Xbox365 has put up a story on the winner of the Halo National Championship, -Hp- Darkman. While the article is bylined Elizabeth it is written entirely in the first person and seems to either have been written by him or transcribed from an interview; it's not entirely clear.

At any rate, it does include his impressions of the event:

Traveling to L.A. by myself was fun - really, I enjoyed it. It was a great chance for me to meet some of my friends that I talk with on XBConnect (chumpp, DM, etc). Now when we all were shown the studio we would be playing in, some players thought it was really cool (like me) but some players thought the lighting and all the cameras would screw up their play. I thought this was an unfair way to settle the tournament, but all in all, the best player came out :)

These other 15 players I met here are all very, very good at Halo... They all deserved prizes!

The article is followed by a various selection of forum posters chiming I could beat you...