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Subject: National Grifball Association

Unless you can assure me that every game you play is either on LAN or has a crispy clean connection, I will have to revert to;

LOL hostball.

  • 08.17.2012 2:16 AM PDT
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lol What in the hell is this my eyes.

  • 08.17.2012 3:32 AM PDT

Stat padding. Love it, hate it, condemn it or celebrate it, it's still a huge part of our collective Grifball experience.

Tonight at 10 Eastern, the NGA is going to be holding the first ever Stat Padding Derby, where the team with the most kills for the night wins. The only reason there is a bomb is for those who prefer it as a tool of destruction! Team sign ups are now open at grifball.net. Roster size is 4-8 players and the games will be matchmaking settings (in a custom game, don't you all freak out there, players from other leagues.) Here's a fileshare link to the map and the gametype. Registrations will close at 9:45. Feel free to poke around in the forums on our site if you're looking to make a team.

So, to all the true Stat Padders out there, come show us what you've got. For the haters, why not come take the bull[true] by the horns and maybe walk away with a little understanding. You probably have a second stat padding account anyways! And to those who may have taken objection to this event, thanks for the extra press. We've decided to repay the favor and post signups merely a few hours before the event instead of a few days so your forums are easier to guard. Finally, let's all try to take a step back, turn quickly and swing...or maybe just have a good time and meet some new people. We're all about celebrating the game of Grifball, and like it or not, this is a part of it. Hope to see you there!

If eight teams participate, an 800MSP prize has been put on the line for the winning team!

  • 08.22.2012 2:10 PM PDT

You guys must be desperate.

[Edited on 08.22.2012 2:17 PM PDT]

  • 08.22.2012 2:17 PM PDT
Subject: National Grifball Association - ScoreFest this Sunday 7/15 at 6pm EDT
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Bringing in Fikst. Bringing back lmao.
Inheritor # 475 world,

#6 In the Country.

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Posted by: A S Sage
Grifball are for people that don't know how to use a gun.
The only thing that keeps it alive are boosters.


Oh my. Do you even know basic English?

  • 08.22.2012 5:49 PM PDT

The NGA is pleased to announce that signups are open for the final season of league grifball in Reach. Register your team (minimum 4 players, maximum 8) at Grifball.net from now until Saturday 9/8 at 11:59 Pacific.

The regular season will consist of four weeks with two scheduled matches a week. Eight teams will make the playoffs after a make-up week, and the championship game will be held the first weekend in November, during a grifball extravaganza comprised of fun events as we await Halo 4's release. All players who compete in their games during the scheduled times will be eligible for a weekly prize.

In the meantime, we have an incredible lineup of events planned during the season including community mixers, grifball events, and general Halo/XBL events as well. Here's the lineup for the next few weeks:

Monday 9/3 - 9PM Eastern - Admin Hunting! Our admin team will be streaming (while hiding offline, no friends with benefits here) and running matchmaking for several hours straight, sort of like Bungie Day from 2011. We won't send you a steak, but anyone who finds us in matchmaking and mentions the Admin Hunt will get a sweet HaloUnity award. Any team who manages to beat us will also get a second, significantly awesomer award.

Sunday 9/9 - League play begins

Tuesday 9/11 - 9PM Eastern NGA/HaloUnity mixer. No signups necessary, just message one of the players listed on our Unity Event post to get into the action. Depending on the number of interested people, we'll either play Matchmaking, grifball specific customs, or random customs. For sure though, we'll have some fun!

Friday 9/14 10PM Eastern - BOMB: Random Reach Custom Night. We'll be getting the NGA's finest together for some outright shenanigans. We have a lot of fun grifball related custom games, and as the night wears on, we'll just focus on having a good time. Expect to see a lot of colorful personalities in this event!

Sunday 9/16 - Week two of league play begins.

Thursday 9/20 8PM Eastern - NGA/The Real Forums mixer. Signups for this event will be available on both sites (at Grifball.net or on TheRealForums.com) by means of replying to the relevant forum topic. Again, just looking to have a fun night, meet new people, and spread the good word of Grifball. For this event, participants should be a member of either (or both) sites.

We'll post the rest of our events in the coming days. We'll see a return of favorites like Grifpile and Scorefest, as well as some new ideas and traditional events. Let's send Reach to the bargain bin with a lot of grifball love and some good times!

Hope to see you all there, and in the meantime, as always, happy hammering :)

  • 09.03.2012 10:58 AM PDT
Subject: National Grifball Association
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You must confront your inabilities
You must adjust to your capabilities

I would wait for Halo 4, that grifball looks more like a "sport" since you can actually toss the ball.

  • 09.04.2012 9:17 PM PDT

Only a few hours left to sign up! Season two is going to be a blast :)

grifball.net

[Edited on 09.08.2012 7:33 PM PDT]

  • 09.08.2012 7:33 PM PDT


Posted by: Mikelp_1
I think I found something funnier than lolclans...


...lolgriffballclans

I was thinking the same exact thing.

