🗣marathon-general-chat

[kindred vigil]

free XP and it makes for good moments and it makes people wanna stay as squad

[wooden fjord]

Apparently people are getting surveys for the BF6 beta, weird that I haven't gotten any.

[wispy spindle]

I hard revived so much in the post beta stats they didn't even display a KD

[obsidian plover]

Need to team with ya'll so I can shift my set and get kills.

[obsidian plover]

I've had 3 post beta

[wooden fjord]

Whaaat, I have zero

[kindred vigil]

if ur older than 23 u can't get a survey they need new gen opinions sorry old dog ✌️💔 ts for the big puppos now

[drifting skiff]

neeyth puppy coded frfr

[sour cairn]

awawaaaa

[wooden fjord]

Throws bats at you

[obsidian plover]

Furry energy spiking today

[drifting skiff]

lfg we need the chat to start barking

[obsidian plover]

Awoo chain when

[drifting skiff]

wrrrrUFF

[proud glade]

sorry that’s because i’m here

[tepid bane]

Too much of that on the internet as it is. Forbes is lambasting Marathon.

[obsidian plover]

Shrimps aren't furries tho. They are what, scalies? Idek.

[drifting skiff]

buggies lmao

[kindred vigil]

like a shopping cart ?

[tepid bane]

Crusties.

[drifting skiff]

4x4 coded

[obsidian plover]

Seafood coded

[drifting skiff]

shrimps is bugs but that's okay because we should also eat more bugs

[obsidian plover]

are shrimps actually bugs?

[proud glade]

Shrimpie

[obsidian plover]

Ah yeah that's right. Shrimps are not bugs. Shrimps are crustaceans, a type of arthropod, while bugs are insects. While both are arthropods and share some physical characteristics like an exoskeleton and jointed appendages, they belong to different classes within the arthropod family.

arfopods

[drifting skiff]

like they're both arthropods, idk I feel like it's close enough to call it

[obsidian plover]

🐾

[tepid bane]

Nope.

[drifting skiff]

paw tuah

[obsidian plover]

We have confirmed that.

I think it's more espres....

[obsidian plover]

Oh god what did I just read.
TAKE IT AWAY, JEEVES.

[drifting skiff]

god I forgot you haven't seen that one yet

so many youngins in here

[tepid bane]

I'm old and slow. Please be patient with me.

[obsidian plover]

How old. How slow?

[drifting skiff]

haven't even done the trans ship of theseus on the runners yet

[tepid bane]

Yes.

[kindred vigil]

50then got it

[obsidian plover]

Ok so you are 46 with receding hairline, monk cut.

[sour cairn]

i feel like some people here have a blind irrational urge to defend marathon cause its where their main internet presence stems from instead of actually having diverse thought out opinions on the things they are fans of

[tepid bane]

It certainly feels like it.

[drifting skiff]

I just don't really care about speculating on it because the stuff that I know I can't say here and the stuff I don't I don't ya know?

[tepid bane]

What's your hottest take?

[kindred vigil]

this how sonic fans feel daily 🕊️💎🤞

[drifting skiff]

obamna.....

[obsidian plover]

YA BUT SONIC HAS EYES THAT TOUCH

[sour cairn]

this game as advertised is an overpriced mess

3 maps 6 characters for 40$ with loads of lacking features

[obsidian plover]

SONIC IS AN ANCESTOR OF LEILA FROM FUTURAMA.

[sour cairn]

on top of mtx

[neon nexus]

In comparison to HD2 it is a hard bargain to make

[obsidian plover]

Helldivers 2 lets go

[sour cairn]

and half of the features people care about are just vague promises with no gameplay or anything substantial to show

[kindred vigil]

Helldivers 3 soon

[drifting skiff]

I miss when shit wasn't live service...

[wooden fjord]

Yeah we need Marathon annual releases

[tepid bane]

I believe it's four maps.

[kindred vigil]

Irl is a live service we just don't know that yet

[drifting skiff]

The universe is playing sonic through us

[kindred vigil]

so true .....🤞💎🕊️...

[wooden fjord]

We'll have to wait and see. It was 3 at launch, 4th at season one. But that was before they delayed the release.

[tepid bane]

Please don't give them ideas.

[sour cairn]

this isnt 2014 anymore, marathon being a bungie game with good gunplay isnt enough

[wispy spindle]

Marathon is going to be to the OG trilogy what Apex legends was to Titanfall

[sour cairn]

iirc it launches with 3 and then the fourth is "soon" after

[proud glade]

hey guys

[sour cairn]

also the story is completely null and void to me cause of the way delivery is promised in a pvp live service game

i do not care to read anything if it has barely any connection to gameplay

[tepid bane]

That's what was promised before the entire art fiasco and delay.

[drifting skiff]

best fuckin take of the day

[sour cairn]

and bungie hasnt updated wording on their content delivery at all so its what we are told to run with rn

[tepid bane]

I'm here for the lore.

[sour cairn]

the lore is gonna be flavor texts and teasing for a game you wish you could play lol this is exactly how d1 turned out

[wispy spindle]

until we get some narrative or actual lore information I am worried it is a completely different game just plastered with marathon names for some reason

[neon nexus]

Any story promised to be made through a live service game is a story that either won’t be finished or will be impossible to experience for most people. It’s a shitty way to deliver it

[kindred vigil]

4 maps lwk insane

When D1 pvp had like 10 bru 💔✌️

[drifting skiff]

but don't you want to dig through the rocks to get lil seeds of lore?

make us scavengers for the lore instead of just giving us a complete story

[kindred vigil]

4 maps for 40$

ohhhhhhh 🧠 💡

[drifting skiff]

neeyth what is your pfp

[sour cairn]

you guys dont understand the lore is so deep its so good until bungie inevitably lays off the main writers and quality drops massively with retcons left and right with no payoff to pre-established lore

[kindred vigil]

I don't knw

[sour cairn]

cough cough destiny

[wispy spindle]

to be fair marathon's story has been told through a lot of text and reading, and with Infinity you have to actually think so cryptic lore is fine if it is done right

[kindred vigil]

with the power of imagination I shall write my own destiny spin off ‼️‼️‼️‼️

NOTEPAD ATTACK 🖊️🖊️🖊️📝📝📝📝🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥

[drifting skiff]

just be like warframe and drop the hardest twist in gaming 200hrs in and 3 years after launch

[neon nexus]

Don’t worry, they’ll just stop the story entirely at some point (and layoff all marathon writing staff) instead of letting it decline in quality

[sour cairn]

cough cough overwatch

[kindred vigil]

I won't let this happen

[drifting skiff]

all I'm hearing is that warframe clears

[wispy spindle]

eh

warframe is mid

[neon nexus]

Midframe

[proud glade]

no

[sour cairn]

to summarize my hottest take is that if this game wasnt made by bungie, you wouldnt care for it

[tepid bane]

Apparently there will be an entire lore terminal available in the menus.

[wispy spindle]

If it was not named Marathon I wouldn't care for it

[kindred vigil]

Like wym I'm going to y2k and then have to fight parasitic boy bands while also just dealing with the fact there's a ||world made by my own apathy|| because the paradoxical time streams of ||everything happening at once has ultimately made my existence null and I have forever saught the love|| that has forsaken me (2018 by bungie.inc) !?
✌️💔

[sour cairn]

wow the bare minimum im so happy bungie can deliver on that

[obsidian plover]

what's a tasty word?

[wispy spindle]

"bungie game" doesnt matter to me at all, but if it is an actually good marathon game I will be happy

[tepid bane]

If a legally distinct Marathon was created with deep lore and characters, I'd play it.

[drifting skiff]

yeah :)

[kindred vigil]

If marathon had sonic I would play it

[drifting skiff]

love the edit removing the part of "I have a vested interest in the success of the game" which was kind of ignored from your intial point

[sour cairn]

i think you have an addiction to being lead on by live services promising something they cant ever deliver as a result of destiny

[sour cairn]

HA

[drifting skiff]

i miss halo 3

[sour cairn]

the beanie babies of 2025 is marathon lore

[tepid bane]

I hope Marathon will deliver. Of course I have my doubts.

[kindred vigil]

siri google beanie baby

[drifting skiff]

too old for this shit I"m gonna do yoga

[sour cairn]

you have doubts? i wasnt sure you were even capable of provocative thoughts like that

[tepid bane]

Don't we all? Surely you'd like to see Marathon succeed.

[kindred vigil]

+1 laughable this funny asl ✌️

[drifting skiff]

I don't really care. Like it'd be cool but my brand isn't around marathon

[tepid bane]

I can be pretty salacious, but I don't like to brag.

