News and Updates for the year 2005

    Welcome to the Winged Warriors news archive. Our website was released on August 21st of 2005, this page contains every update from that time to April of 2006.

December 21st, 2006 - Munitions Depot Now Open!

    If you missed the Riot Podcast this Sunday then you probably have no idea about the new content we've already released here on our online Halo 2 headquarters. The Munitions Depot, a new page dedicated to Winged Warriors media, was released to the public on Sunday. The ammunition includes three new official Winged Warriors wallpapers, two new articles (bring the total of helpful Halo articles to four), along with never before released warthog racing video and four game videos from the Winged Warriors & PraetoriaGuard clanmatch. To access the depot and all these new munitions simply click on the corresponding link on the right hand side of the page titled Munitions Depot. Check back soon for more updates.

December 15th, 2006 - Winged Warriors versus PMS Charlie Results

    The results for Clanmatch 16 are finally in. Night Rider details the results from this latest clanmatch for the Winged Warriors. It was a mix of different games and had some interesting sub-stories, all in all it is a great read. Do you want to know who won without reading the intricate and oh so interesting results? Sorry, no spoilers, not even on the PMS Charlie clanmatch. It is required that you go right now and read it in it's entirety.

December 9th, 2006 - Casual night with the Halo 2 Junkies

1. 1. Team Slayer BR
   on Zanzibar
2. 2. Roadkill
   on Coagulation
3. 3. 1 Flag CTF
   Headlong
4. 4. Winged Versus Bobs
   on Lockout
5. 5. Ninja CTF
   on Zanzibar
6. 6. Capture My Armadillo
   on Coagulation

    Last Thursday night the Winged Warriors shared the battlefield with the Halo 2 Junkies. For those of you who may not be familiar with them, they are a clan that has grown from the community surrounding halo2.junk.ws; an incredible Halo 2 statistics tracking website which recently celebrated it's second birthday.

    We were originally planning to play our normal competitive five game series but we decided to meet on a more recreational basis and put the competitve match on hold. It was an action-packed night of gaming in both familiar favorties like Capture the Flag and Team Slayer as well as extraordinary new gametypes like the Winged versus Bobs and Capture My Armadillo (a.k.a. CMA). We even had the pleasure of entertaining Halo community members like TPA Phatdad from the Panic Attacks, Bitter Irony from Second Foundation and even Lord Gideon from our sister clan PraetoriaGuard. These guys all stopped by to say hi and got more than what they bargined for with the Winged Warriors and the Junkies. Both groups had an incredibly enjoyable experience with an awesome set of players. Check out the stats on the left to see how well, or how poor your favorite player performed in each game. Also don't forget to check back soon for the PMS and Panic Attacks clanmatch results!

December 5th, 2006 - The Panic Attacks PMS

    Our "double kill" clanmatch Thursday didn't happen last week as planned. The Panic Attacks were forced to reschedule due to player availability, the good news is that we're playing them tonight. Team Phoenix will face off in a recreational style clanmatch against the TPA team at 10:00pm cetral time.

Our PMS clanmatch results are on the way and they will be on this site before the end of this week. You have no idea how hard it is to keep quite about these results until we can release them on the website. It'll be a good read well worth the wait, we promise.

November 29th, 2006 - The Beatdown Part 4

    Here at the Winged Warrior's website we have this ongoing tradition called "the Beatdown". Beatdowns are simply famously large updates where we pack in as much juicy information as we can manage without violating your comfort zone. This week's Beatdown includes some very important tryout news and a ton of Clanmatch details including both rumors and full blown facts. So sit tight for a second and make sure you don't miss a thing.

    The Winged Warriors are changing the way they run tryouts. After an overwhelming experience during our last tryouts we are introducing a system that will allow us to have tryouts more often. Players who are interested in trying out need to download this Word Document, fill it out and send it in to tryouts@wingrunner.net. This adds a step to the tryout process but it will allow us screen the players who want to join. It will ensure that the high quality players out there will recieve a chance even among the crowd and it will free us up to hold individual tryouts if we want to.

    Team Pegasus matched up last night against Rampant Fury in their second Podtacular Season Tournament playoff match. Going into the game one of their members had just a few games of practice but the team was upbeat. They lost all three games including capture the flag on Warlock where they held a two - zero lead only five minutes into the game. It was a disappointing loss against a good team but they have come away from the match a much more experienced team. They, as Winged Warriors always do, are applying what they learned to strengthen their teamwork and strategy. Good job to both Team Pegasus and Team Phoenix on their tournament performance.

    This Thursday marks two historical events in the clan. For the first time the Winged Warriors are scheduled to compete in two clanmatches at once. That's right, not only are we playing against PMS Charlie but we are also fielding a battle squad to meet another reputable clan called The Panic Attacks. Team Pegasus will attempt to hold their own against a squad of all girl gamers and Team Phoenix will try to lock down The Panic Attacks in our first rematch against any clan. Our first true clanmatch double kill and our first clanmatch rematch. Stay tuned for those results after Thursday.

   We also have a clanmatch against the H2 Junkies from the amazing stats tracking Halo.junk.ws website. This match is scheduled for Thursday night on December 7th, more details on this match are on the way. There is a possible clanmatch against a clan called SBG Omega that is looking to land late December or early January.

    That's it for now, we still have news left to announce but our concern for your comfort zone will hold back the battles page updates until at least tomorrow. Thanks for visiting and check back soon.

November 26th, 2006 - (Updated 11.28.06) Clanmatch 16 Scheduled With PMS Charlie

    The Winged Warriors have a clanmatch against the well known and respected Charlie Division of the all female gaming clan called PMS. The clanmatch will start this Thursday November 30th, 2006 at 10:00pm Central Time and the Winged Warriors will face off against four of Pandora's Mighty Soilders in a five game series of "hardcore" (Halo's word for games that start players with the more accurate battle rifle) gametypes. We have obtained the details and gametypes we will be playing during this match and have posted them on the battles page.

