Comments on: Camp Fallujah Halo

By: U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Get Their Game On! « The AT Wire

U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Get Their Game On! « The AT Wire — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:33:47 +0000

[...] According to Midnight, a marine who runs the blog, “The Midnight Hour,” a similar event was held last year in Camp Fallujah. The event featured Halo and Midnight was the winner. [...]

By: Pieter

Pieter — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:44:01 +0000

Way to win Midnight. As an avid Xbox Live gamer I find it extremely rewarding to have an oppurtunity to LAN every once and a while. God bless you as you serve your counrty and mine, may He be your oversheild and active camoflauge and may your life be well protected from any evil. Thanks for letting us know what its like.

By: Daemonic696

Daemonic696 — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:24:16 +0000

Hey Midnight,

Glad to hear you’re getting to play some competitive MP Halo over there! I’m just now reading about your experience because I am a fellow soldier (Army Infantry; don’t hold it against me! and I just got back from NTC (National Training Center, in case you Marines don’t use it) in the ol’ Mojave desert in CA. Yes, I spent just under a month there, where we were “in the box” (actually training, not at the preparation FOB) for two weeks during a heat wave! Temps were anywhere from 110 upwards of 120. It reminded me of my tour in Iraq… But I digress. I’m glad to hear you are getting to play The Best Game Series of All Time. I too plan to play over in Iraq. When my unit deploys this fall, the 360 and all my games (and my laptop, etc.) are going with me. Hopefully I’ll have enough time between missions to keep my leet skillz up! ‘Til next time… Buenos Tardes!

By: Mintz

Mintz — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:50:54 +0000

Oh, and don’t ever say “blogosphere” again, kthxbai.

By: Mintz

Mintz — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:50:22 +0000

I completely agree with the throwing-useless-crap-away bit. I love it. I love being clean and organized. It’s unexplainable to a person who doesn’t understand.

You stay safe and get back in one piece (not including hair/fingernails), ya hear?

By: Slayer

Slayer — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:25:10 +0000

lol

By: Jeff Barnett

Jeff Barnett — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:56:39 +0000

They were “probably on post?” Maybe they were washing their hair? Maybe they were busy whining on someone’s blog? Who knows? Oh, that’s right, apparently you do. Congratulations, Marine. You used the anonymity of the internet to take a jab at an officer by using incomprehensible and immature logic, all without ever constructing a complete sentence. You have truly put me in my place. To commend this meritorious action I shall submit you for a WAM (Whining Achievement Medal). Way to be a leader and earn those chevrons. Semper Fi

By: akmjolnir

akmjolnir — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:31:10 +0000

good to go sir, too bad all the players with any real skills were probably on post… feel good anyway, and give yourself a NAM

By: Jeff Barnett

Jeff Barnett — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:26:25 +0000

Thanks for all the kind words, guys.

Mintz,
My skills were a tad rusty. However, I played through the first two levels of the Halo 1 campaign on legendary in the few days prior to the tournament. That was a lot of fun. I figured if I could get used to killing elites on legendary then opponents on multiplayer wouldn’t be difficult. If I hadn’t done that I would have lost the second round. I still felt rather lost at times. I couldn’t remember where some weapons spawned, and I spent the first 10 seconds of the second round in Hang’em High trying to throw a grenade from the back of red base to blow the RL to me (I love you Diesel!), when I realized I hadn’t started with grenades. Doh!

Brick,
I’ll be glad to exert some leadership if it means I can LAN with you guys again. It’s actually not as much work as I make it out to be. Being an asshole with a loud voice comes quite naturally to me.

Stonesand,
Assuming I understood your question correctly, Halo takes place in the internet cafe with my butt plastered to a chair and my eyes plastered to a TV. Combat takes place outside Camp Fallujah while wearing 60 pounds of crap and carrying real weapons. It’s very easy to differentiate between the two.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:38:40 +0000

Congrats on your win! Since you (and many of your readers) are the experts, I figured you’re the best to ask. I volunteer w/ an organization called CAUSE (Comfort for America’s Uniformed Services) which organizes recreational opportunities for members of the US Armed Forces receiving medical treatment and/or recuperating in government hospitals or rehabilitation centers (please visit cause-usa.org for more info). One of the events we’d like to host is a video game tournament. I don’t know much about this topic, so I thought you guys might be able to give some tips. Any details that you can provide to help us host a successful tournament would be helpful. Thanks!!!