One more thing I'd like to post, for any Bungie fan who is at or planning to be at E3 today or tonight. Some of us would like to get together for a Gathering of Fans if we could. I've marked out about a half-dozen restaurants that aren't TOO far away from the LA Convention center (I didn't find any cybercafes, damnit) which could possibly be good places to hang at. Chances look pretty good that we could rope a few Bungiefen into hanging out with us there.
The real problem is that of coordination and just finding each other. So!: If you're interested, then keep an eye out for me. I guess I've become the de facto unofficial organizer in Freewill's absence. I'll be wearing a black Bungie Carnage for the rest of us. T-shirt (It has a yellow diamond sign with a stick figure being blown in half on the back) on and I plan to go through that Halo movie at least another four times today. I may also check out the competition (Tribes2, Renegades possibly, etc.) or be grazing in some food area while I'm furiously scribbling notes or typing on my laptop.
[Addendum: BTW guys... try not to E-mail me personally. I have a hard enough time checking my mail as it is right now. I'd suggest that anyone interested post a reply to Gathering threads on our forum and I'll try to let you know as soon as we've figured out more. The bastages are charging $5/15 minutes for net access.]