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Hello all and welcome back to the 343iCF Weekly Site Wrapup. Let's get into things: Primary Announcement: We WON'T be wrapping up the last half of June, July, or August but on the bright side, with my laptop fixed now I should be able to put these out weekly or as close to weekly as possible. COMMUNITY EVENTS First Halo: Master Chief Collection Community Event WOO! On the first day the Master Chief Collection comes out our Community Moderator, TheSilverCenturion, is going to be hosting an Event. If you can't make it then be sure to catch it LIVE on our Twitch channel named 343CommunityForum. Which you can find a link to by visiting the thread (Remember all banners are clickable). Staff VS. Members Playdate Poll There has been no official word yet but The Director has put up a poll for a possible upcoming Staff VS. Members Playdate totally out of nowhere with no warning at all. From left field. Out of the blue. WHY WOULD HE DO THIS TO US? Completely random. Anyway, the standings for the polls are currently listed as such: Day: Saturday (37.50%) Time Frame: 12PM EST - 6PM EST (52.38%) Game: Halo 4 (36.84%) Everyone who attends official Community Events gets the Gamer Award: CONTESTS 343i Short Story Contest The ever monthly Short Story Contest is underway with your judges from the Event Management Team: D-38 Boss and Cooliest, Community Moderator BeckoningZebra1, and our Site Moderator RedStarRocket. Read up on rules and guidelines here. September Caption Contest This contest run monthly by Cooliest goes without explanation. It's the monthly Caption Contest! This is this month's caption above. Winner of the last Caption Contest was TheSilverCenturion!: Winners of the Caption Contest get the Captioneer Award: FEATURED INTERVIEWS Mr. Biggles Long time dedicated member decorated with many forum accomplishments. By the way, that's what he looks like in real life. Handsome mustache and everything. FORGE Featured Map This week's Featured Map is by someone who is frequently listed under our Featured Map subsection because he never forgets about us here when he makes one. He likes his maps to be seen by all. Here's Zandril's latest map named Cypher. GAMING NEWS Assassin's Creed: Unity Delayed You read it correctly. According to Edward Kenway's article, the next installment of the Assassin's Creed franchise on next gen consoles will be delayed by about two weeks or so. Tragic news for Assassin's Creed fans but the real supporters can wait. Games with Gold - September The Games With Gold for the month of September have been revealed and brought to us by Adam. For the Xbox One we have Super Time Force (what?) and Crimson Dragon (???). Ooook. And for Xbox 360 we're getting Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine and HALO: REACH! Leave your thoughts and likes with Adam by visiting his thread. Playstation Network Hacked UPDATE Unease N3wsnut has been keeping us up to date on Sony's Playstation Network being hacked once again. Supposedly a hacking group named Lizard Squad took credit for the hacking of PSN over Twitter. Condolences to anyone still facing problems with playing online with friends because you have a Playstation. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page. HOT TOPIC The Terrorists of 343 To quote Lil Wayne: "If you ain't wit it. You gotta get wit it or get lost." Story by Caboose The Ace. MEMBER OF THE MONTH August August's explosive MoM, as we call him, was Self Destruct. An incredibly talented artist and fun member. He's hosted Events that have gotten good feedback from attendees but now his time is up. It's only right that he gets his spot in the MoM Section of the Wrapup. To Self Destruct . MoM Post here. September This month, our newest Member of the Month is the outstanding Blake Belladonna for being an overall great member on the site. Actually he's pretty great off the site as well attending and hosting Events and such! Great job and congrats once again Blake. NEW STAFF Some fresh meat joined the Staff ranks recently. They are: Jack of Arts for the Art Department Sikslik7 for Event Management Unease N3wsnut for News Group and WreckoningZebra1 joining the Community Moderators Great job guys PODCAST The latest Podcast is a very special one. It includes myself, Church, The Director, and D-38 Boss. This was our very special post E3 Podcast. Well worth the listen even if it's late. I had to do all the talking for everyone. TOP 15 (28) The July/August Top 28 List goes like this: Axilus Prime Mr Biggles Coldfreeze Delpen9 Butch Flowers Blake Belladonna HaloGeek Maestro Halo5willbecool Yoshi1176 Jay El Unease N3wsnut SPARTAN 117 Gemini Dragons DarkAngel Sparky rrhuntington Arachny Caboose The Ace Zandril Ledgend221 The Dumb Weasel Ardent Prayer BubblePopX3 Rue Vaulting Frog Mereel Field Marshall Elite Thank you all for being great members and earning your Top 15 Awards!: YOUTUBE Following the trend of raising awareness for ALS or Lou Gherig's Disease, our very own Edward Kenway of the News Group has participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge and here is his video. It took me long enough so thanks for joining in again everyone and staying active. Now scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article