November 22th, 2006 - Pegasus Wins First Podtacular Playoff Match

    Pegasus' teamwork shined last night against SBG Alpha in their first playoff match. Team Pegasus pulled together and defeated SBG Alpha from the Lamb Clan in a three and out winning streak. They will continue in the single elimination face off next week against a team called Rampant Fury that has some talent (we don't know much more about them). A quick look at the brackets reveals a possible match against Cavetacular, the team that beat Team Phoenix, provided both teams win their next matches, it also reveals that there are only eight teams remaining and just two matches until the finals. Team Leader Night Rider 7, who is taking a "one game at a time" approach, said "We're just focusing on the basics of teamwork and doing our best to prepare for each match. It helps having teammates who are good at what they do and understand what we're trying to accomplish in each game.". Team Pegasus would like to extend many thanks to Sword of Laban and Team Phoenix for helping us prepare, we learned some of our key elements with these guys. Keep looking here for future updates and keep routing for the Winged Warriors' Mighty War Pony, Team Pegasus.

November 20th, 2006 - Pastemaster For The Win!

    I recently received an e-mail from a player with the gamertag "vote4JR". J.R. is a member of the Podtacular All-Stars and was grouped with the Winged Warriors' Team Phoenix in the first round of the Podtacular Fall 2006 Season Tournament. We mentioned before that Team Phoenix declined a forfeit and played a match that didn't have to be played just to give the other team a chance. The other team was J.R.'s team which is named "Your Team" (it's confusing I know). Pastemaster who is the Leader of Team Phoenix made the call which could have been the difference between first or second place seeding for the first round of the playoffs. Team Phoenix lost their playoff series but Pastemaster's leadership deserves some spotlight. Here's what J.R. had to say about the situation.

    Pastemaster did a very kind and generous thing towards "Your Team". A few of the guys on my team went against "Your Team" orders and decided that they could schedule their own matches without me knowing. To make a long story short they scheduled a match and no one showed up for it, except Team Phoenix. According to Podtacular Fall 2006 Season Rules this would be considered a forfeit, but pastemaster, out of the goodness of his heart, rescheduled a match with us and we got one played. Now I know that I would not have done this. To give a stranger a second chance is a very tough thing to do. Now I do not know how your system works or how you guys, so to speak, "roll", I highly recommend (almost demand) that you give pastemaster a promotion. He is a very, very nice guys who is understanding and caring.

    Congratulations to Team Phoenix to making it to the playoffs. They played very well. They did not trash talk or cus. They were very very nice and great and worthy opponents. Good luck to you and your clan.

- vote4JR

    Pastemaster has been a huge addition to the clan ever since he joined the Winged Warriors in January of 2006. He was one of those players who didn't wait until tryouts, but sent friend requests to us and started to game with us on a regular basis. He is a great team member and a quiet weapon in our arsenal. He rarely shoots below fifty percent accuracy and has helped organize the clan by volunteering for administrative tasks and stepping up to lead and represent our clan. This summer he virtually ran the Winged Warriors on his own while I was absent and he did an amazing job. Paste is one of our most valuable warriors and what J.R. noticed in him is his character. Character that we in the clan have come to expect. To you Pastemaster I want to publically say well done, you're a clanmate any Overlord would want to have fighting on their side.

November 18th, 2006 - Winged Warriors Join the Halo3webring

    It's time to let you all in on our leviathan secret we've been keeping for some time. The Winged Warriors have officially joined the Halo3webring. We made the decision to join in October but because of tryouts we decided to announce it when the CSoC favored it more. You may notice some changes have already been made to our headquarters page, and we will be making more changes soon. The munitions section will have it's own page complete with official Winged Warriors desktop wallpapers, articles and in the future it'll have videos. We now have three new sister clans, rock solid web hosting and huge active forums. The main page for the webring is being designed by Night Rider 7 and will be updated in less than a week when they make the switch from Halo 2 to Halo 3. Be sure to visit our new sister sites and tell them we sent you.

November 13th, 2006 - The Beatdown Part 3

As you know, the Beatdowns are updates that have several news items. This one is HUGE, we're killing our webmaster.

    This week's Beatdown includes some very important announcements from the clan and an unusual amount of Tied The Leader related news. Be sure you read all the way down to the previous news post or risk missing important updates. We could be talking about Brathnok, who missed our Podtacular tournament update and made his mistake public on the WikiRiot podcast, or we could be referring to someone else; we're not saying. Also keep coming back for more news as we continue to keep you updated on all things Winged Warriors including a roster update, new clanmatches, new practice schedules, our gigantic secret and much much more.

    The Winged Warriors will have Thursday November 23rd off for Thanksgiving. In other schedule news we're having Rookie practice on Monday nights until we work out a more permanent solution. The "Rookie" practice isn't just for the rooks, but for all of the Warriors who can attend. We've updated the practice page to reflect both changes and will continue to update it as our schedule will be changing soon.

    Team Pegasus and Team Phoenix will both be advancing in the Podtacular Season tournament. Pegasus finished first in it's group even though they were only able to play one game. One of the teams dropped out and the other team didn't show up. Phoenix finished second in their division after opting to allow one of the teams to play after they had forfeited, when they did play Phoenix had to play a man down. Congratulations to both of our teams for making into the playoffs, if both teams continue winning they are set to face each other in the semi-finals. Have a look at the brackets.

    The Tied The Leader Gunslingers recently celebrated their one year anniversary which they dubbed a Gunniversary after their "one year of simulated violence". In this announcement a manhunt was issued, and the Tied The Leader clan would be rewarding Halo 2 players who meet and beat a TTL team in matchmaking with a new currency called the Gunslinger Buck. Four members of the Winged Warriors earned their reward last Saturday night in a vicious capture the flag game on Zanzibar. Four Winged Warriors fought until the end to secure two flag captures to the Gunslinger gang's one. As a result we received two Gunslinger Bucks, (notice the plural) one for the win and another for the tea-bagging Night Rider endured from his Mid-world friend AmericanNightmr. Xerxdeej, founder, overlord and writer extraordinaire from Tied the Leader has informed us that we were the first ones to cash in for the reward. Congratulations to the Winged Warriors who participated you'll get your fifty cents share as soon as the G-bucks hit the bank.

