last time I remember extreme crap like this happening, it was way back in the Halo 2 Days on Xbox LIVE... getting stuck on Zanzabar and as soon as the game began.... a nice blue screen telling you it's attempting to establish a connection again. You could hear everyone on your team, no dashboard features, no way to mute idiots who decided to scream and yell. When you came back, it was 0-50, you're laying dead in the water...being gang-t-bagged....corpse being pushed onto the windmill... or just laying there face down in the dirt. Ahh..... the good ole days. I would still prefer that over this.