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The full article is over at Gamespot:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6249160.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1

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New info about some of the weapons in Halo Reach:

Assault Rifle:



Designated Marksman Rifle:



Needle Rifle:



Read the whole article HERE!

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http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/images.aspx?c=59


Some screenshots are already posted, but some are new here. Check it out.

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Since there are like a billion threads about "the new banner", which is most interesting noting I haven't officially said I wanted to replace it, I think having an official contest and consolidating them would be best. In order to keep this fair, the replacement will be chosen by a vote using a PollDaddy poll. Contest wise, this is one of those revolutionary contests where you win pride, and not a material good. Mostly because most of you use AdBlock and never click on the ads.
Rules:

• Submission must be in this thread by the end of the month, Central Standard Time. In other words, at 11:59:59PM next Sunday.
• The background must fade to transparent in the corners, or you must also submit a gradient to replace the background. It would look terrible if the color were a dark green on top of the black.
• Please only submit the imagery on this thread. I'm going to open up discussion over here: http://www.haloreachforum.net/index.php?topic=243.0. This means no posts here unless it contains your submission. Also, post any rules questions over there.
• 5 entries per person. Kinda not too harsh, methinks.
• There is no guarantee how long we'll use this. It will be at least for a significant amount of time, but having a periodic banner redesign sometimes keeps the site from feeling stale

Useful Data:
The current banner is 430x200. This is the biggest height you can have. Please don't make it absurdly wide, 500 is probably about top.
The background banner is here: http://www.haloreachforum.net/Themes/Ve1x/images/img/header.jpg . That's the color that will need to compliment the image. If you want to change the bg image, try to keep it within the general theme of the site. No bright red with purple polka dots, please. It may be useful to lay that image on the background layer of Photoshop for reference. If you want, keep it there when you upload it, but be sure to save the .psd in case you win. You'll have to remove it.

Best of luck.
Good gracious, I write too much.

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In order to give the senior members some form of recognition, and in part to help maintain relationships between the administrative staff and the non moderators, HRF is going to "beta-test" a representative system.
Firstly, to clear up a few things. From here on out, "administrative staff" will mean the "Global Moderators" and "Administrators". For now, that's the new two new moderators, Dano, and myself. The Representatives will not have access to the moderation panel, meaning they cannot delete posts or ban members. That will still be for the administrative staff.
I've been perusing some of the forums, and have seen a general negative vibe regarding Halo3Forums, where most of you came from. From best I can tell, it's due to a bit of a divide between the administration and the other members. I'm sure it's not the only problem, as a community gets a bit more testy with each other as size grows and age of the board increases. The implementation of the Representative position is designed to combat this. If you believe a moderator is singling you out, and the rest of the staff is just doing the same thing, the representatives are your discourse. They will be able to contact Dano and myself, and we will work with them in to solve the problem. The representative will be able to also determine if the accusations are worth the process. For example, if you, in the "regular member" membergroup thinks that a moderator is abusing their privilege, then that is worth elevating. On the other hand, if you think that a moderator is being mean by not giving you free cotton candy, the representative will tell you to, politely, re-evaluate the situation.
The representatives will be chosen at random intervals, with random criteria. If you think that someone is deserving of being one, PM one of the staff and we will look into it. Generally speaking, it will be the member who has the best chance, we feel, to solidify, build, and best speak for the community at large.  These are likely the most senior members who have contributed quality content. This means that just because you have eleventy-billion posts, you are not necessarily a good candidate.
Again, this is not to say that the staff doesn't value everyone's thoughts, even the one posters and lurkers, because we do. (At least, I do.) This is hopefully to give those who feel like they don't have a voice another outlet.
If this doesn't work out, we'll find another option. This is kind of a new thing that I didn't really float by anyone, so if anyone has suggestions or comments regarding this, please leave a message at the beep. BEEEP.