Community

Sigafoos at The Riot podcast let me know that we’re nominated at the 2007 Halo Community Awards for Best Tournament (for the summer tourney), Biggest Community Contributor (Website) and Best Halo Contribution (for the podcast). Head on over and vote for your favorites in the Halo community.

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Miss Tique from Team Bombshells told me about a new Halo 3 charity tourney coming up:

We are hosting a charity Halo 3 tournament next week on 12/21 at 7pm EST and continue throughout the night. We have partnered up with UGS, GnG Magazine, Charity Gamers and Gamers United. It will be 4v4, it is a min of $5 per player towards the For Jakes Sake Foundation. The winning team will win 30% of the pot as a thank you for their contributions. So more the money, bigger the pot, and more towards Jake.

Who’s Jake you might ask? At the age of 3 he has Mitochondrial Disorder, and his family are running into a financial hardship to pay for his medical bills. Team Bombshells has teamed up with them to help them raise the awareness of this disorder and to help their son have a normal healthy life. There’s more info at For Jakes Sake to read about what this disorder can do to someone. Register for the tournament here!

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With a keen eye and ever-sarcastic gaze, the folks over at [url=http://sarcasticgamer.com]Sarcastic Gamer[/url] have just discovered a stunning, earth-shattering truth about our great leader, Foo Mo Jive.

He plays Halo 3 [i]on Easy[/i]. Yeah, really.

Also known as Baby Mode, or in the parlance of the streets, Sucka Mode. Yeah, REALLY.

Why, you ask? Well, as far as the rest of us at Podtacular headquarters know, he was probably just looking to boost his ‘cheevo score and find some skulls buried deep in the bowels of the Cortana level (who knows what’s up in there) but we all know that there’s no acceptable reason to be playing Halo 3 on Easy. Not unless you’re going head-to-head with Mr. T, Chuck Norris and Ahnuld all at once and the only way to escape with your life is to start up campaign in true sissy fashion. Even then, it might be best to take the pummeling and at least go out like a man.

Either way, here’s hoping that one Mr. Foo Mo Jive can show his face and we can all rest easy that this was just a case of mistaken identity, or some other semi-believable circumstance that would keep the world from collapsing upon itself. Please?

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So what’s the state of the Halo Nation? Mighty fine. Communities have been stepping up to the plate with some awesome tournaments and giveaways.

• Platform Nation has a Halo 3 tournament happening now where you can win Halo 3: Legendary Edition!
• Cavegirls are hosting the second annual “Fight like a girl” Halo 3 tournament to benefit breast cancer research.
• Global Gaming League has a $10,000 1v1 Halo 3 tournament going on.
• Goozex has an HD-DVD player giveaway for Podtacular members and a Halo 3 Xbox360 giveaway for sharing their facebook app.
• Podtacular of course isn’t to be left out, we have a big and well organized 4 player co-op tournament going on, a mongoose racing tournament, and even a spikeball tournament!

Welcome back to active duty, Halo Nation! Let me know if I missed any big events and/or giveaways.

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What’s up everyone!

It’s now time to get your BR’s and Carbines out and get your team of 4 ready because on October 13th at 6:00PM EST Podtacular will proudly bring to you the first Online 4 Players Co-Op Halo 3 Tourney around.

In this touryney teams will compete against one another for the maximum score on 3 maps played on the Mythic dificult ([i]Legendary with Mythic Skull activated[/i]). We will use the META scoring system to gather the points and see who can score more points on the 3 maps within the time limit given to all teams.

So what are you waiting for?! If you’re not registered at podtacular yet go ahead, register and check out our forums for all the info you need regarding this great tourney.

Click [url=https://podtacular.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18663]HERE[/url] for rules and FAQs.

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Hello everyone! It is that time of the year again where the Cavegirls host their Fight Like A Girl Halo 3 tournament. All entry fees are donated to help find a cure for breast cancer which affect so many women (and men!) in our lives.

This year, they have expanded it to include not only a FFA tournament, but also a 2v2 tournament. The tournament is on Saturday, October 20th and you are invited to participate! They would love your support with this so please visit their forums to read more about it:

http://www.cavegirlforums.com

Let’s show them our community strength and participating on this by making a difference in someone else’s life.
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One of my favorite things about Podtacular is how it’s not just my community, it’s your community. It’s so cool how the community takes ownership of itself and puts together some great stuff, making friends along the way. Here are some perfect examples:

• Pod TV is putting out new episodes – You’ve seen the first grand slam Halo 3 show, and there’s plenty more in the hopper for Cryptoflix and the Pod TV team. They recently got a nice influx of talented help so they’ve got quite a team going.
• Halo News is on it’s way back! – Chevelle65 and the Halo News crew are working hard to bring back one of the most genuinely funny machinima series ever. The ones that assembled the Halo Voltron are coming back soon with a bang!
• Monthly Porridge is in the works… – You thought Quality Jeverage had retired his regular Podtacular comic? Think again! No seriously, think again.
• Podtacular Radio is returning! – DJ Painkilla05 is frantically spinning his wheels of steel to bring us more music to frag by.
• Podtacular Review Frenzy – Killazilla and the review crew are ready to provide you with a full and complete review and all of the insights for all the brand new and upcoming games to hit shelves this year.

Yes, new life has been breathed into the old favorites. But it doesn’t have to end there. You can start your own project and work together with the Podtacular community! If you have an idea, share it in a thread on the forums and see if people like it and will help. Then get crackalackin’! I look forward to seeing what you come up with. You could also contact the leaders of Pod TV, Review Frenzy, or Halo News and see if they’re looking for any help, I’m sure they’d appreciate the offer. Let the community projects return and begin!

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