Hello friend, come on out of that shipping container. I apologize for the uncomfortable means by which you had to travel here, but the trip will be well worth it. That’s right, welcome back to Cargo Port. Many of you will feel right at home, but be wary; a few changes have been made to this particular mid-city installation. We’ve upgraded our facility based on your feedback over the last few months.

That’s right, I wasn’t happy with a few aspects of the map either. Now that the original has over 3,000 downloads, I thought it would be a perfect time to fix some of the map’s issues, from the glaring to the subtle. Conveniently, and almost by accident, this map’s release will also celebrate my 1,000th post on Forge Hub. It may be worth noting that my fellow avian associate: MattKestrel was entirely absent from the creation of this updated version. All the same, the map wouldn’t be quite where it is today without him.

Let’s look at some of the issues that have been addressed. Hopefully nothing about the map has bothered any of you too much, but if something has, rest assured. Every reasonable issue that has been brought to my attention has been addressed.

Of course, these aren’t the only things I’ve fixed, they’re just the biggest. I’ve also reduced object count and made minor aesthetic changes in some areas. Minor adjustments have been made to spawns outside of Invasion and CTF, this includes fixing an issue that was almost completely preventing players from spawning at the top of the map. The concussion rifle has been nerfed significantly, and a few other minor adjustments have been made.

Before the screenshots, I'd like to give a shout out to everone who's helped test the map. The new version was tested by Flying Shoe ILR, Berb, Equin0x, Soul Slasher, Nutduster, BurningInWater, Overdoziz, CyborgAnthro, Xun, ChronoTempest, neverendinghalo, Combs53090, and several others. I'd also like to rethank everyone who helped with the original version:

I would first like to thank everyone who participated in the forging of Cargo Port.
MattKestrel: Without him, this map would still be half-finished, collecting dust on my hard drive. He did a big chunk of the forging on here. He also was great to coordinate with in the creation of the map. He was the perfect guy to forge with, and I look forward to continuing to do so.
Stevo: Lil' Stevie was always arround, helping me with Cargo Port's spawn system, as well as with balance of Invasion. He's a great guy to ask if you need help with your forging.
Grif Otage: Grif briefly hopped into Invasion forge with me back before I had a clue what I was doing. He helped making sure all of my gametype labels were correct.
Inferno: Like always, he was very supportive of my forging, and great to bounce ideas off of. Oh yeah, he's pretty much the coolest second-cousin ever.
Secret Schnitzel: He was one of the first to hop into forge with Matt and I, one of the first to tell us we were taking the map in the right direction.
Anthraxe187 and xJxLONGSHOTxHx also went into forge here when we were setting up Bro Slayer and Invasion Skirmish.
Bungie: They designed the campaign space Cargo Port is modeled after. Of course they also created Forge and Halo in the first place.
Now, those who helped with the video. My plan was to make the video myself, but my computer can't really run the software well enough.
Crypto nv: He made the awesome video, what more can I say?
Grif Otage: He offered to make the video. I turned him down because I planned to make it myself. I was later too embarrassed to ask him to do it, as I had already told him not too. Grif also gave me the idea for the opening for the video.
Stevo: Again?! Yeah, he captured all the clips for me so they could be used in the video.
Here's to all the testers. You were all very helpful, and it is because of you that the map turned out so awesome. I know I won't be able to name all of them, but I'll try.
First, there's "The Peeps", the group of friends that have played this map almost everyday for the last few weeks.
I would define "The Peeps" as MattKestrel, Hi Im Erupt, Kittenpaste co, AnthraXe187, Longshot619, and Ticky12.
Other testers included Stevo, Gnappy, Grif Otage, Organite, Cart0graph, DunkInMyCookies, Concentric Three, Crypto nv, cory21, De starfighter, Ociee, Rusty Eagle, Hydro, Titmar, Inferno, BurningThunder, Tyco Terminator, Adelyss, Security77, IMyEndI, Rorak Kuroda, IG11, Dinosaur Drugs, PacMonster1, Black Theorum, Nibs, iTz CHEEZ3, Confused Flamingo, and many, many more.

Now that we've got all that out of the way, let's look at some screenshots. the first set of shots shows the map in it's standard setup, while the second set was taken in a game of invasion. Don't worry, both setups are on the same map variant!

Thanks for reading! If you want to know more about Cargo Port, some of these links may be worth checking out.

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