Bit earlier than expected, but down nonetheless. The Myth II b.net server has gone down for the move to Redmond (or rather, as suggested by some folk on RHL, into the Seventh Circle of Hell), but all isn't lost.

The Townhall has word that Glue the Moose is organizing games on their HL server at 24.15.138.107 (Login: mwc, Password: mwc), and we're doing a bit of the same at RHL, at hl.rampancy.net. So if you're looking for MWC practice matches, just stop buy a community HL server, and you shouldn't have much trouble finding players.

Freewill passed along an important bit of information for anyone planning on attending the MWNY fan gathering, so if you number among those lucky bastages, here you have it:

The Bungie Fanfest's date has been moved to Friday, July 21st, 4pm-8pm.

Detailed info can be found at bs.bungie.org/fanfest.html

Highlights:

Bloodluster, of the Cartographers of Myth map making group, passed this little PR along last night. Only a 24 hour turnaround! Ahem... as he was saying:

As promised, the Mill has returned. And as expected, it is at a new URL and under new management. The PR for your perusal:

Muchos kudos to Ironfist, who pointed out this interesting news item at Computer and Video Games. While not too much stock should be placed in independant news items, if this item is true, it virtually guarantees Myth III. An excerpt:

Well, with the community lacking a dedicated third party map distribution site, I guess we'll be doing a few more map announcements in coming days. This one is from Prozzak, and will likely be of interest to you WW2 junkies out there:

Ares of Creation has let us know about two more new maps just released. From the source:

Chia, webmaster at Vista's website, has pointed out a half dozen new screenshots from the upcoming Jinn TC for Myth II. The shots feature indoor levels from this ambitious and long awaited project, and are simply gorgeous. The well done models are becoming a trademark of Vista (and the envy of us mere mortal tag munkies ;).

Jinn, which is due out before Oni , is currently in testing, but there have been rumors that the next post at Vista's site will be the big one. Definitely something to keep an eye out for.