It gets even better...

Welcome to the Bungie Friends & Family Halo 3 beta!

In order to play the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta, you will need an Xbox 360 with a hard drive and an Xbox LIVE Gold account.

Your beta download code is: ASS-HAT-CLIT-CLOWN

This code will allow you to download the Halo 3 Beta to one Xbox 360 console, one time.

Instructions for installing and launching the beta are below:

1. Turn on your Xbox 360 and sign-in with your Xbox LIVE Gold account
2. Select “Marketplace” from the Xbox LIVE dashboard
3. Select the “Redeem Code” option
4. Enter a beta download code
5. Once the download completes, navigate to the “Games” blade of the dashboard
6. Select “Demos and More”
7. Select and launch the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta!

The initial download may take some time depending on network traffic and your own internet connection. Please be patient.


Whoever you are that mentioned me...  I love you.

Lotus

Posted by thebrigade @ 3:33 pm EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments

I'm in the Beta!

Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:32:04 -0000
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Wow.  Never thought they would let me in.  I am stoked.  OK so what days do I need to reserve to play hooky from work?  I feel like Eddie Murphy, "I got some ice cream and you don't have none!" 

Kidding aside, hopefully we get an outstanding amount of site members in on this, so we can be sure the older community can be sure to keep the integrity of the wonderfully crafted game intact.

Posted by thebrigade @ 7:40 pm EDT | Permalink | 4 Comments

Good read for those that imbibe...

Poetry at its finest:

 

DRINKING ALONE BY MOONLIGHT

Three Poems

by: Li Po

1

A cup of wine, under the flowering trees;
I drink alone, for no friend is near.
Raising my cup I beckon the bright moon,
For he, with my shadow, will make three men.
The moon, alas, is no drinker of wine;
Listless, my shadow creeps about at my side.
Yet with the moon as friend and the shadow as slave
I must make merry before the Spring is spent.
To the songs I sing the moon flickers her beams;
In the dance I weave my shadow tangles and breaks.
While we were sober, three shared the fun;
Now we are drunk, each goes his way.
May we long share our odd, inanimate feast,
And meet at last on the Cloudy River of the sky.(*)

II

In the third month the town of Hsien-yang
Is thick-spread with a carpet of fallen flowers.
Who in Spring can bear to grieve alone?
Who, sober, look on sights like these?
Riches and Poverty, long or short life,
By the Maker of Things are portioned and disposed;
But a cup of wine levels life and death
And a thousand things obstinately hard to prove.
When I am drunk, I lose Heaven and Earth,
Motionless—I cleave to my lonely bed.
At last I forget that I exist at all,
And at that moment my joy is great indeed.

III

If high heaven had no love for wine,
There would not be a Wine Star in the sky.
If Earth herself had no love for wine,
'There would not be a city called Wine Springs.(**)
Since Heaven and Earth both love wine,
I can love wine, without shame before God.
Clear wine was once called a Saint; (***)
Thick wine was once called "a Sage." (***)

Of Saint and Sage I have long quaffed deep,
What need for me to study spirits and hsien? (****)
At the third cup I penetrate the Great Way;
A full gallon—Nature and I are one ...
But the things I feel when wine possesses my soul
I will never tell to those who are not drunk.

(*) The Milky Way.
(**) Ch'iu-ch'uan, in Kansuh.
(****) " History of Wei Dynasty " (Life of Hsu Mo): " A drunken
visitor said, ' Clear wine I account a Saint: thick wine only a Sage.' "
(****) The lore of Rishi, Immortals.

