UnReaL

My first encounter of Halo was at a EB Games store that had the original Xbox and demo of Halo:CE. As soon as I started playing I was hooked, it was a Warthog mission where I was just gunning Covenant enemies down. From that moment on I knew I had to get this game...

I began playing Halo:CE with friends, mostly split-screen. My name at the time was DarK HaVoC. I loved the first Halo so much I couldn't wait for Halo 2 especially from the Halo 2 announcement at E3

My first Gamertags in Halo 2 started with UnrealRacerRSI and UnrealBleuSTi. Later on I just stuck with the name "UnReaL" cause of my favorite shooter Unreal Tournament 2004. TXz UnReaL followed soon after which was part of Twilight ExecutionerZ clan by Halo 2 montage legend Dymdez. During this time I had my first pro encounter with Halo 1 and Halo 2 pro "Zyos" at a car show called Hot Import Nights which was holding a "Play A Pro" event. After we played I knew I wanted to be a Halo pro. I created a secondary gamertag not long after my encounter and created iNeX UnReaL which was used for my Halo 2 team iNeXeS with iNeX Arkive, iNeX Nickfat and iNeX OnlyTakes4. We never got to compete in tournaments but practiced against top teams such as Exit Woundz and Str8 Rippin. Later on in my Halo 2 career I left TXz and changed my tag to VzN x UnReaL from the Halo 2 clan ViZioN which was the top 10 clan on the leaderboards at the time led my Pepperz, Nimrook and Tek Neekz with also Halo pro Gun Shot. Following into Halo 3 which wasn't my favorite, I never really put too much time into it. I ended up taking time off and I returned a few years later to play Halo:Reach which is currently one of my favorites with Halo 2. I played some competitive Halo:Reach but not much. Nothing was really working and just not enough time. Halo 4 i just played online but also nothing serious as it was one of my least favorite Halo games. I returned to play competitively in Halo:The Master Chief Collection but wasn't successful as my team split-up.

With the release of Halo 5: Guardians I took a different approach and started playing more against online competition and ranking up against current top players. Also began the creation of two spartan companies with long time Halo player since Halo:Reach Doza and new friends from Halo 5's Warzone we created Rippin and a month later Tearin for the Warzone gametype. It has been very competitive and just a blast to play with everyone. It's good to be back, although it would be nice to compete once again and actually win something. Not sure if it's in the cards for me in Halo 5. But the last 10 years have been a fight, shout out to all my teammates and opponents GG's as I leave you with my only two montages from Halo 2 and a gameplay from Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

The hype for montages was real back then...
Halo 2 - Montage 1
I've played with some of the most competitive players in the Halo 2, in Montage 1 you can catch II Poison II, 3D OGRE 2, Stoner 1, Stoner 2, StK Ogre Eh, SV Poon, Great Colossus, Stew 007, Mongler, Nakamura, TSK Boo, Ey3dea and Foulacy as I was just starting to play with these players before MLG was becoming big in the scene.

Halo 2 - Montage 2
In montage 2 I was starting to get more competitive and playing with more pro players, in this montage you can catch HaE Wonka, Pain x Envy, Melloz, Detach, I Joe I, IRoCI JuS2Nasty, H2C Pyrocy, GHOS57ayame, StrongSide, FonziPwnsNubs, Mikeman, Nistic, and Ellipson.

Halo:MCC - 2v2 Gameplay vs DoctorPilgrim & Demizer
(This gameplay is a perfect example of why you should never give up even if your down, GG)

Thank you all for the good times and memories. Shout out to Bungie, Halo2Forum and MLG for making Halo 2 the best and my favorite video game ever!