[kindred vigil]

siri now google salacious

[sour cairn]

honestly i want to see marathon die, the gaming sphere is better with another live service game dead

[drifting skiff]

marathon is just another game set to release. if it's good or not is up to the devs and execs

[kindred vigil]

uh.....?💔✌️

[drifting skiff]

I've had fun with the playtests, and if it came out I'd play with my friends

if it doesn't come out something else would. I hope the cool devs from bungie do well because they're one of the few companies that actually try to appeal to everybody

[proud glade]

marathon is a agme (game in shrimpish)

[tepid bane]

Allegedly.

[kindred vigil]

i don't care anymore I'm just focusing on surviving to see GTA 6 atp

[drifting skiff]

I'm just here vibing and if I play games I play games otherwise I go and touch grass

[tepid bane]

You can go outside and play right now.

[kindred vigil]

I don't live in California !!

[tepid bane]

It's in Miami!

[kindred vigil]

same thing

[wispy spindle]

people don't do that anymore

[drifting skiff]

you actually live in a bigger map than every gta game combined

[kindred vigil]

true #texasoorah

[drifting skiff]

where else would I go play with swords?

[proud glade]

shrimp

[tepid bane]

I've seen folks get carjacked all the time.

[drifting skiff]

◤◢◤Nu Caloric TGirl Liaison◢◣◥

[wispy spindle]

I'm saying go outside

[tepid bane]

Source?

[kindred vigil]

The source is real life and it's called texas

[tepid bane]

Big if true.

[drifting skiff]

https://www.google.com/maps

[wispy spindle]

https://earth.google.com/web/

[tepid bane]

Too much bias.

[drifting skiff]

I better hear back from this damn job today

[tepid bane]

Marathon is a job.

I hope we hear from it.

[drifting skiff]

And we're all unemployed

[tepid bane]

It's seasonal work.

[drifting skiff]

why does everything in the genchat have to be about marathon

[kindred vigil]

ok as much shit cod gets

I'm ngl their texture and graphical work is a+ low-key elite I sometimes forget it's cod when I see clips bru 🤞💎🕊️

[tepid bane]

We don't have a channel for other topics. Get with the programme.

[drifting skiff]

oh they've got the money for making it good

[proven kernel]

mb

[drifting skiff]

is this your first day here or smth

[tepid bane]

It's almost photorealistic. Whatever they do is incredible.

[tepid bane]

I wish! Things would be so much easier.

[drifting skiff]

just out here trying to police the chat harder than the mods are rn

[obsidian plover]

bro please

[drifting skiff]

hiiiiii ❤️‍🔥

[obsidian plover]

awoo class warning incoming

[kindred vigil]

can we unshackle cod devs from Activision and put their work and dedication into other shit cuz I'm ngl cod is so fucking impressive from every technology scale and gameplay mechanic scale but in terms of the game itself and, ...mtx and just the quality of the games is aisine 💔✌️

[tepid bane]

Who? Little old me? My knees are too loud to be a ninja.

[drifting skiff]

it's frustrating because fortnite has had similar effects where they funneled the money from it into video game technology and led to unreal engine 5 which is incredible but also fortnite led to the enshittification of so much of the market

[tepid bane]

Have you tried the new Battlefield? It looks like we may have a new king.

[kindred vigil]

meh

[drifting skiff]

including the latest cod

[obsidian plover]

BF6 is going to be the king, periodt.

[tepid bane]

It's about time.

[obsidian plover]

cod gonna go back to posting youtube videos "still lonely with no asain girlfriend"

[kindred vigil]

they impressed me with BF1, that's the last time they impressed me, I can't get impressed by frostbite, I know it's a beautiful engine, impression is their core quality....

it's more so, what is the gameplay gonna be

[drifting skiff]

honestly star wars battlefront 2 is preem even though the launch kinda sucked

[tepid bane]

I hope the maps will be larger.

[drifting skiff]

like I don't think it holds a candle to the original but still, it was fun

[kindred vigil]

battlefront ,2 has AMAZING quality and looks like a 2025 game, cold take ik....

[obsidian plover]

nobody going to have sauce like MAG had sauce, but that's just the times we live in.

[wispy spindle]

just play Hell Let Loose

[drifting skiff]

feels so good...

[kindred vigil]

Oh old dog......

You poor old dog.....

no one's gonna work as a team no matter what y do 🐦‍🔥🤞

[obsidian plover]

Grab a mic and a team, and it will happen.

[kindred vigil]

or

[obsidian plover]

OR GO PLAY ROBLOX

[drifting skiff]

love the thing about "if your theory of improvement involves 'if we all just did __' then your theory is shit. We all will never just"

[drifting skiff]

planetside 2 is dead and I'm sad about it for this reason

[obsidian plover]

there are effective FPS games on roblox that are better in gameplay mechanics than cod / forknife / val

[drifting skiff]

makes me wanna go play chromehounds again

[obsidian plover]

rest in pepperoni

[kindred vigil]

I could

just rush into A and don't revive nobody and expect to be revived...

💡
🧠

[drifting skiff]

vanu supremacy

[obsidian plover]

MyLiFeFoRvAnU

[drifting skiff]

only problem with vanu is that we got a predator as our mascot

[wispy spindle]

expecting to be revived is fine it is the people that instantly give up that are the problem

[tepid bane]

I can dream.

[obsidian plover]

Nova Online is a vanu mascot?!!

[wispy spindle]

I will revive them, they just have to hold on

[tepid bane]

I play Squad.

[kindred vigil]

I hate pressing the "I'm coming" button just for them to delete themselves when I get there like JUST STAY WITH ME STOP GIVING UP HOPE BRU 💔💔💔 YOUR LIFE IS MORE THAN MINE 💔💔

[drifting skiff]

tobuscus(?) or is that too provocative

[obsidian plover]

Can we go for Avocadive? I'm hungry, and avocado something sounds good.

[kindred vigil]

the do you like my sword sword guy

[drifting skiff]

god I want avocados

[sour cairn]

self insert enlightened centrist savior

[gleaming bough]

[obsidian plover]

w o u l d

[tepid bane]

What's worse is the seven soldiers standing around and covering an angle instead of reviving you.

[obsidian plover]

real life urkel moment

[gleaming bough]

They're in the fridge with me. I been in the fridge for a week now...

[kindred vigil]

to everyone stop self executing yourself and let me revive you I wanna die with you at least

[drifting skiff]

stop eating the fucking pickles

[wispy spindle]

just hold on long enough for me too revive you

[drifting skiff]

I must let go to the other side or else I won't reset the time loop please don't give me any more blood this will hurt me more than you know

[tepid bane]

I have only so much time left. I'm old. We need to get on with it.

[obsidian plover]

They are going to hold on long enough for you to get there and lock eyes.

[kindred vigil]

Tho shi kinda crazy when I'm trying to revive someone and I see people domes get popped and I gotta crawl to revive the person that's holding on so we can kill the sniper

ts is #cinema and can only happen in battlefield I'm ngl

[drifting skiff]

battlefield moments frfr

[wispy spindle]

I'm running around like Desmond Doss in breakthrough

[drifting skiff]

fuck I should paint minis for that titanfall milsim game

[obsidian plover]

tedious

[drifting skiff]

yeah :)

[obsidian plover]

the best battlefield moments happened when cameras weren't rolling

[drifting skiff]

the best battlefield moments happened in our hearts and in tom cruise's mind

[obsidian plover]

pew pew pew

[tepid bane]

Waiting ruins the dopamine high. If I'm not in fight again within three seconds, the game is too slow and deserves to be shut down.

[latent apex]

https://tenor.com/view/i-still-think-about-you-picture-this-i-still-care-for-you-i-still-like-you-amazon-studios-gif-2934743566671033693

[wispy spindle]

Just hold on long enough

you'll be back in the fight in no time

[drifting skiff]

embed fail

[tepid bane]

You have only one second to revive me from the moment my butt touches the ground. Otherwise, my entire team is bad and I am not the problem.

[latent apex]

https://tenor.com/view/i-still-about-you-every-single-day-dougie-cousins-bearings-north-hansen-song-i-kept-on-thinking-about-you-gif-26732362

continued

[kindred vigil]

me w sonic 06..🤞🕊️💎

[proud glade]

no

[proven kernel]

You guys got spicy earlier…

[kindred vigil]

how spicy, like ghost pepper...chili .... habanero
..

[wispy spindle]

thats all I need

[proven kernel]

A good Thai chili maybe

[tepid bane]

I did my best.

[azure skiff]

oughhh marathon

i love yuou.................................

[drifting skiff]

yeah :)

[proud glade]

spicy like a spicy shrimp

[drifting skiff]

it's not your job lmao. this isn't your discord

[kindred vigil]

say 1 if you playing bf6 🤞🕊️💎

[drifting skiff]

sonic

[proud glade]

shrimp

[tepid bane]

I meant I did my best to be spicy. Lighten up, would you?

