🗣marathon-general-chat

[quick drum]

And you're surprised it works lmao

[kindred vigil]

It's akin to street fighter 2 being released

At some point, hell yeah, new rules, new fighters, new maps, new features hell yeah!

then it's just...a update..maybe 1 new guy, then.
just ports upon ports upon..ports 😐

[weary mantle]

You know, if Marathon turns larger map POI's into a free 3v3 or 4v4 arena mode that'd be a slam dunk

[kindred vigil]

It eventually runs it course and that's why they switched it up a bit for sf6 and got it back on the map

[quick drum]

I get being very conservative with your parents money but you can spend yours in whatever when you're a pay piggie oink

[obsidian plover]

Yeah, I have negative hype for bo7. I'm more apalled that they foist this crap on us. But, alas. They do it, because obviously there's someone to buy their pumped out slop.

[wary pulsar]

Hi

[quick drum]

Anyway bo7 insta buy for sure hopefully it has awesome skins

[kindred vigil]

hello crow

[quick drum]

And haze nuke town

Stakeout 24/7 shotgun crew!!

[obsidian plover]

Bet you didn't buy BF6 lmao, but you gonna buy that instantly.

[kindred vigil]

They have officially acknowledged that they're "too big to fail" that's why they're not afraid of bf6

they know, they definitely know it'll keep going until maybe the sun burns

[obsidian plover]

WHICH IS CRAZY SAUCE.

[quick drum]

Nah I got a couple of hours in bf open beta

[weary mantle]

bf6 was good but it's not my favorite thing to play due to how awkward the map size is for someone like me who enjoys vehicle combat

[obsidian plover]

bought the Phantom edition already of bf6. Fk it.

[kindred vigil]

Not my issue anymore haven't played— bought, cod since cold war, since then it's only in increments because ppl like warzone so I play it, maybe some betas there and there but

me, as my own opinion is highly tired of cod and so many people but it's not gonna go anywhere nor fix itself, until maybe Activision stocks go down

[quick drum]

Bf was okay, gunplay not as good that's for sure

Gunplay and ttk needs more adjusting but they got time tbh

[weary mantle]

I'm someone who likes to play fighter jet and half the maps didn't even support it in the beta, and the other half only allowed one per team which meant I was fighting hard to even get a chance to hop in one

[obsidian plover]

"Not as good."
So you didn't break top 10, and got a negative KDA consistently. Got it.

[kindred vigil]

Cod is still a good game

for an Nvidia showcase, very good graphics in that case

But as full fledged 70$ game, not anymore

[obsidian plover]

There wasn't much room for that in beta, but they've been good with it historically. It's a wait and see there.

[quick drum]

Isn't it on pass?

[kindred vigil]

I'm surprised ppl didn't jump ship for mw3 with that 3hr campaign blunder

And if I recall, it's reused warzone maps

[quick drum]

I still haven't played bo6 campaign lmao

Cod I go straight mp, and maybe do a campaign out of boredom at some point

[kindred vigil]

Yes it is on gamepass, always will be, best play to play cods these days they say but...

Just because a game is free in a alternate way doesn't mean the quality should be lessened because there is people who have to pay for the game full price, it should still be opened to criticism always, any game should no matter how good or bad it is

[weary mantle]

I might just filter for firestorm until more larger maps release

which is fine ig

[kindred vigil]

which is why I hate dark souls and final fantasy 14 fans

[quick drum]

Judging by my amount of hours in cod, it was probably worth the price

[kindred vigil]

U cannot criticize games in any community these days, u get chastised, as if that doesn't help the game in the long run anyway

[obsidian plover]

Demons Souls tho.... 😉

[quick drum]

I'd say 200+ hour games are worth 70$

If it's a 20 hour game probably 20$

[obsidian plover]

The factor is $1 per hour

[weary mantle]

I also share this mentality somewhat, but Bo6 was just kind of worse than mwIII in the post launch support in pretty much every way aside from zombies

[kindred vigil]

eh it's your money I'm not gonna tell a grown man not to buy a game it's my virtues not yours but I will however tell someone that the chef may burn the food sometimes even if they know that already, it's always ..I don't know good to know as an heads-up

[quick drum]

Nah that's too much, maybe so but I'd bracket it

[obsidian plover]

if you have a 200+ hour game, then you should be theoretically paying 199~

But people don't think like that.

[quick drum]

I expect 200+ hours out of a game that I spend 70 on including dlc or anything like that

[obsidian plover]

No way. 120$, maybe.

[quartz abyss]

i spend 1 dolar

[obsidian plover]

$70 is ~80 hours. Maybe up to 100~

[weary mantle]

for me its 100 hours if i'm being a completionist and paying 70 bucks

[obsidian plover]

ONE DOLL HAIR

[kindred vigil]

I think no game is worth 70$ I'm ngl but that's js me

[quick drum]

120$ too much, that or more is eve online levels where you've been playing or training for years

[quick drum]

Sure but the game gotta be good for me to get completionist

[molten meteor]

anyone know if we can invite friends this time around? i wasnt able to get any of my friends in

[weary mantle]

I pretty much just compare every game to my experience with Elden Ring, I paid a premium price for that game and got 100 good hours out of it

[quartz abyss]

true mama

[kindred vigil]

To my knowledge you cannot invite people (as in friend invite links) to the NDA tests

[quick drum]

200+ hour game, 70$.
20$ hour game 20$

Amortize with actuality, and graphics and effort

[molten meteor]

copy that, thank you for the info

my poor buddy has no luck and never gets into alpha or beta tests

[kindred vigil]

y'all got odst hell divers till then ✌️💔

[quick drum]

Cyberpunk is so good though good thing I didn't play it on release

[kindred vigil]

wait who owns Helldivers (on console) I have a question

[weary mantle]

Helldivers coming to xbox is gonna tide me over until Oct probably

[kindred vigil]

does Helldivers have an offline mode cuz idk abt having to buy Xbox live js to play it when I usually play games by myself anyway, 💔

[weary mantle]

Hopefully Ash & Iron is something I vibe with

[quick drum]

No

[weary mantle]

Rise of Iron is my fav D1 expansion so

[kindred vigil]

It better be...✌️🫩 I'm hoping it'll improve the game for me (tho I'm actually kinda enjoying D2 a bit) and I love the iron lords so

[kindred vigil]

pc wins again, damn thanks
💔🥀

[molten meteor]

pc has always won

[weary mantle]

Honestly all they gotta do for D2 for me is fix the post 400 progression it's just way too grindy

Otherwise the event rollout has been really good

[kindred vigil]

but but but but we got...uhhh

uhhhh

gamepass.....and uh...halo ✌️💔🥀

[molten meteor]

gamepass is on pc too

[kindred vigil]

but do you have halo 5 💔💔🥀

[weary mantle]

Is Halo 5 still alive

[stuck aurora]

yes

[kindred vigil]

weirdly enough yes

[molten meteor]

havent played a halo i liked since halo 3

[stuck aurora]

you gotta touch it again

[weary mantle]

I never played Halo once 343 took over except for Infinite

[kindred vigil]

Though it's broken ASF on series consoles it keeps crashing

[stuck aurora]

skill issue

[obsidian plover]

What's up?

[weary mantle]

Halo: Reach is my favorite Halo because it was my first and the forge mode is fire

[molten meteor]

my thoughts on 5 was wow this kinda feels like old halo! ... wow this kinda feels like old halo...

[kindred vigil]

I was asking if Helldivers has an offline mode, or some way to play it without an online subscription but I was told my answer is no 💔✌️

[kindred vigil]

Interesting take, most people think it's akin to cod

[obsidian plover]

Ah yeah idk. It just works, but no offine mode.

[obsidian plover]

Tabby moment. Pizza is pending delivery.

[weary mantle]

I really wish D2 would get a forge mode, its most similar to Halo Reach in the backend

[kindred vigil]

I don't really see that much cod in halo 5 besides I guess the, lack of restricted movement ?

