Whew, I got so busy playing Halo 4 last night and having fun until 5am that I completely forgot to post the code last night as expected. So apologies for that folks.

Here it is though: HALOFAN

Use this code when ordering Fathead HALO Products and you will receive a 30% discount. Again, only good for Halo Fatheads. The promotion runs between today (April14) through Saturday, April 20.

Here’s the list of Fathead’s awesome wall graphics:
Large Sets
Battle Ready Master Chief: Halo 4
Classic Master Chief: Halo
Knight: Halo 4
Master Chief: Halo 4
Noble Six: Halo Reach
Crawler: Halo 4
Elite: Halo 4

Junior Sets
Elite: Halo 4 – Fathead Jr.
Master Chief: Halo 4 – Fathead Jr.
Knight: Halo 4 – Fathead Jr.
Crawler: Halo 4 – Fathead Jr.

Please follow this link when going to Fathead’s official site. Thanks! Now go get some AWESOME Halo wall graphics and save some money while doing it!

I still have one more trivia contest question. So stay tuned to the blog. Within the next couple of days I’ll post the question. As I mentioned previously, it’s going to revolve around Master Chief as that’s the last of the 4 Junior Fathead sets I have to give away. So brush up on your knowledge of MCPO John S-117!

I’ve already had trivia contest questions on the Promethean Knight and Elite. Now it’s time for the Crawler.

There are three types of crawler in Halo 4. Name them. If you’re the FIRST to answer correctly, you will win this: 

As per previous trivia contest questions, you must be a registered blog user to be eligible to win. You can register above by clicking on the “Register Here!” tab.

I’ll have one more question within the next couple of days. In the meantime, keep watching the blog today for the reveal of the 30% discount code for all Halo Fathead products. The code is exclusive to HaloFanForLife.com and is good between tomorrow, Sunday April 14 through Saturday April 20.

-Sal

This second trivia contest questions is for the Elite “Junior” set from Fatheads.

There are three NAMED Elites in Halo 4’s Spartan Ops. What are their names?

Remember, you have to be registered on the blog and reply on the blog to have an eligible answer.

Don’t forget folks that coming April 13, I’ll have a 30% off code good for all Halo Fathead products. So even if you dont’ win this one, it can still be yours and for a great discount!

-Sal

Here we go folks, the first of four trivia contest questions. Be the first to answer correctly and you will be the winner of the following Fatheads “Junior” set:

How many different types of Promethean Knights are encountered in Halo 4? AND name the classes.
Remember, you have to be registered on the blog and reply on the blog to have an eligible answer.

Don’t forget folks that coming April 13, I’ll have a 30% off code good for all Halo Fathead products. So even if you dont’ win this one, it can still be yours and for a great discount!

-Sal

HaloFanForLife’s first ever Charity Tournament!

You still have time to sign your team up for the tourney. Maps to be played on will be revealed Jan 26 so you can practice early.

Final sign-up deadline is February 3, 2012.

Click the link above for all the details, rules and info.

-Sal

Okay folks here are the rules and other info for the tournament, same applied to both 4v4 and 2v2 tournaments unless otherwise specified:

• Players must use a legitimate gamertag, no guests will be accepted, no exceptions.
• Tournaments are best of three, single elimination.
• Your team is allowed no more than 10 minutes late time from the time posted for your match. If you fail to show up as a full team, you are immediately disqualified (no half teams going into matches, for example).
• Payment to enter tournament must be sent by whomever is designated the team leader. The person will also be the team leader in the competition.
• If interested in submitting your team/payment, contact me at [email protected] and I will then give you the paypal e-mail address to send payment to. Paypal is the only form of payment I will receive.
• Entries into the competition can be taken up to February 9, 2013 at noon Easter time.
• While I can’t enforce this, I ask that you all be on good behavior. Remember you are representing yourself, your team, this competition and keep in mind that the charity if for kids. To that end, please refrain from using any improper language in lobbies and games. And please no t-bagging. Again, I can’t enforce that, but it is very much appreciated if you don’t do those things.
• The maps to be played on will be available on my fileshare sometime during January 26. They will be labeled as:
–  HFFL 4v4 slayer
–  HFFL 4v4 CTF
–  HFFL 4v4 Oddball
–  HFFL 4v4 Regicide
–  HFFL 2v2 slayer
–  HFFL 2v2 CTF
–  HFFL 2v2 Oddball
–  HFFL 2v2 Regicide
Be sure to download both the map and gametype for each.
• Do not look to exploit maps. I will be in the game lobbies to start and will load the maps from my fileshare. Anyone caught cheating will disqualify their team from competition. Each match must be save in the team leader’s fileshare so I can review them if there are any objections. Let’s keep this to a minimum here folks, this is to be a friendly competition to raise awareness and money for charity.
• Tournament schedule will be posted on the blog the Friday, 2/15/13 before the tournament starts.
• The 2v2 tournament will start at 3pm the Saturday of the tournament weekend 2/16/13.
• The 4v4 tournament will start at 3pm the Sunday of the tournament weekend 2/17/13.
• Be sure that your team is available for the rest of the day as I’m not sure how long it may take to get through the tournament.
• As matches conclude, I will update the tournament bracket so that each team knows who they will be facing off against in the next tier should they win.
• In the event of a ties, the team to FIRST get to the tied amount will win.
– For example if a slayer match goes 480-480, the team to get to 480 first will win. This can be verified through HaloWaypoint.com. As well for objective matches if a game goes 2-2 CTF, the team that captures the flag for the second time FIRST would win. Should Oddball be a tie, the team that reaches the final tying score first would win.
So in this respect it is VERY important that you go for the win as fast as you can, as a tie may not go in your favor.

