It’s been an honor serving with you John
September 25, 2008 122 Comments
Exactly one year ago today over one million of us celebrated the launch of Halo 3 by signing into Xbox Live in a hasty attempt to finally finish the fight. Grossing $300 million in its first week alone, the third installment of everybody’s favorite first-person shooter brought hardcore Halo fanatics and casual gamers together in a combined effort to save humanity. Whether you called into work or skipped school, more than likely September 25th, 2007 found you playing Halo 3 for the very first time.
Many of us continue to visit Halo 3’s virtual battlefield on a regular basis. With the recent release of Title Update 2 and the constant tease of new maps, there is no sign we will stop playing this game any time soon. To celebrate the one year anniversary of Halo 3, I decided to hold a contest in which the prize was the highly coveted and extremely rare Recon Armor permutation. The basis of the contest was to “recreate a memorable scene from Halo: Combat Evolved or Halo 2 (campaign) in the form of a Halo 3 screenshot” and several hundred of you were up for the challenge.
While it’s impossible to display all the submissions due to the sheer number of entries, I gathered a minute portion of them in an effort to provide you with a nostalgic look back at the first two episodes of the amazing Halo trilogy. Presented in chronological order, here are the more memorable scenes from the story lines of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, Halo 3 screenshot style. Many images were manipulated so if you would like to see the base screenshot for any of the pictures, simply click on the author’s name to be taken directly to their screenshot queue. Enjoy the walk down memory lane.
Author: Cpt ApoIIo
Author: RippinHeads
Author: RandomSauce
(Top Ten Finisher) Author: VectorDude
Author: F4MOUS Frenchy
Author: Yin o guns
Author: DeviIWearsPrada
Author: gigglepie
(Top Five Finisher) Author: ZoologyGirl
Author: falcon011
(Top Five Finisher) Author: Halcylon
Author: radiant penguin
(Top Ten Finisher) Author: Gubbenuua
Author: Alpha Omega Fin
(Top Five Finisher) Author: MAX2107
Author: Nastadon
Author: Legendary Blue
Author: hpc cobby87
(Top Ten Finisher) Author: DizRupT
Author: Mayesyboy
Author: CrazedOne1988
Author: Mace Windex
(Top Ten Finisher) Author: DTA MoonDawg
Author: KevinP15
Author: SX p a n d a
Author: Static Merc
Author: OcR GimpTactics
Author: Mopy09
(Top Five Finisher) Author: Samaritan X
Author: musicman888
Author: SniperStealth
Author: Mags89 SBG
Author: tehviruss
Author: Rell192
Author: PunkPirateAFO
Author: IxDue 58
Author: Tak3
Author: ARM 7HE MASSES
Author: The Diktator
Author: Major BlueBunny
Author: Hangman Delta
Author: Zoidberg25
Author: Astrogenesis
Author: DomovoiButler
Author: darkest room2
Author: UnfixedHACKERJ
Author: Morphen Jar
(Top Ten Finisher) Author: Mr David White
Author: D34DL0CK 119
(Top Five Finisher) Author: A10M1C
Author: CaLL Me ZeNy
Author: tahuprime
Author: mendicantbias00
Author: J PUMA T
Author: x 2900d4u x
Author: OTK I Virus
Author: Kroden
Author: Ze Royal Viking
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I didn’t even make honorable mentions… oh well, maybe next time
Wow there were a lot of great entries, well done to everyone!
mines missing. meh, it sucked anyway. those ones are pretty good.
Nice work people.
Makes my entry look crap :S
Oh well.
wow these are REALLY good! i never expected me to win, but it was fun to do.
congrats halo 3!!
Same with mine.
Mine was horrible, but I hoped I could get “biggest laugh as an actual entry.”
:P
Is the winner one of the pictures shown? If not, then there me be hope for us yet lol.
Wow… About 40% of those pics ARE from halo CE or Halo 2… If i would of known you only had to paste a masterchief into a halo 2 or CE screenshot it would have been alot easier! I knew this was rigged from the get-go.
That’s some pretty sick pictures! Great job everyone! So, the winner is one of those pictures, right?
i don’t really like the second keyes flood one though. half the brain form is missing, and the contrast is stuffed.
it was a great idea though. i’m suprised more people didn’t do it.
wow, I am definitely NOT going to win now judging by the caliber of these! they look great! nice job everyone
Eh, I’m sad that I didn’t get mentioned. Oh well though, guess I didn’t even come close to the Recon…
Oh how I loved thee… I was right. I never winner these things.
Good job everyone!
Well when do we get to know who won?
