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|After discovering the "forge filters" in the newly | |After discovering the "forge filters" in the newly downloaded Legendary Map Pack, the Arbiter has Master Chief come up with a good forged-map for it. Master Chief's distorted idea of the perfect forge map is to activate ''all'' forge filters; put all starter and respawn spots next to each other, and put spend the entire budget on scenery items and equipment that is irretrievable.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA_etl_IVL0&feature=channel '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief: Episode 8 - "Legendary" (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> | ||
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This season is much darker in tone than the previous ones; death and despair are prominent themes, and relationships between the main characters are more strained than ever before. The soundtrack is minimal, incorporating elements of noise, ambient music and dubstep; scenes with little dialogue are frequent. Title cards are discreet, and credits usually roll silently. | This season is much darker in tone than the previous ones; death and despair are prominent themes, and relationships between the main characters are more strained than ever before. The soundtrack is minimal, incorporating elements of noise, ambient music and dubstep; scenes with little dialogue are frequent. Title cards are discreet, and credits usually roll silently. | ||
In late 2012, the season was put on a hiatus, as Jon stated to be overwhelmed from both school work and work on the show. The season has been suggested several times to be the last one of the series, for example in the director's commentary for "Terminal", Jon pondered the idea of ending the show on its seventh season as a nod to Bungie's favorite number, which is also seven. On March 2, 2013, a new trailer detailing season seven's second half was released, with the announcement confirming that it will be indeed be the last one in the main continuity of the series. Episodes resumed on March 30, 2013 and have since been uploaded weekly until the series finale. | In late 2012, the season was put on a hiatus, as Jon stated to be overwhelmed from both school work and work on the show. The season has been suggested several times to be the last one of the series, for example in the director's commentary for "Terminal", Jon pondered the idea of ending the show on its seventh season as a nod to Bungie's favorite number, which is also seven. On March 2, 2013, a new trailer detailing season seven's second half was released, with the announcement confirming that it will be indeed be the last one in the main continuity of the series. Episodes resumed on March 30, 2013, and have since been uploaded weekly until the series finale. | ||
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|Episode 73: Blast Radius | |Episode 73: Blast Radius | ||
|9:27 | |9:27 | ||
|The Arbiter, upset with Greg -- believing him to have helped Cortana mail herself away to a children's charity -- turns down his company in favor of playing online with the Chief and the duo's new friend, Eugene. The Chief struggles with nicotine | |The Arbiter, upset with Greg -- believing him to have helped Cortana mail herself away to a children's charity -- turns down his company in favor of playing online with the Chief and the duo's new friend, Eugene. The Chief struggles with nicotine withdrawal. Eugene and his trolling clan's co-moderators Tyler and Colin, now in possession of a new iteration of the Fragban software patch -- with the capability of issuing a console-level ban upon a fragged player -- begin wreaking havoc throughout the gaming network. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HrWZlHbPJI '''YouTube''': ''Arby 'n' The Chief: "Blast Radius"'']</ref> | ||
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|Episode 74: Broken | |Episode 74: Broken | ||
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|Episode 95: Reentry | |Episode 95: Reentry | ||
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|Cortana makes the executive decision as the mission's Captain to deactivate PAL, believing the assistant | |Cortana makes the executive decision as the mission's Captain to deactivate PAL, believing the assistant artificial intelligence system to be a significant risk to the lives of the crew. Arbiter's torn between his odd-couple friendship with the robot and his respect for Cortana as his friend and superior. Meanwhile, PAL may have other plans. | ||
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|Episode 96: Lockout | |Episode 96: Lockout | ||
|27:19 | |27:19 | ||
|Arbiter attempts a life-or-death | |Arbiter attempts a life-or-death negotiation with PAL. | ||
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|Episode 97: Triple Fault | |Episode 97: Triple Fault | ||
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|Aliens and Monsters | |Aliens and Monsters | ||