[molten meteor]

wait maybe im thinking of infinte?

i am

[kindred vigil]

halo 5 top multiplayer tho I'm ngl I'm dying on that hill

[weary mantle]

Player generated content is basically an infinite money glitch for getting people to stay on your game so a D2 forge mode would definitely be worth the investment

Fortnite is basically the master of that rn

[kindred vigil]

as much that sounds cool I wouldn't want it d2 is bloated enough

actually no it's called optimization ✌️🫩 they just needa learn how to do that

[weary mantle]

Yeah but we rarely get new crucible maps anymore

[kindred vigil]

true we get like one map a year if lucky

[mortal plume]

If that

[kindred vigil]

that's why I said it's cool but I'm js worried about the bloat aspects...

but, think

blood gulch...in destiny 2

#yunmy

[molten meteor]

ive been playing a bunch of tarkov SPT on a private server with friends thats been a lot of fun

[weary mantle]

Took years and likely a lot of behind the scenes drama to get that map pack in Into The Light

[stuck aurora]

date night

[kindred vigil]

The game was dying they needed to do that

Into the light is our April update of d2 that saves the game

[mortal plume]

Lowkey jealous I’ve always wanted to play tarkov but only have consoles :/

[kindred vigil]

Roblox tarkov gang ✌️😂

[weary mantle]

I'd loooove to see Pantheon return to the game as a permanent edition, they don't even need to change anything

[obsidian plover]

oh dear

[mortal plume]

Omfg real 😂

[unkempt herald]

havent been keeping up w the news on this game but hows it going?

[mortal plume]

Stagnant

[kindred vigil]

They said something about returning to it or something like that, so it's gonna return to form in some way, maybe in portal

[kindred vigil]

Delayed #marathon-news

[weary mantle]

uhh positive feedback on the closed alphas but those are under NDA so we can't see anything, game is delayed to add heavily requested features

[kindred vigil]

Though pantheon reallllly exposed alot of fake elistim tho ✌️😂 "must have God slayer" like you didn't get carried for that title

[mortal plume]

I lowkey just come here for the moral support lmao which is surprising because this chat was a dumpster fire during the alpha

[unkempt herald]

i heard that they copied some art style or smth so thats why they delayed

[kindred vigil]

We're all living in Copenhagen rn that's why

[mortal plume]

Yea antireal

[mortal plume]

So real I be high ash off the copium

[weary mantle]

a junior artist copied some decals, but those are likely all on a single texture sheet so it's not like it would take THAT long to remedy

[unkempt herald]

mmm

[wispy spindle]

you can't copy an "artstyle" they copied actual art.

[kindred vigil]

they're doing more things than the art decal they're pretty much trying to fix up all the issues people had with it, change the games tone and stuff (I am not discarding the art problem)

[unkempt herald]

i js need a new game to play ngl

[kindred vigil]

Hop on Roblox tarkov ✌️😂

[mortal plume]

Pretty sure they’re just trying to keep their heads low and rework the game so they stay on Sonys good side lol

[unkempt herald]

ready for arc raiders and exoborne

[wispy spindle]

play Hello Kitty Island Adventures

[weary mantle]

yeah this too, they're working on lighting and environment art to make it match player expectations more

[unkempt herald]

alr got the real one 🙂‍↕️

[kindred vigil]

is it sad tarkov Roblox lwk my first extraction shooters

[unkempt herald]

a little

[kindred vigil]

wait when did vigor release on Xbox

[unkempt herald]

is roblox tarkov comp

[weary mantle]

Mine was DMZ so it could be worse

[mortal plume]

I feel marathon was actually very gripping even in the build I played. I’ve just went back to grinding d2 now. But the new battlefield beta was pretty good.

[unkempt herald]

its been quite some time

[kindred vigil]

no hit boxes big asl

[weary mantle]

grippers

[unkempt herald]

grippy

[kindred vigil]

nvm vigor released in 2019 that's my first extraction shooter then (it sucks ass)

[mortal plume]

Vigor was ight but it felt weird on console tbh but maybe it’s gotten better now

[molten meteor]

arc raiders was hands down the most fun ive had in so fucking long

[kindred vigil]

console players only have vigor, hunt, um....that's really it for our extraction shooters

[unkempt herald]

u gotta tap into exoborne

[molten meteor]

checking it on steam now

[kindred vigil]

but DMZ came along and now recently delta force

and division 1? Because ppl consider the survival mode a extraction shooter

[molten meteor]

delta force was plagued by cheaters

[mortal plume]

I loved division but all my friends hated it

[unkempt herald]

played every single playtest for it and racked up over 600-700 hours so far. hands down one of the best extraction shooters ive ever played in my life

[kindred vigil]

that's why I turned off crossplay

[proud glade]

shrimp

[molten meteor]

di you get a chance to surf on the drones?

[kindred vigil]

regardless of whatever extraction shooter there is I just hope there's one everyone can play on any platform bc holy fuck tarkov cannot be standing this long for how many ppl hate the hell outta it 💔

[unkempt herald]

lmaoooooo

no you do not

[kindred vigil]

well when arena breakout comes to consoles which is pretty much temu tarkov that could be it

[unkempt herald]

need to get back into my beloved abi

been playing nth but madden and college football

[molten meteor]

hell yeah i did you could jump on top of em and carry the cloaking device and theyd cruise around then youy could shoot people from the sky or throw grenades at them

[stuck aurora]

issa parade in my city

[mortal plume]

Man I remember when I used to play college football on ps2

[molten meteor]

if it was a bug i sure hope they keep it it was hilarious

[unkempt herald]

wait u meant on arc??? i didnt even know it was possible

[stuck aurora]

have you tried Hunt Showdown

[molten meteor]

yeah

[kindred vigil]

I don't like it

[stuck aurora]

fuck you

[kindred vigil]

💔

[molten meteor]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ArcRaiders/comments/1kcajg6/you_can_ride_drones/

[mortal plume]

No hate to arc raiders I want both arc and marathon to excel as extraction shooters

[stuck aurora]

you mean arc raiders and art raiders am i Right chat

[molten meteor]

lmao^

[stuck aurora]

imma need some w's in the shaaaaat

[kindred vigil]

Let's just have the big 4 of extraction shooters
Arc for the immersion
Marathon for the casual gameplay
Tarkov for the "realism"
Hunt for the cowboy itch
🤞💎🕊️

[mortal plume]

Oof 😭😂 we can laugh about it now lmao

W

[unkempt herald]

what the hell

[stuck aurora]

Marathon for the art theft experience

[kindred vigil]

art gallery raid payday 2

[stuck aurora]

hell yea nee

[obsidian plover]

[stuck aurora]

This goes against our content guidelines.

[mortal plume]

I have guidelines? 😂

[molten meteor]

ive played every playtest and god damn i thought i did everything but i realized after the last playtest i didnt scratch the surface, i didnt solve the queen puzzle, no gold tier guns i was a scrub and i didnt know it

[obsidian plover]

[kindred vigil]

I'm ngl I had fun w arc cuz I played w ppl but I legit only played it so I can give ppl codes 💔✌️

[stuck aurora]

you stoopidly generous person 💙 ✌️

[mortal plume]

You legend

[kindred vigil]

It is a good game though but sfor some reason I probably wouldn't buy it

I had more fun it than marathon, that's for, very much, sure

[molten meteor]

besides some balance issues and hatch keys being OP i couldnt see much wrong with it tbh

[obsidian plover]

MARAFON

[drifting skiff]

Had subway for the first time in ages and wow ts is bad

[mortal plume]

I kinda agree personally it’s just not my kind of game but I can understand the hype around it and still give it credit

[kindred vigil]

But also this could be because I played with people, I was playing solo in marathon mostly

[obsidian plover]

asjigejw wwuwawuwaw why would you DO that

[mortal plume]

Same

[sour cairn]

i fw the meatball subs

[drifting skiff]

Idk the roads were closed to the grocery store

[obsidian plover]

should I give away a BF6 code?

