2008 Best of Halo Awards: Best Resource Website
December 29, 2008 196 Comments
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Related Links:
- Ascendant Justice: Ascendant Justice is a website that presents and maintains dynamic, compelling and informative coverage of the Halo franchise
- Forge Hub: Forge Hub is a community based website that focuses on the map creation tool Forge from Halo 3
- halo.bungie.org: halo.bungie.org is a fansite devoted to Halo that features daily news blurbs, an extensive FAQ about the game, a comprehensive screenshots database, concept art, movies, music, and more
- HaloCharts: HaloCharts is designed to enhance the stats collected by Bungie.net for Halo 3
- Halo3.Junk.ws: Halo3.Junk.ws is the next-generation Halo statistics website that features similar features to those of Halo2.Junk.ws, along with significant new features and performance upgrades
- Rampancy: Rampancy.net is a place devoted to games made by Bungie Studios
Still going to have to go HBO. Other sites have good information, but HBO is the central hub that ties most of the other sites (or their members) together and presents the grand majority of information.
HBO. Hands down. No contest…HBO is the life blood of the Halo community in my opinion.
HBO is really great. There’s just so much to see and do…
I’ll keep my vote secret and safe for now. :D
Gonna have to be halocharts, no other halo 3 site comes close, everything about it is great, especially the community
Halocharts all the way. Not only is it my home turf, but I love how in-depth the stats are.
although HBO is a wealth of knowledge, it is difficult to navigate, making it confusing and clumsy to use. I have to go with Ascendant Justice, for the sole reason that it has very well written articles and excellent information on a myriad of untouched subjects in the Halo universe.
Vote cast.
Voted for HBO hands down. They have EVERYTHING and Louis Wu does a great job with the site.
HBO is an awesome subcommunity run by an even awesomer dude, but as a resource site, firestream has created something truly great in HaloCharts. No other website can touch HaloCharts when it comes to the depth of resources, easy navigability, and surprising lack of slowness that is so common on fansites.
I love me some HBO :D
HBO is the fastest and best way to get Halo news.I check it at least once a day.HBO IS HALO…….
I say Halocharts. Although I do love HBO, it’s not really what I would think of a resource.
Yeah, HBO. The site itself is good, but it also has a treasure trove of links too. I used to hit that every morning before H3 came out. Er . . . um . . . yeah.
No contest – HBO is the hub for Halo news.
I’m not submitting a vote for this, as I don’t feel I visit the other, non-HBO sites enough to merit an opinion towards them, nor do I really consider HBO a resource either. It’s more of a news feed, since the actual sidebars are really out of date.
HBO all the way. Ascendant Justice is close second followed by ForgeHub.
Voted for HBO. Thats a definate win. Ascendant Justice was my second, and would have been first, except without HBO I would have never heard of Ascendant Justice(or this great blog :P )
LIke Jim said, HBO no contest
My vote is in.
OMG VOTED!
I honestly like HBO because any information that I can’t find on BNet, I go straight to HBO and it’s their. Everything I can’t find on BNet, is on HBO. It allows players and viewers to easily navigate through their to find what information they are seeking. I find it a lot easier to navigate for information there, than rather on BNet honestly.
HBO FTW Louis Wu is my hero, but seriously I go to HBO many times a day to check out whats going on in the Halo Universe. Mr. Wu does a top notch job.
HBO! Can there be any doubt?
Halocharts ftw! Not only is it easy, fast, and in depth, but the members are very friendly, and loyal.
Hard to beat HBO. If they’re not hosting the resources directly, you’re almost guaranteed to find a link to what you’re looking for.
Voted
Since halo.bungie.org is the only one I check I can only really vote for that.
Halo.bungie for all there great breakdowns on the halo 3 recon trailer.
HBO all the way.
HBO… without a doubt. Where would we be without Louis Wu binding us all together? Just another disjointed Fandom.
Nothing beats HBO. There is no competition.
I voted for the one I have to visit EVERY day. HBO
HBO!!
HBO by far! It’s the n°1 ressource since the beginning of times, thanks for everything Louis Wu!
I had to go with HaloCharts. I like being able to view the stats on my games, and check it regularly. HBO I rarely go to (only if I’m trying to find out something I can’t get on bungie.net).
Since HBO will tell you about updates to those others sites and then some, it has to be HBO
has to be hbo i think
Halocharts has my vote. I’m a big fan of the site – the stats on there are really impressive.
Again, no Hawty, so HBO it is
I voted for Ascendant Justice.
I really don’t think this should even be a category. Just hand the award over to HBO. Everyone who is Anyone knows of Halo.Bungie.Org and has been there at least five times.
