🗣marathon-general-chat

[kindred vigil]

baited to far to the sun 😂✌️

[proven kernel]

Let’s move on…

[icy rain]

ok

[kindred vigil]

so how's the weather

[icy rain]

butane does okc still have the evil villain (sga)

[agile mason]

yesp yesp

[icy rain]

brandon

[kindred vigil]

please does anyone play destiny risin 😢

[icy rain]

walk the plank 🏴‍☠️

hes says he fears hes ultimately terminal tho 💔

[kindred vigil]

terminal like marathon terminals or halo 1

[icy rain]

kills you with rocks and hammers and bricks and other hard throwagble items

[kindred vigil]

silly that's not how you play football !! 😂😂

[icy rain]

type shit

[agile mason]

yesp?

[sour cairn]

im sorry I MISSED THIS???? @proven kernel how could you

[agile mason]

?

[drifting skiff]

What the fuck did I miss

Flawed argument, cops shouldn't be

[agile mason]

smth about consequences of women’s suffrage

[icy rain]

yeah you guys missed womens suffrage talk

i asked him if he likes jiu jitsu and he dropped womens suffrage on me 💔

[sour cairn]

hes simply a philosopher

[proven kernel]

checks to see if she can still vote

Ok good

[vital tide]

So what happened with the stolen artwork thing? Is this game still coming out or was it delayed to change the art

I kinda forgot about this game

[icy rain]

it was delayed but not cause of the art

[agile mason]

is that rly how it started 😭

[obsidian plover]

Thank you tabby

[icy rain]

yeah ill link the message 1 sec ( i cant find it 💔

[vital tide]

Delayed so they can add more to destiny?

[icy rain]

idk

[olive oracle]

Let’s not rehash anything. 🙂

[agile mason]

oof

[icy rain]

me when i mess up hashbrowns

[olive oracle]

insert zavala_indeed.gif

[agile mason]

mmmm I’ll take a hash brown

[olive oracle]

If there’s something that needs mod attention, just let one of us know! 🙂 thanks yall! ❤️

[icy rain]

aye aye captain 🫡

omg guys aloneintokyo just duoed with luckyllama !!!!!

[agile mason]

????

[kindred vigil]

Wjat

[icy rain]

those who know

typical

guys im scared

[kindred vigil]

Why

[icy rain]

subnautica im at the aurora and theres a reaper in the water that ate my seamoth

[fervent walrus]

The (.•.) Hit the

[icy rain]

they not supposed to be that close !!!

[icy rain]

what does this mean 🤔

[fervent walrus]

4

[kindred vigil]

Buddy's scared of virtual fish

[icy rain]

im legit too scared to jump in the water

im braver irl than i am in video games idk why 😭

[daring musk]

This guy when free speech exists

[icy rain]

this guy when he finds out that discord doesnt use the us constitution as its tos

[daring musk]

Still people should be able to politely talk about what they want

[icy rain]

🤷‍♂️ not if the thing they wanna talk about is troubling and not really a fun convo

[kindred vigil]

Because gaming is relaxing I guess!?!?*?

[icy rain]

DDUDE IM FRFERKAING THE FUCK OUT I CANNTNNN 😭

[daring musk]

Life is troubling my friend sometimes troubling conversations are required

[icy rain]

not in discord bruh this isnt therapy its a place for epople to relax and huave fubn

[daring musk]

Talking about a very serious thing that occurred doesn’t mean one is asking for therapy it is simply a conversation

[icy rain]

HOLY CFUCJK I ESPCAED THE REAOPER

that mfer ate two of my seamoths bruh

[daring musk]

I remember my first subnautica play through 😂😆

[icy rain]

this is like my 15th im still so scared because im on hardcore mode

[daring musk]

I’m scared of deep bodies of water in real life so it translates badly in game 😂

[icy rain]

irl im not because 9 times out of 10 aint nothing there so in game its chill unless i know somethings theres

seeing the seamoth icon move farther and farther away is so tragic

[kindred vigil]

I can't genuinely play Subnautica it really gets me scared #notafraidtoadmit

[icy rain]

i used to be that way until you realize that it aint scary!!

[kindred vigil]

I don't like the realistic looking fish it makes my heart race

[proud glade]

why does the name woman's suffrage sound so bad
like it sounds like women suffering but its literally just them being able to vote

[icy rain]

realistic....

[kindred vigil]

We was told to rehash it brobro so make like a brown and hash that shit🙄🙄🙄

[proud glade]

fish

[kindred vigil]

is that w bars chat

[icy rain]

i made a brown in my pants

[kindred vigil]

realistic at the time *

wait bingurs

[icy rain]

#false bruh the fish in game got big eyes and one of them farts gas that can kill you

[crude bronze]

lol

[kindred vigil]

Have you played that game where ur a deep sea diver and like you stab sharks and u gotta hunt them I think it's called depth

[icy rain]

no that sounds not very cool why stab the sharks

[kindred vigil]

because they're evil and wicked

[icy rain]

nuh uh dude they just fishes

[agile mason]

suffrage in itself just means right to vote

[icy rain]

what is that game is it fun

[agile mason]

hi carpit

[icy rain]

hello clocks 08

[frozen coral]

Get lucky

That’s how I got in

[proud glade]

thank you for not calling me from my MarathonDeadname™

[icy rain]

why dont you change your discord username then

[proud glade]

because its the MarathonDeadname™ not the DiscordDeadname™

[icy rain]

hmmmm i dont get it

carpit what kinda music you fw

[proud glade]

learn among us

[proud glade]

deltarune\

[icy rain]

what elts (real music)

[proud glade]

uhhhh

[icy rain]

do you lisetn to only video game music

[agile mason]

yah carpit im curious now
also ofc i wouldnt call you by marathon name

[icy rain]

ig ill keep calling you carpit 🙄

[agile mason]

you guess????????????????

[icy rain]

i suppose

[cursive perch]

ETA on when we are getting news ? ? ?

[icy rain]

idk

[dusty dust]

who got into the new test?

i dont think anyone cares enough to even apply

[frozen coral]

October probably

[dusty dust]

game's dead

[frozen coral]

No applications for it but the September 5th one was cool

[dusty dust]

dont lie now

[frozen coral]

On my soul I got in

[dusty dust]

you got in and probably played 1 match

[fervent walrus]

3 day playtest or 30 day research test?

[dusty dust]

30 day research test

[frozen coral]

I had a good 7 hours

[kindred vigil]

r u telling the truth and nothing but the truth

[icy rain]

so help your black ass

[frozen coral]

yes

[cursive perch]

so how was it ?

compared to April's flop

[frozen coral]

it was really good

[fervent walrus]

Probably like a good ~50 people

Misinformation

[dusty dust]

I got in and it was bad

[fervent walrus]

I did not get in and it was good

[frozen coral]

i enjoyed the first one but the new map is a huge improvement

[fervent walrus]

We getting on the edge here.

[dusty dust]

The first one is really bad

[sour cairn]

i didnt get in so i have no opinion

[fervent walrus]

Ehh. It was an alpha. Idk what people expected.

[dusty dust]

Good

You don't wanna get in

[fervent walrus]

Pretty sure i do.

[dusty dust]

im tellin you

you dont

[fervent walrus]

I do

[icy rain]

nuh uh

[fervent walrus]

Too late already was in april alpha

[cursive perch]

what games do play/weekly playtime ?

[dusty dust]

mostly singpleplayer games

[cursive perch]

yikes

[dusty dust]

"yikes 🤓 "

[cursive perch]

theres the reason you didnt like the game

its fine

[dusty dust]

ive played online games too

[cursive perch]

if you hadn't that'd be alarming

[fervent walrus]

M1 M2 M/I know your history son 👴

[icy rain]

🚨 ALARMING

[dusty dust]

i play destiny 2

[cursive perch]

to buy DLCs or hardcore ?

[dusty dust]

i play all content

i pvp when theres no new content

[cursive perch]

I hope Marathon doesnt lean over to PVE in the PVPVE aspect

theres a reason its called PVPVE and not PVEVP

PVP comes first

[cursive perch]

what didnt you like in the playtest ?

[fervent walrus]

The || nda ||

[icy rain]

the dore

[cursive perch]

real

[kindred vigil]

asdf movie

[icy rain]

what

[kindred vigil]

nvm niche ref

[icy rain]

type shit

guys big news

[burnt hound]

🫃

[pearl marlin]

Thats a funny emoji

[cursive perch]

how is this allowed in the server ?