[light ocean]

no

[kindred vigil]

yeah go ahead

[molten meteor]

the loot in marathon seemed idk hard to tell and keep track of what was worth a damn, the perks screen was cluttered and unintuitive maybe i needed more time in it

[drifting skiff]

I should've gotten one I got turkey and it's just meh

[mortal plume]

Bro subway was ass when they started charging $6 for a foot long

[kindred vigil]

6$ footlong is outrageous

[mortal plume]

Right?

[molten meteor]

$6 is a steal for a sub sandwhich where im at. but also the quality of subway is ass

[mortal plume]

I’d rather just go to a family owned business

[kindred vigil]

marathon, on paper is a fine game but, it's like so insanely mid though, it feels more br than extraction shooter, as someone who barely played them, for the time of the alpha it is NOT a good way to experience the extraction shooter, way to br like, not a lot of extraction feeling to it

When I played arc raiders the difference was .. unfortunately..very hugely there it definitely felt more extraction than a battle royale set piece with loot you can take home

[molten meteor]

honestly just getting some deli meat and cheese and hitting up a local bakey for hero rolls is the move. its so easy to make a good sub at home on the cheap

[kindred vigil]

than again it was the alpha(public one), so I didnt wanna judge it to harshly but at the same time, it doesn't feel like an extraction shooter but take my opinion with a grain of sand because like we don't got that much extraction shooters on console so I could be talking my bs rn

[mortal plume]

Yea I agree it definitely felt like it was lacking in a lot of departments but I still enjoyed it. But also I just get into the sci fi/space genre so much more than post apocalyptic settings that might just be me tho. But I loved the vibes on tau ceti.

[molten meteor]

when marathon gave the sept 23rd launch date i was like dude no way, im glad the pushed it off, its not ready

[drifting skiff]

I'd rather go to my sandwich guy who hugs me and pay like $12 for a sandwich that fucks

[kindred vigil]

yeah I'm ngl arc raiders aesthetic is hugely boring I'm sorry the post apoc stuff don't excite me but the game itself is fine

[molten meteor]

my sandwich shops dont hug me 😢

[mortal plume]

It really isn’t. But I’m hoping that the delay gives them enough time to right their wrongs and maybe even learn from arc raiders launch in October.

[kindred vigil]

Sony prolly doing some analyzing work rn

[molten meteor]

exoborne looks cool, has it playtested yet? or is this just all in house videos? cant trust those nowadays

[mortal plume]

Literally. I saw that game tho looks sick.

[drifting skiff]

Hearing 99 red balloons makes me wanna play bf3

[kindred vigil]

Every time someone says exoborne I keep thinking they're talking about exoprimal 💔💔💔

[mortal plume]

Rip 😭

[drifting skiff]

It's the sequel

[kindred vigil]

We judged that game to hard that game fucks hard as a concept

[mortal plume]

It really did

[kindred vigil]

I looked up exoborne ts reminds me of a just cause + anthem mix kinda tuff

[drifting skiff]

oh wow that is anthem ts

[wary pulsar]

@mortal plume I sent you a message

[molten meteor]

exoprimal i mean grindy battle passes, $60 launch price single game mode. the hell did they expect

[kindred vigil]

Capcom is always wacked out their mind with mtx thinking it's gonna land lol

[midnight belfry]

Do you need to sign up again for play tests or are we still good from the original

[mortal plume]

I gotchu lol

[kindred vigil]

u need to have played the original (to be selected)

[molten meteor]

you should have gotten an email

do the survey sign the nda

[midnight belfry]

Copy yeah I was in the original non-nda playtest but haven’t gotten any of the recent invites

[mortal plume]

Same

[midnight belfry]

Sad bois

[molten meteor]

did you report bugs, do the exit surveys etc?

[midnight belfry]

Yeah multiple

[mortal plume]

Fr dawg. I’ve been getting into so many other playtests but not this one 😢 it’s never the one you want lmao

[midnight belfry]

Put like 40 hours into it to

[kindred vigil]

#bad luck

[mortal plume]

Bro fr idk how much time I put in but it definitely had to have been at least 2 or 3 days at least

[midnight belfry]

Yeah I guess I’ll just keep hoping for an invite just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Thanks yall

[mortal plume]

Yea nah same shit here bro lol

[molten meteor]

i came in and got my invite last time in like 4 hours dunno how

[proper yoke]

i am actually kind of glad i am not in the NDA playtests as every game I'm playtesting for has some big controversy/shuts down within like a month of playing and at this point i think I'm just cursed

[kindred vigil]

So it's UR fault huh...

[mortal plume]

Aw don’t think like that 🙁 it’s probs for the best tho with all of us lmao

[proud glade]

jingus

[proper yoke]

overwatch - ehhhhhh
spectre divide - dead
marathon - mystery concept art
deadlock - i mean its not Dead but.... i hear of it once every few months max ...
there's some more I'm forgetting...

[obsidian plover]

Jingus bingus magic pingus

[kindred vigil]

I think ppl still big playing deadlock (wack ass game)

[mortal plume]

Overwatch killed itself. And they had mad workplace controversies lol that’s defs not on you

[proud glade]

i have dead lock

[kindred vigil]

wag

[proper yoke]

now I'm not saying some supernatural entity has it out for me. BUT ...

[quick drum]

I tried it on pass, didn't get it enough to commit

Something about a loop

[proper yoke]

apparently there's been a big update but outside of that not a ton of people playing

tf2 is twice as popular as deadlock is rn 😭

[kindred vigil]

meh cult following (?) and that game is kinda immortal I suppose

[drifting skiff]

team fortress 2, my beloved

[proud glade]

what we need is a few good taters

[quick drum]

How did paradox get the vampire masquerade title

[drifting skiff]

people said they needed to get gayer

[proven kernel]

What’s taters?

[quick drum]

Video game publisher Paradox Interactive purchased White Wolf in October 2015, obtaining the World of Darkness intellectual property, including Bloodlines

[proud glade]

potatoes

[quick drum]

Mitsoda and Ellison envisioned the game's factions as reflections of this tension, and aimed to move away from the original's "male power fantasy" by focusing on the emotional journey of becoming a vampire and the loss of one's former life.

Paradox Interactive had prior to this considered cancelling the project, but decided to continue development with a new partner and to retain much of what had been produced for it until that point.[

Cursed like marathon

[drifting skiff]

wild

wait nvm I just realized the vampire the masquerade bloodlines is different than vampire the masquerade ttrpg

sounds like they've got a better direction going

omg I could watch nosferatu again

[sour cairn]

is deadlock woke

[wooden fjord]

... No?

[wooden fjord]

Deadlock is still in closed beta while TF2 has been out for 27 years

So it makes sense it's not as popular

[sour cairn]

why not

[icy rain]

it def is it has women in it

[grizzled summit]

🎮

[icy rain]

VIDEO GAQMES !@!!!!

[forest laurel]

I miss OG Bungie, even D1 was a stretch for the team. Nothing will beat halo 1 installed on the main server of my public school

[stuck aurora]

stop farting in my raids

[forest laurel]

I stay leakin

[stuck aurora]

we gassy in this bih

[gleaming bough]

[kindred vigil]

I just bipped right on the highway, six seven..

[gleaming bough]

[upper storm]

i think

[forest laurel]

Ulcerated colitis, loose anus

[icy rain]

guys odst confirmed warbond for hd2

[kindred vigil]

ur so late bru

[sour cairn]

no

[icy rain]

sorry i have a job and responsibilites

[kindred vigil]

yeah ok and I'm the tooth fairy

[icy rain]

i dont check twitter at work brochacho ✌️

[kindred vigil]

I SAW IT ON YT!!!????

[icy rain]

imma be pulling my own teeth so you can visit me at night 😍

[kindred vigil]

also it's called X the everything app

[stuck aurora]

neenee have u used grok for meth cooking yet?

[kindred vigil]

guh

[icy rain]

well have you?

[gleaming bough]

[drifting skiff]

WOMEN???

[icy rain]

mmhmm

[icy rain]

in a video game too i know its hard to believe

[drifting skiff]

Insanity

[icy rain]

woke mind virus knows no bounds

[drifting skiff]

Based

[icy rain]

Lil b approved (he follows me on twitter dw) (x sorry neeyth)

mr beast scam in marton discord in the big '25 💔

[proven kernel]

bangs head on wall

My family’s great. That’s all.

