Unless you've been living under a rock, you know about our ongoing minigame competition, the quest for the penultimate minigame. There were 32 submissions, but only one can be crowned champion, and win the title of "The Best Halo 4 Minigame". There are, however, real prizes to be had for our fair contestants.
The person who wins the title will be awarded a unique and custom modded controller, courtesy of GamerModz.com. It's Halo-themed and optionally includes their SPS-X2 rapidfire modification. They'll also win a Halo-themed Xbox skin (shown below), which is super sick. You should click through to that link to find out more about them, because they're awesome. Really. In total, this top prize is worth roughly $200. PRIZES! YEAH!
Second, the top FIVE maps will win a Ghost prop for their Xbox avatar dude, courtesy of 343 Industries. In addition, in each round of voting, one person who has playtested the maps and then voted will be awarded a Ghost prop, coming out to FIVE more Ghost props.
I like to imagine now you're asking yourself: "So how do I participate?" The answer is quite simple! Just head on over to the minigame boards on the site, download the maps, and vote for your favorites. There's also a live bracket that will update with each round, so you can track your favorite map. I encourage you to bring your friends in, help your favorite map win the contest and the goodies involved! The more votes you can get, the more chance your favorite map has to win! You can also access the brackets by clicking the big links below.
So, how is the Minigame Bracket laid out?
Due to the format of the implemented bracket system, there's been a bit of confusion on how the rounds have been organized. So let's clear that up! In the first round of the competition there are 8 groups, consisting of 4 minigames each (as you can see here).Only one minigame from each group will advance to the next round, leaving 8 minigames total for Round 2. At this point, it turns into a traditional head-to-head style bracket where the minigames are grouped in sets of two. So when we get to the second round, the viewable bracket will reflect the tournament set-up accordingly. Hopefully this cleared some things up! However if there's still any confusion let us know, and we will explain in further detail.