ModHalo News

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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:50:22 +0000

Firstly, I would like to sincerely apologize for the amount of time it took to get the site fixed. As of now, it seems that Chvy has removed the exploits and got the site back on its feet, so a round of applause to him! Malware errors still might persist until browsers and/or search engines recognize that the exploits have been removed. Spread the word and let's get ModHalo members back here!

Christmas Name Submissions

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:44:36 +0000

Post here to submit your name or anybody else's name for best name change this year. A poll will be put up shortly to determine the winner.

Christmas Name Changes

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:14:02 +0000

Note: Stolen from Phil.

For new comers, the idea behind this is to change your name to something more festive.

Before you get name-happy, read very carefully, so you don't get stuck with a crappy name for the rest of your interwebs life, making you the laughing stock of ModHalo.

You get 2 name changes over the course of the next 40 days. Before you get all excited, remember, you have 1 name change to change to your festive name, and 1 name change to change back (and yes, you do have to change your name back). So, my advanced math skills tell me, that each of those changes account for your 2 total name changes. If you screw up, it's your fault, and I will not be fixing it. So think long and hard about the name you want to have for the next 40 days, and then change it if you wish.

The person with the most creative name will win an award! (like... the kind of award that goes below your username)

Making this change only changes your display name, meaning your login name will continue to be whatever it is before the name change. To change your name, click HERE, or click your name in the top right corner of the screen, and click "My Settings." Click "Display Name" and then enter your new, festive name, and your current password (for verification purposes). Then you're done. After that, make an awesome avatar and/or sig, and you're done. Please, keep your sig or avatar recognizable so that people can still identify you. I'll be laying the banhammer down on an individual basis if anyone abuses this.

If, after all this, you realize you did not follow the steps properly and you currently have a crappy festive name, then, sucks to be you!

Awards and Reputation

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:15:12 +0000

Awards:

All awards have been transferred over and populated to those who had them previously. Any member ranked Regular or above can grant any award in the "Achievement Awards" category, pending approval. There are two exceptions - the "Best Christmas Name" award and "Outstanding Modder". Outstanding modder can only be granted by Meta Chiefs, and the Christmas award... well that's an obvious reason.

Feel free to nominate someone for an award if you feel they deserve it. The point of the change is to get more awards to those who deserve it; previously it was Admin only, and it was hard to keep track of who deserved what. That doesn't mean it will be approved, but as long as there is some sort of support for the award (which it wouldn't be a bad idea to PM an Administrator with if you nominate someone) it's likely.

Also, to get people used to the system and to make sure everyone has at least one award, every somewhat active member should have the "Good Guy" award. If you see anybody without it, give it to them. The "Awesome Guy" award has been removed, because it was a terrible idea having those awards split.

Reputation:

I should have done this earlier when the board was offline, but reputation has just been reset to 0 for all members. We're starting fresh with the new system and getting away from that clusterfuck we had with the previous one. This would have been done while the board was offline had I realized (and I should have) that old reputation points would be carried over despite the change in the system.

This means that if you "liked" any post tonight, and really did like it, you'll have to do it again if you want the user to get the reputation. My bad, but I think I'm the one who took the biggest hit so no worries

Forum Upgrade

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:43:42 +0000

If you want to know exactly what's new in the upgrade, full details are here: http://community.inv...ed-apps-so-far/

Some things of note include the new tagging system, which probably would have been a lot more helpful if we had it from the start, a "like" reputation system (I like it - removes the negrep drama we had), a RTEditor, an enhanced 'View New Content' feature, and a bunch of other improvements - most obviously, the skin.

I was a bit rushed for time at the end of the upgrade so as of now the tagging system is temporarily disabled, and I've barely added any awards yet. The tagging system is going to use predefined tags which you can add as a prefix to your topic title - post any suggestions for tag titles and I'll add them.

The awards system is improved and we now have the option for public award granting. Anybody Regular or above will have the ability to grant (most) awards now, with approval. (You grant the award and it gets sent to an approval queue - it won't show up until it's approved in the ACP.)

Post any issues you have with the new software, or anything that looks funky with the skin in here and I'll take a look at it.

Forum upgrade incoming

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:34:48 +0000

Within the next few nights (very possibly tonight) we're going to upgrade the forum to the latest release. It has been up on a test site for a while now, and the reviews have been good from everyone who's seen it. As part of the upgrade awards will be reset; I'll try to make note of who has what but some awards might not be carried over and I could always miss someone. Just make a list of what you have now so it can be added if it gets lost in the transition. In return we'll be getting some improvements like user nominated awards so admins don't have to give them all out.

The forum will be offline for a period of time during the upgrade. If it never comes back it means I've fucked something up and I apologize in advance.

Edit: Testing Portal news link

Halo 4 Artwork - An Early Look

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:11:18 +0000

Debuted towards the end of PAX2011, 343 Studios shares a collection of their concept art for their upcoming game, to demonstrate an idea of the atmospheric and aesthetic designs we should be looking forward to later next year. In addition to this, the new forthcoming trilogy to the game has been given a name, The Reclaimer Trilogy.

