: Long story short is, I miss the community - I miss the original storyline and
: whatnot, we seem to have gotten off track from when gaming was ART, and
: not a money making tool. I think that it would be seriously cool to unite
: the tribes, get some pizza - and reclaim what small legendary status we
: can (with a well thought out plan, naturally.)

: I may be rambling here - but Just remember this. The commitment you showed to
: maintaining a community is like finding the original blueprints for the
: Mjolnir amidst a corrupt and decadent ancient empire - Rare, but worth it.
: Little things like Joe's grunt voice, the rush they made to make the H2 E3
: Demo - the fact that most of them KNEW that the MS deal was wrong, the
: commitment to not making a movie - The details that were intricate, and
: subtle - making stages like AOTCR and Two Betrayals feel so different,
: despite being the same stage played two different ways.

: These are signs of a commited and dedicated team - They reached out to their
: fanbase with art and integrity - they kept the community going, even
: HIRING people like Shish and Frank. That sort of love for the community
: has been eradicated by the betrayals of mindless husk companies like EA,
: who churn the same garbage out time and again - and could care less about
: integrity or corrupting kids with their twitch based, intellectually
: robbed trash.

: Matchmaking, two joysticks, Shields, Vehicles, Boarding, Location based
: damage (Ghost turrets, H2 FTW), Community support - Proximity voice. And
: more. These guys MADE them. They. Made. them.

: And they deserve respect, the utmost - and the last spartans of the community
: should rally around them to see if there's anything that can be done about
: bringing some good times back, which I'm sure there can be.

: Dramatics aside - toss me an email if you want Lou, it'd be good to play a
: few games again bro. Keep the spirit of fire alive.

That was quite dramatic. Not that I don't value all that stuff (I wouldn't be here otherwise), but I think you're giving too much credit to various parties and too little to others, and you're overestimating what a few employees can do now, regardless of how much they did accomplish in the past. Also there was already a sort of finale LAN party for Halo held by Wu-- not that I think that's binding or something, but what it represents is real. Many people have moved on, to Destiny or other games or this strange thing called real life. I shudder to think what kind of life doesn't give you time for fun, but that's certainly how some people are approaching things.

What we need is new people.