Being a member of this community for 9 years now, I decided to throw together something different than a birthday thread. This is a general timeline of the major events that occurred in the Bungie Community from Halo reach's prime through the opening announcement of Destiny. This isn't everything, but it's some occasions I'd like to call out. It was awesome putting this side project together as I was able to dig deep and pull out some fun memories as we can relive them. Check it: [quote][b]January 8, 2010[/b] - Grizzled Ancients dominate the scoreboard in Bungie's Winter Pentathlon 2010. [url=https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=WinterPentathlon2010]Check it![/url] [b]January 19, 2010[/b] - Our newest (last) [major batch of [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=40654992&postRepeater1-p=1]forum ninjas were inducted into HFCS[/url]. The community gathered in forms of envy and gratitude. [b]January 30, 2010[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/forums/posts.aspx?postID=40929715&postRepeater1-p=1]Cortana V's famous New IP Formula thread was posted.[/url], she released [url=http://halo.bungie.net/forums/posts.aspx?postID=70585296]V2.0 later in 2012[/url], but this was the origin of the thread. [b]February 25, 2010[/b] - One of our admired Community members "BerserkerBarage" had passed due to an infection. [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=41663774&postRepeater1-p=1]Family and friends around his community gathered to pay respects.[/url] RIP ~BB. [b]April 1, 2010[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=42567612]HFCS Announced their "Supplemental Rules" within the Bungie Community[/url] as part of their April Fools' joke. Lumpy pudding is against the rules. [b]April 30, 2010[/b] - [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm6yFEPY9lw]"New Beginnings"[/url] was released as confirmation of [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?cid=25920]Bungie's new Contract with Activision.[/url] [b]April 30, 2010[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=43406913]Urk begins his torment with with live Q/A for Halo Reach beta codes[/url]. Got a correct answer? You're in. [b]July 7, 2010[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?cid=27228]As Bungie Day[/url], Bungie released a RedVBlue video featuring new armor abilities in Reach along with lighting everyone's head on fire in Halo 3. The Community took this differently as the Halo 3 flaming helmet was "for Bungie Employees only" and speculation began of what's coming "after" Halo.[/quote] [quote][b]January 7, 2011[/b] - [url=https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=30267]Bungie hosts their annual Winter Pentathlon[/url], bringing back the webcams. [b]February 17, 2011[/b] - [url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/02/breaking-bungies-destiny-is-an-fps-mmo-claims-fired-contractor/]A source from Kotaku[/url] claimed that Bungie's next game is a FPS MMO. Naturally this sparked discussion. (It's also ironic that this was public 2 years to the date before Destiny was revealed!) [b]May 21, 2011[/b] - [url=http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive36.pl?read=1072567]Halo 3 ODST Destiny Teaser[/url] - Yes, NsU Soldier was the person that took [url=http://cf.shacknews.com/images/20121130/original_24128.nphd.jpg]this famous photo[/url] and posted it on HBO. ODST originally launching in 2009, we are already seeing the approximate time frame of Destiny. [b]July 7, 2011[/b] - [url=https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=burnbright]Bungie's last "Hoorah" on Halo for Bungie Day[/url]. This day, Bungie released Blue Flames to everyone that played 1 game on Bungie Day (or a couple weeks before starting in June). [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=62056147&postRepeater1-p=1]Bungie Community Swag Bags[/url], sparked discussion, envy, jealousy and love for obtaining a bag of swag. [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=31829]Bungie also released their first version of the Bungie Mobile App[/url]. No forums, just news, PM's and a whole lot of love for you and your Halo Character. [b]July 8, 2011[/b] - Urk posts [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?link=seeyoustarside&type=topnews]"See You Starside"[/url] after Bungie Day to publicly announce that Bungie is moving on to bigger things than developing Halo. [b]July 14, 2011[/b] - Bungie posts their [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?cid=31904]"One of Seven"[/url] official rules after their recent Bungie Day, which sparked more conversation. [b]July 28, 2011[/b] - BaghdadBean posts her [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBjlykulawY]unboxing video to the community of her "Bag Of Swag"[/url]. She did receive a "One of Seven" ticket which sparked insanity in the forums. [b]August 4, 2011[/b] - Originally scheduled for July 2011, Bungie posts [url=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=obravenewworld]"O, Brave New World"[/url] their farewell to Halo and marks the official start of "The Darkness". The Community began their speculation of "new symbols" that were found in the video on various TShirts and Bungie Swag. [b]November 13, 2011[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=67648355&postRepeater1-p=1]DeeJ was introduced to the Bungie Community as our new Community Manager.