Ok, here's where my fairy tale begins:

I am a big Halo fan. Everyone should know that from my name on Destructoid. I get out of class at 3 o clock p.m. excited for the launch for Halo 3. I go with my friend to the city where I reserved my copy and wait for 3 hours in line with other Halo fanatics. At 12:01 p.m. I finally get my copy of Halo 3. The wait was finally over.
About an hour after I got back to my dorm at college, I open up the game case. It's really pretty and I was careful with it. I pop in the game disk and I could have sworn God was bitch slapping me in the face.
It read this:
Xbox360 can not recognize this CD or DVD.
*Update (from ten minutes ago)
Ok, well now it seems to be working. The cd is still apparent physically to have problems on the disc surface.
It works for now, but for how long.....
Hopefully forever....
My best advice for all the Halo fanatics: Check your game disc first before you pop it in the 360. Don't get screwed over by me, even though it was temporary.