[icy rain]

good to hear

[stuck aurora]

laugh at this user 🤣 ✌️

[proven kernel]

Ok

[icy rain]

im not laughing cause your pawesome !!

[stuck aurora]

pawpawpaw!

[covert venture]

Worms

[icy rain]

cats r better !!

[stuck aurora]

[covert venture]

[icy rain]

mrroww

[primal rapids]

[proud glade]

COLOSSAL SHANK!

[sacred agate]

Does anyone know of upcoming NDA closed alphas for Marathon and where do you get access to apply

[weary mantle]

Some invites just went out for playtest 3, but unfortunately if you weren't in the first playtest it doesn't look like you can get an invite or sign up anywhere for these.

People are speculating that an open playtest will happen before the end of the year, but that's not confirmed by any means.

It's very likely the next time we'll even see the game again is late next month at the earliest

[sacred agate]

So even if I was in the first one, the only way I could access playtest 3 is if they selectively send me an email to participate

[weary mantle]

Yes

If you don't have an email by the end of today I wouldn't expect one for this playtest

[sacred agate]

Ah okay thanks, glad to know they’re at least still running the tests, there’s a lot I hope to see them improve but also a lot I enjoyed

[cosmic plover]

https://tenor.com/view/popcorn-minions-popcorn-day-laugh-gif-5026739

[proven hazel]

: ( no code

[kindred vigil]

nope

[vale coral]

Whyyyyy

Being left out of every playtest is so frustrating

[woeful flame]

Question. I had the avatar decoration for marathon 4 months ago. I no longer have it. Why is that?

[bright nimbus]

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.

[tawdry olive]

cuz u need nitro to keep it

[woeful flame]

Ahhh that explains it

[lofty grove]

Anyone know why the playtest needs my full name?

[vast hinge]

i need to talk to a mod or something uggggghhhhh

[tulip sand]

There is another playtest since when

[fervent walrus]

Today

It got announced today

[tulip sand]

Let me guess it's probably only for people in the last playtest

[sacred agate]

Probably because there is an NDA involved

[fervent walrus]

It seems to be people pixked from thevpool who got in the april playtest

[tulip sand]

Ofc it is I guess I won't be able to try the game till it comes out at this point

[lofty grove]

huh... that makes sense but I don't remember them requiring my name last time. Though I guess it hardly matters.

[vast hinge]

tryna see if I can get my main account unbanned from this server before I sign the nda

[fervent walrus]

Beta in late fall to winter trust. 🤞

[sacred agate]

There’s a difference between the playtest and the closed alpha

I would imagine all the playtests have required full name

[lofty grove]

ah, honestly I didn't know that. Thanks!

[sacred agate]

Yeah we were able to share info and content about the closed alpha freely but not with these playtests

[lofty grove]

Makes sense, should be fun

[sacred agate]

What time did they send you your email

[lofty grove]

3pm sharp

EST

[obsidian plover]

S h a r p

[ember mountain]

Bro 😭😭😭

[bright nimbus]

Bro 🫃 🫃 🫃

[ember mountain]

There was no announcement today about a play test don’t know why people have to lie

Also Destiny 3 just got announced at gamescom

[icy rain]

thats real

[ember mountain]

Everything I say is real swag

People just hate to hear the truth

They tired to say marathon wasn’t coming out next year then posted articles about it coming out next year

There’s a significant IQ deficiency in this server

And I want to make this very clear there’s no playtest coming out for marathon people are lying to you to keep you hyped up

[tawdry olive]

Wish they just made Marathon with D2 gameplay instead of an extraction shooter

[ember mountain]

Did you ever think that maybe marathon was better than destiny?

[tawdry olive]

i dont think, my fingers just type as they want

[echo lagoon]

Given the current state of the marathon, it is unlikely.

[ember mountain]

Let me help you understand something marathon is better than destiny

[tawdry olive]

My fingers say: That they like the art style more in Marathon, but come one, extraction shooter?

such a worn out mode

[ember mountain]

You nor I can change how good marathon is all we have to do is just accept it

[ember mountain]

Well, allow me to think for your fingers

[sour cairn]

transition

[tawdry olive]

bro u aint cookin

[ember mountain]

Tell your fingers that marathon is better

[echo lagoon]

How can Marathon reverse its decline with copycat gameplay, plagiarized art, and poor firearms?

[tawdry olive]

no!

[ember mountain]

Isn’t obvious? Marathon is so much better bungie themselves had to siphon resources from destiny to marathon

[tawdry olive]

if they made D3 and slapped marathon graphics on it i would love it

[ember mountain]

D3 already got announced dude

[tawdry olive]

oh he ragebaiting me

[ember mountain]

It did you can look it up right now

[tawdry olive]

u got me

[ember mountain]

It was announced at gamescom lol

[proud glade]

[tawdry olive]

ok gramma, time for bed

[sour cairn]

paws at u paws at u paws at u awawaawrfuff

[echo lagoon]

where？Or are you referring to that terrible mobile game?

[ember mountain]

You can trust me because I’m never wrong about anything

[ember mountain]

No not that although that is also better than destiny

[tawdry olive]

i thought i was the master ragebaiter but i hand my crown over

[sour cairn]

im the master pawer

[proud glade]

dude syrup you're late d4 got announced tomorrow.

[ember mountain]

Ragebaiting the battlefield server is just so much better

They get mad really fast

[tawdry olive]

i need to visit

all i get here are small bites and mods make me feel bad

[ember mountain]

I’ve gotten like 6 DMs of death threats and dox threats

[sour cairn]

nobody cares anymore here theres been no news in like 2 months lol

[tawdry olive]

impressive

[sour cairn]

i get enough hate online for being me i dont get the appeal of ragebaiting

[tawdry olive]

being you?

what have u done?

[ember mountain]

What’s going on with you, man?

Oh sorry, woman

[sour cairn]

im woke

[ember mountain]

I’m only in the server talking because I was exposed in another server I blocked everyone and left

[tawdry olive]

im awake too

dont let them get u down

[ember mountain]

What kinda woke

[proud glade]

?????

[sour cairn]

does it matter

[ember mountain]

I was talking a lot of shit over the past few months and a women hacked my iCloud and got selfie and pictures of my family and spammed them

[tawdry olive]

@proud gladehush i eated u rember?

[proud glade]

weirdos

[ember mountain]

Nah I deserved it I was talking crazy LOL

They kept trying to catch me for so long

[ember mountain]

No but it will give me some insight into why

[tawdry olive]

i just wish this game was pve with strikes raids and community events, not this small minded pvp nonsense.

Its like wrapping a basketball with curved oled screen. Looks awesome af, but ill never actually play with it. They better change it up.

[sour cairn]

arf

[proud glade]

destiny 2

[tawdry olive]

played that game into the dirt

also i eated u! hush.

[proven kernel]

That it?

[tawdry olive]

pls punish syrup

he ragebaited me 😭/

[proven kernel]

You ragebaited last night…

[tawdry olive]

i meant to catch one fish and thats who i was responding to! i didnt mean to cast an entire net across all of the discord! 😢

[proud glade]

butaen... choose your shrimp wisely...
there are new shrimps today.

[tawdry olive]

also, and then im over it, but i may have misgendered the artist in my wording, and i now realize it was a she. My apologies

[ember mountain]

I was expecting more, but most weren’t too angry

[ember mountain]

@proven kernel hey bby @sinful token is a infinity Kingdom scammer

They dmed me asking me to play it

[shell bobcat]

Hello fellow bungie shills

hows coping today

[proven kernel]

Report it through discord.

[ember mountain]

But can’t you ban them so they don’t do it to others here?

[proven kernel]

It’s just policy for us.

