Wonder what kind of SPF Recon has?

"Welcome to the first of 10 challenges geared towards pivoting you against the most challenging aspects of the Halo 3 campaign with a chance at gaining a very precious award. Why are we doing this? Consider this your first step to training for the hardships delivered by Halo 3: ODST’s Firefight mode. Not only will you get used to battling enemies with the various skulls and live to tell about it, but just like the game mode, each challenge will become progressively harder since we are ordering the missions from easiest to the most challenging

This week’s mission? Complete Floodgate on Mythic Difficulty and submit your entry for a chance to win Recon Armor. The rules are fairly simple. Load up Floodgate, make sure your settings are on Legendary, switch on ALL 13 skulls (both gold and silver), and also turn on scoring. When you complete the mission successfully, upload the film to your file share, and send me (Tyrant122312) a personal message on Bungie.net with a hyperlink to your film. If you don’t know how to create a hyperlink, the talented web designers of Bungie.net have provided you with a text legend at the bottom of every post and PM to instruct you on how to do it. Do NOT just simply copy/paste the url. You’re entry will be discarded. Don’t worry about tagging it either. Simply put “Mythic Difficulty” somewhere in the film’s description, and that will suffice.

Just a few other little tidbits of information for you to keep in mind:

1) You must have an Xbox Live Gold subscription.
2) You must have your XBL gamertag linked to your Bungie.net profile.
3) The mission must be completed while you are online. Make sure you can view it in your Game History.
4) Only one submission is allowed per person.
5) You must submit your entry during the 7 day contest time period.

This contest begins at 12:00AM Pacific Time on Friday, June 12th and lasts for 7 days. This gives you all day Friday, an entire weekend, plus four additional week days to complete the mission. The winner will be notified the following weekend.

However, this time around, you shouldn’t need the full seven days. I’ve provided you with a few tools to help boost your stamina and get you on your Mythic feet. Aside from the HBO Mythic Floodgate guide and our massive Mythic Difficulty thread, I’ve recently started posting more up-to-date 2.0 guides to go along with the originals. This week we have the 2.0 run for Floodgate fully rendered and ready to be viewed. Keep in mind that we’re not judging you for time or score, so if you’d rather hang back and shoot your way through, that’s perfectly fine as well. Just worry about getting to the finish line. That by itself is an accomplishment you should be proud to have under your belt. And to show our appreciation for your efforts, even those of you who don’t take home the armor will walk away with a shiny new medal for your Halocharts page. Each mission has it’s own separate achievement designed by the talented HC Redemption himself, and there’s even a special (and rare) medal to be earned once you have all nine challenges conquered. Win or lose, you will not walk away empty handed.

Godspeed, fellow campaigners!"

Please keep all discussion related to this challenge in the discussion thread attached.

"I never lose."


This player seems to have an inflated sense of self worth.  Good thing nobody else can make out what he's saying.  Maybe you can.  Check it out.

YouTube - "Yes, I am a General"

Drawing comparisons.


Vociferous tells a mean tale.  You should read it.  Go on.  Click.

Ascendant Justice - "The Prodigal"

Slice and dice.

Greenskull360 writes:

It's raining men!

Partly cloudy with a chance of Spartan.  Some Elites too.  The pile looks a bit like a rainbow.  Check it out.



YouTube - StickThis: Precipitation

BlackOpsSpartan writes:

Don't be fooled by the intro, it's Shenanigans 3 in HD!

The third installment in ChrisOfTheDead's Shenanigans Montage series.  Coming in at a whopping four minutes, this video explores the more absurd side of Halo 3.  When things go wrong, or just get a bit ridiculous, ChrisOfTheDead gets it all on tape.  Nice dropkick.



YouTube - Shenanigans 3 (Community Funtage 2)

Magoo27 writes:

How many times has this happened to you?


TimewornDoctor gets trapped in the game and fires up his capture card for his new series, "Lagout."  A pretty bizarre cast attempts to figure out what happened in this, the debut episode.  Check it out.

Warning: Adult Language and Celebratory Crouching.



YouTube - Lagout

Rav Raider writes:

Memory wipe on Aisle 3!

Reclaimer 193 is out and bringing a mysterious tone today. Apparently people's heads are exploding at random; watch for falling brain pieces. Check it out.

Reclaimer 193 - Recollection

Let the games begin.


We've gotten word that the Hope Unto Dawn Charity Tournament in support of Child's Play has officially begun.  We've also heard that donations are off to a great start.  If you want to check out the action, or contribute to a great cause, hit the link below to get involved yourself.

Hope Unto Dawn

Next stop: Columbus, Ohio.


The second stop of the 2009 MLG Pro Circuit kicks off this weekend from Columbus, Ohio. If you're in the area, spectator tickets are $20 and can be bought at the door. A pass covers one person for the entirety of the three day event (June 5-7). If you're not lucky enough to come out and spectate, MLG will be streaming the entire event all weekend long live on our homepage at www.mlgpro.com.