    Last Thursday night Truth Seeker asked our Overlord Night Rider 7 to participate in an eight on eight challenge against the TTL Gunslingers. The results for this clanmatch have been posted on the battles page. Be sure to check them out for the details on this massive eight on eight clanmatch dubbed here as Clanmatch 15a.

November 11th, 2006 - Upcoming Updates

    Things you should know, all of which are things we will be telling you about right here on this website. Stay tuned.

1. Tied the Leader verses Sword of Laban: An insider's view on our ally's recent battle.
2. A Gargantacular announcement concerning a huginormouslyness big deal - you guessed it, it's a secret.
3. Gunslinger Bucks? - maybee
4. Player Profile Updates
5. Possibly even a roster update with new recruits?! (We're waiting on Fedex to deliver our rookies)
6. Schedule changes - believe it or not the Winged Warriors have Thanksgiving off, every killer has family right?
7. And more that Night Rider can't think of because of his new mutant powers and how they've been affecting his brainwaves.

November 8th, 2006 - New Halo 2 Warriors

    There are currently three confirmed new Winged Warriors and possibly even a forth. Becoming part of this Halo 2 clan isn't something that is taken lightly, and the players who passed tryouts can attest to that. Our decisions were weighed carefully and over a long period of time, and the decisions we made were not easy. Several excellent players put for their best efforts and seven were put through an intense interview. To the new recruits: welcome to the clan, we hope your term as one of us is both long and successful, to everyone else: yes, we'll announce their names shortly when we announce the results.

November 4th, 2006 - Tryout & Tournament Update

    As you know, the Winged Warriors held tryouts last Sunday. We were overwhelmed with the response that we received; with more players trying out than we've ever had in clan history. We had to split into two lobbies just to hold all of the players wanting to try for a chance to become part of the Winged Warriors. After a full night of gaming and slaying with the Winged Warrior hopefuls we narrowed the participants down to seven players who would receive an interview with our top dogs. Some of those players have already had their interview and we're still waiting to meet with the remaining players before we make any decisions. Stay tuned though because our next update might include the names of the newest recruits!

    Now we'll fill you in on the Winged Warriors' two competing squads in the Podtacular Seasonal Tournament; Team Pegasus and Team Phoenix. Team Pegasus swept it's first match against Ubber N00bs Inc. winning 2-0 and taking the overall point lead against all twenty-four competing teams. The points were decided based on our victory and our kill to death ratio for the games. Team Phoenix didn't fair so well, they had to play a man down due to one of their own being M.I.A. but Phoenix still managed to win their objective game: MLG CTF Classic on Midship. Good luck to all teams as the go into the second and third weeks of the first round.

October 29th, 2006 - Tryouts Today!

    The day you all have been waiting for has finally arrived. The Winged Warriors are holding tryouts tonight at 8:00pm Central time. Don't be late and make sure you have one of us on your friends list. Good luck to all participants.

October 23rd, 2006 - The Beatdown Part 2

    Another website overload that took forever to create and upload (okay so we're exaggerating a little).

    Halowiki.net has long been the home of a massive Halo 2 multiplayer knowledge repository and the online headquarters for the Clan of Bobs. Recently Brathnok and Sigafoos from the wiki started the official Podcast of Halowiki.net which they aptly named WikiRiot. This week's episode of WikiRiot features our very own Night Rider 7 as guest host. This weekly Podcast makes it easy and entertaining to keep up on the Halo community and all the happenings at the constantly updated Halowiki.

    The Winged Warriors have entered both of their squads into the Podtacular Fall 2006 Season Tournament. Team Phoenix will play against two teams named "Your Team" and "Team Google" in the first elimination round while Team Pegasus will battle against "Ubber Noobs Inc." and "Unnamed Team". The top two teams in the first round will advance to the quarter-finals and work their way through the semi-finals and lastly to the finals where the two remaining teams will battle for the championship. The winners will be interviewed on the popular Podtacular Podcast and apparently there could be more prizes announced after the start of the tournament.

    On the last Beatdown we mentioned that DonWan2DaATX's player profile was online. However it wasn't posted on the roster page and consequently people were having trouble finding it. Now it is, have a look.

    Most of you know that our website went down again on Friday. You may notice that our previous news post points visitors to check back tomorrow for the next update. Because of the unexpected server crash we were not able to make the update and for that we apologize. Special thanks to John Sabel (a.k.a. Zervon) for hosting our site until we find a more permanent solution. We're back online and don't intend to go anywhere, anytime soon. We won't promise tomorrow (we've already learned that lesson) but more tryout information coming soon.

October 19th, 2006 - Tied the Leader Clanmatch Results

    Ladies and Gentlemen, we are proud to present, for the very first time clanmatch results with each game written from the perspective of a different player. This was for Clanmatch 15 against the Tied the Leader Gunslingers. We have game one from the eyes of Pastemaster, game two written by Simmons 2pt0, bart 008 covering game three, Night Rider 7 bringing the "down-low" for game four, and a very special guest writer American Nightmare who brings game five from the perspective of the TTL Gunslinger team, making this possibly the most interesting clanmatch review we've ever published. Enjoy the read from the battles section and check back tomorrow for our next update.

October 14th, 2006 - Too Much Too Handle (The Beatdown Part 1)

    I'm not sure our webmaster is going to survive the Beatdown he's getting from the number of updates we are posting here in the next few weeks. The number of changes, updates and announcements is gigantic compared to our normal website activity; however, YOU SHOULD NOT PANIC. Now we know that the sound of chaos roaring through your veins as you begin panic can be appealing... but for your own health and safety we have designed a simple yet effective way to combat the confusion called the Beatdown. The Beatdown is a compiled a list of all the latest content designed to help you catch every ounce of Winged Warriors juice. Keep coming back for the newest Halo 2 & clan news straight from the Winged Warriors headquarters.

