- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: snowmanaxt
Why not just post an announcement about it?Because the feature was interactive. It allowed you to make the announcement of when, where and what, but it also allowed those who saw it to sign up and commit to the event. What good is making an announcement if you have no idea if anybody has seen it or is even interested? Those in my group would log on to the site early in the week to see if there was a Halo LAN planned for the coming weekend. If interested, they would sign up, thus showing their Bungie login name under the posted event. The event would gain momentum as the week went on. As people checked in during the week they would see who else was coming and what kind of turnout there would be.
They same could be done for an planned event on Live with Halo 2. Say you want to get a dozen friends from your clan or on your friend's list together on Live on a specific day at a specific time. Posting an Event ahead of time would save you the hassle of sending out messages on Live and waiting for responses, making phone calls, etc. You and eveyone else would know who was in or out by simply logging onto the site and clicking on the posted event as the time grew near. The chances for a better turnout would increase as friends saw others' commitment to the date and time.
With the absence of the Event's feature we now use our Group's Forum, which works, but just isn't the same. It's not as visible and as accessable. The Events use to post on the Group's front page - right sidebar, displaying the Event's title and date. It was quick and easy.