Halo: Anniversary Q&A

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:45:04 +0000

Luis Wu of Halo.Bungie.org sat down with members of 343i and asked some questions regarding the upcoming release of Halo: Anniversary. Check out the Q&A to get some of your questions answered: http://halo.bungie.org/misc/foconnor_haloanniversary_qa.html

Halo 4 and Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:44:58 +0000

Put up in error at 9:30 eastern instead of 9:30 pacific on the official Xbox.com website, Microsoft just spoiled their E3 press conference a few hours early. The error has been fixed, but expect more news later today after the actual reveal is made.

http://kotaku.com/5808887/microsofts-e3-2011-website-outs-halo-4-and-more

Update: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will be released on Nov. 15, 2011 as a 360 exclusive.

Update 2: Halo 4 will be released in the 2012 holiday season. And it will be the start of a new trilogy. Yeah, that means Halo 6.

PAX East 2011

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:22:31 +0000

PAX East 2011

Overview:
This year PAX East was held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The estimated number of people in the doors for the weekend is around 70,000. This is about 2,000 more than PAX Prime last year, and about 18,000 more than PAX East last year. This year I had a 3 Day pass as well as some friends with exhibitor badges so we were able to hit up a number of booths and a few panels.

I have written reviews of:
Duke Nukem
Portal 2
Old Republic
Guild Wars 2
FireFall
Nintendo 3DS
RAGE
Spy Party
and some of the 3D hardware on display

Links to video and photo galleries included: http://www.modhalo.net/index.php?/topic/29686-pax-east-2011/

BREAKING NEWS: Bungie confirms next game is an MMO

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:16:23 +0000

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At a panel session at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today, Bungie lead network engineer David Aldridge confirmed to attendees that the developer's next title is a "massively multiplayer action game."

Rumors about the game have bounced around the internet in recent weeks, with anonymous sources describing the new project as "WoW in space." At his talk, titled "I Shot You First: Networking the Gameplay of Halo: Reach," Aldridge specifically noted that the title is not "WoW in space." So there you have it.

The still-untitled game series will be published by Activision, and it's the first non-Halo project the studio has worked on since joining Microsoft to release Halo: Combat Evolved. This isn't the first time a Bungie rep has mentioned that the studio was interested in making a persistent online game. In answer to a fan's query about the upcoming project during a 2010 GDC session, Bungie's Joseph Staten responded by asking, "Wouldn't it be great if we could make a world that was always there for you?"

http://www.1up.com/news/bungie-confirms-next-game-massively-multiplayer

It will be Bungie's first game published by Activision. I wonder if Activision had a say in what Bungie should make next. I can see that happening since Bobby Kotick is a prick without shame.

UPDATE: The rumors were false and he was only playing off the rumors that there would be a Bungie MMO.

Updated Forum Rank System

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:17:54 +0000

Back in October, we switched out ranking system based off of posts from a system that used Halo 3 ranks, to a system that used a combination of Halo 3 and Halo Reach ranks. Well, now that all of the Halo Reach ranks have been released for some time now, we're updating our rank system again to reflect all the Halo Reach ranks. Just so there is no confusion, this does not correspond at all with your Xbox Live gamertag. This is simply a pseudo-ranking system based off of your post count on the forums. For those of you curious as to how long it will take to reach the Inheritor rank, based off of current post counts, it will take about 9 years, so I think we'll be good for a while.

The updated rank system made ranking up easier all across the board (as in, it takes less posts once you start to get in to the thousands). It also added a handful of new ranks for the future.

Spoiler

Remake of Halo 1

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:42:26 +0000

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/04/halo-combat-evolved-hd/

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Joystiq has learned that the previously rumored remake of Halo: Combat Evolved will indeed launch this holiday season for Xbox 360 with a full visual overhaul. Sources explain that the re-release is not Bungie's 2001 Xbox game simply running at a higher resolution -- it's being remade with new art assets. While Halo's audio will likely remain unaltered, the controls will allow for more recent Halo configurations.

The Halo: Combat Evolved remake is allegedly being developed by New Jersey-based Saber Interactive, the company behind TimeShift and Namco's upcoming Inversion, but we've been unable to confirm the nature of the engine powering it. We understand that it's something other than the Reach engine.

The Halo: Combat Evolved update, one of two Halo games currently in development under the watchful eye of 343 Industries, is expected to support 1080p resolution and 3D televisions. Details on multiplayer are supposedly still being worked out, but we understand the remake will likely feature online co-op (the original game supported two-player split-screen co-op).

The game is expected to re-evolve on November 15, 2011, ten years after Halo: Combat Evolved launched alongside the Xbox. Our sources didn't know of any plans to similarly upgrade the recently disconnected Halo 2, but it's hard to imagine Microsoft playing favorites with its biggest franchise.

wat?

Voting for Most Festive Name Changes Round 2

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:09:34 +0000

People with three or more votes were entered for round 2. Same rules apply, winner takes all.

Edit: Blah, I forgot to make it a public poll and I can't change it now. My bad.
Voting will end next Sunday.

Voting for Most Festive Name Change

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:25:35 +0000

Christmas has come and passed, and many of us participated in our annual changing of names to make them seem more festive. This is the first round of voting for name changes. Top vote receivers will move on to a subsequent round of voting. When voting, please take into account creativity, relation to the theme, and how closely a festive name resembles the user's original name (for example, changing my name to Santa wouldn't be very creative, and hence shouldn't be regarded highly).

The format of the poll is: Original name - Festive name

The poll is public, so everyone can see if you're lame and you vote for yourself.