Rav🐦‍⬛

I am.

[ًWave Checkers @wavecheckers]

EST Gee had the pandemic in a chokehold 💎

[𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐘 @X_Bill_Gl]

I’m studying dark psychology and I wish more people talked about this:

One of the most dangerous manipulation tactics isn’t loud. It’s not aggressive.

It’s subtle, repetitive, and invisible - so much so that you don’t even realize it’s shaping your life.

I call it Emotional Conditioning - the process of being trained, little by little, to accept less than you deserve.

Once you see it, you’ll never unsee it:

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

@Nokokopuffs I think I hit p4 once 😭 we would run the lobby

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

People think I talk highly of Nintendo for no reason. In a time where corporate greed in the gaming industry is running rampant, Nintendo is taking care of their people. Please tell me a time when you’ve heard Nintendo having layoffs

[Shinobi602 @shinobi602]

Nintendo raises employees' base salary by 10%

➡️ https://t.co/Wse0OkPW90

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

Seeing the Destiny devs come forward with what they did for the game feels like having hundreds of pen pals that finally introduce themselves after 10 years of friendship 😭

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

Dear @aaronkellerOW I am once again beckoning you, oh powerful god. PLEASE make the Snake Wrangler Ashe skin available somehow. I am willing to donate an organ of your choosing. Thank you

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

@SkyraStyles HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

@SkyraStyles LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[🐱 @LegHvmper]

I wish avoiding someone as teammate killed them in real life

[Dani ✦ Grandma @OWGrandma]

I'm so tired of gaming discourse and ragebait built off of assuming the least charitable interpretation possible of everything because it gets the most traction online whether people agree or fight you on it.

[Liana Ruppert ➡️ GCX @DirtyEffinHippy]

Can I just... word vomit for a second? Sorry (but thank you)

With Destiny 2's final update coming up, it's bittersweet. I see the community mourning, the same mourning I did after the layoffs. For personal reasons, the game ended that day because every time (and lord did I try so many times) I booted it up, I'd have a panic attack.

I served overseas, was not diagnosed with PTSD. I was diagnosed with PTSD after Bungie and every time I heard that music, that wonderfully godlike music, it would throw me into fight or flight. So I had no choice but to say bye to the game and legit - as corny as this sounds - it took A LONG time to make peace with that because Destiny has always been my comfort game. Game Informer readers that know my work from back then know exactly what I'm talking about.

To watch the community struggle with those same feelings for different reasons, it just reaffirms for me what I've always said: Bungie fans are some of the most magical humans. The community that has been built around such a special game is equally as special. Like all families, there are some ... oddballs. Fights, petty shit. But at the end of the day, it's still a family.

As somebody that is just now jumping back in to celebrate with you all on June 9th, I just want you to know that the game is still up, your memories are yours to cherish, and YOU are what keeps the community alive. Just ask Mass Effect fans lol, the community doesn't need a game to keep it together, that's what brought us all together. But Bungie cooks and I'm excited to see what the studio does under (hopefully) better leadership. I hope you give the devs a chance to experiment with the unknown and create yet another amazing experience for us to enjoy. Remember, Destiny was a new IP at one point. So was Halo. New doesn't mean bad, it means adventure.

I wrote about Destiny long before I joined the studio, I made videos about Destiny, I wrote fan-fic about Destiny, I did VOs for personal Destiny-related projects. Nothing will take those memories and I hope you cherish the memories this studio has helped facilitate forever.

Crying, but in the best way. You didn't just become legend, you fuckin' showed what it means to be a legend and you did it all with the kindest of hearts. Proud to be a part of this community.

[javi @1610SPlDEY]

If I hear that damn melody

[dmg04 @A_dmg04]

Guardians make their own fate

[. @deityofnightt]

l've never seen anything more accurate

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

@itsavibe 😭😭😭😭😭😭 thank God

[Paul Tassi @PaulTassi]

Dmg’s great sins:

- an enthusiastic tweet about the team trying making the game better going forward
- saying there would be a roadmap that he never ended up being given by the studio
-blocking some people who were annoying and/or abusive

Dmg is a king (all comms are)

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

https://t.co/zsGduKNesb

I MOTHER FUCKING YEARNNNNN

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

Rocket League is one of the best games in history

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Unreal Engine 6 has been announced with Rocket League.

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

😭

[100%HATERPROOF @MajorsDaddy_35]

Barbecuing on a gas grill doesn’t count…

[Rav🐦‍⬛ @Ravinity]

The thing is… those devs are talented enough that this is not too crazy to assume

[Sys @KnownAsSys]

I wonder if Xur's inventory this week is intentional?

If you read the flavor texts of the exotics and catalysts featured this week (minus Hawkmoon as it's always here), the message is something like:
"Our tools were shoddy, but we made it work (Arbalest). Now, have joy, and sing one last time (Riskrunner). Despite the treachery, the game still stood (Queenbreaker's); and, though we were limited despite having so many great ideas (Borealis), we have hope that the game will live again (Heir Apparent)."

With a little imagination, the legendaries can be read in a similar way (though there is more emphasis on the actual weapon names):
"This is the Nature of the Beast: A Deadpan Delivery when we were eager (flavor text on Seventh Seraph Saw) to keep pushing when the game was doing well. Farewell, we were Duty Bound to be the First in and the Last out. Now, take your place among the company of heroes (Berenger's Memory flavor text) as we face the Abyssal Edge."

Just the message for easier reading:

"Our tools were shoddy, but we made it work. Now, have joy, and sing one last time. Despite the treachery, the game still stood; and, though we were limited despite having so many great ideas, we have hope that the game will live again. This, though, is the Nature of the Beast: A Deadpan Delivery when we were eager to keep pushing when the game was doing well. Farewell, we were Duty Bound to be the First in and the Last out. Now, take your place among the company of heroes as we face the Abyssal Edge."

This is 100% schizoposting, but it was a fun project to take my mind off the impending doom for like 15 minutes.