It's pretty cool around here, as you have already discovered. I am still pleasantly amazed at the respect and maturity this group of people shows, including the goofiness/joking around. And I loved your tribute. If/when I have my own kids, I can't wait to share with them the worlds in books and games that I fell in love with, Bungie's worlds especially. Will your son(s) be joining you in Destiny? Also, I am a bit curious about how you came up with your name.

EDIT: Your name, is it a Biblical reference?

Thanks for the welcome! My name is indeed a Biblical reference: I'm a designer/architect and Oholiab is my hero: gifted by The Lord to design the Tabernacle. See Exodus 31.

I'll definitely preview Destiny for my boys' consumption. They have enjoyed watching all the Vidocs, etc about Destiny, and we get to talk about all the creativity and hard work that goes into a game. I'm excited to have the same experience with my younger son as I've had playing Halo with my older son. Co-op play is a great opportunity for bonding time!

Just introducing myself to this community. Been lurking for a while, watching the tone of the conversations, and I'm impressed by the respectfulness and lack of puerility that distinguishes this community. I'm a longtime Bungie fan, but the responsibilities of life keep me from being more active in the community.

That might have to change with the release of Destiny, given its inherent cooperative gameplay. I'm looking to expand my friends list with people like I've seen in this community.

For more about me, see my extremely verbose tribute to a decade of Halo: http://ageofgratitude.com/2011/06/04/broken-silence-oholiab/

Looking forward to new adventures with new friends!

Welcome! Stick around, you're in good company - I think there are a couple other Marathon veterans lurking around here that know their way around ancient Apple hardware. :)

(Nice AgeOfGratitude article, I enjoyed reading it.)

Thanks for the encouragement! I'm enjoying Marathon all over again on my iPad (:

Wow - I feel spoiled that I played Marathon over the lab's ethernet, rather than hacking into my phone lines. :)

(On the other hand, that network allowed the HyperArchive NorthWest to exist, so...)

Welcome. There are plenty of grizzled ancients here - but also plenty of young'uns. It's a nice mix. :)

What's the cutoff for Grizzled ancients here in the bungie.org community? Does downloading stuff in floppy sized chunks from the hyperachive back in the day count? Maybe that explains why I'm so grumpy.

And no worries about skills. My lack of them is legendary.

I'm glad I'm not the only one :)

Hi Oholiab,

Thoroughly enjoyed your tribute. It mirrored much of my own experience with Bungie. I confess that I resisted the dark side for only a month after the Xbox's launch.

Even though I've been at least lurking in this community for nearly 20 years, it wasn't until a few years ago that I began playing with community members. It's been an enlivening experience to say to the least.

My friends list used to be paltry. Now it's bursting at the seams. There's always room for another grizzled ancient, though. And no worries about skills. My lack of them is legendary.

Kermit7 is my tag. See you starside.

Kermit

Thanks for the invite! I'm looking forward to playing with some fellow longtime Bungie fans. My gamer tag is... wait for it... Oholiab.

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