Pistola Officially Joins Cloud9

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It’s been rumored since Ninja was booted off of Cloud 9 that Pistola was the likely replacement. He has been scrimming online with the team for a few weeks now, however no official announcement was made. It was rumored that it was because of contractual obligations with Evil Geniuses. However today on Cloud9’s site the roster has been updated.

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Should be an interesting Season 2 of HCS. Currently Cloud9 has been struggling in Scrims with other teams. They usually perform much better at events, but the online events are just as important to earn valuable points.

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Lore Thursdays: 032 Mendicant Bias

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Starting today every Thursday I will bring you a little piece of Lore up to the launch of Halo 5. Some of it may relate to Halo 5 and some of it may not. Below is the Halo Wiki Article on Mendicant Bias

“And so here at the end of my life, I do once again betray a former master. The path ahead is fraught with peril. But I will do all I can to keep it stable – keep you safe. I’m not so foolish to think this will absolve me of my sins. One life hardly balances billions.”

— Mendicant Bias in the last terminal of Halo 3[1]

05-032 Mendicant Bias was a Metarch-class Ancilla[2]. He was the most advanced Forerunner AI at the time of his creation, and was charged with organizing Forerunner defense against the Flood before his defection to theGravemind, who ultimately caused him to become rampant, and turn against his creators.

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Halo Online Torrented Despite Cease and Desist Order

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Microsoft and the modding community are all full odd on Halo Online. Halo Online is the Free to Play PC Halo Experience exclusive to Russia, and has since been made available thanks to leakers in other countries. Microsoft has issued a cease and desist order to stop the distribution of the game.

Halo Online, which is built in the Halo 3 engine, includes many things that Halo 3 never had. With the inclusion the micro transactions, perks, and additional weapon variants. Modders see this opportunity to make a Halo 3 game strictly for PC which removes most of the additions made by Microsoft. Fans have been begging Microsoft to release Halo 3 for PC for near 10 years and they haven’t budged.

It appears that the group responsible for the copies does not plan or monetization at all. They are solely concerned on making a PC experience that Halo fans have been asking for. From the source of this article, it seems that they’ve taken the necessary precautions to make sure that that a copy exists regardless of DMCA orders.

Personally I feel like this is only going to ensure that Microsoft will be even more hesitant to releasing Halo Online in other countries. I do however hope that this persistence from the modding community will steer them in the direction of porting Halo 3 to the PC.

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