Federation of Grunts Theme Song?

We don't usually post ads for chapters, but since you won't be getting a week in review this week, and since this one is just so wacko , I'll make an exception. Warrior Grunt writes: "This is a promotion for my chapter so if you like it please come to Federation of Grunts and take your vote on how well you like it and if you could join us.

While the grunts were on Halo they picked up some new songs they sang around the "campfire". Well some of were overheard by other grunts in space. How still remains unknown. But they really liked one and made it their theme song. And below is what they chose.

(one grunt sings)
Gather around my fellow grunts
I'll assure you your head haven't shrunk
I declare we make a new station
And we'll call it our federation.

(All the grunts sing)
We're grunts, little grunts
We're who everbody hunts
We squeal and bark then we die
While our enemies laugh and cry
But it doesn't matter to us
'Cause we'll go to heaven and cuss
And sadly at this rate we'll never have a new generation
But hey we made a federation

(A different grunt alone)
I say we make it on earth
Right on Texas turf
We'll make a lot of abbervations
And call it the langague of the federation

(All the grunts)
We're grunts, barking grunts
We're who everbody hunts
We squeal and bark then we die
While our enemies laugh and cry
To us this is really sad
Hey it's not all that bad
We'll be called the lost generation
And we'll be the only ones to make a federation

(Last solitaire grunt)
One day we set out at dawn
Only to get mowed down like the lawn
Its was the green guy who sent me the invitation
To make something like the federation
(Cheers)

(All the grunts)
We're grunts, mighty grunts
We're who everbody hunts
We squeal and bark then we die
While our enemies laugh and cry
But it will be a beutiful day
When we finally get to say
That we were the samartest generation
Because we made the only grunt federation
(laughs and claps then they start all over again)"

Seventh Column Week in Review

Well, it is Friday, and it is time for another week in review, where Matt kicks the mail sack of 7thcol@bungie.com and see what falls out. Unfortunately for you, Matt's normal high-quality work will not be here today, as he has skipped out on us until December. Apparently, slavishly obeying the whims of our cruel master Yeroen is not as much fun as it looks. However, hacking into his email, on the other hand... that's a different story. So, here is what I found after some digging.

Deadman, the founder of Front Range Company 7, wants everyone to know that he has started a new database called "Halo Haikus". It's open for the public to post in, so be sure to drop by and grace them with some halo-related haikus!

The Specialists are at it again, this time with their "Hacienda Hate" LAN party. I'll let Nosferatu tell you all about it:

WOW. Never have I been to a non-tourney LAN before that was so large, had such fierce competition, or was so much fun. 8 TVs, 8 xboxs, carnage city at Some Guy's house. Throughout the 16 hour LAN, approx. 40+ people participated in the LAN. Local teams from L.A., such as the Northern Alliance, Raffy's Retards and others were some of the teams that attended. There were also new players that showed up, and veterans that had been MIA for a while. It was good to see new faces and old alike. But one thing was for sure.... there were definitely no newbies there, at least not the ones that I played. Players like Killtacular, SniperWulf, Fragzor, Qbix, MistaClean, Assassin, Synchimera and his team (Andrew from the DPAG team in the AZ tourney; his new and improved team), TheSPFXmaN, dillo37 and his team, and chumpp (a player that made it to the Halo Nationals; you may recognize the name if you use XBconnect) And then the lord of halo, dark2dawn & Co...

Sounds like you all had a great time, guys. People should go check them out, they consistently seem to be doing things.

Well, that's it. I must say, I'm not impressed that we only have two letters. It is nice that you guys made my job a lot easier, but that isn't the point. I constantly see people complaining that they need members in their chapter, or they can't find people to play Halo with... well, all you have to do to get your chapters and events advertised is to fire off some email to 7thcol@bungie.com. Since next week is Thanksgiving weekend here in the United States, and I will be out of town, that means that there will not be a week in review next week. So you have two whole weeks to stuff this mailbag full of good stuff. I want to see reports of your Turkey day LAN parties! I want to see advertisements for your chapter's upcoming end of year all night Halo LAN parties!

The Gallery is Back

If you have perused our Bungie.com website recently, you may have discovered that the screenshot gallery code has been broken since we moved the site to the new server. Thanks to some detective work by Achronos, the code has been fixed with a single character change. Boy, just looking at these makes me want to play Oni again....

New Job Opening

In times like this, it's always a pleasure to announce another job opening. I'm happy to say Bungie is seeking a talented [url=/Inside/Page.aspx?section=Jobs&subsection=Main&page=1]physics programer[/url] to join our closely guarded team on their uber-secret project they are developing. <br>If you have experience working with geometry behavior in 3D games and have a brain with a massive left hemisphere, then we've got the position for you.

5 Years of Myth

Five years ago, Bungie released the Myth: The fallen Lords demo, giving many gamers their first Bungie.net experience. In celebration of this event, Mariusnet is hosting a party. Conner Writes:

To help celebrate the occasion, Mariusnet is hosting a P A R T Y ! ! ! BYOB - but be sure to swing by here to check out all the details. Turning five is no small feat, so we'll be celebrating the night of Friday November 8th on thru all day Saturday to make sure our European Mythers can join in on the fun. We'll be running another Co-Op challege that was so popular for the Mariusnet One Year Anniverary (details to come), and we hope to see some long lost friends.

<sniff> seems like yesterday. Our kids are growing up so fast...

A New Desktop

Craig Mullins, artist extraordinaire, provides the content for the latest Bungie wallpaper. If you haven't played Halo because you're waiting for the Mac/PC version to come out, be forewarned, this contains the granddaddy of all spoilers. If you want to throw caution to the wind, click here and scroll all the way to the bottom.

New Theme Available

Last week, Patriotic Marine submitted a 7th Column chapter theme. After a little persistence and a little tweaking, it's now ready for prime time. He calls the theme "Marines of Old". To see an example of it, you can take a look at my chapter, Halo Players @ Microsoft.

The Return of Skip Weasel

Our intern and pegboy is up to his shennanigans again. Take a look at the latest installment in today's Bungie Comic. Loosely based on actual events...