- Viper 41
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- Exalted Member
Sweet, sweet, child (with emphasis on the latter independently), when you grow older or mature or both, you will realize one does not need to stay with a great product, person, or organization to both honor and respect it. All Halo and the gaming world realizes the impact Halo 2 had on our respective worlds, and to denigrate anyone who finds even the smallest way to honor a mythic legacy, is both juvenile and petty.
Apache, like many of us, was shocked to hear Halo 2 would disappear from XBL. Bungie asked us to return for one last Halo 2 party. And so we came...in thousands to pay our respects to its greatness. No one knew what would happen that night. Like the children selected to be Spartans, they did not choose their destiny. In the end, Cortana did not choose the best, but rather the luckiest. In this last battle of Spartans on the battlefields of Halo 2, in the end it came down to vindication of Cortana's wisdom that in war, luck can be as valuable as skill and experience. Apache was indeed so lucky. We do not disparage John-117 for his luck. And he never forgets all who fell around him. Nor does Apache or any of us who understand honor.
So let us raise our glasses and toast the fallen, the heroes, the valiant, the impassioned, and especially those who fought the fight to the bitter end.
Child, we'll warm your milk so you can join the ranks of those who respect each other in memory of a legendary game.