Editing The Yappening (Halo: The Master Chief Collection)

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{{Title|The Yappening (''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'')}}
{{Disambig header|the event in Halo: The Master Chief Collection|the eponymous event in other games|The Yappening}}
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'''The Yappening''', also known as '''The Yappening: Two Yaps This Time''', was an event held on ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', starting from April 3, 2019. The Yappening update accompanied a series of regular title update changes for ''Master Chief Collection'', detailed in the same blog post.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/the-yappening-two-yaps-this-time|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The Yappening: Two Yaps This Time}}

==Overview==
A [[Halo Waypoint]] blog post was posted by Yapyap, detailing how the [[Unggoy|Grunt]] had remembered the event a year ago, and decided to repeat it. His [[Yapyap's rebellion|troops]] brought him several items (themselves tongue-in-cheek references to existing lore) such as [[Janus Key]]s, [[slipspace flake]]s, a "Fragment of Divinity" and pistachios, with Yapyap failing to get them to yield any tangible result. Yapyap then destroyed the assembled artifacts with {{Pattern|Anskum|plasma grenade}}s, resulting in a mysterious voice conferring Yapyap as the true protector of the [[Mantle]], among other grand titles. 

The event then sparked a similar series of events internally at 343 Industries, resulting in a dedicated Yappening splash screen, menu art, [[nameplate]]s and playlist being created inside ''The Master Chief Collection'' 2v2 ''[[Halo 2]]'' matchmaking. The Yappening playlist consisted of several unique gametypes:
*'''Head-pop Party!''' - [[SWAT]], albeit with the [[Grunt Birthday Party]] [[Skull]] activated.
*'''Yappening Wargames''' - [[Fiesta]] Slayer, with the additional effect of randomly removing a random [[heads-up display]] element on respawn. Each round fired in a weapon fires two ammunition per shot.
*'''Brute Shoot''' - Players have [[Type-25 Brute Shot|Brute Shots]] with bottomless magazine and physics from projectiles and explosives are magnified.
*'''Methane Moshpit''' - [[King of the Hill]] with all players given high health and [[Type-33 needler|needlers]] with bottomless magazines, with the intention being to use supercombine explosions to push players out of the hill.
*'''Yapyap's Ball Grab''' - [[Oddball]] with [[M41 SPNKR|rocket launchers]].
*'''Beamish Bonanza''' - A "big team invisible low gravity SWAT vehicle fiesta mode" - players have no shields, [[active camouflage]], a [[BR55 battle rifle|battle rifle]], random secondary weapon and a randomized vehicle set.

The Yappening nameplates were unlocked as follows;

*'''Yapyap THE DESTROYER''' - Complete [[seven]] social matches in the Yappening playlist.

*'''Shut Your Yap''' - Headshot 250 Grunts on [[Heroic]] difficulty or higher in campaign or [[Spartan Ops]].

==Gallery==
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File:MCC Yapyap desktop.png|Yappening menu art for ''The Master Chief Collection''.
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