So as many of you are aware today has been a rough day in the community: our beloved Marty the Elder has officially been dismissed by Bungie. This was shocking news to all of us and I can assume that no one here saw this coming. Indeed, this is a massive disappointment and we can all agree that it hurts us. Marty's fantastic scores made Halo a huge part of what it is and I they will forever be burnt into my memory. Whoever fills his position at Bungie will never be able to fill his shoes, and I think we all wish him the best on his journey. He is the best composer in the industry and he will find work quickly. Having said all of that, many of you have failed to handle this bad news the proper way. I have seen many of you lashing out at Bungie with threats to cancel pre-orders and boycott them. Worse than that, I have seen too many people insulting DeeJ. Let's address the situation with Bungie first. Saying you're going to boycott Bungie isn't really a rational thing to do; we cannot blame the company we love for the actions of a select few. Secondly, do not blame the messenger. As the community manager DeeJ's responsibility is to inform us of the happenings at Bungie, and although we received little to no information on why Marty was let go we should consider ourselves lucky that Bungie even allowed DeeJ to release a statement at all. DeeJ is a good man, a great community manager, and most importantly he doubtfully had anything to do with Marty to being fired. So back off of him. All I ask of you all, and man this is a huge request on an internet forum, is that you think rationally about this situation and instead of sending Bungie or DeeJ all your hate send Marty all your love and wish him luck on whatever he plans to work on next. [b]I have my flame suit on so if you're still feeling like you're full of hate, feel free to take it out on me. Just let it all out so we can move forward.[/b]