It's from game code which was before the retail release which is why I said "some".
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Off topic, but since it came up earlier, Halo Wars is no longer losing its stat tracking. That is all.
Quote Originally Posted by Why the change of heart?
Waypoint and 343 Industries were always uncomfortable with the idea of taking stat-tracking offline, even though the technical and logistical problems presented made sense. The argument that it was a small and shrinking population didn’t do much to quell the reaction of both Halo Wars fans and Halo FPS fans who were concerned about the future of other Halo titles, and we decided that the current plan of action was not in line with how we have always intended to support Halo games and the Halo franchise in general.

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Great! Now what was your people's excuse for H2V? Oh right, H2V doesn't exist anymore apparently