Posted by thebrigade @ 10:55 pm EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments

Turf Tunes

You don’t know me but I’m your brother
I was raised here in this living hell
You don’t know my kind in your world
Fairly soon the time will tell
You, telling me the things you’re gonna do for me
I ain’t blind and I don’t like what I think I see

Takin’ it to the streets
Takin’ it to the streets
Takin’ it to the streets
Takin’ it to the streets

Take this message to my brother
You will find him everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty’s despair
You, telling me the things you’re gonna do for me
I ain’t blind and I don’t like what I think I see

Takin’ it to the streets
Takin’ it to the streets
Takin’ it to the streets
Takin’ it to the streets

Posted by thebrigade @ 11:40 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

Profanity vs Wheezin Geezers: Charlie Company results

Lotso fun last nite. ;; Thank you WG for the challenge. ;; I hope we can do more of that. ;; And naturally thank you profanity for allowing me to participate under my psuedonym ii 0sirus ii. ;; The team promoted FaceHumper to team captain and voted the color green for the color of the nite in honor of the holiday.

game 1:

Tone: ;; Frenetic action

Edge: I felt profanity had an edge, but the frenetic tone was set by the WG. ;; Immediately after the start of the game Profanity found themselves running away for cover. ;; For the first part of the game I was feeling the inexperience of the team playing alongside each other. ;; It was really apparent when I did manage to find cover that ;;I would find my three teammates huddled closely with me trying to dodge the barrage of fire. ;; If you stop and think the last place you wanna see teammates is after you run your ass under the lift you see all three scrambling around dodging nades in the same room with you. ;; We were corraled several times in the beginning into tight quarters. ;; After settling into the sniper tower to regroup and level our heads, things started to turn. ;; We were swapping kills which was a nice turn of events after the first few minutes. ;; Strats were switched somewhat and we had a one or two stationed fire people at set positions around the snipe tower and teams of two to three would patrol the map. ;; We would have preferred the BR tower, but the WG just werent havin that. ;; The assists racked up quickly and the relief of all the death experienced was left in the way side. ;; We just stopped dying and we experienced a run to the finish. ;; One of the things that complicated the start was my unfamiliarity with location names and general strats for the map and gametype. ;; Sure we practised a bit before the match, but most of the pointers we exchanged were betrayals and laughs. ;; I need to thank my teammates for my finish. ;; My game may have looked impressive, but I cant count the number of times I was one shot down towards death when a teammate would chime in a shot or two to put me ahead.

http://bungie.net/Stats/GameStats.aspx?gameID=470753393&player=II%200sirus%20II

Game 2: ;;

Tone: teeter totter to smooth execution by profantiy

Once again the WG set the tone here. ;; They came out fierce and determined after the first loss where they had the game legitimatey won for the first 3-4 minutes. ;; The first scores were made at the same time by both teams. ;; Predictably at the start of the game I was grumbling about the ineffectiveness of my shotty . ;; For a few minutes no one could get a score. ;; The gameplan was switched almost on queu when Taxi announced he had defense on the top of the building. ;; The rest of the game was Elway like passing between myself Hump and Taxi with Bmp being an all around irratant for the team. ;; The Flag toss of the match goes to Humper, who sealed the match with an impressive toss to Taxi for the win. ;; I myself managed a good amount of tossess out of the base that ended up in Humpers eager grip. ;; He was the player of the game for this one.

http://bungie.net/Stats/GameStats.aspx?gameID=470765129&player=II%200sirus%20II

Game 3:

Tone: Again a little crazy

Once again like a broken record. ;; WG came out blazing and gained an early impressive lead in this one. ;; Not too mention they were racking a lot of early kills. ;; As time went on we were able to get a foothold and gain some time. ;; I believe the transition came about when we realized we had nades and that we could indeed use them. ;; Very close game, but even with the early loss of the lead once again we found a groove and settled in it.

http://bungie.net/Stats/GameStats.aspx?gameID=470773358&player=II%200sirus%20II

The games were great. ;; WG absolutely kept us honest on every map. ;; Applying early pressure and forcing us to make big plays if we wanted to win. ;; A lot of fun was had. ;; This was my first outing on the books for profanity and was glad I could contribute. ;; If you notice my reviews of each game got shorter and shorter. ;; I was drinking .

There was only one bad of the nite. ;; Lots of my 2o2p clan was playing for a short notice clan nite and had asked them to invite after the challenge. ;; The timing was bad and it seemed everytime I tried to join they were in a team training game 4v4. ;; Ah well, look out for me next time asshats. ;; Ill be around.

;;Song of the day:  Erykah Badu: Drama

;;

Posted by thebrigade @ 2:29 pm EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments