Halo Outpost in Houston happened last week and the experience continues to get better. In honor of visiting Dust Storm‘s home town for the latest stop, Melodious Mel (aka Dust Storm’s wife) joins this episode to talk about her experience being relatively new to the Halo franchise. As usual, there’s plenty of community news to catch up on, and a couple new changes on content delivery for Halo and HCS news.
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We love talking about Halo and the many different corners of the Halo community! Discover existing podcasts and talk shows run by Halo fans covering official news, competitive play, lore and universe, and the community!
Panelists: Dust Storm (Podtacular); Broke Box (Podcast Evolved); JKFire & IamMrMayhem (HCS Pro Talk)
Recorded: 1200 CDT; Sunday, August 4th, 2019
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Since Halo 3, Forge has enabled the Halo community to create incredible experiences that have played an integral part in the Halo FPS experience. In this panel, you’ll learn about the history of Forge as it has evolved over time, the impact it has made in every-day multiplayer matchmaking & custom games, and the relationships Forge fosters between the community and developers. See live demonstrations of core Forge concepts and tactics along with the opportunity to ask notable Forge Cartographers questions about their methodologies and creations.
Panelists: Dust Storm (Podtacular); Brusky, D4rkDeath, Ja5on 0 & TimeDipper (iForge)
Recorded: 1430 CDT; Saturday, August 3rd, 2019
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There are many ways fans show their appreciation for the Halo franchise. Among them are ambitious projects that take the Halo Universe to unexplored and untapped avenues through fan games and mods in other games. Come learn about the passion that drives these projects and the depth/complexity of adding our own touches to the Halo community.
Panelists: Dust Storm (Podtacular); MattDratt & SlowBullet (CE3); Masterz (SPV3)
Recorded: 1330 CDT; Saturday, August 3rd, 2019
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The halo community would not exist if it were not for some of the earliest community foundations established back in the Bungie era of Halo. Since the beginning of the Halo franchise, that community has grown and evolved into many different varieties and diversities of interest matching Halo’s constant growth in experiences and universe. Get an inside perspective from community influencers who have experienced the growth of the greater halo community and more importantly, how the community and now 343 Industries have a mutual support structure that makes the community continue to thrive.
Panelists: Dust Storm (Podtacular); Soterios (Ready Up/Ready Up Live); Toa Freak (Halo Canon); Laird (Halo Collector); HiddenXperia; JKFire & IamMrMayhem (HCS Pro Talk)
Recorded: 1500 CDT; Friday, August 2nd, 2019
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MCC Flighting has hit several delays and Postums has generously provided an in-depth look at how Halo Insider flighting works and the different stages in flight testing. Unfortunately, until some game breaking bugs are resolved, it will be quite some time before we see the Fire-Flight hit the Halo Insiders. More actors and actresses are announced for the upcoming Halo TV show and we recap Dust Storm’s trip to HOD Chicago and the latest Community Spotlight and Update.
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Maybe we’re getting rusty or 343’s adding some I Love Bees level puzzles to their Halo Infinite promotions, but a new discovery has the community in wonder and speculation. An audio file hidden behind a QR code was cleverly discovered by @Xepyal and opens up some pretty interesting possibilities. In addition, we get the latest scoop on MCC flighting and discuss the latest community update.
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