Well, I don’t see any countering that by singing its praises.

Just don’t have the energy.

Me either, really. I didn’t really mean in a sense of no one literally debating me. I just mean, when was the last time anyone posted a cool thing that happened in the game? Where’s any excitement for it? The lack of posting about it here doesn’t prove that there isn’t anything exciting or cool happening, of course.

Yeah, I assume cool stuff happens all the time. Really enjoyed doing the dungeon blind with Robot and squid a few weeks ago. Insane posts cool stuff with frequency. Sometimes I think there's not a lot of activity here because this community skews older, and we have other demands on our time, and playing the game itself takes a chunk of it. And when there is something to discuss about something new, excitement is met with cynicism, routinely. Often from people who don't play the game anymore. The boundaries of our discussions are often dictated by or responding to whatever is trending on social media, and is there any time when that's not negative?

I think the kind of fandom that existed when I got here 20-plus years ago is dead. In 2023, it's just seen as naive. Yet what Robot said about religious conversion and exodus rings true, too. We live in a time that encourages ALL opinions and beliefs to take on a religious cast, and you're either one of the good people or bad people, a believer or heretic, and the ability to do what Robot just did, describe with accuracy a position he does not personally hold, is rare. The humility and acceptance required is just not valued culturally. At minimum, the bubbles we create with our media shield us from opportunities to use those muscles, and I think this makes us less than we could be. Definitely dumber and more strident.

I hope you don't go away from here, cheapLEY, but if you did, I'd like to keep in touch. We don't have to play the same game, or have the same opinions about everything, to be friends.

Well, I don’t see any countering that by singing its praises.

Just don’t have the energy.

Me either, really. I didn’t really mean in a sense of no one literally debating me. I just mean, when was the last time anyone posted a cool thing that happened in the game? Where’s any excitement for it? The lack of posting about it here doesn’t prove that there isn’t anything exciting or cool happening, of course.

A bunch of people I play with have shared live and on forums how much they love fishing. And I…don't get it. So, I don't do it. (I didn't get it in Animal Crossing either.) But I may join a voice chat with them while they fish and I do other stuff until we do something together.

I think we post about stuff less here because so little of the game is purely solo so we already shared with someone. And sharing about new stuff is spoiling and sharing about old stiff seems pointless as it's old stuff. I like playing Cribbage and Catan and Threes and tennis, but I don't share it with people because the thing that is good about the experience is not the novelty. I've done it before and so have the people I would tell, so why bother memorializing it. I imagine it is like when I would see old men playing dominoes in the park. It will be fun if you were there for it, but if not, then the power of it leaves with the moment.

Me either, really. I didn’t really mean in a sense of no one literally debating me. I just mean, when was the last time anyone posted a cool thing that happened in the game? Where’s any excitement for it? The lack of posting about it here doesn’t prove that there isn’t anything exciting or cool happening, of course.

September of last year, I think ;D. I know I know! I've really pulled back on spamming the forum with my ever building, ungainly collection of gaming exploits, YA DON'T HAVE TO RUB IT IN! D':

('cuzeverythingallexpsensiveandIgottagobeanadultandstuffandbleh)

I've... there must have a years worth of clips and what not of destiny moments (as well as other games) including some clips of this one player who I had on my team, a warlock, who pulled off some PvP plays that make "pro streamer" hunters look like little bitches, more or less. Or at least, it's my recollection of it... I sure hope I clipped that.

Oh and all sorts or Arcstrider stuff, because duh... and soon-ish, once I finish creating the companion to it, I'll be posting a video about this day.

That day... was quite a day.

Oh, I’ll probably never truly leave. I like you all too much to do that.

*GERRKKK-lol* Sucker...err, uh... ah screw it, you're not much for taste huh? ;D lol

But I try do not want to be the guy hanging around and bringing the place down. I think I’ve done a decent job of that since I quit, mostly just responding to things that aren’t about Destiny. But between that monetization video and what looks like the worst, laziest fishing mini game I’ve ever seen, I guess my negativity got the better of me. It was a sudden sadness for what Bungie has become, but even that is no longer a conversation worth having—the ship has sailed.

I look forward to making you post again. I also have a clip, right now, which I edited together that would make ya do it. Post with such a fury of... "WTF, is this actually in game!?" And the answer is yes. YES! IT IS! I DON"T UNDERSTAND IT EITHER!!! D: It's SOOoooo dumb. And, frankly, despite the subtle change which is implied to the story in the edit which I made... it would still deserve 110% of such ire. As a hint, do note I've not posted any...*ahem*...

"INSANEdrive Flavored Rants/Critiques"™

...about Lightfall, short the little I already called day one, and five and whatever else. This is because I've yet to beat the end game boss solo on legendary on all three characters, thanks to the utterly unfun bullshit that is the lightfall story endgame battle. AND as a result, I have yet to unlock Strand for either Hunter or Titan. AND, as I expect I'll just end up ranting about smaller aspects, and not the whole Lightfall deal, I'll probably end up posting this clip along with the clip duo implied aforementioned above, since I don't have time to bitch-out hot facts like a banshee-in-heat for fun.

sORRY. (LOL ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

TL;DR - DOn'T RusH me MAN! IT's Com'n ITS Com'N! D: ... ;D

Me either, really. I didn’t really mean in a sense of no one literally debating me. I just mean, when was the last time anyone posted a cool thing that happened in the game? Where’s any excitement for it? The lack of posting about it here doesn’t prove that there isn’t anything exciting or cool happening, of course.

I'd probably do it more if I remembered to hit 'record'. Last one I posted was a couple of months ago:

https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=180731

I still play, though, pretty regularly. Of course there are things that annoy me (I'm pretty sure there's no part of my life that doesn't have those), but for the most part, I enjoy the game. I even fish without being angry that fishing exists; it's a nice break at the end of an evening, a few minutes of pulling up shinies. It can 100% be ignored if you find it boring; when folks focus on how terrible it is, I just wonder, is there really so little in this game that interests you that you have to complain about THIS? And if there is, why are you still here? (Not here in this forum, but here, in this game.) It's a trivial little activity that was added this season; if you hate it, pretend it didn't get added. You lose nothing. (I'm pretty sure most other activities will get you loot faster than fishing, so it's not even like Bungie is forcing you into it in a min-max way.)

I totally get why you're gone, Cheap, and I don't resent you at all for leaving (though I wish there were still a way to play with you)... but pointing at griping on a forum (this one, or Reddit, or really ANY forum) is not a good way to show how terrible a game is. There are lots and lots and lots of people who just play - they don't post, they don't engage the negativity, they don't register on your "it's great-it's terrible" meter. They just play. More and more, I'm becoming one of them. Engaging on forums is becoming less and less enjoyable, so I'm doing less and less of it.