Labor Day Beatdown

September 1st, 2008

    It has been some time since our last beatdown, five months to be exact. During our time of silence, we have come to experience both success and failure. The time has come to raise the curtain and reveal it "all".

UNSC Veteran Fund

    As you all know, our founder, Night Rider 7 was in a near fatal car accident last January. As a way to help Pieter's (Night Rider 7) family with the medical costs we set up a PayPal account to collect donations. Recently we have experienced a few technical difficulties and have removed the link from our front page. Once we solve the problem, the link to donate will be restored.

New Munitions Articles

    Our long time member Isnagov recently contributed two new articles to our Munitions Depot. The first article War Pig, emphasizes the power of the "King of Map Control (Warthog)." The article is a guide on how to best utilize the strengths of the warthog to dominate the realm of Halo 3, while avoiding it's common pitfalls.

The second article is titled The Discipline of Living, is an in depth analysis of what most players consider to be a "Disposable Luxury." The article emphasizes the preciousness of life, and provides helpful tips on how to essentially "never die."

Roster Update

    At the start of Halo 3, we were looking to expand and increase our roster. Unfortunately our past Halo 3 Tryouts have not fielded the most dedicated of members. So as a result, the Winged Warriors are officially cutting off their roster at six members. These six members will comprise our clan match squad. Most of these members have been with the clan for at least three years. We are all well known in the Halo Community, but for those unknowledgeable few, the Winged Warriors official roster is as follows.

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Halo 3 Clan Match Results

    The results of our last five Halo 3 clan matches are online. In order to view the results, please click on the results link next to the clan match opponent.

Future Clan Match Opponents

    Currently we have a long list of clans waiting for a match. We are currently in the process of contacting the following clans: Wizards of War, FiasCo, Clan Gear Heads, Knight Hawks, MGC Gaming, 317 Spartans (Formerly Spartans Fo Life), Team IntenZity, Army of the Republic, Podtacular and SBG Gaming.

We are always looking for future clan match opponents so if you are interested please send the following information to battles@wingrunner.com

E-mail Information

1. Gamertag
2. Clan/Team Name
3. Clan/Team Website
4. Competitive or Recreational
5. MLG or Default gametypes
6. Number of games
7. Number of players (3v3-6v6)

Future Winged Warriors Tournament

We will be holding a invitation only tournament in the very near future. However, we are still in the planning stages, and cannot provide any more details at this time. Please stay tuned for future updates.

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Tryout and Clan Match Update

March 26th, 2008

   The performance stage of tryouts is now complete, and we are currently in the process of interviewing applicants. Out of the eleven applicants; six have made it to the interview stage. Their gamertags are DOOM NAV3, H05H, EightyVirus, TacoChief 74, pkripper43 and AutofireDev. Out of the six only the best two will have the honor of calling themselves Winged Warriors.

Upcoming Clan Matches

   With tryouts coming to a close, we will once again start scheduling clan matches. As mentioned before we currenly have a list of 11 clans waiting to face the Winged Warriors. Our upcoming clan match opponents, in order are; Currently we are set to face The Halo Assassins on April 15th. If your clan is on the list you will be contacted soon.

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Tryout and Challenge Update

March 7th, 2008

   We have reviewed all the applications, and have invited eight players to attend our upcoming tryout. The gamertags of those eight are; the arkit3kt, H05H, DOOM NAV3, TacoChief 74, oO McClane Oo, PO PAPPY Z 143, wh4tshisf4c3, and EightyVirus. As a reminder, tryouts will span three sessions, and the dates and times are; March 18th at 11:00pm eastern, March 20th at 11:00pm eastern and March 25th at 11:00pm eastern. After the three sessions these eight gamers will be narrowed down again, and only a handful will receive an interview. When all is said and done, the three best players will be able to call themselves Winged Warriors.

Power Rangers Challenge Update

   Last week we challenged the Former Power Rangers to a match, however, they responded by declaring the match "impossible". To the Winged Warriors, nothing is impossible, therefore we will accommodate the Power Rangers by only requiring that two of the former Power Rangers be present. Meaning that we will settle for a match against the clan match team of Second Foundation and former Power Rangers, Sigafoos and Brathnok.

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Leap Day Beatdown

Februay 29th, 2008

    The past few months were a dark time for the Winged Warriors, a time which jeopardized our very existence. Fortunately the perseverance of our members has allowed us to fully recover from near obliteration. We are now back and proud to announce that our site is fully up to date. Please read on to view our news updates, roster updates, clan match results, and upcoming tryout information.

First off, Simmons 2pt0 announced his departure from Halo 3 on December 7th 2007. Since he has decided to no longer actively play or compete on Halo 3 he has been officially retired from the Winged Warriors.

Secondly, WW Horizon departed from the Winged Warriors on February 7th 2007. I would like to thank him for all that he has done, especially his duty as our webmaster.

With the recent departures, our roster page has been updated to reflect those changes. Below is the current roster of Team Phoenix.

Upcoming Halo 3 Tryouts

    The Winged Warriors are currently in the process of recruiting for our upcoming tryout which will be held on Tuesday March 19th at 11:00pm eastern, Thursday March 21st at 11:00pm eastern, and Tuesday March 26th at 11:00pm eastern. In order to be invited you must fill out our tryout application and send it to tryouts@wingrunner.net. Once we recieve your application it will be reviewed, and if your application is approved you will receive an email containing more details.

Halo 3 Clan Match Results

    The results of our last five Halo 3 clan matches are online. In order to view the results, please click on the results link next to the clan match opponent.

Future Clan Match Opponents

    Currently, nine clans are on our list of future clan match opponents. Once tryouts are completed, we will start setting up dates and times in the order we were challenged. Our clan match opponents in order are; We're Not Godz, International Gaming Community, 317 Spartans (Formerly Spartans Fo Life), Knights of Columbus, Team InteZity, Army of the Republic, Podtacular, Halo 3 Junkies, and Higher Gun Evolution.

The Gauntlet has been Thrown

   The Winged Warriors officially challenge the former COB Power Rangers to a five game Halo 3 match. The Winged Warriors squared off against the Power Rangers in Clan Match 12 on July 27th 2006. Ever since we suffered that disappointing loss the former members of the Power Rangers have frequently made us relive that moment. So because of that, we officially throw down the gauntlet.

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Winged Warriors Celebrate Three Years of Excellence in Competition

January 21st, 2008

   The Winged Warriors have been a competitive clan at heart from their beginning on January 21, 2005. When the clan was founded by Night Rider 7 their goal was to be better at the game and to have better sportsmanship. Now, three years, thirty-three official clan matches, and one hundred sixty-seven clan match games later the Winged Warriors have become one of the leading competitive clans in the gaming community. When we first started we were determined to become better in both practice and principle, and to elevate our standards above the mob. We have succeeded for three years now and will do so as long as we exist.

Sincere thanks to everyone who has helped us get this far, there are too many to mention but we owe part of our success to our supporters in the Halo community, especially our allies. Most of all, I thank the members who make up the Winged Warriors, you Warriors are truly the blood of the clan and you have definitely proven to the world that nothing can stop you when you put your hearts into it. Here's to another incredible and successful year of excellence in teamwork, communication, planning, and good sportsmanship!

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