A good friend of mine has been using the hashtag of #IBelieveIn343 So the question is, do YOU?

I sure do. In fact, I’m confident that Halo will be with us for many more years to come that I’m expanding HFFL’s presence and reach on the net by creating a gaming group, forum, Ricochet league, a new web series (“MaC” Rounds for which I’ve been developing for a few months) and one other thing I’m not yet ready to announce.

Unfortunately over the past several months until recently we’ve seen heavy drop offs in Halo’s play population, Halo pro-players cheating to get ahead, Halo pro-players essentially ditching Halo for the more lucrative COD, and long time Halo related sites become more all encompassing game sites instead of Halo centric. Just those things alone would have you thinking Halo is on it’s way out. NOT ME!

I seek to broaden HFFL’s potential by adding these new features so that Halo fans can have a place that they know will forever remain HALO centric. I of course will continue to speak my mind about what I believe needs correcting in Halo games, but I will NOT do it in a hurtful, bashing manner. Rather I look to promote healthy civil criticism, that will be forwarded to 343, in an effort to help the franchise and Halo’s community at large.

I feel now is the time for me/HFFL to step up to the challenge of becoming bigger and broader, offering more to the Halo community and providing a place for those who love Halo who may not as yet chosen a site to be associated with.

I know that just within the past week I’ve said I didn’t look to make the blog into a business and that isn’t the goal here with all of these expansions. However, if it does turn into that, I’m receptive to it and ready to move forward with it. That is going to depend greatly on you my dear readers, fans, friends, and friends yet to be.

I still believe in Halo!

-Sal