YouNoMeDawg's YouNoMeBlawg - Halo Reach/other gaming news

How to use a DUKE controller on Xbox 360 for Halo CEA

2011-06-17T14:43:00.000-07:00

This is one dirty controller dawg....

2011-04-07T15:12:00.000-07:00

Hilarious Armor lock video and Team Classic talk.

2011-04-06T14:33:00.000-07:00

Bungie adds new gametypes with Action Sack

2011-03-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

ACTION SACK
This is a new 4v4 playlist inspired by community map and game variants. The initial lineup isn’t as insane as some players may expect, we’re using this playlist to introduce new gametypes that we’ve scripted up. We’ll be looking at feedback and suggestions for future additions to this playlist, so drop by the Optimatch forum and tell us about your favorite wacky 4v4 gametypes!

Power Slayer
This Slayer gametype is designed to allow players to gain special traits based on the types of kills they perform. Currently there are traits for Basic Kill, Melee Kill, Assassination Kill and Headshot Kill. Each time you perform one of these kills you will gain the traits assigned to that kill for 10 seconds. Killing another player during this period will refresh your timer back to 10 seconds and extend your powers. You can also chain them together to gain multiple types of powers, so if you Melee Kill a player and then Headshot Kill a player before your timer runs out, you’ll gain the traits of both kill types. We haven’t finalized the default traits for each kill type yet, but these will also be configurable in custom games so you can create your own!

Speedpile
The idea of this gametype was based on Stockpile and allows players to carry multiple flags on their back while still using weapons, vehicles and equipment. When a player touches a flag it will automatically attach to their back and will only drop when they are killed. Flags can be assigned different point values which are displayed above the flag in your HUD. Flags which are worth more than 1 point will be larger and on fire as well. Delivering the flags to your Speedpile goal zone will instantly score them and cause the flags to respawn at their original location. This is not a Stockpile variant, so if you want to setup your own maps to work with the gametype you’ll need to Forge it using the Speedpile game variant to have access to the appropriate labels.

Speedflag
This one is pretty simple, it’s a CTF variant which allows you to carry the flag on your back at all times. Just like in Speedpile, you can still use weapons, vehicles and equipment without dropping the flag. It’s worth mentioning that the only way to drop the flag is to either score or be killed, so make sure you want to carry the flag as long as possible before picking it up, you can’t pass it off to a teammate without sacrificing yourself. This game variant will work with any map which is already setup for CTF.

HammerBall / Hockey
In this gametype, Golf Balls spawn on specific points and players use Gravity Hammers to hit them towards a board which has multiple goals that each have different point values. The map we setup was one we found in the Community and we mirrored it so each team of 4 is back to back with a barrier preventing them from interfering with each other, unless of course you’re playing HammerBall Xtreme. The goals are created by team specific hill markers labeled as goals with spawn sequencer set to the point value of the goal. If the Golf Ball reaches the goal, it will be scored and your team will score points equal to the score specified in the object properties. This brings me to our next gametype… Hockey! Hockey uses a game variant of HammerBall and is played on a hockey rink map that we found in the Community as well.

Halo Reach Classic Playlist w/ Classic maps

2011-03-23T14:00:00.000-07:00

TEAM CLASSIC
This is a new 4v4 playlist featuring game variants with no equipment and custom settings, as well as remakes of Classic Halo maps we found in the Community.

Player Traits which differ from default Slayer:

Shield Recharge Rate 110%
Health Recharge Rate 110%
Damage Modifier 110%
Melee Modifier 75%
Player Speed 120%
Jump Height 125%
Player Gravity 150%

Maps we plan to use:

Beaver Creek
Derelict/Desolation
Hang Em High
Damnation
Warlock
Elongation/Longest
Midship
Rat Race
Lockout

MLG v3 April Matchmaking update

2011-03-22T13:20:00.000-07:00

MLG

The MLG playlist will be updated with the MLG V3 maps and gametypes, the lineup can be found below. Visit www.majorleaguegaming.com for more info!

Due to the inclusion of more 100% Forged map variants which do not adequately support splitscreen, the MLG playlist now has a Max Local Players count of 1.