It's been exactly a week since the last Wrapup but they're on Wednesdays now and I don't like that. Starting next week they'll be back to Tuesdays. Count on it: Primary Announcement: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) COMMUNITY EVENTS JX and Fiends (Halo 4 Playdate) JX and Fiends was a success over the weekend. Here's what JXZAW had to say about it: The Status Update above was stolen from his Feed. Thank you JXZAW. OLD VS. NEW Here we go! This weekend is the much anticipated Old vs New Community Event by Fishy. It'll have teams consisting of members that joined from 2011 - 2012 pitted against members that joined from 2013 to the current time in 2014. It is NOT too late to join. Be there or be... That's right. SQUARE! PS4 Inaugural Event Edward Kenway and onsokumaru will be hosting our first ever PlayStation 4 Event. The Event will take place over two games (shown above). Read the topic for the date and times. Everyone who attends Community Events gets the Gamer Award: CONTESTS The 343iCF Caption Contest is a contest started and run by Cooliest. The Caption Contest is running all month long so go ahead and took a look at what hilarious comments have been posted so far and please enter one of your own. You have plenty of time, so take it. It is yours, you're welcome. FEATURED INTERVIEWS Vitamin PWN - Here's a blast from the past. He's my 5th interviewee, it's Vitamin PWN! FORGE Featured Map Up above is a map submitted to our Competitive Submissions by JL with help from GSD! This is Castblock. Check out more pictures and the download link by clicking above. GAMING NEWS Titanfall Confirmed to Play at 792p at Launch on Xbox One Titanfall has been released and it is not only addictively fun but makes great use of the next generation of consoles ability to generate excellent game graphics. Running at 792p for now, Titanfall is shockingly beautiful. News brought by our newest News Group member, Edward Kenway. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page. HOT TOPIC Social media and you! A guide about securing your personal information This post is quality. The Hot Topic this week is a factual guide on how to protect yourselves when you sign up using your social media accounts and was made by one of our newer members, coldfreeze. It's worth the read. Great job coldfreeze. NEW STAFF We've had some changes in our Staff recently that I'm pretty excited about. Everyone congratulate Cooliest on migrating from our News Group to the triumvirate of Promotions and Events! And Edward Kenway for getting that much deserved spot on the News Group! Good job boys Catch ya Tuesday. Now scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article

Hello all thanks for clicking the Wrapup, let's get into it!: Primary Announcement: January 23rd was my 2 year joinday! Secondary Announcement Which is Not as Important as Primary: If you're missing any site Awards, RedStar has given you the chance to request them in our new Missing Awards Thread. COMMUNITY EVENTS All Day Ricochet January 25th marked the official start of Community Events for the bright new year. RedStar kicked it off with a fun filled Ricochet gametype lobby that continued for hours. Credit to our wondrous Site Moderator RedStarRocket for hosting the Event and we hope to see you guys at more. We're glad you guys had fun at this one. Shame I couldn't make it myself.. Drawn By Fate Community Event The absolutely stunning banner above is the winning submission by Total Mayh3m in the Drawn By Fate contest. Drawn By Fate asked members to submit any graphic artwork to the site to use for a banner on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page. Above is runner up banner creation by JL or Magical Love. It looks very cool and I'd love to see it as our YouTube banner maybe. And lastly, an honorable mention to Edward Kenway's banner which is just great looking. An awesome contender and I hope it gets used for something even if it didn't win. Click Mayhem's banner find other awesome submissions by other awesome members. Let The Games Begin 2v2 Inter-Community Tournament Whether you're registered here on 343iCF, HaloCustoms, or ForgeCafe you'll be able to participate in this awesome multi-forum tournament. The 2v2 tournament is only in the signup phase right now so get into it while you can because there are some amazing prizes you can win. I'm not going to link them here because I love making