Community Focus - BonaFideHiro

G’day! I am BonaFideHiro, he/him, but everyone calls me Bona or Hiro, but never Fide… Hmmmm? 

I’m an Aussie who has moved back and forth from the UK since I was 19, and as of March 2020, we are in the south of England. 

Quite simply, my love for gaming came about like many other kids, coming home from school to my original PlayStation and Xbox where my brother and I would sit for hours escaping the heat of the Australian Outback. It was a great escape for a “weird” kid avoiding hot temps. 

My first form of content creation was recording game nights in Halo custom games, where skill did not matter, but your ability to be wild and have fun did. Using that, I would upload quick clips and screenshots to social media profiles. 

Then 2020 came along, and during the pandemic I started streaming on Twitch as a free and easy way to record longer content and capture funny moments in Destiny 2. I initially never had any intention of doing anything more than that. 

I remember seeing Destiny first at E3 in 2013, and as a lifelong Halo fan, I was so eager to see the next thing from Bungie after Halo: Reach. Following that, I put my pre-order in and got involved with the Destiny open beta in 2014, and thus I became the world’s worst teammate in any activity. I was super casual to the game and really had no idea what I was doing most of the time. 

Fast forward to 2017 for the launch of Destiny 2, and my mindset had changed, my skills had improved, and over the years I found my feet as a community leader and PvE guide. 

Destiny is one of my favorites for that reason. You can hop into it not knowing what you’re “supposed to do,” and you can still complete things, have a blast, and learn how to improve just by playing the game and meeting other Guardians in the wild.  

I mostly like to focus on endgame PvE activities like raids, dungeons, and Grandmaster Nightfalls. I love to get busy with the grind, but for most of the Season, I like to spend my time either guiding Guardians through Grandmasters, helping them get their base or gilded Conqueror Seal, or helping them when the next raid or dungeon comes out. There is nothing more awesome than helping show people that they can complete the activities they want to complete. 

I have always been very much a Titan-minded individual, running and gunning without a second thought. I have felt pretty legendary as a Titan since Void and Solar 3.0. 

I can often be quoted saying, “Dammit, I forgot I wasn’t wearing Lion Rampants.” Or, “I feel naked without my Rampants.” 😊  

I can easily sum it up in a few words: goofy, semi-comedic, helpful, and welcoming. 

Whether you have been hanging out for a while or just started, you can easily feel at home here. I pride myself on my first impressions, interacting with my audience through a variety of ways while I am live on Twitch, and my daily impact. Hearing that someone has been able to escape for the day and smile—even if it was because they made me swap to a Rocket Launcher and blew up my Guardian—is something that means more to me than I can express.  

The biggest thing I have come to learn over time is that Destiny is not a linear game. There is not one way to play the game, and everyone will have different experiences playing and will play for different reasons. 

You can play the way you want to play, and do it in a positive way, and everyone wins. 

Outside of Destiny and gaming, I am a new dad to a kickass little fella, codename: “Nugget.” 

I spend my time outside of streaming as a broadcast consultant, helping creators and businesses become professionals in their own broadcast journeys. 

I hope to run and kick some butt in my own month-long series of charity streams in October for the  the National Breast Cancer Foundation in Australia. More specifically to a foundation that helps support families and individuals that have to be away from home due to treatment. Very precise, I know, but it’s something I have always wanted to give back to. 

And then, other than waiting to apply for Twitch partnership again, I am continuing to play through the Seasonal content, helping peeps out and waiting for our next day-one raid day! 

Thank you so much for the chat, Sam, and please give my thanks to the other community managers, the devs, and all other teams that make the world of Destiny happen. You all continue to support, me and so many others from every background and walk of life and you’ve given us a place to meet, love, laugh, and cry together. I would not be who I am without Destiny and the friends that I have met through it. 

Every weekday from 1 PM BST (4 AM PST), you can find me live on Twitch. I am  on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok as well.