[ember mountain]

Oh okay

W mod as always

[shell bobcat]

How long until you think sony tells them to not make marathon

[spring otter]

3, take it or leave it

[tawdry olive]

hey its my buddy

an avid reader of mine

[ember mountain]

9 years

[proud glade]

potato

[gritty badge]

E

[proud glade]

WHO ARE YOU

[shut saddle]

mmmmm mr beast

[urban topaz]

so marathon is dead now

[proud glade]

where were you when marathon was kill

[wet stratus]

Hi, how to play in alpha test?

Or beta

[drifting skiff]

Hey are we wokeing it up or are we just asking if marathon is dead every ten minutes

[somber nest]

Game is dead

[noble estuary]

it's not a sprint

it's a....

[drifting skiff]

Race?

[noble estuary]

exactly

[junior thorn]

…what about nascar?

[drifting skiff]

I thought we weren't really doing those anymore

[noble estuary]

woooh i love the daytona 500!!!!

left turns make my heartrate spike

[sour cairn]

what is a left

[junior thorn]

Me when the turn is greater or less than 90°:

[noble estuary]

nothing 🥀

[junior thorn]

I mean…there’s three other games out there…right?

Right?

[sour cairn]

what is a right

[noble estuary]

you are my friend

would you guys store your brain in a server rack and establish an uplink to a 3d printed semi-organic body?

[tawdry olive]

@obsidian plover we miss u

[junior thorn]

Only if I get a funny hat

insert marathon 1 security guy

[noble estuary]

Mjolnir Recon #54 my beloved

[junior thorn]

Give me back the wste combat shotgun

Halo wouldn’t let me akimbo wield shotguns, neither did destiny….only Warframe and Marathon let me…

[atomic coral]

Is game dead?

No but fr though... is there still a plan to release Marathon? Cause I legitimately haven't heard any update since "the incident".

[junior thorn]

Daddy Sony is still probably scrambling because marathon was meant to be The Game for the year. Who knows what’s happening

I wonder… does that mean marathon beat Concord for fastest killed game? Killed before it was even released

[atomic coral]

Hmmm... I was relatively hype for it tbh

[sour cairn]

HYENAS

[junior thorn]

I was hyped and then I saw the trailers and how much it broke pre established things and then I realized that they didn’t care about the old games so I lost most of my desire to play it

[junior thorn]

Did anyone actually play that game? Heard about it but not even sure if people got to play it

[noble estuary]

i want to put the game in my mouth

om nom om

[sour cairn]

it had a few playtests but it was doomed to fail if it got a full release

sympathy to the developers that got laid off cause of it

[atomic coral]

The one thing that saddened me the most, is... they cited "persistent servers", and they weren't going to deliver that

[junior thorn]

I want a wste combat shotgun that actually is correct to how it should be but I know that’s never happening.

GIMME THE DAMN SPIN RELOAD YOU HACKS

[noble estuary]

graphic realism is just frutiger aero disguised as sci-fi punk

[atomic coral]

I was hoping for a game similar to "The Cycle: Frontier", with maps that could last hours.

[noble estuary]

from marathon?

[atomic coral]

Yes

[noble estuary]

i was expecting Hunt: Showdown but different aesthetic

[atomic coral]

They did initially say there would be persistent maps/servers

[noble estuary]

never played cycle tho

[atomic coral]

Tbh it was my favorite game I've ever played

[noble estuary]

well, did when it was a battle royale if that's the same game

[junior thorn]

I was expecting Marathon but I got…whatever the hell this is

[atomic coral]

It was, but wasn't. After the BR version, they turned it into an extraction shooter. With maps that lasted up to 6 hours. So you could sit in a map through multiple storm cycles lol

The Cycle Frontier was an amazing game all around, but it was literally built on top of the old version. So the code was a mess and every update broke something. Also the devs kinda killed it.

[noble estuary]

last marathon game came out 4 years before i was born so idk i knew it wasn't going to be anything like the alephone projects, altho i have gone back and played those

[junior thorn]

Still, Marathon and Nu-Marathon might as well not even be related

[north turtle]

Dee Dee Dee

[noble estuary]

yeah this reboot is vaguely related and it's definitely just here in name, just using an IP they had, doesn't bother me at all and gives them a world to build from but i like how the reboot looks a lot more and extraction games are my jam so

[junior thorn]

Where’s my bobs

Where’s my scoped magnum

Where’s my flechette

WHERE’S MY DAMN SPIN RELOADED SHOTGUN

[noble estuary]

in the season 1, 2 and 3 battlepasses

[junior thorn]

Wste was in the alpha and they ruined ALL of the character it had. 0/10 complete character assassination

[noble estuary]

i love the new weapon designs

[empty hill]

bro leaking

[noble estuary]

the sawed-off was also very strong

[junior thorn]

They ruined it

[empty hill]

they got the waster

[junior thorn]

You cannot tell me within…4 years the WSTE combat shotgun got completely redesigned in how it works to be the one we see in nu-marathon

Why keep the knuckle guard if it’s not even used for its intended purpose?

It’s like whale legs.

Old WSTE: unique and flashy shotgun in the first person shooter genre

New WSTE: break action number 6543286

[proud glade]

shrimp

[obsidian plover]

Yawn

Yall went off the rails tonight eh?

[short ridge]

I want in the closed beta. I've been here since day one with Halo CE and these assholes only care about content creators. Who probably didn't pay a dime for a single game

Otherwise it'll be the first Bungie game I never buy

[solemn gust]

Bro I've been dying to actually play this game. Even after all the hate for it I really just want a code you know? They need people who genuinely want to play the game and make it better. Is it still possible to even get one?

[sour cairn]

secret

[solemn gust]

I think I applied for it before the first alpha came out like in March or something for like 8 different emails lmao

[split echo]

hahahahahahahahahaha

in 2025

no, unless your different in positive ways that improve this earth EGO system

-From RC Car Maker Traxxas

[unborn badger]

aHEROforHIRE — Yesterday at 11:25 PM
I want in the closed beta. I've been here since day one with Halo CE and these assholes only care about content creators. Who probably didn't pay a dime for a single game
Otherwise it'll be the first Bungie game I never buy

[astral trellis]

I want in the closed beta. I've been here since Gnop!

[reef obsidian]

any news on the game

[modest tendon]

Latest news is in #marathon-news

[obsidian plover]

Yawn what’s up

[obsidian plover]

I’m right here
Been having a weird few days

[unkempt parcel]

When are we going to get any news?

[wispy spindle]

I want in the closed beta. I've been here since day one with Halo CE and these assholes only care about content creators. Who probably didn't pay a dime for a single game

Otherwise it'll be the first Bungie game I never buy

[ornate raft]

Looks like closed beta invites/sign ups are going out.

[obsidian plover]

They do not

[wispy spindle]

It’s a copy paste of what someone else has said

[obsidian plover]

#marathon-news

[wispy spindle]

I’m in the testing as a non-content creator

[obsidian plover]

I think I’ve seen it like 900 times

[zinc rock]

My game won't launch on Steam. When I click 'Play', nothing happens. How can I fix this?

[obsidian plover]

Put computer in trash

[zinc rock]

[empty perch]

Caress it gently and give it some emotional support

[tawdry olive]

sameziez 😭

[ornate raft]

So do you think that there will now be a single player aspect to the game that now PlayStation is taking over?

[rich solstice]

Nope, no time

[wooden fjord]

Does anyone want to go see The Lumineers with me

[neon nexus]

How are these in any way related bro

[random aurora]

is marathon still set to release this september or was it delayed indefinitely after the crash and burn of the playtest, i forget

[tawdry olive]

Because playstation and its multiple LLC's are sanctioned under the California act to adhere to its shareholder collaberation, which in turn require a 90% value proposition that demands its player base and game design be singleplayer experiences.

[neon nexus]

Bait used to be believable

[tawdry olive]

Look, everyone knows this. Im just the messenger.

[golden portal]

)

[plain flicker]

Is it that hard to check the news channel

[random aurora]

yes

i've skimed through it, so im just going to assume radio silence until somewhere in fall

none of this awnsers the question i asked

[neon nexus]

You’re not being any more convincing here

[wooden fjord]

Sigh, reset the counter

[random aurora]

my bad i barely recall the status of a game i didnt even get a chance to take part in

[tepid bane]

I'm going to tap the sign.