you guys actually click links so click the banner above for Red's announcement and to find out what the prizes are. Winter Conclusion Forum Battle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH_AcL9St8o It was another one of our whacky ninja Co-head of Promotions and Events' Ninja vs Forum battles and the comments only say good things! Judging from previous comments I think these are going to continue as they are always successful in entertaining. Everyone who attends Community Events gets the Gamer Award: If you have any Community Event ideas post them here. FEATURED INTERVIEWS Zelda - Quite possibly the nicest person on the forum. Welcoming of all unless you have an unruly attitude and was quite pleasant in our interview. *I've resumed interviews but am waiting on interviewees...* FORGE THFE Submission Forums Move to HaloCustoms It's official now, THFE has moved their map submission forums to our Affiliate site, HaloCustoms. Psychoduck has made it clear that it's been great being hosted here but realized that although our Halo Community is excellent, our Forge aspect is not as strong whereas HaloCustoms is stronger in that area. Along with that, he helped build HaloCustoms and is on Staff there so really it only makes sense. We're not saying goodbye to our THFE Affiliates for good, we love Psychoduck and Able SirThomas and their crew all the same. And we'll be working together again in the future. Featured Map: January Beer Pong Turbtastic is not new to being a Featured Mapmaper in the Wrapups. Known for his MarioKart 64 track remakes, he recently made this fun looking minigame called Beer Pong. The objective is to run your Mongoose through the shields and into the "cups" to eliminate them. First team to hit all the cups wins! Who doesn't like a good game of pong? Video provided by 0LAH. GAMING NEWS Black Tusk to make new Gears of War Microsoft has bought the rights to Gears of War from Epic Games and plans to continue the franchise. Given the job of doing so is Black Tusk Studios. Adamj gives you the inside scoop. ForgeCafe's New Site ForgeCafe has just recently switched to IP Board which is what our site runs on so it has never been easier for a 343iCF member to branch out to our Affiliates before than it is right now. Please go check it out and tell me that that's not something you can pick up in an instant. You know where to click if you wanna find RedStarRocket's announcement. Siri-like Search Engine 'Cortana' Coming This Fall Like a Halo fan's dream come true, Microsoft intends to bring a voice controlled Cortana search engine to us for the Bing App owned by Microsoft. And yes, Jen Taylor will be the voice of Cortana. Beckoningzebra gives you the details, just click above. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page. HOT TOPIC: January Conspiracy Among our Staff- Part 2! Easily the hottest topic of January. In 2 days the thread got 80 replies from Staff and Members alike gaining it the HOT tag almost instantly. As a part 2 to Yoshi's original Conspiracy thread, this one rekindled the members' growing suspicions about the Staff and created mass hysteria even getting @343iBot involved. And now the creator of the thread, Edward Kenway, is our new MoM?? Funny how things work out eh members? Muahahahahaha MEMBER OF THE MONTH: January Our January Member of the Month was none other than our crazy forum ninja, onsokumaru. Since he joined, onsokumaru showed great attitude and enthusiasm for this site and introduced Events that members enjoy today. His cartoons might be a little weird and I have no idea where he gets them from but don't be fooled, this guy is serious when it comes to his job of keeping you guys entertained with Community Events! Don't worry Edward you'll have your nice minus green section of the Wrapup all to yourself next week. Announcement thread. MoM Post. NEW STAFF New year, new fresh Staff. RedStar took it upon himself to get some positions filled and these excellent members have proven themselves worthy. With that I'd like to congratulate these members once again: In Communications we have: Dog and Bnus! New to our News Group is: Beckoningzebra1! And filling in the position of Promotions and Events are: D-38 Boss and onsokumaru! Give it up to these guys again they really deserved it and we hope to see more out of them and the other members of the site this year. TOP 15: January I am certainly glad this is still continuing. The Top 15 List is a special honor awarded to those who make the site a better place each month. Everyone on the list is chosen unbiasedly by our Site Mod RedStarRocket, Comms Staff Member Bnus, News Group Member Beckoningzebra1, Dedicated Member Zaguroth, and Legendary Member Total Mayh3m/Anakin Skywalker/Qui Gon Jin/Darth Mayh3m. Now here's our Top 15 January: Magical Love Sparky Edward Kenway Tucker Yang Xiao Long lilsilmarillion