Working on it as we speak. :)
May I ask when we will know the winner? I stayed up all night for this even though I have to wake up.
Even though i have to wake up soon* curiosity is killing me.
Eh sorry for the double post, last post was submitted on accident.
Sorry just saw your answer!
these are sweet! my fav by far is the one of the chief falling in the water to the gravmind.
but i wanna see evreyone elses that didnt make it! send to Matty_cap@hotmail.com cheers!
Is the winner one of the pictures shown? or is it total suprise?
OMG im so exicted i really cant wait till she posts the winner!!!!
If I win, I am going to explode.
Though most of the memorable ones are better then mine. But I’m still hoping. I can’t wait much longer Angel!
I sure wished that I knew I could just paste a picture of Master Chief onto the cover. That is bs.
Great stuff. :D
Yay! I got an honorable mention! That’s all I was hoping for after I saw Atomic’s. Congrats to whoever wins!
Ahh man, I thought my version of the first one was way better… not even a mention. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to find other ways to achieve Halo immortality.
Yay, I got a honorable mention!
yay i got top 10
YA! I got honorable mention :D. Good job everyone, these look pretty sick!
What a neat way to view the events of Halo CE and Halo2. It’s a nice trip down memory lane, plus it makes me want to play the Campaign of each game again.
Cool, I won! Everybody on this page wins r3c0nz right? XD
Mine didn’t make it (Cries). It’s to be expected, though, I lack editing tools.
But the efforts behind these deserve to be showcased. Seriously, all of these are very well done. The judging had to of been a challenge. Congratulations to everyone for their entries.
I only wish I actually played Halo: CE and Halo 2’s campaign. My friend always skipped H2 Cutscenes.
I was a runner up anyways, since I think I was the only one that did the Helljumpers scene.
Awesome pics everyone!
Wow! Thanks for letting me in the top 10!
This was mine… so much work on this and I’m not here, kinda disappointing :/
Some of these didn’t even follow the rules and they made honorable mentions… i feel really disappointed in this contest
Wow! I came in the top 10!
Double comment!
Linky! For those of you who wish to view a larger version of my entry, believe me, the bigger version looks better.
Hey I made honorable mentions! I guess that is good enough for me lol
I knew Halcylon was going to win :P
But Top 5 Nice! That at least made me somewhat happy. I’m glad she wasn’t like telling us what place we got because I’d hate to find out I came in second.
Surprised mine made the honorables. Didnt the judges would care for the over saturation I did, but I only did it to make it look more like Halo CE graphics and what not.
YAY for an artistic interpretation getting honorable mentions and not just close-to-exact scenes!!!!
gg
I realize many of you are disappointed to not see your shot included in this and I apologize for that. I can’t even tell you how many high quality submissions I received (hundreds upon hundreds) and it just wasn’t possible to include all of them. Your shot not being displayed here is not a reflection on if it was good or not. There were many entries that did quite well in the contest that couldn’t be included due to sheer quantity or simple repetition.
I do appreciate all the time and effort everybody put into this contest. It was a blast to do!
Yay honorable mention! It was fun!
Yay me! Mine’s here! -Alpha Omega Fin-
Lets do another one!
It’ll be fun!
Im with dan! Everyone on the page gets reconz!
lol
Cool, mine made Top Ten!
@Billy
These are honorable mentions of the entries, not necessarily those which qualified for the contest rules. This is just meant to showcase a sampling of the talent out of the hundreds of submissions and to celebrate Halo.
WooHoo I managed top 5!
i thought the idea was take halo 3 screenshots of recreations of halo CE and halo 2 :( i see that alot of the honorable mentions from halo 3 are on modded maps… like the hunters on standoff, how can we compete with that?
upon further inspection it appears to be from the first game! my bad, still isn’t it supposed to be a contest for halo 3?
just cuz there are hunters on standoff doesn’t mean it’s modded. It’s called photoshop dude
halo, yesterday…today…tomorrow…master chief forever and ever¡¡¡¡
Great screens.. cool stuff
really good!wow! those looked better than i thot.
Really nice pics, but i think that recon armor will be given to everyone when they get all the achievements including all the new ones. Once again nice pics
I don’t think bungie will give everyone recon for getting all the achievements. But they did say once you get all the vidmaster achievements, it would pay off one day as they aren’t worth any GS
nice job i liked the acual shots not so much the actual moments in the past halos. my favorite is probably the one when the arbiter gets shocked put into a screenshot. XD
Congrats to Halcylon, im sooo surprised to see myself on top 5! I wonder how close i got to winning though.
