Halo3.Junk.ws

It's been a while since our last update so we want you, the faithful member, here to know officially what is going on around here.

1) Halo3.Junk.ws' Signature Designer is now free to all members.

In light of us removing all of our stats, we have allowed global access to our signature designer. You might be asking yourself, "How can this work when the stats have been removed from the site?" The answer is we now pull directly from Bungie.net's career stats page, and since we do not house any information, your signatures will update when Bungie.net's does!

2) Halo3.Junk.ws no longer provides player stats, game viewer, or leaderboards.

When this issue was addressed in the last update, we weren't sure if we'd bring them back or not. Since then, we decided not to do so and removed the detailed stats and will no longer be providing detailed statistical information to our members.

3) The Halo 3 Junkies team has been disbanded.

I've been getting a few questions from other people about the team as of late. This was already addressed in the Junkies' news forum. If the team will ever resume activities, you'll see a post here about it first.

4) Halo3.Junk.ws administration team will unfortunately not be participating in Halo community events.

While we are honestly flattered every time we are offered a spot in a multi-community activity; we can not commit to any said date for anything anymore or assist in any type of project, tournament, league, etc. After 3+ years of heavy involvement within the Halo community, we are kind of burned out and are simply getting back to casual online gaming. This is not to say we aren't going to play with you if you send an invite, just simply that we can not commit time out of our ever-changing lives to show up to or coordinate an online event.

5) Halo3.Junk.ws moved to a new server a few weekends ago.

Halo3.Junk.ws is saving some serious cash and also it seems to be more stable. Due to all the downsizing this fits perfectly. Donations are always welcome, however we are happy to say we aren't hurting for them like we used to.

In short, there are some big changes that have occurred within the last month that greatly downsized Junk.ws from what it was back in its hay day. We've re-evaulted our stance and decided that smaller is better.

~ oi1, Indutiomarus, Excardon, xATHENAx, and M0NKEYNUTZ

Website update
02-21-2009

As most of the regulars already know, we (H3J) have been suffering from some financial difficulties these last few months. Our donations and new memberships have dropped off probably due to the wanning popularity of Halo 3. We all knew that someday things would change and sadly that day draws near. I can tell you for a fact that we are not shutting down H3J but we are considering some major changes. We are not prepared to announce anything at this time but we will soon.

My plea for help was answered strongly last month with a ton of donations, and we are very grateful for that, but it's not enough. We are caught up for now but it will only happen again next billing cycle. The problem is real simple, since we collect every game for every member, we have outgrown our ability to manage it efficiently. Our coding Admins (Indutiomarus and Oi1) don't have the time to dedicate to the site to resolve the problems. Our storage space is limited and our servers are not able to keep up anymore. The more new members we add, the slower the site gets.

As a result of this, we have closed new memberships until further notice.

Current members may still add gamertags (that they own) but we will not be accepting new members anymore.  

Something has to give.

We do not want to close the website. Even though many of us are burned out on Halo3, the community that has grown here is still very important to us. Personally, I don't know what I would do without the forums. We all have friendships that were spawned here and continue to grow each day. Our inner core of "regulars" know exactly what I'm talking about. They are the glue that binds this site together and because of them, we want to keep this going.

The point of this thread is to let you guys know that all of  you are very important to the staff here at H3J and we have no plans to dissolve the website. Our community here is stronger than some game stat collection we built the site for in the first place.

Stats are no longer collected

For now, we may be able to get your games and we may not. We have so many little problems that it's very inconsistent and is not predictable at all. If we get your games then consider yourself lucky. For some, we may never get their games. I'm sorry but that's the ugly truth. Other issues such as tweaks, upgrades, new features are not going to happen. It is what it is. We are not able to provide the quality of service that we once did. Sadly, there is nothing that can be done about it. H3J as you know is at a dead end but don't despair, we have a plan to keep the site alive and still be able to provide some kind of service for free. The forums will not be affected.

What's going to happen next?

All I can tell you is that hopefully we can reveal our plan soon. Please don't ask us about it because we will not leak any details until the time is right. We ask for your support and more importantly, your patience.

What if I finally donate? Will that be enough?

Any donation is welcome and will help with the bills but unfortunately, it's like putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound. It's simply not enough and never will be. We have gotten too big. The life of the website is determined by more than just it's income.

On a personal note:

As one of the very first Oi1 created website members, I have seen a lot of changes. I've seen people come and people go. I've dealt with assholes, cheaters, nice guys, random nubs, friends and regulars for a few years now and I wouldn't change a thing. This franchise has given me many new friends and a means to escape the stress of everyday life. I've watched it grow from a pet project that Oi1 created for fun into a monster stat collection site with a heart. The community and friendships born here have been a big part of my life and I am grateful and consider myself very lucky for the opportunity to be here. I hope as an Admin I have fulfilled my duties accordingly and that I'm regarded as an Admin that was stern but fair. I've always held the website first and I always tried to treat others the way I wished to be treated. I wasn't always right and I didn't always have all of the answers but I can promise you that I always tried to do the right thing. I've tried to fill the role of H3J mentor and I've always tried to keep everyone's spirits up through laughter. Again, I don't know what I would do without this website and my friends here. I cherish it all. From the Dark Side Letters, late night poopage sessions with my closest friends, Admin vs. Junkie Christmas matches, answering tech support questions (even though they've been asked dozens of time before), laughing at what you guys can come up with in the forums, wanting to flame someone but holding back because it's not the right thing to do, looking for anything funny to post to keep the heartbeat going and of course the fun we have in the chat rooms. It's all equally important to me and I love it all.