HBO is the epitome of all things halo. It is the source of community interaction and links. It is a database that updates daily with new halo content that is easily accessed by anyone. Now, I didn’t just give it my vote because I have been fortunate enough to benefit from my work being front-paged multiple times by them, but because it is the one site i check regularly enough and always manage to find myself basking in a ton of great news from the halo community.
HBO.
I’ll go with Halocharts. Best community and forum ever. It not only shows you a lot of cool stats, it just has such a great community!
Voted HBOFTW!
As hard as it is not to vote HBO (again) I had to go with ForgeHub.
Voted for HBO, I seem to learn of everything from there.
I have to go for Halo3.junk.ws, it’s been with me for over a year now and still IMHO the best stat site on the net.
My home turf is FH, so I have to vote there. But I’d really have to say that HBO is the biggest, baddest, and most awesome.
HBO for sure. I can always find whatever I need to know right there.
All of those websites really have awesome things to offer. I take something away from all of them.
HBO is still the core of the Halo community, though. And it’s a great all-around.
Got my vote.
Voted, it was tough choosing between HBO and H3J
Going with HBO on this one.
I’ve been using it to get all my halo information for years and I don’t think any others can beat it. It’s awesome! I know when I’m on vacation or away from the computer for some time, I can easily go and look at any new halo information from any day.
Seriously. HBO
HaloCharts FTW!
Firestream has created the ultimate site for those of us looking for in-depth statistics. An amazing community that is plugged into many different aspects of the Halo Universe…
This website is the only place outside of B.net that I feel I need to visit in order to keep up to date on Halo 3.
HaloCharts definitely. I can tell the amount of programming that went into that site is insane. I wouldn’t have that attention span to save my life.
Well, I voted and want to say thanks for the kind words towards HC in this post.
I accidently voted for Forge Hub when I meant to vote for HBO. : ( Anyway, I would have voted for HBO because it is the center of everything halo. Anything that even mentioned about halo is revealed there. It is one of the sites i check every single day.
Halo Charts is awesome!
I always go to halocharts to check my rank in goosing, or other leaderboards.
Has to be HBO!
Halo charts is the best ever!
HBO. So many resources. So awesome.
i’ll have to say Halocharts on this for ease of navigation, massive amount of players tracked, leaderboards for everything under the sun, and a great team that keeps on top of their business!
I voted for Forgehub. Again, another tough choice. I decided to vote for ForgeHub because it is an easily navagated website, with instant feedback to your halo 3 experience. What i mean by that is this: I am terrible at forging; however, i love to see other peoples “works of art”. Ever play Distortion? <– That’s my point. You look at pictures, get interested, download it, and play it. Seems like instant satisfaction to me.
Definitely HBO.
HBO *echo* hahaha
I’m gonna have to say Halo3.junk.ws on this one; the reason being that it takes your stats to absurdly high levels of accuracy. Sure, you could go to bungie.net and find out how many people you killed with the plasma grenade, but could you look up on how many of those were from splash damage, from sticks, or from their team-mates fumbling into them? Could you find out how many of your kills were made in the passenger side of the Warthog at Bungie? I should say not.
Halo charts. hands down. It has EVERYTHING you’ll ever need. and More.
HBO has everything Halo!
Halo bungie is best
I’m gonna go with Ascendant Justice because they helped me learn even more about Halo then I allready knew. And I’m a huge fan.
Not just the game but the Haloverse itselves.
Only used three of those, so I’m gonna go with Forge Hub!
Halocharts definitely gives the most accurate and most detailed stats about each individual who plays Halo 3. It is also free and does not require any signups, promotions or anything. They keep their site clean of advertisements and spammers.
Plus, they give out tips, tricks, and strategies in order to improve your game and xp effiectiveness. I cant say that any other website matches to Halocharts potential and use.
I’m going to go for HBO. They always have great news and interviews.
I voted for halocharts because it was the first and only stats page that i use besides bungie.net
apparently no one is a big fan of forge hub like me..lolz
I have voted.
Ascendant Justice was my vote, I love reading their take on the series, it makes me think.
Halocharts is the best
HBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! because its like the largest and most in depth for any HALO.
Forgehub, get all the best and new maps =)
All of my great maps come from forge hub, you get my vote!!
I vote HBO hands down.
hbo I like it AAAALOT
gonna have to go with HBO
HBO Baby. Hands down. (put hands down on table now)
HBO for sure.
From the comments seems to me that HBO has won.Im not giving up though.I have recentlly been sucked iinto FH.It is awsome.I post my maps and pics there and they get downloads.I have never been to HBO so i cant critisize it but im in love with FH.
HBO is great, but Halocharts takes it hands down…This site has almost every statistic i can think of!
AJ FTW!
My vote is forge hub since i think it’s amazing how they make the maps. And i am a good forger myself so i usually go there.