There were some better pics than the john one but it was still good :)
CrazedOne1988 should be in First Place….
GO GO CrazedOne1988!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MY pic Sucked! lol
Well, can you guys help me? I don’t know how to post one… So can you guys that are really good at screenshots like Atomic etc… Say if i even deserve top 10000., Look at my guy on Halo 3 FossilAmoeba and look at my screenshots? Thanks, Fossil
how did they make half of these????
I like mopy08’s. But they’re all pretty awesome.
this was cool! i liked the ones from halo CE.
I wasn’t even on that list, I guess my pic was that bad?
Yay, I’m on it!
Mine’s the third from the bottom.
Oooh. . . my image made it into the article! Sweet! I’m not sure I care for the positioning though. Right after Halcylon’s winning entry? How am I supposed to compete with that?!
Oh yeah; congrats everyone! Excellent work all around! I hope we can have some more of these types of competitions in the future. It’s nice to see the community’s artistic talents on display.
These picuters are so well done;yet its a shame that a majority of Halo3 players don’t use modding or even pictureshop to moddify these items.I dont hate em but come on!how do you let the copetion go to that catigory of winners?Thats like saying you can only become a pro if you do MLG!(which is Bull!)look all i want is a better opurtunity for ALL players & fans to have a winning chance outher wise the US is realy that less demecratic.its the right way or the high way with a foot print in the rear of those who are only alowed to have the chance(the minorty){end of transsmission] TRY TO KEEP IT RIGHT
Dear bs angle,
I apoligise for the condemtion of the competitiors.I would explain that im JUST learning some Photoshop in my web desiger class in high school but i didnt want to compete in this because it wasnt my choice but the predictability that ive found in the end of this contest.i realize youve got so many pics but i dont agree with the ones with the mods in it.with a nation in a hard time it qestionable about who gets what especialy if you was a super intellegent foger who never earned a Bungie faviorte on anything.may i ask for a new competion? this will bring a bright new idea to the world of halo3 Gallery.
Yeah, my entry was just a grain of sand on a vast beach.
I see how it is.
in my thought of a new competition i though…What if those who had the best flaming picture of them selfs would have a shot for a prize at least.here is the inside:you must have the best pictuer of yourself on {or} involving a them of flames.this has to be done by using the best of your ability and without thowing mod tools or even photoshop into the background or even the detail.if you do host this then i thank you for being a good host and for your forgiveness of wasting my time.be sure its seen in a link on Bungie.net(just like the news or even the big headline storys on the site)i cant reveal my new account name till i have submitted into the new contest.ps:thank you for reading this(if you do)-_-
VDA, I do many community projects (with no prizes), contests where all you have to do to enter is leave a comment, and then contests like this one that you actually have to spend time on. I wanted the Recon Armor to go to someone that cared enough about the Halo franchise to be familiar with all three of the stories and for that person to be willing to put the time and effort into making the best entry possible. I realize you wanted something for all the players and fans; I wanted something for the dedicated hardcore members of the community that have been with this series since the beginning. And such it was.
Yay I posted a comment!! WOOT! congrats to everyone who entered the contest (That doesn’t include people who just TOOK some random screenshot- IF anyone did that. IF!) and I agree with VDA about the flame competition. It sounds cool. OMG just right now, as I am typing what you’re reading now, I saw this opportunity to put my best work on here, except it’s not anything Halo related. It will be in my other comment PLZ DONT DELETE IT! IT’S COOL!!!!
Double Post. ^^, As I was saying, has anyone heard of Free Rider 2 on AddictingGames.com? If not or if so, check out my level. Try to beat it with the BMX. Here’s the very VERY long code:
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I liked the Chief in the tux. that one made me chuckle when i read it
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wicked i got my pic shown i didn’t think that it was that good but hay who would of though
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great job guys congratulations to the winner
Damn how u make it look so real??
i love the return to sender one,
my favorite line from all the games,
‘what if you miss?’
‘i wont’
sends a chill down my spine every time.
great job everyone!
sweeeeeet my ones been put on the website :D some awesome pics on here
shame there wasn’t 10 recons to go around lol
oh well im still glad i got top ten even with all the high quality work here
Those are all pretty creative, nice job guys
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i love them theyre awesome great job guys!!
beast!
Wow these are really awesome. My favourite one had to be Master Chief in the tuxedo lmao…that one made me laugh. But they all look outstanding. Well done everyone, and happy b’day Halo 3!