Thank you to my fellow Admins and especially Brandon (oi1) for your gift of these websites. Thank you to my friends for your unconditional friendship and thank you to all of the regulars that have made this a better place.

Long live H3J.

Scott -M0NKEYNUTZ
 

Over the past few years our good friends over at Second Foundation hosted an annual Halo community awards event which allowed gamers to vote for their favorite Halo related topics and for various community contributors.

This year bs angel, as known as Hawty McBloggy, is holding the event on her website. Halo3.Junk.ws is thankful and proud to be nominated in the "Best Resource Website" category.

We wish best of luck to all who were nominated!

The 2008 After Christmas Admin Massacre

This Monday, (December 29th at 7:30PM Pacific), the Halo3 Junkies will face off against the Halo3.Junk Administrators in a friendly contest of skill and wit. The match of Admin vs. Junkies at Christmas is a tradition on our website and is always a fun event filled with joy, laughter and goodwill among friends. 

The rules are simple.

1.- This is a best of  five series with the five Admins each choosing a game-type that will remain a secret until the game starts. 
2.- Since there are only five Admins and ten Junkies, Team Admin has enlisted the help of some mystery ringers... guest. Hopefully they will show because it'll bring some excitement to the match.
3.- Only current Junkie team members, Admins and the secret mystery guest are eligible to participate. 
4.- Teabagging is encouraged.
5.- Have fun!

Team Admin:
1- oi1- The Boss man who can drive the "truck" like none-other.
2- Indutiomarus- Team Admins's token smack talker (even though it's probably in Latin).
3- Excardon- Pretty much the only real threat to the Junkies.
4- xATHENAx- "Hell hath no fury like a womans scorn" 
5- M0NKEYNUTZ- Proving once again that old people really shouldn't play Halo3.

The Halo3 Junkies:
1- DoubleCross2- Will get double bagged before the night is over.
2-AdvancedZero- At some point during the match will hear at least 3 short jokes.
3- SweptbackFlame- Still watching the Canadians play during the match.
4- xNsane- Is still idling in chat
5- AngryWheatThins-  Obviously hates breakfast foods
6- CX3 Grunty- Shall Grunt where no man has Grunted before
7-Annihil8rMethod- Will have to learn a new method
8- AbsoluteLoki89- Hopefully he won't puke like he did at the LAN
9- TheCrtAttendent- Too busy gathering shopping carts to play
10- I snip3d l- Has an issue with the letter E for some reason



Team Admin cheated it's way to.....pulled off the victory last year and hopefully will rally to the cause once again.

Seriously, we Admins know that there's not even the slightest chance of a victory in a fair fight so steps have been taken to "level the playing field". Once again, this match is just for fun with the main goal being laughter and a good time. If we tried to play fair and square then the match would be over very quickly ending in a slaughter of the Admins. By playing bizarre gametypes, we hope to make it worth the Junkies time to try and overcome the odds. Nobody really cares about the outcome of the match but rather how much fun we have during it. It's all about laughing and having a good time.

Here's a quote from last year's write up:

"The Admins of this site enjoy playing Halo3 as much as anybody but to have a friendly match like this is something that we really look forward to each year. It's a chance to do some wacky games that always draw huge amounts of laughter form both sides. It's also a chance for the Junkies to adapt quickly to games that they ordinarily don't ever see. The results of this match do not count toward the official Junkies record since it's just for fun."

You can read about last year's match by clicking this link--->The Bloodbath after Christmas, 2007.

And this one---> The Official post game write up.

On behalf of Team Admin, we'd like to thank the Junkies for once again being good sports and spending some Halo time with the Admins of this wonderful website.

A full, detailed write up will be posted after the match.

We just wanted to briefly take a moment out of our own celebrating to wish all of you a merry Christmas and happy halodays!

 -- The H3J Admins

We have reopened registrations.

You may now register new accounts and gamertags in accordance with our Terms of Service.

There are still a few minor issues to deal with, and the cache has to be rebuilt to account for some 20,000 games that are missing from it, but we should be in pretty good shape now. The Spiders are running again and we've caught up with most of the back-log of games.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and we thank you for your patience.

We have completed the maintenance on the site, and we've recovered from the onslaught of traffic caused by the Bungie.net frontpaging of our site.  You may now register new accounts and gamertags (and we welcome all of you who are finding us via Bungie.net to create accounts and check out our features).

Statistics will begin updating right now.  It may take a few days to catch up, so we appreciate your patience.

On Wednesday Nov. 5, Halo3.Junk.ws was given the opportunity to be a part of Bungie's Community Spotlight! We are very thankful to the Bungie team for highlighting us and we welcome all the new visitors that we will be getting for the next two weeks because of this.

Along with allowing us to tell tons of people about our services, we also are featured for the next two weeks on Bungie's Favorites. The first week of Bungie Favorites entries were taken from the contest we had way back in April 2008 and the second week will consist of downloadable content from our community team, the Halo 3 Junkies.

Finally, we do want all the new vistors to know that registration is closed for a few days but will be back. This is due to an unfortunate power outage we had at the building that runs our servers. Once registration is open, be quick about signing up because only 100 slots become available for sign up per day.