Dolbex writes that details of the 2004 MLG Season Championship are now up on the MLG site. Prizes for the Halo 4x4 tournament and the Halo FF competition. $50,000 is at stake; gaming is indeed big business these days, and not just for the companies that make them.
Most Halo fans have probably seen it already, but if not, head on over to HBO and check out the prizes and rules for the 343 Guilt o'Lantern contest Bungie.org is running this year. Last year Bungie.net ran a similar contest.
Dolbex sends a reminder that the MLG Season Championships event in NYC is coming up soon:
Cortana has been nominated, along with other curvaceous videogame characters, to be Cyber Vixen of the Year. Editor's Note: Why now, and not in 2001 when Halo launched, is really beyond us. Maybe on PC titles qualify, not console ones, or maybe she's been nominated for her as-yet-unseen performance in Halo 2.
HaloTV.net is giving away 10 Plantronics Halo 2 headsets for free; details are in their Headset Giveaway Forum. Editor's Note: That forum thread just mentions the real giveaway thread; to be able to see that thread, you need to register on the site.
The Xbox Live Backstage Pass contest as announced earlier was only valid in North America; of course, the contest itself is worldwide, but each country gets its own page:
Microsoft today announced the Xbox Live™ Backstage Pass Sweepstakes featuring Halo® 2, which will give 20 lucky winners from around the world the chance to play Halo 2 multiplayer before the most anticipated game of the year hits store shelves in North America on November 9, 2004. With over a million members, Xbox Live is the premier destination for online console gamers. In order to be eligible for the sweepstakes, gamers must have a valid Xbox Live account as of October 15. Winners will be drawn on October 22 and will receive a three-day/two-night trip for the winner and one guest to Bungie Studios in Redmond, Washington to play Halo 2 multiplayer. Package includes round-trip air transportation to Seattle, Washington, hotel accommodations, roundtrip airport transfers, meals and a tour of Bungie Studios. For more information and official rules, please visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/news/backstagepasssweepstakes.htm
Dolbex has published a wrap-up of MLG San Fransisco, won by Team "Yesss!" over on the MLG Site. It's entitled I Left My Controller In San Fransisco.
Louis Wu at HBO notes that the Cover Design Contest run by Blade ends today, September 9th.
BlackOps has posted in the Gearbox HaloCE forum about a modification that he and some associates have made to an Unreal Tournament 2003 statistics program. Now this statistics package works with Halo server logs if you have FTP access to the logs themselves.
Frankie came back from PAX, the Penny Arcade Exposition, and posted up his experiences over at Bungie.net. Of course, along with the chance to see Tycho and Gabe in person, PAX featured multiplayer action of the E3 build of Halo 2.
mrsmiley of Halo Babies has put online the promised writeup of the MLG's Downpour event, which featured the Halo 2 action on Zanzibar that most of you are currently downloading via BitTorrent.
HBO has put up a BitTorrent seed (and a mirror list) of some good quality footage of multiplayer action on Zanzibar at the first-ever Halo 2 tourney, using the E3 2004 build of the game. Lots of shakeycam footage has been floating around, but this is the real deal.
Verdafolio at demented puppy dot com has posted the rules of engagement for the upcoming When Pigs Fly warthog launching contest. Winners will get signed artwork from community regulars like Shishka, Boxer, Stuntmutt, Dogsounds, Warbow and Blackstar.