Halo 3

Halo 3 is my favorite game for the Xbox 360. This weekend there was the finals for the MLG. Which stands for Major League Gaming. It was held in Las Vegas. The winner of this tournament received 100,000 dollars for first place. The top 8 teams in the U.S were there. One of the teammates on Str8 Rippin (the winner) left highschool during his junior year to compete in Halo. He left highschool about 8 years ago and he is 22 now playing for the same team. He has now received of 2 million dollars by playing halo and he is sponsored by Panasonic and Dr.Pepper. Dr.Pepper has signed a contract with MLG and it allows MLG to put Tom Taylor(the guy who left high school his junior year) on 150 million Dr.Pepper bottles with the MLG logo on it. Tom Taylor is not the only person who has received over 1 million dollars by competing in Halo. So far there has been around 4 or 5 but they have been competing professionally for at least 5-6 years. So one day my goal is to play at a level as high as theirs and I am fine not making any money because being a professional gamer is a bit impracticle. I currently have a halo team and there was a tournament in Minneapolis and I placed 3rd out of 140 teams and we made about 100 each for winning but i still have a long ways to go to compete in Las Vegas.

The Odyssey #2

I ended up really liking the Odyssey much more towards the end of the book. The reason i think i liked the end of the book is because there is much more action for example the slaughter of the suitors and Polyphmus. I have to say my favorite part of the book is when Odysseus kills all of the suitors. The reaosn i like this chapter so much is because Odysseus should be really made that they harassed his wife and ruined his palace. Also Odysseus showed a lot bravery by taking on all the suitors with his son, Telemachus. Odysseus also had to be smart with his return because if he just ran into his palace when he got back to Ithaca to see his wife the suitors would have killed him but instead he planned out the death of the suitors. All in all, I really enjoyed reading the Odyssey and i would not mind reading it again. I recommend this book to everyone for its adventure and great stroyline.

The Odyssey

Overall I think that The Odyssey is a really well written book. Even though it is really difficult to read at times i really love the story line. I think the book is better as a storing being told like Homer did but it is still really good as a book. One thing I would change about the book is that I would add more about Achilles and Troy. The reason for this is because i really love the story of Troy. In chapters 1-12 the story line is a bit boring to me because my favorite parts of it is the part when they are on Polyphemus's island. The beginning of the book was bit slow with some of the chapters but as you get further into the book the more exciting it gets. I think The Odyssey is wonderful novel and I am excited to read more.