UPDATE!!! The Spartan Ops Leader Boards have been reset. The leader has 145 games. Still a LOT, but nowhere near the 55K they had prior. It’s going to be a huge challenge to catch them, but I am going to try.

Folks, I promote the hell out of Halo. I LOVE it. But this latest “Infinity Challenge” contest? Hmm, no, I’m going to have to pull back on this until/unless the contest has been reset.

Why? Well because I went to check the Spartan Ops leaderboards just before this post and yeah, I’m on there…In tier three. Not that I would have been mad at that as I would have played more to move up. No…

The problem is, that EVERY Spartan Ops game PRIOR to 12/17/12 (The actual contest start day) was taken into account. Already the leader on the boards has more than 55K games played. WTH? How can this be done in just under 40 hours? IMPOSSIBLE.

It even says I have over 3,500 games played. All well and good, but those were almost all before the contest.

Look, I love 343 for making a new Halo game, but I’m not above calling them out on something like this. Love ya 343, but this contest is a HUGE FAIL.

Reset it please or cancel it. It’s a mockery to what you should be trying to establish as being the new caretakers of Halo.

If the contest gets reset, then I’m all good. If not, then I just won’t play anywhere near as much as I would have. I would have played Halo 4 like it was my job. Now I’ll just play for fun, whenever.

Okay, I’ve said my peace on the subject.
-Sal