It appears it is that time again, your time, once again to get your grubby little hands all over the content that appears on the front page. This, my friends, is Forge Hub Favorites. An epic battle of community nominated content, many fall and few survive to enter the round of community voting... Until there can only be one three victors left standing...
Those magnificent three are:
Data Hive by Crypocalypse
Data Hive is Crypto nv's current masterpiece. Inspired by the campaign mission Data Hive on Halo 3: ODST (how appropriate), Crypto has ensured this creative Invasion map has been set up to perfection. He's taken the most memorable parts of the campaign mission and recreated them so your trip down memory lane is as eye-watering as a soppy love film.
You can download the Invasion custom gametype here.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=15248325&player=Crypocalypse
http://www.forgehub.com/forum/reach-competitive-maps/122621-invasion-data-hive.html
Bloom by Bleuprint
The famous MLG map author known as Bleuprint has once again graced the front page with another spectacular map, Bloom. Bleu built Bloom with a standard MLG-style map layout with the sides being raised, the centre are being an essential pit with a single bridge connecting the two sides. It's very reminiscent of MLG Onslaught, however, Bloom also has some very crazy technical jumps and a lot more aesthetic appeal than the Foundry variant back in the days on Halo 3.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=15151597&player=Bleuprint
http://www.forgehub.com/forum/reach-competitive-maps/122023-bloom.html
Frontier by BurningThunder and Psychoduck
And finally, the last of the winners, Frontier.
Frontier is a big team battle map located on Alaska. Using the natural landscape well, BurningThunder and Psychoduck managed to create a whole new scenic area within Forgeworld where the whole Blood Gulch-esque style map managed to create some pretty heavy gameplay. The map itself is asymmetrical because of the landscape, but the pieces placed are fairly symmetrical. This is definately one to check out when your rocking the big parties for TGIF!
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=15072753&player=BurningThunder4
http://www.forgehub.com/forum/reach-competitive-maps/122087-frontier.html
I give my condolences to the losers....
So there we have it, our three glorious champions announced to the world in the all famous Forge Hub Favorites article. To all of those who tried and failed, better luck next time... and to just add salt to your open wounds, lets all go download and play the three new champions maps! If you missed the download links, don't worry because we already got them stickied in the map databases for you ;)
Forge Hub Favourites XI:
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Nominations begin on April 2nd and end on April 8th.
Voting will open on April 9th and close on April 15th.
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