Authors:
ell3ment, Gunnergrunt

Map Name:
Ocean Arena

Map Canvas:
Longshore

Map Size:
Medium

Player Count:
2-8

Supported Gametypes:
King of the Hill, Oddball, Team Slayer, Water Polo

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Description:

Ocean Arena
Created by Ell3ment and Gunnergrunt

Supported Gametypes:
Water Polo

Recommended Players: 2-8

Download Ocean Arena

Download Water Polo <--Recommended gametype

Download Water Ball <--\
Download Water King <---l-Optional gamtypes
Download Water Slayer <--/

20000+ downloads so far.

This is the first community supplied variant of Grifball EVER to be featured on the front page of Grifball.com, which is usually reserved for official Grifball League news.

Bungie Blogged! - A link to the bungie blog on Water Polo

Featured on Monitorbuilt.com

Map Description

This is the newest creation from the great forging duo that is Ell3ment and Gunnergrunt. The same people who brought you great maps like Rock Solid, Blast Off!!, and Gold Rush are now intruducing you to a whole new level of awesome.

Ocean arena was created to house the new Halo 3 sport Water Polo. Water Polo seems similar to grifball in a sense but in no way plays the same considering it is made completely out in the water with literally no floor beneath your feet(you float). The whole idea behind Water Polo is based on the use of longshores water physics blended with some forged assistance to accomidate the use of it. The only downside to floating is that you can and will sink after about ten seconds unless you get hit by an opponent or by one of your teammates(firendly fire is off) which will make you float an additional five or so senconds. Another little tactic you can use is sinking yourself under the surface for a "submarine" attack or bomb plant, just hold crouch and you will sink below the surface, be careful though since if you sink to low you will die.
Water Polo consists of five rounds in which your team has three minutes to score or be scored on.
Also included in this post we included three other team game variants such as Oddball, SLayer, and KOTH. Water Polo plays the best and is recommended but feel free to download these other fun variants to spice up the night.

Well, there's not much more to say, on to the pictures.

Overview

Other side OVerview

Picture from blue corner

The crane with the ball spawning on the bottom

Now i can show you how the spawns work.

At the start of each round you spawn in a teleporter box, one for each team

Then through each team specific teleporters on each spawn side

Putting your team out on each side like so

This all has to be done to compinsate for death that can occur at the start of each round since it takes a split second for the grav lifts to spawn. The grav lifts are also in place to conpensate for another respawn flaw which would cause you to sink if you were holding forward.

But anyway lets just get down to some action shots!!

This is how you plant

Epic sword battling

Remember to keep your guard up

Strong left hook

Underwater Scuffle

Round start ball scuffle

Sole survivor(did we mention dead bodies float?)

Back flip grab

Till we meet again, my love.

Thanks to all our testers for there help and feedback.

Download Ocean Arena

Download Water Polo <-- Recommended gametype

Download Water Ball <--\
Download Water King <---l-- Optional gametypes
Download Water Slayer <--/