[icy rain]

what

[cursive perch]

oh its a sticker

[cursive perch]

default one

[icy rain]

what

[icy rain]

how is this allowed in the server ?

[kindred vigil]

what

wthelly!!!! 😢😢😢😢

I'ma go play destiny rising u breaka my heart 🇮🇹

[icy rain]

have fun

[dreamy warren]

Whaddup booty heads

[obsidian plover]

You what

[rare steppe]

.

[obsidian plover]

Can’t sleep

Watching That Chapter instead

F k it

[dreamy warren]

Watch the full documentary on my life starting from age 4 to present day instead

[obsidian plover]

Sounds more boring than my own existence tbqh

[light ocean]

how is this allowed in the server ?

[proven kernel]

I mean, they allow me in the server.

[light ocean]

how is @proven kernel allowed in the server ?

[proven kernel]

The world may never know.

[lethal sphinx]

How Do I get into the next playtest?

[proven kernel]

There is not another stated playtest right now. Generally you had to of signed up for the initial alpha back in April, and then pray you’re selected.

[lethal sphinx]

RIP ☠️

[tawny fable]

I heard that it will be released in March 2026, Is it true??

[leaden bough]

The world may never know.

[wild cave]

I wonder how much they can actually change between their announcement and March 2026

(hopefully not a hero shooter imo)

[misty garnet]

I think theyre doubling down on the hero shooter stuff. I think the biggest concern should be aim assist adjustments. Unfair gunplay will make or break player retention

[sacred agate]

I take it you haven’t played

[wild cave]

i have not

[idle cave]

The entire gameplay loop is around your hero class. Buttt. Im not sure I'd call it a hero class. I mean. Im kinda nitpicking terms. I just think hero class like. Valorant or overwatch. Where theres a bunch of classes, some are overlapping use. This is. 4 classes. All pretty unique with almost 0 overlap. I haven't played either, but the early testing was 3? 4? Classes. And am extra one was allegedly just added this past play test

In other words. You should 100% expect a class based game similar to destiny

[sacred agate]

Overwatch is a hero shooter, valorant is closer to a hero shooter than this

Rainbow 6, BO3, BO4 have similar class systems to this but in Marathon there is more variation in movement abilities than these games

[idle cave]

Yea. I dont realllllyyyy know what "hero" really refers to. Like I said, I dont really like classifying marathon as a hero class type game cuz. Even though I dont have a description of what that is, I still know marathon ain't that lol

[sacred agate]

Id just call this a specialist game

[idle cave]

Its an rpg shooter lol

[sacred agate]

But hero shooter is the label, that’s what gets the clicks and engagement

[wet river]

I really hope the game is solid

I was one of those people who were super hyped for Infinite (mostly cus I loved 5) and I can't handle that again 😭

[proud glade]

how is @proud glade allowed in the server ?

[upper storm]

check it out im in the house like @proud glade

[agile mason]

wait arent you ...

[rigid oriole]

bungie devs read this chat?

[sacred agate]

Pretty sure they pop up from time to time

[rigid oriole]

THEN READ THE FUCKING DESTINY 2 FORUMS

[sacred agate]

[rigid oriole]

sorry I had to

seems nobody is listening there

[hot rose]

read what again?

[clever bluff]

Darstimy

[cosmic zinc]

D2 brain drain is real af

seems like only competent people left on D2 side are the narrative team and whoever makes the trailers

[latent tundra]

Hello, I just heard there offering people gift cards to beta test is this true? And if so is it to late to sign up?

[karmic sable]

It has already started and I believe they chose people who were chosen for the first Alpha back in April

[latent tundra]

Ohhhh okay, thank you

https://tenor.com/view/curses-mojojojo-the-powerpuff-girls-monkey-evil-monkey-gif-15769053

Welp they don't work lol

[weary tapir]

when does game come out

[karmic sable]

Before end of March 2026, as they want to release it before Fiscal Year 2025 ends

[weary tapir]

ok ty

[latent tundra]

That's really soon

[karmic sable]

This Fall they will make a new big community update and announce the new release date

[grizzled haven]

Any more chances to playtest before launch ?

[karmic sable]

If you were in the Alpha back in April, possibly yes

The closed playtests are only happening to people who was in the April alpha

And even with that there is no guarantee as the selection for it is complete random

[obsidian plover]

Yawn

Good morning

[fervent walrus]

Don't listen to its lies.

[weary hamlet]

At least we know the game will get a good influx of players at launch because everyone wants to see how bad the game truly is, nobody wants to miss out on trying out the next concord cause they probably missed concord😆

[mint flume]

Guys, please tell me how I can access the alpha test?

[kindred vigil]

Stop horsing around

[unborn badger]

if we missed concord we woulda played the revival project and not be here silly 😹 ✌️

[cursive perch]

you can my friend

[cursive perch]

I hate the fact Concord failed

[misty garnet]

IVE PLAYED THESE GAMES BEFORE

[unborn badger]

the game wasn't even like complete dogshit everybody on the team's just incompetent 😭

but noooOOOOOOOOooooooooo DEI woke characters...

[misty garnet]

I mean the budget was what killed it

[unborn badger]

well ig not everybody it's more like near-zero product promotion and budget

[misty garnet]

Genuinely there was no freaking way that game was gonna turn a profit, it still would have died. It just wasn't sustainable, especially in an such a saturated genre

[deep lantern]

points to playtest leaks

games not dead, you’re just not keeping an eye peeled on it

[kindred vigil]

Peeled eyes sound gross

[misty garnet]

It had an entire spotlight in a State of play, multiple animated shorts, a slot in a TV show, its own controller, and had been trending for months online

[unborn badger]

are you saying you peel your eyes...

[misty garnet]

People genuinely did not want to play it

[deep lantern]

with my specialized eye peeler, yes

[misty garnet]

Banana eyes

[unborn badger]

gone bananas 🤪 ✌️

[kindred vigil]

if this is about concord it's because it just looked like a boring non copy right movie game in the background

[deep lantern]

https://thegamepost.com/marathon-nda-playtest-3-leak-reveals-new-details/
read, people, read

[kindred vigil]

ur about to get sniped 😂✌️

[unborn badger]

oh butaneeeeeeeee

[deep lantern]

oh well.

[misty garnet]

Precisely my point i was going with

[deep lantern]

compare that of course to the concept art of concord, they just butchered the artstyle completely

[misty garnet]

Anyway tldr. Concord didnt fail cause of "fooken prownouns", it died from lack of interest and inflated budget

[unborn badger]

didn't help that it's a brand new studio either

[halcyon fox]

how are they selecting people is there no where wyou can show more interest to join tests?

[unborn badger]

had to be in the first alpha

[kindred vigil]

if I'm not interested in a game it tends to die #noticing

[halcyon fox]

I was int he first alpha i played 80 hours

[kindred vigil]

Check ur email to see if u had any

[halcyon fox]

again, i played 80 hours first alpha i was in

[unborn badger]

get lucky 😹 ✌️

[kindred vigil]

if you don't see no email then u didn't get lucky

[halcyon fox]

nah i didnt get. when everyone went to play arc raiders i was playing both still

[kindred vigil]

Mildly so....

[misty garnet]

Superman is one of the most profitable movies of the year and is woke af. Deltarune is a highly successful franchise with its main protagonist being non binary, and their best friends a lesbian. Yall are ignoring the "third variable" to try to skew your message

[halcyon fox]

I am interested, i actually enjoyed the firts alpha and i want to do more

[unborn badger]

that was a joke 😭

[misty garnet]

Now when you can give a comprehensive argument, please, talk to me.

[deep lantern]

tab is being sarcastic, but i applaud your argumentative skills

[unborn badger]

ragebait successful ig lmao

[misty garnet]

Oh, my bad. I've delt with far too many of the real kind of weirdos, so reflex kicked in 💀

[unborn badger]

gang we literally have a trans woman as a mod and we fw her

[halcyon fox]

superman was succesful because people are thirsty for some superhero movies

the movie was terrible, mr terrific carried

[misty garnet]

Thanks, im a com major. Literacy is my passion

[unborn badger]

😭 😭

[kindred vigil]

Baites by tabscent 💔

[unborn badger]

tabby is an ORPHAN...

[misty garnet]

Who tf is named M?

