Steel Yourself
Some of you are playing Halo: Reach a little bit early. It happens. With millions of copies out of manufacturing quickly making their way into the massive global retail chain, it’s not terribly uncommon for a few discs to “accidentally” slip into a few lucky customers’ hands. Que sera.
If you count yourself among that lucky few, there are a handful of things you need to be aware of that will likely impact your pre-launch Halo: Reach experience. First, you’re playing in what we consider a test environment. Several key services are disabled, or in various states of fluctuating functionality, and core elements of the game, including big ticket items like matchmaking, credit acquisition, and the daily challenge system are all running at less than optimal levels.
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_090310Dont care if u have the retail game early
as long as u stealth patched the game correctly ur fine
of course its never 100% that u will not get banned every time you connect to live, it never has, those are the risks