  • 09.10.2012 5:46 PM PDT

The sun is setting earlier, and it's getting colder - summer is definitely gone. The NGA has you covered though, with plenty of reasons to stay inside. Here's what we have for the rest of September:

Saturday, September 22 - Today - The Impromptu Halo 3 BOMB 4PM Eastern

With the AGLA running its Halo 3 Grifball League as well as bouts of Halo nostalgia popping up all over the place in anticipation of Halo 4, we decided to throw together a quick BOMB to celebrate the beginnings of Grifball.

Signups are already open at grifball.net - and will remain open until a half hour before the event (3:30PM Eastern tomorrow.) Instead of thinking about a team to sign up, we should probably mention that for this event, we'll be doing individual signups and generating random teams. The point of this event is more fun than fierce competition; if we have a good turnout or hear of other interest, we'll definitely organize another Halo 3 BOMB in the weeks before Halo 4 releases. We'll even give you notice next time!

Wednesday, September 26 - BOMB: Grifpile:Extreme 9PM Eastern

If you've played Grifpile with us already, you know you love it. On a whim, we tried out a 4v4v4v4 version of Grifpile, and the results were, well, extreme. Now we're bringing it to the community to see what you think!

Signups for this event will open a few days earlier, and will be FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED for the first 16 people to sign up in our forums. We will also take signups for four alternates. With enough interest, we'd be more than happy to try and get a second lobby going. Once signups are full, we'll randomly select four captains to participate in a mini-draft to determine teams.

Saturday, September 29 - HaloTracker Staff Showdown 5PM Eastern

Cheer on your admin team as they go head to head with staff from HaloTracker. Details are still being worked out, but as long as it is half grifball, we promise to give them a run for their money!

In other news, we're almost done with the second week of our second season. Shadow has been working tirelessly on our new stats setup, which when done will very quickly clean up the backlog of games to be entered. We promise all stats will be current soon! Thanks for your patience.

Season 1 playoffs are finally finishing up as well. We've got two series left in the bracket, and they should be great matchups. Catch the streaming action on our new official Twitch.tv channel, NGAGrifball (twitch.tv/ngagrifball) and follow us on Twitch or on Twitter (twitter.com/grifballnet) for instant stream updates!

That should do it for now. We'll be back soon with more info on our HaloTracker playdate as well as more upcoming fun. As always, please stop by grifball.net with any suggestions, ideas, or other comments. We're also seeking writers with original ideas to be featured on the site - talk to SquirrelBurrito if you are interested.

  • 09.21.2012 9:11 PM PDT

Can I play?

  • 09.21.2012 11:56 PM PDT
Subject: National Grifball Association - ScoreFest this Sunday 7/15 at 6pm EDT

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If you would like to join, pleas PM me at any time.

Posted by: A S Sage
The only thing that keeps it alive are boosters.


lul, cus you can rank up really fast getting 500 Rc a game. Grief Ball is just another way to play the game, just cus you guys don't like it dose not mean you need to hate on it :p

  • 09.22.2012 3:07 AM PDT

Well we have a surprise for you all this evening (for those who didn't notice it on the Calendar)...

Tonight at 9:30pm Eastern we'll be holding another NGA BOMB - ScoreFest 2! It's the same game from last time (the closest thing we have to Halo 4 Grifball in Reach), but this time with teams of 4, and the health packs have been removed - both suggestions from those of you who played last time around. Signups close 10 minutes before we play at 9:20pm Eastern.

Register a Team for ScoreFest 2
Discuss ScoreFest 2 in our Forums

Also, this Thursday at 9pm we'll finally be playing the postponed BOMB from last week - GrifPile Extreme. For those of you who will not be able to attend, you should click on the Signup link and remove yourself from the list. For those who would like to attend, you should sign up and we'll do the best we can to fit you in!

Register as a Player for GrifPile Extreme
Discuss GrifPile Extreme in our Forums

  • 10.02.2012 1:06 PM PDT
Subject: National Grifball Association

At long last, after a grueling 5 weeks and an immense double elimination playoff bracket, the NGA's first season will come to its conclusion tomorrow (Friday) at 9pm Eastern as we stream our very first league Championship LIVE. On the Fence will take on Blunts of Fury one last time in what should be a truly epic battle!

After meeting in the top bracket, On the Fence came out on top, but Blunts of Fury refused to throw in the towel and has returned as strong as ever from the lower bracket. Having already won one series of Finals games, Blunts of Fury will be bringing everything they've got to complete the upset over On the Fence. However, On the Fence is a strong team itself, and with pride on the line, anything could happen. We hope you'll all be able to join us, as we'll also be making some special league announcements during the stream.

Visit Grifball.net tomorrow at 9pm for a link to the stream! You can also follow our Twitter account (twitter.com/grifballnet) or our official Twitch stream (twitch.tv/ngagrifball) for instant updates and the most access to all the best the grifball community has to offer.

