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I'm glad to hear you had so much fun! That's exactly why we put on the event :)

I believe the man you're talking about is John Friend! He's the Head of Halo Consumer Products (the team that manages Halo merchandise, Halo: Fireteam Raven, and Halo: Outpost Discovery) and also leads the Xbox Official Gear. It certainly sounds like something he would do - he loves doing stuff like this - so I'll be sure to pass along your thanks!

Congratulations, /u/jaybird435!

It's certainly not an easy feat to achieve. I hope you enjoyed the ride!

Heh, sorry! Normally I don't, but the team is doing some interesting research around readership and where people come from and one easy way we can do that is using a specific aka.ms link per platform. So, I wanted to jump in and use that link here vs. just having someone post the regular Waypoint URL.

I brought this to the attention of the MCC team here, but I believe this should be moot with the Reach release in MCC given they are incorporating a modified progression system.

I'm working on a short Community Update blog for tomorrow (Unyshek is on vacation) and well, it's pretty sparse given where we are right now (post-Outpost, pre-Reach PC, etc..). I thought maybe it's time to add a Mail Bag feature and try and answer a few questions from the audience? Of course you know I'm not going to be able to divulge Infinite details, but hit me up below if you have reasonable questions (serious or wacky) that I may be able to address for you. :)

Did you make these or did you buy them?

These are sweet!

I am uncomfortable.

Hi!

Can confirm it's "on the wish list" but not currently on a schedule. That list has grown very long - particularly as the team is fully tapped out just bringing the core Reach/MCC feature set to PC. Will continue to hold out hope though...

Not quite, but it wasn't supposed to be a 'full priced game' when the concept was greenlit and development began.

correct, there is a fairly small dedicated team at 343 that is working on MCC PC (and Reach) with the majority of development work being handled by external partners Splash Damage and Ruffian. The 343 publishing team includes some producers, technical directors, engineers, artists, designers, and testers. In addition, there's an army of QA folks also supporting this project.

There's no overlap between the 343 publishing team (MCC) and the rest of the studio working on Infinite except for a few of us like the community team that ultimately covers everything Halo for the studio. MCC/Reach PC is proving to be a challenging project, but don't worry, there's no negative impact to Infinite - in fact, I'd say that some of the learnings around flighting, establishing Halo Insider, and the unique nuances developing for PC will be helpful in some regards.

Honestly I get a tiny bit envious because most of them are badass af and I'm entirely too much of a big baby. 😭

So I love live vicariously through everyone getting them. And this one is really kickass!

^{edited because my phone hates me}