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Friday, April 23, 2004 |  |
MLG Tourney ends in success
DOH! We got mail from Major League Gaming yesterday, reporting the results of its third major 2004 tourney, held last week in Dallas. I totally spaced on posting these. $15,000 was distributed amongst the winners, and the names, once again, are quite familiar...
Halo Free For All:
- 1st Place: KillerN (Nick Urso, TX)
- 2nd Place:Zyos (Matt Leto, TX)
- 3rd Place: Walshy (David Walsh, MI) & Gintron (Chris Collins, WV) - tie
Halo 3 vs. 3 Team Competition:
- 1st Place: Team StK: Ogre 1 (Danny Ryan, NJ), Ogre 2 (Tommy Ryan, NJ), Stragepurple (Doug Fabrizio, NJ)
- 2nd Place: Team AP: Anti (Josh Crahan, TX), KillerN (Nick Urso, TX), Boo (Chris Billington, Canada)
- 3-4th Place: Team MP: Clockwork (Kushik Dutta, WA), Deeter (Pat Danford, NC), Saiyan (Ryan Danford, NC)
- 3-4th Place: Team FJ: Gintron (Chris Ginner,FL), Killer (Ryan Hughes, FL), T2 (ThomasTaylor, FL)
Halo Lego stuff, Revised
Fury Three has done a nice job of summarizing the Halo-based Lego models available for viewing at the Brickshelf website; he even went to the trouble of formatting his list to fit our template. Nice! (Louis Wu 18:26:37 UTC) (permalink)
That box is there for a REASON.
Red vs Blue Episode 31 ('Room for Rent') is now available on the Season 2 Sponsors forum at RvB. It's gettin' weird, folks. (I, for one, never wanted to see the inside of... oh, never mind. Go watch it.) (Louis Wu 16:25:45 UTC) (permalink)
Wait 'Til You See Flood Warrior Form Ken
One One Se7en points out a common complaint among action figure collectors... Joyride, take heed. (Louis Wu 15:42:10 UTC) (permalink)
They Don't Have That In Regular Banshees...
Halo: Resolution comes up with what has to be the lamest reason ever to chase a bad guy. (Not that I'm sayin' that, you know, Bungie employees are bad guys, or anything...) (Louis Wu 15:38:13 UTC) (permalink)
Old art and new at Halobabies
Halo Babies has a couple of new items - there's another strip, of course, since it's Friday, and it's a direct tribute to Red vs Blue, but there's also a very cool desktop in a few sizes. (This has been in our artwork queue for a while now; apologies to Gruntsbane for taking so long to get it out. I'm glad there's another venue for its posting - it deserves to be seen.) Absolutely worth a look. (Louis Wu 14:52:03 UTC) (permalink)
Why, I Oughtta...
Bungie has put up an article about 'Dirty Halo Tricks' - things you can do to win in Halo that might be on the far side of ethical. I'm really surprised that out-of-map stunts didn't make anyone's list... taking a ghost across the top of Sidewinder and invading the enemy base from above is definitely on MY list of 'sleaziest moves in a game'. Most of the tricks, though, involve sneakiness, rather than exploitation of map glitches. (There's even one from me in there... though I'd argue with the 4-pile rating it got.) My favorite has to be Ryan Hylland's truly annoying way to eke out a few extra seconds on Oddball... check it out. And thanks to Deimos Fawkes for pointing it out. (Louis Wu 14:36:32 UTC) (permalink)
I don't mind my boy kicking alien butt
Adam Daniel dropped us a note in the forum that Halo garnered a special mention in today's New York Times. In an article (free registration required) about the burgeoning business of game lounges, Halo is so popular that parents let their kids play the game even though it rated M for mature. As a parent that has been letting his son play the game since he was 5, this doesn't surprise me. Update: We were actually told about this article on Monday, by Bucky - the only copy I had, though, was pretty beat-up, so I didn't post it. However, it has some nice photos that the online version doesn't have, so I've changed my mind. (Apologies for the wrinkles - and for the weird stitching in places; it's a huge article.) (Ding 14:20:16 UTC) (permalink)
Furry fun
W00T! New Fur-Lo artwork from Tina Leyk; there's another regular strip, called 'Mishaps With Grenades' (third from bottom row, if the anchor doesn't work well), which made me LAUGH (what an awesome Jackal!), and a great guest strip by Iatro, which captures the spirit of Fur-Lo quite nicely. Tina rawks. (Louis Wu 02:42:50 UTC) (permalink)
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