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Glad you’re back!

I’m glad I finally got to play with you over the past few weeks, too. Those raids were fun!

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Seriously, join the Bungie.org Unified (BORGU) Discord server: https://discord.gg/4GcdrMY

You'll be able to stay in touch with the important people in this community while also avoiding incessantly negative discussion about Destiny, because no one on the server discusses Destiny at all. And political discussion is kept to the secret members-only #tsd channel (with the occasional strategic leak into #borgu when I think the conversation has grown too stale).

As an example of what kind of bliss you're in for, I think the only mention of the new D2 expansion was ZackDark posting a link to the teaser. We all had more important things to discuss, like Lionheart's on-again-off-again relationship with the gym, Tex's on-again-on-again relationship with alcohol, and the crime-stopping power of canned beans.

I miss sharing fun occurrences in the Crucible.

Take your fusion rifle you got today, wreck in the crucible, then post a video to my fusion rifle thread.

So I want to apologize; the last time I was here (some time in late April), I said "I'll be back after Warmind drops." I really thought it would be the week Warmind dropped; I was just stepping away to avoid fighting with people about what we didn't know yet.

Turned out, though, that being gone was good for me. I was rather shocked, in fact, at how much better I felt every day - I hadn't realized how stressful it had become discussing what is supposed to be a fun diversion with people here. :(

(That's on me, by the way - it's nobody's job but mine to keep discussions from making me tense.)

So I didn't come back. I've been playing a lot - heck, I've played with a lot of YOU guys in the past few weeks. I've even had discussions about Destiny during those play sessions... but I found that it's easier to not get wound up when you're TALKING to someone than it is when you're WRITING to them. (This is odd, for me; I've always made the argument that emails/forums are BETTER for keeping things calm than face-to-face arguments, because you have time to think about what you're going to say. I'm finding, though, that the lack of other cues - tone, volume, etc - overwhelms the plus of extra time.)

It's time, though. I watched the reveal stream this morning, and I'm pretty excited by what I saw. I miss talking about that kind of stuff, and seeing what others think. I miss the FTB events. (Signed up for one today, in fact!) I miss sharing fun occurrences in the Crucible. I want to re-engage.

So I'm back. :)

(Still not ready to go back to Facebook, though.)

I need to start inviting you whenever I see you get on. I always think "oh he must be on because he's doing {x} with {y}, I shouldn't bother them", but I know that's just an excuse to be anti-social on my part.

So I want to apologize; the last time I was here (some time in late April), I said "I'll be back after Warmind drops." I really thought it would be the week Warmind dropped; I was just stepping away to avoid fighting with people about what we didn't know yet.

Turned out, though, that being gone was good for me. I was rather shocked, in fact, at how much better I felt every day - I hadn't realized how stressful it had become discussing what is supposed to be a fun diversion with people here. :(

(That's on me, by the way - it's nobody's job but mine to keep discussions from making me tense.)

So I didn't come back. I've been playing a lot - heck, I've played with a lot of YOU guys in the past few weeks. I've even had discussions about Destiny during those play sessions... but I found that it's easier to not get wound up when you're TALKING to someone than it is when you're WRITING to them. (This is odd, for me; I've always made the argument that emails/forums are BETTER for keeping things calm than face-to-face arguments, because you have time to think about what you're going to say. I'm finding, though, that the lack of other cues - tone, volume, etc - overwhelms the plus of extra time.)

It's time, though. I watched the reveal stream this morning, and I'm pretty excited by what I saw. I miss talking about that kind of stuff, and seeing what others think. I miss the FTB events. (Signed up for one today, in fact!) I miss sharing fun occurrences in the Crucible. I want to re-engage.

So I'm back. :)

(Still not ready to go back to Facebook, though.)

Facebook is my discord. I need to quit again.

You must've signed up for a secret event. My Saturday one has an open slot right now. [hint hint].

P.S. Welcome back.

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