I was having a "civil" discussion with some of the older members around here about a certain off-site forum, and it led me to ask myself why I'm here.
After 8 years, meeting countless members (both good and not-so-good), 3 major exoduses, and innumerable, stupid little "wars," I'm still here. I have been banned 6 times, lost a great community when Thee Warriors faded, and have left twice; once from 2010-2012, and once from January 2014-June 2014. All of my friends, besides 3 of them, from my first stint on Bungie.net are gone.
So why am I still here?
The beauty of The Flood, and now #offtopic, has been our resilience in keeping tradition, staying the course, and staying interesting, all while keeping things fresh. While old friends will always move on, new friends come in to fill the void. I have The Friends List to thank for keeping me in touch with those who want to stick around, and I know I will always have #offtopic to go to if I ever need someone, because while I may get 100 sarcastic answers, I will also get a few people who care. We are the closest-knit public forum on the internet (aside from some furry page, or something of the sort), and we all have something here to be proud of.
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So, #offtopic, why are you here, why did you come in the first place, and why will you inevitably be here in the future?
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To kill Christmas
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You people merely adopted the flood. I was forged in it. Molded by it. I didn't even see 4chan until I was already a man. And by then, it was nothing to me...
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Iz like to fight the desticles and Reachtards
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Cuz I need 2 more lvl 30s for vog fresh run hard Ps4 Gt: XxXSlapatittyXxX
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because I hate myself
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I cam to be the very best that no one ever was!!! Duh Duh Duh Duh.
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Because I must put you mortals in your place [spoiler]Just kidding[/spoiler]
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I'm not allowed to leave.
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The community. Good people. Play games. Not enough friends irl.
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I love this community
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im paid to be here
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Am spambot. Lack free will. Or work in Japan where I have many great Japanese friends who I love dearly but if I'm honest with myself I miss being able to shoot the shit in English about whatever idiocy comes into my vacant little cranium and well here we are. But mostly the spambot one.
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Boring life
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Believe it or not This is an alt I made for destiny But the game turned out to be shit So I just went off the game now Clicked on the flood after a while of not posting and now look, my alt is now my new main. [spoiler]nobody will now who I really am[/spoiler]
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Because I live for the quote chains.
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I came for the Halo 3 stats, stayed for the Halo 3 forums. I then migrated to the Reach forum when that came out. After a while it became filled with annoying pricks, so I clicked on The Flood, not really knowing what to expect. I decided I liked it. I stayed active for a couple of years, but then the redesign turned me away for a time. Then I was looking through my bookmarks several months ago and saw b.net there. So I decided to come back and see if things had changed. They had not changed as much as I feared, so I stayed.
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Came here for Halo, and stayed because... Well I really don't know. I guess I stayed because of habit.
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Once upon a time I had a deep dark backstory and a bad life. Got into drugs and went to jail, but #offtopic changed my life, and I am a new man! Actually, I lurked in reach days to find out "Why the heck does this thing do that in forge?!" And "how do I make a racing forge map!?" Anddd "What does that button do?!" I liked forge a lot Didnt really lurk for a couple years, finally made an account to secure my Destiny Beta (when it was actually gonna be pretty sick) then stayed in offtopic after a month of #Destiny nearly friend my brains. Its much more interesting here. * Sips tears of children *
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Fame, fortune, and strippers.
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Edited by Marathon: 11/28/2014 12:04:26 AMTo watch Engrapadora post horse po- I mean, to chat and stuff.
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I thought the community needed me, but I found out I needed them more. [spoiler]Should I post everything when I get back from work? I whale think about it.[/spoiler]
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To see what weird ass shit people talk about thats not complaining about Destiny.
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Communism
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Edited by Weesil xD: 11/27/2014 9:04:30 PMWhy am I here? Because I like the community, not the "NERF EVERYTHING BECAUSE I'M BAD" part. The offtopic part. It's nice to actually talk to people about anything. ..And because I can post random pictures like that one and not get told to stop. :)
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Came because I enjoyed halo and wanted to get recon and look at stats. I an a still here because u always enjoyed the random hilarious chaos that is and always has been the flood.
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Came for Halo Stats, Stayed for the Community.