I’ve seen just over half of these websites, and only one of these sites really stands out in my mind. Forgehub. I joined it back in early January, and its popularity with Bungie amazed me. The amount of things that have come out of this site surpasses many of the others in my opinion. If it weren’t for forgehub, many of the ingenious ideas we have in foundry (and other map)’s forge may not be here today.
Well, they may be found, but without a large central publisher, many of the ideas would not take wing and this ensured that the ideas and discoveries were published to the community and used.
forge hub. its amazing what they do over there with forge!
Nowhere better to get info than from the source itself, halo.bugie.org, It has all the general information you would need to know.
The others offer valuable info but you may not need any of it.
I voted!
definately halo charts such a great website!
I use forge hub if i need help making stuff in forge, they are very useful.
forge hub. you can get tons of great maps for any game type.
bungie.net . its updated freakuently and easy to find stuff from halo3 and all the other new games coming out
HBO FTW
Honestly I only use bungie.net, thats it.
Forge hub. Not only kicks ass but also melts faces!!!!
Forge Hub because they make great maps, gametypes, and makes it simple
ascendant justice. enough said.
hbo FTW. not much to say here but HBO rocks!
I voted Forge Hub for two reasons
1. I love the maps you can find there. Though not all of them are outstanding, i’ve found a few quality gems there that my friends and I love to play time and time again.
and 2. It’s really the only one of those sites that I ever actually use.
3. Why isn’t Bungie.net a choice? I mean yeah, it’s Bungie’s own site but it’s great for finding out new things about the game and the world of Halo
hbo was there really another great choice
I had to vote for HBO, does that make me a stinky ho?
ForgeHub… I love forging. Best feature in Halo 3 by far…
And why isn’t Halopedia a choice?
I gotta say hbo. Great frequent updates. I enjoy them all for different reasons, but my choice is made.
I decided that Forge Hub is the best. I enjoy a good map now and then and my custom game content is full of cool maps, especially foundry. Forge hub is just a good place to go for a good map.
forge hub because u can get any map u can think of there. its also great if u want ur maps to become more popular
HBO, I’ve never really seen these sights so I checked them out and really liked HBO.
I’ve only gone to halo.bungie.org and HaloCharts.com. I couldn’t really say that ONE is the best. :P
I voted for Rampancy because I love their Halo sheet music collection; I’m like an ultra-nerd when I bust out Halao music on the piano.
Forgehub is where I got all my from maps.
Standing quitely at the podeum …. slowly opening the envelope … and the winnier is ….. Halo.Bungie.Org
I voted for Halo Charts, because I always like seeing where I stand in terms of the world and my country. Also, it shows how good of a player you really are in terms of headshots, sticks, and EXP effectiveness, even if it doesn’t account for double exp playlists.
I love forge Hub because i just love playing on new maps and such such lol
i said halocharts. its pretty much tells u everything u could wanna know about your halo 3 character. and lets u kinda know were u stand in skill against other people.
I woulda have to say ForgeHub mainly because my clan is full of forgers :D
Halo.Bungie.Org If you wanted any information about Halo, to see amazing videos or screenshots, or talk with other fans this was the place to be. It always had the latest about Halo and or Bungie. There was a variety of things to do, such as read updates, go talk with the community, look at fan creations or take a look at screenshots. You can also get competitive and put up your own creations or make a theory and post it up for the community to read. If you had no idea what Halo was then this is the site that you would want to look at.
Those are good nominees but I have to go for the greatest news site
Junk most definately. I dig all the different breakdowns of my games and history.
I chose forgehub. It has an awesome assortment of material, a good resourcesite, and a good community.
hey, one of halo 3′s biggest additions was the forge! gotta love the website that shows the creative genius of the halo universe!
The seven cortana-modified plasma turrets hit another target.
HBO has always been my primary pit stop for Halo news. I can’t denigrate the others, since I only occasionally visit them, but HBO has simply been the best.
Forge Hub all the way. Well, maybe not ALL the way. This is where I learned how to do that weird thing when you morph objects together :D
I agree with most people on this one. HBO
ill go with HaloCharts all of them are great sites dont get me wrong, but HaloCharts in my opinion has the most info on all the stats and gameplay.
forge hub
hbo is good but im saying forgehub
Forge Hub: the fun is in finding all of the unique maps out there that stretch the imagination.
Great to see people coming together to think of maps to make.
Only ones I’ce realy heard of are H.B.O. ,HaloCharts,& ForgeHub.
Halo Charts is real nice when you want to check up on certain medals that bungie.net doesnt keep track of.Forge Hub realy helps you with anything you need to know from Screenshots to Forging & mainly focuses on Forging.Halo.Bungie.Org will keep you up to date with news,updates,& discussion daily.
