I’m not quite ready to talk about all the details, of what the title refers to. However, I will say there are two areas of expansion I’ve been mulling over for some time, for HFFL.

One of the two I will mention now. A HFFL gaming group. I’ve been involved with gaming groups before, one for more than 3 years. Now that I’ve been having consistently playing in groups of people who are friends and/or fans of HFFL, I’d like to put it out there for you folks. I have proposed this before, but there wasn’t much reception to it then. However, now that my nightly gaming is filled with fellow players, I want to try this again.

Would you be interested in being part of the HFFL community in a more official way?
I haven’t worked out all the details yet of what being a member in my gaming group would mean, though I do have a few guidelines I know I’d want to include. So here they are (and this is just a general set of guidelines for now. Should there be some real interest, we can revisit these laster to solidify them into the HFFL gaming group “rules.”

• You must be a registered subscriber to the blog. (Twitter and Facebook followers wanting to be a part of this must register on the blog)
• You will NOT need to change your gamer tag. I do ask though that you include a line in your XBOX bio that has the link to my homepage: halofanforlife.com and maybe a sentence either before or after stating why people should visit the site. Something along the lines of “For news on all things Halo, go to halofanforlife.com.” The point being is that you are actively promoting the site by which you belong to the gaming group there of.
• You attend at least 2 HFFL community events per month. Barring that if you regularly show up to game with me but can’t make community nights, that’s fine. Just don’t sign up to be in the group, only to be inactive. I’ll set up some rules for inactivity later.
• Should you wish to change your gamertag to reflect HFFL, the cost is upon yourself. I would like that if you do change it, to have HFFL at the beginning of your tag.
• As a member of HFFL, you will conduct yourself accordingly. Keeping online cussing to a minimum. No trash talking to the opposite team. Only in rare cases might I allow it.
• No T-bagging opponents. It’s tacky and isn’t appropriate. Again though, if the other team is being a real douche, well, I may overlook this.
• Age requirement: Okay, I know I have members here who are under 18. So, I’ll say this, Halo is a “R” rated game. Anyone under 18 MUST behave themselves, NO cussing at all. I will NOT be held responsible for corrupting a minor. That is on the parents for allowing them to play a game rated higher than the child’s age. NO EXCEPTIONS to that rule.
• You must not be in another gaming group currently. If you are, then you can be a community friend of HFFL, but not a full member of the HFFL gaming group. Noone under 14, no exceptions there. If you say you are 14 and are younger, I will NOT be held responsible.

Okay, that’s enough guidelines for now. These are of course subject to change and in likelyhood will to some degree.

If you are interested in being part of a HFFL gaming group, either reply below or send me a message at [email protected].

The other “expansion” will be discussed next month as I’m working out the details.

-Sal