New Blog!

I made this blog to be the primary "updater" for all things Working Class Halo, though I did add personal Halo stuff from time to time.

But I decided to keep this blog only for Working Class Halo and I made a new blog: Halo 3 Noob.

Check it out and tell me what you think!

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It only took 50 games on Saturday...

I'm a Commander!  Finally hit that 35 mark!  Now my highest is 36, but I went back down to a 35 at the end of the day.  50 games on Saturday.  Won 70% of them (really, I did the math).

We either slaughtered or got slaughtered.  Except for one or two where we won at the last second with an incredible comeback.

Check out my service record if you want to check it for real and see some stats from the games.

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Finally Got Some Play Time!

I finally got some time on the new maps to really see what I thought.  With my Dad visiting the day before I couldn't really play any of them yet except before I went to work to just literally run through them alone.

But I had a great time last night and I think I really, really love these new maps!  I mean, I think they are better than the last map pack by like 10 times!

 

Favorite gametype for each map?  

- Multiflag on Avalanche

- Duals on Blackout (lame I know, but I love the SMG and never get to use it!)

- BR Start on Ghost Town

Those are my ideal gametypes for each map.  Oh, I love them!

I also put some videos of the games last night in my fileshare, check them out!

FILE SHARE LINK

The film clips of the new maps are:

- Outta here - Chopper vs. Mongoose vs. cliff

- Martydom - In case of death, throw landmine at enemy.

- Decent game - Just a great game on Blackout and got a legit Running Riot!

So check them out and tell me if they are lame or super cool.  Thanks!

Gamers are interesting little people.

So I got on last night and just played some social with a buddy of mine. We had some stuff to talk about so we got into a private chat. But I did leave on proximity voice so I could hear opponents and team mates.

Oh, first, I'm not the biggest fan of private chat in most playlists but if it's in social, that's fine. I mean, we were just in it to have fun and not necessarily rank up although talking to teammates and warning them of tangos in the area but whatever.

Anyway, I got killed by some kid, he sounded like he was 12. As he ran by my dead body he said, "You fight like a b&*$# DoubleShot MIKE." So now it's personal. I went after that kid. After the game (we won) I checked and I noticed that I killed him the most with 5 kills and he had a -12 spread while mine was +10 or 11 I think, it was positive anyway so works for me!

I then sent him a voice message saying "nice negative 12" or something like that. Just to be funny. Well, it was actually a girl! Because she sent me a message back!

We had a few funny back and forth messages and and I would post them as recordings but I'd have to bleep out some language on her end. But it was all in good fun.

Well, that's all. Just wanted to say that I had still had a good time beating a girl. Not physically! In Halo! I'm all for womens rights but I don't believe they need drivers licenses because there is no road from the kitchen to the bedroom. I'm in trouble. Bye.

Bungie Job Listings

I just emailed my resume and cover letter for the position of an Associate Producer at Bungie. My wife hasn't even started her new job yet so we probably won't be able to move for at least a year or two but I wanted to let them know that I was interested and if they have any ideas as to what I could do to prepare for when we are ready, to give me some heads up.

How awesome would it be working for Bungie?! I don't know why more people aren't taking these jobs!

Anyway, I'll let you know how it goes, I can't wait to hear back from them, just to see what they say! Oh, I also added my Mister Chief made in forge creation in lieu of any demo reel or sample code.

What do you think?

Website Woes

You may have noticed that there hasn't been a new comic in quite ysome time.  I'm having some problems with the site mainly... I used iWeb out of ease but between iWeb and my FTP client, I can't put a new one up.

You know what?  Maybe I'll just post it here...  Or, there was this one FTP client, Yummy FTP that worked great for me, it just not free.  I'll check.  Or, anyone want to buy it for me?  Email me!  Thanks!

Anyway, thanks for holding in there!  Oh, and new maps on the 15th!  I can't wait!

The Latest New Map

Now this is the one I'm most excited about!

