[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Millions Knives That is the worst excuse ever to create a ranked BTB playlist. Do you guys realize that it is neigh impossible to: 1) find and manage a team of up to 8 players in order to actually field a competitive advantage in a Big Team Battle and 2) keep a consistantly high population for two 16-player playlists that are essentially the same, except for ranked/social? You are essentially splitting the playlist in half, for what reason again? Because of a matchmaking setting involving party sizes? Why not just change the setting for Big Team Battle, and keep it as one playlist? [/quote] To appease the masses, or to keep the current playlists full? The thing is that, if Bungie plays their cards right, they'll bring people back from playing Call of Duty 4 and you won't even notice the difference.