[/url] That thread also resides his first posts in gold text. [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=news&cid=31972]Community Blog entry.[/url] [b]December 2, 2011[/b] - Not one month after DeeJ was introduced to the Community, he started his series of [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=68147461]"Community Ride Alongs".[/url] [b]December 4, 2011[/b] - SonicJohn (Sarsion) posts his famous "Map" of Destiny ([url=https://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=68213981&postRepeater1-p=1]My God, It's Full of Stars![/url])as brought up with Google Maps. These were early theories on where it may take place on Earth. [b]December 23, 2011[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?cid=32000]DeeJ Posts the first mail sack, "Mail Sack 1.0"[/url], marking his first official news entry to the Bungie Blog.[/quote] [quote][b]January 13, 2012[/b] - In this 27 page thread, [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=69301503&postRepeater1-p=1]the Bungie Community takes a stance against SOPA[/url]. This is the first time a political thread was tolerated for a special purpose on the public forums. [b]January 27, 2012[/b] - This time the [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?cid=32012]middle school team vanquishes the competition[/url] in Bungie's Annual Winter Pentathlon. Cup stays here. [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=69672052&postRepeater1-p=1]Bungie Webcam Thread[/url] - [url=http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/bungietweets/library/?sort=3&page=1]Photo Album[/url] [b]January 28, 2012[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=69709151&postRepeater1-p=1]Bobcast offers 5 star dating advice to the Flood.[/url] [b]February 1, 2012[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=69822360&postRepeater1-p=1]"An open letter to Bungie Pro members, past and present:"[/url] was posted as a conclusion on Bungie Pro services. Sawnose also mentioned that "Halo Era" Bungie Pro subscribers will be getting something as a gratitude of thanks the next time Bungie relaunches the service. [b]February 13, 2012[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=70102205&postRepeater1-p=1]The community gets the official forum ninja application.[/url] [b]February 25, 2012[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=70411419&postRepeater1-p=1]Prometheus25 re-releases Pimps at Sea v 8.2![/url] Let the pirate booty commence! [b]March 22, 2012[/b] - The community discovers [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=70999388&postRepeater1-p=1]Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's real reason[/url] for working at Bungie. [b]March 30, 2012[/b] - Lobster Fish 2 hosts [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=70014493&postRepeater1-p=1]"Community Halo Emblem Avatar Day"[/url] since Halo stats are to be frozen the following day. [b]March 31, 2012[/b] - [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=32070]"Bringing Halo Stats to a close on bungie.net"[/url]. This was the final day of Halo stats "syncing" on bungie.net. [url=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=32028]Stats are now frozen in time[/url] and hosted at halowaypoint.com. Bungie also [url=http://halo.bungie.net/images/News/Inline12/Sunset/halo_mulitplayer_stats.jpg]released an info-graph[/url] showing all major statistics from their halo era. [b]April 1, 2012[/b] - HFCS posts [url=http://halo.bungie.net/forums/posts.aspx?postID=71228271]"The Truth About HFCS"[/url] as their April Fools' joke. Also linking to [url=http://thetruthabouthfcs.wordpress.com/]their word-press blog article[/url] for best results. [b]May 11, 2012[/b] - CAVX posted [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=72117808&postRepeater1-p=1]"Posting Helpful Topics in the Community Forum"[/url] as the darkness was starting to show on us. The community came up with it's own ways to entertain itself. [b]June 1, 2012[/b] - Bungie changes their twitter handle from @BungieTweets to @Bungie. [url=http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=72539802&postRepeater1-p=1]FINALLY![/url][/quote] [b]CONTINUED BELOW[/b]