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"In Season Four of [[Red vs Blue]], Sarge is taking pot-shots with a [[Sniper rifle|Sniper Rifle]] at Grif, whom he hates. He’s having a great time and blurts out 'This is the best game since Grifball!' That was written about three years ago and we always wondered what kind of game Grifball would have been. That’s why the ball carrier turns orange – everyone in the game is constantly trying to hammer-smash Grif and even if he scores, he explodes. Either way, Sarge wins." | "In Season Four of [[Red vs Blue]], Sarge is taking pot-shots with a [[Sniper rifle|Sniper Rifle]] at Grif, whom he hates. He’s having a great time and blurts out 'This is the best game since Grifball!' That was written about three years ago and we always wondered what kind of game Grifball would have been. That’s why the ball carrier turns orange – everyone in the game is constantly trying to hammer-smash Grif and even if he scores, he explodes. Either way, Sarge wins." | ||
While the first off-hand joke about "Grifball" was made in Season 4 of Red vs. Blue, the actual practical development of the gametype only started three years later when Rooster Teeth was making the [[Heroic Map Pack]] "D.I.Y." trailer and experimenting with Forge and custom Assault game types in the Foundry map.<ref name="bts-rt">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': Behind the Scenes: Rooster Teeth</ref> | |||
There have been two documented occasions in ''Halo 3'' (Grifball Week 2 Highlights and British Summer League Highlights Week 3) when the ball-carrier (A.K.A. Grif) did ''not'' die after scoring. In the first case, he dropped the Bomb and rode a Hammer shock wave away from the explosion to safety. When the video ends, Sarge is heard crying in the background, "I'm so sad, I don't think I can go on. End it now, end it now." The second time this happened, the player managed to score and was then propelled out of the way by an opponent in an attempt to kill him<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2m5fYEAHYE</ref>. After ''[[Halo: Reach]]'''s release, ball-carriers escaping the explosion became more common thanks to the inclusion of Armor Abilities such as Sprint allowing them to get away in time. This is often remedied, though, by changing the game settings so that the ball-carrier will automatically drop dead upon scoring. | There have been two documented occasions in ''Halo 3'' (Grifball Week 2 Highlights and British Summer League Highlights Week 3) when the ball-carrier (A.K.A. Grif) did ''not'' die after scoring. In the first case, he dropped the Bomb and rode a Hammer shock wave away from the explosion to safety. When the video ends, Sarge is heard crying in the background, "I'm so sad, I don't think I can go on. End it now, end it now." The second time this happened, the player managed to score and was then propelled out of the way by an opponent in an attempt to kill him<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2m5fYEAHYE</ref>. After ''[[Halo: Reach]]'''s release, ball-carriers escaping the explosion became more common thanks to the inclusion of Armor Abilities such as Sprint allowing them to get away in time. This is often remedied, though, by changing the game settings so that the ball-carrier will automatically drop dead upon scoring. | ||
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*The Blargball variant of Grifball is a reference to the only word Elites in Red vs Blue say, aside from occasional grunts. | *The Blargball variant of Grifball is a reference to the only word Elites in Red vs Blue say, aside from occasional grunts. | ||
*Grifball is the only [[Double EXP Weekend]] event that is entirely [[Assault]] based. | *Grifball is the only [[Double EXP Weekend]] event that is entirely [[Assault]] based. | ||
*[[McFarlane Toys]] produced a [[McFarlane Toys/Miscellaneous#Grifball Spartan|Grifball action figure]] in orange [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI/R variant|Recon]] armor. | *[[McFarlane Toys]] produced a [[McFarlane Toys/Miscellaneous#Grifball Spartan|Grifball action figure]] in orange [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI/R variant|Recon]] armor. This was also the first ever action figure made based on Rooster Teeth productions<ref name="bts-rt"/>. | ||
*On October 27, 2012, Achievement Hunter released a Minecraft Let's Play which featured them (including Geoff Ramsey, the voice of Grif) playing Grifball on a map made by AxialMatt. | *On October 27, 2012, Achievement Hunter released a Minecraft Let's Play which featured them (including Geoff Ramsey, the voice of Grif) playing Grifball on a map made by AxialMatt. | ||