[drifting skiff]

I was trying and you do a good job of preventing that

[kindred vigil]

Lighten up

ok

💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡

[drifting skiff]

lightened and floating away in a puddle of goo

tried saying I was hopeful about and job and mf comes out making it about marathon like what

[tepid bane]

We're all just having a good time.

[tepid bane]

More.

[wispy spindle]

A lot of main character syndrome in this channel

[tepid bane]

How do I share a photo here?

[wispy spindle]

can't

[tepid bane]

Well that's a shame.

[wispy spindle]

it'll just be a link at best

[kindred vigil]

do I got the aura of a clown

[drifting skiff]

you're ouppy

[kindred vigil]

I've been getting referred as a dog all my life I'll accept that

[tepid bane]

If I send a link to the image I want to show, is that against the rules?

[wispy spindle]

I have no idea

[proven kernel]

Puppy Neeyth?

[drifting skiff]

worse has happened

[wispy spindle]

as long as it is not against server rules I guess?

[proud glade]

me when I know neeyth is a shrimp I just can’t prove it yet

[obsidian plover]

Ya'll are going to make me take a nap fr

[kindred vigil]

wanna be a doberrman but in reality it's js a Chihuahua 💔✌️

[drifting skiff]

golden lab mf

[kindred vigil]

ok, glad we can help you out old man, I know sleeping aids are expensive...🤞💎🕊️

[obsidian plover]

byeeeitch

[drifting skiff]

as long as it's not self promo or explicit you're probably fine

[obsidian plover]

THE LEVEL OF DISRESPECT IN HERE

[drifting skiff]

isn't it usually this high or am I going insane

[obsidian plover]

these users have too much power

[wispy spindle]

its from Cyberpunk 2077

Arasaka is the Japanese Corpo

[kindred vigil]

allat for a cyb77 ref 🫩

[obsidian plover]

Cybe5090

[kindred vigil]

I can't use the other abbreviation

[drifting skiff]

for talking? honestly maybe

[obsidian plover]

allat to avoid seapea2077

[obsidian plover]

shhhhhhhhh

[drifting skiff]

I will not be silenced

[obsidian plover]

Ok. Duct tape has entered the chat then.

[kindred vigil]

you can usually bite that off

[drifting skiff]

I'll bite fuckin anything off don't test me

[kindred vigil]

Destiny post solstice feels like shit bru this drought until heavy metal gone be insane✌️💔

[drifting skiff]

so apparently blue people avatar is heavily based off of the south sudanese people and that explains a lot

[drifting skiff]

go play Run Ten Miles

[obsidian plover]

go play

||nope nopes||

[sour cairn]

👎

[wispy spindle]

waiting 20 minutes to thumbs down someone is petty lol

[sour cairn]

would be petty if i was in here waiting instead of reading up slightly when i got back to check the recent messages

messages dont delete themselves 2 mins after sending

[drifting skiff]

hell I responded to a message 8 hours late because I was asleep

[obsidian plover]

shaddup

[drifting skiff]

shit I said I would go paint minis not chat in here

[drifting skiff]

why are you mean to me

[obsidian plover]

That wasn't mean.

[kindred vigil]

I need a mini pot

[wispy spindle]

responding is fine but contributing nothing and just showing dislike for a message is petty

[obsidian plover]

I have a netipot you can have

[drifting skiff]

I mean isn't that negativity a response

fuck I'm getting sucked in, goodbye.

[wispy spindle]

yes but it is just "👎 " one could just react to the message since just an emoji does not add to discussion. It is just petty

[sour cairn]

thank you for trying to educate me on how to properly communicate online it is very much appreciated ^w^

unfortunately ill ignore all of that because i dont care

[wispy spindle]

no problem happy to help

[gleaming bough]

Ughhhh it's boring at work

[kindred vigil]

too angry today ...💔

[obsidian plover]

ANGY NEENEE

Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep

[mortal sequoia]

Ay hands up, listen

YouTube shorts live are wild

[obsidian plover]

I hate so many of them.

Dislike and Do not reccomend this channel are my usualy button combo presesses when looking at Youtube lives.

[kindred vigil]

We ALL use google giggles

[mortal sequoia]

Intel gets 2billi from soft bank, but the emotional support and japanese vibes are probably more

*worth more

Black ops 7 show off looks good instant buy

[obsidian plover]

or google glasses

[obsidian plover]

cod? naw. Straight in the trash.

[wispy spindle]

silksong news though

[kindred bramble]

Is it possible to access the alpha testing now?

[kindred vigil]

no

[proven hazel]

How far away is ffall ?

[kindred bramble]

[obsidian plover]

#marathon-news

[quick drum]

Black Ops 7 looking good fr

No marathon at gamescon?

[obsidian plover]

oaoaoaoaoaoaoao

[final mauve]

No

To get into the alpha, you have to see yourself outta here

[kindred bramble]

😭

[obsidian plover]

I think I'm gonna have to warm poker my ears out. I just heard some Youtuber say "mario 64 has a cult following"

........lol. Yeah. If breathing air has a cult following then go ahead.

[final mauve]

It isnt that crazy, its a full 3D Mario for the n64. A great game at the time, by all means its very dated and jank

Good game, but i wouldnt go as far to also say its the best Mario game ever

However…Mario Kart-

That shit, is absolutely amazing

[quick drum]

Who's tuning into gamescom?

[obsidian plover]

I'm going to pull out your spine and display it on a pike by the sidewalk as a clear indicator to people to not talk dumb

[final mauve]

I never said it was bad. Not remotely.

[obsidian plover]

It's genre defining, so "Jank" "dated" and such don't apply.

[final mauve]

Its a good game, but it isn’t the best game ever. Hell its impossible to have a best game ever, its a subjective podium based on the individual

[obsidian plover]

yeah it's not about "good" or not.

[final mauve]

If more games in the future are made that are 3d platformers, then yea, mario 64 is pretty jank and dated

[obsidian plover]

there is no singularly good game. Anyone that says otherwise is dumb.

[final mauve]

Morrowind was a genre defying Open World RPG, but that doesn’t stop fans from admiting it is broken, and jank, and dated

[obsidian plover]

You can't really hold those expectations as it is the first though.

[final mauve]

Why I said at the time, it was great

[obsidian plover]

It's called "Technical limitations."

[final mauve]

But we are in the now, not the then. Cant hold your ideas based on the past

[kindred vigil]

nothing beats sonic so wtv!! 😂✌️

[final mauve]

Every game has technical limitations of what they want to do. Your point is moot

[obsidian plover]

Sonic is the acestor of Futurama's Leela.

[kindred vigil]

Moot? Oomf? OMG!!

[obsidian plover]

BrotherEuuuuu.mp4

[final mauve]

Youre blinded by your love for Mario 64, that youre not open to admitting other games have done the genre better. Yes Mario 64 at the time wasnt bad, it was GREAT…but it paved the way for many games in the future to be better

[obsidian plover]

I don't love mario64. You got it all wrong xXXx

[final mauve]

Mario 64, is a jank and dated platformer. Period.
It was a very great game

[kindred vigil]

Technical limitations don't exist

ur point is moot.

ah, oh...you're making sense .

well, with the power of anonymity, your points are moot, I do win every argument, I will not improve upon this...✌️🐦‍🔥

[final mauve]

Did I ever said “mario 64 is dogshit, and this is why it SUCKS?”

[obsidian plover]

This is where you're off the rails. As a historical piece, it cannot be "dated" nor "jank."

[final mauve]

How???

[quick drum]

What's anonymity got to do with anything?

[wispy spindle]

guys

[obsidian plover]

That's like saying "Oh the mona lisa is outdated and jank! that oil pant is just not where it's at in 2025."

[final mauve]

Yes it can, lmfao. Expectations change and even at the time it was a jank game

[kindred vigil]

bc I can be whoever I want, like...I could be a duck if I want.

[wispy spindle]

there is going to be a sekiro anime

[final mauve]

Art and video games are apples to oranges. Again with moot points

[obsidian plover]

"Starry Starry Night is just so outdated and jank."

[kindred vigil]

Happy for the 5 sekiro fans . 💜

[obsidian plover]

Wrong. Video games are art.

[final mauve]

Ehh…only until recently

[wispy spindle]

crazy, I forgot who was in this server

[obsidian plover]

No. They have always been interactive art.

[obsidian plover]

Who is in this server? WHO????

[final mauve]

Okay so Doom is art?

When the objective and goal is to just kill shit?

[wispy spindle]

not sekiro fans apparently

[obsidian plover]

Duh?

[kindred vigil]

I js now realized ur PFP is Lego star wars I thought it was some like animal that's beige

[obsidian plover]

Fart Raiders.

[final mauve]

No, it isnt. Is a game like Postal 2 supposed to be art? Or a giant shitpost of a game made for fun?

[obsidian plover]

Yes, yes it is art. It's also technically stunning from a logic perspecitve, as well as a game blueprint that springs eternal.