If there is anything I missed, PLEASE reply or shoot me an e-mail [email protected].

I want to make sure all relative questions are answered.

-Sal

Hello there folks and thanks for taking the time to check out this very important article.

I’ve been wanting to hold a charity event for some time now. With some recent happenings behind me, I feel I can now give my full attention to doing this. I’d like to announce HaloFanForLife.com’s first ever charity tournament.

I’ve selected Autism Speaks.

You may have heard of Autism, but what is it really? Well check out this link to find out specifically what Autism is. I’ve selected this charity for two reasons. One as a person who suffers from depression and anxiety myself, I found that while not the same, I have similar attributes as those with Autism. Certainly when I was a kid the symptoms of Autism applied a lot to me. But I won’t go into detail there. Also, a friend of mine I highly respect, Andrew Sparkes, Vice President Kids & Collector Brands at Mega Brands, through Mega Brands has donated to this charity as well. So what better way to honor a person I truly admire and respect than to donate to the same charity he supports?

Mega Brands is a licensee of Halo toys and develops the awesome Halo Mega Bloks building sets that I review here on the site.

Okay, so how about the tournament info you ask? Glad you asked, here’s the details at present.

There will be two tournaments.
• 4v4 single elimination
• 2v2 single elimination

Games played will be on custom maps, a couple of which I’ve created (don’t worry, I take great pains to create good maps that work).

Depending on the number of entries will depend on the gametypes played.

First round will be slayer.
Second round, CTF
Third round, Oddball
Fourth round, Team Regicide

That’s if there are enough teams to dictate the need for that many rounds. If there is a need for more rounds (wouldn’t that be awesome) those will be slotted in.

As for prizes, I’m still determining that. At the moment it looks to be a take of the money raised, though truthfully, I’d love to give away prizes instead and give all the money to Autism Speaks. However, at present, I’m not able to grant prizes, unless there is a prize donor that comes forth. So if it comes to monetary prizes, 1st place will receive 20% of the take in monies raised and second place 5%  (for each specific tourney).

No guests are allowed to enter. Each player must have a verifiable gamertag.

[UPDATE] (Date changed to a week later as I forgot that I’ll be in New York covering New York Toy Fair the weekend of February 9…) The Tournament will start on the weekend of February 16, 2013. So there is plenty of time to get your team together.  If interested in signing up for the tournament, please e-mail me at [email protected].

Custom maps to be played on will be available to download from my fileshare: HaloFanForLife1 on the weekend of January 26, so you’ll have three weeks in which to practice on those maps.

I’ll have the rules in detail for the tournaments soon. In the meantime, please pass the word around and let’s raise awareness and funds for Autism Speaks!

UPDATE: Rules and more info now posted below!

