| Metafire |
Getting to the Tower in Blood Gulch |
29 January 2002 |
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| Another technique for climbing out of the Blood Gulch gravity well... this one involves some tank fire and careful timing, but the results are worth it. |
| Metafire |
Above Silent Cartographer |
3 February 2002 |
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| How to get to the top of Silent Cartographer (without explosives), plus some explosive-aided shots. |
| Metafire |
Climbing Truth and Reconciliation |
3 February 2002 |
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| Getting to the top of Truth and Reconciliation... with the help of a Shade. |
| Metafire |
Assault on the Control Room Exploration |
3 February 2002 |
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| Another vehicle collection (and the process of making it), with a few side tidbits. |
| Metafire |
Pelican Enter |
3 February 2002 |
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| Wow -actually riding the second pelican on Assault on the Control Room! |
| Metafire |
On Top of Halo |
11 February 2002 |
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| A pictoral essay showing how to get to the waterfall on Halo... and a study of a very intriguing mystery. |
| Metafire |
Exploring the Inside of Keyes |
13 February 2002 |
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| Touching the ceiling of Keyes... that's some pretty impressive jumping! |
| Metafire |
AotCR Bridge Climb in Single Player |
26 February 2002 |
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| Climbing down that first bridge has been a couple of times... in coop. Before now, it's NEVER been done in single player mode. (In fact, many said it WASN'T POSSIBLE. They weren't counting on pinpoint placement of furniture with plasma grenades...) |
| Metafire |
The Blue Beam That Kills |
26 February 2002 |
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| On Halo, there are three mysterious beams of blue energy that fire into the sky. Two are harmless. One's... not. |
| Metafire |
Outside the Maw |
27 February 2002 |
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| Eleet Ops Faction turned in a One-Shot showing an Outside Maw exploration. Someone asked "how?" Frogblast and Grimace happily experimented, showing some nice Sentinel Surfing along the way. |
| Metafire |
Painting the Sky with the Blood of an Elite |
28 February 2002 |
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| Once again, Metafire (aka Frogblast) shows that taking a Halo glitch and pushing it to its limits can provide hours of entertainment. Covenant Pinball, anyone? |
| Metafire |
Warthogs at the Beginning and End of AotCR |
4 March 2002 |
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| Grenades can help you put a Warthog at the very start and the very end of Assault on the Control Room - Have Hog, Will Travel. |
| Metafire |
Warthog on the Pillar in AotCR |
4 March 2002 |
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| In the middle of Assault on the Control Room, there's a large tower with a landing pad on top of it. Bungie used it for a Banshee... Frogblast used it for a Warthog. |
| Metafire |
Banshee Switch |
4 March 2002 |
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| An astounding display of Sack - two players switch Banshees in midair. |
| Metafire |
The Top of the Maw |
7 March 2002 |
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| Even with a timer running, there's time to climb off the map on the Maw and explore the interesting exterior of the Pillar of Autumn. |
| Metafire |
Ghost Lines |
7 March 2002 |
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| Some rather odd reflections on the Pillar of Autumn - where are those coming from? |
| Metafire |
Library Exploration: Climbing Back Down |
13 March 2002 |
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| Getting to the very bottom of the Library - it's not as easy as it looks. There's some pretty strange stuff going down, though... |
| Metafire |
343 Guilty Spark at Rest |
13 March 2002 |
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| What's that little guy doing when he's not leading you to your doom, or trying to blow up the galaxy? Well... he spins a lot. |
| Metafire |
Halfway Frozen in AotCR |
18 March 2002 |
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| An almost-frozen elite... and a bizarre closed Banshee. Wonga. |
| Metafire |
Pillar of Autumn: Cryo B Exploration |
26 March 2002 |
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| Goodness - the first step to getting to the bridge of the Pillar of Autumn... from the OUTSIDE. |
| Metafire |
Two Betrayals Bridge Door Exploration |
30 March 2002 |
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| Challenged by a forumgoer, Frogblast tries to get where nobody's ever gone... successfully. There's some interesting stuff in Two Betrayals, behind those locked doors... |
| Metafire |
Pillar of Autumn: Cryo B Exploration Part 2 |
1 April 2002 |
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| Part 2 of the PoA Exploration - more exploration of weird areas you shouldn't be in. |
| Metafire |
Pillar of Autumn: Cryo B Exploration Part 3 |
1 April 2002 |
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| Part 3 of the PoA Exploration - a step-by-step guide to getting out. |
| Metafire |
Pillar of Autumn: Cryo B Exploration Part 4 |
1 April 2002 |
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| Part 2 of the PoA Exploration - once you're out, how to touch Halo. (It's a lot smaller than the one you play on...) |
| Metafire |
On Top of the Blue Beam Tower |
19 April 2002 |
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| Turns out it's NOT just one of those blue beams that can kill - but more fun, you can actually get on TOP of the tower! (Well, Frogblast can, anyway...) |
| Metafire |
The Maw Slide |
30 July 2002 |
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| The easiest way, by far, out of a level. |
| Metafire |
Avoiding Checkpoints |
30 July 2002 |
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| Yes, you can avoid checkpoints. You might not always want to, but sometimes it's pretty handy... |
| Metafire |
Co-op, a Rock, and a Hog |
30 July 2002 |
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| Hollow Rocks. Cool. |
| Metafire |
Mapping Silent Cartographer |
30 July 2002 |
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| Astounding what you can do with some patience, and care... the mapmaking limits of Silent Cartographer have been probed. |
| Metafire |
Master Chief Flipping |
30 July 2002 |
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| I'm STILL looking for Snuffy each time I see this. |
| Metafire |
Big White Ball of Sparks |
30 July 2002 |
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| Jerry Lee Lewis woulda LOVED this trick. |
| Metafire |
The Second Floor of the Maw Hangar |
30 July 2002 |
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| Froggy never did explain how he got up there... |
