Roel Driesvink is een vinoloog van het hoogste niveau. Hij kan een fles wijn openen zonder kurkentrekker, ruikt of de druif gisteren een goed gesprek heeft gehad, en fluistert ‘s nachts zachtjes tegen de Merlot dat ‘ie z’n tannines moet temmen.’ Dat zie je zo.” 🍷😎
If I can be as serious as possible for a second the noise surrounding destiny is getting so exhausting to deal with and makes me enjoy creating content for the game so much less than I used to.
What was once excitement and anticipation has become uncircumstantial pessimism and rage no matter the topic.
Every new gun, system change, destination, raid, subclass, balancing patch, campaign, livestream, blog post, tweet, is met with a speakerphone wielding crowd chanting "garbage, trash, recycled, slop, cashgrab" on and on and on and on.
Those who enjoy the game have gone quiet to enjoy it away from the angry mob that ridicules them as shills, meatriders, and bootlickers for any positive reception or appreciation.
Those offering valid and tempered critiques have gotten completely drowned out and overshadowed by their louder and angrier counterparts.
And those who claim to hate the game so so so much seem to continue to orbit it as they talk shit about it every waking moment like they have no other purpose in life.
I understand how much good will and good faith has been burned. Past lackluster deliveries, layoffs, scandals, feedback fallen on deaf ears, I get it-- I really do. Players have good reason to feel spurned and let down. But should that make us incapable of feeling any joy towards any facet of the game ever again?
Are we unable to judge things on their own merits anymore and only on the merits of their failed predecessors? What can genuinely, honestly, and truly fix this sense of betrayal and disgust? And if the answer is somewhere between something that is so far out of reach and absolutely nothing at all, then why stick around? To scream at other people still trying to enjoy the party? I don't understand.
To whatever remains of the congregation that is still here trying their best to just enjoy this game for what it is-- enjoy time with friends, make memories, and have a good time, I appreciate you more than you could ever know. You are the reason I am still here and still making videos. I see your comments, I see the fun you are having, and I see the joy that you have towards this hobby that unites all of us.
I hope we get back to being able to just enjoying the game as a community again, that would feel really nice.
At the end of the day though, just yapping.
Happy Wednesday you lovely people. Just got home from graft. Stopped in the pub on the way home and had a couple of pints. Cooking some burgers for the babies. Be lucky. Stay safe and sending love to your families. Bosh❤️
have to say this Destiny 2: Edge of Fate community puzzle was an UNREAL thing to be a part of solving
Bungie did such an amazing job with the design, and the way the destiny community banded together to solve it as one big family was SO COOL
from the humble chatters tirelessly validating codes, to TJ in the raidsecrets discord making unbelievably efficient tools at an inhuman pace, to all the other developers and volunteers involved making adjustments, visualizers, datadumps, and progress recaps; to my fellow streamers and creators sinking dozens and dozens of hours into showcasing our efforts, to the raidsecrets wider community, and of course to each and every person who submitted a signal frequency to try and help - this was a victory for all of you
not only that, but it really showed how powerful it can be to pool our brainpower and resources to attack puzzles like this!!! thank you all SO much for sending me your energy over the fourty hour (!!) stream it took for me to finally crack it and step into the cutscene for the first time. you kept me going when I needed it most!!
my only remaining request - GIVE US MORE PLZ BUNGIE 🤪