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Subject: Want to see your maps in Reach's Matchmaking? Step Inside.

If you're interested in getting your Forge creations reviewed for Matchmaking consideration, continue reading below:

Recently featured in DeeJ's Community Ride Along's, Blueprint has seen quite a bit of growth over the past couple of days... but we're not quite satisfied just yet. We want to take a bit of time to share with you, personally, what Blueprint offers to our community.

Blueprint exists as a single entity amongst B.net's private groups index, but is comprised of experienced Forgers with successful track records, Community Cartographers and custom games enthusiasts from many different communities. Blueprint is the place to submit all of your greatest Halo: Reach custom maps and gametypes for peer review and possibly even submission for Matchmaking.

Founded and run by a team of Community Cartographers and Blueprint Staff, our team runs your maps through the extensive testing gauntlets required for perfecting maps and has been doing effectively so for over a year now. Blueprint has seen measurable success by submitting over a dozen custom maps made by the community to Bungie and 343 that have been added to Reach's Matchmaking suite.

Aspiring forgers do not fret! Blueprint welcomes all forgers and individuals from any community. Our team of Community Cartographers and staff know first hand what kind of maps make it into matchmaking, and will help you perfect your maps and skill to perfection!

Not a fan of forging, but curious to see what is going on, maybe just want to help provide input? Not a problem, come on over anyways.

Make matchmaking the way you want it. Join Blueprint today.

  • 04.09.2012 6:12 PM PDT

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Hey, you know I love making maps.

I've made two I'm really proud of and have tried ti implement them into Custom Game Nights for my group's.

I'd love to join the group, but I need to know if they'll be cared for.

Spawning is sorta wonky, and the things I've implemented are really cool.

So a group filled with more than 400 people, how will I know I won't be pushed to the side?

I am an aspiring Forger of course. Not the best of the best.

  • 04.09.2012 7:03 PM PDT

The participation is entirely up to you.

We've got staff members that run weekly test sessions you are willing to participate in if you're serious about your maps. We also have 10 community cartographers in the group that are able to pull maps straight from Blueprint's forum and submit to 343 for MM consideration. We don't guarantee anything from CC's standpoint as the decision to add your map is entirely up to 343 as it was with Bungie.

I'm not sure how much you know about CC and the process we use to bring community maps into the spotlight, but our group can certainly help shed some light on the process if you're interested (as much as we're allowed to share that is).

In our forum, it doesn't matter how many comments your submission thread obtains or how many downloads your map gets. If one Cartographer likes your map and sees that it has been tested sufficiently and plays well, we can recommend it for MM consideration directly to the Reach Matchmaking sustain team.

Let me know if you're still interested.

  • 04.09.2012 7:25 PM PDT
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Reach K/DR: 1.46
H3 K/DR: .99S .89R
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Please note that this is my first ever account of Halo and I started playing Halo 3 as a big noob.

I've got a handful of maps. Some our polished and prided, others are...a work in progress.

  • 04.10.2012 4:15 AM PDT