[final mauve]

Games aren’t art. They can be made to be treated like art, but they ultimately are ways for those who make them to put forth a world for you to be lost in with whatever objective they have in front of you.

[kindred vigil]

shit can be art. Don't believe me? Ok

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist's_Shit

So. What now?

[obsidian plover]

They are art.

[final mauve]

They can be art, but not all games are

[obsidian plover]

No. They are.
All movies are art. You don't need an art house movie for it to be art.

It's all art. It's a medium of artistic expression in multiple dimensions.

[kindred vigil]

multiple dimensions, like Lego...

[obsidian plover]

Lego Ninjago

[final mauve]

But then what is art? Now we give things the definition of “its art”, and now what defines art?

[kindred vigil]

I want Lego dimensions 2 who's with me

[obsidian plover]

That's not really complicated. It's artistic expression.

See this is why nobody wants to pay musicians what they are worth anymore, and why ya'll think spotify and such are okay.

[wooden cosmos]

Silly dog still has his The Goonies expansion pack unopened 😭

[final mauve]

Art to me, is the expression of a creator to give a viewer a specific feeling. Wether it be depiction or just something emotional. Not all games do this…some exist to just be fun, some exist to have a convoluted goal or no goal at all!

[obsidian plover]

The lines of reality have become so blurred at this point it's crazy.

[kindred vigil]

the WHAT PACK?

[kindred vigil]

btw that's Lowkey big bucks

[obsidian plover]

Fun is a feeling, an emotion.

[quick drum]

Nice stage and cams at gamescom

[final mauve]

Fun is how you describe something or someone that’s enjoyable to be around and makes you feel positive emotions. It itself, isnt a direct emotion

[obsidian plover]

Video games are emotional content. They are..... Art. No different than Bach, Piccaso, Warhol.

[kindred vigil]

no, I don't feel fun, I grind. I grind my passes. I grind my heroes. I grind my legends, I do not play games for fun I GRIND TO BE THE VERY BEST THERE EVER WAS!! AND I WILL CATCH EVERY SINGLE BATTLE PASS!!

[final mauve]

Again, NOT ALL GAMES ARE MADE WITH THE INTENTION TO BE ART

[quick drum]

When marathon do a game demo and presentation

[obsidian plover]

It doesn't have to have an intention of art, to be art. Programming is an art, audio design is an art, visuals are art. It's all a work of art.

[wispy spindle]

bruh not everything is art

[final mauve]

If I wanted to make a game that just purposefully annoys you, and makes you want to quit, is that art? Despite the fact there is no deeper meaning behind it other than I thought it would be funny

[quick drum]

I bet that's sarcastic but you wish! We all wish

[obsidian plover]

Video games are symbiotic art relationships to make a greater art organism.

[drifting skiff]

Isn't postal 2 like a huge example of media being political in it being meant to offend and poke at what we deem acceptable? Like it's meta if anything

[final mauve]

Youre giving all these things the tag of art, for some i agree and others i dont because theyre just jobs

[drifting skiff]

All creation is made with intent. Whether you like it or not that intent adds meaning and shows the creator's own politics

[obsidian plover]

Yes. It's still art. Art is often times also designed to mock the viewer, songs are designed to hate the listener. It's no different.

[final mauve]

So some art could be just senseless violence and killing too?

Should the act then of every homicide be an art?

[kindred vigil]

ok this is progressing a lil too fari think we're losing the plot

[drifting skiff]

What are you talking about

[final mauve]

Not all games ≠ art.
Some games = art.

[wispy spindle]

the definition of art is a slippery slope and y'all are just jumping right off

[obsidian plover]

You've strayed from the plot.

[final mauve]

And you brought up moot points way before

[obsidian plover]

All paintings are art. All audio is an art form. All video games are art.

[drifting skiff]

Do you have opinions aside from "y'all are wrong"

[kindred vigil]

ts why I just be stupid online I hate talking ✌️😂

[wispy spindle]

yep

[kindred vigil]

actually no I love yapping

[final mauve]

Art is also subjective to the individual.

[drifting skiff]

Commodification of art

[obsidian plover]

Not at all. You trying to take it directions that are not really tangible. But when you keep saying things that are very clearly art, are not art, that's the plot.

[kindred vigil]

Commodore 64!!!!???

[obsidian plover]

Technically, but it's still being digested in a vein of art.

[obsidian plover]

Commodore 128!!!

[final mauve]

if you love art so much, go to a gallery

[kindred vigil]

Ok, I'll check my phone gallery,

[final mauve]

Theres your art, theres your enlightenment

[drifting skiff]

What is with this weird anti-intellectualism

[obsidian plover]

I'm in a gallery. Playstation Store, Steam, etc.

These are wonderful galleries to visit and you don't even need to leave your house.

[drifting skiff]

Like choosing not to think critically doesn't make something not art

Next you're gonna tell me Halo isn't political

[final mauve]

Allow me to then be specific: A gallery that consists of PHYSICAL and TANGIBLE pieces of painted or sculpted artwork

[kindred vigil]

theoretically speaking this chat rn is art cause it shows humanity differences brains and natures and how in some way there's gonna be cause of a division even there may be a way to come to an agreement it is effectively moot if one wants to feel satisfied

[obsidian plover]

ALL THE FEET PICS

[drifting skiff]

We're making a masterpiece

[final mauve]

We’re making a dumpster fire

[obsidian plover]

Masterpiece of feet

[drifting skiff]

Visited one of those, there was also art there. What does that have to do with games?

[kindred vigil]

dumpsters are usually home to hidden masterpieces !!

[obsidian plover]

Or dead bodies

[final mauve]

None, just telling MasterPòórk to go to a physically irl gallery

[drifting skiff]

I'm sure he has. Paintings existing doesn't make games not art

The act of creation has been so contorted to being this thing that must be done in a certain way or else it's not art. Or else it's not meaningful. We have ruined the definition of art by being elitist

[wooden cosmos]

What Silly Dog really wants is a new skylanders game. Silly Dog’s Chompy Mage has been collecting dust for too long

[final mauve]

I never said all games arent art. I think some can be art based on what the creator made, and how the game presents itself. But I dont think every game has some deep meaning to be called art

[drifting skiff]

If you make something. It has meaning. It is art.

[kindred vigil]

GRAHHHHH SKYLANDERS WII U!!!

[wispy spindle]

wait what about Expedition 33. Is that art? considering || you are inside a painting||??

[final mauve]

Artception

[kindred vigil]

w-w-woah!!!!......

[drifting skiff]

You're using the definition that the creator needs to intend it to have meaning. Art is interpreted by the viewer. Not the creator

I think it's easier for you to say a game that you think isn't art and doesn't carry meaning.

[final mauve]

Then i can have my view on what is art and isnt, what is good art and what isnt good art. And the other agent(s) may have their own. Am i wrong?

[drifting skiff]

You're telling people they're wrong so yeah you are

Like you not engaging with an art doesn't mean it's not art

[wispy spindle]

Guys why are we arguing about something that is 100% subjective.

[kindred vigil]

I'm imagining all of this happening in like a jullibee room with blacked out walls and one light and a chair

[drifting skiff]

See banana taped to wall

[final mauve]

I dont agree that all games are art, simple. It conflicts with what I believe

[drifting skiff]

Technically the existence of art isn't subjective but your view of it is

[drifting skiff]

What is that?

[wispy spindle]

NO one is saying art does not exist.

[obsidian plover]

It's not subjective of IF it's art or not.

[quick drum]

Big stage

[drifting skiff]

Saying something isn't art when it is is denying the existence of that art

[kindred vigil]

Bru it's thundering hard asl lwk

[wispy spindle]

yes it is. "art is interpreted by the viewer" after all

[final mauve]

That not every game is made with a deep or purpose with meaning. I dont see that as art, but I agree that some games can be art or a form of artistic expression.

[obsidian plover]

Doesn't take it out of the category of art.

[kindred vigil]

all of you are art to me don't forget there's always a buyer for any painting

[wispy spindle]

it does for me but not for you.

[obsidian plover]

Nah. No.

[wispy spindle]

hence the subjectiveness

[unborn badger]

can I just ask like what do you consider art and not just entertainment

[final mauve]

Someone may call their work, an art form. But does that make it so to others?

[kindred vigil]

I see everything and anything as a form of art but that's just how I think

[obsidian plover]

If it's literally an art form, yes. If it's not an art form, no.

[drifting skiff]

I'm still confused how a game cannot be seen as artistic expression. Even if just looking at the basics of the fact that there is art in every game. Be it visual art, text based storytelling, or sound design. That's all individually art

[unborn badger]

it doesn't need a meaning to be art as long as it's human-made in my book tbh lol

[drifting skiff]

Like you draw a picture? Art. You record music? Art. You write a story? Art.

