Man, has it been a long day or what? Well the long day is over now, leading to the long night as Bungie announces the Crackdown problem has been fixed and downloading shall commence! Restart Crackdown, apply a patch, and presto!
Apparently many of you already realized this, as my download speed just went completely to shit. Thanks!

Bungie feels your pain, and they've decided to make it up to you:

We realize this has been a pain for many and an inconvenience at the very least. Given the circumstances, we've decided to extend the duration of the Halo 3 Beta from June 6th to June 10th at 11:59 PM PDT. So, you lost almost a full day of play today but to make up for it we're tacking on four more days (and a weekend at that).

See? Three extra days, and all it took was some 14-15 hours worth of constant bitching and complaining. Dreams really do come true - we're living proof. Now grab some popcorn and watch the progress meter with me. Michael Fahey

Halo 3 Beta Downloads via Crackdown are fixed! [Bungie.net]

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