[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xerxdeej I am not sure what is more entertaining... An announcement from Bungie about what they are working on? Or the circus of rage that ensues when throngs of fanboys don't get what they think they are entitled to? Oh, and the letter posted to the site was a perfectly reasonable explanation of events. If people are going to take up the pitchforks and look for heads to roll, you have to expect people to deflect.[/quote] Here are two sentences that could have been written in that note that may not have prevented the s#!tstorm that followed, but could have changed the entire complexion of it (and saved face for everyone) ...with our fan community during the week of E3. [u]However, we have decided along with our publisher to postpone any announcements at this time.[/u] We realize that many of our fans are disappointed by this turn of events; [u]members of the Bungie team as well as our publisher share that disappointment. [/u] That is not only basic etiquette, but business writing 101. Instead, ego's got involved and s#!t got personal. If you are the president of a company (let alone a multi-million dollar company), you [u]have[/u] to be smarter than that. It is exactly what I said originally, third grade playground mentality. Businesses and publishers may not see eye to eye on everything, but those are things you take up in boardrooms and at business outings, NOT in the public eye. If the letter had been written with those two changes to it, everyone would still be disappointed that there wasn't an announcement and there would still be speculation as to why, but there wouldn't be the animosity that the other two rash statements led to. So go ahead and defend the letter some more, but think about this; if you are a 360 fan and can't stand Sony and the PSturd, do you want to see any bad blood between Bungie and Msoft? There is no better system and there is nothing like XBOX Live. Like I said before, what do you play Halo 3 on? [Edited on 07.21.2008 12:44 PM PDT]