It's a throwback to one of my most favorite maps of all time, "Lockout." So it's aptly named "Blackout."

Take the jump for more details.

New Map!

In short, it's called Avalanche and it's a throwback to Sidewinder.

Take the jump to get the details.

Update

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about Working Class Halo, I just haven't even turned my XBOX for a week!  I've been both busy, and trying to mountian bike more.  I need to get in shape for an upcoming race!

But I'll be making another comic soon and I'll post an update here an on the BNet forums!

Back online!

Sorry for the delay in posting, but I've been really busy, although I have been playing Halo on and off.  I actually played for almost 10 hours on Saturday, it was a blast!

I guess it's a good time to remind you that you can follow what I'm up to on Twitter, just check the lower right side of this blog.  I try to update that quite a bit.

Oh, but one thing I really want to talk about is my recent game experience while playing team on Narrows.  Wow.  We have been getting schooled.

It looks like everyone knew about this "new" strategy but my friends and I...

It's very basic but effective.  The other team just rushes the top center all the way down while throwing grenades and jumping and ducking... 

Staying on that side with their heavy fire raining down is no good!  So what I have been starting to do is rush to the man cannon and jump to their side while throwing a shield drainer and grenades in the air.

I've gotten a few kills that way but then when I land I just get up behind them with a BR if possible and try and clean some off.

Have you guys/gals experienced this?

That's about it, I hope I can post again before this weekend but I'm going out of town.

Oh, and I'm working on achievements and got one last night and one this morning, feels good!

New Maps!

If any of you have been following along with the Bungie Studios Podcast, you may have heard some things about the next batch of DLC maps.

Well, they just posted some pictures the other day of one of the maps. It looks like a blast!

It's got some kind of cool greenroom type place, some great foliage, and some awesome lighting and shadows. I don't know... but I'm a real lighting lover...

Check out these stills and take the jump for all the details.

Hi Res and some Background Info

What's up peeps.

I'm currently (as I type) uploading some "new" stuff to the site.

High res photos of the comics should be up. I've had a lot of people say that the text is too small and that's just because they aren't reading the instructions but even then it's still not the easiest thing.

So I have decided to just post the straight up images with arrow buttons to navigate to the next or previous page.

Let me know what you think. If it works well, I'll convert the older ones so they are all like that, but like I said, it's still uploading!

Oh, and all of the pictures on the site that you see are Halo 3 screenshots I take myself. I had someone comment and said they liked some shots, so thanks!

If Found, Please Call...

We all know about Recon.  Well, Bungie has been giving it out.  So, there are two types of people now; those who don't have Recon and those who stole Recon.

What's up with that!? 

I obviously can see why someone would steal someones Recon but that doesn't make it right!  You have to earn that!

So who is the victim?  Lintendo64.  

Whoever hacked his account also tried to use his credit card! 

All of us here at Working Class Halo are behind Lintendo and if you see anyone with Recon, be sure to catch their Gamertag and give Bungie an email or post it in the forums. 

So keep an eye out and play fair!

Link to Forge Hub story.

Link to Bungie.net Forum.

Halo 3 Final Run LEGOS

I thought this was prety cool.

Drive By

"Overkill"

The latest comic is posted on the site! And we had a donor! Thanks Nancy!

Just a little teaser...

There's another comic in the works...

Front page of Halo Babies!

Hey, check out Halo Babies.net, we made the front page of their News!

That's another one!

XBOX Now Online

Forget Featured... Hello Front Page!

Featured Comic!

Dude!

Check us out! We are the featured comic on Halogamers.net!

Direct link to comics: Jump!

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Gosh I hate writing that "first post." They are always so boring!

Anyway, thanks for coming to the Working Class Halo blog!

If you haven't noticed already, be sure to visit the site: www.workingclasshalo.com There is a blog on there, but I made this one so I could blog wherever I am and whatever computer!

Well, I'm sure I'll find more stuff to put here soon! Thanks for stopping by!