[kindred vigil]

M for mysterious

[halcyon fox]

M-ods

[unborn badger]

M for moe 🤭

[kindred vigil]

-1

[unborn badger]

stfu neeyth!

fat ass hamster...

he's so fat why won't he get a job

[misty garnet]

Anyway ive had enough discussions about Concord that it triggers my fight or flight response everytime its mentioned. Gameplay felt good in the beta though, so at least I have that

[deep lantern]

Wheatley im going to shoot you into the moon

[misty garnet]

NOOOOO

[unborn badger]

but what about the room where they won't stop screaming

[kindred vigil]

the room with rats....

[unborn badger]

no the screamroom...

[weary hamlet]

Concord was pure and utter dogshit

And no, its not because "muh dei" bs grifters say, it was a horrible game

I doubt marathon is bad like that, marathon is just insanely bland and forgettable

[wooden fjord]

It is?

[unborn badger]

you remembered to talk here so idk 🤭

[wooden fjord]

Weird to have such a dedicated community when it's "bland and forgettable"

[kindred vigil]

nah man it's pretty bland and forgettable there's dull colours and that's bland 🙄

[wooden fjord]

I always dismiss everyone's opinion when they don't have alpha testing role (in a nice way)

Or they're named Neeyth

[kindred vigil]

💔neeythating

[unborn badger]

neeythmaxxing and it's just being a hater 💔

[wooden fjord]

If Neeyth has a million haters, I am one of them. If Neeyth has one hater, then it is me. If Neeyth has no haters, I'm no longer alive. If the world loves Neeyth, then I am against the world.

[weary hamlet]

It doesnt, marathon is the laughing stock of the industry

Its a dead on arrival game and thats a factual statement

[rich solstice]

More like opinion

[obsidian plover]

Your e-pinion sucks. NGL.

There's nothing factual there, and you are speaking to things which you know of not.

The leave server button is very easy to find.

[glad fern]

Will you try the game when it drops?
How about letting the game speak for itself instead of you speaking on something you know nothing about.

[karmic sable]

I missed these baits man

[weary hamlet]

Not an opinion, when the entire gaming community agrees, its truth

[weary hamlet]

Ehh yeah, i like playing these disaster games and bungie deserves its downfall

[obsidian plover]

You are not the entire gaming community.

[karmic sable]

Also lets not forget that people still think that the April Alpha is how the game will come out, while both the devs AND content creators constantly said that its the barebones version of the game that is still in development

[peak prairie]

Entire? I didn't know that I thought this...

[weary hamlet]

Yeah? Im not, but the game is universally agreed to look like dogshit. It isnt just my opinion.

[peak prairie]

Universally?

Ya know what. Entertaining this sort of thing is not worth our time and attention

[karmic sable]

Universally? You mean armchair devs and ragebaiting accounts on Twitter?

[glad fern]

COD streamers basically

[wooden fjord]

Yeah idk, usually best to just ignore the weird trolls with nothing better to do

[peak prairie]

"Ya know what. Entertaining this sort of thing is not worth our time and attention"

[weary hamlet]

Do you guys live under a rock? This discord is literally the only place on the internet where people dont just shit on the game

Marathon is LITERALLY the next concord/suicide squad, a game everyone comes together to shit on

And man bungie deserves it, post halo 3 bungie is the worst garbae company in gaming

I get that some people have invested hundreds of cash and hundreds of hours to destiny 2 so they have to blindly love their next game, but man, look at reality, marathon is a joke and a dead on arrival game.

[peak prairie]

Can you record yourself saying this and put it over a noise rock backing track

[weary tapir]

does anyone know if they took out the aimbot in the game?

[trim shuttle]

i believe you are incorrect. It is not visually "dogshit". the only people who are complaining what it looks like are CoD only players and Arc Fanbois . Their opinion isn't worth the data used to transmit it. If you are so against the game, why bother hanging out in the discord dedicated to the game and development? Also, you haven't even played any of the recent (6 months) of alphas , so your opinion is as important as the homeless guys stock picks.

[weary hamlet]

Its not cod players though, its everyone on the internet universally

Like genuinely EVERY COMMUNITY thinks the game is a joke

Which is why it was delayed, they know its DOA

[peak prairie]

Then don't drag our mood down too

[karmic sable]

Yes they did, all the way back in the Week 2 of the April Alpha

[wooden fjord]

Shrug, I see people randomly mention being excited. The only reason it's so widely hated is because nobody knows anything about it except what clickbait sensationalist streamers have said. If you want to be a blind hater for no reason, then all the power to you I guess. Why be such a miserable person and try to bring others down though?

[kindred vigil]

whats happeni

[peak prairie]

Being miserable gets reactions, and by extension more & more attention. Best thing to do is ignore it, or not take them seriously

[wooden fjord]

Random troll, nothing new

[wooden fjord]

Yeah I just like to ask why they're so miserable to see what they say, after that I don't engage any more

[karmic sable]

There is also something to consider. A lot of people still don’t know why they delayed the game, while if they looked for it they would find it out instantly

They just know that Bungie just delayed it

If they even just read the latest post on #marathon-news they would know

[peak prairie]

The increasingly worse cycle of isolationism, public nihilism, depression of positivity and a self fullfilling cycles of bad actors giving attention then gaining more attention. People seeing that attentiontion in their loneeliness repeat it and the cycle continues. And social media begetting more likes through hate than love. A lack of humanism is destroying out society

[drifting skiff]

Whine the script and put it over sad guitar, midwest boy

[peak prairie]

I fw this

[wooden fjord]

I love the Midwest emo memes. Scooter guy will forever live in our hearts

[peak prairie]

God I wish I liked it more. I kinda became disillusioned with it once I stopped playing it live. Once you play 3 of those songs you've played em all.

[wooden fjord]

Noooo don't say that, I love it with my heart and soul. Some of my best memories are from hanging out at random garage gigs with local bands

[peak prairie]

Maybe it just comes with being a drummer

[wooden fjord]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn0vlJMkMLo

[peak prairie]

Once I stopped writing the songs it got hard to connect

[wooden fjord]

I still wonder if the original video was real or just staged, but either way it's amazing

[peak prairie]

I hope it's not staged

[sour cairn]

hiiii liason hiiiiiii

[drifting skiff]

Hiiiii!!

[sour cairn]

awawaaaa gf is back in town!!!

[drifting skiff]

Hey I was/am a drummer!

[sour cairn]

my 2 weeks of purgatory will conclude soon

[peak prairie]

Astrophysics? Yoooo. Good taste

[drifting skiff]

HUGE!! GF TIME!!

[sour cairn]

you are my favorite person here now.

[peak prairie]

I had Soft Goth on loop for weeks when it came out. It was so good

[proven kernel]

Morning!

I’m happy

[sour cairn]

love that song, probably not the best to listen to when im feeling down but that doesnt stop me

[wooden fjord]

Well I'm happy you're happy!!!

[sour cairn]

what happened boss

[peak prairie]

That's how it is with Lobotomy to me

[proven kernel]

I’ll tell ya in a bit.

[sour cairn]

i really like cute & sad and karoshi rn

empty servers is great too ive been binging cute tragedies

[peak prairie]

Ooh ok ok i can get with that

[peak prairie]

Mate I love Empty Servers. I play along to that one all the time

[drifting skiff]

Also I got curious and just checked what the sentiment online for Marathon is: nobody is fucking talking about it

Not "everybody hates it" just nobody's posting about it

[wooden fjord]

Yeah pretty much

[karmic sable]

Nobody is currently talking about it because there is no public info from Bungie coming

[sour cairn]

big

[karmic sable]

Besides some closed testing announcements being leaked

[drifting skiff]

Yeah, but he's acting like everybody ever hates it. There's just no buzz because there's no news

[wooden fjord]

I do legitimately see random people say "I'm excited for Marathon it looks like something different for extraction shooters" but maybe it's just one of us regurgitating our echo chamber of positivity

[karmic sable]

Most extraction shooter fan friends I have were interested and still waiting for it

[peak prairie]

I still listen to the music when I'm doing class work. A fraction of it is still in the public mind

[karmic sable]

I streamed the April gameplay to them, they know its barebones and they want some improvements. They ask me monthly to see if there is any news about it

[wooden fjord]

I listen to the OG Marathon soundtrack pretty often, Swirls will always have a special place in my heart

Good for putting on loop and just staring up at the night sky

[peak prairie]

I'm personally a fan if Rushing after playing the game

[drifting skiff]

Yeah most people I know are excited for it, though especially Byf's coverage of "the whole art style being lifted from antireal" didn't help the situation