• Scheduling:
• Practice Update - October 17th's practice rescheduled
• Clanmatch News:
• Clanmatch 10 - The long delayed battle results against the large and popular Halo 2 clan Truth Regret. Be sure to check this one out!
• Clanmatch 14 - Our battle comments from the Winged Warriors recent clan challenge with the Praetoria Gaurd, another amazing read.
• Also, we've recently made the switch from tracking our stats on Bungie.net to using halo2.junk.ws to permanently record and display statistics for our important games. This new system which is cleaner, easier to use and has graphs and charts to help you easily check player stats, will be used in all of our clanmatches from now on.
• Roster Updates:
• DonWan2DaATX - Player profile has finally been added, reader feedback wanted

October 12th, 2006 - Halo 2 Tryout Information Leak

    We know that tryout news is eaten alive by our fans and Winged Warrior hopefuls alike, the spike in online traffic after our first announcement proved that. We all desire to be apart of a solid and longstanding clan is one that almost every gamer shares. So, instead of keeping all of you in the dark, we're giving out important information for those that are interested a little bit at a time. Why? Well (a) we really like suspense and (b) we don't want to give away the surprises we've been working on for over a month now. So we've hit a compromise; we'll give you what you need, but we'll save the best for October 29th at precisely 8:00pm Central Time. Here are ten things to expect:

1. Expect to play several different games.
2. Expect to play with Winged Warriors and other players who are trying out.
3. Expect to be asked for a valid e-mail address.
4. Expect us to use that very same valid e-mail address to notify you of your results.
5. Expect us to place importance on team players (who knew?).
6. Expect objective games, slayer games, and at least one free for all.
7. Expect us to debrief and discuss after each game.
8. Expect the tryouts to last a long time, be prepared.
9. Expect to have a good time.
10. Finally expect us to turn down players in the habit of wearing a monkey suits with their hot pink bikinis.

October 10th, 2006 - Battle Update

    The Tied The Leader Gunslingers are notorious. Their leaders are the unofficial journalist for the Halo 2 community, their members have inspired world-wide epidemics of the highly contagious E.W.R.S. (Excessive Warthog Racing Syndrome), and they have an upcoming clanmatch against the Winged Warriors this Thursday. Check out the updated battles page for more details on this and other Winged Warrior clanmatches.

October 9th, 2006 - A New Alliance

    Following our recent clanmatch with Sword of Laban we have since struck up a trustworthy relationship with many of their loyal players. Because of their willingness to help us practice, their attitude, and the consistant challenge they bring to us we are proud to call them friends; and from now on we will call them allies. Sword of Laban members have not only been amazing scrimmage partners, but great friends that we will gladly share the battlefield with. Check out the alliance page for more information about this formidable clan.

October 7th, 2006 - It's official: Winged Warriors Tryouts

    We all know that many people have been waiting for this so we'll cut right to the chase. We are holding tryouts for the Winged Warriors on October 29th, 2006 at 8:00pm Central Time. These tryouts will be open meaning that anyone can participate reguardless of current clan associations, you do not have to leave your clan just to tryout. The tryout consist of two parts, first is the actual tryout which we use specifically chosen gametypes to guage your skill and second is an interview(s) with our Overlord and other Warriors. We have a helpful Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.) section that covers tryouts (as well as challenging the Winged Warriors and a little clan history), we suggest you take a look if you want more information. If that doesn't answer your question just follow the instructions on the F.A.Q. page and we'll help you out.

October 7th, 2006 - ANNOUNCEMENT: Clan Reorganization

    We do not learn as much during success as we do during struggle. When our flaws and weaknesses are exposed by challenge and when our mistakes become costly, we learn what needs to be changed. It has come to our attention through recent clanmatches against stronger opponents that we need to prepare and practice differently if we are to be the dominant and competitive clan we strive to be. Today we are proud to announce a new clan structure and practice agenda that will encourage more competition, force more player improvement, and help produce newer more advanced strategies.
    This new structure changes the way we will practice and includes the first complete formation of our two competitive squads: Team Pegasus and Team Phoenix. These two Winged Warrior squads are now equipped with a complete roster independant of each other and their own team leader. The remaining warriors who are not included in either team will be placed into a player pool where they will continue to practice as part of the clan. Members in the pool will be playing with Team Pegasus and Team Phoenix in a third, open roster team that will be focused on improvement and stratagy developement. The three teams will rotate during practice, one team will run a hypotheticals and planning session while the other two will scrimmage against eachother. Once the scrimmage is complete, the team holding the H&P session will switch with one of the teams from the scrimmage. This new agenda will give members who have a strong desire to excell an opportunity to become part of a better team and it will give the Winged Warriors two solid competitive teams that will sharpen each other and compete in tournments.

September 21st, 2006 - Clanmatch 09 Results & A New Player Profile

    Finally, we have the highly anticipated release of Clanmatch 09 available on the battles page. This clan match was between the Winged Warriors and Sword of Laban, and after reading about it I'm sure you'll agree that this was a close match. This long delayed clanmatch review accompanies a new friendship that has grown between our two clans. We've spent many nights fighting the "Blade" in some intense scrimmages and we hope to continue what could be a new tradition.
    We also have Simmons 2pt0's player profile on the roster. Simmons has been a member of the Winged Warriors since April and has contributed to the team during practices, clanmatches and has even written a clanmatch review for the website. Be sure to check back soon for the release of Clanmatch 10, 11, & 12 results, two more player profiles and news about our upcoming tryouts.

September 16th, 2006 - Clanmatch Killtacular

    We mentioned in the previous update that we will have the clanmatch results from our battles with Sword of Laban and Truth Regret online soon. What we forgot to say was that our battle against the Dark Legion and our battle against the Clan of Bob's famous Power Ranger squad have not been forgotten. We will post the results for this "clanmatch killtacular" online soon. The Sword of Laban battle results will be online first (later this week) followed by Truth Regret, The Dark Legion and the CoB Power Rangers. Check back soon for these updates and more!

