...since I created this account and joined the 7th column.
It's been five fun years with this community!
My life has changed a lot during the past five years, strangers became new friends, old friends became nothing but memories and I went from being the sad kid in class to being the one who made people laugh.
4 years ago I was almost constantly sad and/or angry. I had trouble making friends at school since the people who bullied me had more influence on my classmates than I did, I had good grades but I had no one to hang out with after school, this is why I started playing video-games as much as I did.
Halo 3 helped me forget about my current situation in school, online I could be myself without worrying that someone would spread a rumor about me or that someone would take my shoes and hide them somewhere. It was in on xbox Live that I had my friends, we played and laughed together, we raged at the enemy team together and I could play custom games for hours with people who I had met in matchmaking just a few minutes ago!
Halo 3 helped me out of my sadness, that I am very thankful for.
I've now lost contact with almost all of the people who I played Halo 3 with, but the memories remain.
I miss the community events which were held in Halo 3 (V-Day doubles, Bungie vs The World, Haiti, etc) and I hope that Bungie will arrange similar things in Destiny.
But enough of the games., I want to thank the The Flood for being whatever it is you/we are. Our home may be evacuated but we shall never die!
And I would like to thank those of you who have stayed here during the dark days and kept this community alive.
[b]TL;DR:[/b] Thank you Bungie! Thank you 7th Column! Thank you The Flood!
You've helped me through some of the rough parts in my life and you are awesome!
Thank you for 5 great years! I will stay here until the end and I hope you will too.
[i][b]Be Brave![/b][/i]
[spoiler][i]Sorry for any weird grammar and this probably counts as a blog post but I felt like I needed to get it of my chest.[/i][/spoiler]
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Thank you for helping to fill in the blanks during the dark times! I shall stand by you, and all other members of the Seventh Column, for many... many more years to come. Also, I was listening to this when I read the OP. It fit perfectly! [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaPzzNfv5q4]See you Starside.[/url]
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Loved this <3
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"Spartians Never Die, they're just missing in Action" - Bungie <3 Cheers to you kid! Same goes everyone (not me) Glad Bungie did what it did to others! Someday ill see you in Destiny kid! Good Luck!
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I'm nearing my 8th. But happy 5th Bnetday!
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I hear you, man. It's weird to think about all that has transpired in my life in the last five years, and realize that somehow Bungie has been a vertebrae in the spine of it. It's nice to have a constant. Even if it's something that's not palpable in terms of the physical.
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Well then congratulations.
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My 5th is coming up soon as well, congrats! :)
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Thank you for all kind words!
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Cool story bro. Happy Anniversary !? Here is to 10 more (::)!
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Hope life outside the video game world is much better now for you : ) Thanks for sharing, many people express the same feelings!
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Great read! Halo 3 was a brilliant game with an awesome community. So many memories, so many great times, so many epic moments. I wish I could re-live those days.
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Cheers!
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Edited by Berk: 8/31/2015 9:21:03 PMRedacted
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I'm coming up on my fifth. congratulations, OP! To many more!
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5 Years... 5 long years... That's how long it took us to get Harvest back. OT: Happy 5th bro. Here's to many more years of aweshum!
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:D It's my fifth too! I'm stoked for the future as well!
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Congratulations on your 5th man! Mine is rapidly approaching as well, and i am sure my post will look similar, in structure at least.
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Happy fifth. And don't sweat the blog post. You're a lot more free to express yourself on Bungie.net now. Why wouldn't we want to read something like this? Games give us a chance to unleash the best of ourselves.
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Hey that's what this community is all about!! not just a gamming place but a place to let yourself go and express!! I was once too at a all time low facing my own problems but every night I would come here into the flood and jst explore and reply to random threads and it helped myself out. Feels good to know that I am apart of of growing community that flourishes to reach out to others and that my brethren can reach out to me if you know what I mean. I love being apart of this.
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Edited by xXSnIpEX0uTXx: 2/19/2013 4:57:57 AMits crazy how far Bungie has come from creating Halo in the beginning i miss the old days of Halo 2 and Halo 3 you know back when i was in my prime. I just miss having Sniping battles with my old CTR clan members but those days are long gone I've lost contact with all my clan mates
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Hope there's plenty more years for you around here in the future. Cheers man.
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I salute you Vivo. Here's to another five years.
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Five years? That's nothing, compared to my five years plus change.
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Edited by Guteh: 2/19/2013 2:09:11 AMViVo, I'm really glad videogames helped in your personal life, I think most of us feel a little identified with your words, getting out of the real world for hours and just enjoying a good game with friends, so keep it up and stick around for I know the best years are yet to come!
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Hey man, thanks for sticking around. Here's to the 5 years to come.