[peak prairie]

"The whole art style" was wild

[empty heart]

So many people went with that

[glad fern]

Whoever started that needs to have a lesson in art history lol

[wooden fjord]

And that's my point, literally 95% of the negative discourse is from people that know nothing and blindly regurgitate streamers/YouTubers whose entire sole income comes from getting as many clicks as possible

[peak prairie]

Seriously. And I was following a bunch of the artists art stations previously. All the art team deserves praise

[empty heart]

Concord 2 bro

[peak prairie]

Anyone noticed that with Byf btw? He's changed in the last 3 or so years. Has anyone else noticed that? The pessimism shines through, even in the lore readings

[wooden fjord]

Now it's just going to become a self-fulfilling prophecy 😔

[karmic sable]

Yea. The Behind the Scenes drama is totally fucked

[empty heart]

I think he's miserable deep inside. The Destiny lore has been retconned so many times and Byf "has" to pretend it's all good for the sake of his channel

[peak prairie]

Time will tell, but the negative power of anything Bungie related is very strong

[karmic sable]

Atleast somehow we are over that drama

[empty heart]

Byf accepted a sponsorship from EA to cover all the lore of Dragon Age before Dragon Age: The Veilguard came out lol

[peak prairie]

Even I, as someone who wants to give Bungie the benefit of the doubt has to admit that they shoot their foot more often than the target currently.

[karmic sable]

Yea

[peak prairie]

A lot of the Destiny youtubers saw that they were strapped on a ship that wasn't filling with water per se, nut more so a ship with loose rigging and no helmsman

[empty heart]

It's really concerning with Marathon

[peak prairie]

I really hope that things like Dattos second channel grow more. Cause his Deadlock and Slauy the Spire stuffs great. He's just a good entertainer in general.

[empty heart]

They have the chance to start over pretty much, but they also had that with Destiny multiple times and they kept screwing it up

[karmic sable]

The thing is, Sony also needs Marathon to ve successful. Because their first party MP games aren’t doing good. Concord failed, Fairgame$ is struggling in its testing and they cancelled many online games that were in development

They also ruined their reputation on Helldivers 2 with the PSN incident

[empty heart]

Sony is fine with Helldivers 2

[karmic sable]

But its not their first party game

[sour cairn]

the only live service success of sony is helldivers but they also dont own the studio, only the IP

[peak prairie]

Oh yeah even after this long they're still feeling some falloit from that which is crazy

[karmic sable]

They dont own Arrowhead

[sour cairn]

its a first party game but its not made by a sony studio

[wooden fjord]

Sony isn't, they're still seen in negative light. Helldivers 2 is doing great though

[empty heart]

It's not like Sony had that many live service games out

[wooden fjord]

But either way, since Helldivers 2 is doing so well it will encourage them to keep supporting live service titles

[karmic sable]

They need Marathon to actually be successful to have some sort of first party claim in the Multiplayer space

[peak prairie]

Remember when the destiny fanbase was saying that things will be better under Sony? And how tons of people just forgot that Sony aint no better

[empty heart]

Sony definitely doesn't want another Concord situation, I'm confident in Marathon being a decent success

[karmic sable]

Yea. from what I heard, and I can’t confirm this, they appareantly increased resources and budget for Marathon

[wooden fjord]

They just need to find a way to flip online discourse somehow, not sure how that will be possible though. Ideally they'd make everything in-game free and have zero microtransactions, because if this game releases with a paid battle pass and shop after all the controversy AND a $40 price tag, it will not be well received

[peak prairie]

You would think. But Helldivers came in at a unqiue time as the answer to what people wanted. I don't think it can be replicated. Same with BF6.
But Sony striving to copy that will ignore the point, just looking at the profit comparison.

[karmic sable]

They can flip the discourse with a proper reveal this time and an open beta for everyone to play

[wooden fjord]

Fingers crossed, I really hope so

[karmic sable]

And that reveal must show what’s changed between the first reveal and the current one

[wooden fjord]

I've heard whisperings of changes and I'm really excited to see how much it's changed since I last played

[peak prairie]

Like I always say. Here's to hoping.
Marathon please be amazing

[empty heart]

The next trailer needs to be a banger. I would love a good cosmetic system, they can just copy Helldivers 2

[wooden fjord]

If they just straight up copy and paste HD2 monetization then I'll be in love

Easily farmable premium currency? Yes please

[peak prairie]

Watch this, Sony is going to try and patent the gameplay loop of Helldivers

[karmic sable]

I don’t think they can because its ArrowHead’s property

[peak prairie]

I did say try

[upper storm]

The year is 2025. Mario games cost $80 and a AAA multiplayer game from Bungie is getting flak for costing $40

[wooden fjord]

Mario games don't have microtransaction stores or paid battle passes though.... I don't think

[empty heart]

Don't worry, we complain about the $80 too

[karmic sable]

They totally can if Nintendo gaslights their Japanese fanbase to thinking its fine

[obsidian plover]

Cool. You're wrong!

Tabby Kart Tour

[weary hamlet]

Im not, its quite literally a factual statement

[obsidian plover]

Zero facts present on your side.

Probably.

[upper storm]

I disagree therefore it's not universal. epically owned with Facts and Logic

[obsidian plover]

Bruh saw 7 youtube comments, heard someone crying in VC, and read a clever op-ed in some reddit dungeon and thinks he's KnOwS ThE InDuStRy.

[trim shuttle]

especially with the upcoming collab with Halo ODST

[obsidian plover]

prodragonslayer

prodragonslayer i also like your name prodragonslayer that's awesome

[kindred vigil]

tuff name @trim shuttle

[obsidian plover]

or do you just slay pros like a dragon

[empty heart]

Exactly, Helldivers is back on the menu

[obsidian plover]

I am the fruits of silly.

[gleaming bough]

🐟

[trim shuttle]

there is a story behind that. but for that, youll have to tune in haha

People know me. Not a lot. but some

[kindred vigil]

ur so cool

[kindred vigil]

that warmind quest ain't a warmid exotic btw lil pup ✌️😂

[gleaming bough]

The fault lies with you

[kindred vigil]

it's actually smth lowkey cooler

[sour cairn]

lil pup

[wooden fjord]

This already dropped weeks ago

It's sick as hell

[trim shuttle]

i saw the promos, but i haven't played HD2 in a while. Good to know it dropped, and maybe I will boot it up. I have been playing Delta on console and finishing up Hollow Knights first time playthrough

[sour cairn]

Deltarune

[drifting skiff]

That's like... a tautologic argument. Hell yeah

[vast birch]

When will this game be available to play?

[karmic sable]

We expect an open beta this fall/winter and they plan to release it before end of March 2026(they want it out before Fiscal Year 2025 ends)

[shy flame]

Lonely at work. Lonely at home. Lonely at gym. Lonely on phone.

[shy flame]

"Her writing is this fire???"

[upper storm]

Immanuel Kant clawing his way out of the grave rn to swerve on the Marathon haters

[drifting skiff]

I normally hate Kant but I love telling people that what they're saying is tautologically necessary as a bit

[vast birch]

On Marathon's official website, if you switch the language to Chinese, it will show that this game will be released on September 24, 2025.

[drifting skiff]

🧠

[vast birch]

Is this because the official team hasn’t had time to update this outdated information, or is it genuine? After all, this information isn’t visible on the English interface.

[drifting skiff]

they pushed it back from september 23rd to september 25th

[drifting skiff]

#marathon-news message did u read this

[vast birch]

So it's just that the official team hasn't had time to update the Chinese - language information on the official website.

[drifting skiff]

most likely. the english version still says "join the discord to join playtesting" it's just kinda on lockdown

[vast birch]

I really can't wait to play this game.

[trim shuttle]

I am sad I wasn't a part of the month long test going on 🙁

3 day tests are so quick

[drifting skiff]

they really are, though the 3 day did scratch that itch for me

back to touching grass

[proven kernel]

I want more...

[upper storm]

😔 kant is ok i think

critique of judgment was fun

[drifting skiff]

I mostly learned about him through ethics and Kantianism is why people are pacifists and I think they're dumb

[upper storm]

yeah the categorical imperative is wack

his art stuff is cool tho. gonna shut down the next hater by letting them know they are incapable of perceiving the Beautiful or the Sublime as a result of their poor Taste

[obsidian plover]

more grass?

[proven kernel]

I mean, I already went for a jog this morning.

I had grass then.