Yoshi1176 Zelda Vitamin PWN The Stig Unease P34nut Silent Orbis Spyro Maestro the Stampede Bashful Brute Honorable Mentions go to: UNSC Spartan II and SNIPEM101 USF ELECTION It's that time of year again. Friendly competition arises and the members get to vote for a United States of the Forum President! I love USF Election time. As usual we have a pretty good running this time around. Our running candidates with two nominations each are: Edward Kenway Yoshi1176 Beckoningzebra1 Vitamin PWN Zaguroth Zelda Spyro and Silent Orbis Good luck to everyone in the running! Election Polls go up February 3rd! Thank you 343iCF for tuning in. We will be switching back to a Weekly Site Wrapup starting February 8th. Now scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article

[color=rgb(139,165,208)][font=helvetica][center][background=rgb(33,53,85)][color=rgb(255,255,255)]Hello all thanks for clicking the Wrapup, let's get into it!:[/color][/background][/center][/font][/color][font=helvetica][background=rgb(33,53,85)] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,240,245)]Primary Announcement: January 23rd was my 2 year joinday![/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,240,245)]Secondary Announcement Which is Not as Important as Primary: If you're missing any site Awards, RedStar has given you the chance to request them in our new [/color][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33050-missing-award-thread/"][color=#fff0f5][u]Missing Awards Thread.[/u][/color][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center] [b][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32885-community-event-calendar-january-2014/"][color=rgb(238,130,238)]COMMUNITY [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]EVENTS[/color][/url][/b] [url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32885-community-event-calendar-january-2014/"][img]http://t62.img-up.net/CommunityPa4f2.png[/img][/url] [color=#ee82ee][b]All Day Ricochet[/b][/color] [color=#ee82ee]January 25th[/color][color=#ffffff] marked the official start of [/color][color=#ee82ee]Community Events[/color][color=#ffffff] for the bright new year. [/color][color=#ffa500]RedStar[/color][color=#ffffff] kicked it off with a fun filled [/color][color=#ee82ee]Ricochet gametype lobby[/color][color=#ffffff] that continued for hours. Credit to our wondrous [/color][color=#ffa500]Site Moderator RedStarRocket[/color][color=#ffffff] for hosting the [/color][color=#ee82ee]Event[/color][color=#ffffff] and we hope to see you guys at more. We're glad you guys had fun at this one. Shame I couldn't make it myself.. [/color] [color=#ee82ee][b]Drawn By Fate Community Event[/b][/color] [url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33110-drawn-by-fate-community-art-contest"][img]http://343industries.org/forum/fileshare/gallery/album_14/gallery_15182_14_112258.png[/img][/url] [color=#ffffff]The absolutely stunning banner above is the winning submission by [/color][color=#ffff00]Total Mayh3m[/color][color=#ffffff] in the [/color][color=#ee82ee]Drawn By Fate [/color][color=#ffffff]contest. [/color][color=#ee82ee]Drawn By Fate[/color][color=#ffffff] asked members to submit any graphic artwork to the site to use for a banner on our [/color][color=#ee82ee]YouTube Channel[/color][color=#ffffff] and [/color][color=#ee82ee]Facebook page[/color][color=#ffffff]. Click and find other awesome submissions by other awesome members.[/color] [url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33275-drawn-by-fate-contest-winners"][color=#ee82ee][u]Contest Results![/u][/color][/url] [color=rgb(238,130,238)][b]Let The Games Begin 2v2 Inter-Community Tournament[/b][/color] [img]http://343industries.org/forum/fileshare/gallery/album_537/gallery_8260_537_4540.jpg[/img] [color=rgb(255,255,255)]Whether you're registered here on [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]343iCF[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)], [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]HaloCustoms[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)], or [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]ForgeCafe [/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)]you'll be able to participate in this awesome [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]multi-forum tournament[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)]. The [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]2v2 tournament[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)] is only in the signup phase right now so get into it while you can because there are some [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)][i]amazing prizes[/i][/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)] you can win. I'm not going to link them here because I love making you guys actually click links so click the banner above for[/color][color=rgb(255,165,0)] Red's[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)] announcement and to find out what the prizes are.