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THIS IS HUGE! While it is definitely behind a not-so-modest price it is very cool to see in game and I cannot wait to see what kind of media we might be able to do around this weapon model.

Illusion takes place within an abandoned and forgotten ONI black site where old experiments with recovered (and familiar) Covenant technology still remain, evoking the feeling and design of maps from Halo: Combat Evolved. In many ways it begs the question why we don't have more fun maps like this but its probably for the better anyway. Cannot wait to play this one! A whole lot more was said about the map than I can really summarize so here's the link to the Waypoint article. [ https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/map-overview-halo-infinite-cu29 ]

It's a lot smaller than last years but its a given. While there is now an event in London which is a win for the european community the rest of the world is left to watch again. Where the dollar is strong economically I am finding it hard to believe what the reasons could be for not hosting an Australia or South America regional event.

Hey! I am always happy to see a familiar face, I can merge your new account and old account together if you want. Yes its almost impossible to get on and solo queue for me because I know what its like now playing with groups for so long. It doesn't even have to be Halo anymore, I get this feeling I need to invite my friendslist of clan kids before playing anything and I also need to hear their stories as we play. It is absolutely insane what you have to go through just to organize a raid or anything outside of the base game anymore. Taking the helm has had a new meaning in years and where I looked to first relieve the work and pressure from others I have given up entirely and just went the other direction to try and reward the effort and volunteer community management that the "Job" becomes. I stood up an US based non-profit called Eridanus-II Foundation for people to register volunteer hours in or be employed by to help them with their actual careers. Since we do anything from data entry and reporting to organizing events and administration I thought it was the most appropriate thing to do. I have no experience with Unions, I recommend making that its own separate thread though because I can imagine one or two people have gone through the process for appeals and so on. California is beautiful man, I think Delta A17 is over there he would have got a kick out of meeting up. Everyone always thinks the grass is always greener and where California is the people living there even after paying a stupid amount higher than average in rent will exxagerate it. I've had a few ask me to take it down but I genuinely laugh at it every once in awhile, like why did we talk like that and how my grammar got a little bit better from then.

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord -- the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall. [ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1363080/Manor_Lords/ ] Anyone else heard of this game before?

The Mark IV Armor Core is joining Halo Infinite, the legendary Halo Wars Spartan Jerome and Red team armor is finally coming into the game. Despite its name, MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor Mark IV was the first production model of MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor. The Spartan armor design in Halo Wars is often regarded as one of the best in the series due to its unique blend of functionality and aesthetic appeal. The armor strikes a balance between the iconic features of the classic Spartan design and a more streamlined, tactical appearance. The sleek and practical look of the armor reflects the game's real-time strategy setting, where efficient and strategic movement is crucial. The design incorporates well-defined lines, advanced technology details, and a sense of practicality that aligns with the tactical nature of commanding armies on the battlefield. Overall, the Halo Wars Spartan armor design is celebrated for seamlessly marrying the essence of the iconic Spartans with a functional and visually engaging style that complements the game's strategic gameplay. Its honestly beautiful.

In a recently announcement a Match composer was announced to be in the works. Now personally this is a good win for the community but also at a loss and sacrifice again to population. The fringes that be in the rotational playlists will continue to be just that; there is no solution for unifying or bringing back community through the match composer. The match composer itself has been proven worthwhile in the Master Chief Collection but I have reason to believe its because people can choose which Halo title they want to play. Most will never have the luxury of only playing Halo 2 Snipers for more than 10 games a given day. These niche communities and filters end up being its own totem of dead heads in a way honoring the game modes and communities behind them, showing the direction but inevitably nothing more to it. I think this effort comes at a cost, but of course what do you all think? Its good to see updates at all but is this really the right decision to follow? A huge pro to this is that ranked slayer is going to become permanent which is a nice for those that look to be more competitive but cannot handle objective game modes.

