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About Sal

I’ve got tons of experience with Halo gaming and collecting. I feel I have something to offer to the greater Halo fan community. Posts along the way will be about tips and tricks in the games as well as collecting and many more Halo related things. I’ll also repost interesting articles from the official site, Halowaypoint.com, or from fellow Halo fan sites. As I continue this blog, I hope to help gamers who want advice on the games, as well as any collectors with regards to where to find collectibles as well as deals, coupons and so on. You can also follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/HaloFanForLife or Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/halofanforlife11. Welcome to my blog and I hope you’ll come back again and again. -Sal

Keep your calendars open for the middle of August, 2016…

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This is a early post in preparation for next year’s HFFL event. Now normally, this is where I say it’s going to be a LAN event. Not this time! Nope! I’m planning on something MUCH bigger!

I’m talking mini convention size, to start. I’m inviting all sorts of Halo communities to come to the event and set up a booth so that they can promote their communities.

Along with that, there will be a full fledge FFA tournament. AND…a 4v4 tourney as well. For REAL money, not just prizes as I’ve had the last three years.

To get this off the ground it’s going to take a lot of work and a good bit of funding. I’m going to need your help on this. I’m setting up a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds for the event. I’d like to ask you all to not just take a look (and hopefully donate), but also pass the word along to all of your fellow Halo fans.

I’m looking for sponsorship as well. This in the form of prizes for contests, door prizes, etc. Hoping to have something for each attendee. Speaking of contests, the event will have a costume contest. There will be different parts to this. Spartans will be one category, Covenant and Promethean two others and a miscellaneous Halo category. The winners of each of the four categories will then go to a final round for ‘costume of the event’. Continue reading →

Halo Community Update: Cartographer’s Gift Sneak Peek

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This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint: (My commentary in blue, of which I have a bit in this article)

BY B IS FOR BRAVO

It’s been a rather busy week here at the studio. This busyness has come in many forms, including a multitude of playtests that have offered insight into adjustments to existing experiences, gameplay on new upcoming maps, and future things I’d get in trouble if I talked about. Teams across the studio are nearing completion on the December update, and work on future updates is well underway too. Without delay, let’s take a sneak peek at what you can expect in the just-announced Cartographer’s Gift update – the next free batch of goodness coming to Halo 5: Guardians.

CARTOGRAPHER’S GIFT

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The Cartographer’s Gift update was first shown at last night’s The Game Awards show, and if you missed the trailer, you can get a peek here. It brings with it a long list of updates, some of which we’ll start to talk about today and all of which we’ll be talking about during next week’s live stream (Friday, 12/11 at 3 PM PDT on Halo Channel & Twitch.tv/Halo.)

To kick things off, let’s take a look at some of the stuff we’ve revealed so far for this update, as well as some of the REQs we’ll be showing off next week: Continue reading →

Canon Fodder: Staten It Plainly

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This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:

BY GRIMBROTHER ONE
ISSUE 53

We’ve got a tantalizing little tease of the nigh-upon-us Halo: Shadow of Intent, a remastered Halo 101 video fresh out of the oven, some kick-started community captures, and new lore bits in the Universe section. Let’s go ahead and dive right in!

JAWBREAKER

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Since we first announced it back in March, Halo: Shadow of Intent has had fans incredibly excited for a variety of reasons, from its sought-after subject matter to its legendary author, Joseph Staten. If you have been following the glorious gruntmaster on Twitter, you’ve already seen a few character-constrained glimpses of the upcoming digital-first novella. After conferring a bit with Mr. Staten however, we thought it might be more fun to provide a slightly wider view for our ravenous readers… Continue reading →

Be on the lookout for a small contest in a few days. ONLY HFFL subscribers are eligible!

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I’ll be having a small contest in a couple of days. ONLY HFFL subscribers are eligible!

The ONLY way you can enter the contest is as such:

• Subscribe to halofanforlife.com (see the tab from the main page on how to do so.) It’s FREE!!!
• Reply to the contest article
• E-mail me your entry – More details on that when I post the contest.

So what is the contest? Well, you’re going to have to keep your eyes glues to HFFL to find out!

Been playing so much Halo 5, haven’t been bloggin…apologies.

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Over the last week, I’ve put in no less than 8 hours a day playing Halo 5. Last night until just minutes before I posted this, I had a marathon  13 hours session of Halo 5.

So apologies for not posting much lately.

I’ve just been so into Halo 5’s multiplayer.

Last night to today for instance, I played a good mix of Warzone, then Breakout, the Slayer. Then…some BTB, CTF, more Breakout and capped the night/day off with Arena or was it Slayer? LOL….So much Halo!

Well, I’ll be catching up later today folks. Lots to post. Right now, I need to take a bit of a nap as I’ve been up for nearly 24 hours.

There will be a mix of:
• Waypoint reblogs
• a massive UNSC model
• current Halo merchandise deals that can still be had
• a McFarlane Halo action figure product review
• and if I can get to it, a Halo Mega Bloks review

Also, over the next few days, I’ll be posting articles on REQ items. I need to post one section from the originals that I didn’t get to yet, then another article detailing more of the Battle of Shadow and Light items.

I’m going to have a couple big announcements as well. Both YOU can be a part of to different extents.

Halo Champion Series skins coming in December!

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Be on the lookout for a content update that should include the following HCS skins:

imageimageThe official word hasn’t been given as to exactly when. Also, near in mind that these may be handed out to HCS participants first, then added to the REQ system in Halo 5.

Once I get definitive info on this, I’ll let you know.

-Sal

 

3D Print Your Halo 5 Spartan!

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This is a follow up to last week’s post about this. Now with a LOT more info!

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First the official part from Halo Waypoint:

343 Industries has joined forces with Sandboxr to bring your Spartan to life. With the click of a button, we’ll send your Spartan to Sandboxr where you can choose from a variety of poses and three size options. Then a 3D Print of your personal Spartan will be on its way!

GET YOUR 3D PRINT

3d-print-promo-542x305-89f5b51eeb934f29b6873ac10c59244dReady to bring your Spartan into the real world with a 3D Print? Log in to your Xbox Live account on Halo Waypoint, hop over to your profile, and customize your Spartan to show off your personality. You’ll have access to all the amazing armor choices that you’ve unlocked in Halo 5: Guardians so make sure to open all your REQ packs before you start. Once you have customized your Spartan to perfection, click the 3D Print button and you’ll be able to complete your order at Sandboxr. Continue reading →