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Sunday, March 10, 2002 |  |
Halo Lan Parties mentioned in ET
Kudos to Freewill, who posted the text to a fun little blurb in Entertainment Weekly this week on our forum. Nice to see Halo lanfests getting recognized as 'the Next New Thing' by a mainstream magazine! (The scan will be posted next week, when this issue is off the shelves.) (Louis Wu 21:32:58 UTC) (permalink)
New Fan Fiction rules
Later today (or possibly tonight) there'll be a large Fan Fiction update - there have been a number of submissions over the past day or two. However, I'd like to make a new policy - or at least codify a current, unofficial policy, so that submitters know what to expect.
A Fan Fiction submission, unless it is poetry or a novelty item, must be a minimum length for acceptance. Since some submitters can't seem to deal with a vague description like 'long enough', we're putting a word-count minimum on submissions - items of less than 500 words will not be posted. In the Halo inbox right now are two submissions of fewer than 100 words, both ending with 'to be continued' - here's my advice: continue them before you submit.
We don't like to reject submissions - of ANY type, from fan fiction to artwork to videos... but "The master chief is cool. The end." does nothing but dilute the value of the entire Fan Fiction section. If you're writing in chapter format... write two chapters, combine them into one submission, and THEN submit. I hope this helps both submitters, and readers. (Louis Wu 15:27:02 UTC) (permalink)
Warthog Balancing at iBonk
iBonk.com begins to branch out - they now have a reader-submitted collection of pics of a warthog balancing on its front bumper on Blood Gulch. (Hey! Gameplay Tricks is OUR bag! :) ) Check it out - that's some nifty balancing! (Thanks to MaTT for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 15:15:41 UTC) (permalink)
Halo contest at the Cole Protocol
Aerothorn writes to point out that The Cole Protocol is running a contest - the winner needs to submit a picture with the most copies of Halo visible in it. Check out their news page for March 4th and 5th for details on rules and prizes. (Louis Wu 15:11:33 UTC) (permalink)
BarrysWorld reviews Halo
BarrysWorld has put up their Halo review - and it glows. Check it out - we've added it to our Reviews Database. (75 sites have reviewed Halo - the average rating is 94.7%. Are there any other games that can say this?) Thanks to The Junkyard for the heads-up on this one. (Louis Wu 15:07:27 UTC) (permalink)
HBO Weekly Review grows nicely
Whoa - gone for two days, and the news backs up to the roof! There isn't time to post it all right now - I've got a birthday party to organize - but I'll put a few things up. First up: a relatively new feature on our forum has been the HBO Weekly Review. I've held off mentioning it, but it's time now - a nice synopsis of the week's posts, organized nicely for your reading pleasure. If you enjoy it, search for other posts written by 'Weekly Review' - there have been 5 of them so far. (Louis Wu 14:58:02 UTC) (permalink)
Saturday's news in brief:
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Halo Fest in PA a success! |
Friday's news in brief:
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Updates must wait Shadow among the Shadows Potential Spoilers ftp closed for now Potential Spoilers More misc art, wallpaper Halo stuff at eBay iBonk gets updated |
