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Tim
10-19-2009, 05:05 PM
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You're hiding in a room as the last man standing, with 2 shotgun shells left in your gun, and a half dozen zombies closing in on your location. They come foaming at the mouth, ready to rip that helmet off and dig into your cranium for some delicious brains. It won't be too long now until this becomes a reality. They have been relentless since they discovered the survivors location and their numbers are staggering, too much for one person to take. Brute force will not win this battle nor will running away do anything besides tire you out. This room is going to be your last stand and it WILL be your last moment alive. If you're going to die and become one of them, at least take several of these mindless bastards with you.

You put the last two shells in your shotgun and point it at the door:

"I'm ready"

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Welcome one and all to The 2009 Halloween event! This event will take a departure from customs and instead focus on the Ranked Living Dead playlist Bungie will be dishing out on Halloween weekend. What does this mean to you? Why the opportunity to murder endless amounts of zombies while competing against one another for a rare medal, a custom title stating how badass you really are, and Microsoft points.

How do I sign up and participate?

In order to participate, make sure you've linked your gamertag to bungie.net (like so (http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/rankhistory.aspx?player=The%20Cheat902)). You will also need to have the Mythic Disk in order to participate in this event. If you haven't grabbed a copy of ODST yet, you might want to get on that or you'll be SOL (it was Bungie's decision to make the Mythic disk a requirement to play in this playlist, not mine)!

Registrations will begin next week on Monday, October 26th and will end on Wednesday the 28th @ 11:59 PM central time. If you want to participate, make sure you post in the registration thread when the time comes.

Finally you have to be a member of XForgery, but of course we all knew that. ;)

How will you monitor everyone's XP?

It's simple. In your profile there's a nice little section showing off all the ranks you've obtained along with all the XP you've obtained in each playlist (including the double xp ones). When you register, the event directors will gather up the information and go from there. When the playlist disappears, we will subtract your current xp number from the one before the event to get the difference and ultimately your final score.

Just because you have a lot of xp in this playlist does not mean you have an instant advantage over the competition. Everyone starts out clean.

Let me break it down for ya:

Name -- Living Dead xp Before -- Living dead xp after -- difference/final score
Joe -- 0 xp -- 100 xp -- 100
Larry -- 56 xp -- 132 xp -- 76

Here's Joe and Larry. As you can see, Larry had more xp to begin with than Joe, but because Joe produced more xp than Larry during this event, Joe ended up getting a higher score and winning the event.

What's the reward for killing so many damn zombies?

The user with the highest difference will receive the following rewards:

- 1600 Microsoft points
- The custom title of "Survivor"
- The only person to wear this award until Halloween 2010:

http://www.halo3gig.com/medals/mmmm_brains.gif

Survivor (http://www.xforgery.com/forum/awards.php?do=viewaward&award_id=59) - Awarded to the winner of the XForgery Halloween event.

What happens if there's a tie?

In the event of a tie, we will go by the K/D ratio from the last game. So hopefully you didn't die too much.

We Out

Well that's it for now. Keep an eye out for the registration thread next Monday and try not to get killed by any zombies before then. If you have any questions regarding the event, feel free to ask.

Special thanks to The Cheat for coming up with this event.

- .Timothy, Event Director

PsychoBucket
10-19-2009, 05:11 PM
That intro is CIPE ! ! !

Can't wait for this event.

Zackj191
10-19-2009, 05:11 PM
Ooh cool. New Event. I like this idea too! Someone told me that Living Dead will be ranked for some odd reason, is this true?

aMoeba
10-19-2009, 05:40 PM
Only one to bear the title of Survivor until Halloween 2010? Enticing that is...

Master Debayter
10-19-2009, 05:47 PM
An Infection competition? And on the Living Dead Playlist? You're all gonna lose to me. Unless of course I have to work on my Chemistry Project...

Letol
10-19-2009, 05:59 PM
Only one to bear the title of Survivor until Halloween 2010? Enticing that is...

He said the award, not the title lol

Sounds pretty cool, I might just have to play some Ranked for the first time in months!

aMoeba
10-19-2009, 06:10 PM
- The custom title of "Survivor"
- The only person to wear this award until Halloween 2010:

http://www.halo3gig.com/medals/mmmm_brains.gif




... fail

Boston
10-19-2009, 08:51 PM
Talk about bad ass! I knew it had something to do with infection, but I never expected it to deal with matchmaking. Great idea, and hopefully I can rape some zombies to win this event. Although I will say, I'll probably only get about 8 EXP, then stop haha

Vinyl Scratch
10-19-2009, 08:54 PM
Thanks for covering me, Timothy. I see you and l33t added some things here and there while I was away.

Mace
10-19-2009, 09:13 PM
Wait, is the playlist actually ranked?