September 4th, 2006 - Double Clanmatch Results

    Results from yesterday's Clanmatch 13 against the Podtacular All-Stars, and the results from a not so recent Clanmatch 08 against WillClan4Food are both available on the battles page. Special thanks to Isnagov for writing the majority of the recap and helping us set a new speed record for posting clanmatch results. We'll continue playing catch-up on our clanmatches and our hope is to have the two remaining matches we had against Sword of Laban and Truth Regret online as soon as possible.
    One last quick note: our practice page has been updated with a new calendar that neatly displays our practice times in an organized fashion.

September 1st, 2006 - Your Questions Answered

    Many of you have been wondering why the website has been inactive recently. So you know we have been experiencing some trouble with our File Transfer Protocol (commonly known as FTP) and as a direct result, we have been unable to update our website. Those same people who have been wondering about the website have been asking about the team and what we've been up to. Don't let the lack of updates fool you, we have been busy as ever. The Winged Warriors have had several clanmatches against respectable clans and have continued in our pursuit of our excellent competitive performance. Below is a list of upcoming clan activities:

• September 3rd: Clanmatch against Podtacular.com
• September 8th & 9th: New York MLG 4v4 Sponsorship Tournament held by HGTourneys
• October 13th -15th: Major League Gaming - New York

    We are trying to participate in MLG New York and are looking for sponsors. MLG New York is a great way to advertise to gamers everywhere. MLG will be featured on USA network this October and thousands of fans already watch Video On Demand, a video streaming service provided by Major League Gaming that gives live and repeat feeds of games played by teams. Whether you are marketing a product or simply getting your company some well deserved exposure this is an excellent way for any company to target a spcific audience with focused advertising. If you are interested in sponsoring the Winged Warriors for this excellent advertising opportunity please contact us at battles@wingrunner.com for more information.

July 4th, 2006 - Battle Updates

    Those of you who follow the Winged Warriors know that our overlord and webmaster Night Rider 7 is away from his Xbox for the majority of the summer. The Winged Warriors however are still active and even in the absence of their founder have played in three different clanmatches against WillClan4Food, TruthRegret and Sword of Laban.

May 7th, 2006 - Winged Warriors May Mega-Update (In chronological order)

• Our New Rookies:

  • Isnagov stats
  • Simmons 2pt0 stats
  • DonWan2DaATX stats
  • Mr R063R5 stats
  • XXmrbenXX stats
  Following our recent tryouts we have accepted five new players in the clan. These rookies have already begun their training and have much to learn. In the near future we will reorganize the clan teams to allow these players to practice in a team setting as much as possible while learning the basics involved in Winged Warriors team play. With the new amount of players we now have the capacity to take more than one team to tournaments which will be a huge training tool that will help us gain valuable experience and take our competitive edge further.
      As of now, the only online player profile belongs to Isnagov who was the first to pass the tryouts and even before the tryouts he was playing with the team on a regular basis. It will take a while to get the remaining profiles finsihed but we'll post an update here as soon as we do. You can view our Bungie.net stats and roster until then (viewing the roster requires a Bungie.net account).
• Ryan, a.k.a. Pastemaster, has been promoted to Team Leader. Ryan has shown his dedication to the Winged Warriors through thick and thin. He is an incredible player and adds an incredible amount of skill and creative thinking to the team; with his incredible accuracy and fast reflexes he is the player to beat when we play free for all. More importantly he is a member that the warriors can always count on, and because of his accountability he has been promoted so that he can begin a leading role in the Winged Warriors. He will initially be training specifically on practices structure and he will soon begin coordinating clanmatches and taking a major role in helping Night Rider 7 with clan administration.
• Clanmatch 06 was played on Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 at 10:00pm central time against The Panic Attacks. The Winged Warriors played a comprehensive five game bout against opponents who were better than expected. We hope to play them again soon. We've got more battles coming up soon (see bullet below) and we plan to prepare for them well. You can read more about our latest series with The Panic Attacks and our other clanmatches in the battles section.
• Clanmatch 07 was scheduled for Thursday, May 4th, at 9:00pm central time against a large and well known clan called 2old2play. The Winged Warriors fielded their competitive squad for this four game series. We didn't know too much about 2old2play except that they're all over 25 years old and they still play Halo... our compliments to them for their dedication. Isnagov and Night Rider 7 have written an excellent review for this clanamatch which you need to read, check out the Clanmatch 07 results. Because we had to cut the challenge a game short, and because of the tight competition 2old2play has promised us a rematch.
• Night Rider 7, our overlord and webmaster, will be taking a leave of absense for the summer. He is on the leadership team at Shepherd's Fold Ranch and will be having a blast. In his absense Pastemaster will assume clan leadership during this time, though he will still report to Night Rider 7 on a regular basis.
• We've added an new aticle to the munnitions section to help you enhance your game. The munnitions section is on the right-hand side of the main page and contains links to helpful articles that are intended to help you become a better Halo player. The newest article is a well written piece titled Anger Management by Overswarm who discusses the problems that occur when you let your frustration and anger effect your gameplay.
• Night Rider 7 and bart 008 participated in the Tour De Halo today. Neither players were able to make it into the finals due to a unintentional barrel rolls, a few flat tires and the intense, nerve racking competition. Night Rider literally handed away his only first place victory because he didn't know how to finish the race correctly and took what was an unneccesary extension of the coarse (he placed third). Both members represented the Winged Warriors well and were able to temporarily curb their Excessive Warthog Racing Syndrome (also known as E.W.R.S.).

