The House of Cards

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### Greatest Strengths

Fun Friends to Hang Out With
Good Morals and Character

Immense Forging Prowess

Bullies DDoSers/Doxxers

Doesn't Hold Back in Conflict

### Date of Formation

Pre-Structure: July 2018Post-Structure: January 2019

### Notable Members

WhiteWolf584 (Ace of Spades)
Kespoyda (Ace of Diamonds)

Pulmenti (Ace of Clubs)

Liran Ezun (Ace of Hearts)

### Important Maps

(1) Jericho - The Most Iconic and Well Known HoC Base
(2) Ego's End - First Ever Proper Minefield Base on Reach

(3) Tom's Tent - First Ever Puzzle Solving Base on Reach

(4) Cloud Nine - First Ever Base Built as a Prison Around Spawn on Reach

(5) Firebase Ligma - First Ever Functional Penis Base on Reach

## **Origins**

Founded in 2019 on Halo: Reach by TomatusYT, **The House of Cards** was formed to cleanse the Halo Clan Community of the newfound toxicity from 343 Industries's takeover of the Halo Franchise.

The House of Cards believed that 343 Industries's Halo games weren't "real Halo games" and would never live up to anything Bungie ever created for the franchise, and that "trash games" such as Halo 4 and Halo 5 deserved trash communities full of toxic leaders, trolls, and DDoSers. TomatusYT and the predestined House of Cards members stayed loyal to Halo: Reach because of this and played on Xbox 360 every day for 8 years until 343 Industries released Halo: Reach on Halo: the Master Chief Collection.

After the release of Halo: Reach on the MCC, parts of the toxic community from Halo 5 poured into the Clan Community on Halo: Reach. TomatusYT knew this would happen years in advance, thus the reason the House of Cards was formed. TomatusYT planned on using his platform to publicly shame anyone that was harmful to the community and designed maps to stomp out anyone that tried to stand against the House of Cards in-game. To this day, not a single clan has been able to best the House of Cards in a raid or ground war.

## **A Clan for the People**

The House of Cards was very adamant on being different from the rest of the clans in the community. Most clans were structured in a way that the leader would have all of the power, but the House of Cards spread out the power between its members and left the leader with very little. The House of Cards also made it very clear that Halo was not to be taken seriously. Any clan that tried beefing the House ended up getting publicly shamed into silence or completely stomped out in a raid by the people in the House that just played Halo casually.

The House of Cards was untouchable by every other clan because it added an element of reality to the clan community. The members of the House of Cards would often bully other clans for taking Halo too seriously or playing Halo too much. However, if a clan treated Halo as if it was a game and treated it's members well, the House of Cards would help them in any way they needed. The overall goal being an attempt to encourage clans to actually treat their members like human beings rather than fake soldiers, and get to know their members on a personal level instead of using them like an asset on a videogame. The House of Cards bullied many clans into submission, such as **Sentinel** and **Valor** just to name a couple. Ultimately any clan that tried to stand against the House of Cards either left Halo: Reach entirely or moved to Halo Infinite. TomatusYT was very proud that his plan to steer the toxicity away from Halo: Reach was working flawlessly.

## **The Principles of the House**

The House of Cards stands for 3 core principles that they believe need to be implemented into the clans of today's Halo Clan Community if the community wishes to bounce back and restore the greatness of what it once was. Those principles are **Honesty, Understanding,** and **Respect**. After seeing what's become of the Halo Clan Community in today's era, TomatusYT believed the community lacked those 3 major things that once made it great. He knew that if the community was to return to another Golden Age, the community as a whole needed to restore and instill those 3 principles back into itself.

The House of Cards believed that without those 3 principles, the community would be condemned to exist in an atmosphere of **Lies, Misunderstanding,** and **Disrespect**.

### Honesty

The Halo Clan Community can never wish to grow or flourish if the clans within it cannot be honest to their members and the other clans that share it with them. Honesty breeds trust, and without trust the community is doomed to stay separated and fallen apart. If you can be honest about yourself and your clan, then it will encourage the others around you to do the same. The House of Cards has put their foot forward first by coming out and giving the blatant truth to those who have inquiries. Yes, TomatusYT used to be a booter back on OG Reach. Yes, the House of Cards pulls IPs and posts private information of people deemed to be threats on their website. You won't find any secrets about the HoC because they're up front and honest about everything. Now TomatusYT and the House of Cards want to protect this community and are ashamed of what it's become, and they're willing to do whatever it takes to make this community a welcoming and enjoyable place for people of all types. Rather than use their knowledge and abilities to tear this community apart or for personal gain, the House of Cards uses it to help protect those who need it and to target anyone who crosses certain boundaries that shouldn't be crossed in this community.

### Understanding

Obviously there will be clans in this community who won't get along with one another. Disagreements are inevitable, but the one thing that keeps the integrity of clans intact is the ability to understand one another. If clans don't make the attempt to understand one another, it breeds conflict and confusion in scenarios where it could've been avoided. If you make the attempt to understand someone, regardless of who they are, you'll find that they might not be as bad as you initially thought. There are those in this community who spread rumors, there are those who believe them, and there are those in this community who form their own opinions by making the effort to understand all sides of every situation. The Halo Clan Community needs those who wish to understand each other if this community is ever to return to its former glory. If you want others to understand you and where you're coming from, you must also have the desire to understand the others around you first. People like being understood. Communication is key and knowledge is power.

