no not all to #1 and yes to #2 yet who ever does control the matchmaking for halo which i believe is now 343 studios or plainout microsoft they neeed some real halo players in the boss seat so they do make idiotic decissions like deformed maps in infection (bedlam for ex) get real forges in there that took time and creativity and stop giving us crap maps to play on. after all all they want is as much halo players as possible thats how they make their revenue and u lose players to crappy bull**** maps!...... lets hope halo 4 has sopme decency when it comes to maps and matchmaking