FC Update 9.0

[Anarchy]

Update 9.0
~Time for a tune up!~

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After almost 2 months of a standstill after the Brotherhood assault on Ragnarok, BLUE leadership officially annexed the planet to the United Exile's territory, along with the other surrounding territories including notable outposts Haven, Exile, and Longbow. In response to the territory grab, skirmishes can be recorded all around the planetary systems affected by war, including systems recently rebuilt from previous wars years ago, including planets such as Waterworks, Warlock, Coagulation, Avalanche, Desolation, and Tombstone. To combat this unrest, Imperial soldiers have been sent to contain the planet Reach in order to maintain its military prowess. However, in maintaining this planet, the Inner Colonies have begun their unrest, allowing for the Brotherhood to insert insurgents in never before battled upon grounds such as the well known bases of Sidewinder, Infinity, and Chiron TL 34.



REDD Imperial Squadron "Phalanx" in a training exercise on the planet Reach

When asked about the attacks, Brotherhood Field Marshal Matthew Craig refused to comment on his army's involvement. While the ceasefire remains in effect, citizens can only hope for peace to be maintained.



Halo-ween



Ah yes, Halloween. A time where children run amok with chocolate stained teeth, plastic skeletons line the streets, and 4 years ago when the Living Dead playlist rounded out double exp weekend for all Halo 3 players online. This Halloween, we're bringing that magic back to life. On Halloween night, Friday October 31st, at 9PM EST, we'll be up all night bringing you community members the nostalgia, suspense, and pure joy of Halo 3 infection.



Yes, this Halloween the zombies of Halo 3 have come, and they are determined not to be forgotten about. We'll prepare a multitude of Infection variants, maps, and games to keep you all entertained and remembering why you fell in love with Halo custom games to begin with. Everyone is welcome. From the young to the old, from the glorious REDD master race to the peasant BLUEs, we've got you covered.

Not only can you get off your ass on Destiny have fun with all of us here at FC, you can also earn some cool prizes to boot! Throughout the event, we'll be raffling off quite a few prizes to those participating. Anyone can win, and it may just be you. Prizes include:

-FC T-Shirt
-$10 XBL Gift Card
-FC Stickers

That's right, just by showing up you'll have a shot at winning your very own piece of Forerunner Conflict wardrobe for free! For every full game of infection you play, you'll earn one entry into the raffle for the FC T-Shirt. The $10 XBL Gift Card, as well as the FC Stickers, will be raffled off to random people in the lobby at random times.

Mythonian will also be making some cool website edits to promote the festivity. If you have any infection maps or gametypes you think need to be in the event, shoot me a PM!


A Good Cause

For the release of MCC, BLUE Major General Zeta Crossfire has begun to organize a Forerunner Conflict Charity livestream to kickoff the MCC madness. We'll be collecting donations through a secure system directly to the charity for those looking to donate. For this, we have chosen The Wounded Warrior Project for our livestream charity.

This stream is expected to be a 24 hour stream, though as it stands now we only have enough streamers to make it 12 hours. This is a great way to help the community do something good and get our name out there while enjoying the game. If you're looking to help and/or stream with us, click the link below to learn more!

http://fcwars.net/forums/showthread....tream-Sign-ups



Click for feels:

For the rest of you, donating is of course just an option. However this is a charity that many of us can relate to. My brother spent 4 years in Iraq, and almost 2 years at the Korean DMZ in the U.S. Army. He himself is an avid Halo fan, and when he would come back from Iraq on surprise visits we'd always get together on the same TV and split screen some solid Halo 3. When he and his brothers in arms had down time far away in Iraq, the one game his troop turned to the most to find release was Halo 3.

Since then he has struggled to find meaningful work, and has struggled even more to find the level of connection and Brotherhood he once had with his unit here in the states. With little aid, it has taken him until now, 3 years after returning to civilian life, to find a job in his trained field and fully adjust, with little to no help outside the family. Upon this stream's start, I'll be making a donation in his name.

My first teammate in Halo: Reach for Gamebattles was also a Veteran, who was severely wounded by an IED in Iraq and honorably discharged. He faced many of the same struggles and had only Halo to keep his wits about him and still has issues to this day regarding his experience. These individuals continue the fight even after they return home. For some, such as this former teammate, the physical effects are permanent. And help is not always as readily available as we'd like to think.

We even have a few U.S. soldiers in our midst here at FC. And even if you're not from the U.S., we can all sympathize with the U.K., Canadian, and Australian soldiers that take part in wars and conflicts all over the world, whether we agree with those conflicts or not. So show your support by watching. We'll even be handing out a few prizes during the stream!


Next War, and What to Expect



I've been getting a lot of questions recently about the next war and how it will be ran. So I thought I'd lay out some of the things we'll be doing for next war in terms of structure. Please be aware that little here is set in stone and can be changed at any time by War Council. Here's some tidbits:

-We'll be planning to begin a Beta War for the period between MCC's release, and Halo 5's multiplayer Beta. (I just now realized this could get confusing with two "Beta"s... Oh dear.) The Beta War will be a trial war on MCC (NOT Halo 5 Beta). We do one of these every new game in order to iron things out. Essentially we'll have 3-5 battle nights, similar to what you've already seen, where we'll play on random maps we choose to test the waters. We may experiment with Gametypes, setups, and the like. Whats important to note here is that your input on how this Beta War goes will determine what we change and finalize for the real thing.