You combine all three of those? Not art that's stupid

[final mauve]

Did I say all games? No. Some games i view as forms of art.

[drifting skiff]

Again. You're missing the point

[wispy spindle]

A banana taped to a wall is not art. That is a tax write off.

[final mauve]

Art may exist in games, but that doesnt make the game as a whole a piece of art.

Yeah not every game is a text adventure like fucking Zork, go figure

[drifting skiff]

Why does that line get drawn?

[kindred vigil]

this chat has been argumentive today huh

[unborn badger]

I'm not having this convo lol I've done this way too many times to know it ends up muting both of us 💀 💀 💀

[kindred vigil]

like are we all having a good Tuesday what's going on Bru 💔💔

[drifting skiff]

Well yeah what else are we gonna do? Talk about marathon?

[unborn badger]

oh well who am I to argue against people who don't see the irony of mocking the concept of auctions

[drifting skiff]

Ngl my Tuesday has been kinda shit my paint bottle exploded on my phone

[quick drum]

Oopph this one looked like marathon

[drifting skiff]

Yeah like the banana on wall was literally intentionally done. It's not some weird experiment done by an out of touch billionaire

[unborn badger]

for the record I do love the banana lol

[drifting skiff]

Why can't they be both?

[unborn badger]

same with the piece glued up with dollar bills all over

[wispy spindle]

yes but 6.2 million dollars?

[drifting skiff]

Like a drawing stops being art because it was done for a wider project? Or is it just video games specifically?

Every piece of video games was done to make you feel something. Of that's not art I don't know what is

[sour cairn]

hey we're talking about it so its art in my book

[unborn badger]

yeah

[drifting skiff]

Both of those are both art and artistic

[kindred vigil]

there both art

[unborn badger]

aaand there it is you don't want a conversation you just wanna be right goodbye 💀

[sour cairn]

actually im persephone

[kindred vigil]

woah! Hold the phone...!

[unborn badger]

hi persephone

[drifting skiff]

Your entire definition is based off of what the public as a whole thinks, which includes reducing video games to this weird childish creation that's a waste of time, and in the process invalidating every game that's come out because "you can play it"

[sour cairn]

oh shit did he just get banned

[unborn badger]

ig 😭

[final mauve]

No, again, not all games are. But not every game is created with deep or meaningful intention to be called art.

[unborn badger]

butane you can come out now

[wispy spindle]

A art museum contains art, you would not say the building is art itself, unless the collections are specifically put together to invoke emotions and add to each other.

[drifting skiff]

Wolfenstein is literally presenting a political concept of nazis capitalizing on the fascist undertones of the United States

Like it's not just "hehe kill nazis" there's intent there

[dim cedar]

what happening with marathon right now?

[kindred vigil]

#marathon-news

[drifting skiff]

Don't know, playtests are on hold atm

[drifting skiff]

Architechts would argue buildings are art.

[unborn badger]

if you're saying an art museum contains art then what makes the apparently non-art thing that still invoke emotions not qualified for being art?

[dim cedar]

i see, really would like to give this game a try sometime. i didnt get to play it last time

[drifting skiff]

I feel like we're drawing the line at "bad art isn't art"

[sour cairn]

barely even scratching the surface too p much every game design decision has so much thought behind it

[drifting skiff]

LITERALLY

GAME DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING IS AN ART

[unborn badger]

the building can absolutely be art lol I love brutalist architecture

[drifting skiff]

User experience is an art!!

[wispy spindle]

it can but is not always

[kindred vigil]

honk schmoo

[drifting skiff]

How is it that once it gets shipped to the end user it stops being art

[unborn badger]

and when's the not always?

[kindred vigil]

What happened to saying disagree to agree 💔✌️

[drifting skiff]

When people won't shut up and quietly shit talk you even after a discussion ends

[obsidian plover]

What is the story? What is the plot? Amazing.

[sour cairn]

super mario bros is art, every game and like most things in software are art

[unborn badger]

everything has culture and politics and historical context or some mimicry of it and that alone makes it art

[stuck aurora]

you're wrong

[kindred vigil]

I lov u Mario n lugoi.💜

[drifting skiff]

Even the lack of politics has politics

[unborn badger]

viewer missing the context doesn't disqualify the art of it

[sour cairn]

tenfold when attempted to be done intentionally

[unborn badger]

💔...

[sour cairn]

mgs famous politically void series

[unborn badger]

piss christ my beloved

purely cuz it makes people so reactionary like most other conceptual art and ik they yell the same thing about anti-fascism but it works everytime and it's so funny 💀

[proven kernel]

MGS is famously apolitical.

[sour cairn]

arfwawa

[obsidian plover]

Amen brosephine

[kindred vigil]

real life:

1: hey wassup

2: hi

1: have a good day

2: you too

[obsidian plover]

Hey wassup @ chat

[proven kernel]

Hey wassup

[drifting skiff]

Got yelled at about how "warhammer shouldn't be political and I just want to escape from daily life" like sure bud go play with your servitors and competitive racists

[kindred vigil]

hi

[kindred vigil]

Doesn't that game legit have yhatzees lol

[drifting skiff]

Stopped painting because I spilled paint twice and needed to take a walk

[unborn badger]

even ultrakill educates you on dante's inferno of all things so

[proven kernel]

Have a good day (I realize we’re oblivion npcs right now)

[drifting skiff]

The community or the game? Yes to both

[proven kernel]

Wat

[kindred vigil]

Sonic is my favorite political media

[sour cairn]

this bagel is so fucking good its making me want to merge without looking

[unborn badger]

true I hate deforestation

[kindred vigil]

see u get it

[drifting skiff]

Warhammer shouldn't be political and by political I mean women shouldn't be in it

[sour cairn]

true

[obsidian plover]

There's women in Warhammer?

[proven kernel]

Ok, had my 5 minute break. Back to hell day.

[obsidian plover]

Rise up, noble gas.

[sour cairn]

the genesis games touch on animal cruelty and deforestation to make automated factories

[kindred vigil]

with the power of roleplaying!!

[kindred vigil]

She gots it!!! ✌️✌️✌️‼️‼️

[drifting skiff]

They revealed custodes have women in their ranks and the worst people lost their shit

[unborn badger]

I lose my shit via going to the toilet

[kindred vigil]

I don't wanna know that!!

[drifting skiff]

Go find it tf

[unborn badger]

but it's unhealthy...

[obsidian plover]

Oh I see why they did..

The Adeptus Custodes in Warhammer 40,000 are not exclusively male. While the majority of Custodes have historically been depicted as male, there is now official lore and confirmation from Games Workshop that female Custodes exist. This was initially a point of contention and led to some controversy, but the lore has been updated to reflect this change.

The lore was changed.

[tepid bane]

Warhammer is peak. I've been a fan for decades.

[obsidian plover]

Lore weirdos prob went raygun

[kindred vigil]

Liike cod zombies raygun

[obsidian plover]

yeah big modified

[drifting skiff]

Nobody lost their shit when Squats got retconned into existence again

[kindred vigil]

so who tryna play hopskotch

[drifting skiff]

There's always lore weirdos but this was so much worse

[drifting skiff]

I gotchu

Fuck I have a meeting this week

[sour cairn]

women being in warhammer is good and who cares if a retcon needs to happen thats genuinely so small its barely even a retcon

does warhammer involving women lower the quality in any way? no? then idc stop whining abt women existing

[drifting skiff]

It's arguably not even a retcon and is more of a lore clarification. It was never stated that custodes could only be men, just alluded to and was public understanding

[tepid bane]

Anytime things are retconned there will be folks who dislike the inconsistencies.

[sour cairn]

wow really thanks einstein

[drifting skiff]

Again, Squats had zero negative backlash for being brought back and they were canonically dead

It's not about a retcon it's about people being weird about women

[unborn badger]

simply retcon the retcon and give a character time-altering abilities 😹

[kindred vigil]

destiny 2

[tepid bane]

I doubt they meant women when describing the forces as the sons of Terra.

[drifting skiff]

I don't think you understand how many people in warhammer can time travel

[unborn badger]

genshin did that just this patch

[sour cairn]

"females" okay man

[unborn badger]

oh

[drifting skiff]

Ah yes the elusive female. Female what?

[sour cairn]

no red flags whatsoever lol

[tepid bane]

It doesn't matter to me either way, but it's a retcon.

[wispy spindle]

all retcons are lazy

[drifting skiff]

Yes we mustn't retcon the lore that's been happening since the 80s. Surely this will work

[sour cairn]

theres plenty of things irl that are gendered in name but include everyone under their umbrella, especially for military stuff

[tepid bane]

Did I say something wrong? I don't mean to offend.

[drifting skiff]

Fucking guilliman was a hyman guard captain

[wooden cosmos]

SILLY DOG IS GETTING SHIT ON HIS PULLS IN UMA MUSUME 😡 😡 😡

[unborn badger]

pull real girls not horse girls...

