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SXLC Returning!

Spectre Xbox LAN Club, famous for its launch and successful Halo competitions in Brisbane during the Halo: Combat Evolved era is set to return to its roots, bigger and better than ever for Halo 3.

We caught up with Smatt Man at the World Cyber Games and discussed Halo 3, his time playing Halo, how long he's been competitive and what his secret is to not getting into verbal arguments with other players!

Player Spotlight - Xcrete

Xcrete somehow found the time inbetween his busy work, uni and social life to have an exciting chat to us about Finish the Fight, his new clan, his association with SPECTRE and his overall thoughts on our growing community.

WEELY UPDATE WEEK ONE

Very little to discuss as this is Halo 3's first week. None the less I managed to find some stuff to talk about. Including MLG's Version 1 Game Settings.

This time last week, many people were feeling extremely anxious. After waiting for what felt like an eternity, they were only a few hours away from playing the epic conclusion to Bungie's thrilling trilogy and Finishing The Fight. A week later and what does this all mean?

Well I must say, this week has been slightly surprising. Very little competitive teams are confirmed and yes, I am aware it's still early days! I can't even say my team is 100% confirmed (it's more like 85%). That is however beyond the point. Just a few days ago, the crew over at MLG released Version One of their competitive Halo 3 Settings and maps.

There are some interesting points to discuss here. First and foremost - the Battle Rifle is the primary weapon with no secondary weapon. I know alot of you would like the AR to be secondary, but haxxxz0r said it best when he said on the forums - "Im gonna agree with DC on having just a BR as primary, no AR secondary. You want to make the game about aiming (getting a 4sk) rather than spamming and getting a beatdown." This is no doubt the reasoning behind MLG's decision.

Staff member Starks made the suggestion to remove all Brute Weaponary (except POSSIBLY for the Gravity Hammer). Removing dual's altogether I believe is definatly the way to go. The weapons on map should be, Carbine, Battle Rifle, Rockets, Spartan Laser, Sniper Rifle, Needler, and either Gravity Hammer OR Sword (One or the other). Each map should have both Camoflauge and a double Overshield.

Second of all, the chosen maps to be played. In no particular order they are - Guardian, Narrows, Isolation, The Pit, Construct with High Ground and Last Resort being used solely for One Flag CTF. This caused a bit of controversy with forum posts such as - "oh my farx0rin gawd!!1111 where is da snowbound!111111". Where? I'll tell you. Gone, banished - done and dusted AND THANK GOD. That map along with Epitaph are absolute disgraces for competitive play. However, Epitaph is worse than Snowbound.

What do Epitaph and Snowbound have in common? Failure Doors.. or Shield Doors as Bungie likes to call them. These doors encourage more camping than the cover system in Rainbow Six Vegas! Fortunately, it appears MLG agree with me.

Let me just quickly deter from the multiplayer aspect of the game for a quick minute!

For those of you who are looking for the "I Would Have Been Your Daddy Skull". You can read all about it (including how to get it) over at Halo3Planet.com .

Unfortunately, because none of you slackers have posted screenshots in our screenshot forum. I don't have any to display in this weekly update! So POST SOME SCREENSHOTS!
The only video I have to display is a double kill shot by former Halo PC Player Defuze , you can check it out here .

I'm curious. Who is the best player you've seen or played with? Who do you think is breaking away from the rest of the group? You can post your thoughts and opinions here !

Finally, enjoy another week of Halo gaming and expect more updates on the site shortly!