Here is a statement from XGC HYLANDER XC regarding the beginning, life and closing of the elites.
Hope this cleared up some concerns.
"Well, the main thing with the Elites is this, we had put some leaders in charge of it some time ago with the intentions of moving the top players into there own area so they could play together, train together and then get out and represent each of our communities divisions in the competitive world of gaming. Those leaders (XGC Jonidoom XL , XGC Steel XS and a few others) just could not keep things going based on their own personal situations. For some time then we just let it go while focusing on the many other major issues for the community. We did talk about the Elites a lot in our Sunday meetings but in the end we did not feel it was high on the priority list based on some other things going on within the Community. At some point XGC KNIGHT XI decided he would get involved with the structure of the Elites and took things over. He setup some basic rules and put people in charge to do specific things. Some people did great, others did not. In the end, there just isn't any push to have an area dedicated to just the ELITES. Before this section was started most all clans had their own ELITE team which played in ClanCompete.com battles and in other clan battles on HALO and the internet. In reality, pulling those top players from everyones clans messed up many clans as the entire idea of clans is to have like minded gamers playing together in online competition. Some take it more serious then others so those that did would always end up together anyway so it doesn't really matter if their is an ELITE section or not. Having said that, we are going to have an ELITE section for all those that are more serious gamers. It will be one group and each clan can and will have their own team. The leaders of those clans can work out the details for who the ELITES are and when they make the team they will be added to the ELITES group which gives them access to the ELITE area on the website. In the end, we are not abandoning the ELITES. We do not to step back a bit and really make sure it isn't hurting the community more then being a positive for it. As everyone knows XG has a place for all types of gamers (XGC = Adult Gamers 18 or older, KoG = Family Gaming, all ages, SYN = Underground Gamers , all ages and XGG = Girl Gamers , all ages). With in those areas we will always have ELITES and we will allow that style of player to have an area of their own in which we will support them."
Hope this cleared up some concerns.