When they shut down the original Halo 2 servers, it felt like very premature. Halo 2 still had a player base back then, and there was no alternative to playing H2 online besides Halo 2 Vista (which kinda sucked).
It doesn't feel that way this time around. Thr original Halo 3 servers are basically dead. Last time I played if I couldn't even find a game in social slayer. And the MCC is great now, so we can still enjoy Halo 3 any time we want.
I'll try to be there for the final days of H3 just like I did with H2. One last opportunity to show off my Brigadier General lol