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This is Evan (the kid from the community stage who asked about campaign DLC) and I wanted to personally address what's been going on.
I was pretty shocked to see my name being mentioned on the home page of the Halo subreddit and even more shocked to see so many people talking about me on Reddit and Twitter.
I definitely didn't find Ske7ch's actions insulting and my dad and I were laughing about the whole thing a ton once I sat back down. In a way I kind of have Ske7ch to thank for my five minutes of fame lol. I knew that bringing up campaign DLC would have been a hard thing for him to respond to and I thought the whole situation was just pretty funny.
That being said, being the community manager of 343 Industries, I do think that Ske7ch could have handled the situation differently. However, I absolutely do not agree that this one little action should be seen as a reflection of his character or his view towards fans of both singeplayer or multiplayer Halo. Ske7ch is a great guy and I am still over the moon about being able to meet him in person.
343 takes a huge risk by allowing fans to come up on stage and pretty much say whatever they want. Ske7ch has a responsibility for the welfare of the company and I think that he was worried I would say something bad towards 343 so he pulled out while he still could. He has the unfortunate responsibility as community manager of having to deal with a ridiculous amount of hate towards him and the development team so I understand why he cut me off.
Additionally, I feel some sense of guilt over the whole situation. I think that it is reasonable to say that I shouldn't have put him on the spot like that and I feel bad for the controversy that I inadvertently created.
Going to HCS for the first time was an incredible experience and being invited onto the community stage is an honor regardless of what might have happened. So please, don't send hate to Ske7ch because of what happened. I don't think he deserves it and it definitely isn't getting campaign DLC or the next Halo game out the door any faster.
Thanks for reading and consider checking out my YouTube channel if you want to see some videos on HCS 2023 and Halo Infinite season five.
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