I decided to go with some historical fiction of a [u]very[/u] important event within B.net's History. We're the bad guys and the good guys. So is the web team. [i]He[/i] is simply watching it unfold. Enjoy.
[spoiler]Temperatures outside had plunged to one of their lowest points within the last year. Gusts of wind threw around drifts of snow, randomly rearranging the landscape every few minutes. While not entirely uncommon this time of year in Seattle, it was certainly not the kind of weather one wanted to be stranded in. Yet this did not faze the inhabitants of Suite 207. The incessant beating the wind enacted upon the structure of the Complex housing Bungie headquarters was only matched by the sporadic beats of Tom Gioconda's heart. He had just received word from a coworker, an underling within the web team that he oversaw, that the build had been finalized, and the servers prepared. Looking over the code scrolling by, he thought back to the thousands of man-hours it had taken to prepare what sat in front of him. His web team had poured their blood, sweat, tears, and even souls into the project. Together, they had crafted a new forum software for the inhabitants of Bungie.net, one to usher them into a glorious new era of gaming.
They had pulled the plug on the older site earlier that day, much to the dismay of several prominent netizens. If their was one thing that he had learned throughout his years at Bungie, it was that wherever there was change, someone would take it upon themselves to make as big a deal as possible about it-- And the inhabitants of Bungie.net were no exception to that rule. Tom, or as he was known on the site, "Achronos", had witnessed entire hordes of people come and go across his carefully pruned digital landscape. Watching entire communities rise and fall had become common place for him. Some stuck around, both annoying and pleasant. This reflected back to the real world upon the team he had spent all this time working with. He wondered what peoples reaction would be to the new site. Would they be filled with awe and wonder? Or perhaps anger and disgust. It had been a real journey, filled with a colorful variety of people. Each contributed their part to the story, both big and small, and good and bad.
Lifting his finger over the enter key, he paused, holding his breath. While it would take at least a day or more to upload the code to the servers, he knew this was the defining moment for him. Everything he had oversaw for the past few years would soon be shown off to the world. He would sit watch through the night, ensuring the success of the data's transfer. It had all come down to this. The winds howled outside as he released his breath, bringing his finger down on the enter key. Watching the status bar begin to slowly fill, he began his vigil, smiling at the thought of what was to come.
Bungie.Next would soon be upon us all.
(Jan. 8th, 2013)[/spoiler]
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+1. Couldn't stop reading till the end!