Season Update – Week 1

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Dust Storm

Get your BR’s ready because it’s time to lock and load. The podtacular season starts tomorrow and on this update you will find the games that will be played this week, some reminders and some of the buzz that’s been going around. Well let’s get down to business.

This week we will start the season with MLG V4 games. We have previously mentioned that we will be using V5 games for the remainder of the tournament. However, they’re not out yet so we will use these until we v5 is out and we have given the go ahead here for that particular week. So with that in mind make sure that CTF games will also be used under the Game Battles format, which has a time limit of 15 mins. If you have any questions regarding any game type please PM myself (Dialpex) or Kiaffex and we will be happy to answer any questions.

Well here are the games for this week.

The format to be followed is: [b]Slayer – Objective – Slayer[/b]

[b]MLG V4 Slayer on Guardian
MLG V4 KoTH on Construct
MLG V4 Slayer on The Pit[/b]

Keep in mind that the games must be played in that particular order.

Some of the questions that came up this week were regarding the armor/helmet rule. There are no rules regarding that. The only rule is that the players all be using the Spartan character.

Keep in mind that each team will host one game. Also its advised that a 30 seconds free for all slayer match is done before the matches just to assure that the host used is reliable.

All Parties must be set to 8 players limit, in case a team member lags out he can then be invited back and return to the game.

All right, i believe this is about what we all needed to get this “party” started. Remember, play fair as we’re in a community tournament. Save all your trash talk for someone else. We have always watched behavior and we always will. Complaints are not taken lightly and we will disqualify those teams that take that to a different level.

Hope you guys have a great week and remember!!! Very important!

[b]After your games are played you can submit your bungie URLS directly to me at podtacular.com. Just shoot me a PM with the links and at the subject field use the following format. (Example: Team Supremacy(WIN) vs Team Number 1 )[/b]

Thanks again and have a great time.
Stay tunned on this portal for more information regarding our newest video features!

Dialpex

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Foo Mo on Hardcore Christian Gamer

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Dust Storm

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Just a heads up, I had the pleasure of guest hosting on the Hardcore Christian Gamer Podcast recently on episode 53. It’s well over an hour of talking about games from a christian perspective. They also have a clan called SOG (Sons of God). Check out the show!

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Podtacular Spring Season 2008 Kick Off

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Dust Storm

Welcome everyone to the Podtacular Spring Season 2008.

It’s time to get ready for another Podtacular season and even better… now with HALO 3. This is our first Halo 3 season and the competitiveness factor has just taken over the place.

This season brings a lot of great podtacular players as well as some friendly communities into the mix. I would like to take this moment and thank the invited communities that came to take part of this award winning tournament with us, and they are: [b]The Cavegirls, SBG, The C1nder Clan and Praetoria Guard.[/b] Thank you so much guys and girls, for coming over and sharing this experience with us.

Well without any further delay i would like to announce the groups. All groups information can be found at the “Groups” link at the top of this page. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank our very own [b]CapnKrunk[/b] for all the help, effort and amazing job with getting this site “Season Ready” for us. Thanks a ton Krunk!

By the way, i would like to introduce a couple of new things that we have in stock for this season. Number 1… You’re looking at it! This is a page specially dedicated to the season tournament where you will be able to find all the information, updates, team rosters, brackets and group stats, videos just a click away. Yes one place for all your season needs. Pretty sweet huh?!!? Every week the season update will be posted on this “front page” and you will be able to check out the latests and the greates that the Podtacular Season has to offer.

The second great feature comes from our very own community member Madgecko aka Arc Blu. He will be in charge of getting some selective season Matches here and ready for everyone to watch. He will also be responsible for our very own Podtacular Season Top 10 Plays of the week, which will be narrated by a special member (more on this later…)

Anyway, this is about it for now. I just would like to welcome everyone and as of right now we stand firm for a seson kick off on March 31st 2008. Please keep a close eye to this page for future news and important updates.

The matches and last rules for the following week will be posted here soon. Stay focused!

Thanks again everyone for participating.
Dialpex

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The Podtacular Spring Season 2008 is Live!!!

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dust Storm

It’s that time again ladies and gents. Time for the podtacular season hype!

I would like to announce that we’re officially live with the season and we’re ready to kick off the tournament next week as planned.
In order to stay in the loop for everything regarding the season, we have created a season portal inside of podtacular. This season portal which has a link (Tournaments) right there to the left of the screen will lead you to the main season page where you will be able to find every season related news story, groups, brackets, team information, rules and even our newest feature: Season Videos.

All of this wouldn’t be possible with the help and support i received from CapnKrunk, Kiaffex and Arc Blu.

So what are you waiting for??? Go on… click on the link and check out the Podtacular Spring Season 2008.

Keep on fraggin’ trucks!

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LAST CHANCE: How to be on the final episode of Podtacular’s audio podcast

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Dust Storm

Podtacular’s audio show is a community show, likely the first of it’s kind. With the many great guest hosts we’ve had on, voice mails we’ve played, and tips we’ve read, thousands of people have been on the show. We want all of you to have a chance to be involved in the final audio show.

Here’s the plan: call in a voice mail to 206-888-HALO and say your gamertag first (and what site you’re from if applicable). Then leave any goodbye message you’d like. What we’ll do is pick out the Halo and gaming community leaders first and play their full goodbyes. After that we’ll have a montage of every single gamertag that called in a goodbye. Our goal is to get everyone that wants to be a part of the final episode to be on it, this time in their own voice. CapnKrunk is going to scratch the voice mails he was finishing for the last tales from the foxhole show to work on these.

Thanks everyone for wanting to contribute. Let’s make it the best show ever! Deadline is TODAY, April 3rd, so CapnKrunk has time to edit this all together.

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Whoa, JVB and CapnKrunk have their own podcasts?

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Dust Storm

In case you didn’t know, some of the guys at Podtacular have been doing their own things these days, and are kickin’ butt at it.

CapnKrunk is actually the creative director behind PIQ Magazine, entertainment for the rest of us. It’s the successor to the very popular Newtype anime magazine, but this time including more entertainment that geeks like us get into. Issue 1 recently came out and features stuff about Appleseed Ex Machina, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and more. They have a great podcast that’s just getting started. Go have a listen!

JVB has started his own podcast as well called the Post Game Report or PGR. He’s already on episode 10 and gets the community involved with the show. They talk about the latest happenings in the gaming community and have a different guest on each week. Check it out!

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Podtacular 2008 Spring Season Signups: Last Chance!

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Dust Storm

Dialpex is starting another award-winning Halo 3 season. Are you a Podtacular community member? Now’s your chance to participate! Even if you’re not the greatest it’s still a great way to make friends and improve your skills. Signups close on March 26th (Wednesday) so hurry and sign up if you haven’t already!

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