I voted
halo.bungie.org is the best website for information, its the second to know from bungie.net
HaloCharts is a fun site to check on every now and then to see your k/d spread, medals, etc.
HBO gets my vote
HBO is the soul of halo and is a fantastic website
halo charts is the only one of those i have actually registered on, i heard about hbo but never dove into it.
Only one ive really checked out was hbo so that gets my vote
HBO for sure, good source of Halo info
im goin with forge hub hell yeah
Halo3.Junk.ws fuels my craving for stats
I’m going with ForgeHub, as it is great to have a good way to find the really great forgemaps, creds to you!
However i think that Halopedia should be nominated, i would definitely have voted for them if they were.
I don’t really know any of these websites. I did hear good things about HBO, so, that’s what I voted for. I should check it out some time eh?
i chose forge hub because you can get some descent maps on it.
I gotta go with HBO here.
My site is the best ;-)
Halocharts because that’s the only one i go to up there.
HBO hands down…so many resources…and awesome downloads! plus the Halo 3 Mythic Walkthrough….
HBO fo sho!
Started using it when it first came out, been using it ever since. No other sites like it!
hbo got my vote
HBO for certain, no contest here people. Probably the core for information about Halo and most of all Bungie, the website brings people from all over (including other ones) to check on updates and such. Its also the second to known site besides bungie.org about news and events.
always trust bungie
I really don’t use any of them, but I’ll go with Forge Hub fo rnow.
idk any of these, so i picked a random one and didn’t even look
Forge Hizzub
halocharts is cool. but doesnt seem to update very frequently??
I voted for Forgehub seeing as its the only halo related site that I frequently check. Plus it’s got great maps and an addictive community.
Rampancy. They have like every Bungie game song. Why do i remember so oddly the Marathon song(?) Fat Man (Remix) o_o
Halo.Junk.ws, seeing as how that’s the only place I visited lol
Halo 3 Junk is the only one I’ve used, hence my vote.
Forgehub. Joined back in early March, and haven’t been able to leave, not that I want to. The maps are amazing, and FH’s community game night, Thank God Its ForgeDay, (TGIF) is always a blast. And even though I personally don’t forge anymore, it was my first real forum I’ve been on, and have made awesome new friends in such a great community. That is why I choose forgehub. XD
best resource website. HBO all the way! It’s the begining it’s the best.
as much on each individual category page
I’m going with Ascendant Justice, its a lot of fun reading those big-ass articles. I’m probably going to go read one now :P.
Why isn’t Halo Wiki an option?
I voted on bungie.net, just because its a reliable source for the updates on halo.
HBO
Forge Hub :)
halocharts ftw
Forge Hub. I’m not just voting for them ’cause I have a few friends who are “pro” forgers. Seriously!
Tough choice but, Forge Hub is my choice. I’m dissapointed that Halopedia isin’t on the list.
halo.bungie.net because it lists key points about all things halo its easy to find what you want
HBO is the GodFather of all halo sites. It has the ability to help teach any Halo Player what they want to know. And also allows for them to give back.
Never been on any of them. I just go 2 Bungie.net to read everything. So I voted 4 halo.bungie.org because it has the word Bungie in it. :)
HBO is pretty comprehensive, you can find most everything there.
halocharts justs adds to the overall halo experience
HBO fo sho. Ultimate Halo website full of info and never ending fun!!!
HBO
It’s full of information relating to the Halo series. It’s always up to date as well.
I voted in this category.
ascendant justice for me. its awesome
Halo3.junk.ws
LW and Co. with honorable mention to HaloCharts.
Halo.Bungie.Org. The first website I go to when looking for Halo news.
Halo3.junk.ws
HaloCharts has helped me realize areas that I could improve and work on.
Bungie. Duh. Vote 3 Complete.
I think Rampancy is the best!! You can get news, maps, pics, and they’ve got hundreds of music transcribed by fans!!! The music is the best part!!! Look for the names Mike Poe, Spartan182, Jonathan, Devin, Poop Scoop, Frye, and Halo Dragon for the best halo transcriptions!!! I’m doing you a favor people!!!! Got to Rampancy.net Now!!!!!!
Halo Charts FTW! Its a great site with everything you need to know I have seen the others and while they do simmilar things HC will always be #1 :D
I voted!
i vote for forge hub.they are always giving you tips on how to make a map awesome.
Ok its simple if you like info…go to HBO. If you like maps… go to FH. If you like music… go to rampancy. I dont know about all you guys out there, but my favorite thing about halo is its music. Lets face it, Marty and Mike are Genious’. I like the other sites too, but until they get a section that has more songs than rampancy then I guess they lose.
P.S. spartan182 and Mike Poe rock!!! Others are good too but theirs are the best… :P