After recent announcements of the upcoming 2008 Pro Circuit changing its normal ways of beginning competition, more light has been shed on the future of Halo 3 in the form of official MLG gametypes.

As the successor of Halo 2, Halo 3 obviously has quite a reputation to hold onto as the number one competitive game in the country. With over 200+ teams at each event competition, Halo 2 competition had some of the best matches over time and has held some of the largest LAN tournaments in the country.

The official MLG gametypes below are as listed on the Major League Gaming website and are the rules that will be used for the Halo 3 2008 Pro Circuit:

MLG Maps
MLG Guardian v3
MLG Iso v3 (Isolation)
MLG Cstruct v3 (Construct)
MLG The Pit v3
MLG Narrows v3

MLG Gametypes
MLG TS v3
MLG King v3
MLG Ball v3
MLG CTF Pit v3
MLG CTF Nar v3
GB CTF Nar v3
GB CTF Pit v3

Game types are played on the following maps:

MLG TS v3 is played on:
MLG Guardian v3
MLG Iso v3 (Isolation)
MLG Cstruct v3 (Construct)
MLG The Pit v3
MLG Narrows v3

MLG CTF v3/GB CTF v3 is played on:
MLG The Pit v3
MLG Narrows v3

King of the Hill is played on:
MLG Guardian v3
MLG Iso v3 (Isolation)
MLG Cstruct v3 (Construct)
MLG The Pit v3

Oddball is played on:
MLG Guardian v3


What follows is a detailed description of how to download the new maps and the changes we made moving from version 2 to version 3:

How to Download

To download Halo 3 files you do NOT need to be friends with the person who made them. All you need to do is go to Bungie.net, sign in (the same email under which your Halo 3 gamertag is registered) and download from that person's file share. The next time you sign into Halo 3, the game will automatically download them.

All MLG Halo 3 game types from now on will be under the gamertag “MLG Gametypes”. To download the version 3 game types go to MLG Gametypes’ Fileshare and click on the “Download to Halo 3” links for each of the maps and game types. Each time you click on a “Download to Halo 3” link, Bungie.net will tell you that the download has been queued. The next time you sign into Halo 3, you will download the files.

PLEASE NOTE: Bungie.net/Halo 3 limit your download queue to eight (8) at a time. Therefore, when you are downloading the MLG Game Types, Maps and Settings, you will need to queue up the first 8, then turn on Halo 3, let them download automatically (which clears your queue), and then go back to bungie.net and put the remainder of the files in queue.

Version 3 Changes

Notice that there are MLG and GB (GameBattles) CTF gametypes. Since GB matches are played online, and there are no referees, there cannot be an indefinite overtime. Instead, there is a 30 second overtime period. While this is not ideal, it’s the optimum solution.

All Maps
Sniper spawns 2.5 minutes
Plasma pistol spawns every 90 seconds

Construct
Rockets added to top middle (Default Sniper Spawn)
Sniper added to platform below default Sword spawn
Battle Rifle replaced Carbine near new Sniper spawn
Plasma Pistol added near default Sword spawn
2 Plasma grenades moved from default Sword room to Top Gold Lift
2 Frag grenades removed from Top Gold Lift

Guardian
Plasma grenades moved from Snipe1 to Snipe3
Carbine standing against ledge on top tree stump instead of laying down
Extra ball spawns were erased due to never having multiple oddballs

The Pit
Camo removed from map
Maulers moved into default shotgun spawns
Plasma Pistol added in default Sword spawn room
Initial spawns moved to Platform of each base

Isolation
Teleport added below each base that takes you to default Bruteshot spawn

Narrows
Maulers removed from default Power-up spawns
Mauler added to Top Middle (default Rocket spawn)
Initial spawns moved closer to top middle

KoTH Locations

Construct
1. New Sniper Spawn
2. Open Side Street (between purple and gold)
3. New Sniper Spawn
4. Closed Side Street (between purple and gold)

The Pit
1. Middle under Sword Bridge
2. Left base (Facing rockets from Sword room)
3. Middle under Sword Bridge
4. Right base

Isolation
1. Top Center
2. Sniper Bridge
3. Bottom center (in between bases)

Guardian
1. Top Center
2. Top Yellow Lift
3. Top Center
4. Elbow

The dimensions of the bottom center hills on The Pit and Isolation were modified so that the hill walls appear as spikes of varying sizes. This makes seeing into and out of these hills much easier.

Stay tuned to GotFrag DPAD as we cover all of the MLG 2008 Pro Circuit and bring you more news as it is announced!


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