Step 1: Only use knowledge you got from the game based on what happens during gameplay, especially things that aren't scripted or are attached to in-game dialogue

Step 2: Never look at anything besides the video games, in fact don't bother watching the cutscenes (who does that anyways)

Step 3: Don't play Halo for like 10 years and still act like you know what you're talking about

Step 4: Watch GameTheory's Halo videos/Deathbattle, or any other entertainment based YouTube channel talking about Halo things

Step 5: Rely on headcanon you read on /r/HaloStory

Step 6: Go on battleboards like VSBW, CV, SB, or WWW

Step 7: Listen to /u/Maggruber

Step 8: In case you aren't wrong enough, bash your head against a table a few times (It worked for me!)

Maybe I might just be a little irrationally upset by this because I imagine it's the same for similarly popular franchises, but HOLY FUCK do people just love to be wrong about Halo, especially when it comes to battleboard stuff.