Overnight I was gaming with Dijabouti, one of my friends. He also is a member of the HFFL Gaming Group. Not an unusual thing. However, it was his excitement and revaluation that was very cool.

He got a second job, which is commendable. One of the things he’s doing with the money he makes from that though is coming to the HFFL LAN! This is AWESOME!

This means I know I will already be having folks come from Chicago, San Jose, and (outside of ) Austin. What’s even better is that those three people coming in from out of town are all part of the HFFL Gaming Group. Not to mention my bud PensHalo who’s coming. He’s local to me. And of course i’ll be there… Anyway, the five of us make up the core of the active HFFL Gaming Group members.

That has me pretty stoked for this year’s LAN. One other thing “Dij” said during the conversation is that he’s happy to have found best friends through Halo. Myself and “HFFL Big Cheese” being mentioned as some of them.

It just makes me feel really good to know that I’ve had a small part in helping people become friends, enough so that they’re willing to travel hundreds (and in the case of HFFL Big Cheese more than 2,300) miles to meet. We’ve known each other from some time now, though I’ve never met Dij and Cheese in person.

Okay, so not directly about Halo, but is indirectly since it’s regarding the HFFL 2nd Anniversary LANstravaganza, which is ALL about Halo! On that note, if you’d like to attend, check out the LAN page HERE and bookmark it so you can keep track of updated information.

-Sal