Master Debayter
10-19-2009, 09:30 PM
Wait, is the playlist actually ranked?No, not really. It's just social and double exp, FTW. :thumbup:

Tim
10-19-2009, 09:45 PM
No, not really. It's just social and double exp, FTW. :thumbup:

Is that your final answer? (http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_100209)

Rifte
10-19-2009, 10:11 PM
the living dead is ranked this time around? does that mean we could get our highest skill up in the playlist?

Fenian Bhoy
10-20-2009, 10:29 AM
Ima joining this.

Time Glitch
10-20-2009, 11:30 AM
Cool!

I might partake in this, depending on my plans for said weekend. It all depends on whether I can make a convincing Dr. House or not =P.

Desert Rat 852
10-20-2009, 08:37 PM
Im all in for this one. Can we go in with friends, or must we do it alone?

By the way, great job with the introduction.

Cheers!
Desert Rat 852

Shell
10-20-2009, 08:47 PM
Im all in for this one. Can we go in with friends, or must we do it alone?

By the way, great job with the introduction.

Cheers!
Desert Rat 852

You can go in with friends, but don't forget, you want to be the one getting XP, not your friends. :p

Thefallen365
10-20-2009, 10:34 PM
I'll definitely have to get in on this

Valianhogers
10-22-2009, 12:27 PM
It is ranked :D and i love living dead :thumbup:.
and sometimes u get lucky with shit zombies and sometimes noob zombies:thumbdown:(BTW: i am new on these forums).

PsychoBucket
10-22-2009, 12:58 PM
It is ranked :D and i love living dead :thumbup:.
and sometimes u get lucky with shit zombies and sometimes noob zombies:thumbdown:(BTW: i am new on these forums).

Well we are glad to have you here. I wish you luck in the Event.

GodsGameFreak
10-22-2009, 01:11 PM
I signed up to this forum just to try out for the event ^_^

How will I know when the registration thread is up?

PsychoBucket
10-22-2009, 01:44 PM
The registration thread will be up Monday

lalabran15
10-22-2009, 02:03 PM
This seems very exciting. I will probably be there. I will kill everyone!

Thomas
10-22-2009, 03:17 PM
(BTW: i am new on these forums).
I signed up to this forum just to try out for the event ^_^
Welcome to the site. :thumbup:

DeathsFriend22
10-22-2009, 04:02 PM
I signed up to this forum just to try out for the event ^_^

How will I know when the registration thread is up?

By staying active.

Gobblin789
10-22-2009, 04:07 PM
Epic intro!

das fork
10-22-2009, 06:32 PM
cool just joined so i can do this cant wait
ill have to go to my friends house to play though

WitchKing92
10-22-2009, 07:33 PM
cant wait until the event

Pel
10-22-2009, 07:56 PM
Lol, look at all the newgais.

Vinyl Scratch
10-22-2009, 08:24 PM
Lol, look at all the newgais.

Who would've thought one little tournament would attract so much attention. Blue is gonna have a hay-day with all these newbies running around.

Master Debayter
10-22-2009, 08:29 PM
Blue is gonna have a hay-day with all these newbies running around.Soooooooooo true. :rolleyes:

Zackj191
10-22-2009, 09:41 PM
Who would've thought one little tournament would attract so much attention. Blue is gonna have a hay-day with all these newbies running around.


I'm expecting he will go overboard with at least 1. Expecting he gets at least 1 infraction.

Stryker Dragon
10-23-2009, 11:20 PM
when will the playlist be playable? and when will it end? i need times down to the very second!!! jk but really start? end?

PsychoBucket
10-23-2009, 11:23 PM
when will the playlist be playable? and when will it end? i need times down to the very second!!! jk but really start? end?

I'm not 100% sure on this but I think it is the normal Double EXP times.

iHi Nu Gundam
10-24-2009, 11:42 PM
um...please do sign me up.
i am in the need of points and recognition right now

Thomas
10-25-2009, 06:14 AM
Registrations will begin next week on Monday, October 26th and will end on Wednesday the 28th @ 11:59 PM central time. If you want to participate, make sure you post in the registration thread when the time comes.



^^^. Registrations begin tomorrow.

stan the reaper
10-25-2009, 07:55 AM
hey guys!
I just registred here for about 5 minutes I´m from germany and red about this halloween special on your site great thing!!! need this two special infection mode achievments so good timing! I recently posted this link to all my friends so i´m sure your site will become some german members soon!! nice awards idea!!

greets from germany

Stryker Dragon
10-25-2009, 10:52 AM
will this be going on the same time as the charity event playlist on the 31st and 1st ? i assume

delta092
10-25-2009, 03:40 PM
where must I post??

PsychoBucket
10-25-2009, 03:43 PM
where must I post??

The registration thread will be posted Monday!

Coyote1023
10-25-2009, 07:25 PM
Can we make it a requirement that you have to know how to read?:facepalm:

Mace
10-25-2009, 09:41 PM
Hey guys. Don't mind my custom title.

lxl mrdeath lxl
10-28-2009, 05:16 PM
how do I register for the event?