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|Upset that he had very little screen-time in their latest story episode "Chaos Theosis," Chief proceeds to read phony emails from Arbiter's supposed family, while Arbiter tries to read actual emails from viewers. Chief's anger quickly fades when he | |Upset that he had very little screen-time in their latest story episode "Chaos Theosis," Chief proceeds to read phony emails from Arbiter's supposed family, while Arbiter tries to read actual emails from viewers. Chief's anger quickly fades when he receives a scam email from Nigeria. | ||
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|Silly Billies | |Silly Billies | ||
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|New Years Special 2011 | |New Years Special 2011 | ||
|4:18 | |4:18 | ||
|The Arbiter is rudely awakened in the middle of the night on Christmas | |The Arbiter is rudely awakened in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve by the sounds of Halo gameplay and Master Chief's cussing. | ||
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<center><span style="color:Red">'''These episodes are considered Non-Canon by Jon Graham himself'''</span></center> | <center><span style="color:Red">'''These episodes are considered Non-Canon by Jon Graham himself'''</span></center> | ||
On November 2, 2009 it was announced that a sequel to the series is in production. The sequel's title is "Arby n the Chief in L.A."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr2rdvaJg1U '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' The Chief in L.A. Trailer (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> Jon Graham stated on his blog that he is not working on the project, and that Machinima.com has taken complete control of the series.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-unaffiliated-with-arby-n-chief.html] However, Machinima.com is still going to go to Jon for him to provide tips and information to help with series continuity. | On November 2, 2009, it was announced that a sequel to the series is in production. The sequel's title is "Arby n the Chief in L.A."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr2rdvaJg1U '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' The Chief in L.A. Trailer (Halo 3 Machinima)'']</ref> Jon Graham stated on his blog that he is not working on the project, and that Machinima.com has taken complete control of the series.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-unaffiliated-with-arby-n-chief.html] However, Machinima.com is still going to go to Jon for him to provide tips and information to help with series continuity. | ||
Because of bad fan reception for the first two episodes, on November 24, 2009, much to his dismay, Jon Graham stated on his blog that he was asked by Machinima to fly to L.A. and help them with the third episode to "give the new crew a running start." However, he was detained by US Homeland Security as a Canadian citizen and was denied entrance to the United States; the new arrangement is for Jon to simply write the scripts and manage the voices, while a film crew in LA does all the actual production. Jon stated on his blog that he still doesn't consider the series his anymore.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-helping-produce-next-episode-of.html] | Because of bad fan reception for the first two episodes, on November 24, 2009, much to his dismay, Jon Graham stated on his blog that he was asked by Machinima to fly to L.A. and help them with the third episode to "give the new crew a running start." However, he was detained by US Homeland Security as a Canadian citizen and was denied entrance to the United States; the new arrangement is for Jon to simply write the scripts and manage the voices, while a film crew in LA does all the actual production. Jon stated on his blog that he still doesn't consider the series his anymore.[http://joncjg.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-helping-produce-next-episode-of.html] | ||
It is unknown whether the series will continue, due to | It is unknown whether the series will continue, due to its unpopularity compared to the series made by Jon Graham. | ||
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|Episode 3: Lost | |Episode 3: Lost | ||
|5:14 | |5:14 | ||
|In search of the Zoo but are now lost next to a dumpster, the Arbiter now has second thoughts and explains to Master Chief that they can't go to the zoo because of their existence as toys or else they would both be captured and experimented on by the government. When the Chief makes a crude comparison to the movie ''District 9'', Both Arbiter and Chief get into an argument about Earth's expanding universe, as well as debate on religion. Still persistant on going to the zoo, Master Chief is physically stopped by the Arbiter, prompting Chief to go back to | |In search of the Zoo but are now lost next to a dumpster, the Arbiter now has second thoughts and explains to Master Chief that they can't go to the zoo because of their existence as toys or else they would both be captured and experimented on by the government. When the Chief makes a crude comparison to the movie ''District 9'', Both Arbiter and Chief get into an argument about Earth's expanding universe, as well as debate on religion. Still persistant on going to the zoo, Master Chief is physically stopped by the Arbiter, prompting Chief to go back to Claire's house. When the Arbiter doesn't want to go back because he is still upset over Claire, this time the Chief refuses to listen to him and heads off on his own.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DLiSyg93I8&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief in LA: Episode 3: "Lost"'']</ref> | ||