[/color] [b][color=#ee82ee]Winter Conclusion Forum Battle[/color][/b] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH_AcL9St8o [color=#ffffff]It was another one of our whacky ninja [/color][color=#99ff99]Co-head of Promotions and Events[/color][color=#ffffff]' [/color][color=#ee82ee]Ninja vs Forum battles[/color][color=#ffffff] and the comments only say good things! Judging from previous comments I think these are going to continue as they are always successful in entertaining. [/color] [color=#ffffff]Everyone who attends [/color][color=#ee82ee]Community Events[/color][color=#ffffff] gets the [/color][color=#ee82ee]Gamer Award[/color][color=#ffffff]: [/color][img]http://www.343industries.org/forum/uploads/jawards/participate.png[/img] [color=rgb(255,255,255)]If you have any [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]Community Event ideas[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)] post them [/color][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/26080-post-your-favorite-play-date-idea/"][color=rgb(238,130,238)][u]here[/u][/color][/url].[/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center] [/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][u][b][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/8505-interviews-with-stars-of-the-community-index/#entry90848"][color=rgb(255,165,0)]FEATURED INTERVIEWS[/color][/url][/b][/u][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/29738-interviews-with-stars-of-the-community-volume-34-zelda/"][color=#ffa500][u][b]Zelda [/b][/u][/color][/url][color=#ffffff]- [/color][color=#ffff00]Quite possibly the nicest person on the forum. Welcoming of all unless you have an unruly attitude and was quite pleasant in our interview.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,255,0)]*I've resumed interviews but am waiting on interviewees...*[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(64,224,208)][u][b]FORGE[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#40e0d0]THFE Submission Forums Move to HaloCustoms[/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://halocustoms.com/forum/"][img]http://halocustoms.com/styles/quark/xenforo/logo.png[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62CQ-wneaD0[/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]It's official now, [/color][color=#40e0d0]THFE[/color][color=#ffffff] has moved their map submission forums to our Affiliate site, [/color][color=#40e0d0]HaloCustoms[/color][color=#ffffff]. [/color][color=#696969]Psychoduck[/color][color=#ffffff] has made it clear that it's been great being hosted here but realized that although our Halo Community is excellent, our Forge aspect is not as strong whereas [/color][color=#40e0d0]HaloCustoms[/color][color=#ffffff] is stronger in that area. Along with that, he helped build [/color][color=#40e0d0]HaloCustoms[/color][color=#ffffff] and is on Staff there so really it only makes sense. We're not saying goodbye to our [/color][color=#40e0d0]THFE Affiliates[/color][color=#ffffff] for good, we love [/color][color=#696969]Psychoduck[/color][color=#ffffff] and [/color][color=#696969]Able SirThomas[/color][color=#ffffff] and their crew all the same. And we'll be working together again in the future.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(64,224,208)][b]Featured Map: January[/b][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32860-beer-pong/"][u][b][color=#40e0d0]Beer Pong[/color][/b][/u][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy-nPbSoIE8[/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#008000]Turbtastic[/color][color=#ffffff] is not new to being a [/color][color=#40e0d0]Featured Mapmaper[/color][color=#ffffff] in the Wrapups. Known for his [/color][color=#40e0d0]MarioKart 64 track remakes[/color][color=#ffffff], he recently made this fun looking minigame called [/color][color=#40e0d0]Beer Pong[/color][color=#ffffff]. The objective is to run your Mongoose through the shields and into the "cups" to eliminate them. First team to hit all the cups wins! Who doesn't like a good game of pong? Video provided by [/color][color=#008000]0LAH[/color][color=#ffffff].[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,0,0)][u][b]GAMING NEWS[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ff0000]Black Tusk to make new Gears of War[/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33198-black-tusk-to-make-new-gears-of-war/"][img]http://www.igameresponsibly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/black_Tusk.jpg[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ff0000][b]Microsoft[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] has bought the rights to [/color][b][color=#ff0000]Gears of War[/color][/b][color=#ffffff] from [/color][color=#ff0000][b]Epic Games[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] and plans to continue the franchise. Given the job of doing so is [/color][color=#ff0000][b]Black Tusk Studios[/b][/color][color=#ffffff]. [/color][color=#00ffff]Adamj[/color][color=#ffffff] gives you the inside scoop.