Absolute Dog Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 As some of you may be aware, The Halo Council has shut down it's website and left the community with a simple message. "It's been real. We don’t have the same amount of time or dedication, so we see keeping this site open as a disservice to the community; a false hope. We’re sorry, we love you, and maybe we’ll be back. Until then, it’s been real. <3" I had been on the site the day before and was unaware of any notice or statement eluding to their shut down, but had not read much on that visit. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 now this came as a big surprise and sadness me to see the halo council shutting down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drizzy_Dan Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 I simply cannot believe what I just read. This just caught me so off guard I can't even fathom as to why they shut down. Completely blind sided by this news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 I read there tweet on the 11th July, shame really, although is it wrong it now reminds me of Theorix? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinWarrior Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 I was wondering what was wrong when it sent me to another website builder when I opened their site up, so sad, that does suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStarRocket91 Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Now that is a surprise: it's not very often you see a site the size of THC shut down altogether, especially without warning. I feel sorry for the members there, it can't be nice to log in one day and suddenly discover everything you've written, every argument you've articulated, every discussion you've had suddenly no longer exists. I know the Halo series has taken a battering of late, but I honestly would have expected, at worst, a staff and ownership change rather than the whole site dying off. My sympathies to all of their ex-members and commiserations to the staff: it can't have been an easy decision to make. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biggles Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 THC wasn't very big.it wasn't pulling in enough traffic to keep it going, simple.And plus halo isn't as popular as it once was. So why continue to put in all that money for next to no sort of income from the site?THC was initially the break off from MLG, in the sense that Gandhi, Bravo and people like that did it to create their own thing, and it did take off a little, but it couldn't remain consistent. This really shouldn't be a shock.I wonder how Theorix feels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 I really hope that there is some kind of silver lining to this sad story... Like... "One door closes, another one opens" and all that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikslik7 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I knew that back in May they had it down for a week to work out how to proceed and make the site better, but even those changes didn't stop the shutdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biggles Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I knew that back in May they had it down for a week to work out how to proceed and make the site better, but even those changes didn't stop the shutdown. It went down because it was being DDOS'd hard. Changes was just an excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Well, at least we still have this site 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is not JL Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 That's too bad. Never been on their too much but the things they did to try to bring to light feedback to 343i have been an amazing job. Good luck THC! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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