Editing Alas, Poor Yorick

{{Status|Gameplay}}
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|name=Alas, Poor Yorick
|img=[[File:H3 Achievement Alas, Poor Yorick.png]]
|gs=25
|game=Halo 3
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'''Alas, Poor Yorick''' is a ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[achievement]] which was unlocked by earning three [[Oddball Kill|Oddball melee kills]] in a single ranked or social match on a [[Legendary Map Pack|Legendary]] map.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=15422 Bungie Weekly Update 9/5/2008]</ref>

It is worth 25 [[Gamerscore]].

Getting oddball melee kills wasn't overly difficult, but it was extremely challenging to find an Oddball match on a Legendary map in matchmaking.

Following the shutdown of [[Xbox 360]] ''Halo'' online services on January 13, [[2022]], this achievement is no longer attainable.{{Ref/Site|Id=shutdown2|D=23|M=1|Y=2022|URL=https://www.windowscentral.com/halo-xbox-360-servers-have-been-shut-down2021|Site=Windows Central|Page=Halo Xbox 360 servers have been shut down, ending an era}}{{Ref/Site|Id=shutdown1|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/sunsetting-halo-xbox-360-game-services-in-2021|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Sunsetting Halo Xbox 360 Game Services in 2021}} 

==Tips==
*Players could try getting this on either [[Ghost Town]], [[Avalanche]] or [[Blackout]]. A good strategy was standing behind a corner or in a [[Bubble Shield|Bubble shield]] and when enemies came close melee with the oddball.
*Although rare, this was most easily achieved when playing [[double EXP Weekend|3 Ball]], one of the [[Double EXP Weekend]] playlists.
*Perhaps the best way of getting this achievement, without relying on 3-ball, was in Rumble Pit. Oddball occurred 11% of the time. Even though the playlist did not require all DLC, players needed to have all the maps in the playlist or else they'd get booted out of the game. All maps were equally likely to occur and 5 out of 19 maps were Legendary or Mythic maps. Therefore, the map and gametype needed for the achievement occurred roughly 2.8947% of the time. Odds are, through 35 games in Rumble Pit, players would have at least one shot at the achievement.

==Trivia==
*Yorick was the deceased court jester whose skull was exhumed by a gravedigger in Shakespeare's ''[[wikipedia:Hamlet|Hamlet]]''. ("Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio.")
*In ''Halo Wars'' there is also an achievement with a similar name, [[Alas, Poor Andrew Thomas]], for finding the first skull in the game.
*Some players reported that they needed to achieve the three oddball kills in one life in order to unlock the achievement.
*There is a level in ''Marathon: Infinity'' with the same name.

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