Just a few thoughts as a prologue to a larger report coming later:

Bungie folks in attendance were Matt, Max (yeroen), Tommy two-Gs, Peter (mordia), Marty, Dave, Roger, Chucky, and Alex (who flew in late)

There was about a 5-10 minute lag from the moment the first games were started until people seemed comfortable with the controls. I could tell because the players began to taunt each other and the rest of the crowd was Oohing and Aahing over the antics on the screens.

It's annoying as hell to try to get into the gunner's position in the warthog and have your driver back up and run you over. ;)

Bungie is cool. Halo Rocks.