H - Revolver, this was definetly not a waste of 3 hours. It was simply a 'first draft', and you have now given us a good idea for a banner, or even an opening animation at the start of the game. Now i think we can't just give up on this idea, as you put a lot of time and effort into it. Maybe you could have another go, 'draft two' or if it's good enough it would be a final.
I have an idea, im going to take screenshots while playing halo 1, using 2 computers so i can easily zoom out behind the masterchiefs back, rotate around the MC, and then it will transform into our sprite, and some platform terrain will be added. I will do it on the bloodgulch map, because we use the same background.
Scotty