April 20th, 2006 - Current State of the Clan (CSoC) & Clanmatch 06

    Before you get excited about the next clanmatch, both Rookies and Veterans alike need to know the new practice schedule.
    The recent Winged Warriors tryouts were a facinating success. The clan will (and already has started to) recieve an injection of fresh blood as a direct result of our efforts to expand the team's training basis. This fresh blood was purposed as preparation for the clan's summer and fall seasons, and will allow the clan to compete on a much broader scale than before. To help our new members become contributing members who can participate competitively we are introducing them to the existing Winged Warriors and are starting their ability and tactics training today. A special thanks to Pastemaster, MASbetty, bart 008 and Schooly D for helping facilitate during the tryouts, it wouldn't have happened without them.
    Clanmatch 06 has been scheduled for this next Tuesday April 25th, at 10:00pm central time. We will be playing The Panic Attacks in a comprehensive five game match. We look at this as an excellent opportunity to compete and if the match is decided early we will allow some of the new rookies to get some valuable and fun experience. Clanmatch 07 will be against 2old2play and could be as early as the 27th but nothing is official as of now. We will bring you more information on the tryouts, followed by a complete roster update, and as always we'll keep you posted on the battles.

April 6th, 2006 - Winged Warriors Verses TTL Gunslingers

    Last night was a night of disappointment, the Winged Warriors had prepared fiercely in what we thought would be a great match against a reputable clan; the Tied The Leader Gunslingers. After an unexpected surprise our four man squad that had been preparing for the match (Night Rider 7, Pastemaster, bart 008 and Tinman 13) was a man down due to uncontrollable circumstances. To make a long story short we had to cancel our first clanmatch because we only had three available players to their thirty. The cancellation of our clanmatch was a heartbreak, anyone who knows the Winged Warriors knows that we thrive on competition. Our regular clanmatches are the biggest part of that. To add insult to our sorrow the Gunslingers decided to write an update on their clan site about our recent cancellation which was titled Failure to Launch. While we hold high respects for all of the Gunslingers we don't appreciate how they have treated the matter. Some have called it a "forfeit", others have said that they were "stood up" by the Winged Warriors, their overlord has written that "...their clan boasted an active membership of 5 gamers - with several others on probation for inactivity" and "...three Winged Warriors had little to offer in the way of healthy competition to thirty Gunslingers". While we understand their disappointment we cannot hide our own. Many things that have been said in the entourage following the cancellation of clanmatch 05 that are not all true and represent us inaccurately.
    We didn't forfeit and we did not stand them up. We asked for a postponement after they turned down our offer to continue as planned in a three on three format. We don't have several members on probation for inactivity, we have two. All of this is besides the point, we were just as upset as they were and this will shortly be forgotten. This is no large matter and one we have decided to drop. We readily support the Gunslingers and would like to take this opportunity to publicly apologize for the inconvenience we have caused for them.

April 4th, 2006 - Winged Warriors Verses PMS Clan

    Unfortunately the all female PMS Clan isn't the opponent for our next multiple game clanmatch. However, the Winged Warriors received the unexpected surprise during last night's practice session when they were matched up against the Charlie Brigade of the infamous PMS clan. You can view the unofficial clanmatch's Bungie.net game stats to see who won.

April 3rd, 2006 - Clanmatch 05 Update

    The games and details for Clanmatch 05 against the Gunslingers have been announced and are available on our battles page.

March 31st, 2006 - Clanmatch Updates

    If you have been watching our battles page then you already know this, but the clanmatch results from last Wednesday's engagement with Team Schooly D have been posted. Clanmatch 05, which will be held on April 5th, will be another comprehensive, five game clanmatch. This time the Winged Warriors will be shooting it out against the famous Tied The Leader Gunslingers. The Gunslingers will be filming all five games in this match, and we plan to release the videos alongside of the clanmatch results as a special treat for all of our fans and faithful.

March 19th, 2006 - Clanmatch 04 Details

    Clanmatch 04 details have been decided. We will be playing in our first strict 4v4 match against Team Schooly D. We have chosen two games and Team Schooly D has chosen two. For the fifth game we chose the gametype and they chose the map. You can view the games and details for Clanmatch 04 on the battles page. After the match we will post an update with the clanmatch results so that you can view them right here on our website.

March 12th, 2006 - New Munitions Article

    We are proudly hosting a new Clan Training article written for us by LegendaryMark. The article is filled with helpful hints that will help you turn your mediocre clan into a powerful and efficient team. This is a must read for anyone looking to push their clan to the next level.

March 9th, 2006 - Clanmatches 04 & 05 Scheduled

    The Winged Warriors are pleased to announce that our next two clanmatches have been scheduled against very respectable adversaries. Clanmatch 04 will have us against the forces of Team Schooly D, who's members include high profile players as Schooly D himself, Louis Wu and Cyberfrk from HBO. This power-house match will be followed by another spectacle of sheer energy we wil call Clanmatch 05. This match is against the TTL Gunslingers from the popular halo website Tied The Leader.com. Clanmatch 04 will take place on March 22nd, and 05 will happen two weeks later on April 5th of 2006. For the full details on the clans, times and clanmatch formats visit the freshly updated battles section.

March 5th, 2006 - Clanmatch 03 Results

    The results from Wednesday's clanmatch against the Clan of Bobs are now online. The results feature individual game stats with a write up for all seven of the games that the Winged Warriors played. It also writes about how we performed against our adversaries and has a lot more information for you to devour.

March 1st, 2006 - New Website

    The Winged Warriors are proud to announce the release of their new website. We have several pages of new content for you to check out. Our new roster page has updated information on all of our members including the four new rookies with profile pages to boot and a never before seen look at our ranking system. The battle pages are home to updates on our latest clanmatches with comprehensive, game by game clanmatch reports; you can also use this page to formally challenge us. Our expanded F.A.Q. is packed with more of your questions answered and indexed. Our new code of honor has the rules and ideals that the Winged Warriors play by. The alliance page has links to some of the best Halo related websites on the net. There is a great deal of other fresh content and new stuff here but there is too much to list. We will be adding content frequently with updates and news both in and about your favorite clan. Also anytime you reach the bottom of a page, (especially long ones) instead of rolling your scroll wheel until it smokes from the friction, you can simply click on the wings to fly back to the top.
    Our new website was created and coded by our overlord & webmaster Night Rider 7. He is a freelance web designer and designs, codes and creates custom websites for any one (or any clan) wanting to hire him. If you would like details and prices for your very own website contact Night Rider 7 at Pieter@wingrunner.com.