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Key Changes This is our January maintenance release. Additional Information Core Added the embed.php controller to the robots.txt file and added a noindex tag so that search engines don't index the content. Added the referring URL to the content of the Contact Form. Changed PHP recommendation to 8.1. Changed MySQL recommendation to 8.0.13. Improved the contact us form UX for guests. Improved the queued comments count handling. Improved the description for the similar content widget to highlight the different flow when ES is used. Improved the thumbImage template to add an alt tag and optimize lazy loading. Fixed a design issue on the error page. Fixed an issue in the DELETE /core/members/{id}/secgroup/{groupId} REST endpoint, where members could lose a secondary member group. Fixed an issue where calling the GraphQL API without a query would throw an EX0 exception. Fixed an issue with the x hashtag not being set. Fixed an issue where members with a false validation flag would be unable to login. Fixed an issue with reliability of logging early in the boot process. Fixed an issue with invalid page URL parameters. Fixed an issue where profile fields weren't shown on content submissions. Fixed a typo in siteSocialLinks template. Fixed an issue on the registration form, where one could submit any coppaa/birthday combination. Fixed an issue where tags were not showing in alphabetical order (when enabled) for search results. Fixed an issue where the webhook payload from Status Posts wasn't properly formatted. Fixed Member List Exports not properly formatting Yes / No and Checkbox profile fields. Fixed an issue where disabled login handlers would still be accessible in the UCP. Fixed an issue where the member webhook payload contained a false value for the allowAdminEmails key. Fixed an issue parsing <video> elements with multiple <source> elements when lazy-load is enabled. Fixed an issue inthe follower template where we didn't cast the page as integer. Fixed an issue where giving cookie consent to the IPS cookies would result in an empty page. Fixed an issue where web app icons may be cached by a CDN and show older versions. Fixed a regression when copy & pasting files in an editor by reverting a previous fix. Deleting a webhook will now also delete the data from core_api_webhook_fires. Removed the deprecated twitter_hashtag` setting. Removed the profile blocking from the default robots.txt file. Fixed an issue where Status Feeds don't update after saving statuses and replies. Blogs Fixed an IN_DEV issue where the Blog Edit form would result in an error. Fixed protocol relative URL's showing in Blog RSS Feeds. Fixed an issue where the "Content Approval Hint" wasn't shown while creating blog entries. Courses Fixed an issue on the courses quiz form, where images wouldn't be shown. Events Fixed protocol relative URL's showing in Blog RSS Feeds. Downloads Fixed protocol relative URL's showing in Blog RSS Feeds. Fixed an issue with the downloads/files/{id}/history endpoint where the update time wouldn't be changed. Fixed an issue where the search custom fields form showed a search related field. Fixed an issue where the file screenshots were not sorted correctly. Forums Improved the efficiency of the "Time to solved" chart. Improved the JSON-LD for Question Topics to show replies as suggested answers. Fixed an issue with the fluid view, where invalid forum ids would remain "forever" in the address bar. Fixed protocol relative URL's showing in Blog RSS Feeds. Fixed 2 faulty canHide permission checks. Fixed an issue where links to comments in archived topics would point to the wrong location. Commerce Improved the design on the ACP Support Form to improve the readability of the "GOTO" links. Fixed an issue where expired or canceled subscriptions did not always restore the appropriate member groups. Fixed an issue where Google/Apple Pay transactions may auto-capture when held by a fraud rule. Fixed an issue where the same PayPal transaction could be processed twice. Fixed an issue where 3D Secure status may not show correctly on some Stripe transactions. Pages Fixed an issue where the rss import feature skipped the title prefix value. Fixed an issue where records created via the REST API or RSS import wouldn't be linked correctly to other items. Fixed an issue where page record comments would create posts in archived topics when topic syncing is enabled. Fixed an issue with the database filter widget where the custom fields default value was set automatically. Fixed an issue where unsetting the "Remember filters" checkbox wouldn't remove the filter cookie. Fixed an issue where moving/deleting comments could stop the queue from processing. Gallery Fixed an issue where editing the gallery image details would remove the exif data. Fixed an issue where editing the gallery image or video details while the file is still uploading would not save the details. Fixed an issue where allowing a user to submit images to an album they do not own may not allow them to submit. Converters Fixed tags not displaying properly when rebuild completes before permissions are set. Platform Improved the un-archiving process for topics when archiving gets disabled. Changes affecting third-party developers and designers The POST /core/members/{id}/secgroup/{groupId} endpoint will log the changes to the member history. Fixed an IN_DEV issue in the checkout form, which was caused by an undefined variable. Fixed an INDEV issue where ignoring a member from his hovercard with INDEV mode would show a "CSRF KEY present in the url error". The Contact Form will now contain a "contact_referrer" value when the form is submitted. It is up to the calling extensions handleForm() method to determine how to handle this information. Performance improvements targeting MySQL 8. Changed the method signature for \IPS\Node\Model::setLastComment() and \IPS\Content\Item::resyncLastComment()

Unfortunately I don't think it would amass to a sustainable amount long term but would definitely increase the base population and have a big spike to last for months. The PS5 outsold the XSX and the most popular games are all free to play.

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