Its funny how message boards and forums read....and the posts that are made... on any game - any platform - any genre...ever since I can remember years ago - once people figured out they can go online and invoke their right to free speech.
For the 155 CONTINUED friends (many more have been added and deleted over time...lol) I have collected in the PC, PS and Xbox world over the past few years (YES - its ok to have all three) I must say we are all VERY MUCH pleased with Destiny in all aspects thus far.
I started my relationship with "Bungie" as a young teenager who was amazed by this thing called Marathon. The story. The scary hallways of aliens. The AI's trying to kill me. Did it crash sometimes? yep. Did it glitch and stick me in a wall so that I died and had to re-do 4 hours of work? YEP. Does that EVEN MATTER? NOPE. IT was awesome.... IT helped create my love for gaming and it always will be remembered as such...regardless of flaws.
Most of my friends and I are all Halo / COD / WOW / BF / GOW Veterans... hard-core...1000-2000+ hours per game ....."play it till you can pillage lesser entities with one eye closed - 2 Controller buttons sticking-oh crap its 4am I gotta be at work in 2 hrs" kinda folk.
We love to game. and so far - we love THIS game.
Like many here- Gaming is part of our lives. We have ended and started relationships and dated and married women and men...just because they get it....or at the very least are ok with the gaming marathons because they will tell anyone who doesn't understand.. "hey at least he's not at a bar chasing women." ...or " yeah ...she's a little tipsy but at least she isn't driving anything but that WARTHOG."
Our kids (yes many of us have spawned our OWN minions) are GAMERS. Quality time is pwning your son endlessly in Gears....to the point of him almost crying. Its that moment when your brother / daughter / cousin / best friend etc...helps you lay waste to uncountable armies spanning numerous lands. Or the first time your Grandpa / Aunt / Mom / Dad that looks at the graphics and gameplay one day on that game you spent 3 weeks yelling at...and you see their eyes widen and their brain change in how they feel about your hobby. THEY FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GAME.
To BUNGIE and the city of people it took to make Destiny...
Yes - We are the biggest critics of you. Any Developer / any game / and system / any size....but we are also the biggest fans. We understand it took you millions of lines of code. Years of art and script planning. Map making. Countless hours of testing and scrubbing. etc etc etc....to create this world we can all escape to and enjoy EVERY WAKING SECOND we are able.
Destiny reminds me of how I felt about Marathon. Less than 5 games in my years of playing have ever reached that title.YOU SHOULD BE PROUD!!! ( Only ONE of the Halo's did...and NO IM NOT SAYING WHICH ONE...lol.)
Has our fireteam been booted right at the end of a Strike after 45 minutes of gameplay battling a hoard of moon zombies? Yep. Did I pick up a blue engram and it not show in inventory? yeah - that too. Do we care? NO. Because we dont care we had to do it all over again. I dont care because I got 2 BLUE engrams on the next playthrough!
Lets be honest with ourselves....and about the issues some are having...including our crew.
Maybe your router connection took a dump or your connection at momma's house isn't that great and never has been. Maybe you aren't ready for the crucible because you HAVENT PLAYED ENOUGH TO BE GOOD. (So far - its been a challenge for all of us even with the veteran players...but that's why we LOVE IT..the challenge!)
Maybe 15 minutes (what it took to get my characters face the way I want it) ISN'T ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE AN HONEST OPINION ABOUT A GAME!! SPEND MORE TIME PLAYING AND LESS TIME TROLLING!!! ITS A GAME. ENJOY IT. ITS NOT PERSONAL. ITS NOT PERFECT. BUT IT IS AN AMAZING WORLD OF GAME-PLAY AND THE EXPERIENCE and ENJOYMENT of PLYING IT MAKE THE HICCUPS WORTH IT.
Plenty of people will never read this far down. That's fine. Plenty of folks who read this will never comment, or feel its even necessary...because you understand. You agree. You get it. To you - we will see you on Patrol and help you in blowing legs off that Spider-Mech...or maybe in the Crucible right before we shoot each other with that new blue shotty we just decrypted.
To anyone else - well....just like the right to speak freely - you also have the right to not play! That's ok too...because I haven't found an empty tower yet. And we got plenty of friends to RAID with.
