nope, no incessantly negative discussion about Destiny, just about Halo and social media
also what's with the squirrel?

it's the mascot of the biggest, baddest gas station, deep in the heart of the biggest*, baddest state. Known for their clean restroom, paying $15/hr, beaver nuggets (think Kix covered in caramel) and no truckers allowed.

https://www.buc-ees.com/index.php

*in the lower 48

This is like Wall Drug! I mean... there's no real reason to go there, unless you want to say you went there. :)

nope, no incessantly negative discussion about Destiny, just about Halo and social media
also what's with the squirrel?

it's the mascot of the biggest, baddest gas station, deep in the heart of the biggest*, baddest state. Known for their clean restroom, paying $15/hr, beaver nuggets (think Kix covered in caramel) and no truckers allowed.

https://www.buc-ees.com/index.php

*in the lower 48

Facebook is my discord. I need to quit again.

lol - you sound like my sister, back when she was trying to get away from cigarettes. :)

You must've signed up for a secret event. My Saturday one has an open slot right now. [hint hint].

Nah, it was public - it was Cody's blind raid on PS4.

I MIGHT be free on Saturday - but as of right now, we have tentative plans, so I don't think I can put myself down. :(

If you're still short on the day, and our plans haven't become what they might, I'd be happy to join!

P.S. Welcome back.

Thanks. :)

So I want to apologize; the last time I was here (some time in late April), I said "I'll be back after Warmind drops." I really thought it would be the week Warmind dropped; I was just stepping away to avoid fighting with people about what we didn't know yet.

Turned out, though, that being gone was good for me. I was rather shocked, in fact, at how much better I felt every day - I hadn't realized how stressful it had become discussing what is supposed to be a fun diversion with people here. :(

(That's on me, by the way - it's nobody's job but mine to keep discussions from making me tense.)

So I didn't come back. I've been playing a lot - heck, I've played with a lot of YOU guys in the past few weeks. I've even had discussions about Destiny during those play sessions... but I found that it's easier to not get wound up when you're TALKING to someone than it is when you're WRITING to them. (This is odd, for me; I've always made the argument that emails/forums are BETTER for keeping things calm than face-to-face arguments, because you have time to think about what you're going to say. I'm finding, though, that the lack of other cues - tone, volume, etc - overwhelms the plus of extra time.)

It's time, though. I watched the reveal stream this morning, and I'm pretty excited by what I saw. I miss talking about that kind of stuff, and seeing what others think. I miss the FTB events. (Signed up for one today, in fact!) I miss sharing fun occurrences in the Crucible. I want to re-engage.

So I'm back. :)

(Still not ready to go back to Facebook, though.)

Facebook is my discord. I need to quit again.

You must've signed up for a secret event. My Saturday one has an open slot right now. [hint hint].

P.S. Welcome back.

So I want to apologize; the last time I was here (some time in late April), I said "I'll be back after Warmind drops." I really thought it would be the week Warmind dropped; I was just stepping away to avoid fighting with people about what we didn't know yet.

Turned out, though, that being gone was good for me. I was rather shocked, in fact, at how much better I felt every day - I hadn't realized how stressful it had become discussing what is supposed to be a fun diversion with people here. :(

(That's on me, by the way - it's nobody's job but mine to keep discussions from making me tense.)

So I didn't come back. I've been playing a lot - heck, I've played with a lot of YOU guys in the past few weeks. I've even had discussions about Destiny during those play sessions... but I found that it's easier to not get wound up when you're TALKING to someone than it is when you're WRITING to them. (This is odd, for me; I've always made the argument that emails/forums are BETTER for keeping things calm than face-to-face arguments, because you have time to think about what you're going to say. I'm finding, though, that the lack of other cues - tone, volume, etc - overwhelms the plus of extra time.)

It's time, though. I watched the reveal stream this morning, and I'm pretty excited by what I saw. I miss talking about that kind of stuff, and seeing what others think. I miss the FTB events. (Signed up for one today, in fact!) I miss sharing fun occurrences in the Crucible. I want to re-engage.

So I'm back. :)

(Still not ready to go back to Facebook, though.)

I need to start inviting you whenever I see you get on. I always think "oh he must be on because he's doing {x} with {y}, I shouldn't bother them", but I know that's just an excuse to be anti-social on my part.

I miss sharing fun occurrences in the Crucible.

Take your fusion rifle you got today, wreck in the crucible, then post a video to my fusion rifle thread.

That would require me actually being able to wreck with a fusion rifle. :)

I'm more of a punchy guy, right now. At least, that's what I told this Golden Gun.

It's also what I told this Voidwalker.

I suppose I could try cracking that fusion rifle over people's heads...

I miss sharing fun occurrences in the Crucible.

Take your fusion rifle you got today, wreck in the crucible, then post a video to my fusion rifle thread.

I've discussed this with some people here before, but I'm basically not strong enough to join a Discord server. I learned this back in the days of IRC; when there is a chat window open on my computer, I don't get anything else done. I understand myself well enough to know this is not fixable, so staying off chat servers is the easy solution.

Don't worry, you're not missing anything. :^)

You'll be able to stay in touch with the important people in this community while also avoiding incessantly negative discussion about Destiny, because no one on the server discusses Destiny at all. And political discussion is kept to the secret members-only #tsd channel (with the occasional strategic leak into #borgu when I think the conversation has grown too stale).

nope, no incessantly negative discussion about Destiny, just about Halo and social media
also what's with the squirrel?

You'll be able to stay in touch with the important people in this community while also avoiding incessantly negative discussion about Destiny, because no one on the server discusses Destiny at all. And political discussion is kept to the secret members-only #tsd channel (with the occasional strategic leak into #borgu when I think the conversation has grown too stale).

As an example of what kind of bliss you're in for, I think the only mention of the new D2 expansion was ZackDark posting a link to the teaser. We all had more important things to discuss, like Lionheart's on-again-off-again relationship with the gym, Tex's on-again-on-again relationship with alcohol, and the crime-stopping power of canned beans.

I’m glad I finally got to play with you over the past few weeks, too. Those raids were fun!

Turned out, though, that being gone was good for me. I was rather shocked, in fact, at how much better I felt every day - I hadn't realized how stressful it had become discussing what is supposed to be a fun diversion with people here. :(

(That's on me, by the way - it's nobody's job but mine to keep discussions from making me tense.)

So I didn't come back. I've been playing a lot - heck, I've played with a lot of YOU guys in the past few weeks. I've even had discussions about Destiny during those play sessions... but I found that it's easier to not get wound up when you're TALKING to someone than it is when you're WRITING to them. (This is odd, for me; I've always made the argument that emails/forums are BETTER for keeping things calm than face-to-face arguments, because you have time to think about what you're going to say. I'm finding, though, that the lack of other cues - tone, volume, etc - overwhelms the plus of extra time.)

It's time, though. I watched the reveal stream this morning, and I'm pretty excited by what I saw. I miss talking about that kind of stuff, and seeing what others think. I miss the FTB events. (Signed up for one today, in fact!) I miss sharing fun occurrences in the Crucible. I want to re-engage.

So I'm back. :)

(Still not ready to go back to Facebook, though.)