The GameCom Halo 2 Edition headset was recently voted "Best Xbox Live Peripheral" in the 2004 Xbox LiveAwards. Congratulations to the great team at Plantronics! See all the winners.

The Halo 2 Headset Giveaway Winners

If you made it all the way to the end of our Xbox® Undercover story on the making of the Plantronics GameCom Halo® 2 Edition headset, you would have seen this:

"You made it to the end of the article! You deserve a prize! We've got ten GameCom Halo 2 Edition headsets to give away. Tell us why one of these green beauties should be yours. Include your Gamertag, real name, mailing address, and phone number—or you can't have one."

We got a lot of responses. Many, many of you cited poverty and the demise of your original Xbox Communicator as reasons why you should get a headset from our buddies at Plantronics. Here are the ten winners and their entries:

This is just ghetto, Soybob.

"Seeing this new headset exclusively for my favorite online game made me salivate more than a dog in the kibbles 'n' bits section at PetCo. No money + college kid = no money & no new headsetL. I have enclosed pics of my current headset and its 1/4" thick layer of tape that supports it to the frame. Notice also that the foam cover for the mic has sadly disappeared as well. So it is with great desperation that I ask you TriXie, if you can find it in the kindness of your heart, to grace me with the presence of such quality and cutting edge technology."

Soybob
Bartlett, IL

"First, I used to use it for everything. My Xbox, my cell phone, and, with a little adapter, my desktop and tablet PC. It's the best headset I've ever used with any of them. Second, my wife took it and now she won't let me have it back!"

William K
Lakewood, CA

"I am in great need of a new headset! I am married with a two-year-old and a new baby on the way so this 'BABY' can't spend the money on cool DADDY stuff 'til the other three in the house get their stuff. To top it off the two-year-old broke my Xbox headset and now it's glued and taped in place so when I do get a few minutes to myself I like nothing better then to get on XboxLive™ and frag a few friends that no longer come to the house due to the Evil Midget, as they say. So I would like to be at least considered to receive one of those kick-ass Halo 2headsets so when my friends are bragging about the three women they took home from the bar the night before, I can at least say, oh yea, well I got a FREE HALO 2 headset! Now SIT DOWN 'cuz you got fragged!"

MASTER DAD
Bloomfield, OH

Keeping the country safe from Hefty bags.

"I'm a Halo 2 freak … just ask the guys I work with. I have been working six days a week, from ten to twelve hours a day since September 11, 2001. For a six-month stretch this year I worked seven days a week. What's my job, you may ask? I'm a United States Border Patrol Agent for the Department of Homeland Security in the busiest sector (Yuma Sector in Yuma, Arizona) in the United States. Our sector is responsible for over 50 percent of the dope seized in the entire United States and we have been #1 in apprehensions of illegal aliens this year. I thank you for your consideration, and here's a picture of me in uniform with my latest dope load of over 900 pounds. The green headset will match my uniform! Stay safe and know your borders are safe!"

Eastcoastcrushr
Yuma, AZ

"I had one of these beauties for about four days before I sent it to my friend who is currently deployed in Iraq with her National Guard Unit. I spent most of 2003 in Iraq/Kuwait and know how it feels to be seemingly millions of miles away from those you love."

HoN CmbtEngr
Cincinnati, OH

1. "Green is my favorite color.
2. I wish every day could be St. Patrick's Day so I could wear green and drink green beer all the time.
3. Green Day is my favorite band.
4. I like money (which is green).
5. My eyes are green.
6. I'll be green with envy if my friends have a green Halo 2 headset and I don't.

Please send me one!!!!!"

Shinobi213
Troutdale, OR

"I think I deserve a Halo 2 headset because I am the only girl in a group of about ten Halo gamers. It would be great to be the only girl in the group and be the only one with theHalo 2 headset. I love making the boys jealous."

Saralom
Sonora, CA

JitterBox digs PhotoShop.

"As you can see, I'm green without Envy. Tell me, can my Xbox-ing self be complete without one?! I think not."

JitterBox
Pittsburgh, PA

"The reason why I think I should be chosen is because these headsets are made by Mexicans and I am Mexican so I know that they would be happy knowing one of their own won. Thanks."

Ultimate Weirdo
Mercedes, TX

"Hey guys, thanks for the tour of Playmex. I enjoyed the entire article. Living in north San Diego, l travel to TJ every other year or so. And, I thought your first impression of Tijuana was comical. Thanks for the trip highlights. And, if it would please the court, I would like to win one of your Halo 2 headsets. Some reasons I could use one are:

1. I have one hand.
2. My head is oddly shaped for a helmet, so an earpiece is much better.
3. My wallet is SUPER thin.
4. I can't hear out of one ear.
5. Halo 2 keeps me from rocking back and forth with my thumb in my mouth.
6. Okay, except for #3 none of this is true, but I did enjoy your editorial."

Bantra 56
Fallbrook, CA