July 7th, 2008
I have had a lot of questions about what is being done to the site, and how close it is to its completion. I decided to clear up what is going on in the background of the website so no one thinks that we are dying out.
I am gathering information from all around the forums, editing it, and making it into a semi-fashionable guide to warthog driving and gunning. This is what goes in the Driver and Gunners links at the top. NOT OLD Drivers/Gunners of the month, those will be going in the archives.
Brick is working on a new stats system. This will be a much better system that allows us to Ban people. So that the people who used Standby to get medals will no longer be allowed on our list.
Also we are working on a system for people to remotely update the front page so that we can have quicker updates. I am busy a lot of the time and cannot always get around to it.
Those are the three main things going on around the site right now. It is not dying like some have asked.
With that being said, here's some member love.
Laughlyn C69 wrote:
Just thought as an Apprentice Wheelman I should post up what was a productive night for me. Which rates just above nothing worth mentioning compared to some of the things I've seen up here in my short tenure.
Overall, I managed to raise my ranked hog splatters from 38 up to 45 and my Ranked WM from 338 to 432 between 7-1/2 games.
I also carried my gunner of the night, Maul A23, to his first on-Hog overkill.
As I said I know to many of you that is nothing to write home about, but since I just turned Apprentice Wheelman, 94 wm and 7 hog splats seems a significant jump for my numbers. A nearly 30% increase in ranked WM in a few games? That means a lot to this particular "n00b.
Also I'd like to add a very hearty Thank You to this site and its members, for in a matter of a dozen days I feel I have grown, as a driver, by leaps and bounds. My abilities grow through practice, aided by your stories and advice. I read somewhere on here that this site was setup to help the community grow as drivers and gunners, and in this mission you are succeeding.
Thank you to all, from the very bottom of my hog.
Alright now down to the nitty gritty:
Our Hog-Off Winners,
Drivers:
1st place - Syn Aurora
2nd place - OH SHEEP DIP
3rd place - LouieBlack
Gunners:
1st place - Syn Greed
2nd place - Rocking Gunner
3rd place - Ice Devil
First I would like to say thank you to all those who participated in the Hog Off. It was a long and grueling month. And the next one will be shorter by 2 weeks to help participation. I know keeping track of the stats was somewhat difficult and discouraging. Congratulations to our winners.
Secondly, I would like to congratulate OH SHEEP DIP and Ice Devil. Though they did not win they showed a 7000 increase over the month of June. A mighty impressive number and as far as I know it was mostly in Ranked BTB.
The Prizes: I will announce the prizes here in the near future as soon as I get them all ready.
Matches: I would like to make a minor note about Clan matches. We are not a clan; however I like to keep in touch with other clans around the community. We are a melting pot here at H3wm.com and I would like to keep it that way. However we recently had a match set up by users with LBG that showed an unimpressive amount of no-shows on our part. If you say you're going to be involved in one of these, you need to be ready to commit. Practice and showing up is mandatory. If you cannot make it do not ask to join in.
With that being said we have a match against BSG on July 19th. I am looking for members to participate in this. If you are interested please send me a PM and we will get it all set up.
Bungie Day Today is Bungie Day everybody. Make sure you download all the free stuff including Cold Storage, all the gamerpics and the theme. Happy late 4th of July and happy Bungie Day everybody!