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ff0000]ForgeCafe's New Site[/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33212-forge-cafes-new-site/?p=297665"][img]http://www.forgecafe.com/public/style_images/Blueprint/logo.png[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ff0000]ForgeCafe[/color][/b][color=#ffffff] has just recently switched to[/color][color=#ff0000][b] IP Board[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] which is what our site runs on so it has never been easier for a [/color][b][color=#ff0000]343iCF[/color][/b][color=#ffffff] member to branch out to our [/color][color=#ff0000][b]Affiliates[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] before than it is right now. Please go check it out and tell me that that's not something you can pick up in an instant. You know where to click if you wanna find [/color][color=#ffa500]RedStarRocket's [/color][color=#ffffff]announcement.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ff0000]Siri-like Search Engine 'Cortana' Coming This Fall[/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33032-siri-like-search-engine-cortana-coming-this-fall/"][img]http://343industries.org/forum/fileshare/gallery/album_611/gallery_76919_611_8420.jpg[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Like a Halo fan's dream come true, Microsoft intends to bring a [/color][b][color=#ff0000]voice controlled Cortana search engine[/color][/b][color=#ffffff] to us for the [/color][color=#ff0000][b]Bing App[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] owned by Microsoft. And yes, [/color][b][color=#ff0000]Jen Taylor will be the voice of Cortana[/color][/b][color=#ffffff]. [/color][color=#00ffff]Beckoningzebra[/color][color=#ffffff] gives you the details, just click above.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/news"][color=rgb(255,0,0)][b][u][i]For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page.[/i][/u][/b][/color][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][u][b][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/29020-hot-topic-index/"][color=rgb(255,165,0)]HOT TOPIC[/color][/url][color=rgb(255,165,0)]: January[/color][/b][/u][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ffa500]Conspiracy Among our Staff- Part 2![/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33191-conspiracy-among-our-staff-part-2/"][img]http://www.343industries.org/forum/uploads/profile/photo-26953.jpg?_r=1390886489[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Easily the hottest topic of [/color][color=#ffa500]January[/color][color=#ffffff]. In 2 days the thread got 80 replies from Staff and Members alike gaining it the[/color] [size=3][color=rgb(255,255,255)][b][right][background=rgb(237,119,16)]HOT[/background][/right][/b][/color][/size] [color=#ffa500]tag[/color][color=#ffffff] almost instantly. As a [/color][color=#ffa500]part 2 to Yoshi's original Conspiracy thread[/color][color=#ffffff], this one rekindled the members' growing suspicions about the Staff and created mass hysteria even getting [member=343iBot] involved. And now the creator of the thread, [/color][color=#ff33cc]Edward Kenway[/color][color=#ffffff], is our new [/color][color=#ff33cc]MoM[/color][color=#ffffff]?? Funny how things work out eh members? [i][u][b]Muahahahahaha[/b][/u][/i][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center] [color=rgb(255,51,204)][u][b]MEMBER OF THE MONTH: January[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][img]http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg57/TwitchMonkeyTwilight/onsokumaru.gif[/img][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Our [/color][color=#ff33cc]January Member of the Month[/color][color=#ffffff] was none other than our crazy forum ninja, [/color][color=#99ff99]onsokumaru[/color][color=#ffffff]. Since he joined, [/color][color=#99ff99]onsokumaru[/color][color=#ffffff] showed great attitude and enthusiasm for this site and introduced Events that members enjoy today. His cartoons might be a little weird and I have no idea where he gets them from but don't be fooled, this guy is serious when it comes to his job of keeping you guys entertained with [/color][color=#ee82ee]Community Events[/color][color=#ffffff]! Don't worry [/color][color=#ff33cc]Edward[/color][color=#ffffff] you'll have your nice minus green section of the Wrapup all to yourself next week.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32836-january-member-of-the-month-2014/"][color=rgb(255,51,204)][u]Announcement thread.