We all love Halo, but apparently some of us love it enough to endure hours of pain and be branded with it for the rest of their lives. Psycho and I discussed getting matching AMMIH tattoos though we haven’t reached a verdict yet. How about you? Would you consider getting some halo ink? If so, let us know of what and where. In the meantime check out some pics of people who have already gotten inked.

From beginning to end…. simply legendary.

I’m not going to lie… It’s 7:37 am and I still haven’t slept. This information had to be posted but I wasn’t sure if I could stay awake long enough to write it. Thankfully Alkaline was ok with me borrowing her words. Read on my friends… it only gets better from here.

Bloop Bloop…

I have wonderful news for you! Over at B5D, working behind closed doors deep underground, they have created something for all of you. Along with the help of several of our affiliate groups (Facility B5D, Hawty McBloggy, A Match Made in Halo, Ready Up Live, and others), B5D is proud to present its first Halo Community wide Tournament. Dubbed, Hope Unto Dawn, this tournament will consist of Multiple Brackets for you to enter and try your hand at winning some pretty killer prizes. Allow us to give you the break down on the down low of what’s up.

If you’re not into reading, the guys from RUL made a video for your viewing pleasure you can find a link to the video below ^_^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RulKZs3RMGE

Basically, this is a charity event for the one and only ChildsPlay, If you aren’t familiar with their work we suggest you click your way over to their site and learn a thing or two. …. You learn something new? good!

Enough preaching though, here’s the nitty gritty on whats going on. B5D is hosting Hope Unto Dawn (HUD) on its forum site. Everything will take place here so make sure to stick around to be able to have access to the event.

This is a charity event, so you will not be able to get in for free, sorry. The entry fee into a Bracket is $5 (USD) and it will have to be payed to a Paypal account.If you’re too young to own your own credit or debt card we suggest you start begging your parents to let you use theirs like right now. This will be a first come first serve on bracket slots, as much as we would love to let all of you compete we simply do not have the time.

Sign ups will open in three days time, to give you a chance to get your teams and acts together. For more detailed info about how to enter, visit the official HUD page.

Bungie has been kind enough to grace us with not one, not 2, 3 or 5 sets of recon but 15! Yes, you read that correctly 15, full sets of this will be awarded to the #1 competitors from each bracket and a few will be awarded by some mysterious unannounced criteria. There’s also another surprise waiting for the winners ; ]

Not into recon or already have it? There are other prizes too! These include Bryan Simon “I Wanna be an MLG Pro” CD’s, Halo 3 Action Figures, Red vs Blue T shirts and DVD sets, and custom made limited print BUNGLE themed t-shirts. if you want to see the official list please look down about 2 inches on your screen.

Prize Break Down:
FFA
1st. Recon
2nd: Halo Trilogy Sound Track, BUNGLE T
3rd: HUD T, 1600 MS Point Card

Team 4v4
1st: Recon
2nd: RvB T’s
3rd: BUNGLE T’s

Team Doubles
1st: Recon
2nd: RvB T’s, BrySi CD’s and Bumper stickers
3rd: BUNGLE T’s, HUD T’s

BUNGLE PRO (FFA)
1st: Recon
2nd: RvB Series DVD set, McFarlane SECURITY Spartan
3rd: BUNGLE T, HUD T

BUNGLE TEAM
1st: Recon
2nd: Limited Ed. Halo 1 Camouflage Elites, BrySi CD’s and Bumper stickers
3rd: BUNGLE T’s, [Limited Ed. Halo 2 Brute, McFarlane EOD Spartan, McFarlane Master Chief*]

Obstacle Course
1st: Recon
2nd: BUNGLE T, RvB Series DVD set
3rd: HUD T, Series 4 Halo 1 Rocket Warthog, McFarlane Hunter Action Figure

[*= team members will decide amongst themselves on which action figure they will receive]

Let the flood of fun begin!

Having a Halo Themed Wedding comes with people assuming a lot of things about you. For instance that you’re a total fanboy and know EVERYTHING about Halo. Sadly (or happily?) this is not the case. Although I’m comfortable with the amount of Halo knowledge I’ve acquired over the years, the vast halo community was a bit of a mystery to me.

After the press release about our wedding made it’s way around the Internet, I started getting quite a few congratulatory emails from people. Some were from couples who had met while playing halo, while others were from gamers we brought hope to. lol But one email stands out the most and for several different reasons.

This particular message was from bs angel who was selflessly offering to make us halo themed invitations and/or thank you cards at cost only. How kind of her I thought, but I will embarrassingly admit I had no idea who she was. You’d think the links to HawtyMcBloggy.com and Halo3Screenshots.com in her signature might have been a clue, but no.

What excited me most about her message was actually the fact that she had a storefront on Etsy.com – Just like me! So…we continued to exchange emails while I remained as ignorant as ever.

Interestingly enough, while playing with some new friends a few months later, bs angel came up in conversation. bs angel? Why did that name sound so familar? Could it be the same person I had been emailing months prior?

“I often help her with graphics for her blog,” Halcylon shared. “Hawty McBloggy, it’s a VERY popular Halo blog.” Holy crap! It was the same person! I couldn’t help but laugh at myself. I felt like such an idiot.

Thankfully, there is no longer a question in my mind as to who bs angel or Hawty McBloggy are, and I’m proud to announce she and I share lots of mutual acquaintances, follow each other on twitter, though most importantly, that I read her blog everyday now.

*For those of you as clueless as I was, HawtyMcBloggy.com was recently redesigned by Halcylon and is looking as Hawt as ever. Be sure to make reading her blog part of your new daily routine.