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What you have to look forward to:
Day before release: 136 "OMG it's coming!!!!!!!" threads, 35 "ne1 wanna play co-op wit me 2marrow??" threads, 47 "MY PARENTS ARE TAKING ME SKIING TOMORROW I CANT PLAY THIS SUX BUNGIE!" threads...
Release day [USA]: 98 "IT DIDNT COME 2DAY!! BUNGIE WTF!!!1" threads, 230 "Wow what do u think of X, Y and Z" threads with spoilers, 96 "Y does the cheif die bungie u suk!!" threads (spoilers again), 67 "X feature isn't working and Y is borken" threads, 97 "bungei u broke da BR no BXR wtf nubs" threads, 80 "STOP POSTING SPOILZ i havent got it yet but for some reasonn am reading the halo3 forum neway" threads, 75 "the graphix are not as good as Gears" threads, 75 "the graphics are best evar!" threads, 69 "y u change X or Y from the beta it rocked now it sux change it back plz" threads (if the 'hog has been nerfed I'll be making one of these :D)...
Release day +1 [Release day in Europe etc.]: See above but halve number of threads in each category. Then add in more spoilers as more people finish the game. Add in 20+ "usa/europe sux u get it early/late" threads, and sprinkle battles about Carbine vs. BR, graphics vs. Gears, etc. etc. that start snowballing...
And remember, these will be liberally applied at all hours, and repeats of said threads will crop up in other random forums too. Especially the malicious spoiler ones, which will be posted anywhere and everywhere (because people are jerks). Also there will be at least 2 or 3 do-gooders posting "locked" or "This is in the wrong place" etc. etc. after each one, followed by thread starters showing up in the Septagon saying "wtf y u delete my thread?", which is one of the reasons I'd like to see insta-bannings, no warnings, around these days. It would just save time, and possibly number of threads mods have to deal with. Hell, a huge disclaimer could be added to the registration page for a few days before, during and after release saying "WARNING: AROUND THE RELEASE OF HALO 3, ANY AND ALL INFRACTIONS OF THESE RULES WILL LEAD TO AN INSTA-BAN, NO WARNING. EXCEPT THIS ONE. READ THE RULES CAREFULLY and happy posting!".
[Edited on 08.10.2007 4:48 AM PDT]