February 27th, 2006 - Clanmatch 03 Scheduled

    We have scheduled a clanmatch against the Clan of Bobs for Wednesday March 1st. We will be playing 6 games (7 if we tie) with a good bye gunslinger game afterwards with mixed teams. As always we will post the results here for you to drool over and re-read several times. Check the battles page for more details concerning this clanmatch.

February 25th, 2006 - Clanmatch 02 Results

    The results from Wednesday's clan match against Big Al Snow Plow are in. To our disappointment we were only able to play eight games when we had originally planned to play ten. Whether we played ten games or not the Winged Warriors played well, and had a good time. Check out the clanmatch results for a detailed summary of our second clanmatch.

February 21st, 2006 - Clanmatch 02 Scheduled

    There will be a comprehensive clan match against the clan Big Al Snow Plow. We're not really sure where the name came from but we will post an update after the match. Visit the battles page for all of the details.

February 6th, 2006 - Rookies & Tryout Report

    The Winged Warriors thank everyone who participated in January's tryout. As a direct result, we now have four new warriors. In order to recognize the players who have passed the test, we want to welcome them with a proper introduction. Our newest rookies are: Rolo16, Pastemaster, bart 008 and MASbetty. The team positions for these new players will be announced in the future after we reorganize the teams to accommodate the rookies. Now that we have more players to work with we will begin to enter more competitions and initiate more clan challenges. If you're in a clan and would like to test yourselves against the strength of the Winged Warriors, just check out our battles page which has information on how to initiate a challenge.

January 20th, 2006 - New Tryout Dates:

    The new tryout date is Sunday January 29th at 9:00pm central time. If you are interested in trying out please read the rules and the Code of Honor so you have an idea of what is expected of our members. This tryout is for serious players and it is our last open tryout of the quarter. If you are interested contact Night Rider in advance.

January 13th, 2006 - Clan Tryouts:

    The Winged Warriors will be holding an open tryout on Sunday January 15th at 9:00pm central time. The tryout will be held on Xbox Live and will last about 1-2 hours depending on the number of people who show up. If you are interested in the tryout or you want more information about what the tryouts typically consist of please view the F.A.Q. section, or for more information about the tryouts e-mail Night Rider 7.

December 25th 2005 - Important News:

    Clan members: Do not miss tomorrow night's mandatory meeting at 9:00pm central time! We will be reorganizing the clan and this meeting is an important part of what we will be doing. During that update we will be making some announcements crucial to the clans future. DO NOT MISS THIS MEETING!
  An update on our last post, The Praetoria Guard will not be included in our live combat simulation rooster because of secret issues with their stratagies, however, this does not mean that they will not be included in future clan matches. On the same note, any clan interested in being a part of an excellent training opportunity should contact us about playing with the Winged Warriors in our live combat simulation sessions.
  The Winged Warriors will be holding tryouts soon, we will release the date here on our website within two weeks.

December 21st 2005 - L.C.S. Tryout and Clan update:

    After two disappointing weeks of the Praetoria Guard not showing up for Live Combat Simulations as promised the Winged Warriors have moved on. We might still play them in the future but that is their decision as we will gladly play with them when they get their stuff together. Last Wednesday the 14th of December we practiced with a clan by the name of the JUGGERNAUTS, it was a good practice and we even extended it to three or four games instead of just two. We will continue to play with the JUGGERNAUTS and a few other clans every Wednesday at 8:00pm central time.
  The Winged Warriors will be holding tryouts again soon, if you would like to receive a notice concerning the upcoming tryout schedule and agenda please e-mail Pieter@wingrunner.com with your request.
  Clan members please note that there will be a mandatory meeting before the end of the year, check your e-mail for details.

November 21st 2005 - New practices of the Winged Warriors:

    The Winged Warriors will be introducing a new style of training for their practices. This new style, called Live Combat Simulations (or L.C.S.), will be officially implemented on Wednesday November 30th with our friends in the Praetoria Guard. Check the new practice schedule for the starting time.

November 14th 2005 - Player News:

    The Winged Warriors would like to thank every one who expressed support and interest in the clan by showing up for tryouts, they were a success. We would also like to welcome the newest additions to the clan: I SICARIUS I and Bongo Boys. They have passed both stages of the tryout and will begin active roles in clan activities immediately. We also need to annoucne that Kaleo1127 had to change his gamertag to Killacoop (don't get confused, it's still the same David we know and love), and that Wingrunner and ZakJake144 will be taken off the rooster. Wingrunner, which was Night Rider's secondary account, and Danny's gamertag ZakJake144 have both expired. We will update the online rooster on November the 21st, taking off the old gamertags, switching expired ones and of course adding the newest ones.
  We still have two more players that have not had an interview for the clan yet, we will post an update on that as soon as we know the results. We have modified our practice schedule once again. This time all we are changing is the day. We will practice on Mondays at 9:00pm central time with an optional practice on Tuesdays. For more details on that simply check out the practice schedule.

November 11th, 2005 - Tryout update:

    Preparations for the tryouts are almost completed. We have the schedule and agenda already in place and are now running through a few hypotheticals and supplementary planning. Players planning on trying out will need to have a valid e-mail address ready so we can notify them of their results. I cannot tell you how much time and extra work we've put into getting this ready for you guys and hope to see a strong turnout of players on Sunday the 13th at 9:00pm central. Best wishes and good luck to all who will be trying out.

November 7th 2005 - Tryouts and new practice schedule:

    The Winged Warriors will be holding tryouts for membership on Sunday the 13th at 9:00pm central time. This is the first time we will hold open tryouts and could be the only tryouts we will hold this year. Anyone who has questions about the tryouts should check the F.A.Q. for a brief rundown of the tryout agenda. We have a new practice schedule posted which will take effect begining on Tuesday the 15th of November 2005.

