I’m sure you are all well aware of what comes tomorrow. Tomorrow is the ending of an era. The last time we can play Tower of Power on Ascension over Xbox Live. The last time we can use super bounces and breaking outside of barriers to our advantages. It has already been proposed several times that the community bands together to send Halo 2 off properly, and I am here once again to reinforce that idea. Let’s make this last fight a big one.

There is one thing I want to mention for you to think about while you are gunning down the opposing team, it is a good thing the service is being shut off now while the community that still supported this game is around rather than later down the road when only the most die-hard players are left.

Of course, there is another reason to play Halo 2 on the 14th if you need a reason other than sending off an iconic game with the respect it’s come to deserve. Bungie is handing out a piece of “visual flair” for use in Halo: Reach multiplayer if you play Halo 2 matchmaking.

I’ll see you on the battlefield over the next two days. Keep it clean, and let’s make one final memory of Halo 2 online play.