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This week's Humpday Challenge actually took place on Tuesday night. We were originally planning to play the guys from Halo Babies last week but due to last minute conflicts we had to postpone. And, since their team is unavailable on Wednesdays, we settled for a Tuesday match. Obviously I haven't been in a huge hurry to recount our latest in an ongoing string of defeats... but, to give props to our opponents, it's only fair that we at least acknowledge that the match took place.

Here's the quick and concise recap of what happened on Tuesday night.... (check out the Halo Babies website for their take on what happened).

Team Bungie
Shishka, Achronos, Evil Otto, New001, Ninja on Fire and myself

Team Halo Babies
TMC Elite, Gruntsbane, AllMaster D, Milk N Cereal, Live killa and hnbmrsmiley

Game One
Team Slayer on Lockout (BR start)
Game Stats
Duration: 04.53

I actually sat out this match since the Halo Babies team was short a player. I can't speak to the specifics of the match but the score pretty much speaks for itself. Live Killa represented his team with a nice 7 kill spree while Milk N Cereal gained the most amount of overall kills with 14. Achronos was the top scorer for Team Bungie with 11 kills but our top player New001 had a disappointing 5 kills and 9 deaths.

Final Score: Halo Babies wins 50 to 37

Game Two
1 Flag CTF on Burial Mounds (first to 3)
Game Stats
Duration: 22:46

Gruntsbane decided to show up for Team HB so I was able to return to even out the teams. CTF on Burial Mounds CAN be fun.. but before the game even started we knew this was going to be a drawn out struggle. As anyone knows, playing the first to 3 scores often results in an insanely long match that could very well take up the entire night.

The first round resulted in a stalemate for both sides as each team tried to feel out the other one for any signs of weakness. Halo Babies managed to get our flag outside but a well coordinated defense prevented them from scoring. On our second offensive round we pushed hard and managed to break through their fortifications and get the flag out into the open. As you know, once the flag is outside the base, the chances of scoring increase by approximately 90%. And score we did. Credit for our first (and only score) goes to Shishka.

We continued the back and forth push and pull for several more rounds and neither team made any real progress in their effort to score. Finally, after spending over 20 minutes on this game, we decided we were calling it. We gave Halo Babies one last offensive shot and then we ended the match (we had already gone through 4 full rounds and Halo Babies had their 5th shot on offense). This would prove to be a bit controversial but since we ended up losing 2 of the 3 matches nobody made it into a big deal. Kudos to New001 for stepping up and finding his game with a match high 36 kills. (where were you last game??)

Final Score: Bungie Wins 1-0
Game Three
Team Snipers on Coagulation
Game Stats
Duration: 8:01

This was the game that we picked since New and a few of us are quite fond of sniper games. At least, we used to be. The match started out great with both teams picking one another off at long distance while the lead switched back and forth. It was neck and neck for the first half of the match but then things started to slip away.

Yours truly played incredibly horrible (partly due to nearly a 2 week hiatus and the inevitable decay of my reaction time). Acrhonos and I managed to get a mere 2 kills each (compared to 7 and 9 deaths respectively). In the end our entire team became pinned down at the base while Halo Babies took up positions on the ridges and rocks surrounding our spawn points. It was a closely fought battle but in the end we couldn't quite pull it off.

Final Score: Halo Babies wins 50 to 46

And there you have it... another humpday, another close defeat for Team Bungie. I can honestly say that the team is starting to feel the effects of loss after loss. I hope the weekly tradition can continue well into the future but losing is only so much fun. : )

Until next week...

  • 06.09.2005 10:23 AM PDT
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Wow, that was a pretty close match...

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  • 06.09.2005 10:29 AM PDT

Yay!

Besides the first game you made a very descent showing. Very close games.

  • 06.09.2005 10:31 AM PDT

Skin Cancer is the #1 killer of Halo players worldwide.

I think you guys at bungie must absolutely suck at halo 2... no offense, you did a good job designing the game, you're just awful at it

  • 06.09.2005 10:31 AM PDT

It was close. I think the 'morale' of the team is making these losses.

  • 06.09.2005 10:34 AM PDT
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Yeah, I'm with you on that Phantom.

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  • 06.09.2005 10:35 AM PDT

- Mike

Mrsmiley Pwns all.