[misty garnet]

I just got a notification saying I was unmuted, did something happen while I was gone or what 💀

Wait was it over the Portal refrence lmao!?

[obsidian plover]

Did you just stop by and graze a little bit?

[proven kernel]

Nah, I'm actually allergic... so...

https://tenor.com/view/upisnotjump-grass-gif-734070806075104823

[obsidian plover]

[jagged shard]

Where is a good place to see updates? Ever since the big controversy I stopped paying attention, but I still really liked the game and want to follow it

[hearty sail]

Nothing happening

[jagged shard]

Damn, silence eh? Oh well

[hearty sail]

Its a 50/50 on if Sony doesn't just give up and pull the plug

[karmic sable]

#marathon-news

[jagged shard]

RIP 😔

[karmic sable]

They can’t, they need a win in Multiplayer First Party games

Also they wouldn’t pull the plug if they made the devs go back to the white board to change aspects of the game

[obsidian plover]

#marathon-news

[hearty sail]

Well, its still a 50/50, either they do or they don't. Plus Helldivers 2 was the only success of the numerous attempts and every other either flopped, got canned, or isn't looked upon favorably by the public

[karmic sable]

Sony doesn’t have a successful first party game yet, Helldivers 2 is technically third party because Sony only backs ArrowHead, they dont own Arrowhead

[hearty sail]

True enough, though it doesn't entirely mean Sony is completely all in

[proven kernel]

I love how its a 50/50 when they've been doing monthly playtests and a 30 day player research study right now.

[karmic sable]

That’s also true, but we all know Sony

They need to get the win

Concord failed, Fairgame$ is struggling apparently, they cancelled many online games

And appareantly they increased resources and budget for Marathon dev team but I have nothing to confirm this

[hearty sail]

As I said, they either do or dont so its basically a 50/50

[proven kernel]

So Schrodinger's game, got it.

[karmic sable]

So by that logic every game is 50/50 on being cancelled or not

[hearty sail]

The problem is they're focused on "getting a win" and not what they need to do to get a win. The other games failed for a reason, Concord wasn't a bad game it was just boring and didn't appeal to anyone. Fairgame$ just doesn't strike as anything different and Marathon isnt seen in much a different light by people

[hearty sail]

Like gambling, its always a 50/50 so go all in

[proven kernel]

That's not how it works....

[hearty sail]

I don't think you're a gambling addict

[jagged shard]

What’s the pull rate for a SSR 5 star game?

[proven kernel]

Very much not so.

[proven kernel]

0.008%

[jagged shard]

Looks like I gotta bust out da savings again 😔

[willow violet]

Thats, frankly, for bungie to figure out

sony can give bungie resources but they cant just will a win into place

[jagged shard]

You can only throw so much money at a problem looks at Microsoft and Intel

[willow violet]

I mean it believing in bungies ability to make a good game and funding it is honestly their best bet

[hearty sail]

Moreso what im speaking too is Sony's approval of ideas, but you're also right on that. Unfortunately past Bungie CEO hasn't exactly been invigorating faith. Plus it's not just about making a good game, by all reports Concord wasn't a bad game, it just didn't have anything interesting about it. You also have to make a game people want to play

[karmic sable]

And I have a schizo theory. Maybe the state of Destiny 2 is not good because they are pulling more devs to actually polish Marathon and make it a good fame

[jagged shard]

I have hope for bungie. May be copium, but I did enjoy Destiny for a long time. As of this moment though, it’s up to them to get their leadership together and actually pick up the pieces from the mess

[jagged shard]

I subscribe to this theory tbh

[jagged shard]

Marketing baby, it can make or break games

[karmic sable]

The schizo theory that would make Destiny 2 players mald

[hearty sail]

Not that schizo, Marathon is the only thing keeping them from being "the Destiny people"

[willow violet]

Ceos dont direct games or make all of the mini decisions to lead to bad game states. I wouldn't use ceos as an indication of studio or game quality.

[willow violet]

Destiny is one of the most polished and fun fps experiences ever. I think a lot of people forget that bexause they cant make grinding for 6000 hours fun anymore.

[jagged shard]

CEOs can set the tone for a company though, and their leadership is what drives them. Bad leadership can rot studios from the top down

[jagged shard]

I had my time with it, so I’m looking forward to a new bungie product. That’s why I’m hoping marathon can bounce back

[hearty sail]

They dont micro direct, no. They do have an impact on company culture and the way its run at large which can impact those down the chain and incentize certain actions that result in a negative end product. But that was also the prior CEO, not current leadership which can help steer in a better direction. Similar happened to 343 with Halo about a year or so ago

[karmic sable]

I mean we already know a portion of Destiny 2’s PvP dev team have been moved to Marathon early in development to make the game

It would make sense if they also transferred some of the other devs to Marathon to make the game better and release in better shape

[hearty sail]

It isnt uncommon for devs to be pulled from one game to a new one

[karmic sable]

That’s also true

Its not uncommon

[willow violet]

Fair enough. I also think the ceo is the best person to blame because theyre frankly paid to take it.

[hearty sail]

That too. Plus the previous one kinda sucked, iirc he bought a bunch of cars and laid off people then dipped.

[karmic sable]

I have heard that the new CEO learned from his “overdeliver” comment but since I’m not a huge D2 fan I don’t know if its true

[willow violet]

Im gonna be honest, I dont think the cars thing is bad. If youre into cars that's what youre gonna spend your money on.

[jagged shard]

Wasn’t it a rumor that a lot of the top brass in bungie was waiting for some contract to let up before they take a hearty chunk of cash and bounce?

[karmic sable]

The cars itself wasn’t the problem. The problem was that Pete buying and announcing that he bought new cars at the same time as Bungie announcing layoffs

[willow violet]

Yea, that was a little crazy. Especially since it was the wider game industry turbo hell layoffs

[obsidian plover]

I need a nap

[karmic sable]

It does look horrible when you are laid off from your work and you check your phone seeing your boss bought new cars

[sour cairn]

the overdelivery talk was never bad

[willow violet]

^

[sour cairn]

it was just misunderstood horrendously

[willow violet]

why wouldnt we want them to overdelivery lol

[karmic sable]

Im not a D2 fan(playing on and off sometimes), so I dont know a lot about the new CEO

[sour cairn]

it was about overdelivering in content output that was unsustainable for development timelines

the talk was at GDC, game dev conference convention

the d2 community instead understood it as BUNGIE HATES US AND WANTS US TO DIE

[willow violet]

I think overdrlivery was bad phrasing. I think the onus was somewhat on the speaker

[sour cairn]

instead of a talk about how overworking employees=bad

[willow violet]

overdelivering is a generally a positive phrase. I think there were better ways to put that

[karmic sable]

I just hope the new CEO actually can lead the company to a better state with both D2 and Marathon thriving

OK I see Marathon Bulletin is just posting worm emoji

[karmic sable]

I bet they saw something but can’t speak

Or else Bungie will shoot them

[jagged shard]

One of those worms must feel good as fuck to bite down on. Chew toy.

[sour cairn]

doubt it

bungie fan news accounts just engagement bait every here and there

[karmic sable]

There is that chance aswell

[kindred vigil]

🪱

[karmic sable]

But they did it twice. Once yesterday and not today

[cobalt rover]

Datamined stuff suggested models for them though so maybe something from that?

[karmic sable]

So unless its a very bad engagement bait, I might think something else

[sour cairn]

even hinting that they know something would be a no-go for someone their size

[kindred vigil]

They might just be randomly posting they have a xeet that just says "marathon"

[karmic sable]

Could be

I hope they post a new Vidoc to atleast show us the progress happening

[kindred vigil]

which will probably be this fall who knows

I just hope the best for both games, cuz Bungie is kinda at critical levels

At least destiny rising is doing fine but they don't get money from that game I don't think

reaaaaallly doesn't help their public reputation when a mobile game studio is treating their game a bit better than the console version

(than again it's not being built on a ten year old engine + also it's a shiny new game, and they haven't made promises that keep being broken yet)

[quasi sandal]

Man i just cant see urara, i get instantly sad

[obsidian plover]

Why

[kindred vigil]

the real urara is dead to which is my PFP the horse of

[karmic sable]

Its also NetEase which has a reputation of that

[kindred vigil]

yeah but people quickly forget about "muh tencent" "muh netease" "muh miyhoyo" when the game is pretty fun 😂✌️

like people just removing all their skeptical about EA and saying they're gonna cook and doing a complete 180 cause of one good game beta

I hate to be that skeptical wannabe and "stop having fun" guy but we gotta realize how some of these studios/companies treat their games before

[rigid oriole]

I know this is a Marathon Discord, but seriously... Bungie has consistently shown a shocking level of incompetence with destiny 2. Expect the same kind of treatment with Marathon. FUCK BUNGIE

[hearty sail]

Certainly, sure. The issue is company needs to save money so your boss lets you go so he can buy what he wants

[karmic sable]

I mean what you say is correct. Their handling on Destiny 2 is not good recently. One of my schizo theories is that they transferred more devs from D2 to Marathon to improve the game like they said.

