-blam!-, seven years. That's a long time; it's over a third of my life, and I find that as terrifying as I do fascinating. At the end of the day, I don't think I regret it, and I don't see myself leaving any time soon. I joined in the fray that was Halo 3. I got to see Shiska and schadenfreude in action; I was scared out of the Flood forum by Captain K Mart; I made a time travel thread in the Halo 3 forum that resulted in my receiving lots of... "compliments;" and eventually, I even became a Mythic Member.
I've been a part of so many great things because of this website. I was there for Halo 3, and I lived through the ODST hype (back when it was called Recon) and the Reach hype. I got to go to the ODST launch event in Seattle and meet tons of the people behind the game. I've been to PAX (and will again in two weeks!), and I've even had an opportunity to visit the Bellevue studio. But, all of that pales in comparison to the many friends I've made over the years through this community, some of which I consider to be among my closest friends. I've stuck around not because I love Bungie (I do guys, really), but because I'm head of heels for this community.
I want to say that the people who never got to witness old Bungie.net around 2008 are missing out, and to some extent that may be a little true. There are a lot of experiences that were possible back then because of the much smaller community we had; a lot of things that will never happen now. But that said, I think there's a lot of interesting and exciting things happening in the community now days too, and the new users today have it just as good as I did back in 2008; just in a different way.
I want to give a shout out to everyone at the Community Carnage, and particularly Index. I know we bicker over silly things from time to time, but you're a large part of why the Carnages are as amazing as they are now.
Another shout out to Atom and For Carnage Apply Within. I know I hardly ever play with you guys (at least twice I year!), but I can always expect some harassment from Atom trying to get me to join in on a game night. He tells me it's because he's desperate, but I think he just [i]really[/i] like me.
Minecrafters, you were my baby for a long time, and I still love your company (PRAISE THUNDUS), many of the DRAGONS may have migrated to warmer pastures, but I've met some quality people there, and thank you Seventh Conflux and Animal Puns, you guys have been awesome friends and even better co-conspirators.
Seven down, and here's to another seven. Stay classy, Communi7y. You guys really are the best.
tl;dr I should have had Helveck write this, he's much funnier than I could ever hope to be.
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Congratz, Rollin! Glad you're still here with us.
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A bump for every year Bump Bump Bump Bump Bump Bump Bump
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lol noob
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Shut up meg
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ive been blasting since halo 2 on rhe old xbox... with my 2 meg broadband, upload speed of 0. 4. i can't remember having much lag playing.. just so much fun killing stuff, in multiplayer with my tracking rocket launcher.. playing capture the flag, stalking the enemy's base grabbing that flag & jumping in the warthog and driving back to base, hoping to not get sniped or blown up. those where the days. but now i have 100 meg broadband, and all i get is crazy lag in the crucible.. why?
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Minecrafters was my home for years when I left the mains. I remember running around, trying to circumvent the world guard and stealing all your guys' stuff. See you in a week and change!
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Happy seventh! Still rolling 1:):):):):)
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Edited by Drunken Swede: 9/1/2015 12:31:54 AMHappy 7th Anniversary! Rollin, your tale of Bungie's days of yore brought forth a most unusual wave of nostalgic tinglings deep within my nether regions. Ah, the memories.... It's never been the same since the website's transformation. Sometimes I find myself snooping through the archived posts and even perusing old Halo 2 carnage reports to bring it all back to mind. I think I need a cigarette.
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<3 I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I missed my 7 year thread due to hectic life situations. Anyways, I'm at 9 now, feeling pretty crotchety. Happy belated 7 Rollin :D PAX next year pls
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My 7-year thread got no love :(
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Happy 7th! Sorry I am over a week late...
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I'll be joining the ranks of the 7+ later this year. My join date was Dec 30, 2008.
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Cute<3
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7 years of quality shenanigans.
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That's cute. /s Happy 7 Years!
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Edited by High Charity: 8/20/2015 2:37:19 PMAyyy. Late to the party, hopefully i didn't miss the hookers. But happy belated 7th nonetheless.
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Happy belated Bungie Birthday (Yay alliteration), princess.
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Late to the party. Though congrats! Enjoy your blue colored 7!
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Why are you not a mentor.
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Glad you joined the 7 year club - feels good to be blue again.
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The hype was real, the game came out, I cried for days........If only they had one more year...
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Cute.
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Nerd.
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Turning 8 this October :) has been awhile... Yuck. I'd be ten if I had my old halo 2 account
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Actually my join date is 02.25.2008 so I should be at 7 years. Did the old bungie accounts get erased?