[wooden fjord]

The game has been delayed. They will announce the new release schedule in the next couple of months. Closed tests have existed for decades, don't take it personally if you didn't get in

[tawdry olive]

blame the CCPA amendments, not me. I have no reason to try and convince you otherwise, my skeptical fren.

[neon nexus]

My guy just making shit up now

[obsidian plover]

capareeno

[tawdry olive]

@obsidian plover y does no1 believe me 😦

[unborn badger]

really is that hard to read in this climate huh

[drifting skiff]

Gm genchat

[proven kernel]

I don’t want to wake up

[drifting skiff]

I didn't but here we are

[obsidian plover]

arise, chicken. arise.

[drifting skiff]

I hope your day's good Butane

[proven kernel]

Great episode

[obsidian plover]

dunno. is it raining?

[proven kernel]

Me too, but that’s asking a lot anymore

[obsidian plover]

One of the few that actually got it on the first hit. Amazing.

[paper barn]

Game is finally out time to play

[obsidian plover]

just for the taste of it.

diet. coke.

[autumn fulcrum]

Morning gamers, how goes it?

[obsidian plover]

gameriffic

🥶

[kindred vigil]

horrible terms

[drifting skiff]

Kinda bad morning this morning I'm ngl

[obsidian plover]

why

[obsidian plover]

I gave you no terms.

But I did give you conditions.

[drifting skiff]

Didn't get chosen for job

[obsidian plover]

Booooo. NEXT!

You are destined for a greater role. DW.

[proven kernel]

Ah, sorry. That sucks.

[wooden fjord]

RIP. Eventually you'll get one, just gotta keep trying and tweaking your résumé

Job hunting sucks but it feels so good when you finally get one

[drifting skiff]

fsfs, just fuckin no one's hiring rn

frustration station

anyway, blackbird marathon sigma omega locus

[wooden cosmos]

Silly dog

[obsidian plover]

Silly food

[quartz abyss]

chicken jockey

[teal merlin]

no EUW test comming?

[plain flicker]

Prolly not nda playtest but whenever beta launches I’m sure it’ll be

[compact lotus]

chicken jockey

[weary mantle]

[warm pebble]

HAHHHHAHHAHAHAHHAA

[weary mantle]

glitch better

blackbird is meta though icl

[sick carbon]

so just to be clear, if you never got invited into the very first test, you wont have a chance to get in any test they have done lately correct?

[unborn badger]

pretty much

and for good reason

[sick carbon]

what would be the good reason?

[plain flicker]

TRUE

[plain flicker]

I think they prolly want you to have experience with the past tests so you can better understand improvements and reasons for changes

[sick carbon]

if a games lifespan goes down overtime, its only likely that the same people getting invites over and over will likely drop in playtime as well. Maybe I am wrong, but I refuse to believe they have a consistent playtime across the same pool of invites over 3 closed testing periods

and are these changes consistent enough to get "valuable feedback" from the same players that likely grinded the previous closed test?

[kindred vigil]

@grok what this mean

[unborn badger]

they don't need more impressions they need people in the know to provide feedback on how to make the game better, this is not a full game yet

[wooden fjord]

They should have manually invited dedicated members of the community then

[unborn badger]

but what would the parameter even be

you're telling a handful of devs to handpick about 200 people out of maybe nearly a million lol

[kindred vigil]

let's just make people fight to the death problem solved

[proven kernel]

I’m still sad I lied on my initial alpha sign up. Said I was a dude >_>

[icy rain]

neeyth vs kelp the cringest warrior wins

[kindred vigil]

he wins

[icy rain]

idk man reddit use is a good ass attack

but the marble statue pfp is a hard counter

[tawdry olive]

poor butane 😭/ if i was alpha test picker i will pick you for who u r

[fallow solar]

Wtf going on with this game

Havent heard anything about it in a fat minute

[unborn badger]

#marathon-news

[sacred agate]

marathon-news is not the latest news

[sacred agate]

This would be the complete opposite approach of running an efficient round of tests

[unborn badger]

#marathon-news is very much the latest news lol

at least what the average catcher-up has to know

[sacred agate]

Well that’s the last a lot of us have officially heard from Bungie themselves on marathon, since then it’s felt like we’ve been left in the dark

[unborn badger]

and that's what the average person needs to know

[kindred vigil]

yes cause they say they'll be back in the fall

though the silence is lwk annoying but I get it

[sacred agate]

Yeah they have a lot of work to do in the shadows for now

[glad fern]

I would expect probably to hear something a few weeks after this next test

[icy rain]

i expect nothhing cause expectations bring dissapointment

[plain flicker]

like September 23rd 🤭🤭

[glad fern]

Absolutely when the first day of fall hits you know

[obsidian plover]

My feet are cold

[kindred vigil]

don't care next!

[icy rain]

My Feet are cold!

[kindred vigil]

I care, what's wrong!

[icy rain]

my feet are cold !

[wooden cosmos]

Silly Dog

[kindred vigil]

just step outside and problem solved

[icy rain]

i hate you so muhc

[sacred agate]

It’s cold outside

[plain flicker]

That’s horrible advice neeyth what if bingus lives in alaska

[icy rain]

neeyth knows where i live 😨

[kindred vigil]

well why would you be there

yeah we kinda deep like that ✌️ (I only know bros country)

[icy rain]

and province and general area

[icy rain]

youre silly dog you have to use dog stickers

[fallow solar]

I had a twix earlier

Tasted pretty good

[kindred vigil]

Left or right twix answer FAST

[wooden cosmos]

Silly Dog thinks smug shiba stickers lowkey kinda buns 😭

[fallow solar]

Left

[wooden cosmos]

Hammy Ham stickers better

[icy rain]

#truth

[empty perch]

BingusSwag 🗣

[icy rain]

bello 👋

[plain flicker]

Bro lives in Canada 😂✌️

[cursive perch]

how do you sign up for the playtest ?? ? ? ? ? ?

[lucid falcon]

it was a survey after the alpha. they havent released it since.

[teal bolt]

This game is what I want and need to go on with my life

[cursive perch]

So is this game ultra dead or ?

[kindred vigil]

Delayed

[cursive perch]

they gonna make a watered down slop if they keep going with those surveys and listening to masses of idiots

[glad fern]

And let me guess…you’re not an idiot

[icy rain]

yeah there is no game go home

[cursive perch]

all signs point towards this game failing hard

[lucid falcon]

They are working on it actively. Thats all I can say.

[cursive perch]

and it has everything to do with leadership

[lucid falcon]

It needs broad appeal. This isn't Tarkov

[icy rain]

Mass Appeal - Gang Starr

[cursive perch]

I'd dare them reach the success of Tarkov or even Apex. It will be a win if they manage

[lucid falcon]

I guess. It's not those games. Long term success will depend on broader appeal than those games

[cursive perch]

constant stable playerbase with peaks on content releases

[lucid falcon]

No one from Tarkov is swapping to this game.

[calm glade]

Oh I forgot @lucid falcon you speak for everyone on the planet

[cursive perch]

Tarkov is 8 years old. Apex 6. I don't know what you define as long term if not that

[cyan tangle]

I am gooner dont speak for me

[quick drum]

I haven't heard people reference gang starr since the mid 2000, full clip

[lucid falcon]

I mean, its just true that this game doesnt offer what a typical Tarkov player wants that is into that game enough to still play it up to now.

[calm glade]

oh yeah i forgot you know what everyone wants

[lucid falcon]

I was talking about this game.

[cursive perch]

doesnt need to steal players off either game. it can create its own ecosystem

there is no other game like that on the market

[lucid falcon]

Yeah that was my whole point. Thanks for agreeing

[cursive perch]

AAA Sci-Fi extraction

its gonna be tough competing vs Arc tho

[icy rain]

fart raiders more like it !!

