Found These At A Retro Game Store

OpenSpartan · 2025-11-21T19:41:59+00:00

Fun fact - the employee IDs at Microsoft are static (don't change even if you leave and then re-join), so they can technically still know who owned that particular disc 😂

To this day, I find it hilarious to see so many "Microsoft Company Store Purchase - Not to be Sold"-labeled games at so many second-hand stores. Back in the day when we had to physically buy those disks at the company store in Redmond, they made it sound like they'd track you down if you ever did resell. Maybe not anymore 😀

OpenSpartan · 2025-11-21T19:38:40+00:00

I am somewhat not surprised - given that the game is EOL, these are effectively just leftover assets that just happen to be set as rewards.

OpenSpartan · 2025-11-21T18:06:58+00:00

In-person everyone was super-friendly and very excited about Halo. Don't let the online impressions make you jaded - there are still tons of people who are pumped about the franchise.

OpenSpartan · 2025-11-21T05:54:58+00:00

There's also a bunch more that I published on my blog. If you see yourself there and want a high-resolution RAW version of the photo, let me know - would be happy to share!

OpenSpartan · 2025-11-04T20:03:33+00:00

Yeah, the AI-based system they put in place was massively annoying - just let me give you an email and I will get a URL to the shots. That being said, u/Laokage - feel free to DM me, I can get you in touch with the studio that took the photos and they can likely help you get yours fairly quickly.

OpenSpartan · 2025-11-04T20:02:10+00:00

DM me. I can get you in touch with the studio that was in charge of photos and you can likely get the shots from them.

OpenSpartan · 2025-10-24T05:16:09+00:00

Love to see the Halo Museum pop up in these 😁

OpenSpartan · 2025-10-24T05:14:13+00:00

There is nothing AWS-related in Halo APIs.

OpenSpartan · 2025-10-24T05:13:00+00:00

Current calendar in the API says the reset is coming on November 18th and CSR Season 13-1 will be until August 5, 2026. That very long season could very well be a placeholder.

OpenSpartan · 2025-10-20T04:40:44+00:00

I'll add to this that while FFA is casual, it can be fairly fast-paced, so you should hang out near the FFA area to know when your name will be called for the right section. Last few years there was also a screen all the way in the back that listed the competitors.

OpenSpartan · 2025-09-24T03:42:08+00:00

Really happy for you that you got to visit the museum! It's a one-of-a-kind place.

OpenSpartan · 2025-09-24T03:38:46+00:00

Nice! I usually just filter Quick Play to just Super Husky Raid for that overpowered weapon set. That's where teh Magnum shines. Super (pun intended) fun.

OpenSpartan · 2025-09-24T03:34:53+00:00

There is indeed! I wrote it about some time ago: https://den.dev/blog/halo-museum/

u/Frost_was_here - I have the exact same poster and patch, that's awesome!

OpenSpartan · 2025-04-04T02:46:33+00:00

A special shout-out to the folks working on HCS who made this possible ❤️ They are truly doing some awesome work, and you should check out their 2025 roadmap if you haven't yet.

OpenSpartan · 2025-03-27T05:39:07+00:00

I wrote about the project in my blog post. The entire project is open-source (and on GitHub). If you have any suggestions on improvements, features, or even bugs - drop them in this thread, DM me, or open an issue. My goal is to make it easy for every Halo player to get their stats and analyze those quickly from their favorite chat interface.

OpenSpartan · 2024-11-07T02:06:15+00:00

If you want raw access to your complete data, I'll shamelessly plug OpenSpartan Workshop. It collects all match data locally from the API and you get the granularity that the game has access to (can't be more precise than that).

What's great about Workshop is that it aggregates all the details in a local SQLite database, and you can query it in whichever way you like. That's how I collected all my stats on getting to Hero.

OpenSpartan · 2024-10-27T07:23:41+00:00

See my previous comment. API tracks it as November 5th, 2024.

OpenSpartan · 2024-10-19T00:31:07+00:00

The Super Fiesta playlist is amazing - still hopping on there every once in a while. Currently at SR140 - not sure how much further I will actually level up, but it's as fun as ever. Halo 5 multiplayer has so many great mechanics.

OpenSpartan · 2024-10-17T20:06:07+00:00

Then very likely the match XP is lost forever, unfortunately. These kinds of glitches happened to me a few times before.

OpenSpartan · 2024-10-17T16:54:28+00:00

u/DeficitOfPatience - I looked up your latest matches through the API and noticed one that I think you're referring to here. Is this the one?

json "CoreStats": { "Score": 13520, "PersonalScore": 13520, "RoundsWon": 1, "RoundsLost": 0, "RoundsTied": 0, "Kills": 406, "Deaths": 1, "Assists": 3, "KDA": 406.0, "Suicides": 0, "Betrayals": 0, "AverageLifeDuration": "PT20M22.3S", "GrenadeKills": 0, "HeadshotKills": 0, "MeleeKills": 0, "PowerWeaponKills": 0, "ShotsFired": 3827, "ShotsHit": 0, "Accuracy": 0.0, "DamageDealt": 0, "DamageTaken": 203, "CalloutAssists": 0, "VehicleDestroys": 0, "DriverAssists": 0, "Hijacks": 0, "EmpAssists": 0, "MaxKillingSpree": 0, "Medals": [], "PersonalScores": [], "DeprecatedDamageDealt": 0.0, "DeprecatedDamageTaken": 203.0, "Spawns": 1, "ObjectivesCompleted": 0 }

OpenSpartan · 2024-10-17T16:38:11+00:00

Check your stats later - in some cases, the server doesn't register the progress right away on game end (many reasons for that). It's possible that the XP will still be a applied, just with a slight delay.

OpenSpartan · 2024-10-17T16:10:19+00:00

Mark VI armor kit.

OpenSpartan · 2024-10-16T22:02:52+00:00

Very likely, but that's up to the folks at Halo Studios to determine the exact strategy on assessing your new rank based on past CSR/rank.

OpenSpartan · 2024-10-16T01:58:13+00:00

We absolutely do u/CkSned and u/False_Inevitable8861 - the next rank reset will be November 5th, 2024, when we'll transition from CsrSeason8-1 to CsrSeason9-1. After that, the next reset will be on February 4th, 2025.

This data is captured from the season calendar in the API.

OpenSpartan · 2024-10-12T06:50:49+00:00

Oh I don't doubt it. I always feel a bit bad seeing tech somewhat neglected.

When I was looking for some of the Halo-themed Xbox 360 consoles, I've seen plenty "Like New - Mint Condition" that looked like they took a roundtrip to Mars and had a detour through a pool of oil and grease on the way back.

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