Machinima Tutorials With TIMGIE! Episode 3

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Timgie came by with another machinima tutorial – this one will show you how to rotate a graphic around a character. Pretty cool stuff!(Louis Wu 16:18:10 UTC)

Sack Shenanigans

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Could it be that the Bungie Mail Sack will replace the Bungie Weekly Updates? Mail Sack 5.0 was released last night, just 7 days after the LAST one. (Don’t get TOO excited – the one before that was almost a month earlier.) Lots of studio details, lots of teasing – no real info about anything upcoming (which means DeeJ gets to keep his job a little longer). HBO does get a shout-out, though… so it’s a heartily-recommended read. (Louis Wu 16:14:03 UTC)

Only 51 betrayals? For shame.

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Revenant1988 wrote up some highlights of the HBO-fueled matchmaking evening he hosted last week – and included plenty of screenshots and clips. Go check it out – and if you like what you see, remember to join in next time!(Louis Wu 16:10:49 UTC)

Fails Of The Weak #74

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The latest Fails of the Weak went live yesterday (YouTube | AH.com) – lots of dead folks flying around. Go watch! Thanks, Daedalos42.(Louis Wu 16:05:39 UTC)

Oboe Scores #5: Extermination

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OboeCrazy stopped by with another episode of Oboe Scores – this one sets a classy Exerm on Zealot to appropriate oboe music. It’s AMAZING how well these work. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:04:01 UTC)

Bungie Mail Sack 5.0

Feb 17, 2012

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