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Tuesday, July 12, 2005 |  |
Stats reset on Bungie.net
Looks like Rumble Pit, Team Skirmish, and Team Preview stats have just been reset. Thanks to Gamer2017 (who also warned folks that Bungie has said that the preview playlists will be removed in late August, once the new maps are free for all). Update: oops, Rumble Pit and Skirmish lists are normal; when I checked my stats, I had 'no games played' listed, so I made an assumption - it was wrong. Only the Preview lists have been reset (or, more accurately, only the Team Preview list was reset - the Rumble Preview list was new as of yesterday, and didn't NEED a reset.) (Louis Wu 17:55:05 UTC) (permalink)
The Squadron Trailer
Another of the recent torrent of movies clearing our Movie Peer Review Rating System is a teaser for an upcoming machinima series. 'The Squadron - Advert' is a short trailer for the upcoming season of (yeah, you guessed it) The Squadron, a human-vs-covie matchup. 2:05 long, available in WMP9 (7.2 mb) or QuickTime (6.8 mb). (Louis Wu 13:09:09 UTC) (permalink)
SWAT Halo69 Montage 6
This was posted a week ago on Halo2Forum.com - but SWAT Halo69 mentioned it on our forum yesterday; it's his 6th montage, and it contains some very nice footage with great timing. (Music choices are... questionable - but maybe that's just for folks who need songs not to be strings of curses.) It's huge - 75 mb, WMP9 format. (Louis Wu 12:20:16 UTC) (permalink)
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Thirteen new stories to read in today's Fan Fiction update - so what are you waiting for? (Louis Wu 11:55:34 UTC) (permalink)
Watch the movies, play the maps
Over at GearboxGameZone, Dennis Powers has posted a note explaining that the new season of Halo CE Chronicles will use over 20 HaloCE maps - and that each week, you'll be able to download the maps featured in the current episode. On the front page are the first two maps - Snowy Assault and Pillar of Autumn Space. If you haven't tried 'em - grab 'em and load 'em up! (Louis Wu 11:47:20 UTC) (permalink)
WaLKa TaLKs
Halo Pro has posted an interview with WaLKa, a regular on the Halo Pro circuit. Always fun to see into the lives of these guys! Thanks, 3Suns. Update: Ducain pointed out that antiviral apps on WinXP are heavily triggered by visiting this link. If you're using Windows, and you're not firewalled... tread with caution. (Louis Wu 11:43:33 UTC) (permalink)
Launching Evolved - now in QT
Gah. I meant to post this yesterday, but forgot. We mentioned a movie from High Impact Halo - a montage of Warthog launches put together by Dark Helmet - and I said that if there was any demand, we'd put up QuickTime versions, as well. There was demand - so I posted a high-res QT (40.9 mb) and a low-res QT (18.7 mb). Grab the one that suits your needs! (Louis Wu 05:07:14 UTC) (permalink)
Road to Glory - Direct
[HC] D-Man posted a direct download linkto the WMP9 version of Halo 2: Road to Glory; it's still available via BitTorrent (see the original news post for details), but if you can't (or won't) use BT, check this out. It's hosted on FileFront, which means you have a pretty good chance of getting the entire 421 mb file without the server dying. The QuickTime version should be posted soon. (Louis Wu 05:02:09 UTC) (permalink)
HHC with Team Korea
Another thing that went up while I was wasting my evening away on Xbox Live was the writeup of the most recent Halo 2 Humpday Challenge - it wasn't really on Humpday this time, it was Friday night/Saturday morning (depending on which team's frame of reference you're using), but it was a solid matchup between Bungie and Team Korea. (It was a big enough deal on the Korean end that there was an audience.) Go read the writeup - and for once, SketchFactor didn't need to make up excuses as to why Bungie lost... because they didn't lose. Good writeup - nice games! (Louis Wu 04:55:08 UTC) (permalink)
New playlists are live
Bungie's updated the XBL Halo 2 playlists - you can find the latest lists on the Playlists page at Bungie.net. Some good choices, some... not so good choices. Go play! (Louis Wu 04:48:01 UTC) (permalink)
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