: Like I said, I think this whole thing is ridiculous, but to play devil's
: advocate for a second, they can't even joke? "So yeah, that happened.
: Sorry about that! It's not ready yet, but we're almost there and can't
: wait to tell you more!" I guess people just want acknowledgement from
: 343 that this is a thing. I still can't believe that it's a thing or that
: this thread is a thing. :P

It's funny you say devil's advocate because thats how I feel here most times as of late.

I've had this conversation with many people here over the time that I've been posting and there seems to be a misconception that I don't want people posting anything negative or bad and everything should be happiness and rainbows- that is not the case at all!

In fact I am far, far away from that kind of person. I just try to approach things differently so usually that means going against people.

: The fact that 343 is infallible to you is ridiculous to me. I guess you
: missed the memo on how I've agreed with Wu and even posted in this thread
: to begin with to say that the fact that people are going at 343 for this
: apparent mistake is ridiculous. But hey, do your thing. On its merits,
: personal opinion aside, it is ridiculous, and Wu is absolutely right.
: Personal opinion involved, I can't say I'm surprised by the mistake that
: happened (which still doesn't make the reaction of others to it any less
: ridiculous).

I do not see them as infallible, in the slightest, just as I never worshiped the ground that Bunige walks on.

I did forget your post in this thread- as you can tell it keeps circling back to one particular user who is beating that horse dead (so I guess that is a good sign that he's in the right place :P). My bad.

: Again, I posted in this topic because even I found the fact that people are
: throwing a fit over this to be fairly ridiculous.

It is. Things go wrong, life isn't perfect, it's an $8 dollar game that is on several different platforms that MS controls, not, 343.

: Also, you see what you want to see. You clearly haven't read any previous
: threads that involved my posting on where the story was going, things with
: Mendicant Bias, etc. Or if you did, I know as a fact you never responded.
: Not even pre-H4. Not after H4. Regardless of if it's me posting it, DHalo
: posting it (with or without me replying), etc. Speculation here isn't what
: it used to be. It is when it comes to the novels and comics and whatnot,
: but not really the games.

: Personal opinion. I think Reach had a lot to do with that. You want
: negativity? Go check out those old mega threads of Reach not being canon,
: people re-writing the story, ripping the story and writing itself to
: shreds, etc.

Oh I was here for that. Hence the Cody Joke.

: Well until I start telling you what you think or feel is wrong because it's
: different from how I think or feel, I don't think that works. It appears
: to me that 343 can do no wrong in your eyes, whereas I see many mistakes,
: many fixed, and then many more made after the fixes. My expectations are
: extremely low for them, though recent personnel changes give me much
: better hopes for H5 (though I'd say they'll probably get it all figured
: out by H6). And that you have selective reading or just don't read, since
: the entire reason I posted in this thread was because I agreed with Wu
: completely and I can't believe this is a thing people are getting mad
: about says a lot. But do what you gotta do. Read what you want to read.
: Search for the chime-ins you want to see and avoid the posts that aren't
: negative (the ones you don't go out of your way to actually respond to if
: you do read them).

There are a few users here that when I read their posts I have to cherry pick based on the topic. That's not necessarily because I don't want to hear what they have to say, rather that it's incredibly likely I've already heard them say it before. Several times over. We've got a case of that right now, if ya know what I mean.

::shrugs:: I don't think 343 is perfect. I don't think any studio or publisher or game is. I just don't sweat small things and I tend to err on the benefit of the doubt.

For most of this I see Microsoft as the problem, not as much 343.