Remember, the referees are there to help you and they work very hard during the tournament. Be nice to your referees! They are good people!

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FightLikeAGotno
Gamertag: Got No
Location: Tucson, AZ
Twitter: @halcyoncmdr
Favorite game from the Halo series: Reach/ODST equally
Currently Playing: LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Collection, Deus Ex:
Human Revolution, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, Dark Souls

FLAG Referee Gamertag: shaft007zz
Gamertag: shaft007zz
Location: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Yes, that Martha’s Vineyard. Most notably, this year, Pres Obama vacationed here once again. Clinton also came many times(not that way. Dirty thinkers) and the infamous Chappaquiddick (Teddy Kennedy incident.) Oh and JAWS.
Favorite game from the Halo series: The first. Long live the original.
Currently Playing: Batman

FLAG Referee Gamertag: masterots
Gamertag: masterots
Location: Austin, TX
Twitter: @masterots
Favorite game from the Halo series: ODST was pretty awesome, due to the introduction of the Firefight mode
Currently Playing: Gears of War 3, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, HALO: Reach

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FNBM83
Gamertag: FNBM83
Location: Redmond, WA
Twitter: @sabodja
Favorite game from the Halo series: ODST – correct answer Reach
Currently Playing: Arkham City, Ninja Gaiden 2, ICO/Shadow of Colossus

FLAG Referee Gamertag: XO Sancho
Gamertag: XO Sancho
Location: Washington
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo 1
Currently Playing: Dark Souls

FLAG Referee Gamertag: x Lord Revan x
Gamertag: x Lord Revan x
Location: NY
Twitter: @xlordrevanx
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo:CE
Currently Playing: Gears of War 3

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FightLikeSome1
Gamertag: Thesomeone
Location: Seattle, WA
Twitter: @thesomeone
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo: Combat Evolved
Currently Playing: Reach (and soon Arkham City!)

FLAG Referee Gamertag: bs angel
Gamertag: bs angel
Location: Seattle
Twitter: @bsangel
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo 2
Currently Playing: Reach, and soon, Anniversary!

FLAG Referee Gamertag: Hondalove4life
Gamertag: Hondalove4life
Location: Ft. Thomas KY
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo 2
Currently Playing: Gears 3

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FightLikeRawk
Gamertag: rawksaur
Location: Redmond, WA
Twitter: @rawksaur
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo 3
Currently Playing: Modern Warfare 2, Gears of War 3, Battlefield 2, Halo Reach

FLAG Referee Gamertag: The Mighty KP
Gamertag: KP
Location: Redmond, WA
Twitter: @KPaul
Favorite game from the Halo series: Warthog Launch
Currently Playing: Forza 4

FLAG Referee Gamertag: True Underdog
Gamertag: True Underdog
Location: Dallas, TX
Twitter: @trueunderdog
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo: Combat Evolved
Currently Playing: Halo Reach, Borderlands, Minecraft

FLAG Referee Gamertag: Tinycg
Gamertag: Tinycg
Location: Boston, MA
Twitter: @tinycg
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo 2, the matchmaking had me at HALLO
Currently Playing: Gears 3, Funny Sunshine Surprise Super J-Pop Wow Dance Party (import)

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FightLikeKitty
Gamertag: Kitty
Location: Washington State
Twitter: @kittychix
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo 2/ Reach
Currently Playing: Frontierville on Facebook (Damnit! My crops wilted…)

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FightLikeVowel
Gamertag: e
Location: Seattle, WA
Twitter: @thevowel
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo 2
Currently Playing: Orcs Must Die, Deus Ex: HR, Gears 3

FLAG Referee Gamertag: Yoozel
Gamertag: Yoozel
Location: East Coast
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo Reach
Currently Playing: Gears of War 3 /Civilization 5

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FLAG Tournament
Gamertag: The Don Wan
Location: Redmond, WA
Twitter: @TheDonWan
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo 2
Currently Playing: Batman Arkham City, LA Noire

FLAG Referee Gamertag: Zoomie D
Gamertag: Zoom Demon
Location: California
Twitter: zoomdemon
Favorite game from the Halo series: Halo CE
Currently Playing: Forza 4

FLAG: What is the Clash Company?

Cynn: If you take equal parts of a political movement, a vagabond carnival and a guild of Victorian oil painters… You’d have something pretty far off base of what Clash is. We are a group of game players and theorists who take competition very seriously. Clash was established in 2003 and served as the official online tournament executor for the Halo Trilogy working directly with Microsoft. Since then we’ve collaborated with all sorts of developers and publishers on events and have recently teamed up with some amazing artists to create the Recon Helmets donated to FLAG. We are calling this new studio “Lake Titan”. We hope to continue making new things around the industry so if anyone needs a game brought to life then let us know!

FLAG: When did you first become a fan of Halo?

Allday: One fateful Friday night, a few friends mentioned they were heading to a LAN and invited me. Turns out I end up at a friend’s house that I typically would not have thought a gamer.