For more information on spectator info, click here: http://www.mlgpro.com/pro-circuit/2009/index2.php#spectator

For the entire Live Stream Schedule, click here: http://www.mlgpro.com/pro-circuit/2009/streaminfo.php

jdars1804 writes:

More to this artist than paper-thin boundaries.


Jdars has another Aesthetic Artist interview queued up for you.  This week he sat down with PaperThinWalls.  No need to press your ear against the plaster yourself, you can get all the info just by clicking on the link below.

"PaperThinWalls used to be the Charlie Chaplin of Halo screenshots. He's revised his views since then, but this avant-garde of screenshots is still out there taking incredible shots of the scenery and beauty of Halo 3 and building upon his legacy. Read on to learn more about this virtuoso of Halotography!"

Aesthetic Artist Interview Week 9

No objections here.


HBO sends word of "BEASTLY!," A Team Scoog Halo 3 montage that focuses less on individual play and more on the frenzied action that happens when you pull back and check things out from a fresh perspective.  Shot in HD with some great editing, you should definitely take five minutes out of your day to check this out.

xSitVx Gamer writes:

Thought you sucked at sniping?


It's like a reverse montage.  Just one short clip that showcases some terrible Halo 3 play.  Pretend this has never happened to you and have a laugh at someone else's expense.

night haI 1 writes:

How can I play with this accordion music?


You may recognize plenty of these clips, but that's okay, there's some new stuff packed in as well, and they were all set up with our Render-to-Video beta service.  If you like to watch other players fall flat on their faces, and into grenade explosions, you should give this one a watch.  If you're not a fan of the accordion, you might want to get your mute button ready.

"A montage of some fails everyone knows and loves, and some new ones that will make you laugh all the same."



YouTube - Halo 3 Failtage: Render Tribute

Look who's come to dinner.


Hawty McBloggy came across this pretty slick re-imagining of da Vinci's painting The Last Supper.  It's available in two flavors and multiple resolutions.  Hit the jump to sit across the table and get a good look.

Hawty McBloggy - Halo Last Supper

The Catfish 16 writes:

Making up for lost time.


Looks like The Catfish had to queue a few pages up.  No worries, gives us more reading material for today.  Description and links below.

"Hokay so,

Well it's Friday. At least it is when I'm posting this, but only just. So, I didn't post any updates after Tuesday. Simple reason bit busy exam wise. So here are the links to all three of those that I missed. Next week we return to our regular schedule of three a week.

61 - Facility
62 - Override
63 - Safe Landing

Peace,
The Catfish"

The machinima maestro.


RandomSauce and HBO just published another entry to their Director Dialogues series.  If you're interested in getting a bit intimate with Sniper 2477, he sat down and answered a few questions for you.  Pay him back by having a quick read.

Director Dialogues: Sniper2477

Xtreme BMonkey writes:

I'm sure this can all be explained with science.


Phil gets a little Helm's Deep for Day Nine.  Strong language.  Check it out.

"Phil day nine is back in its latest episode.  The group is in a game of VIP, but are they able to win?"

Machinima.com - Phil - Day Nine "Morals"

Gear61 Owns writes:

Medals galore.


Now, here's a more "traditional" montage.  Nice plays and editing set to some music.  Check it out.

"This is a Halo 3 montage from Kampy entitled, "Apex." It features an incredible amount of jaw-dropping multikills, sweet music choices, and some very well-done, clean, professional editing. This is definitely a montage for the ages. Enjoy!"



YouTube - Apex - A Halo 3 Montage

XxDeadlyLlamaXx writes:

Well, you don't see this everyday.


Unlike the previous video we posted, this one requires a bit of a time investment.  It clocks in at over thirteen minutes and features clips taken from Halo 3's campaign, with the footage edited as you would expect from a more traditional, multiplayer focused montage.  If you're into campaign play, check it out.

Optimus Ford writes:

Always look up!

Short and sweet and shot in HD.  We've seen these before, but they always bring a smile to our face.  Check it out if you have ten seconds to spare.



YouTube - Halo 3 Funny Crate Kill

"You know the music.  Time to dance."


Gamespot sat down with Joe Staten for a pretty lengthy hands on with Halo 3: ODST.  When the lights go down in part two, you'll get eyes on the full opening cinematic, never before seen by the public.  Check it out.

Halo 3: ODST Video Feature 1

Halo 3: ODST Video Feature 2

Halo 3: ODST Video Feature 3

b12y4n 51m0n writes:

The weight is over....wait, what?!

Bryan Simon's Mythic Song contest moves on to the voting round.  If you want to weigh in yourself, the instructions can be found at the links below.  You have until the clock strikes Midnight this coming Sunday.

"Preliminary judging is over and it's now time for the Halo community to VOTE!  17 entries have been picked out of 130+ and now you get to vote for the best Mythic Song.  See details at http://www.youtube.com/brysi or start voting right away at http://bryansimon.blogspot.com. 

I would encourage you to check out the YouTube first to see how preliminary judging went and what community members were a part of the process. The polls close Sunday night at midnight!"