The Greatest Victory of All Time

I have never quit an online match in Halo 2 and today I was
rewarded for my zealousness in finishing what I start with the greatest Halo 2 victory of ALL time.

I have been trying to level up in team slayer matches in
Halo 2. For those of you who are wondering, it is a 4 on 4 deathmatch game. I had found it fairly difficult to level up to this point for two reasons. First, I do not have anyone to team up with so I am constantly going in solo and second, the people I get teamed up with will frequently leave in the middle of the match or worse, turn against the team. Leaving an online team game is the elevator fart of online games, rude, obnoxious and makes everyone want to get off before the ride is over.

For some reason I find myself unable to leave a game where I
am outnumbered outgunned and usually too far down on the scoreboard to preserve some dignity. Yet I somehow feel honor bound to go down with a sinking ship. It makes no sense except in that I feel that there is always a chance to somehow pull it off, comeback from behind, beat the odds and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. And this is exactly what I did in the greatest team slayer game of all time. A game that ranks up with the miracle on ice hockey game where and amateur U.S. team beat a professional Russian team. Behold my small miracle as I regale you with its details.

With no friends online at the time I joined a team slayer game through optimatch. The map is 'ivory tower' with the standard weapon set. The match starts and two teammates quit at the offset of the game. I found myself facing 4 adversaries with a lone sidekick.

I began to think of strategies that might allow us to win
despite the odds. My first thought is to find my teammate and to stick
together. I run toward my sidekick's icon and as I am approaching him it suddenly disappears. I instantly know what this means; I am now outnumbered 4 to1 and fighting a hopeless battle. The best I can do is hide and hope that my opponents use some kind of lubricant.