  • 10.11.2012 7:14 PM PDT

Join us at the NGA over at Grifball.net today (Wednesday, October 24th) at 9pm Eastern for our next-to-last Vanilla BOMB before Halo 4's release! This will be a regular tournament playing NGA Vanilla on NGA Fury, game statistics will count towards your player career record. Registration is for teams of four to eight, and signups close at 9pm - games will begin just afterwards.

All players participating in this event will automatically be entered into a raffle over at HaloUNITY to win a free copy of Halo 4! We will also randomly select one participant who will get a second entry into the raffle. You can also raise your odds of winning by playing in multiple events.

Register a Team

Discuss in the NGA Forums

  • 10.24.2012 6:20 AM PDT
Subject: National Grifball Association - ScoreFest this Sunday 7/15 at 6pm EDT

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."

Interesting self-advertisement there. Also, you're expecting people to take this seriously?

  • 10.24.2012 6:22 AM PDT
Subject: National Grifball Association

http://www.capturemyhaloclips.com/ - Get your Halo clips captured.
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Dude, if it isn't obvious by now then I'll gladly point it out to you:

Nobody cares.

  • 10.24.2012 6:32 AM PDT

Join us over at the National Grifball Association tomorrow (Saturday, November 3rd at 8pm Eastern) for our FINAL Reach BOMB while it's still king. We'll be playing NGA Vanilla V1 on NGA Fury, but this time it will be a draft tournament! Players will register individually, and then at 8pm the Admins will announce which players will be Captains, and those players will be invited to a party chat (or we may use the website chatbox) to hold a draft to choose players for each team. Let's send Reach off in style - how could we end with anything else? Goodbye, Reach. We will miss you!

This will be a DRAFT tournament - players register individually. Game statistics will count towards your player career record. All participants will receive an award on their player page, winners will receive even more :). Registration is open over at Grifball.net until 8pm Saturday - the draft will begin just afterwards and games should begin between 8:30 and 9pm ET.

Player Registration

Discuss in the NGA Forums

  • 11.02.2012 4:03 PM PDT

LIVE TONIGHT at 9pm Eastern the National Grifball Association at Grifball.net will be streaming its Season 2 Championship match where Black List will face off against A Righteous Kill! During the stream, we will be making some important NGA announcements regarding our Halo 4 plans.

Also tomorrow (Monday) from 8pm to 10pm ET we will be running one or more NGA Launch Night Customs lobbies playing Reach Grifball - nothing official or organized here, just some friends having fun before it's time to go wait in line for Halo 4's release. Then sometime between 12:30 and 1am Eastern the NGA Launch Night Customs lobbies will resume over on Halo 4! Join us for the first Halo 4 Grifball Customs! No registration required - just message SquirrelBurrito on XBL or let us know in the chatbox on Grifball.net if you'd like an invite.

And finally, Tuesday evening at 9pm Eastern, the NGA will be holding its very first Halo 4 BOMB. Player registration is open now at Grifball.net for the very first Halo 4 Grifball tournament. Players will be assigned to teams.

We hope to see you all there!

  • 11.04.2012 5:46 PM PDT

The National Grifball Association at Grifball.net would like to announce that Team Registration is now open through Sunday, November 18th at 10pm Eastern for Winter League 2013, our third season overall and the very first season playing league Grifball in Halo 4! To sign up, head over to http://grifball.net/halo-4-league-signup.aspx. Roster size is four to eight players. Play will begin the night after signups close, and each team will play two games on their scheduled day and time each week for five weeks. We'll then have live-streamed playoffs and finals! All players are welcome regardless of experience or style of play.

Let's boldly go where Grifball has not gone before...and have a great time! Active players have opportunities to win prizes, and all participating players earn awards displayed on our site as well as HaloUNITY. Don't miss out on the first season of Halo 4 Grifball! Be sure to check our site often for league details, events, tournaments, and a passionate community. Also keep an eye on our Twitter (@Grifballnet) and Twitch.tv (NGAGrifball) accounts for up to the minute announcements, live Grifball streams, fun, and occasional swag. See you on the court!

  • 11.13.2012 4:16 PM PDT

Also, we would like to invite you all to join us tomorrow night (Wednesday, November 14th) at 9pm Eastern for our next BOMB. This time we'll be running an official trial of the proposed NGA Season 3 (WL13) gametype settings and court. Team Registration is open now for teams of four to eight players. Games will begin shortly after signups close at 9pm.

  • 11.13.2012 4:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

So which nation is this restricted to?

  • 11.13.2012 4:58 PM PDT

While we're working on getting divisions ready for season play to start on Sunday, we'd like to quickly announce our first formal BOMB of Halo 4. We'll be debuting our league settings, and inviting registered teams to come on out and meet the players you'll be competing against this season. Of course, any team is allowed to sign up, but we thought it would be a great way to size up the competition and get some last minute team practice in.

We hope you can join us tomorrow night! Register for this event at Grifball.net.

Follow us for updates:
http://www.twitter.com/grifballnet
Be sure to follow our stream as well:
http://www.twitch.tv/ngagrifball

  • 11.23.2012 8:35 PM PDT

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  • 12.03.2012 5:06 PM PDT

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