Too many H3 people.

on Xbox.com What Happen to Windows Live ID Sign/SignOut and My Xbox I can't even use xbox Forums :-(

*wonders if the problem is more of the trying to get the Free Gold 3 day thing going or Halo 3 surge or combo of both*

Bungie "upgraded" their servers to accomodate Halo 3. You and "e" were talking about the same thing two weeks ago. But look it here, Halo still managed to crash the servers........One question, did you guys mess up or is Halo THAT big? I was playing Team Slayer and it said only 15,3++ people were online..........15 thousand people managed to kill all of XBL?

H3 has killed xbox live!! Thanks alot Bungie!

Typical. When halo 3 is released in the UK something has to go wrong and spoil it for me. Lame.

Mass BAN! ROLF

bit of a shame, midnight UK launch and no live available, ahhhhh

BAH!!! If the forums aren't up where can I complain that my UK Collectors GAME disc is scratched!!! Unbelievable, I know MS have said they will replace discs but a SORRY wouldn't go amiss and an explanation to why Australia got some extra foam in their box and the rest of the world didn't. It would be also nice to know why we got such shoddy packaging. As about the Live issues, I noticed last night just as the Halo was getting released over here in the UK the dash (only when signed in) was very irresponsive and hanging when trying to do anything. For example Looking at whos online and their gamer profile. I can understand the surge of people trying to play over Live, but really their shouldn't be any issues and they should have been aware of the numbers and also at the top of their game as Halo is a big thing. All I can say is meh. And also I'm a paying subscriber, so do your own FREE Xbox for everyone thing properly or don't do it at all.

sigh... As far as I see it, they did a good job keeping the servers RUNNING (as they arent crashing, that would imply they arent working at all, when rather it is just limited atm), and really, right now it is more important for people to be able to play their Halo 3, than it is to post on the forums, etc. So not only does that not surprise me, but kudos again for keeping things running instead of the whole thing dieing. And no, the 15k thing has said the same thing for awhile, its simply not updating properly right now, same as why my marketplace wont work. But everything else does, so good job guys, but hopefully you will be able to scale things even better next time, to allow full functionality with no service impairments. Now, time for bed, after I played Halo 3 multiplayer for hours and hours and then made a map in forge :D Good luck all, and good gaming! :D

Why isnt there no news at ALL about what arcade game it is today????

Anyone wondering about the most accurate number for Halo, I think I was on at 5:00pm Eastern and saw the stat of 300k online in matchmaking.  Yikes.

Argggghhh, Halo 3 killing my XBL. Not sure what it's like now as I'm working but last night around 1am it was terrible in the UK.

I just received my repaired 360 back yesterday too (phew just in time for H3) but I thought it was broken when the XBL mayhem kicked off.

Too many H3 people online at once.