[kindred vigil]

I'll give Bungie a slight pass w marathon, since completely different dev teams and a new CEO to boot, so I'm waiting to see how that will all go, but I'm still being highly skeptical, I was gonna even buy eof when ash and iron released but now I'm not even sure if I wanna buy the dlc anymore or renegades

[daring musk]

Isn’t the new ceo the under deliver guy

[kindred vigil]

ja

[daring musk]

Bungie is cooked

[kindred vigil]

he might've changed his opinion since then, I unno

[karmic sable]

We literally just talked about this like 15 minutes or so ago

[kindred vigil]

if other people are done with this company more power to them, I'm just being a lil stupid holding out more hope but buying less product does make a game studio change so..

[daring musk]

Mb I have a job so I don’t sit and scroll back to see prior messages

[crude bronze]

lets be real we are on discord none of our times are worth that much

[daring musk]

It’s not even a “muh game company bad” thing it’s more of a “we should really be holding the people who we fork 40-100$ per major release over to accountable”

[daring musk]

Speak for yourself

[crude bronze]

brother you have a crunchyroll account im speaking about you too

😭

[kindred vigil]

yeah as I said more power to the people who are holding them accountable as they should be I'm saying I'm personally stupid for having a bit more hope for this company, but nevertheless they're seriously destroying a lot of damn good will with people, fans, non-fans, their content creators, I'm very unsure if marathon is the lightning in the bottle or if renegades will somehow release in a better state warranted the 40$

[stable lark]

The new Destiny 2 stuff is great actually 👍

[daring musk]

This guy when you can have a hobby and respect yourself at the same time 🤡

[daring musk]

I agree to an extent, I think leveling is horrible but like overall this update added fun stuff even if it’s not the best ever

[quaint bay]

you tell em

[karmic sable]

Honestly as long as they keep what made the April alpha good, improve the rest and added stuff people wanted majorly and keep the assumed 40$ price tag I can’t see how Marathon can be a fumble

[kindred vigil]

Incompetence and mismanagement as been historically shown with Bungie since halo

[quaint bay]

:/

[crude bronze]

crazy sentence from someone who has world of warcraft AND league of legends in their recently played

[quaint bay]

daaaang

[kindred vigil]

.....💔

[crude bronze]

i love league but i ain't coping about respecting myself while i play it

[quaint bay]

^^^^

fax

[kindred vigil]

I play destiny 2 still and Warframe and now some destiny gacha my time is not respected ✌️😂

[tame silo]

God you mean that d2 mobile game?

[kindred vigil]

yeeup it's pretty fun to me

[tame silo]

Bro I can't that shit looks like ass to me I'm sorry

[kindred vigil]

it's okay we all got our likings and dislikes

But if I could ass why doesn't it not look good to you?

or just not a fan of the gacha genre (cuz me neither I'm surprised I'm even as hooked on it)

[quaint bay]

i wouldnt play but the game has appeal for sure

[tame silo]

What's it actually like? Haven't played any, it just looks like it would control and perform badly on my phone

[proud glade]

Oh god what happened
Discord updated and now everything is BAD

[quaint bay]

a lot of people run it on pc and play it

[kindred vigil]

it's well, destiny on mobile literally

you can play it on PC with emulator, though it plays smooth and fine for me on my phone, depends how big ur screen is

It performs smoothly and plays just as destiny would

just quite obvious differences if you've played destiny 2, e.g no engram drops, you only get loot after an activity

And the characters...being an gacha, and you can only use 2 weapons type per character and stuff like that

Pinnacle energy cap and whatnot

[tame silo]

I've got a pretty old phone, also all of this begs the question of why I wouldn't just go play destiny 2, I haven't even finished all the dlc I have for that game

[kindred vigil]

well id suggest anyone to play the actual console game before the mobile game, it's a better experience

But you can play rising on the computer

[daring musk]

Bro thinks a game defines your self worth

Therapy NOW

[crude bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/disintegrating-funny-thanos-gif-22399978

[kindred vigil]

it cost to muc 😢

[crude bronze]

league is free

[quaint bay]

skins

[kindred vigil]

alright bro said therapy not asylum

[quaint bay]

skins arent optional on league

[kindred vigil]

what's the point of buying league skins when ur character is a size of a pea 🫛 whenever y actually play the game

[quaint bay]

skins = wins

[proud glade]

i dont play league i wouldnt know

[proven kernel]

I play video games

[kindred vigil]

actually I'm a dumbass what's the point of me buying skins in a 1st person game #hypocrite

[quaint bay]

skins are p2w in league

aura factor

[kindred vigil]

that's a very controversial opinion at this time .

[proven kernel]

I know. But that’s how I live.

[kindred vigil]

I....I play single player games . . . . . . .

[agile mason]

you wouldn’t get it 🙄

[kindred vigil]

I don't ever wanna Brandon irelia silver IV

[agile mason]

let’s change that (I’m literally the devil)

[agile mason]

what the helly vro!!!
BRONZE GET IT RIGHT

[proud glade]

no

[kindred vigil]

u went LOWER??

[agile mason]

damn you passed the test

[agile mason]

no iron is the lowest

[kindred vigil]

get platinum rank by the end of the year

[agile mason]

I don’t got time 😭

[shy flame]

Its so joever. Seeing the new d2 season just deleted my hope for Marathon (2026)

[proven kernel]

I’m sorry

[tepid bane]

No.

[proven kernel]

mb

[tepid bane]

Marathon.

[proven kernel]

26.2 miles?

I’m not there yet. I’ve only gone 4.2 miles so far today.

[quaint bay]

good for you

im proud of you

[proven kernel]

Today is such a good day. Thanks.

[quaint bay]

i hope it gets even better

[proven kernel]

Same!

[quaint bay]

the sky is the limit

[agile mason]

that’s awesome sauce

[drifting skiff]

I want there to be a single player option for marathon

Not a solos mode, but single player

[shy flame]

It always makes me happier to see others having a good day. Thanks Buttane

Can anyone else share their good day and what they're enjoying?

[sour cairn]

chat my injection today sucked

[misty garnet]

Pve focused on exploration and world building would be a stupendous to introduce the game to players

Gets people accustomed with the mechanics and then gives them an option to ease into the online

[drifting skiff]

I got cookies today and the professor I was eyeing for my letter of recommendation said yes

[quick drum]

What's the MCP role about Neeyth? is that the 500$ testing thing?

[shy flame]

Hell yeah, cookies

[random hornet]

Is marathon still being made?

[quick drum]

when is the game coming out Neeyth

[idle cave]

Hmm. Im not against a single player type environment. But, I dont think that if it is to exist, it should revolve around game mechanics. The entire life cycle of the game is going to revolve around extracting. Everything else is purely a tool to extract. A solo pve experience revolved around extraction would probably fall pretty flat, but if it doesnt revolve around extracting, then its not properly introducing mechanics

[idle cave]

Yea, tests every month. Expecting a release date and open beta date this month.

[random hornet]

Okay bet! How can I play beta?

[idle cave]

If you didnt sign up like, 4 months ago, you cant right now. If you did sign up, just pray lol

[random hornet]

I signed up ain May so hopefully😭

[idle cave]

There SHOULD be an open beta, I think peoples expectations is around december/january. But im hoping that date is announced this month

[kindred vigil]

No I'm just in the regular playtests

[random hornet]

Thanks for the update!

[quick drum]

Isn't that the closed alpha role? what's the MCP one aboout?

