These days its all about TDRC giving back. This weekend Neil & Mark are participating in the Extra-Life gaming marathon for the Chirldren’s Miracle Network and next week I will be participating in the annual Fight Like a Girl ”FLAG” Tournament event with Rory from GameFocus on the weekend of Oct 22 – Oct 24.

I can assure you I am certainly not an expert Halo Reach player. But I couldn’t resist such a good cause. Fight Like a Girl, or FLAG for short, is an annual Halo tournament that raises money for breast and cervical cancer research.

Organizers Kari Toyama (@TheDonWan) and Tasha Pettengill (@zoomdemon) have organized this tournament since 2006.

FLAG is played every October during breast cancer awareness month. 100% of all entry fees and donations are sent directly to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and National Cervical Cancer Coalition. To date, they have have raised over $22,000 for breast and cervical cancer research.

Want to participate? Here’s some information regarding the tournament:

Friday
12:01AM PDT
(This event is starting at 3:01 AM your time.)
Firefight Score Attack Events Start
[beat the best score] Solo and 4 Player Score Attack
Begin submitting your best score for Firefight Score Attack
Entry Fee: $10 Solo Event / $40 Team Event

Saturday
9:00AM PDT-3:00PM PDT
(This event is starting at 12:00 PM your time.)
2v2 Slayer Tournament
[bracketed, double elimination]
Saturday’s carnage entails a 2v2, double-elimination tournament.
Length of time subject to change due to tournament conditions.
Entry Fee: $20 Team

Sunday
9:00AM PDT-12:00PM PDT
(This event is starting at 12:00 PM your time.)
4v4 Team Tournament
[bracketed, single elimination]
Sunday begins with the return of a classic event.
Length of time subject to change due to tournament conditions.
Entry Fee: $40 Team
2:00PM PDT-5:30PM PDT
(This event is starting at 5:00 PM your time.)

FFA Slayer Tournament
[bracketed, single elimination]
FLAG ends with a bang with our Free-For-All Tournament
Entry Fee: $10 Per Person
11:59PM PDT
(This event is ending at 2:59 AM your time.)
Firefight Score Attack Events End
Your best score must be submitted by 11:59PM PDT.

I’m really looking forward to having fun and doing something I love for such a good cause.

If you’re curious on how you could participate or just give to the cause please visit FLAG’s official page http://www.flagtournament.com/

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If you were one of the chosen few like I was, you got a copy of Halo Reach for free for helping Microsoft test a new disc format. Recently there was a title update for Reach that has rendered the disc unplayable. Luckily Microsoft is making good on the issue by emailing all the effected gamers a code for the Games On Demand version!

If you were part of the program be sure to check your inbox, if you’re lazy well we thought of you and pasted the email below.

Earlier this year, you participated in the Xbox LIVE Public Preview program and were provided a copy of Halo: Reach as part of your participation. Unfortunately, this Halo: Reach “preview disc” cannot be updated with a conventional Title Update, causing the game to be unplayable after the recent Halo: Reach Title Update on September 21, 2011. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

To get you back online with Halo: Reach, below is a code for the Games on Demand version of the game. Once the code is redeemed and your copy of Halo: Reach is downloaded, the game will work as usual, including the features added by the title update. All of your Halo Reach game saves will work normally as well. You may then discard the disc from the Public Preview program.

Please note that this Games on Demand version of Halo: Reach will require you to have some storage on your Xbox 360 – a hard drive or USB of at least 6.6 gigabytes.

Halo Reach Games on Demand Code:

XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX To redeem your code:

1. Press the silver and green Xbox^® Guide button on your controller
2. Navigate to the Marketplace tab
3. Select Redeem Code. Enter the code above.

Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Thank you.

The Xbox 360 Team

Source: Xbox

Each week we’ll play a score attack map, the gamer with the highest score will be recognized on the weekly Dead Room Podcast.

Register and See contest rules here

Maps
Week 1 – 9/17 thru 9/23 – Corvette
Week 2 – 9/24 thru 9/30 – Overlook
Week 3 – 10/1 thru 10/7 – Courtyard
Week 4 – 10/8 thru 10/14 – Beachhead
Week 5 – 10/15 thru 10/21 – Waterfront
Week 6 – 10/22 thru 10/28 – Outpost
Week 7 – 10/29 thru 11/4 – Holdout