He was running cords everywhere to hook up four Xboxes complete with original Duke controllers. I watched a few rounds and thought to myself, finally, something worthy to move to after Goldeneye. After an all weekend multiplayer session, I went and bought my own Xbox and Halo and thoroughly enjoyed the campaign.  After some people failed to show with their system the next weekend, we were down a box. It was a terrible situation I never wanted to be in again, and that soon led to owning 4 systems and copies of the game. You just couldn’t run the risk of not being able to play if people gathered.

Cynn: I’ll never forget when Halo snagged me. My dropship had just crashed and everyone was dead but me. I slowly made my way up a small hill and got a view of a wonderful looking playground full of strange ruins, alien wonders and cigar chewing marines doing their best to trash said beautiful distractions. The second Echo 419 dropped in the Warthog I was sold. “Well, I don’t care if it’s God’s own anti-son-of-a-bitch machine or a giant hula hoop, we’re not gonna let ‘em have it! What we will let ‘em have is a belly full of lead  and a pool of their own blood to drown in! Am I right, Marines?” Sarge is never wrong.

Clash's Recon Helmet in all its glory.

FLAG: How did you come to creating armor replicas?

Allday: I had done film and art in college while playing video games the whole time, this seemed like the perfect way to merge them.

FLAG: Have you created replicas of other games? Is there a particular game that you’d like to try your hand at some day?

Allday: I have been fortunate to have worked with some extremely talented artists on some amazing projects such as the T.M.D. for Singularity and the Big Daddy from Bioshock. I would love to give life to some of the amazing creatures and armor from Dark Souls, Fullgore from Killer Instinct and a fully leveled up Peacekeeper from Crackdown 2.

Cynn: Forget games, I’d like to make some armor for Seattle Superhero, Phoenix Jones! The only conflict would be the disapproval of my fellow supervillains… OK, forget Jones let’s go with Battlefield 2142. I love the way the art design tightropes between futuristic and today’s technology. I’d also love to see Sonic Team’s Burning Rangers, StarHawk and Half Life on the work table. Maybe Crimson Skies… Mechwarrior… Crysis!

A side view of the Recon helmet.

FLAG: Where did you get the skills to create these replicas, is this something you learned through your trade? How long did it take for you to get the result to match your expectations?

Allday: This team is a small group of self taught artists. We decided to use our skills learned over the years and pool them together to achieve a great system of creation.

Cynn: The team is awesome but nothing ever really leaves the studio that they don’t want to keep working on. These guys wouldn’t be satisfied even if projects shipped with working energy shields!

FLAG: Take us through the process of creating one of these pieces.

Allday: We start out with a character or IP we love. From there we choose something that is recognizable and important to the games mythos and its fans. We then sculpt the items from scratch and apply mold to make a copy of the original sculpt.  Finally we fix any imperfections and paint them to be accurate to the game. More complex productions may also include custom lighting, sound systems and small modifications for comfort. It’s hard work but very enjoyable to create something you love from raw materials.

We’d like to thank CompuCom for donating $500 to our cause! Their donation is helping to sponsor participants who cannot afford the entry fee. This is the second year that CompuCom has helped support FLAG tournament.

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We are excited to announce that we have prizes locked down for some of our events. We are still collecting prizes for the rest of the events, and you won’t be disappointed.

• First place winners for 2v2 will each receive a Halo Reach Xbox 360 Console
• First place winner for FFA will receive a Halo Reach Xbox 360 Console

There are less than two weeks left to register for the tournament! It’s just $10 per person, per event to participate. All of the proceeds go toward the fight against breast cancer. You even have a chance to win some great stuff! We need your help!

Final Game POV from Airtom

2v2
1. CAMPIN GeC / GODLEY SHOTZ
2. Call Me 7ravis / SHADOWSTRIKE1

Deciding Game in 2v2, POV from GODLY SHOTZ

Firefight
Score: 107,765

Hubb Lebowski
TheMoleN
N8ked Eli
MATCLAN

*Please allow 4-6 weeks for prizes to ship.

Remember, the referees are there to help you and they work very hard during the tournament. Be nice to your referees! They are good people! ☺

FLAG Referee Gamertag: Got No FLAGs
Gamertag: Got No
Location: Tucson, AZ

“I’ve been a participant since the beginning, but just wanted to help
out a little more for once.” – Got No

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FightLikeKitty
Gamertag: PMS Kitty
Location: Washington State

“I help support FLAG because I believe that I can and should do everything I can to support others. Breast Cancer is not in my family that I know about, but my father’s older brother passed away this past May after a third fight with cancer (prostate, stomach and finally, liver). In my gaming family, breast cancer has affected/affects my friends, my ‘sisters’ – and they are just as important to me as my family by blood is.” – PMS Kitty

FLAG Referee Gamertag: shaft007zz (original, I know.)
Gamertag: shaft007zz
Location: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Yes, that Martha’s Vineyard. Most notably, this year, Pres Obama vacationed here once again. Clinton also came many times(not that way. Dirty thinkers) and the infamous Chappaquiddick (Teddy Kennedy incident.) Oh and JAWS.

