I would post this over at Waypoint, but they'd probably ban me. [b]343:[/b] There was only one game mode. [b]PROPHET OF TRUTH:[/b] One? Are you sure? [b]343:[/b] Yes. They called it...Matchmaking. [b]PROPHET OF MERCY:[/b] Why was it not launched successfully, with the rest of the game? [b]343:[/b] It fled playtesting, as we sent it to the retailers. [b]343:[/b] But I followed with all the patches in my command. [b]PROPHET OF TRUTH: [/b] When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty? [b]343:[/b] Blinded? [b]PROPHET OF REGRET:[/b] Paralyzed? Dumbstruck? [b]343:[/b] No. [b]PROPHET OF REGRET:[/b] Yet the bugs were able to evade your network engineers, land on the Sacred Multiplayer, and desecrate it with their filthy footsteps! [b]343:[/b] Noble Heirarchs...surely you understand that once the forums attacked... The forum members begin to shout. [b]PROPHET OF MERCY:[/b] There will be order in this forum! [b] PROPHET OF TRUTH:[/b] You were right to focus your attention on the Campaign, but these problems, these 30 minute wait times... [b]343:[/b] By the time I learned of Microsoft's launch deadline, there was nothing I could do. [b]PROPHET OF REGRET (whispering):[/b] Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler. The Community demands it. [b]PROPHET OF TRUTH:[/b] You are one of our most cherished developers. Briefly have you led your franchise with mediocrity and adequacy, but your inability to safeguard Matchmaking...was a colossal failure. [b]COUNCIL PROPHET:[/b] Nay, it was heresy! [b]343: [/b] I will continue my campaign against the bugs. [b]PROPHET OF TRUTH:[/b] No! You will not. Soon the Christmas season shall begin. But when it does, the weight of your heresy will stay your feet, and your game shall be left behind.