- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I understand the frustration that some people felt, especially considering the affected population probably included a significant percent of people who purchased Crackdown for the sole purpose of getting into the Halo 3 Beta. It does seem though, that there is a trend among vocal gamers on the internet, of flitting from one disaster to the next, looking for the next big problem to complain about. Add to this that many of the people who are participating in the open beta are of an age group and economic standing that skews perspective on the severity of issues, and I think it is to be expected that there were a lot of people who were very upset by the problem. While I have to say that I don't agree with their approach in the slightest, I don't think it's exactly helpful to fling insults at them either. There was an expectation that wasn't met, and a lot of people who got their hopes up were let down.
Of course, it appears this wasn't Bungie's fault, but many of the vocal complainers were also not aware of this, and needed some target to vent their frustration at. All in all, it's unfortunate, but it shouldn't matter now. Those who were upset come from an understandable position, everyone in a position of authority handled it with class, and the issue is now history. Let's not dig it back up so we can point to those who reacted poorly and rub their noses in it. Everything has worked out positive, and there's no sense in tarnishing that with retro-active criticism.