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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: squirrel dude
Or is there something I don't know.
It's probably not that you don't know, but rather that you just never really thought about it. Check it out from this perspective:
The new site is not just a new "skin." It contains a hell of a lot more "under the hood" than we can aesthetically see. Much of it has to do with data collection and display of stats for Halo 3. As we all know, the Beta will be sending massive amounts of data to Bungie and they need a way to collect and organize it. Furthermore, according to Sketch, users will also be able to see some of their stats from Beta along the lines of the stats that we can see for Halo 2 now.
For the above reasons, the new site had to be implemented before the release of the Beta. Groups, however, are a lower priority than the Beta and thus are not a necessary feature of the new site. They will come back when they're ready, and I urge everyone to have patience. I want to see them back as much as you do, but I'd rather see data collection for the Beta run smoothly so that Bungie can best use it to make Halo 3 an awesome game.
Just try to keep the larger picture in mind and I think you'll find that it's easy not worry too much about the groups coming back.
I agree. From Bungie's perspective, groups have the lowest priority. It annoys me to have to wait, but I understand why they are trying to get this done correctly. The Halo 3 BETA is far more important to them than private groups, and I don't blame them. After all, they want to deliver a great product to millions of consumers.