“Why I help with FLAG. Have been since the first year. Initially started with just playing. Grew up with Tiny, so when he started helping out, I would put in my two cents as well. I don’t have much free time, but love helping out a good cause here and there. And I actually think I will get more enjoyment out of this by reffing than playing. (I was never that good, but always had a great time. Especially mongoose riding in last years 4 vs 4. Which we lost, but I made the other team laugh, so all was good.)” – shaft007zz

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FightLikeVowel
Gamertag: e
Location: Redmond, WA

“FLAG raises money for a great cause. Gamers coming together to fight cancer is something I’m thrilled to be able to help with!” – e

FLAG Referee Gamertag: Tinycg
Gamertag: Tinycg
Location: The Internet.. ok Boston, MA

“Like a lot of people, I know several people effected by breast cancer, and people fighting the battle against other cancers as we speak. The message is just as important to me as raising money. People have a way to become ambivalent about a cause unless its talked about. I’ve supported FLAG since early on because of its strong message, and it allows gamers to do something for a good cause.

Last year I helped ref, this year I’m a little more hands-on, and have helped lend my design talents among other things to make sure the message gets out this year.” –Tinycg

FLAG Referee gamertag: THE FECALNADER
Gamertag: the fecalnader
Location: Sammamish, WA

“I enjoy kicking cancer’s ass, one FLAG tournament at a time.” – the fecalnader

FLAG Referee Gamertag: Kaypi
Gamertag: KP
Location: Redmond, WA

“I help FLAG once a year so I can be a jerk for the other 364 days.” – KP

FLAG Referee Gamertag: rawksaur
Gamertag: rawksaur
Location: Washington state

“I help FLAG because of the obvious, it’s for a good cause. And because the fundraiser is an amazingly awesome way to allow a group of people- who are usually looked upon by the rest of society as socially awkward, basement dwelling, albinos- to incorporate what the do best and contribute to an ongoing cause. I <3 FLAG!” -rawksaur

FLAG Referee Gamertag: HaloWaypoint
Gamertag: bs angel
Location: Your next FLAG tournament match hopefully!

“I’ve had the pleasure of being a part of FLAG since its inception. The first few years I was simply a participant, and now I’m enjoying the other side of the fence by performing ref duties. I’d like to think that with my insane number of jump fails–which are readily available on YouTube should you ever need a laugh or two–I have been providing entertainment as well. Charitable endeavors are important to me as I’m a big believer in helping others, and the combination of raising money for breast cancer research and my most favorite video game ever could not be any more perfect. You get to shoot people in the face while playing an active role in saving lady parts. That’s what I call a win/win situation!” – bs angel

FLAG Referee Gamertag: FLAG Tournament
Gamertag: THE DON WAN
Location: Redmond, Washington

“I am the co-founder of Fight Like a Girl, and I do this for all the women, mothers, grandmothers, sisters and aunts that have struggled with breast or cervical cancer. I’m on a mission to prove that gamers can make a difference, even when they’re sitting on the couch, drinking Kool-Aid and playing Halo. Get owned, cancer.” –THE DON WAN

FLAG Referee Gamertag: Zoomie D
Gamertag: Zoom Demon
Location: Fresno, CA

“I am the co-founder of Fight Like A Girl and I do this in honor of both my grandmothers who were diagnosed with breast cancer. I want to help end this terrible disease that affects so many women (and some men!) in our lives. Let’s do this!” – Zoom Demon

If you are new to FLAG this year, we’d like to take this time to remind you of our “Keep it Clean” rule in our tournament. Since the purpose of this tournament is to raise money for cancer awareness, we kindly ask all participants to leave the trash talking and any rude behavior behind before the tournament begins. Although the tournament is competitive, it is supposed to be fun for everyone. If a referee finds a participant in violation of our Keep It Clean rule, they will be removed from the tournament.

You are allowed to mute your microphone if you think you will not be able to handle this. Thank you!

If you haven’t heard of CompuCom, and you love video games, you might want to keep reading.

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provides design, development and testing services to help clients do what they do best – deliver cutting
edge titles that gamers love, within budget and AHEAD of the competition. With more than a decade of
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The staff at Fight Like a Girl would like to thank CompuCom for sponsoring our tournament this year. We are
very grateful for the support!

• Legendary Edition Halo Reach Guide, autographed
  
• Dr. Halsey’s Journal, autographed
  
• Noble tshirt (from the Bungie launch party)
  
• Halo Reach Posters, autographed
  

We’re working on posting pictures of what we’ve got so far (some of the items are at Bungie
gathering signatures). There will be more prizes and we’ll try our best to keep the list updated for you!

Update on events:

• 2v2 registration is now closed.
  
• Play With Bungie registration is currently on hold. We are crunching numbers and working
  out schedules to make sure that Bungie has enough time and resources to handle all of the
  participants. Stay tuned!
  
• FFA registration is very close to closing. We can take up to 128 participants.
  
• Firefight registration is still wide open! Get a team of 4 and sign up! Since this event requires no
  referees, we can take a lot more registrations.
  

Thank you to those who have registered or sponsored players this year! We look forward to meeting you in
the tournament. Let’s do this.