Halo 2 Tournament
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I fought in a Halo 2 tournament (LAN party) with some buddies last night. It was four games long and EXTREMELY fun. Here's an in-depth coverage of the first two games.

All matches were timed so we have precise timings for them.

PLAYERS:
Red Team - Myself, Vincent, Bobby, Ted
Blue Team - Manuel, Matthew, Mike, Will

GAME 1:
Map: Battle Creek
Game: CTF
Additional Specifications: Two captures won.
Duration: 6:34
Coverage: The match started out fun, with Matthew getting the rocket launcher and me scoring two kills in one minute (with ONE SMG, I might add). Matthew killed Vincent twice and Bobby once. He got our flag and scored. Manuel then accidentally killed Mike with a plasma grenade attempting to kill Bobby. Bobby, of course, took advantage of the confusion and grabbed Blue's flag. He didn't make it past the creek, but I grabbed the flag and scored, narrowly missing a few rockets from Matthew (who never died once in this game). Five minutes in, this HUGE ASS EXPLOSION in the base kills Ted and myself. The explosion was two frags AND a rocket from Blue team! They took our flag, sped off, and scored at 6:34 minutes in. Game over. Blue team wins.

GAME 2:
Map: Outskirts Courtyard (I made it, its just like the singleplayer map)
Game: Team King
Additional Specifications: Two minutes in the uncontested hill won. All weapons on map were duals, starter weapon was plasma rifle.
Duration: 11:17 (remove one 1 and its 117, our hero SPARTAN!)
Coverage: The game started... interestingly, with Ted jumping onto the Pelican crash site and taking the SMG I put up there. He then went on the rooftops and jumped down on Manuel, meleeing him in the head. He controlled the hill for 0:41 until Mike killed him and took it. Mike got a shocking 0:03 score until I nailed him with a few needles in the back. Will snuck up on me however, so I had no time in the hill (he contested it). I killed Will and then ate frags from Manuel. I was a goner. I respawned in a wall (map error) and quit the game, joining again a few seconds later. I immediatly stuck a plasma grenade to Mike, who ran up to Matthew and took him out with himself. Then, I realized that Manuel had taken the hill and accumulated almost nine minutes! I tried to shoot him in the back, but he was too quick and got me. The rest of the game was spent trying to take out Manuel, who was too good for us. Blue team won. Again. Damn.

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