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Halo Wars

The Doritos snack food is holding a sweepstakes where the winner can get a voice role in the game.[11] It has been said that the UNSC's super weapon is a MAC strike from orbit. However, this is highly inaccurate, in theory, a MAC strike from orbit could create an explosion with the strength of a nuclear bomb or greater as the supersonic speed of the round, combined with gravity and its mass, would create massive forces on impact. A telegraph-pole-sized tungsten bar using only gravity and deployed from orbit has the same strength as a nuclear bomb. In fact, if a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon shot a 600-ton ferric-tungsten projectile with a depleted uranium core at 30km/s at a planet, it could penetrate the crust. However, it is possible that MACs have varying launch speeds. From a demo video on Xbox Live Marketplace, you can shoot the Grunt's methane tanks and the Grunt will explode.

It is possible to run over enemies with the Warthog, and likely other vehicles.

It has been rumored that Halo Wars will ship with a preview of Halo: Chronicles. [12]

While there will be an economy mechanic for the game, it may play less of a role in the Campaign missions[13].

There will be a unit limit[14].

It is possible to play as the Covenant in multiplayer.

Halo Wars should perhaps be considered a return to form for the concept of the series, as Halo: Combat Evolved was itself originally a real-time strategy game

Texans

The Texans are just the second expansion team since 1960 to win their very first NFL regular season contest. The Texans defeated the Dallas Cowboys on September 8, 2002 by a score of 19-10. The only other expansion team to win its very first NFL regular season contest was the Minnesota Vikings, who defeated the Chicago Bears on Opening Day 1961 by a score of 37-13.

Billy Miller scored the first points in franchise history with a touchdown catch on the team's third play from scrimmage against the Dallas Cowboys.

At the 2002 Pro Bowl, The Texans tied the 1961 Vikings for the most players selected (2) from an expansion team and become the first expansion club to be represented at the Pro Bowl since the New Orleans Saints in 1967, when all teams were required to have at least one player selected. The two representatives for the Texans that year were cornerback Aaron Glenn and defensive end Gary Walker.

The Texans became the first expansion team in NFL history to win their first two opening day games when they defeated the Miami Dolphins to open the 2003 season.

Only 6 players remain from the 2002 inaugural season: OL Chester Pitts, OL Fred Weary, OL Steve McKinney, DB Demarcus Faggins, DB Jason Simmons, and K Kris Brown.

The Texans are the only team in the NFL to never win a divisional championship nor finish better than 3rd place in division.

As of the 2007 NFL season, Houston is the only NFL team with all three of the following distinctions: they have yet to post a winning season, they have yet to play in a regular-season Monday Night Football game, and have yet to make their first playoff appearance. The Texans are also one of six franchises, along with the New Orleans Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, and Detroit Lions to have never played in a Super Bowl.

The Houston Texans are the sixth professional football team to adopt the nickname "Texans." The first was the Dallas Texans, who after one season became the last NFL team to fold in 1952. The second was the American Football League Dallas Texans, who played in three AFL seasons starting with the league's inaugural season in 1960 before becoming the Kansas City Chiefs. The third was also named the Houston Texans, playing in the World Football League and moving to Shreveport before the league folded in 1974. A fourth incarnation of the Dallas Texans played four seasons in the Arena Football League before disbanding in 1993. Finally, one of the Canadian Football League's U.S. teams, the Sacramento Gold Miners moved to San Antonio where they played one season as the San Antonio Texans before disbanding in 1995.

Other possible nicknames considered for the new Houston franchise were Stallions, Bobcats, Wildcatters, and Apollos.

The Texans hold the record for the fewest yards gained by a winning team in NFL history (47). The record was set on December 8, 2002 when the Texans defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-6 despite being outgained 422-47 in total yards.

David Carr holds the dubious title as the most sacked quarterback in a single season. In 2002, he was sacked 76 times, but still managed to take every snap for the team that season. (The 1986 Eagles hold the NFL record for most sacks permitted by a team in one season with 104)

In 2005 the Texans became the first team since 1929 to never have a lead at any point in their first six games of the season.

David Carr tied an NFL record with 22 consecutive completions in a 2006 game against Buffalo at Reliant Stadium. He is tied with Mark Brunell who completed 22 consecutive passes on the same field against the Texans just a few weeks earlier.

Former President George H.W. Bush is a Texans fan and frequently attends home games as a guest of owner Bob McNair.

The Texans' first-round pick in 2007, Amobi Okoye, is the youngest player ever selected in the history of the NFL Draft. Okoye did not turn 20 until June 10, 2007.

In 2007, Kris Brown became the first kicker in NFL history to make three field goals of 54 yards or longer in a single game, which included a franchise record 57-yard field goal to beat the Dolphins.

The Texans have never split a season series with the Tennessee Titans. The Texans swept the Titans in 2004 and have been swept by the Titans in every other season (2002-03, 2005-07). The Texans are 0-5 in overtime games.

The Texans have never played a game (regular season or preseason) in Green Bay or Minnesota. Detroit, San Francisco and Seattle are the only teams to have never played a game (regular season or preseason) in Reliant Stadium.