MLG Team Slayer v3

* MLG Countdown v3
* MLG Element v3.1
* MLG Nexus v3
* MLG Sanctuary v3.1
* MLG Zealot v3
* MLG Retroactive v3
* MLG Android v3

MLG CTF 5 v3

* MLG Countdown v3
* MLG Element v3.1
* MLG Zealot v3
* MLG Nexus v3
* MLG Android v3

MLG CTF 3 v3

* MLG Sanctuary v3.1

MLG Bomb Zeal v3

* MLG Zealot v3

MLG Bomb Count v3

* MLG Countdown v3

MLG Bomb Sanc v3

* MLG Sanctuary v3.1

MLG King v3

* MLG Zealot v3
* MLG Countdown v3
* MLG Element v3.1

MLG Territories v3

* MLG Sanctuary v3.1

Source dawgs!:

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=30989

Halo Reach Noble Map Pack Walkthrough Video

2010-10-14T10:07:00.000-07:00

Updated d-pad for Xbox 360 controllers dawgs!

2010-08-31T13:17:00.000-07:00

Halo Reach MM takes forever dawgs...

2010-05-20T10:34:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to play some Invasion dawgs....

Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Trailer.

2010-03-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

Sega Dreamcast 10th Anniversary. I played Seaman dawgs!

2009-09-09T15:29:00.000-07:00

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 game with HOST MIGRATION

2009-09-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

September Playlist changes for Halo 3

2009-08-29T07:39:00.000-07:00

Update the First: Beginning of September

General

All core gametypes with AR starts will now be AR/Magnum starts.

Ranked

Playlist order modified. This will not affect Trueskill or EXP rank:

* Lone Wolves
* Team Slayer
* Team SWAT
* Team Snipers
* Team Doubles
* Squad Battle
* MLG

Team Snipers – Shotty Snipers is now Skip After Veto

Team Doubles – Cubed, Plurality, removed

MLG – Construct, Guardian, and Narrows updated to MLG 6.1 spec

Social

Rumble Pit – Cubed removed

Update the Second: September 21st in the Year of Our Lord, 2009

General

Mythic 2 maps added to all hoppers as optional, except as listed below.

Ranked

Team Throwback – New Ranked Objective playlist. 1 Flag, 2 Flag, and Oddball with BR/AR starts. Halo 3: Mythic disk required.

Social

Team Mythic – 4v4 Slayer and Objective. Vetoing in this playlist will result in a Mythic 2 map. Halo 3: Mythic disk required.

Big Team Mythic – 8v8 Slayer and Objective. Vetoing in this playlist will result in a Mythic 1 or 2 map. Halo 3: Mythic disk required.

Halo 3 ODST PO unboxing video dawgs! Check it out!

2009-08-07T08:23:00.000-07:00

First Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer footage.

2009-07-27T13:47:00.000-07:00

Customizable Kill streaks looks awesome.

August Halo 3 playlist update.

2009-07-25T16:42:00.000-07:00

Hardcore
The hardcore category is being retired. Its playlists (Team SWAT, Team Snipers, MLG) are being moved over to Ranked. This will not affect TrueSkill or EXP in these playlists.

Ranked
All custom Sandbox and Foundry variants have been set to skip after veto.
Certain fusion cores have been removed from the default and heavy variants of Valhalla.
Team SWAT, Team Snipers, and MLG are now listed in the Ranked category.

Team Slayer – Sandbox variants “Borderline,” “Reminiscent” added to Slayer, “Pantheon” added to Slayer BRs.
Squad Battle – “Workplace Bravo” added to Slayer BRs, “Eighty Grit” added to 1 Flag CTF. Both maps are optional.

Social
All custom Sandbox and Foundry variants have been set to skip after veto
Certain fusion cores have been removed from the default and heavy variants of Valhalla.

Social Big Team – “Workplace Bravo” added to Slayer BRs, “Eighty Grit” added to 1 Flag CTF. Community variant “Entrenched” debuts in Multi Flag and Neutral Assault.
Social Team DLC – “Borderline,” “Reminiscent” added to Slayer. “Pantheon” added to Slayer BRs. “Cryptic Fate” added to Multi Flag. “Neosho” Added to Multi-Flag BRs.
Action Sack – “Mayan Grifball” on Sandbox map “Chichen Itza” added. “Scuds,” a Team Rockets variant with low speed and lower gravity added to Isolation, Blackout, and Sandbox.

Double XP Weekends (Listed in order)

Grifball – Updated to include Mayan Grifball, Grifball Up There, and Aerial Grifball on Sandbox map variants (Optional)
Team Flag
Social Living Dead
Mythic Brawl

7 on the 7th
August’s 7 on the 7th will be a 4v4 collection of maps on Sandbox and foundry. All of the maps from Bungie vs The World, as well as 10 new comers:

1. Battle Dome
2. Ber Ber Creek
3. Bridgeo’s
4. Cryptic
5. Deity
6. The Kingdom
7. Pilaster
8. Skystation
9. Solarium
10. Vengeance

Treyarch Announces Map Pack 3 for Call of Duty: World at War (pics)

2009-07-20T21:49:00.000-07:00

Treyarch and Certain Affinity have announced Map Pack 3 dawgs! You might remember Certain Affinity from when they made the Blastacular Map Pack for Halo 2. Lets get to the pictures though shall we?
Revolution:

Battery:

Breach:

It comes with another Zombie map called "Der Riese" (Zombie Factory, but no pics of that yet. I'll keep you posted dawgs!