Nice shots
tuxedo one was my fav also
halo was amazing such a beautyful gameplay.
halo1 still is my best it was so much fun aso it had the health bars and then thay did somthing better halo2 that was gd nice new stuff and finaly halo 3.
thats got to be the best and the thing is you can forge it and better vicals (i cant spell it i fell like a ass for it) the thing is when riding it feels like halo1 and you can pull airs. grate games
DevilWearsPrada’s picture was very similar to mine, but mine is obviously superior. His even shows the pelican from Val Halla.
I think you should reconsider
TO BS ANGEL when I learned about the cool stuff you can have and do when you work for bungie I really wanted to work for bungie but im not even a teenager yet im a little younger, is there anyway i could participate in the bungie staff or be part of bungie in some way?i really want to have a really cool gaming life working for bungie and being friends with you because you sound like a really cool guy and im not one of those retards who joke around about this im really serious just please tell me as soon as possible
What does a good screenshot consist of? I mean no offense but there are some that i just don’t understand!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HALO!!!!
Kick Ass Pics But I Like The Cyro Tube Better
Wow those were amazing
of course, each and every one of these is photoshopped
Yo um if im not mistaken it looks like some of them are on actual halo 3 maps and with bots in them so if anyone knows if this is true, how do i get the bots in my maps
there were alot great ones up there but some of them weren’t that great or looked like a hack but like i said some were great and i shouldn’t be complaining since i didin’t eneter
You are mistaken. Probably around ten of them are completely unaltered screenshots with even more being panoramas that were stitched together but not altered.
Can Everybody who did not make it, if it is okay, I would like you to send me your picture. My Email is da_battousai@hotmail .com
i would have to say they need to let us submit halo3 screenshots for a contest cause i would win beezygbobaby420 is the name i have screenshots on my fileshare if u wanna see some real screenshots ya dig!!!!!!!!!REALTALK!!!!!!!!!!!
@beezygbobaby420
*blink*
Wow… that’s just amazing right there.
weather there photoshopped altered or real i still thought they were awesome especially the one with MC in the tux that one almost made me fall on the floor laughing and those ones by “Halcylon” and “Major Blue Bunny” were KICK ASS!!
wow these are some good photos. i remember playing as far back as halo 1. the halo trilogy has gone a long way…in plot and in popularity. keep it up bungie and its fans. ^.^
NICE, YO THATS FREAKING AWESOME, I LOVE THE GRAVEMIND ONE WITH THE ELITE AND THE SPARTAN, BUNGIE YOU ARE PIMP, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
The Diktator was the best=)
I worked my butt off on this thing…5 days of non-stop working including editing, revising, editing some more, and I didnt even get my picture posted with the non-winning pictures, so your pretty much telling me that you and the judges couldnt take time to put all of the pictures up even if you were still putting the pictures up to this day? At least anyone who didn’t win could get the recognition they wanted. I wanted recognition for a picture that I worked so hard on! At this point, I don’t care about recon…It doesn’t matter to me anymore. I think that after all the hard work people have put into their pictures they deserve their picture to be posted on a website.
So, to all of you people who can relate to me and submitted your hard work and would like it showcased, please check back soon! I will be posting a link to the site I am creating. On this website, you will have the opportunity to email me with your photo (before and after or just after) and I will post it and give you the recognition you deserve. I will post all of the pictures that are emailed to me, even if it takes months to do so!
My e-mail is shamalamadingdong@cox.net
My xbox live gamertag is: SKUNKMAN1542
Thank you for taking your time to read this :)
Check back soon to see the link here…
I think perhaps you don’t understand the full scope of this contest. With the number of entries (hundreds upon hundreds) that were received, it simply is not possible to display them all. I apologize everybody could not receive recognition, especially you since you spent so much time on your image. I do appreciate your participation.
Well at least I had an experience with photoshop. I learned a lot about it while I was making my picture. It took me so many hours but I guess it’s not that bad.
sorry didnt mean to kinda flame i just wanted to see everyones pictures and everone to see mine and that is why i am making the website so it can be a i i<3halo3screenshots kinda website but has edited and unedited screenshots from not just halo 3 but halo 2 and halo 1 also
top work to every one that toke place. you all did well :)
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wow it is a wonderful job to all the people who worked on this images, my greetings to all of them
wow there maps are different is this photo shop or them modding there own maps?
it is some very cool screenshots… i would wish i knew the contest was startet before now then i would have sended some screens.. i got some very cool ones. no photoshop they are just cool
LONG LIVE HALO
I WANNA BE A GRUNT T.T
the one by IxDue 58, the one on halo ce with the pelican blowing up in the final level…. to the left of the pelican, what is that..is it like a banshee? the little black dot next to the pelican…what is that?
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