[cursive perch]

reason they delaying release till March is 100% Arc's October date

[cursive perch]

you wish

[icy rain]

i wish - Skee-lo

[lucid falcon]

No I don't, but I understand what the average Tarkov player looks for overall to stay in that game long term. This just isn't that game so it's not trying to steal that audience. It's trying to be a broader game to thrive.

[calm glade]

yo show me your data and survey and market research you did.

[cursive perch]

your statement makes no sense

[calm glade]

you don't know anything and you are not any type of authority on what you speak about. gg

[lucid falcon]

lol ive been on it since alpha and have played years and years with other players that all talk about what they enjoy in that space. im not a education researcher. UMMMM AKTUCALLLY SOURCE SOURCE??!!?!?

[icy rain]

i know everything and this game is gonna be the biggest thing since sliced bread

[cursive perch]

So Tarkov has a stable player base, Marathon is not Tarkov, so it doesnt want to steal players off it, so its gonna create its own playerbase, but Marathon is aiming to be a broader game than Tarkov ??????? because it doesnt want to steal Tarkov's players ?????? Its a diff game altogether

I really dont get it

[calm glade]

i am an authority. I have done research, played every single alpha beta and gamma copies of all the games and talked to every single player. they have all confirmed marathon will be the biggest game of the decade at the very least.

[atomic coral]

do you even actually play Tarkov? lol

[flint bison]

Please marathon let me in the playtest I played the first closed alpha and I actually enjoyed the game hook a brotha up

[ocean lion]

They just said they’re a gooner, easy yes.

[lucid falcon]

I'm saying that people were gunning for this game to be more hardcore like Tarkov. It's not that game. It is AAA broadware that will cater to gamer dads that want to play 3 raids and get off.

[atomic coral]

nah, gooners don't play Tarkov tbh

they mostly play Valorant, or League of Legends

[lucid falcon]

^

[atomic coral]

lol

[cursive perch]

you're talking about the 0.5% of hardcore playerbase

99.5% of gamers are casuals in any game

[lucid falcon]

dude you are trying to put words in my mouth this whole time so tell me what i mean

since you know what i am thinking

Tarkov is a game with deeper skill curves.

[atomic coral]

idk if people really wanted this to be nearly as hardcore as Tarkov though, tbf

[ocean lion]

So is he talking about .5% of the hardcore player base or are hardcore players .5% of the entire population? Speak on that

[cursive perch]

yeah, idk where he got that notion from

[unborn badger]

i am an authority. I have done research, played every single alpha beta and gamma copies of all the games and talked to every single player. they have all confirmed marathon will be the biggest game of the decade at the very least.

[atomic coral]

i know a lot of people who play The Cycle Frontier, wanted it to be really similar in nature to that game. so somewhat hardcore, but not as much as Tarkov.

[lucid falcon]

Quite a few people complained about that.

[unborn badger]

this server gives the best copypastas istg

[lucid falcon]

all i said was this game is going to appeal to a broad amount of players

[cursive perch]

quite a few =/= majority

[atomic coral]

Tarkov is "too much" for a lot of people. so the people who want a game exactly like Tarkov, would likely just stay with Tarkov

[ember crater]

I think extraction shooter players consist of a more than average hardcore playerbase and the lesser hardcore ones have had struggle standing

[cursive perch]

or to none at all

[cyan tangle]

Dear Bungie Studios, I am writing this with the utmost desperation, passion, and undying loyalty to say that if you allow me into the Marathon closed beta play test, I will quite literally dedicate every waking moment of my existence to it. I will pour my heart, soul, and every ounce of free time into exploring every corner, testing every mechanic, and relentlessly reporting every bug until the game shines brighter than the stars themselves. Think of me not as a mere play tester, but as someone who would gladly “chain” themselves to the world of Marathon, grinding day and night with unshakable determination, because the chance to be part of something this groundbreaking is worth any sacrifice. I promise to live and breathe Marathon, to the point where my friends and family will get tired of hearing me talk about it — and still, I will keep going. This isn’t just a request, it’s a vow: if you open the gates to me, Bungie, I will devote myself fully and completely to serving the Marathon play test like it’s the most sacred mission of my life.

[kindred vigil]

It appeal to me

[lucid falcon]

dude ok i get it you know best and im just dumb because you speak in hyperbole. gg2ez blood

[icy rain]

who do you think you are 😠

[proven kernel]

No one knows

[ember crater]

Seraph dash arkhe

[sour cairn]

awawa

[icy rain]

those who knows

[unborn badger]

yeah but are you an authority and have you done any research

and have you played every single alpha and beta of all the games and talked to every single player

[lucid falcon]

LOL

[icy rain]

yeah butane ms.bungie higher up what are your thoughts

[proven kernel]

Even if I did I would not be taken seriously.

[lucid falcon]

true

[unborn badger]

then SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😠

[kindred vigil]

either some of you are doing prime rib levels of bait or reddit personified there's now way Bru 💔✌️

[proven kernel]

Rude

[atomic coral]

i mean 95% of Tarkov fights are 1 bullet fights, and i don't think people really wanted THAT, with Marathon. But i also don't think they wanted essentially Halo, with extraction mechanic.

[lucid falcon]

I would take you seriously

[cyan tangle]

i would do anything to play again

[unborn badger]

idc >:(

[icy rain]

reddit assemble 💪

[lucid falcon]

Are you a shotgun player or something?

[atomic coral]

no

[calm glade]

anything?

[unborn badger]

🐴

[cyan tangle]

yes

[atomic coral]

i'm generally an SR-25 enjoyer

[lucid falcon]

fair

im a p90 main

[atomic coral]

if RSASS wasn't such slow rate of fire, i'd go RSASS

[lucid falcon]

also fair

[atomic coral]

for interchange, i'd prob pick MP7 though tbf

[lucid falcon]

if i have to long range im a ax chud

[atomic coral]

same with labs

[icy rain]

tarkov nerds have taken over im scared

[kindred vigil]

is ts cod guns

[atomic coral]

lol

[sacred agate]

Snarkov

[lucid falcon]

labs is for pistol skipping

[sullen elm]

Anyone else having issue receiving their 3rd playtest invite code?

[icy rain]

your as dumb as the barnecles on me peg leg 🏴‍☠️

[calm glade]

"what the heck guys. I have played tarkov and apex, and CS and final fantasy and elden ring. And no one wants to play any other game if it's not exactly like all of them and combined and has awesome 0.0921% of features that all the games have" - @lucid falcon

[atomic coral]

MP7 kinda mid for killing Killa though, so that's the only problem

[lucid falcon]

mp7 is choice

[kindred vigil]

you not Blackbeard bru

[sacred agate]

Yeah man I have this glitch where they didnt send me an email

[icy rain]

make this land lubber walk the plank

[atomic coral]

is there actually a playtest rn though?

[lucid falcon]

look im just saying that this game is going to be more casual compared to what most tarkov players expect out of an extraction shooter. its for a broader audience. if you cant get that idk what else to tell you.

[kindred vigil]

Invitations at the moment as I've seen the email on the resdit

[icy rain]

@playtesters yo whats happening rn

[sacred agate]

It’s happening in September, invites are “going out” and were sent to people yesterday, invitation may have concluded

[kindred vigil]

how many people were invited...?

like six or seven...of them?

[icy rain]

we're gonna kill you

[cyan tangle]

not daniel fs

[lucid falcon]

invites went out at 2pm cdt yesterday in mass

[calm glade]

oh i forgot they were making this game as a tarkov expansion pack. good point.

[lucid falcon]

ok bud you just want to argue. have fun

[kindred vigil]

cdt timezone stand up

[icy rain]

central dandard time

[kindred vigil]

ugh no, it's cst but daylight savings 🙄🙄🙄

[lucid falcon]

central daylight time lol

[icy rain]

central dandardtime

alternatively call duty time

[proven kernel]

Silence, Texas.