[drifting skiff]

Female is an adjective. Calling a woman a female is reducing her to a weird specimen rather than a person

[sour cairn]

its a red flag to use the word females in a context where its not necessary cause the only necessary time is like medical stuff ig

[unborn badger]

they're not real you silly dog! 😹

[sour cairn]

comes off as objectifying

[tepid bane]

Fixed it. I didn't know about all that.

[kindred vigil]

You silly dog! You make me look bad!!!

only 1 person will get the ref mb

[tepid bane]

Understood.

[drifting skiff]

Courage??

[kindred vigil]

yesss

[sour cairn]

awawa

my powers been out since 6 am i fucking hate my states power company

[drifting skiff]

That lady custode in the animation tho ripped I love her so much

[kindred vigil]

solar surge is the daily modifier mb

[sour cairn]

they have a total monopoly here with the worst service known to man

[drifting skiff]

At least your power grid isn't isolated lmao

[unborn badger]

actually yeah what would we call aliens who are girls cuz "woman" feels like a term exclusively for humans

[sour cairn]

ask them

[unborn badger]

TRUE

[kindred vigil]

what's ur pronouce #ez

[sour cairn]

if they arent human they probably have their own form of gender structure or none at all

[drifting skiff]

I mean assuming they have the same gender shit we've got going on I feel like woman is fine

[sour cairn]

would be weird to apply all our societal norms onto them

[tepid bane]

My point is that the Custodes was called a brotherhood consisting of the sons of Terra. It's good that they added women, but it's a change.

[unborn badger]

I mean tbf it's not like we have to call mankind "womankind" now that we acknowledged woman but maybe it did start as male-only (idk warhammer lore lol)

[drifting skiff]

I guess my point is that lore in warhammer is always from the perspective of someone in universe unless it's explicitly 3rd person omniscient. The lore on calling them sons was basically just a blurb of hearsay. They said it but I wouldn't take it seriously

[unborn badger]

just a synonym for smth like syndicate

[drifting skiff]

Warhammer is never consistent in lore and the reaction being disproportionately just for this change shows the motivation

[kindred vigil]

Like assassin's creed syndicate

[unborn badger]

neeyth gets it

[drifting skiff]

Do you play/read/paint warhammer btw?

[tepid bane]

Yes.

[drifting skiff]

Mankind also has a different root word than woman, man just got genericized to also mean "human male"

[unborn badger]

that too yeah

[sour cairn]

im a human alpha male personally

[kindred vigil]

no way

[drifting skiff]

Based

[tepid bane]

New playtest emails are going out.

[sour cairn]

no

[tepid bane]

Yes.

[sour cairn]

no

[kindred vigil]

I didn't get one so it's not true

[plain chasm]

I’ll check

[kindred vigil]

NEVERMIND I GOT ONE HELLO?? WTF?? 😭😭

[tepid bane]

I'm telling, not asking.

[plain chasm]

What email will it be?

[kindred vigil]

nvm I'm above u losers now 😂✌️

[tepid bane]

Same as always.

[plain chasm]

Okie dokie

[unborn badger]

WHAT

[kindred vigil]

I'm actually srs

[novel star]

Dude I’M SO HYPE

[tepid bane]

I hope everyone gets an email soon.

[karmic elk]

I got into the open alpha but nothing since. Do I have a chance you think?

[novel star]

I gat one 🥹

[tepid bane]

No.

I'm in the same boat.

[drifting skiff]

Just realized the original 7th edition codex for custodes also says they have the actual blood of the emperor in them

Oh shit I got a playtest email. Huge

[wispy spindle]

yes the open alpha pool is what they are pulling from

[wispy spindle]

really? I thought you had to be in the previous testing to get one

[kindred vigil]

I was public alpha anyone who was in it has a chance

[obsidian plover]

This is a reminder to clean your watch band. It probably smells bad.

[wispy spindle]

oh you don't have the roles so i was confused

[tepid bane]

It's extremely unlikely that one will be chosen for this test if they weren't in either of the previous two tests.

[kindred vigil]

Cuz I left twice

I lost my aura losing my alpha role I'm ngl

[karmic elk]

Oh that's cool! I really hope I get one, they probably will send out a ton for this, cause they need pc metrics and meter performance

[tepid bane]

Here is what the email looks like.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/comments/1murtep/closed_playtest_3_invites_going_out

[drifting skiff]

It's also nda

[kindred vigil]

sure hope no one dies by then

[sour cairn]

arfarfffawawwruffffff paws at u paws at u

neeyth can you transition yet

[obsidian plover]

o.o

is that mild erp in chat

[kindred vigil]

what

[sour cairn]

what

[obsidian plover]

[sour cairn]

this shit is NOT erp what are you on about

[karmic elk]

what.

[obsidian plover]

what.

[kindred vigil]

EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!!!

[sour cairn]

neeyth can you change your pfp to astrophysics

[obsidian plover]

Go ahead

[kindred vigil]

Darth Vader
vs

[somber mantle]

Man I didn’t get a code 🙁

[obsidian plover]

[karmic elk]

None yet here either ://

[proven kernel]

He keeps popping up on my random playlist recently. I blame you.

[karmic elk]

Yo MIDA where are you when we need you? Leak some codes or smth!

[kindred vigil]

we don't trust mida

[sour cairn]

we love astrophysics tho

[fleet tapir]

Is there still a way to sign up for the closed betas

[weary mantle]

I hope I get into this playtest

[sour cairn]

yes but its a secret

[proven kernel]

I admit, it does hit just right late night.

[kindred vigil]

you wanna know a secret to get into the test

[fleet tapir]

Yes please

[kindred vigil]

you gotta remember the game

[wispy spindle]

you probably sent feet pics for your invite

[tepid bane]

Folks who only played in the original alpha test are getting emails. Don't give up hope.

[weary mantle]

DMG!!! let me into playtest 3 and my life is yours!!

[karmic elk]

COME ON.

[sour cairn]

astrophysics always hits right

[weary mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/kratos-ares-destroy-my-enemies-and-my-life-is-yours-gif-7965707800203237625

[kindred vigil]

well I sure hope physics hit right I don't wanna flaot

[kindred vigil]

Ladies and gentlethems you GOTTA learn to be happy I've been happy for 2 days straight ts is peak emotions ✌️😂

[karmic elk]

give. code.

[wooden cosmos]

Silly dog says only if you say please

[drifting skiff]

I've been p happy but also current events have me stressed

[weary mantle]

not gonna happen unfortunately 😔

[karmic elk]

Pretty please:>

[karmic elk]

Yeahhhh, probably

[weary mantle]

Especially not for me because I made the big mistake of putting that I'm a D2 player in the survey

[drifting skiff]

I also put that...

[wispy spindle]

I think that is good

[sour cairn]

shoulda put down ur trans too

[wispy spindle]

they want D2 players who support the game I think

[drifting skiff]

Frfr

[kindred vigil]

I put im neeyth and #boom

[drifting skiff]

Neeyth have you changed your pfp twice today

[kindred vigil]

only twice

[long ruin]

[weary mantle]

then idk what I did wrong

[quick drum]

New vampire bloodlines!!!

[sour cairn]

ur not trans

[weary mantle]

the only person in my friend group who got in was the person who was least interested 😭

[drifting skiff]

Wasn't lucky ig

Gotta offer up good things to the God of Luck

[weary mantle]

Like he didn't even play it after getting the code

meanwhile all of us were getting up every day of the alpha checking our emails

[kindred vigil]

happens to the best

[drifting skiff]

Just realized I kind of actually am a tgirl liaison for a couple groups irl

[drifting skiff]

They smell how much you want it

[kindred vigil]

Listen it'll pay off one day never lose #hope

[cyan tangle]

Dear Bungie Studios, I wanted to reach out and express just how much it would mean to me if I were given the chance to participate in the upcoming closed play test for Marathon. I have been following Bungie’s work for years, and the creativity, innovation, and passion you pour into your games have inspired me more than I can put into words. Marathon especially feels like something truly special, and the idea of being able to step into that world early and help provide meaningful feedback feels like the opportunity of a lifetime. I want you to know that if you were to let me into the play test, I would devote myself wholeheartedly to the process — testing every mechanic, exploring every possibility, documenting every bug, and providing thoughtful, detailed feedback to ensure that the game becomes the best version of itself that it can possibly be. I would gladly invest countless hours not only playing but carefully analyzing, learning, and sharing my observations in a way that could be useful to your team, because I genuinely believe in the vision of this project. Marathon is more than just another game to me — it feels like the start of something monumental, and I want nothing more than to be a part of helping it grow. If you give me this chance, I will approach it not simply as a player, but as a dedicated tester who will treat this responsibility with the seriousness, passion, and excitement it deserves.

