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12/28/2014 10:27:50 PM
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Where is everyone?
I consider myself a new member. Six years after my account creation (seven since I started lurking), I still consider myself a new member. Why? Because '04 or bust. Because joining after Halo 3 means you are a new member. Period. Because having a profile ID over 100,000 is pitiful. Because you might be welcomed onto the forums, but you have to earn your way into the Community. Except there are so few elitist bastards left to remind me of that that I am starting to forget.
I am starting to forget employee game nights (only ever a part of one; thanks for the memory DeeJ), and glorious custom games (Fat Kid, anyone?), and simply talking on the forums about a common interest we all seemed to share. I am starting to forget why Choppers on Lost Platoon don't count. Now it seems that people just want to get that Crota checkpoint. No custom games left to speak of. People scattered across four consoles. Where did we all go?
Every now and again, I spot a familiar face. I'm not on enough for people to remember me. Maybe 12 million players is simply too many. Maybe Bungie is starting to be more concerned with time played rather than quality of that time. Maybe such dreams simply do not last. But it was glorious and it will be missed and I shall hope for its return.
I am left to wonder, though, if there is anyone left to care.
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I know what you mean, for anyone who wants to get back into halo custom games, I'm hosting games every weekend on xbone, it's been a pain recreating the maps and not the memories, I may have been late to register my account but hell I still remember. Personally I blame destiny, it split us up with its toxic marketing. I expect to get hate from PSN players so in advance I say this, I don't care about your console or the "Console Wars", I care about the community I know and love, the first gaming community I truly felt at home with and if you have a problem because of halo then deal with it. Destiny drove a wedge into the community and flooded it with poison that created fights on the forums that sparked a pure hatred found across the game forums and led to loyal reasonable players being the target of unwanted violence. (Might be going off topic here) TL;DR I miss the days of old from Halo and if you do too and want to relive some memories then join me and others on Halo:MCC at the weekends for some deeply wanted Halo Custom Fun!
