: Nobody showed up for Customs last night, so I tried going into matchmaking
: with some friends. In the four-hour span between 9:30 PM and 1:30 AM, I
: managed a grand total of six matches. Assuming 8 minutes per match
: (because there's no way to keep track apparently), that's not even an hour
: of gameplay. IN FOUR FUCKING HOURS! It's not like we were sitting in the
: lobby just shootin' the shit. The party system is still broken as fuck,
: with our group disassembling after almost every match. Matchmaking times
: are still ludicrous. I tried going into MM alone afterwards, got a couple
: of matches in a decent amount of time, but then two subsequent times I had
: long wait times followed by the game crashing on me. This game has been
: out for going on a month and this is, what, the fourth patch? Yet the
: game's MP component is still an utter disaster. When I actually get into
: matches, it can be great fun, but "when" is the key word there,
: and it's not often. Through no fault of my own, I'm still spending vastly
: more time in the lobbies trying to either find matches or trying to get a
: group assembled than actually playing the damn game.

: My patience is running out, fast. I decided to maybe wait until the Halo 5
: beta until I make my final decision on whether to sell my XBO, but it
: seems like every time I try to play multiplayer I end up feeling like I
: should just say "fuck it" and wash my hands of the whole thing.
: I feel like my time and my money are not being respected. I just plain
: feel ripped off. This could have easily been one of the greatest
: compilations ever, up there with Super Mario All-Stars, yet it's just a
: disaster. I'm just shaking my head in exasperation right now. I was
: excited for the MCC, especially for the chance to play Halo 1 MP on XBL
: for the first time ever,
I got into a BTB match in less than a minute!

Laggy 8v5 CTF (I was on the 5). Ugh.

I miss join-in-progress.