It’s been an honor serving the competitive Halo community from @HCS for the last 8 years. This franchise has been a part of my life since the day I touched Halo 3, and I’m just grateful I ever had the chance to contribute. But today, my watch has ended.

Back at it again with H2 campaign & vibes. 😎 TUNE IN ⤵️

STR8 RIPPIN work & campaign vibes.😄 TUNE IN ⤵️

I don't want to keep beating a dead horse with this merchandise topic, but I really need to air some of this out. We contracted two different teams to build concepts and production-ready files so we could move into sampling. Both have completely failed so far. One of the design agencies (a very reputable group) charged $3,000, which we paid, for three rounds of mockups and fully completed production files/tech packs. After two rounds of failed mockups, I sent a much more comprehensive brief to try to get them on the right track. They just emailed me back saying they decided to drop the project and wished me the best of luck. No mention of a refund. No mention of any kind of resolution. They are leaving us with a completely unusable PDF of designs at this level of quality. What am I even looking at!?

$3k for concepts that don’t even get you closer to a sample is painful. We’ve been using AI to rapidly visualize merch ideas before moving into production. Not a replacement for tech packs, but it helps kill bad directions early. Happy to generate a few ideas for you.

In the nicest way possible, these are hot dog doo doo water. Them not giving you a refund is absolutely wild.