Good post. (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Thursday, December 17, 2015, 23:19 (3358 days ago) @ Funkmon

Case in point: me. I'm about 98% shitposter. I don't add much to any conversation I take part in here, and I barely create threads that are worthwhile. And yet, you all know me. I've made lots of friends here. With the exception of only a few old timers who may remember me from 10 years ago, everyone here is new since I took time off games. I take part in the Destiny subreddit fairly frequently, and I've made ZERO friends there in the same time.

I can echo that sentiment pretty much exactly. I post quite a bit here, but I don't actually contribute a whole lot. I will say, however, that a place like DBO or HBO can be intimidating for a new person. It's no one's fault, really, but it can definitely feel like a cool kids club that you're not a part of for someone new. I remember feeling like that at HBO in 2002ish when I first found the place. Hell, it still feels like that sometimes, just based on the fact that so many of the folks around here have actually met in person, been to some of the old Halo LAN meetups, met up at things like PAX, etc, and I've never been able to make it out to those events. Again, it's not anyone's fault, and it's not even close to a big deal. It's just human nature to feel left out, sometimes, I think.

Why put in the effort if nobody cares?

That's shitty, but probably true. It shouldn't really be a motivator for anyone to create something, but I realize it often probably is. I hope no one thinks we don't care around here, though! I'd love to see more stuff, be it fiction, art, videos, haiku, whatever!

Twitter is great if you want people to bring you things to look at. Websites like HBO are great if you want to discover things to look at on your own.

That's why I love this place (and HBO, too). HBO was a haven for amazing things happening around Halo back during the Halo 2 era. There was no better place to find wild speculation, cool art, cool fiction, and general bullshittery. Also, I have made it a point to completely avoid regular social media like twitter and facebook, because it was more detrimental to beneficial to me personally, so I miss any cool stuff that might happen there. I browse r/destinythegame, too, because neat stuff does get posted there, but like you said, I don't know anyone over there. Even though I've never met any DBOers in real life, I feel like I know most of you decently well, and that connection is what makes this place important.