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Tuesday, January 21, 2003 |  |
It's gettin' cold down below...
What's this? Two Halo Story Page updates in two days? What's the world coming to? (Louis Wu 20:51:17 UTC) (permalink)
High-quality weapons
Recently, Ghôlsbane extracted the vector-format weapons schematics from the Halo Manual. We've tossed them up for you to grab, if you're so inclined. (Louis Wu 20:49:15 UTC) (permalink)
Backlogged Stories for Sale
Fan Fiction entries from this weekend:
- Liberation, part 10, by Hoju
- Legend Hunting, part 1, by Dispraiser
- Under the sergeant's cap, part 4, by Traumatised Marine
- Spartans: The War on Solstice, part 1, by Shadow X
- A New Year's Day, part 10, by Guilty Spark
- Force 81, part 6, by NobleWard
What are you waiting for? (Louis Wu 16:01:44 UTC) (permalink)
Playing with Fire
Yesterday, Bowser posted a note to our forum explaining how a slow run through the Maw seemed to gain extra time at Foe Hammer's pickup site. Some experimentation showed the limits of this feature. Here's a short film (23 seconds, 1.4 mb, QT format) showing a gain of almost a minute. The situation is this: when you pass into the area where you're supposed to wait for Foe Hammer, the timer drops off the screen. It doesn't come back until AFTER she is shot down, and when it DOES come back, it comes back with the amount of time that was on it when it disappeared... with an exception. The rule is this: If you enter that area with LESS than one minute on the clock, your timer will be reset to (2 minutes - your time on the clock). Go in with 59 seconds, you'll come out with 61. Go in with one second... you'll come out with 1:59. This suggests that if something happens to you on this run, and you get to this area with less than a minute on the clock, you should run it down to nearly zero before crossing into the 'pickup zone'; the longer you're willing to wait, the more time you end up with. (Of course, if you misjudge, and the timer runs out before you get in, you're dead.) Interesting find... even more interesting, in context; the game has been on the shelves for more than 14 months, and nobody noticed this before! (Louis Wu 14:44:43 UTC) (permalink)
Links to Websites and Tournaments
Links around the Halo universe... there are lots. Chris Hamilton pointed out his new Halo site, Proximity Zero. It's devoted to Halo 2 info. He plans to buy a domain name if the community grows enough, so go visit! Also, OrangeMC pointed out that the family of Halo sites at forerunners.org isn't listed in our Links section - that's been rectified. (Soon, we'll do another links pruning as we do periodically.) There are also a couple of Tournament sites worth noting; different scales, but we report what we're told about. The Elite Spartan sent word that the Arkansas tournament we mentioned last week now has a website... and Jay, from the Associates of Gmaing Professionals, sends word about AGP's second Halo Championship Event. It's taking place in Nashville, TN, on April 12-13, and there's a guaranteed $7,000 pot no matter how many teams show up. There are slots for 64 teams, and Darkman and the Dream Team will be back to defend their titles. That should keep you busy for a little bit! (Louis Wu 13:26:22 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Cover Art Continues
Another pair of Halo 2 covers for our collection - one is from Spikedadragon, the other from Z77. It's getting to be a big collection! (Louis Wu 10:42:44 UTC) (permalink)
Random Artwork for your Eyes
Again, we had to filter out a number of images, but the remainder (four pieces, plus variations) can be found in our Miscellaneous Art section. Some nice stuff! (Louis Wu 10:33:32 UTC) (permalink)
Where'd that come from?
Heh - pu1l found a NEW .fortune message (if you don't know what a .fortune message is, check the Easter Eggs page). We like this one. (Louis Wu 10:11:29 UTC) (permalink)
Wallpaper from the weekend
Beginning to clear out the artwork backlog... first up: desktop images. Three new ones (and several that didn't meet the newly posted guidelines) - check 'em out in the Wallpaper section. (Louis Wu 10:08:48 UTC) (permalink)
Cortana glows
More action figure goodness... this time, right from the source. Check out the story at b.net, including a nice shot of a Cortana figure prototype. (A tad too sexy for my taste... but she ain't done yet.) Thanks to mnemesis for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 02:47:27 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Dogtags - sold, at a Bungie price Cortana - in plastic. Bungie Halo comes online Updates coming... soon, I hope Helping Brian |
Sunday's news in brief:
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A Halo Koan New Cover Art Nekkid Covs |