This is the first episode of Arby 'n' the Chief in LA that Jon wrote and voiced for. | This is the first episode of Arby 'n' the Chief in LA that Jon wrote and voiced for. | ||
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|Episode 7: The Dark Side | |Episode 7: The Dark Side | ||
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|Mario reluctantly allows the Arbiter to stay because of his intelligence. However, he refuses to let the Master Chief stay and the Arbiter can only remain as long as he sells out the Chief, thus is torn between Toad's insistence on doing so and Luigi's persuasion against doing so. Meanwhile the Chief has found the Halo 3 disc inside a ''Tony Hawk’s Ride'' game case, to his delight.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6goM2bq9VIY&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief in LA: Episode 7: The Dark Side'']</ref> | |Mario reluctantly allows the Arbiter to stay because of his intelligence. However, he refuses to let the Master Chief stay and the Arbiter can only remain as long as he sells out the Chief, thus is torn between Toad's insistence on doing so and Luigi's persuasion against doing so. Meanwhile, the Chief has found the Halo 3 disc inside a ''Tony Hawk’s Ride'' game case, to his delight.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6goM2bq9VIY&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief in LA: Episode 7: The Dark Side'']</ref> | ||
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|Episode 8: Two Betrayals | |Episode 8: Two Betrayals | ||
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|Episode 12: Counter Strike | |Episode 12: Counter Strike | ||
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|Mario opens the cupboard, prepared to kill both the Arbiter and Sonic. Meanwhile after wasting minutes of concocting a plan to rescue Arbiter and Sonic, Master Chief, Luigi, and Toad return to their home and break in through a window. The Chief, Luigi, and Toad find the Arbiter and Sonic tied together in a microwave with Mario about to kill them. Mario closes the microwave and confronts the Chief, ending on a cliffhanger.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWYvIRUfzU&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief in LA: Episode 12: Counter-Strike'']</ref> | |Mario opens the cupboard, prepared to kill both the Arbiter and Sonic. Meanwhile, after wasting minutes of concocting a plan to rescue Arbiter and Sonic, Master Chief, Luigi, and Toad return to their home and break in through a window. The Chief, Luigi, and Toad find the Arbiter and Sonic tied together in a microwave with Mario about to kill them. Mario closes the microwave and confronts the Chief, ending on a cliffhanger.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWYvIRUfzU&list=SL '''Youtube''' - ''Arby 'n' The Chief: Arby 'n' the Chief in LA: Episode 12: Counter-Strike'']</ref> | ||
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|Episode 13: Game Over | |Episode 13: Game Over | ||
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In the beginning of the movie, the Master Chief forces the Arbiter, Cortana, Todd, and Travis to play along with a horrible game of "pretend" with Chief (one of Todd's lines is nothing but a crude drawing of a penis). As the others leave, the Arbiter approaches the Chief and consoles him by telling him it was very "Imaginative". While watching machinima videos online, the Chief begins to insult Jon Graham (also known as DigitalPh33r at the time), saying that his videos are shitty and repetitive. The Arbiter tells him to make a machinima of his own, but on one condition: If the machinima is bad, the Chief has to be nice for a day. The Chief retorts by saying that if the machinima is good, then the Arbiter, Todd, Travis, and Cortana have to "shut up" for a day. Several weeks later, with the help of the Chief's online friends, his machinima is complete. It is very badly done, is over three hours long, and contains bad voice acting, over-the-top character actions, and a terrible plot. Everyone hates it, though the Arbiter and Todd attempt to sugar-coat their criticism. Angry, the Chief says that he has uploaded it to the internet and that the result of the bet should depend on the online reaction (which is Chief standing at the computer for a day and continually hitting F5 in order to refresh the page over and over, resulting