[/u][/color][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][u][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32846-the-ninjas-2014-january-mom-message/"][color=rgb(255,51,204)]MoM Post[/color][/url][/u][color=rgb(255,51,204)][u].[/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#00ffff][u][b]NEW STAFF[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZnsIod9vMm4/UkDth1iByBI/AAAAAAAAAZA/6mYfYLppR2I/w346-h192/Staff.jpg[/img][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#00ffff]New year, new fresh Staff[/color][color=#ffffff]. [/color][color=#ffa500]RedStar[/color][color=#ffffff] took it upon himself to get some positions filled and these excellent members have proven themselves worthy. With that I'd like to congratulate these members once again:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]In [/color][color=#0099ff]Communications[/color][color=#ffffff] we have:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#0099ff]Dog and Buns[/color][color=#ffffff]! [/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]New to our [/color][color=#00ffff]News Group[/color][color=#ffffff] is:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#00ffff]Beckoningzebra1[/color][color=#ffffff]![/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]And filling in the position of [/color][color=#99ff99]Promotions and Events[/color][color=#ffffff] are:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#99ff99]D-38 Boss and onsokumaru[/color][color=#ffffff]![/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Give it up to these guys again :clap: they really deserved it and we hope to see more out of them and the other members of the site this year. [/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,255,0)][u][b]TOP 15: January[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][img]https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/1623596_797480550269407_1153085996_n.png[/img][/center][/color] [center][color=#ffffff]I am certainly glad this is still continuing. The[/color] [color=#ffff00]Top 15 List[/color] [color=#ffffff]is a special honor awarded to those who make the site a better place each month. Everyone on the list is chosen unbiasedly by our[/color] [color=#ffa500]Site Mod RedStarRocket[/color], [color=#3399ff]Comms Staff Member Buns[/color], [color=#00ffff]News Group Member Beckoningzebra1[/color], [color=#d3d3d3]Dedicated Member Zaguroth[/color], [color=#ffffff]and [/color][color=#ffff00]Legendary Member Total Mayh3m/Anakin Skywalker/Qui Gon Jin/Darth Mayh3m[/color]. [color=#ffffff]Now here's our[/color] [color=#ffff00]Top 15 January[/color]:[/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Magical Love[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Sparky[/color][/center] [center][color=#ff33cc]Edward Kenway[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Tucker[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Yang Xiao Long[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]lilsilmarillion[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Yoshi1176[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Zelda[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Vitamin PWN[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]The Stig[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Unease P34nut[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Silent Orbis[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Spyro[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Maestro the Stampede[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Bashful Brute[/color][/center] [center][color=#ffff00]Honorable Mentions go to[/color][color=#ffffff]:[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]UNSC Spartan II[/color][/center] [center][color=#ffffff]and [/color][color=#008000]SNIPEM101[/color][/center] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffa07a][u][b]USF ELECTION[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m2b2xvV-R7w/UuksXwRKX9I/AAAAAAAAAf8/_1rQNwkjAjA/w582-h80-no/Forum+President.jpg[/img][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]It's that time of year again. Friendly competition arises and the members get to vote for a [/color][color=#ffa07a]United States of the Forum President[/color][color=#ffffff]! I love [/color][color=#ffa07a]USF Election[/color][color=#ffffff] time. As usual we have a pretty good running this time around. Our running candidates with two nominations each are:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ff33cc]Edward Kenway[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#d3d3d3]Yoshi1176[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#00ffff]Beckoningzebra1[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#d3d3d3]Vitamin PWN[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#d3d3d3]Zaguroth[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#d3d3d3]Zelda[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#9933cc]Spyro[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]and[/color] [color=rgb(153,51,204)]Silent Orbis[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Good luck to everyone in the running! [/color][color=#ffa07a]Election Polls go up February 3rd[/color][color=#ffffff]![/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,255,255)]Thank you 343iCF for tuning in. We will be switching back to a Weekly Site Wrapup starting February 8th. Now scroll back up and read it all over again.[/color][/center][/color][/background][/font] View full article