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige unboxing!

2009-07-13T19:56:00.000-07:00

I wonder why "Call of Duty" is only the on regular edition dawgs?

Bungie 72, World 69

2009-07-10T20:07:00.001-07:00

Bungie warned us when they said " Don't make us kick your ass!", but we didn't listen dawgs!

The previously unannounced metrics for winning Recon in Bungie vs The World:

* All players from the first game of Bungie vs The World
* All players from the last game of Bungie vs The World
* All players with 77 EXP in the Playlist (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Top 7 players with the most kills (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Top 7 players with the most assists (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Top 7 players with the most exterminations (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Top 7 players with the most killing sprees (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Top 7 players with the most medals (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Top 49 players with the most games played (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Team of 4 that played the most games together (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Top 77 players that who had the most games where they finished a game despite their teammates DNF-ing, (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Whoever scored the most kills against a Bungie employee in a game where their team lost
* Whoever died the most to Bungie employees in a game where their team lost
* Whoever got the longest spree most assists vs employees in a game where their team lost
* Whoever had the highest k/d spread in a game with Bungie where their team lost
* Whoever had the most sticks against Bungie in a game where their team lost
* Top 49 players with the highest kill/death ratio (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Top 343 players whose kills are divisible by seven (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Top 49 players with the most games played divisible by seven (and no registered DNFs)
* Top 49 players with the most medals divisible by seven (and < 3 registered DNFs)
* Players whose gameID number ends with 77777 (and < 3 registered DNFs)

Be sure to check if you won recon dawgs, just go to appearance and scroll till you see that dumpin' set of Halo ice dawgs!

Modern Warfare 2 = Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 dawgs!

2009-07-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

Activision changed the name back dawgs! It's a Call of Duty game again now. I guess it always was deep down. It looks like the earlier brand awareness survey really hit home.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hits stores 11/10/09 worldwide.

Help Julie pick her gamertag dawgs!

2009-07-08T17:43:00.000-07:00

Julie Alexandria needs your help dawgs! Help her choose a gamertag by posting your suggestions in this thread. Keep it classy though dawgs! She doesn't want any dirty-dawg names. She's a classy lady dawg!

Video walkthrough of the ODST maps dawgs:

2009-07-07T10:35:00.001-07:00

Win Recon dawgs! Bungie Vs The World, how to tell if you're playing Bungie.

2009-07-07T05:30:00.000-07:00

As you dawgs may know, you can win yourself a set of dumpin' Recon armor by beating Bungie in the 7 on 7 playlist today.

Here is a list of Bungie employee gamertags. This way you'll know when you're playing a dawg from Bungie!

Abe Froman SK
Achronos
Anim8rJB
AnnoD04
bentllama
BigDaddyFor3
Billy77Bones
Bothari
BrownV
Butcher2
Butter08
C4NC3L
Chee Yeez
Chucky
cuban
Cunbelin
Danger Boy
deckard
DeviousLemur
dmiller360
Doctor Defeat
Dommer
Eamon
Evil Otto
ferrex
FineLemming
Frankie
HoboCrotch
Huevos666
Jejor
JonnyOThan
kdiddy13
Kapture24
KidPenguin
Kuniklo
l0calh0st
Land Pirate
ldeej
Lowest Ranked
Lzero
Master
MiloBNG
MrBuelterman
Negabyte
New0001
olanmills
Phlegm Brulee
plague IXI
roasthaus
RocketMoose
sarukaze
Serellan
SGS Scooter
Shinatama
Shishka
Ske7ch
Sri Jaganatha
Stormincow
Swah
The HossMaster
Thug Larz
TJ Scoot
Tri Draggon
VanDamnaged
vec4f
XO Sancho
Xrisu

Good luck dawgs!

Welcome to my blawg dawgs!

2009-07-06T08:36:00.000-07:00

Hi! It's me, B-dawg. I decided to make a blawg about video games and other topics! I will focus mainly on FPS games! I also have been into the MLG scene lately and will keep you up to date on the latest MLG gossip dawgs! I'll even review retail games and DLC from XBL marketplace and PSN from time to time.

I'll also be posting all of my new youtube videos on here first.

So please follow me and check back often dawgs!