Ten Years (Destiny)

by squidnh3, Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 10:26 (61 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Pretty amazing that it's been 10 years. When I started playing Destiny, I had just got my PhD, I didn't have a job, and was living in my parents' basement. For the first month or two I mostly played Crucible, then I eventually decided I needed to play this game with other people like it was intended. I joined Kermit's Tuesday night Co-ops, slowly got to know some members of the community better, did my first VoG raid, and then was able to join a Crota's End blind raid team. With Fireteam Builder I was able to join more and more raids, eventually somehow ending up as part of Chappy's Wednesday night raid group. I also was able to find fun groups to play Crucible with, enjoying wonderful Trials success (and plenty of brutal failure). Over the years I played a lot of Destiny - sometimes too much, but the best times were the times struggling with friends, and the true rush of success against the odds.

I just got married over the weekend, and was ecstatic to host three of my "Destiny friends", two of whom I got to meet in person for the very first time. They were Kermit, unoudid (and his wife), and ChrisTheeCrappy, all of whom have been instrumental in the best times I've had in Destiny. They even got a special shout out by the father of the bride! We'll have some pictures to post soon.

So now, 10 years later, things are going pretty well, I'll be celebrating 10 years at my job at the end of the month, my wife and I have a nice house, and I've gone on thousands of rollercoaster rides over the past decade. Who would have guessed how many wars with the Cabal on Mars I've stepped into with friends who I only knew by voice during that same period?