[solar vortex]

Anyone can scan mu wechat

[wispy spindle]

Dear Bungie Studios, I wanted to reach out and express just how much it would mean to me if I were given the chance to participate in the upcoming closed play test for Marathon. I have been following Bungie’s work for years, and the creativity, innovation, and passion you pour into your games have inspired me more than I can put into words. Marathon especially feels like something truly special, and the idea of being able to step into that world early and help provide meaningful feedback feels like the opportunity of a lifetime. I want you to know that if you were to let me into the play test, I would devote myself wholeheartedly to the process — testing every mechanic, exploring every possibility, documenting every bug, and providing thoughtful, detailed feedback to ensure that the game becomes the best version of itself that it can possibly be. I would gladly invest countless hours not only playing but carefully analyzing, learning, and sharing my observations in a way that could be useful to your team, because I genuinely believe in the vision of this project. Marathon is more than just another game to me — it feels like the start of something monumental, and I want nothing more than to be a part of helping it grow. If you give me this chance, I will approach it not simply as a player, but as a dedicated tester who will treat this responsibility with the seriousness, passion, and excitement it deserves.

[kindred vigil]

oh no

[weary mantle]

I mean I'll get to play the game (in march)

Dear Bungie Studios, I wanted to reach out and express just how much it would mean to me if I were given the chance to participate in the upcoming closed play test for Marathon. I have been following Bungie’s work for years, and the creativity, innovation, and passion you pour into your games have inspired me more than I can put into words. Marathon especially feels like something truly special, and the idea of being able to step into that world early and help provide meaningful feedback feels like the opportunity of a lifetime. I want you to know that if you were to let me into the play test, I would devote myself wholeheartedly to the process — testing every mechanic, exploring every possibility, documenting every bug, and providing thoughtful, detailed feedback to ensure that the game becomes the best version of itself that it can possibly be. I would gladly invest countless hours not only playing but carefully analyzing, learning, and sharing my observations in a way that could be useful to your team, because I genuinely believe in the vision of this project. Marathon is more than just another game to me — it feels like the start of something monumental, and I want nothing more than to be a part of helping it grow. If you give me this chance, I will approach it not simply as a player, but as a dedicated tester who will treat this responsibility with the seriousness, passion, and excitement it deserves.

[sour cairn]

idk what that means

oh egg yolks yeah

[drifting skiff]

Idk just being a trans representative in other groups who lack that perspective. One of which is explicitly why I'm there

[quick pewter]

Will suck toe for access 🦶.

[gleaming bough]

[quick drum]

You're the trans representative?

[kindred vigil]

why u pop up when that's said

[sour cairn]

yeah she speaks for me

[cyan tangle]

[drifting skiff]

One of em yeah

[gleaming bough]

My will is not my own

[drifting skiff]

You got questions?

[kindred vigil]

no bru you can't claim to be Xur that's already my Bungie name

[sour cairn]

the wooe

[drifting skiff]

The wooe

[quick drum]

Thinking, maybe one, why nobody want to be guy?

[drifting skiff]

Plenty of people want to be a guy!

[kindred vigil]

ftm

[drifting skiff]

Is that like ftw

[sour cairn]

dont mean to brag but my blood saturation is 100% rn

[drifting skiff]

Huge

[sour cairn]

i have never had blood issues just wanted to put the above information out there

[quick drum]

New world of warcraft expansion

[kindred vigil]

does this mean like your color of blood is like cod warzone vids

[sour cairn]

do with it what you will

[quick drum]

This September octomber gonna be wild gotta save up for all the games

[drifting skiff]

Vampires are en route

[quick drum]

No wonder marathon pulled out

[quick drum]

Vampire masquerade 2 is going to be awesome can't wait, personally loved 1

[sour cairn]

should i become an alcoholic vote now

[gleaming bough]

Hunger

[kindred vigil]

Ur always hungry

[gleaming bough]

Jshdhdhdhq

[drifting skiff]

No

[sour cairn]

votes tied rn

[gleaming bough]

I second this

[kindred vigil]

if you become an alcoholic you become extremely less funny it's a debuff

[sour cairn]

im already not funny

[quick drum]

Is wow going to get a comeback with this new expansion?

[gleaming bough]

Its boring tbh
First it will be for taste then you target number then it just gets boring

[kindred vigil]

yk yeah can WoW come back so the specific group of people can stay there and leave our stuff alone bru

[drifting skiff]

I want to spar I think that would fix me

[sour cairn]

hmu i can use a battle axe

[drifting skiff]

Hell yeah

[gleaming bough]

I play these games before

[kindred vigil]

ur not squid game 3 stop

[gleaming bough]

Go play with your legos, Traxus member...
Oh wait

[kindred vigil]

I only rep Traxus because my name looks weird when its not orange

[brave vault]

Let me get one of them Keys

[quick drum]

WoW trailers were always good, but is it getting a graphics upgrade?

[kindred vigil]

WHO ARE U TALKNG TO!!

[quick drum]

Gamescom react

[lone oyster]

OOH got a cool email just now from team marathon 🙂

[kindred vigil]

I'll wait till it's over

[quick drum]

2026 for WoW

[drifting skiff]

I wanna watch sinners again

[sour cairn]

good ass movie

[cyan tangle]

i haven't watched it i want to so bad

[kindred vigil]

how tf is star field going on the switch 2 holy nuke

[cyan tangle]

switch 2 is almost as strong as a high end pc?whats the question again

[quick drum]

Going to try star field again after I finish cyberpunk. Last time I tried it was buggy

[obsidian plover]

Nah

[quick drum]

Nah

[kindred vigil]

Isn't it on part with PS4 ps4 pro ishi thought they officially said this

[obsidian plover]

They prob made it like 380i textures and 30 FPS lock lmao

[wooden cosmos]

More comparable to a ps4

[cyan tangle]

lmao im jk

[kindred vigil]

damn I got baited ✌️💔

[quick drum]

Preset low

[kindred vigil]

no seriously how the fuck are they gonna put star field on switch 2 let alone Indiana Jones!? 😭

[obsidian plover]

The Switch 2's miniaturized Ampere GPU is rated for 3.072 TFLOPs when docked, versus just 1.71 TFLOPs while undocked.

[kindred vigil]

@geek @nerd help

[obsidian plover]

PS4: 1.84 TFLOPS
PS4 Pro: 4.2 TFLOPS

[quick drum]

Switch always used the good Nvidia system on chips

[kindred vigil]

uh yeah ok that's numbers ok

[obsidian plover]

If you understand the numbers, you'll understand the performance

[kindred vigil]

so it's PS4 pro ish docked but PS4 undocked

[quick drum]

Switch 1 was like a Jetson nano I think

[obsidian plover]

Still means they prob rated starfield at low rez textures and lock to 30fps

[cyan tangle]

prob the same way steam dec does it... just extremely low res and frame count

[quick drum]

Switch 2 is like a Jetson Xavier. Pretty good for the low power stuff

[kindred vigil]

ok ur final challenge port warzone to switch 2

[obsidian plover]

How much money am I getting to do it?

[kindred vigil]

60$

[obsidian plover]

Oh then IDK

[cyan tangle]

[gleaming bough]

🐟

[kindred vigil]

switch 2 players gonna eat up any port anyway "it's portable tho" they say as they lag to 20fps with heating fan noises and 40% battery after 1 hour

[gleaming bough]

,

[kindred vigil]

I just bipped right on the highway 🧟🧟🧌🧌

[obsidian plover]

Remember MK1 on the OG switch? Woooof.

😩

[kindred vigil]

Why u barking at me bru

[obsidian plover]

NEEYTH NO.

[drifting skiff]

arfarf!!

[gleaming bough]

It begins

[obsidian plover]

OH GOD I THOUGHT I WAS CALLING SOMEONE ON ACCIDENT.
It was a call being placed in this stream I'm listening to.

[wooden cosmos]

Silly Dog

[obsidian plover]

Awoooooooo 😉

[kindred vigil]

silly dog 🤞🕊️💎

[obsidian plover]

Silly Pog.

