By now, many of you have the Mythic Maps and have had a chance to tool around in them. In celebration of this, I’m opening the doors to the second Reclaimer contest: Sandbox!
Here’s the deal. I’m looking for an awesome new set to be used extensively in an upcoming Reclaimer. When it comes to Forge, I admit it – I’m a n00b. But I’ve seen some amazing stuff come out of the Halo community at large in the past, so I’m opening up an opportunity to you to help me by Forging a sweet Reclaimer set on the new Sandbox map – and to win some pretty sweet prizes in the process.
Use up your entire budget. Slam into that Object Cap. Interlock and geo-glitch the heck out of those objects. Use the Crypt, the surface, the sky bubble – or use all three. Whatever you choose to do, I want you to blow me away with Forging awesomeness. Make my jaw drop. Reshape Sandbox to your will.
What’s up for grabs? One lucky – and hardworking – Grand Prize winner will receive:
One runner-up will receive:
The top five Forgeries will find a place in the Reclaimer story during future arcs.
Here’s how you enter: the Sandbox Contest will be open until 10PM Eastern Daylight Time, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Create your Forge masterworks on Sandbox, upload them to your file share, and email the link to your map to reclaimercomic@gmail.com. Include your name, email address, and mailing address. Entries that fail to adhere to these guidelines will be immediately disqualified.
So, what are you waiting for? You’ve got two weeks to enter, and the clock’s a-ticking!
This should be interesting! But Jim could you please hold it open for another week? I mean not everyone has the maps yet! (And I should be able to play them by next weekend
) But 1 week isn't always enough time to make a good map 
Just because you asked so nicely…
Thank you so much Jim
I can finally enter in a contest here! Is there anything you specifically want? Like panoramas, sets, bases or what? And do we need to add our own special effects or will you accept as is?
What you see above is all the direction I intend to give. It's up to you, the contestants, to decide how you want to apply that.
He really should've known you a bit better by now ;D
Hehe, no kidding.
Yeh! Right then, ill be entering this one, im sure! Im a n00b at forging too, Jim, but its worth a try eh?
Definitely.
Ive made a start now but dont expect anything flash, i dont have too much time because of school…and my mum makes time limits on how long i play the xbox…
lol
Also, what is Geo-Glitching? Ive heard the term being used before but never knew what it meant or how to do it…
Geo_Glitching (commonly called merging) is forcing an object through the floor, roof or other immovable objects on the map, usually about half way through. THis is normally done by the use of a door placed upside down pushing the object in the specific direction, but in this case just improvise.
I might make an entery for this contest, a free 12 months would be sweet, and im also a really good and expierenced forger.
Looking forward to seeing your entry, Wolf.
I think ive nearly finished but its not so good…ill see if there are any other ways of making it better. I did something really cool where these things spawn a certain time after the game starts but they jammed and now i cant move or delete them and theyre always there…Means i have to encorporate them into the map and it makes it slightly worse but i cant help it. :
S)Lets just say…the corridor leads to somewhere a reclaimer character may not expect to be so easily ;
Looking forward to seeing it, Cap.
when i get them i'll make a map. I don't care if i don't get a prize, i want to work in co-ordination with you Jim to create amazing aesthetic maps for your comics, i already have a fantastic idea for the Sky box!!! And i promise… it WILL blow you away!
I will look forward to seeing it!
I got an account, although i had to change my email cos i used dsdfg with my latest email so i've changed to a different email…lol
But at least i have an account
I feel like an idiot now, for not noticing this. Anyway, what's the map in the picture? It looks awesome!
I did a screenshot search on Bungie.net community files for Sandbox and picked this one for the contest entry.
Thats a shame, i wanted to get hold of this map lol. Its similar in the way of a monster truck arena to my sandbox variant which is based on an old glitched standoff variant called rage of road oh
Both mine and the standoff one are really good vehicle fighting maps. Sandbox one on my fileshare with variant, check it out
It's generally easier on everyone if you provide the appropriate links.
Indeed it is: http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?...
My fileshare is completely Sandbox lol
Sigh. The torture is still here.
I called the store and they haven't even posted it to me. 
So they said they'll express it to me, so I should get it today or tomorrow. Sigh.
Hope you get it soon!
Eh, I'm still waiting on mine, too. Tracking number says it's still in Kentucky, but the postal service also isn't known for updating their tracking information real well. If it doesn't arrive today, then I'll be calling to find out where it is.
It is definitely worth waiting for, though. Halo Wars is a really good game so you wont be disappointed when it finally gets to you guys.
