: I'm actually somewhat surprised it got featured. From my understanding, 343
: employees are instructed to report anything that is a
: "potential" copyright violation to MS legal. Which SotP could
: potentially be considered to be, which makes me think MS's legal team did
: indeed investigate it. Either way, its awesome to see fan projects get
: this level of attention, I was pretty sure after all the Halo Online drama
: 343 and MS would want to wash their hands clean of mod communities.

We're just as surprised. We had always assumed we were days away from getting shut down. Microsoft is much more interested in community outreach these days. Word on the street is that this is part of a pivot back to PC gaming.

I can confirm that everything that happened between SotP and Jeff/Ken was passed by legal first. Our feature in Canon Fodder is intended as first in a series. They would really like to feature projects like ours (and presumably like yours) in the future.