I second your motion for a change in our celebration techniques regarding the deceased, I personally have been performing the “counting coup” manouvre as you so call it since I can remember. I was never a fan of the perverse, despicable act of humping corpses.

I’m more of a coffee drinker myself, but I understand the complexities of brewing processes (for any beverage), and had no idea tea leaves had it so bad.

ohhhhh Xor1an, you’re the plasma pistol to my battle rifle

Thanks a lot, that really made me smile. (I wanted to wait until my official acceptance “speech” was posted before saying so.)

If you would ever care to play Halo 3 with a lowly Major who seems likely to get a second “bar of shame” below his star before he breaks 35, feel free to send me a game invite.

(see you there…)

To be serious for a moment (not that I’m not serious about the merits of loose leaf tea), censorship is never the answer. I understand that there are children on Xbox Live. I understand that some of them play rated M games like Halo 3. (It would be hard to miss when playing matchmaking.) I understand the desire to protect children from influences deemed harmful. Parental involvement is the only real way to accomplish that goal. Censorship at best gives the illusion of protecting children without actually protecting them.

In closing, I would like to humbly suggest an alternative to the post-kill repeated-crouch maneuver in Halo multi-player which I feel is more civilized: meele the defeated opponent’s body once, then walk away. I like to call this “counting coup” in an homage to the noble plains Indian warriors.

(Was that witty enough? Or did I set the bar too high for future winners?)