User blog comment:Peter Griffen Boy/BF3 takes third place./@comment-90.195.216.25-20111106105839/@comment-1651748-20111106191412

1. It doesn't matter if the players were online or not.

As long as the disc was in their tray and it was being ran while they were connected to Xbox Live, it counted.

2. Week of 24th lasted until the 30th.

3. I don't think it is likely for Activision to host EA's servers. It would be like McDonalds giving Burger King tips on how to make their burgers better.