### Respect

If you cannot respect the others that share this community with you, then how can you ever wish to be respected by others in-turn? I'm sure we were all taught the "Golden Rule" when we were little. (*"Treat others the way you want to be treated."*) It's honestly quite sad to see the teenagers and grown adults in this community blatantly disregard such a basic principle that even toddlers can understand. Everyone says they want to see the Halo Clan Community take on a new Golden Age, but most of those individuals are looking at others to change rather than making the change in themselves first. The House of Cards believes we should all look within ourselves to do what we believe is right. Respect your fellow man. Everyone in this community is equally human as you are. If we start treating each other that way, the growth and success of this community is guaranteed.

## **Better Maps. Better Memes.**

There are a couple things that separate the House of Cards from every other clan in the Halo Clan Community. One being their unbelievable ability to forge some of the greatest maps the Clan Community has ever seen on Halo: Reach, and the other being their ability to pump out really entertaining and high quality videos and media on Tom's platform. Sure, the members of the House are good at the game and all; but when it comes to forging maps and making memes, the House of Cards is completely unmatched by any other clan in the Halo Clan Community.

The reason being that when all of these other clans in the HCC left Reach to go play Halo 4 and Halo 5, TomatusYT and the other predestined House of Cards members honed their forging skills by consistently forging maps and bases over the span of 10 years while everyone was playing other Halo games. The reason for the videos and media being such high quality was the result of TomatusYT editing and making videos consistently for 5 years prior to the public debut of the House of Cards. If you'd like to see for yourself, all of the Official House of Cards maps are on Tom's File Share (GT: TomatusYT) and the videos and media are all on Tom's platform (Tomatus!).

### The Maps

Despite Halo: Reach being over a decade old, the House of Cards have still pioneered some of the greatest and most unique map designs that the Halo Clan Community has ever seen. They've forged absolute monoliths such as **"Cloud Nine" (Tartarus)**, the first ever base to put spawn in the belly of the beast and turn a would-be castle into a colossal prison for anyone who wishes to regret surprise raiding the HoC. They've forged arduous hellscapes such as **"Ego's End"**, the first ever base to force any would-be attackers to run through a 100% silent and invisible minefield, going trench to trench, afraid to take each step as they walk closer and closer to their doom. They've forged nukes able to kill everyone on the map instantly and keep them dead for the rest of the session. They've forged traps that immobilize any would-be modders who plan on flying around their maps with aimbot. They've even gone as far as making a troll base called **"Firebase Ligma"**, a giant penis base that stretches above the sky barrier that functions as a better base than 99% of the other bases on Reach that's able to defend itself. When they forge; their maps are bigger, cleaner, and more intimidating than any other base on Reach. The only thing limiting the HoC's ability to forge on Reach is the item limit, and they hit it every. single. time.

### The Memes

The House of Cards wouldn't be the House of Cards without their fair share of memes about the Halo Clan Community. If there's one thing they're good at, it's clowning around and making others laugh at the expense of those who are harmful to the community. It's such a silly thing to take Halo extremely serious, and the HoC does an excellent job at highlighting the ridiculousness of certain individuals and groups that share the community with them. They've made everything from highly edited 2 minute shitposts about encounters with other clans to 40 minute videos taking the irl face of individuals in this community and putting them on Grindr to see if gay men would find them attractive. They've made parody songs about who the House of Cards are and how the community has tried handling them, and surprisingly the songs are actually really good. All of the videos and media that the House of Cards puts out are some of the highest quality content that the Halo Clan Community has ever seen. Feel free to take a gander at what they put out on Tom's platform if you'd like to see for yourself.

## **The Impact of the House**

During the years before Halo: Reach got ported to the MCC, TomatusYT researched and planned out everything to protect Bungie's last great Halo game from the toxicity of the new Halo Clan Community. He prepared for any possible encounter and after the HoC officially debuted, was able to greatly help the clans that allied or affiliated with the House of Cards.

Doing things for them such as:

* Teach them how to come back instantly from a DDoS attack, even going as far as to show them how to be 100% immune from IP pulling. The House of Cards also specifically went out of their way to target booters and doxxers who wished harm upon their allies and affiliates.

* Influence them to design their maps and bases to be attack-proof, making it impossible for trolls and toxic clans to jump them while they're unsuspecting or unprepared. This helped encourage opposing clans to schedule events rather than try catching the House of Cards' allies and affiliates off guard.

* Show other clan leaders the importance of treating their members with respect, regardless of who they are or what they believe. This ended up helping their clans grow exponentially, as their members were being treated more as friends rather than assets on the videogame.

## Where They Are Today

Right now, the Clan Community on Halo: Reach is a better place to be than any other Halo game. Not only because of the House of Cards, but also because of the many other people and clans who worked with them or also shared their vision to help make Halo Clans enjoyable again. The members of the House of Cards have stayed loyal to Halo: Reach through the decade after its release, and plan on staying loyal to Reach for decades to come; cleaning up any toxicity in the Clan Community they may find over the years. Many other clans may move to Halo Infinite and the sequels after it, but the House of Cards will remain on Reach because Reach is their home.

If you'd like to contact TomatusYT about The House of Cards, feel free to message him on Xbox. There's always room for 1 more person in the clan community to make Reach the best clan community out there.