At the intersection of nerdy gaming fandom and existential poignancy comes this story, via Gossip Gamers:

Microsoft had finally pull the plug on ‘Halo 2′ on Xbox Live and gamers had to say their goodbyes on April 15th. However, a bunch of gamers found a loophole through this by not turning off their Xbox and disconnecting from their games, which means until they either drop from the game or be forced off the server.
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As of now the numbers of players are at fourteen because most of the gamers in the small group are having problems staying in the game. I say using your Xbox 360 and staying on Xbox Live for 12 days is a feat itself, but hey they doing this not for glory or recognition, but for the love of the game.