-We have ideas for how the WARMAP will be structured for the first full war. However that war will most likely not be until 2015, given the Beta war and Halo 5 Beta. What we are working on is a WARMAP that functions very much the same as the past WARMAPs, but contains many, many more maps (90~).

-The wars will include all 5 games in the MCC.

-Whatever maps the armies attack, those will be the maps we play on that map's respective game. This means more than one game could be played on the same battle night. DO NOT FEAR. MCC will have controller setups that go between all 5 games, and you'll be switching between games in matchmaking anyway.

-Rotation systems will for the most part remain the same, though this is simply my guess as to what Myth and I will agree on. However we WILL be working to find a way to streamline it for minimal waiting times. Dedicated servers should make this easier.

Any other questions? Post them and I'll answer ASAP!


Oh Yes, and Also...



If you haven't noticed already, Mythonian and I care a lot about this community. We care a lot about its growth, its success, and your happiness as a member. Both Myth and I have donated upwards of $300 in prizes over the course of Halo 4's life to continue allowing you all to have the same great experience we had as newer members. Plenty of others have done the same, I by no means try to state we're gods here.

However, going into MCC we can't help but notice the opportunity we have as a community. A community that, thanks to the hard work of its predecessors, has become the 100~ member community it is. MCC marks the largest hype train for Halo since... well, arguably Halo 3. In 2 1/2 weeks, we're going to see the Halo community as a whole rejuvenate itself, come alive, and come together to enjoy the great franchise we've all fallen in love with.



In about 2 weeks our opportunity begins. We'll see people young and old come to halo. We'll see nostalgia sit in for those who may not have played halo for 5+ years. We'll see playlists burst with life and activity, ranked playlists feed on the teamwork and communication of randomly connected teammates. And for Mythonian and I, as well as the other leaders in FC, we want to see the same happen to FC.

The excuses that recruiting on Halo 4 was difficult were partially justified. But with MCC we have nothing but opportunity. Other Halo clans and communities have died, gone inactive, completely been wiped off the face of the earth since Halo's decline. We, however, have remained stable. As activity comes back to MCC, we have the opportunity to become something even better than we are today. We have the potential to recruit, be active, and have limitless fun on a multitude of Halo games with a newly awoken fanbase.



But we can't do that ourselves. Oh no, not alone. Definitely not. Myth, myself, and other War Council goers are doing all we can to plan for next war, iron out the problems that we all know we have, and fix the problems that may have prevented us from growing past our current size in the past. Hell, it's 1AM and I'm writing this. It took me all day to put this all together, I started at 10AM. We want to make FC all that it can be, and we're working together (yes, between armies we are working together) to put Forerunner Conflict on the map. And keep it that way. And remove the negativity some of you may have picked up along the way in regards to FC over the course of Halo 4. To put that spark back in each and every one of you, even ourselves, so that the FC magic that kept you all here in the first place is reunited with your fancy new Xbox One controller.

We're working hard because we care. And we want you to care, too.

The atmosphere around here needs to change. The dismal "this is Halo 4, no one plays Halo 4, why FC make me play Halo 4" needs to be tuned into the excited, hard working, adventurous feeling we got when we first joined FC and had at the beginning of Halo 4, or in previous Halos we enjoyed much more. We're trying to make it happen, but it ends with you, and we need you more than you need us when it comes to growing FC. It doesn't take just simple recruitment and activity, it takes wanting to be here, wanting to contribute, and wanting to make FC something special. We can only do so much in that field...



But with your help we can be that community with 300+ members. We can be two armies that are actually worth calling armies due to their immense size. We can have multitudes of diverse squads on both sides, providing new experiences every battle night. We can have the size that allows us to expand our lore and make the wars feel like real wars. We can even have bustling forums with new people signing up all the time. We can be that community that deep down I think we all want to be. But hey, it's up to you guys as members. And we've got 2 weeks to come up with an answer to that, and decide if we want to put in the labor of love. Everything you've all wanted FC to be is within our grasp, if only we get up off destiny make the effort to grab for it.

I look forward to seeing your answers in the comments below. What kind of community do you want to be, Forerunner Conflict?

[Zeta Crossfire]

It was a book, but it was a fine book. Good update Anarchy

If your up for steaming on the 11th please contact me, we only have guys for 12 hours so far and if possible I'd like to do it for 24.

[Mythonian]

Mythonian will also be making some cool website edits to promote the festivity.

Hey! No spoilers!

[Jam Cliché]

The spark is what we need now more than anything. Everyone's ideas are beyond great, but we need to be more than thinkers, be doers. FC has persisted longer than most other Halo communities out there. Let's show our recruits what kind of potential that gives us over anyone else.

[Seerow]

Nice Update Anarchy! I'm definitely excited to to get to MCC. All those maps I haven't touched in years...just makes me all tingly inside.

[Carpe Vexillum]

Gotta get that FC Pride going! )(Awesome update!)

[Drth spartan]

Gotta get that FC Pride going! )(Awesome update!)

[NervyDestroyer]

[Houdini]

So are we going to have a mini war for the Halo 5 beta too?

You mentioned 5 games in the MCC collection (Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo 5 Beta?)

[Anarchy]

So are we going to have a mini war for the Halo 5 beta too?

You mentioned 5 games in the MCC collection (Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo 5 Beta?)

If Halo 5 Beta has custom games, I'm sure we'll attempt to have a 2-3 week war on it. However I doubt there will be custom games in the Beta.

The 5 games I mentioned include Halo 1, 2, 3, 4, and 2 Anniversary. Apologies for the confusion.