I first found this place in January of 2019 (has it really already been that long?). The first thing I saw was about a billion posts about the presidential election, which I took to be the actual election, even though there wasn't one. Needless to say, I was very confused. Anyways, I made a couple joke posts that no one saw, and slowly learned about this wonderful garbage heap.
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What exactly is OT? I first joined here shortly after Halo 3 release. I saw on the game manual that refers Bungie.net for extensive community interaction. I remember the good ol' times when the flood [i]was[/i] a thing. Everyone had a respectable titles to understood their ranks among us. Even when Recon armor was a huge thing to the community. As the community grew, moderators sprang to action from every corner, every shadow, every where. They all swift into action and brought balance to the community when chaotic nearly took over. Yoozel, Duardo, El Roboto, THE CHIEF87(Now called Skibur), Recon Number 54, Qbix, Foman 123, were the most popular ninjas I've seen lurking the forum and swinging the banhammer. Then there were the employees that often spoke to the community during their free precious time. I miss Mr. Sketch, Frankie, Mr. Hand, Marty, Shishka, Achronos, Stosh, Lukems, sawnose, Webmaster (Monkey with a ten gallon cowboy hat), and who could forget the disembodied soul? Community back then was far different than the community that exist today, as time slowly mature us through iterations changes of this website. The core foundation that bungie built still exist today as a traditional holiday every year. The community comes and goes, ever so evolving around the games they've made. To an extend, they've developed private chapters (Which are now called groups and clans to this day). I wonder what Achronos thought of this website? It must have felt like raising a virtual child to this day.