[wooden cosmos]

Silly Yog

[gleaming bough]

🐟 🐟 🐟 🐟 🐟 🐟 🐟 🐟 🐟

[quick drum]

Switch 2 really missed opportunity by not going oled, neither does the Xbox Ally x or rog Ally x

[kindred vigil]

they really wanna try making battlefield an annual release oh my God 🫩🫩🫩🫩

[quick drum]

Making me wait for an oled for all these handhelds

[kindred vigil]

it would've costed more

2

They're saving it for the 650$ edition for oled, that's what all these handhelds companies do, to make u buy the next refresh, because screen pretty

[quick drum]

Smh at Microsoft not going oled for the ROG Ally, i would've got

[quick drum]

Well certainly they have an easy refresh by just dropping in OLED

MSFT was arguing the oled uses too much power smh

[kindred vigil]

yes that's what they're saving for and it's gonna be a 100$+ release with a bigger battery and improving things that they purposely "couldn't do" before, and now suddenly they can, because they can sell it as a feature

[quick drum]

OLED uses too much power so we went with a 1080p ips

I recently upgraded main screen to OLED and kept sides IPS

And TBH I'm loving it not going back

[kindred vigil]

I dnt got disposable income nor gaf about handhelds whenever my screen is a oled amoleds r just fine enough 1080 is pretty nice especially on a smaller screen bc of pixel density but I get it, we're a bit to far in to not make oleds our "standard" in terms of newer handhelds, and it really should be the standard but honestly but it's always gonna be a feature that they'll sell because everyone loves and want it

[quick drum]

Cyberpunk on HDR OLED is super fun

And looks amazing all the neons and reflections

[kindred vigil]

Hell, hall effect was made in 1873

Sticks made in 1983 ish,

Yet?

Doesn't make much money, controllers won't break much ...so ..

[obsidian plover]

Well, it's kind of moot. You trade off marginal cost gains, for much larger gains in visual fidelity, and less power footprint

[kindred vigil]

tht too

Though

[quick drum]

Gamescom was good, going to be a hot Sept octomber

[obsidian plover]

these bros are gonna be using their switch 2 and be like LOOK AT ALL THE PORTS WE GET! >Runs for 45 min tops maxxed out.

[kindred vigil]

who the fuck approved switch 2 to have the same near battery like 1? Because they wanted to keep the same slim size , it's fine if it's bulky...

[obsidian plover]

This is so real it's gonna be painful.

[kindred vigil]

me personally I like bulky handhelds (I know that removes the purpose) but come on, we're past fucking small handhelds the size of my hand since steam deck

[quick drum]

Slim size on switch 1 is definitely nice and I enjoyed it with a case with handles 😂 😂

[obsidian plover]

i mean if the back is bulky and it has handles, you aren't gonna notice it

[kindred vigil]

they js want a excuse to sell it for their refresh....that's all, it's what they did with OLED and V2 switch 🫩✌️

[gleaming bough]

I want an omelet 🤤

[kindred vigil]

what style

[obsidian plover]

maybe i'll make one for you

[gleaming bough]

No matter. Just want an omelet

[kindred vigil]

Makes me wonder when steam deck 2 release if they'll make it bulky or more slimmer...

[quick drum]

Well yeah drop in replacement, you could argue some difficulties with OLED like burn in risk but TBH the previous oled still lives fine

[kindred vigil]

isn't OLED tech good enough for burn in not to be a big issue like that anymore

[quick drum]

But imo small display oled makes even more impact in details

[obsidian plover]

No. It's just switch doesn't have a lot of static screens

[quick drum]

And main display oled is great too

[kindred vigil]

oooh

[obsidian plover]

but you can prob get burn in if you sit on the main screen too long

[kindred vigil]

Vita launched with a oled....so

no excuses bru ✌️🫩

[quick drum]

I think so, I'll see, my previous IPS screen sure had a great long lasting life and they still work great

[obsidian plover]

So it looks like it takes about 3600 hours on the switch to get burn in on it's OLED screen.

[kindred vigil]

That's 150 days

150 days of looking at a static image for burn in seems good

[obsidian plover]

image retention would prob happen easily though, I can't find a time for ghosting on it

yeah I'll rank it as "reasonable."

most people aren't power gamers. I rack that many hours in a week.

[kindred vigil]

IDK why but I was kinda hoping Nintendo would go back to discs but I understand the reasoning for carts

[quick drum]

Handhelds without oled definitely no, main monitor oled definitely yes especially if discount 😂

OLED everything

[obsidian plover]

a shitty oled isn't better than a tip top IPS.

[kindred vigil]

I think if it was AMOLED it'd be fine

[quick drum]

Maybe so, I used it as a drop in upgrade for a 10 yo IPS

Which still runs great and keeping

[mortal dragon]

is marathon still going to be released on time

[kindred vigil]

Delayed

[mortal dragon]

oh 🙁

[weary mantle]

it's delayed, they're taking the time to make the changes ppl were asking for

[obsidian plover]

#marathon-news

[quick drum]

Picking a new release date is going to be hellish almost back 2 back good releases September forward

[kindred vigil]

meh

different genres different games different markets, don't effect each other unless there's extraction shooters

besides I suspect they're smart enough regardless to not release a game by any big named releases bf6, cod bo7 GTA 6...

[obsidian plover]

what's getting released in september?

[weary mantle]

As long as the game has prox chat it's worth the wait for me personally

[obsidian plover]

OK tell me what the obsession with prox chat is fr

[weary mantle]

it's funny

[obsidian plover]

why? It's not even necessary.

[kindred vigil]

Immersion, funny, opportunities for solo players to team, stuff n such

not needed but appreciated type thing and I think most extractions have them, it's kinda the fun, the "negotiation" aspect

[weary mantle]

half of the fun for me in Hunt is actively taunting somebody i'm hunting down or having a back and forth conversation with a camper in tarkov

[obsidian plover]

you just wanna scream down your killers and go 'U HAXXOR YOU HAXXOR! MF LAG PEDAL USER OMSOFJISDNG!@"
But you do you in the name of MUH IMMERSION.

[weary mantle]

no, i'm not a child

[kindred vigil]

They could js have a toggle, that's it,

[obsidian plover]

Cap.

[weary mantle]

sea of theives is another example of why prox chat is fire

[kindred vigil]

if ur on prox chat change ur smoke detector batteries bru

also there's a good amount of bait and switch plays you can do with prox chat it's kinda funny I'm ngl

[quick drum]

Indiana Jones, Cronos, borderlands, silent hill, battlefield, black ops 7

[weary mantle]

I remember one time I was a castaway on an enemy ship in sea of thieves just hiding in the boat, and I kept like saying random things to them and they were going crazy trying to find me

[obsidian plover]

OK so battlefield 6 is the only real contender there, seconded by SH but that wouldn't vac sales from Mawafon.

[quick drum]

There was that one that looked like marathon void something

[quick drum]

Black ops looked great too

[obsidian plover]

Ew, Lord no.

[quick drum]

Yeah

[obsidian plover]

Nah. Waste of money. Shitty slop game.

[kindred vigil]

Bf6 is October... And bf6 is November tho...

[quick drum]

Had a big Masonic zombie in trailer

And the new animations looked very nice for bo7

[kindred vigil]

I didn't see any gameplay of bo7 I'ma just assume it's bo2+3 mix because nostalgia bait

[obsidian plover]

Just another boring ass bo game

[quick drum]

Same thing but updated everything, more fluent movement

[kindred vigil]

mm, I see

[obsidian plover]

Slop for the table. Trash to feed the paypiggies another season.

[quick drum]

Warzone and black ops season always good

[quick drum]

You think people paying for entertainment are pay piggies?

[kindred vigil]

I'll always respect cod for what it is, but they seriously need to let it go at this point

[quick drum]

That's a wild take

[quick drum]

Cod is great fun gun play with fluid graphics and animation

Then there's modes, but gunplay best in cod tbh

[weary mantle]

I'll buy another cod if its futuristic but i'm done with it for now i think

[obsidian plover]

Yeah. Def paypiggies to the studio when you paying for blops filth.

It's such low effort garbage.

[quick drum]

I pay for whatever I want it's my money

[kindred vigil]

how many more ideas or cods can ppl take that's just "updated" versions of the last game, not a whole new theme, sub series, just reboots and updates of the last game (which, arguably, is also the game franchise since the 1st, but at least after 4 years, there's a new sub series or said sub series has a entry that changes the feel of the game e.g bo3, bo4, mw2, aw, ghosts, iw, )

[obsidian plover]

Good. Fork it over oinker. They gonna love your dough and abuse the shit out of you. They already have you, and they know you are coming back for more. Go ahead.

[quick drum]

If you poor piggie buy free to play and beg someone to make game for you for Free

[weary mantle]

I would take a modern version of black ops 3

like, a remaster

[obsidian plover]

Too much effort for them

[kindred vigil]

My nostalgia is strong, I know cods been the same loop forever, but

There's a clear distinct of every new game feeling the same vs, actually feeling like the next entry updates

every new cod since cold war is just...yeah it's updates but, some of the updates are features that has been in old games so what's really being updated

[obsidian plover]

Oh maybe you'll get that. Remasters are all the rage rn.

[quick drum]

Probably infinite, especially after people upgrade gear

[kindred vigil]

again it's very much okay if you love or like cod till this day it's just in my opinion it's ran it's course

[weary mantle]

only if it comes with revelations

[obsidian plover]

This so hard. Fk paying for incremental updates as full games.

[weary mantle]

MWIII is the best modern call of duty imo

[quick drum]

Bo7 is going to be 50gen 250fps gunplay boom boom