[idle cave]

So ive heard conflicting things. If you signed up, you can get invited to any of them. But ive also heard that the only people getting selected for the new tests, are those that were in that first alpha. Idk which is true. But ive heard both

[quartz abyss]

ew the day almost just started 😭

[kindred vigil]

The playtests, the nda one, I'm in them

[quick drum]

when is the game coming out already

[wooden fjord]

Straight to jail

[kindred vigil]

I can say I'm in the plAytest just that's all I can say ✌️😂

[quick drum]

with that NCP role with the devs @kindred vigil i consider you responsible with releasing this game

[wooden fjord]

How did YOU get in but I didn't 😔

[shy flame]

I'm on eastern timezone rn, its like 2:15

[wooden fjord]

I'm like #1 Marathon shill

[quick drum]

you don't have the MCP role so that can't be 🙂

[quartz abyss]

ew thats only half over when the 2nd part is bettr 😭

[wooden fjord]

But I'm a Discord mod on one of the biggest Marathon community servers, I'm a pretty Big Deal

😎

[quartz abyss]

ew

[wooden fjord]

Agreed

[kindred vigil]

Ikr

[wooden fjord]

Die

[kindred vigil]

well that's not very nice

[shy flame]

The 2nd part of my day is drive home for an hour while listening to bird podcast and crying, go gym for an hour, do a chore or two, cry and doomscroll, sleep. So I'll take the first half where I'm working anytime

[wooden fjord]

Death sounds cool, you get to eat bacon all day and play Marathon

[quick drum]

what's the crying for?

[kindred vigil]

but what if you die and you can only experience the things that happened at time of death

so you can't play anything in the future....

[plain pond]

I got a dm from some null transmitter but the picture it sent is nothing, anyone else get that?

[shy flame]

It's not worth getting into when everyone is having a nice conversation otherwise rn

[kindred vigil]

Old arg thing discard it

[plain pond]

Gotcha

[quartz abyss]

😭 whats the 1st part

[plain pond]

How hard is it to get a chance at playing? I want to try it so bad

[wooden fjord]

Marathon is already out in heaven 🙏

[kindred vigil]

well you can't have a chance unless you played the og test in April

[wooden fjord]

God just released it last week

[plain pond]

Gotcha okay

Looks really good

[kindred vigil]

tell God to unrelease GTA 6 for the rage bait

[wooden fjord]

Oh yeah he canceled that a while ago

[quartz abyss]

lol

[shy flame]

Wake up, shake violently for 1-2 hours from medication side effect, drive to work for an hour while listening to bird podcast and crying, work my job for a car dealership call center where I just manage a team of people who assist customers with finishing online applications.

[quick drum]

bl4 getting out tomorrow

[kindred vigil]

Itcomesn the 12th it's the 10th

I'd actually play bl4 but I wouldn't pay 70$ for it probably a cool 50

(or just wait when the ultra omega edition is 10$ like per usual with borderland games)

[quick drum]

it going to be a good discount prolly by xmas

[kindred vigil]

better be 1$ ✌️😂

[quick drum]

but 20$ to wait until xmas? no way

[kindred vigil]

yes way I'll wait 3 months for a 20$ new game

[quick drum]

well you're a better human than me

[wooden fjord]

No way it'll be $20

BL3 was only on sale so soon because it sold like shit

The EGS exclusivity was a really stupid idea

[kindred vigil]

really I thought it made millions in its first weeks

[wooden fjord]

Comparatively it sold like half the number of Borderlands 2, and the sales numbers were lacking because of initial EGS exclusivity. The later release on Steam really helped it out

[kindred vigil]

can they do it again so they can sell it at 10 buck

[wooden fjord]

Oh holy fuck lmfao

Epic paid $150,000,000 for the exclusivity deal

That's so shitty lol

[kindred vigil]

LMAOOOOOO

150mill holy they got a bag ✌️

[quick drum]

they got bags from apple for some courtroom drama no?

[drifting skiff]

Also gives a better vector for story

[willow violet]

they went crazy at pax west this year

had a rage room and a big ass demo setup

[kindred vigil]

Rage room??

[cursive perch]

Destiny 2 : 7.1 k concurrent viewers (when Aztecross is live) also a day after a major patch
Escape from Tarkov : 15.6 k concurrent viewers (when no big streamer live)
Apex Legends : 21 k concurrent viewers (when no big streamer live)

BUNGIE I AM BEGGING YOU

Destiny playerbase is dead. Don't copy Destiny

Destiny playerbase is a non-factor. Don't listen to it

[quick drum]

neeyth if this game is bad

its all your fault

[kindred vigil]

They won't , they have said if your into destiny or it's pvp it may not be for you

It's 2 different teams, and I'm sure they'll listen to their specific player base there won't be overlap between 2 games besides probably crossovers as evident with the runner helmet from last year festival of the lost (and a whole emblem)

[cursive perch]

So there is hope, I'm glad

[kindred vigil]

2 of them!

Oh. Sorry, thought we were doing a whole thing....

-# stupid stupid! So stupid ughhhh...!!

[cursive perch]

Who in here is in the playtest ?

[kindred vigil]

try the staring at the ceiling method

[cursive perch]

that's the worst method

self-inflicted negative IQ debuff multiplier

hitting the table is better

you arent deleting brain cells that way

[kindred vigil]

Might delete yo skull tho

[cursive perch]

thats why you dont do it

[kindred vigil]

Mommy look what @cursive perch on the marathon discord server taught me !!

[cursive perch]

you are free to do whatever you want, but you are not free from the consequences

its a paradox

[wooden fjord]

Wow finally some good news being reported

[cursive perch]

link ?

[tribal tartan]

hello :3

[cursive perch]

where is the news ?

radio is fully dead bro

[tribal tartan]

can't deny a truth like that

[proven kernel]

Let’s just not…

[fluid tartan]

how are people able to play marathon? im confused

[proud glade]

oh you joined today you poor soul

[proud glade]

there's a test going on.
before you ask, invites are already closed and you can't apply anymore

[tribal tartan]

lol yup XD

[drifting skiff]

there's closed playtests

[fluid tartan]

fml bro

[obsidian plover]

hmmmm

[drifting skiff]

you'll get to play on launch or maybe on an open beta

[tribal tartan]

oh great , too late ig, meh well maybe next time then🤷

[fluid tartan]

when is launch? ive been under a rock ig

fml x2

[kindred vigil]

full metal alchemist

[zinc ridge]

Dead game?

[kindred vigil]

do u like one piece ur account is very pirate themed

[quartz abyss]

OK NOW I CAN SAY THIS DAY IS AMAZINGGG

[drifting skiff]

I love missiles so much

[shy flame]

Miss i les

[drifting skiff]

yeah p much

[upper storm]

marton

[agile mason]

[white girder]

madueke

[icy rain]

[obsidian plover]

[icy rain]

rebel without a cause

pinkcat without a faction

[cursive perch]

Is anyone here in the current playtest ?

[sullen furnace]

how do you get in the playtest

[crude bronze]

you had to have signed up back in april

[sullen furnace]

gothca

[weary mantle]

game not even out yet

[obsidian plover]

How is it dead when it's still in development?

[idle cave]

Hes just a doomer

[jovial oracle]

Marathon is Good Game extraction,level design map and artistic direction is amazing hype for new look map final Game😀

[rigid oriole]

the bast majority of the concord player base, agree with that.

[idle cave]

vast majority of concord player base is like 15 people. Not sayin much

[cursive perch]

concord doesnt have a majority

[drifting skiff]

I frequently think about a Brazilian teammate I had who didn't make a whole lot of sense when he spoke and trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, I asked my other Brazilian friend if he thought it was just a language barrier or something. He told me "no he makes just as little sense in Portuguese. He's just like that"

[whole widget]

Will the game feature ass itching mechanic

[drifting skiff]

You gotta grind for it but yeah

[whole widget]

What level does it unlock

[drifting skiff]

69

[whole widget]

Does it unlock the scratch and sniff emote

[burnt stump]

Please delete this server

[proven kernel]

Nah, too much fun.

[obsidian plover]

Waht

[obsidian plover]

Wahy

[cursive perch]

I need to play this game

[idle cave]

Just play with yourself for like, 6 months

[cursive perch]

I dont do that, prefer the real deal

[idle cave]

Ooooo okay mr big shot over here

[obsidian plover]

yawn

[idle cave]

Close your mouth >:)

[kindred vigil]

I'm going nuclear ....

[crude swan]

you going

RAMPANT?!

[kindred vigil]

I'm not an ai

[crude swan]

prove it

[icy rain]

neeyth gpt

[kindred vigil]

Stupidest gpt ever

[icy rain]

id use it 🙂

[idle cave]

Thats what an AI would say

[idle cave]

This is also what an AI would say

[idle cave]

This is also what an AI would say

[kindred vigil]

I am not an AI, I am programmed to react in the way user "neeyth" would respond, so therefore in this context : No, I wouldn't be an AI

[idle cave]

Human confirmed

[proven kernel]

That exactly what a non-AI would say!