[lucid falcon]

Texas players rise up

[icy rain]

oklahoman talking states 💀

[cyan tangle]

its up

[kindred vigil]

Silence you're the little sibling of Texas Oklahoman 🙄✌️

[cyan tangle]

srry red wrong

[proven kernel]

starts playing Boomer Sooner over PA system

[lucid falcon]

woooooo costco is dropping pokemon cards rn

lets see if i can score again

[icy rain]

all you guys have is nba champions and the worst education in the country

[proven kernel]

True…

[kindred vigil]

what state does this apply to

[icy rain]

oklyhomey

[lucid falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/ai-gif-8375704924609369435

[icy rain]

does texas even have an nba team

[proven kernel]

Texas Lite

[lucid falcon]

no youre nothing texas

[kindred vigil]

idk bru all I know we got Texas Roadhouse

[icy rain]

they have 3 i forgot theirs are cities and not named after the states

[proven kernel]

Dallas Mavs, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets

[icy rain]

mavs are barely a team anymore tho

[kindred vigil]

Dallas Macs sounds like a fast food I'm hungry now ✌️😂

[proven kernel]

They rigged the draft and got Flagg though

[icy rain]

i dont think itll be enough

this year the raps will rise up and dominate the league like we did with kawhi

[obsidian plover]

I have eaten too many goldfish

[kindred vigil]

sigh wrap it up guys 🫩✌️

[obsidian plover]

What now

[icy rain]

wrap it up masterpoorks here

[obsidian plover]

[drifting skiff]

Spurs goated

Nice boys well mannered Pop nice

[icy rain]

and wemby (future goat)

[proven kernel]

Always loved Pop

[drifting skiff]

Long boy in the soup (positive)

I remember ending up standing next to Brent Barry at a spay and neuter volunteer clinic, nice dude

[gleaming bough]

🐟 🐟 🐟 🐟

[icy rain]

those who volunteer and are positive impacts on their community 💀

[zinc mantle]

Still waiting for a play test code, it has been months 😅

How are individuals being chosen for these play tests now?

[brave flame]

Ask Bungie bruh

[compact jetty]

greetings fellow nucal loyalists

[zinc mantle]

This is their discord 😅

[fierce ether]

BOOO, BOOOOOO

[compact jetty]

can’t we all be friends

[fierce ether]

worm it up sekgen squirmers

[proud glade]

mean

[cosmic snow]

do i have to reapply for the upcoming playtest?

[stuck aurora]

I lowk fk w/ Glitch

[orchid lotus]

new invites going out??? is it my time????

[orchid axle]

Is it only USA again ?

[sacred agate]

So is the Traxus logo no more due to Traxxas rc car

Might have to abandon Traxus if so

[bold dust]

I love not being able to participate because I'm European

They actually hate EU and Asia peeps, huh

[orchid axle]

Yup, I mean, Let me support you Bungie, Please 🥺

[left nimbus]

https://tenor.com/view/worm-sekgen-sekiguchi-genetics-marathon-gif-8708359893728589581

[glad fern]

Nice name

[obsidian plover]

Hmm

[drifting skiff]

It's just me

[opaque heron]

I had a Nu Calorie, it was pretty good

[plain flicker]

No they can still have Traxus it just makes selling merch for it with the word Traxus on it difficult

[wispy spindle]

not difficult, it makes it infringing on Traxxas' copyright

[gleaming bough]

[frigid sage]

/DAC

[gleaming bough]

[fierce rose]

/DAC

[gleaming bough]

hunger

[formal hare]

[grizzled summit]

County roads take me home to a place where i belong

[opaque crag]

I still haven’t gotten in to any form of an alpha from bungie.

[crude plover]

Manifesting I get an invite 😭 😭 😭 😭

[obsidian plover]

I hunger

[proven hazel]

Wololoing you so I get it instead

[obsidian plover]

Wollongong

[crude plover]

What does that even mean

[obsidian plover]

Google it

[grizzled summit]

The play test is in your mind, u have to imagine it

[obsidian plover]

👌

[fierce panther]

Are there new playtests?

[proven hazel]

Wololo is a spell that changes enemy team colors to your own

[grizzled summit]

All i can tell u is theyre cooking. Arc raiders is gonna be slop compared to marathon, so just be patient

[fervent walrus]

I just want both to come out good and live

[obsidian plover]

Seafoam

[sly salmon]

mpreg

[shut narwhal]

A friend of mine said something similar who is playing the tests. No details, but extremely positive and excited.

Fall is soon 👀

[brave flame]

right back at you :3

[kindred vigil]

awesome sauce or lamesome sauce

[quartz abyss]

no

[fervent walrus]

"You’ll hear from us again later this Fall when we can share the progress we’ve made, alongside the game’s new release date."

FINAL SUMMER TEST BEFORE FALL GAMEPLAY RE-REVEAL SEPTEMBER 23RD

[quartz abyss]

nar

[empty hill]

re reveal crazy these mfs done remade the game?

cmon now numarathon 1 didnt even come out yet i didnt get to play 😭

[quartz abyss]

wat

[quick drum]

wat

[empty hill]

they done remade the damn game and i didnt even get to play it yet

[atomic shuttle]

so whats happening with this game i havent heard anything about it

[fervent walrus]

From what i've seen despite not being in post april test, yeah it got some nice revisions and refinements.

[sacred agate]

After they announced the delay the began making adjustments and are running playtests with a very selective pool of players, playtest 3 invites went out yesterday

[fervent walrus]

3 or 4th public nda test, depending on who you ask, invites going out since yesterday and ending sometime before 9/1. Actual test starts 9/4 to 9/5 at certain pst times.

[candid talon]

I got tested for sleepy cozy and i tested negative 😔

[atomic shuttle]

hope they fix the game

lowk was hyped for it till all the controversy and gameplay came out

like this server was jam packed when it all came out

[quartz abyss]

aug 20

ya

[brave flame]

goated time

when the game releases we will see that again

[summer sapphire]

PlayStation

[quartz abyss]

in 50 yrs 😨

[nimble star]

You didnt want to. Be glad they are reworking it.

[elfin creek]

Anyone know who got invited to the new playtest?

[quartz abyss]

no its fake

[elfin creek]

Huh?

[fervent walrus]

Dont listen to them

[fervent walrus]

Playtest will run during a window of 2-8PM PT from 9/5 to 9/7. All invites will go out before 9/1 at 12pm est.

[elfin creek]

Are inv just going to past alpha invitees? Or is there a sign up again somewhere?

[elfin creek]

Thanks for clearing that up too btw.

[quartz abyss]

i nvr got another invite so its fake i thnk

[fervent walrus]

Its a pool formed from those who got into the april alpha. It may or may not depend on feedback given before. No other signup, just a gamble.

[elfin creek]

Maybe they are sending inv out via a different means

[elfin creek]

I was thinking they might only inv people who have negative feedback 😭

[rocky meteor]

playtest isnt real. anyone who says they have played it is a bungie employee or got paid off

[fervent walrus]

Well then surprised i haven't gotten in lol. Tbf most of my feedback was generic "proxychat this" and "hero shooter that"

[quartz abyss]

nar im the negtive feedback leader

[elfin creek]

No one is saying there is another live playtest, there was a tweet about a 3rd being scheduled

[rocky meteor]

nice try buddy

[elfin creek]

I have mixed feedback 🤷 mostly good I enjoyed the game ngl

[elfin creek]

What you on about? Just google bro. I’m not saying I’m right could be a scam🤷

[fervent walrus]

Same

[fervent walrus]

They're goofing around. Its what happens when you can't be feet first on tau ceti.

[elfin creek]

Fr lmao

[rocky meteor]

good argument, but consider the following: you will gobble the wobblegobble

[fervent walrus]

🦃

[rocky meteor]

exactly

[elfin creek]

Nawrrr not the wobblegobble 😭😭

I loved when the alpha release and people were shitting on it til they got called out for just wanting an inv, then admitted to just wanted and inv. Lolol

[rocky meteor]

theres no invite

stop coping

[quartz abyss]

uer mom

[rocky meteor]

hello bungie employee how is development going

[quartz abyss]

hi joe mama its so good

[rocky meteor]

nice

thanks for the leaks btw, very cool

[sacred agate]

Sigh yes

We’re all just a bunch of employees

[obsidian plover]

Cement