The only reason Halo 2 lasted so long is because people had [u]fun[/u] modding it, but since bungie doesn't allow anyone to mod their game Halo 3 will die out very soon no matter what changes they make. rumor has it bungie is banning people who play a lot of CoD4 out of sheer jealousy, then blame is on other reasons such as modded content. I bet you a forum moderator will delete my post and blacklist me now, because they know the truth hurts ;) Counter Strike has lasted a VERY long time and is still alive, you know why? because the game management allowed people to mod the game which made it more fun and kept it going for all these years. Notice how all the games that were never modded died out, Halo 3 will be added to the list of un-played xbox games, the "Games of the Past" Don't get me wrong those inappropriate modded screen shots are simply unacceptable, but that doesn't mean all modding is going to be like that, in the past Bungie let modders freely mod Halo 2 custom games but didn't allow them to play match making that's how it should have been in Halo 3. My opinion is that Halo 3 is a really fun game, it just has HORRIBLE management.