[cursive perch]

guys

how do you enter the alpha test ?

[idle cave]

Tis too late

you had to sign up like 4 months ago. If you did sign up. Then you pray

[cursive perch]

I emailed Bungie headquarters directly

[proven kernel]

Have you tried using the front door?

[idle cave]

What about the roof?

[proven kernel]

The air vents!

[cursive perch]

do I knock first or just enter ?

[idle cave]

Try knocking. Be polite. If rejected. Wait till night time

[cursive perch]

👍😂

[proven kernel]

Knocking is cordial

[karmic sable]

No seriously. Let that sink in

Its been waiting outside for 1 hour, let it in

[cursive perch]

Im gonna break through knocking on that door bro

[proven kernel]

Poor sink…

[cursive perch]

Who in here is in the playtest ?

[karmic sable]

NDA Bait detected

[idle cave]

What do we do about him...

[cursive perch]

NO, Its not a bait

Just tell me

[rigid oriole]

all the concord fans I guess

[idle cave]

Just check their roles. Not everyone with the role is in them, but, its a safe bet

[karmic sable]

Its simple…. We uhhh, we kill him

[cursive perch]

some with tags arent in

[idle cave]

Nah too much death in the country this week

[karmic sable]

True.

Send him to April Alpha Day 1 Dire Marsh

[cursive perch]

No, I wanna ask whoever is in the playtest and still writing why arent they playing instead

[idle cave]

Chain him to the sink

[karmic sable]

The PTSD map

[cursive perch]

does the game suck hard ass ?

[idle cave]

I think from what ive heard, its much better then the inital playtest that weve all seen. But thats unsubstantiated claims obviously

[cursive perch]

if it doesnt why are you still writing in here instead of playing

[cursive perch]

much better =/= good

[idle cave]

We wouldnt know cuz were peasents who didnt play it 🙁

[karmic sable]

April Alpha day 1 Dire Marsh was literally “Kill or be killed, Squaidward” map

[idle cave]

Mm, That is true. BUT i dont think people said the game was bad a few months ago, just that it was mid. Such much better then mid. To me, sounds good

[karmic sable]

I played it. It was geniune horror trying to get out of your spawn area

[cursive perch]

isnt the game that anymore ?

[karmic sable]

I don’t know because I’m not in any closed playtests

I only played the April Alpha

[idle cave]

I think most extraction games have maps like that tbf

[karmic sable]

But Dire Marsh was…. SOMETHING

[idle cave]

Have you played tarkov? Worse then like, factory?

[karmic sable]

Like you needed to get the fuck out now or 3 teams would jump you in 40 seconds

[karmic sable]

Worse

[idle cave]

Thats crazy lol. Aight, map needs to be changed lol (which im sure its been bandaided atleast)

[cursive perch]

Bungie stacked L's at Aprils Playtest bro, from MNK aim assist, to No VOIP, community wasnt happy, it was a bad reception

[karmic sable]

One of the problems was that since everyone had the same quests, everyone went to the same locations

[cursive perch]

definitely rated it lower than mid

[idle cave]

Nah, the negatives stand out, but that doesnt make it bad. No voip isnt the end of the world. mnk aim was removed DURING the playtest

[karmic sable]

MNK Aim Assit got removed on Week 2, VOIP is being added, people who played was happy but we all went in expecting a bare bones game

[idle cave]

IMO, by far the worst decision is no solo lobbies. That is, horrendous IMO. Im hoping theyve implemented that by now. But. Well see. I @ the wrong person lol my b

[cursive perch]

and then that bad reception was increased by the art theft - people's opinion was "Dead game" everywhere

[karmic sable]

Solo was possible though. I remember getting team wiped by a solo Locus gigachad

[cursive perch]

and now the current internet-wide take on Marathon is "dead game". Only people that actually engage in this Discord are the opposite

[idle cave]

Okay, but people saying dead game, happens to every game lol. Doesnt mean theyre right. The point is the foundation of the game is good. Gunplay was good, no one seem to complain their, ttk was rough, but thats an easy scalar. Graphics, good, performance, good. The game itself is mid. All the extra stuff is just, extra. We gotta remember the game we saw, wasnt even a current build. ITs safe to say theyll have had a year of dev time between april and launch

[karmic sable]

The behind the scenes drama was infact bad and Bungie paid its price. Now they are working on making the game better by going back to the drawing board and changing stuff. They can easily change the overall sentiment with a proper showcase of what’s being changed and communicating it properly

[idle cave]

See i dont think thats true. Ive talked to many people on other games who are not in this discord, and are interested in it. I think if youre in twitter or reddit holes, yea, its plastered everywhere because theyre haters

[cursive perch]

It will be boring if all you do is fight AI and loot stuff.

[karmic sable]

Its not. I know all of my friends who love extraction shooters are waiting for this game, I talked with several people outside of this server that are waiting this game. People want to see the game

[icy rain]

guys i hope we just fight ai and loot stuff

[cursive perch]

so you can get better at killing AI and looting stuff

[idle cave]

??? Thats, most extraction games, and they are fun lol. And there is no doubt, pvp

[cursive perch]

they should lean onto the PVP side fr

[karmic sable]

On April Alpha it wasn’t even like that. Nearly every match you had atleast one PvP encounter and the AI was actually smart

[idle cave]

Im not sure what youre saying. How are they NOT leaning into pvp?

[karmic sable]

I remember getting shit on by a player and a random AI killing the guy who downed me

[cursive perch]

one PVP encounter per match is unacceptable

[idle cave]

Wot. Lol

[cursive perch]

its too little man

[idle cave]

See, i think you just arent a fan of the genre then

[icy rain]

push more teams than little fella

[karmic sable]

Considering there is like 4 to 5 teams of players and each team being 3 player. That was enough for that version of the game

[cursive perch]

the map will feel empty as hell if I see only 1 team/solo per match

[idle cave]

This just isnt true lol

[cursive perch]

that is true

[karmic sable]

That’s why there was always a map even happening, stuff like incursions, loot drops, public extracts

[cursive perch]

it will feel like Im fucking fighting the PC

[idle cave]

It isnt, have you not played extraction shooters???

[karmic sable]

And they are adding even more map events

[cursive perch]

They should balance PVP amount somewhere between average extraction shooter games and battle royals

not non-stop like in BRs, but not as little as ExtShooters

[karmic sable]

There was and will be more exploration to the game, puzzles to access other parts of the maps and even aliens(from what we know publicly)

[cursive perch]

I dont care about fucking singleplayer game bro

[idle cave]

You cant balance it like that. Battle royle is a game with 100 people. Potentially fighting 10 squads. An average extraction shooter, in a goiod game, maybe 3 encounters. MAYBE

[idle cave]

I think hes a lost cause bruh lol

[cursive perch]

there's even a statistic that the biggest games in terms of concurrent playerbase are PVP games - all online service PVP games

[cursive perch]

you can change the numbers ? ? ? ?

[idle cave]

Cant change map size, not easily. Forcing 30 players into a small map aint gunna work.

[cursive perch]

30 might be too much, but 5 teams per map is too little when everyone is scattered, and arent forced into a single location (battle royal circle)

[idle cave]

I think the point here is, if its not what you want, then its not what you want. I cant convince or change your mind lol. The game seems to be what I want, and im happy. I enjoy the extraction genre and im excited

[karmic sable]

One thing I will say is that I hope they add AI Scav like enemies because it would be better to fight more stuff

[cursive perch]

Bungie excels at gunplay and AI systems, they'll nail that, but they havent made a PVP game in a loooong time

[idle cave]

Quest objectives exist to do what youre saying. Those already exist. People WILL fight over locations because they need to for a quest or high tier loot. Thats the point of the game. People actively look for fights., If youre done with your quests, you will probably hover the areas where quests are done. Because. PVP

[karmic sable]

There will also be players actively hunting other players JUST for that thrill of PvP, it happens on every extraction shooter and it did happen on the April Alpha

[idle cave]

If youre a good player, theres nothing stopping you from legit just hunting squads. And that wont be difficult. You very well CAN fight all 5 squads if thats what you want.

[karmic sable]

Like Dire Marsh was a complete PvP zone because everyone was going to the quest areas to PvP