Maestro

UPDATE Since my Gold membership expired while I was building something, I could not finish another map. Until further notice, there shall be no new Maestro maps... which makes me sad. I had plans for a replica of Clock Town, an upside-down map, and another pirate map... none of which can be released now unless I decide to spend more on another year of Gold membership. I actually don't know if I'll go on Live again for awhile. Aside from forging, multiplayer with strangers just outright sucked. Don't get me wrong, some playlists are a blast, like Action Sack and Flood and Grifball... however, multiplayer's a bigger blast with friends. And custom games are a riot. But most of the people on my friend list never played Halo while I was on. They were off playing CoD or Skycrack or watching something on Netflix, which left me all alone. It's been fun... but don't expect me to be up to my forging shenanigans on Live anytime soon. Wake me... when you need me.

I'm playing through Majora's Mask right now. I've owned it for 13 years and never played it up until earlier this month! D: I also mess around with glitches in Pokemon Red/Blue and like a good ol' Final Fantasy game. I'm thinking of tackling VIII next, as I've finished the first seven.

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If those turrets appeared in forge, that would make my day.

UPDATE Well now, I've decided to put all my effort towards a completely original map. No ripping off other games for me! So far I'm happy with how it has turned out. Only half of the actual structure of the map is complete, and only a third of the budget has been used up. With the second third being allotted for the other identical structure, the final third can be devoted to fun stuff and decor! And by fun stuff, I mean that I'll be going out with a bang, as I don't know if I'll be renewing my Gold membership. M$ has been reminding me on the dashboard, wanting me to fork over more dough!

Reach does not have any rewards for completing it on Legendary other than the achievements. Halo 4 gives you the Chief's armour, visor colour included, and an emblem. It is much easier to finish than Reach or even Halo 3. I didn't die once on the first level, and that rarely happens to me even on Heroic. o.O

The non-Xbox challenges can always be attempted using emulators; Kaizo Mario can't be played any other way since it isn't a legitimate game on a cartridge. Finding a working NES and the Ninja Gaiden trilogy would be quite difficult to find nowadays, since they all came out over twenty years ago.

Post #100... I thought it'd be a more joyous occasion. Alas, it is not. I bring you the casualty list. The following files have been deleted: TUMBLE RUMBLE (map and gametype) TESSELATORIUM (map and gametypes) LASERS (map and gametype) HALO GEAR SOLID TRILOGY (maps and gametype) Most of these files yielded very little downloads versus the amount of time they were uploaded, which is the reason why I scrapped them. Tesselatorium remained unchanged since I uploaded it in... April, I think, and had only 5 downloads. There were issues with the gametypes too. Tumble Rumble had only 1 download, and had a few issues with kill ball trajectory and soccer balls disappearing when they shouldn't. Lasers had a grand total of 3 downloads, and something was wonky with the gametype and/or the map, which would break it entirely. I never did get a lot of positive feedback about it, which made it a good candidate for deletion. I have been thinking of doing a complete overhaul of the Halo Gear Solid trilogy, so I shall take the opportunity now to do so. The following files have survived: SPACE INVADERS (map and gametype) KAPPITAL IMPERIAL STADIUM (maps and gametype) HOLY GAMELON ROUTE 666 (map and gametypes) PORTAL TOWER (map) KORIDAI (map) MAESTRO'S SIEGE (map) The reason why these files made the cut is the opposite of why the others were deleted: they yielded more downloads in their time on my file share. I may remake Space Invaders; I've wanted to add more decor and redo the tanks' cover for awhile but haven't gotten around to it. I have plans for Kappital Imperial Stadium v1.01 or 1.11, which would simply be the exact same map only with loadout cams in different locations. Holy Gamelon Route 666 may get an update as well, as I've made a version that is compatible with the new (modded) Race gametype! For best results, play with huge Spartans and mini Ghosts. Portal Tower is pretty popular despite the lack of effort I put into it... people like to fall I guess. This might also get an update and/or second version, which would be compatible with King of the Hill to make it a last man falling sort of map or make it Flood-capable. Who knows? Now that I have more file share slots again, I can resume mucking about with forge. Koridai is somewhat popular, and I put a lot of effort into the map. So it will stay for now. I can only think of one thing that can be changed. Maestro's Siege hasn't finished its trial month of file share time, but may also get the ax because it hasn't been downloaded a lot. As I said long ago, my forging reign of terror has just started. Every single file that has survived is planned to get an update sometime in the future. And as mentioned before, I've got a big project underway right now. I cannot guarantee its completion before the 28th, however. So while this post has bad news, it also contains good news, and hopes for the future. Expect bigger and better forgeries from Maestro! I HAVE RETURNED!

Heck, a Railgun mounted turret in general would be a cool idea. It'd be very useful in a fortified base map instead of concealing a Gauss Warthog with blocks in forge.

I have a few suggestions... 1) Complete the Ninja Gaiden trilogy on the NES. 2) Complete Majora's Mask in only one three-day cycle aside from the first scripted cycle. 3) Play Kaizo Mario without using save states. 4) Finish a Halo level, solo LASO, without firing weapons or using grenades. Punch 'em out or splatter only!

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