The Fight Like A Girl Tournament (FLAG) is coming to Halo 4 for its seventh annual tournament to benefit breast cancer research. The FLAG tournament will be held on Xbox LIVE in Halo 4 from Nov. 16-18, according to a blog post on Halo Waypoint.
The tournament began back in 2006 and was organized Kari Toyama and Tasha Pettengill. The tournaments has been played using Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach. According to the tournaments official site, it has raised over $22,000 for breast and cervical cancer research.
The organizers official mission statement reads: "Our mission is two-fold. Not only do we do this tournament to raise money and awareness for finding a cure to cancer, but also to show the public that gamers are kind and generous people, We would like to thank you for your generosity, love, and support over the years and ask that you please continue to share your stories with us, we love to be reminded why we do this every year. Let's finish this fight!"
Here is a list of Event Details:
2v2 Tournament
Grifball Tournament (In partnership with Grifball Hub)
Creative Bundle
• Halo 4 Screenshot Contest
• Haloshop-a-thon
• Halo 4 Forge Challenge
• Halo Fan Art Contest
• Details here: https://www.flagtournament.com/creative-bundle-contest-details/
Event Schedule
Friday, November 16 - Creative Bundle submissions open
Saturday, November 17 - 2v2 Team, Creative Bundle submissions deadline 11:59pm PST
Sunday, November 18 - Grifball
Participate
Registration is now open at https://www.flagtournament.com. There is a $10 per person, per event entry donation. All donations are collected through Razoo and go towards the fight against breast cancer.
• $20 per team for 2v2
• $40 per team for Grifball
• $10 per person for Creative Bundle (donation allows entry in all creative categories)
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Check out Josh Holmes interview about the creation of the Prometheans here and find out why Master Chief might not return in future Halo games here.
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