It is definitely worth waiting for, though. Halo Wars is a really good game so you wont be disappointed when it finally gets to you guys.
My friend got stuck right in and now he is trying to prevent himself from revealing the spoilers to me! lol
Halo Wars showed up in the mail today. Getting ready to plunk it into the tray.
Plunk it into the tray? that's can't be too healthy for it.
yeh, careful not to brake it. I think the metal case is pretty cool lol.
(randomly stating of course)
I got mine today! Hooray! I harrassed EB games on Saturday and they said it was posted and now I have it! sigh Too bad I wont be entering the competition. sigh Sorry Jim, I was really looking forward to entering.
Why can't you? There's still 10 days left to enter.
No I can't. my brother got pissy with me for installing the maps, and we got banned from the xbox for a whole month. So no mapmaking for me
He got mad about adding content for a game?! Really?! o.0
oh my god…thats just stupid. :-S
Yeah. He was being a real ass about it, because I didn't put it on the xbox he would play on. I knew that if I did that he would never let me forge cause he would be playing them online all the time. Then I wouldn't have been able to enter. I didn't think that they would get us banned for a month over it though. He used the excuse that "there are no games during the week" (Stupid rule in my house) and then he just niggled a whole lot then he got took out the hardrive and it went downwards from there. Oh well.
Yeh, you can enter, if you enter now youll be able to make a map better than mine! (of course)
Any map will be better than my no-entry one
Yeah I thought so, but I haven't entered in one of these before so I don't know anything. x(
Well, if it makes you feel any better, this is the first Forging contest I've ever held.
Same. I can't play during school and I have hockey for most of the weekend. On the plus side I have already figured out a plan of attack
If you really want that map, I made a remake. I don't know how the original forger did it, mine's pretty terrible but slightly resembles his.
My fileshare:http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?...
It's slot 3, 255. Quick named it since I didn't have my keyboard plugged in.
The original forger:http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?pl…
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Wish I could've participated, but alas, they won't sell Halo Wars where I'm from for another month at least. Oh well, good luck to all contestants. Make Jim proud!
Yeah, sorry about that. I know the timing of this contest excludes those who don't have Halo Wars yet. I'll be holding another contest in a couple of months.
Thanks for your support, guys.
Thats a shame…
Thanks Amer, hopefully we will make him proud!
does jim like jumping maps???
Jumping maps?
ive heard that before…what does it mean?
yeah like where you jump from place to place kinda ike a lava man map
And i never knew what they meant when they asked me that…lol that sounds like it would be fun but really you have to think about how the screenshots of the map would look…after all, it's all about the looks in this comic…the personality is for custom games!
(i know, cheap…very cheap)
ahh ok ill think about it im already done but maybe i can make an awesome screenshot to go with it =)
For the limit that you can't delete any of the main building pieces with, does that extend towards the weapons and vechicles, too?
what do you mean?
Well, there's a third limit, beyond item and budget. And with sandbox, if you take the base scenery off, you don't gain any more budget or any more room. It acts like that stuff is still there. Does that extend to the vehicles and weapons too, or just the original scenery?
I still dont understand, sorry. You can delete everything on the map to get you to full budget and its all gone afterwards…even the vehicles, does that help?
If im wrong then can someone else please help because i have no idea… :-S
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topn…
That should help..
Ah i never knew that….i made a canvas of the map….didnt realise i wouldnt get enough items. But that doesnt affect me because i can never do enough to fill up all the spaces anyway.
Ah i never knew that….I made a canvas of the map….didn't realise i wouldn't get enough items. But that doesn't affect me because i can never do enough to fill up all the spaces anyway.
Now you've shown me that article…I assume its just the original scenery but I could be wrong.
Every object you place is counted in your Object Cap, but it's only the default items that, by removing them, handicap on that budget.
Oh, by the way, Jim.. thank you for your 'canvas' version
much more helful than the skybubble version of it.
Yup, I've got it. I'll take a look at it a bit later.
Thanks Jim.
Hope you like it!
Omg school again tomorrow…but more Reclaimer too!
Finally finished, Jim! E-mailing you….NOW!
Right, ive sent it so you should have it soon
sound track you will be mine
good luck! OMG i really want that soundtrack!
Jim i hope you know that even us here in Australia are thrilled about your contest we are all trying our hardest to be noticed.
Heh, the guy who won the first contest was an Aussie, so you're definitely on the radar.
I was trying very hard to be the second Aussie, but alas my stupid brothers
Still I will be here for the next one I hope 