in more views). | In the beginning of the movie, the Master Chief forces the Arbiter, Cortana, Todd, and Travis to play along with a horrible game of "pretend" with Chief (one of Todd's lines is nothing but a crude drawing of a penis). As the others leave, the Arbiter approaches the Chief and consoles him by telling him it was very "Imaginative". While watching machinima videos online, the Chief begins to insult Jon Graham (also known as DigitalPh33r at the time), saying that his videos are shitty and repetitive. The Arbiter tells him to make a machinima of his own, but on one condition: If the machinima is bad, the Chief has to be nice for a day. The Chief retorts by saying that if the machinima is good, then the Arbiter, Todd, Travis, and Cortana have to "shut up" for a day. Several weeks later, with the help of the Chief's online friends, his machinima is complete. It is very badly done, is over three hours long, and contains bad voice acting, over-the-top character actions, and a terrible plot. Everyone hates it, though the Arbiter and Todd attempt to sugar-coat their criticism. Angry, the Chief says that he has uploaded it to the internet and that the result of the bet should depend on the online reaction (which is Chief standing at the computer for a day and continually hitting F5 in order to refresh the page over and over, resulting in more views). | ||
The Chief's video attracts the attention of the eccentric machinima director Skyler Loveheart, the head of "Douchebag Studios." Loveheart mistakenly thinks that the movie was made as a parody of bad machinima, and believes that the video is a work of genius. He contacts the Chief and tells him that Douchebag Studios could use the Chief's talents, and that they want him to come down to Los Angeles to create a serious machinima under their new contract. The Chief happily accepts and tells the Arbiter and Todd that he "doesn't have to live with [those] douchebags anymore." To everyone's delight except the | The Chief's video attracts the attention of the eccentric machinima director Skyler Loveheart, the head of "Douchebag Studios." Loveheart mistakenly thinks that the movie was made as a parody of bad machinima, and believes that the video is a work of genius. He contacts the Chief and tells him that Douchebag Studios could use the Chief's talents, and that they want him to come down to Los Angeles to create a serious machinima under their new contract. The Chief happily accepts and tells the Arbiter and Todd that he "doesn't have to live with [those] douchebags anymore." To everyone's delight except the Arbiter's, the Chief leaves and heads to LA. | ||
In Los Angeles, the Chief is greeted by Loveheart. The Chief asks to use Loveheart's phone, which he uses to call the Arbiter. He begins to brag to and insult the Arbiter, who angrily throws the phone out the window. The Chief then makes an online video (which parodies Uwe | In Los Angeles, the Chief is greeted by Loveheart. The Chief asks to use Loveheart's phone, which he uses to call the Arbiter. He begins to brag to and insult the Arbiter, who angrily throws the phone out the window. The Chief then makes an online video (which parodies Uwe Boll's infamous YouTube video containing much of the same content), in which he boasts about his machinima talents and challenges anyone who disagrees to a boxing match; according to him, beating his critics in a boxing match will somehow prove that he is right and they are wrong. The video annoys the Arbiter, who "can't think of anyone with an ego that massive." Travis tells the Arbiter to let it go, and that they should be celebrating. The Arbiter half-heartedly agrees. | ||
Nearly two months later, the Chief's attempt at a "serious" machinima is complete, titled "TEH EPIK BATEL." Loveheart, seeing the video and how bad it is, realizes that the Chief isn't cleverly satirizing bad machinima, but is simply bad himself. Loveheart furiously tells the Chief that he had invested a lot of money in him, and, pulling a pistol from his pocket, attempts to shoot him. Luckily, Loveheart's hyperactivity causes him to aim erratically, and so every shot misses, even hitting himself in the knee with one of the shots. The Chief steals Loveheart's car and escapes, heading back home. Loveheart shoots himself in the head, causing a ludicrous amount of blood to spurt out. | Nearly two months later, the Chief's attempt at a "serious" machinima is complete, titled "TEH EPIK BATEL." Loveheart, seeing the video and how bad it is, realizes that the Chief isn't cleverly satirizing bad machinima, but is simply bad himself. Loveheart furiously tells the Chief that he had invested a lot of money in him, and, pulling a pistol from his pocket, attempts to shoot him. Luckily, Loveheart's hyperactivity causes him to aim erratically, and so every shot misses, even hitting himself in the knee with one of the shots. The Chief steals Loveheart's car and escapes, heading back home. Loveheart shoots himself in the head, causing a ludicrous amount of blood to spurt out. | ||