Hello all and thanks for clicking the Wrapup this week. We had a pretty big week so let's get into it: Primary Announcement: There were too many Ledgends online today. Never again. ANNOUNCEMENT I haven't seen a time limit on this so I assume it's still going and I haven't noticed too much activity with it so hopefully this picture will help! Would you like to test Halo multiplayer for 343 Industries? Would you like to get paid to test Halo multiplayer for 343 Industries? Check out Absolute Dog's announcement! FEATURED INTERVIEWS imakequilts - Our forum's Events Coordinator. She's been making appearances the past few days. You may not see her but I assure you she's there! FORGE 343industries.org and The Halo Forge Epidemic present: The Meet Your Maker Dominion Forge Contest is over. Donezo. Kaputz. Arrivederci. If you didn't submit a map in time then you failed! But if you did then we love you! Each Forger was allowed two submissions this time around. I still have no idea who the judges are. I was going to give you a preview of some of the maps we got as submissions but that's not possible right now just know that I saw some great maps and I can't wait to play some of them. Forging The Future The future of Machinima has arrived! Here is a huge project started by our Art Department's Gryffin in association with THFE and ourselves. He's got a lot of members voice acting for him and we're backing this Machinima 100%. It's about 3 Spartans that get sent to Earth to find Monitors that landed there after Requiem exploded. Tons of work being put into this project. Find out all you need to know, even a debut date, by clicking the banner. 343 Industries Community Forge Project By this point you should know what the CFP is and if you don't then read about it here. Post some ideas for our community in the CFP Idea Discussion thread here. You Will Partake in the Community Forge Project... Halo 4 Free Roaming Flood Forge Off The Halo 4 Free Roaming Flood Forge Off is OVER. Judges are judging. Judges: Absolute Dog (343i.org), Donut (343i.org), Elliot (ForgeHub) GAMING NEWS PS4 to Xbox: Cross Platforming? A really cool article here by Cooliest. It's about the PS4 being able to snap the Xbox One's HDMI cable and vice versa. It basically means you can have both systems running at the same time and switch between them instantaneously because the connectors are the same. I still don't have a good grasp on how it works honestly even after Cooliest explained it to me but you need to give it a read so you can figure it out for yourself. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page here. HOT TOPIC Actually a billiant idea. There's a lot more to this thread than meets the eye. Member pyro6666 has actually sent this message across all Halo Communities to demonstrate the importance of being a unified, single, whole, Halo Community. No need to link you to the thread, even though I aleady did, because this is all there is to it. The genius of it however comes with our MoM Zandril's explanation. Look familiar Americans? Yeah, think about that. NEW LEGENDARY MEMBER We have a new Legendary Member on our hands. Another oldie of the forum, another great. He's one of the best this site has ever seen and no one can deny it. He is The Director. The Director became a legend on the site before the Legendary Member group even existed. Please congratulate The Director on his induction into the member hall of fame. NEW STAFF And with a former member of the 343i.org Staff moving on, we add in new ones. Everyone give an awesome 343i.org congrats to Cooliest for joining our News Group. And Church for joining the C-Mod Squad! :clapping: Cooliest's gaming news has made the Wrapup for the past 3 weeks at least and Church is a veteran member of this site and knows how it operates and how to enforce the rules. PLAY DATES? Play Dates are DEAD. THEY'RE DEAD. They're dead.... because they're coming back as something else! Do you wanna know what? Do you realllyy wanna know? Well you can't. Keep your eyes open. We still want your ideas though. Post them here. Hope you're all wrapped up in the Wrapup. Now scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article