It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for another Average Joe on Bungie.net – and today’s victim is Helveck. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, swing by and figure out what he’s done for you lately.(Louis Wu 18:11:39 UTC)

I’m not sure I understand what’s going on… but Hawty McBloggy is hosting a ‘March Madness’ video game tournament (with games competing with each other), and Halo 3 is in the first round, kicking off today. It’s up against Street Fighter II – she’s got tons of info for you if you want to follow along! (As of this moment, Halo 3 is kicking some butt – 20 votes to zero.)(Louis Wu 18:05:27 UTC)

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris let us know that nobody won the extra-long two-week Mythic Challenge in March – so there’s a new challenge afoot. This current Saturday, March 21, you’ll have 24 hours (from midnight to midnight PST) to complete Floodgate – the easiest Halo 3 level to do on Mythic Difficulty. The fastest time turned in during the time period will win a Mythic Map code. You need to have your results to Tyrant within 24 hours of the end of the contest (ie by 11:59 pm PST on Sunday) in order to be eligible. (And remember… you can always check Tyrant’s Mythic Walkthrough here on HBO for pointers on getting through!) Get to practicing!(Louis Wu 17:31:42 UTC)

Forge Hub’s Forsaken has put together a database of Sandbox Forge creations – swing by and see what you can find! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:14:28 UTC)

It’s like it’s Montage Day on Bungie.net:

• Pogra celebrated a birthday in January by playing for 24 hours straight – folks dropped in when they could. Clearly, they tried some weird stuff.
• An older ‘sticktage’ from Bipolar Nick (originally posted in October) made the Blog today.
• “Ooh, Stick You” is a real song. That has nothing to do with Halo. (Well, before now.) Warning: overexposure can be dangerous.

That might be it, for a while…(Louis Wu 17:08:09 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte let us know that he’s been working on a new ODST render – you can check it out in his gallery here. Don’t mess with these guys!(Louis Wu 10:43:58 UTC)

agdtinman says it’s on: when he gets to 2x as many Twitter followers as Stosh, he’ll post a Mythic Map code. Of course, the downside is you have to follow him on Twitter… (Louis Wu 10:36:12 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a shot on Flickr of a Master Chief created from… canned vegetables. (He’s even got a stickydoom plastered to the side of his head, courtesy of Gatorade and some backlighting.) My question is… which of those guys first held a can of creamed corn in his (or her) hand and thought… hmm, I wonder what the Master Chief would look like if I used these?(Louis Wu 10:35:29 UTC)

jdars sent us word of a Wallpaper he’d created, and posted at DeviantART – it’s Bungie-focused, but pretty Halo-related.(Louis Wu 10:35:00 UTC)