Ninja Warrior

Sasuke All-Stars Kazuhiko Akiyama -- a 35-year-old massage therapist and former crab fisherman from Tokoro, Hokkaidō. He is the first competitor to have completed Sasuke, doing so on his third try in the 4th Competition. He has had varying levels of success since, primarily due to failing eyesight. Before becoming a crab fisherman, entering his family business, he was in the Japan Self-Defense Forces where he took up Greco-Roman wrestling. After the 17th competition, he officially retired from Sasuke to gain more focus as a father and an owner of his own massage clinic. The only tournament he missed was the 5th. In the 11th competition, his brother, Kimihiro Akiyama, who is a scallop fisherman, competed but failed the newly redesigned Balance Bridge.

Makoto Nagano -- a 35-year-old fisherman living near Kagoshima and the second man to complete the course. He spends 300 days a year at sea captaining his ship, the 28th Konpira Maru, where he works as a commercial fisherman as well as train for the competition. Clips of him training are shown frequently during the broadcast and include him doing sit-ups off the side of the boat, handstands on the top mast, and hanging off a bridge crossing it like the Cliff Hanger obstacle. In 2005 his height and weight were recorded as 5 feet, 3 inches and 134 pounds. After failing to scale the Warped Wall in the 7th and 8th Competitions, Nagano made it to the Third Stage and failed on the Pipe Slider in the 9th. He failed the Jump Hang in the 10th competition and since then has reached the Third Stage in every competition except the 15th in which he failed on the Metal Spin and the 19th where he failed on the Flying Chute. He has reached the Final Stage four times (in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th Competitions), more than any other competitor, and finally completed it in the 17th Competition. His three consecutive Final Stage appearances are a record shared with Akira Omori, who accomplished the feat in the first three competitions.

Toshihiro Takeda -- a 32-year-old fire rescue worker from Ibi District, Gifu Prefecture. He has reached a level of fame both in Sasuke and in his career that he became the poster boy for Japan's firefighting recruitment drive for 2006. Takeda always competes in his orange firefighter trousers and a blue or white fire rescue t-shirt. Takeda has passed the First Stage in all except the 7th Competition where he timed out on the Rope Climb, the 10th Competition where he fell on the Jump Hang, and the 19th Competition where he timed out after the Warped Wall. He is the only All-Star to not compete in the final stage. He had considered retirement after the 17th competition, but his son convinced him to return to Sasuke.

Shingo Yamamoto -- a 33-year-old oil company manager from Tokyo, he is the only person to have competed in every Sasuke competition, and the only person to have attempted the first and second version of the Final Stage. During his first attempt in the 3rd Competition he was only about 3 meters short, but his second appearance in the 7th Competition ended almost immediately when he dislocated his shoulder just seconds after beginning the Spider Climb. He usually competes in his gas station uniform shirt and cap (always with Esso/Mobil branding); both times he competed without it, the 1st Competition and 4th Competition, he has failed very early on. Much note is made of his career and personal successes, including his promotions at the Hasegawa service station, where he started as a gas jockey in the 1st Competition, manager at the 6th, and was announced as a district manager at the 17th; his marriage after the 5th; and the building of his home in Tokyo, complete with a Sasuke training course.

Bunpei Shiratori -- a 40-year-old health-services government employee from Inba Village, Chiba Prefecture. He is also a track and field athlete specializing in the triple jump; he even competes in his track uniform. In 2005, his height and weight were recorded as 5 feet, 9 inches and 145 pounds. He reached the Final Stage in the 12th competition, his only time doing so, and timed out on the Rope Climb. During the 15th Competition, Bunpei overcame heat exhaustion to complete the First Stage and advance to the Climbing Bars (Bridge of Destiny) in the Third Stage. He has built a full-sized model of the course in his backyard known as the Shiratori Shrine, where he trains. He also invites the other Sasuke All-Stars to train there, and even invited the G4 American Ninja Challenge finalists, Colin Bell and Brett Sims, to his course in 2007.

Katsumi Yamada -- 42 years old from Harima, Hyōgo Prefecture, he is known as "Mr. Sasuke". Due to Yamada's success in the earlier competitions, he was once thought to be the most likely to complete the entire course. The only time he reached the Final Stage was in the 3rd Competition, when he timed out just a few inches from the buzzer. In the 6th and 10th Competitions Yamada reached the end of the Pipe Slider only to fail the jump to the final mat. He is particularly notable for his unusual devotion to the Sasuke competition; many times he has sworn to retire from the competition only to resurface again, at one point alienating his family in the process. Despite his frequent claims that he will never compete again, Yamada has only missed the 13th Competition. After failing on the Pipe Slider in the 10th Competition, he never returned to the Third Stage. Since being disqualified in the 12th competition on the Second Stage (for finishing the Second Stage wearing gloves that contestants start with, for safety reasons on the Chain Reaction, but are required to remove before the third obstacle, the Spider Walk), he has never completed the First Stage. Since the factory where he once worked has closed down, he never acquired another full-time job, and spends the rest of his time training. Also there is a rumor that Yamada is training his son to compete in upcoming tournaments.

Shunsuke Nagasaki -- This 20-year-old is the newest member of the Sasuke All-Stars, and one of the most promising of recent competitors. A skilled trampolinist who is scheduled to perform in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, he has won several medals in the Trampoline World Cups [3][4][5][6] and Doha Asian Games [7]. Shunsuke first appeared at the 14th Competition and became the youngest person to reach the Second Stage. Although that record has since been broken, Nagasaki still holds the distinction of being the youngest competitor to reach the Final Stage, which he did at age 19, during the 17th competition. In the 18th competition, due to the modifications in the Cliff Hanger, he failed the Third Stage. In the 19th competition, he was eliminated in the First Stage by falling off the Flying Chute; this was his first time failing the First Stage.