UPDATE: 10/20/14
I just wanted to say you guys and gals have blown me away with the support you have shown for what I wrote here. I never would have dreamed there would have been such an overwhelming positive response from so many like-minded individuals who "read that far down" and "Got it".
Because of the positive feedback - we like-minded Gamers started a Group that has grown so quickly over the past few weeks.
[b]Origin Gaming Collective [OGC][/b] View/Follow/Join us......
Thanks again to everyone who took the time to read my "dissertation" and for being a fellow Gamer.
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Extremely well said - you have my support anytime you need it!
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You are completely correct. I read your comment and couldn't feel any differe t
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....damn you hit the nail on the head. I'll definitely be following you guys
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Glad I had a chance to read your post. Thank you for posting it! Happy Hunting
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very well written
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Wow, I love you! :3
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You are a true hero to me. Game on!!
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Hey looking for nwe zealand player to join clan to do raids n strikes.clan name New Zealand assassins. I'm a lvl 26 hunter
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[quote]Hey looking for nwe zealand player to join clan to do raids n strikes.clan name New Zealand assassins. I'm a lvl 26 hunter[/quote] Ps4 only psn tubbz08
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Something like you described actually happened to me with my father, when he saw me playing Watch Dogs on my PC w/ultra settings, he was in awe with the graphics on my 1080p monitor and I think he finally got it.
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Sup ppl join my clan you got 2 b lvl 25 2 join ps4 only
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You sir have capture the minds of many small minded individuals who would have never thought of visualizing a game in such a perspective, you have literally written what my thoughts on gaming are yeah i play competitively but i have not forgotten where i stand with the game's i play just because something doesn't work the right way at first doesn't mean I'm giving up on it, what it means is I'm going to be spending at least 4-5 hours to figure it out along with other stuff that stumps me throughout a game. I love the challenge they give and the way this game was released blew my mind so i thank you sir for such an amazing post and for helping me snap both my brothers out of their little I'm better then everyone kick and got them back to realizing what gaming is about your the man bro keep up the amazing work ill be following your group shortly after this post. Your newest Fan NeoEdgeBusterxo
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[quote]Its funny how message boards and forums read....and the posts that are made... on any game - any platform - any genre...ever since I can remember years ago - once people figured out they can go online and invoke their right to free speech. For the 155 CONTINUED friends (many more have been added and deleted over time...lol) I have collected in the PC, PS and Xbox world over the past few years (YES - its ok to have all three) I must say we are all VERY MUCH pleased with Destiny in all aspects thus far. I started my relationship with "Bungie" as a young teenager who was amazed by this thing called Marathon. The story. The scary hallways of aliens. The AI's trying to kill me. Did it crash sometimes? yep. Did it glitch and stick me in a wall so that I died and had to re-do 4 hours of work? YEP. Does that EVEN MATTER? NOPE. IT was awesome.... IT helped create my love for gaming and it always will be remembered as such...regardless of flaws. Most of my friends and I are all Halo / COD / WOW / BF / GOW Veterans... hard-core...1000-2000+ hours per game ....."play it till you can pillage lesser entities with one eye closed - 2 Controller buttons sticking-oh crap its 4am I gotta be at work in 2 hrs" kinda folk. We love to game. and so far - we love THIS game. Like many here- Gaming is part of our lives. We have ended and started relationships and dated and married women and men...just because they get it....or at the very least are ok with the gaming marathons because they will tell anyone who doesn't understand.. "hey at least he's not at a bar chasing women." ...or " yeah ...she's a little tipsy but at least she isn't driving anything but that WARTHOG." Our kids (yes many of us have spawned our OWN minions) are GAMERS. Quality time is pwning your son endlessly in Gears....to the point of him almost crying. Its that moment when your brother / daughter / cousin / best friend etc...helps you lay waste to uncountable armies spanning numerous lands. Or the first time your Grandpa / Aunt / Mom / Dad that looks at the graphics and gameplay one day on that game you spent 3 weeks yelling at...and you see their eyes widen and their brain change in how they feel about your