  • 06.09.2005 10:36 AM PDT
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Bungie do like a inter-bungie game. Bungie on Bungie, you know wut i mean? So no matter what, bungie wins.

  • 06.09.2005 10:43 AM PDT
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I think that the Bungie Vs. Bungie idea is pretty cool, I'd like to see how that would end up.

  • 06.09.2005 10:47 AM PDT
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Those new maps are gonna be awesome, I can't wait!! The video of Terminal was so cool, that train goes so fast, like 300mph!!!

  • 06.09.2005 10:51 AM PDT

Stay Gold, Ponyboy.

You can always play 2070 again and get Team Bungie's moral up. [ ha, I'm joking. ...or am I? =) ]

We could play some Dumpster Love on Turf, The Man Pageant on Lockout, Team Fist Ass on Midship? Yes, yes? : )

  • 06.09.2005 11:17 AM PDT
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I really wonder how good the Bungie guys are cause I have never played anyone they have played so i have no clue what to compare them too. I bet my clan would own them though especially with a four on four team i have in mind versus whoever they got.

  • 06.09.2005 11:18 AM PDT

[]-[] //-\\ []_ (()) 4

We begin anew.

oly oly oxen free, we're all in the free

Come on Bungie start winning some of the challenges. and hey if anyone wants to duel or go play some team games on live then send me a message. my gamertag is MasterElite55.

  • 06.09.2005 11:34 AM PDT

Didact's Reprisal -
Now is the time of our unworlding
One final effort is all that remains
And I am not afraid
We shall fulfill our promise
We fight for the grace of the Mantle
And this time none of you will be left behind

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You got beat by halobabies. I get beaten by everyone else.

  • 06.09.2005 11:42 AM PDT
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honestly, I thought that it would be a very close contest between the Bungie Crew and team Halobabies....and I was right. good job both ways for your hard work and team play. GO HALOBABIES!!!!!!

  • 06.09.2005 12:14 PM PDT

What about doing a humpday challenge where a couple of Bungie guys go and play 3 games against some randoms on XboX Live, that might get the moral up. Perhaps a few team trainings, whenever I'm losing I jump into training and just relax no pressure and own.

It' would be cool to see Frankie giving props to random gamers for good TSK, TS, BTB games. I'm up for it, it would be neat.

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wewt! 1st page! but anyways, i cant believe bungie lost! i always thought that they were the ultimate masters of their own games... but i was wrong. and by the way, is therea video of Terminal? because someone said there is a train that goes 300 m/p/h( exxageration i know, but still, a movie???)

  • 06.09.2005 1:24 PM PDT
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What about doing a humpday challenge where a couple of Bungie guys go and play 3 games against some randoms on XboX Live, that might get the moral up. Perhaps a few team trainings, whenever I'm losing I jump into training and just relax no pressure and own.
I think that's the best idea yet. Or maybe where all 8 members of Team Bungie do a Rumble Training match. The ultimate Humpday would be if Bungie did a matchmaking game and got standbyed. Talk about bad timing for the cheaters!

  • 06.09.2005 2:23 PM PDT
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Dude Bungie, seriously, play the Sneakers! We'd get our faces owned anyway. And if we do too good in our first game, I'll force my cat to play.

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  • 06.09.2005 2:26 PM PDT
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Maybe Bungie can realize how much they stink at Halo and let good players playtest their weapons and mpsa and gametypes for H3?

  • 06.09.2005 2:47 PM PDT
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First page, maybe second who cares, play the Ash warriors, we'll take it easy on ya
Jedi

  • 06.09.2005 2:47 PM PDT
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W00T! Hint: Gruntsbane is on my friends list, and I play with smiley and crew in clanmatches, but didn't participate in that game.

  • 06.09.2005 3:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: Skin Cancer
I think you guys at bungie must absolutely suck at halo 2... no offense, you did a good job designing the game, you're just awful at it


They're not so good at the game unfourtunately because they most likely don't get much time to practice because guess what, they're working on the next project for the amazingly ungrateful community.

  • 06.09.2005 3:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: Skin Cancer
I think you guys at bungie must absolutely suck at halo 2... no offense, you did a good job designing the game, you're just awful at it


They're not so good at the game unfourtunately because they most likely don't get much time to practice because guess what, they're working on the next project for the amazingly ungrateful commughghfgnity.

  • 06.09.2005 4:03 PM PDT

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