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Wow, it's been almost 2 weeks since the last update. Sorry folks. School is murder.

Shifting Forums!
It should be more than obvious that things don't exactly look the same on the forum index. In an attempt to make things more compact, the 2 categories have been merged into 1. This is not etched in stone, but this is the way things will be from now on (at least for a while).

If you encounter any errors with the new forum setup, please report them in tech support.

Cream of the Crop
Though none of you will be able to view it now (some never will ), a new VIP board has been created. I won't be able to go into specifics about what getting into this exclusive forum will entail, but just imagine super cool things. That's what is in there.

DBX Gaming doesn't have enough members to turn the VIP section on yet, but when we do (if we do) I'll let you know.

Oooh, shiny...
Back by popular (or not) demand, the medal/awards system is back online . I'll get to updating the rank thread with the appropriate meda...

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Bungie hinted at certain extras you could earn from playing Halo 2 online and stuff to that regard. Here's this list they released:

• The Septagon – This option returns for anyone who links their LIVE account to their Bungie.net account.
• The DMR – A pro weapon for Pro members. Get Bungie Pro to bump up your File Share, render videos, and get this emblem. Active subscriptions bought in Halo 3 or Halo 3: ODST carry over to Halo: Reach, of course.
• Marathon – Play the full version of Marathon: Durandal on Xbox LIVE Arcade to enable the Pfhor Terminal emblem.
• Halo 1 – Enter your Halo 1 PC/Mac product key to enable this emblem. Each key can only be used once, so you’d better stop reading this and grab that key before your brother does. Since we have no way to validate who has played the Xbox version, this emblem is reserved for that dedicated community of computer gamers, with over 50k unique users still active each month, 7 years after release. Thanks for sticking with us. It’s been quite a ride!
• Halo 2 – Automatically availabl

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First off, sorry for not getting this posted yesterday. I was busy with stuff. Second, I apologize for the short length of this update. You'll forgive me  .

Counting the days...
With less than 30 days until Reach falls, I am starting to feel the anticipation building. Bungie showed us a list (which is hella-long, I might add) of the objects available in Forge World -- as well as a look at the race gametype and color filters. They look sweet .

Bitter-sweet
Yep. The launch of a crazy-awesome Halo game is --of course -- slightly ruined by the coming of the start of school (for you crazy kids who are...kids). This, of course, means a lack of time to do stuff you'd rather be doing. Which for me, means giving up some of my precious forum-lurking time (and Halo, too. Sweet, sweet Halo). Things around here might slow down and ice over for a while, but stick with us, k? K.

Ranks, anyone?
Voting will close for the currently-choosable ranks this we...