hobby. THEY FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GAME. To BUNGIE and the city of people it took to make Destiny... Yes - We are the biggest critics of you. Any Developer / any game / and system / any size....but we are also the biggest fans. We understand it took you millions of lines of code. Years of art and script planning. Map making. Countless hours of testing and scrubbing. etc etc etc....to create this world we can all escape to and enjoy EVERY WAKING SECOND we are able. Destiny reminds me of how I felt about Marathon. Less than 5 games in my years of playing have ever reached that title.YOU SHOULD BE PROUD!!! ( Only ONE of the Halo's did...and NO IM NOT SAYING WHICH ONE...lol.) Has our fireteam been booted right at the end of a Strike after 45 minutes of gameplay battling a hoard of moon zombies? Yep. Did I pick up a blue engram and it not show in inventory? yeah - that too. Do we care? NO. Because we dont care we had to do it all over again. I dont care because I got 2 BLUE engrams on the next playthrough! Lets be honest with ourselves....and about the issues some are having...including our crew. Maybe your router connection took a dump or your connection at momma's house isn't that great and never has been. Maybe you aren't ready for the crucible because you HAVENT PLAYED ENOUGH TO BE GOOD. (So far - its been a challenge for all of us even with the veteran players...but that's why we LOVE IT..the challenge!) Maybe 15 minutes (what it took to get my characters face the way I want it) ISN'T ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE AN HONEST OPINION ABOUT A GAME!! SPEND MORE TIME PLAYING AND LESS TIME TROLLING!!! ITS A GAME. ENJOY IT. ITS NOT PERSONAL. ITS NOT PERFECT. BUT IT IS AN AMAZING WORLD OF GAME-PLAY AND THE EXPERIENCE and ENJOYMENT of PLYING IT MAKE THE HICCUPS WORTH IT. Plenty of people will never read this far down. That's fine. Plenty of folks who read this will never comment, or feel its even necessary...because you understand. You agree. You get it. To you - we will see you on Patrol and help you in blowing legs off that Spider-Mech...or maybe in the Crucible right before we shoot each other with that new blue shotty we just decrypted. To anyone else - well....just like the right to speak freely - you also have the right to not play! That's ok too...because I haven't found an empty tower yet. And we got plenty of friends to RAID with. UPDATE: 9/17/14 I just wanted to say you guys and gals have blown me away with the support you have shown for what I wrote here last week. I never would have dreamed there would have been such an overwhelming positive response from so many like-minded individuals who "read that far down" and "Got it". Lots of people PM'd me asking if I had a group...would join theirs etc. So send me your group if I haven't joined already - and I certainly will. Also - I did start one too. Origin Gaming Collective [OGC] Feel free to join/follow. I will also be starting to post things our crew has found in terms of gameplay ideas and tips, Guardian and Weapon Loadouts we are continually tweaking, places to farm for swag, etc... Thanks again to everyone who took the time to read my "dissertation" and for being a fellow Gamer.[/quote] Dito
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Hi I'm a member if the Covenant Knights, I'm a very old school gamer have been for over 30 years, and yes we get what your saying and that's why we here salute you sir.
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Wow........ I never thought I'd see the day where some one actually was able to say what I felt. This is F'ing awsome. I hope to see you some day in the Destiny world my friend. Keep an eye out for me, SPIRITHWK. I would proudly stand next or against you.
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If you'd like to raid on ps4 started a new clan "Elite204" or add me up XxPegcityxX, love this post 🙌
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Totally, 100% agree with you. I've never played Marathon but I definitely know what it is. Halo:Combat Evolved was the first game I ever played and since then I've been hooked with Bungie and their creations, this one definitely being up there with my favorites. Anyway, back to the point, I "read that far" and find a whole lot of truth in your words of wisdom. You truly appreciate games for what they have and you don't judge them in what they're lacking. You are the epitome of a gamer, I hope to one day to the Vault of glass with you and your friends. -GrimCrackshot (gamertag)
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Totaly rate you my friend love for the community and its gamers if any one is on a xbox one console add me "o itz DNA o" (with no quotes)
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Hey mate your Awesome i totally agree with you !! :)
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Pretty good.
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Anyone on xbox one that's lvl high 27-28 is welcome to join our clan we do our raids mainly on a Friday night with a full clear up to the last boss due to network probs with other clan members we haven't been successful yet but did get him to 10% So come join Filthy GodZ pm FilthyCellZ for info....