Looks like I'll have to spend some time pre-tournament going to all of these maps and finding these "cheat" spots.
Cheat spots?
Also, what is this ball that they're speaking of? I'm not a hardcore halo player so I don't know the lingo.
The Ball refers to oddball, a game type in halo3.
You dont need to worry about this as im sure will only be playing Slayer(Death Matches)
Also, they don't state the standard map settings, which I would appreciate.
Well your supposed to download the Map settings. You can download these settings by hooking up a 360 to the internet, making a Xbox Live Silver Account, which is free, going
HERE and download the content you require. By the way, your window live ID is the email you linked to your Live Account. After this start up halo 3 while signed into your Live Account and it should download automatically
theres no need to download many maps because all you need is 1 or 2 (I suggest MLG Guardian v4 and MLG The Pit v4)
and the gametype MLG TS v4
If you have any other questions or need help with anything, I should be able to help