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Tuesday, October 28, 2003 |  |
Be careful what you ask for.
oddworld18, afraid that folks might miss his pearls of wisdom strewn around the Halo Story page today, took the opportunity to insult the management in an attempt to guilt his way onto the front page. It worked. This time. Go read the Story page; there's more than just that charlatan's paranoid ramblings there... (Louis Wu 21:25:06 UTC) (permalink)
MLG results - in full
Earlier today, we posted a note about some pics from the MLG tourney in New York this weekend. MLG themselves have now sent along results from the tourney - and man, do the names look familiar...
Halo FFA:
- 1st Place, $2,000: Zyos (Matt Leto, TX)
- 2nd Place, $1,000: -Hp-Darkman (Dustin Langton, KS)
- 3rd Place, $500: -Hp- Alex (Alex Burden, KS)
- 4th Place, $300: Shizz (Paul Baffi, TX)
- 5th Place, $200: Strangepurple (Doug Fabrizio, NJ)
Halo 4v4:
- 1st Place, $1,000: TDT: -Hp- Darkman, Zyos, Shizz, and -Hp- Alex
- 2nd Place, $500: StK: Strangepurple, Brese (John Calabrese, IN), DrPoon (Pete Fabrizio, NJ), Pray4u (Jayson Strauss, NJ)
- 3rd Place, $200: MoD: Xena (Bonnie Burton, PA), JMB (Johnny Burton, PA), MoD-Burton4 (Jeffrey Burton, PA), Grasshopper (PA)
Strangepurple also won the Oustanding Strategy Award, sponsored by GameTime's DVG Strategy Guides (which netted him ANOTHER $100). Domination! (Louis Wu 20:48:59 UTC) (permalink)
First Strike Preview now online
Recently, we noted that there was a bonus file on the Halo PC CD, a PDF with previews of all three Halo novels on it. We'd held off posting it because we weren't sure whether the file was supposed to be an exclusive goodie for the buyers of Halo PC... but today we received word from Bungie that it's okay to pass this along. The PDF will probably be available from Bungie themselves in the near future - but the intriguing bit for most people, the preview of 'Halo: First Strike' (the new novel due out in December), has now been HTML-ized and made available in our Miscellaneous section. (With the exception of font choice, I did my best to remain true to the PDF in terms of layout.) Enjoy! (Louis Wu 18:25:42 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie, Gearbox, MS chatting with TheCPL tomorrow
I was planning on holding this until tomorrow, but I'd like to stave off the email we'd get if we DIDN'T post it now, so... A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a chat taking place on The CPL's IRC channel on Gamesnet. SketchFactor wanted to make sure it wasn't forgotten, so he posted a note about it over at Bungie.net today. (The chat takes place tomorrow evening, at 8pm EST/midnight UTC.) We were also reminded this morning by George Kaspiris, of The CPL. Should be a pretty informative chat; if you've got access to an IRC client, you should try and be there! (Louis Wu 17:16:27 UTC) (permalink)
Reactor news, part 2
mehve pointed out that the 'quick Reactor report' we noted yesterday was actually posted from the show; they were NOT back yet. They ARE back now, though, and she's posted a second part, focusing mostly on the reasons Halo fans go to Anime conventions (and how Bungie employees can get their butts kicked at Halo sometimes). Go read! (Louis Wu 10:48:15 UTC) (permalink)
Pics from MLG tourney
(GT)Juggler went down to NYC this weekend, and took part in the MLG tournament at Gametime Nation... and snapped a bunch of shots. You'll find 'em on his website. Take a look! (Louis Wu 10:30:55 UTC) (permalink)
Why I luv Xboxconnect...
Speaking of Guest One One Se7en strips, today's entry is from Stephan Hennion, and although it's ostensibly about XboxConnect, the sentiments apply nicely to some HPC games as well. Take a look! (Louis Wu 10:02:08 UTC) (permalink)
What's a FAQ, anyway?
Back in April, we started hosting a comic strip called One One Se7en. Its simple artwork and clever writing caught on - it's become one of our most popular features. So much so, in fact, that many people have submitted their OWN One One Se7en strips, which are now posted on days when Stuntmutt's official strips are not. Still, though, there is some confusion about how to go about creating and submitting strips, and what's really acceptable. To that end, Stuntmutt (in his own inimitable style) has written a FAQ, of sorts, to cover the basics. Check it out. (Louis Wu 09:52:47 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fiction
Sizeable Fan Fiction update (17 stories) today:
- The Man - A Halo Comedy, by Dispraiser
- A John Before Halo: Part 14, by J-117
- Countdown Earth: Hour Six, by Mainevent
- The Conqueror's Fall, by Walker
- Shadow Ops II: Nowhere to Run, Chapter One, by Nemesis
- Halo: The MCconto Chronicles Part 14, by JCDenton
- AN ANCHOR IN THE STARS: Chapt: 2, by Sketcher
- Battle for the Norah: Part Eight, by Sterfrye36
- Children Stolen, by The Chalk
- Marooned Chapter 4, by Steve Ollett
- Halo Trilogy: Operation Info Retrieval (Chapter VII/part I), by Alpha Lance
- New Lunar HQ: Chapter 4, by Fleet Admiral
- Waiting, by Rory
- CR4WL1NG, by Mainevent
- Heaven isn't all its cracked up to be, by AmokTheClown
- The Resurrection of the Chief Chapter 2 & 3, by CovieKilla
- The Disaster of New LA, by David C. Jacobson
Probably becauuse I didn't get to one yesterday. Read, there'll be more tomorrow. (Louis Wu 09:28:53 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
Sunday's news in brief:
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