Okay folks here are the rules and other info for the tournament, same applied to both 4v4 and 2v2 tournaments unless otherwise specified:

• Players must use a legitimate gamertag, no guests will be accepted, no exceptions.
• Tournaments are best of three, single elimination.
• Your team is allowed no more than 10 minutes late time from the time posted for your match. If you fail to show up as a full team, you are immediately disqualified (no half teams going into matches, for example).
• Payment to enter tournament must be sent by whomever is designated the team leader. The person will also be the team leader in the competition.
• If interested in submitting your team/payment, contact me at [email protected] and I will then give you the paypal e-mail address to send payment to. Paypal is the only form of payment I will receive.
• Entries into the competition can be taken up to February 9, 2013 at noon Easter time.
• While I can’t enforce this, I ask that you all be on good behavior. Remember you are representing yourself, your team, this competition and keep in mind that the charity if for kids. To that end, please refrain from using any improper language in lobbies and games. And please no t-bagging. Again, I can’t enforce that, but it is very much appreciated if you don’t do those things.
• The maps to be played on will be available on my fileshare sometime during January 26. They will be labeled as:
–  HFFL 4v4 slayer
–  HFFL 4v4 CTF
–  HFFL 4v4 Oddball
–  HFFL 4v4 Regicide
–  HFFL 2v2 slayer
–  HFFL 2v2 CTF
–  HFFL 2v2 Oddball
–  HFFL 2v2 Regicide
Be sure to download both the map and gametype for each.
• Do not look to exploit maps. I will be in the game lobbies to start and will load the maps from my fileshare. Anyone caught cheating will disqualify their team from competition. Each match must be save in the team leader’s fileshare so I can review them if there are any objections. Let’s keep this to a minimum here folks, this is to be a friendly competition to raise awareness and money for charity.
• Tournament schedule will be posted on the blog the Friday, 2/15/13 before the tournament starts.
• The 2v2 tournament will start at 3pm the Saturday of the tournament weekend 2/16/13.
• The 4v4 tournament will start at 3pm the Sunday of the tournament weekend 2/17/13.
• Be sure that your team is available for the rest of the day as I’m not sure how long it may take to get through the tournament.
• As matches conclude, I will update the tournament bracket so that each team knows who they will be facing off against in the next tier should they win.
• In the event of a ties, the team to FIRST get to the tied amount will win.
– For example if a slayer match goes 480-480, the team to get to 480 first will win. This can be verified through HaloWaypoint.com. As well for objective matches if a game goes 2-2 CTF, the team that captures the flag for the second time FIRST would win. Should Oddball be a tie, the team that reaches the final tying score first would win.

So in this respect it is VERY important that you go for the win as fast as you can, as a tie may not go in your favor.

If there is anything I missed, PLEASE reply or shoot me an e-mail [email protected].

I want to make sure all relative questions are answered.

-Sal

Well, we had some really great entries for the contest. I’ll admit, I had a hard time choosing which ones to win.

I’ve released the entries to the contest in the original article here. (one exception was for a subscriber who posted it to the wrong article…I made an exception there and reposted it for him in the correct article.) His post is released in the article he submitted it under-here.

Since I had such a hard time deciding on the winners, EVERYONE who submitted an entry is going to get something! SO all of you who sent me an entry, please shoot me your address via a reply (don’t worry, I’ll delete and not post it). This is the only way I can ensure that the right people are getting the prizes)

Now without further ado, here are the winners of the contest!
Grand Prize: Halo Mega Blok 10th Anniversary Warthog
“Deck the Halos” by Rob_bokone
Second Prize: Mega Bloks Halo Covert Ops: Battle Unit
“O Come All Reclaimers” by silentcarto75
Third Prizes: Halo Mega Bloks Armory pack
“12 Days of Battle” by haza121
“Teabag the Elites” by Evillittlejawa
“Didact got run over by a Warthog” by General Diaz 

Honorable mentions to everyone else who entered!
“Halo please come home” by MAS AttacK 
“Flood Christmas” by Graccus
“5 Days of Spartan Ops” by CurrerBell1847
“Let it Grow” by starshipriot

Congrats to ALL of the entries! Thanks for participating in a successful contest. Again, you are ALL winners!

For those third place winners, please list in order of preference 1 to 3 which one you’d like to have. I’ll try to get you the one you want, depending on how the other two placed their preferences.

-Sal

With less than 8 hours away for the deadline, you STILL have time to submit your Halo Themed Christmas song! Midnight tonight, EASTERN time is the deadline.

Tomorrow the results!

Rules and all the contest info here!

-Sal

I’ll give one more reminder before the deadline. I’ve got some good entries so far. I’d love to see MORE!

Again the contest is to rewrite a classic Christmas song with Halo themed lyrics. You could win a prize! Click the link for all the details!

https://halofanforlife.com/?p=5396

Thanks again to all of those who have submitted entries thusfar.
-Sal