After being delayed twice and then changing the time enough times to give a calendar a headache, Rec E finally took on the boys over at the GCN forums in a five game series. Podtacular Recreation E started off with a strong showing with a full roster of eight players in the lobby while Gamercast Network had four. Eventually they got six in but couldn’t get the eight they promised so two latecomers had to leave our party. Duff 3c, the GCN team leader talked a big game but unfortunately couldn’t make it since he had to attend the Kane and Lynch community event. He handed over team leader to herroan09, a level 41 who talked an even bigger (but friendly) game on the boards and got the hype up.

Was their play as big as their words? Read on in the forums Big thanks to the GCN forumgoers for some great games.

Well, it looks like it’s time to rekindle a friendly rivalry and go head to head with none other than Bungie themselves for another Humpday Challenge!

If you recall (and here’s a link if you don’t), Podtacular flew the glorious flag of victory after beating Bungie back in June 2006. It was a hard and well-fought battle, but now we’re back to do it again in Halo 3! Wish those members of the Podtacular community that will be playing tonight luck!

UPDATE: Well, we can say we started off great, but they got the better of us and things eventually slid downhill as Bungie beat us 2 games to 1. What can we say, it was fair and square (except for one Mr. Luke Smith putting the kick-boot to one of our players during the second game) and above all, it was fun and we definitely look forward to rematch sometime in the future. That and some Team Bubblebath!

UPDATE 2: Here are the final game results from bungie.net:
Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3

PRO TIP: Download the videos of the matches and watch the action! Just click on one of the games above, go to the Assets tab, and click to download one of the videos of the match.

They’ll make you laugh, they’ll make you cry. And go ahead, make fun…we’re big boys, we can take it.

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