November 1st, 2005 - Clan news:

    A quick update for the Winged Warriors this time. First off, Kaleo1127's profile has been uploaded, be sure to give it a look. Our new pracitce schedule, which will be in effect untill Christmas break, will be released on November 7th. Please check the website for the new schedule when it comes out. We will be holding tryouts on or before the 14th of November. Anyone who is interested in this oppurtunity should send an e-mail to Night Rider 7 at Pieter@wingrunner.com as soon as possible. Finally we are looking for a reputable clan to practice with and against on a regular basis.

October 18th 2005 - Wizards, conartist or just plain scummbags?

    Mixed news in the clan this week. First, some of the good news: Three of the most active players banded together recently to thrust the clan's Minor Clanmatch rank four levels up in less than thirty minutes of combat. The only bad news is that the next meeting of these very same elite Winged Warriors was met with cheaters. Thats right, those same dirty little pipsqueaks who seem to have such a low level of self esteem or grasp on reality that they resort to modifying their xbox. Take it from us, it is not fun playing against anyone who has an arsenal that includes an automatic sniper rifle, a flying warthog and a battle rifle that shoots ten times as fast as your own. Did I mention that they never missed? I know that most people already know this but if you're so bad that you have to cheat, you will never get any better while you continue to ruin other players games. When you have a thousand advantages that are not supposed to exist, how will you play when those advantages are taken away? The other thing that knocks at the door of every person's mind who has ever been injusticed by these sort of characters is why? Why do they do it? Minds have tried and tried, even the cheaters cannot think of a logical reason other than its fun or they enjoy making others frusterated. And finally do these selfish people even realize how terribly they ruin the game for the rest of us? Please join us and millions of other players by reporting cheaters at Halo 2 cheaters.
  Just so we don't end on a sour note here is a little more information concerning the Winged Warriors: Interest is picking up, we currently have the largest amount of players waiting to tryout in clan history. If you're intrested in trying out for this one of a kind clan please e-mail pieter@wingrunner.com with "tryouts" in the subject line. Include a brief description about yourself and why you would like to join this steady clan of spartans. Also talks have started concerning our next match witch will be against the previoulsy mentioned Praetoria Guard. We are currently working out the details on the gametypes, roster and schedule.

October 5th, 2005 - A few updates:

    We've updated Dameon's quote in order with unofficial clan rules concerning profiles. We suggest everyone in the clan have a look at his updated profile. In other news we have started a good relationship with several members of another high quality clan called the Praetoria Guard. We look forward to a good alliance and even better practice against this high profile yet friendly clan.

September 19th, 2005 - Match results posted, profiles updated:

    Results from yesterday's clan match against WayoftheFuture have been posted. The player profiles that have been updated are as follows; Night Rider 7, PeterBX & Dameon x. To all other clan members, simply e-mail your completed profile to pieter@wingrunner.com. I look forward to seeing the rest of them.

September 11th, 2005 - New Recruits:

    Welcome to the newest members of the Winged Warriors, Tinman13 and Dameon x. Both players have passed the two-stage tryouts and will be active, valuable assets to the clan. Each has of them proven to us that they are quick learners with a focuse on improvement, and good players with potentially great teamwork; Welcome to the Winged Warriors.

September 11th, 2005 - New match scheduled:

    New match scheduled against WAYOFTHEFUTURE on Sunday, September 18th at 9:00pm central time. Read more.

August 28th, 2005 - Website news: Player profiles are next:

    All of the main pages have been completed and uploaded to the server. The only thing left is to add the player profiles. Winged Warriors need to contact Night Rider 7 for details and be at practice for the next CSoC meeting. Profiles will include basic information, Halo 2 statistics, a short autobiography, and a photograph. All information is optional except for Danny's suit quote [clan joke]. Again, the website is mostly finished; hope you enjoy this as much as I do.

August 24th, 2005 - New Practice Schedule:

    Scheduled practices have changed, instead of Thursday nights at 7:00pm central time, we have moved to 7:00pm central on Sundays and and 9:00pm on Wendsdays. If you have any questions just shoot a message to Night Rider 7, or check the practice schedule for more details.

August 24th, 2005 - Website live, but still underconstruction:

    Good news! If you're reading this then by now you should know that the official Winged Warriors website is online and ready for action. Night Rider, your favorite Overlord is still working on the rest of the pages, as this one is still the only one active. You can expect the majority of the content to be online sometime next week. For those of you who might be wondering how we got the domain name, 'www.wingrunner.net', it is one that I registered when I bought my first domain 'www.wingrunner.com' for my personal, online, graphic and web design portfolio. I could tell you what its all about but I'm going to suggest you see for yourself.

News Index

    A chronological index of all news updates.

October 2006:

September 2006:

July 2006:

May 2006:

April 2006:

• Current State of the Clan (CSoC) & Clanmatch 06
• Winged Warriors Verses TTL Gunslingers
• Winged Warriors Verses PMS Clan
• Clanmatch 05 Update

March 2006:

• Clanmatch Updates
• Clanmatch 04 Details
• New Munitions Article
• Clanmatches 04 & 05 Scheduled
• Clanmatch 03 Results
• New Website

February 2006:

• Clanmatch 03 Scheduled
• Clanmatch 02 Results
• Clanmatch 02 Scheduled
• Rookies & Tryout Report

January 2006:

• New Tryout Dates
• Clan Tryouts

December 2005:

• Important News
• L.C.S. Tryout and Clan update

November 2005:

• New practices of the Winged Warriors
• Player News
• Tryout Update
• Tryouts and new practice schedule
• Clan News

October 2005:

• Wizards, conartist or just plain scummbags?
• A few updates

September 2005:

• Match results posted, profiles updated
• New Recruits
• New match scheduled

August 2005:

• Website news: Player profiles are next
• New Practice Schedule
• Website live, but still underconstruction

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