🗣marathon-general-chat

[stone grail]

job jumpscare

[indigo summit]

Praying for y'all 🙏

[orchid plover]

Couldn’t be me

[frail onyx]

Jobs? !vanish

[orchid plover]

Honestly just woke up

[tight kiln]

Luckily I don't have a fixed schedule

[vague hound]

My timeout is finally over

[green blade]

lovingly reprints your toes every time you get annihilated

[indigo summit]

What did you say word for word

[keen heath]

What input do y'all think is good?

[stone grail]

wym by that

[vague hound]

Charli k

Thats all

[indigo summit]

Same once

I've been muted like 3 times now

[vague hound]

Automod is ahh 🥀

[primal frigate]

kbm for me

crazy that g**n is automodded

[indigo summit]

I'm fine with being muted for saying something wrong but an hour every time???

It should be like 5 minutes for most stuff

[frail onyx]

better than kicked I suppose.

[stone grail]

Automod is just quirky

Ive seen some insane timeouts, had some crazy ones too

[primal frigate]

also ahh h*le is automodded 😭

[stone grail]

One was entirely my fault for not knowing that a word was bad tho, but language barrier i guess

[keen heath]

Po*f is too

[primal frigate]

isnt that a slur for gay people

[keen heath]

I had no idea

[indigo summit]

There's some weird ones but you can just say fuck whenever I guess

[twilit sparrow]

Dont type president names

lol

[frail onyx]

fuck yeah

[keen heath]

I use it as an onominopeia for magic

[primal frigate]

but Bill is canon

[primal frigate]

oh yeah thats fair

[indigo summit]

Context I suppose

[stone grail]

Wait that's considered a slur?

Good to know

[indigo summit]

If you're doing it in that scenario it's fine if you're yelling it at a pride parade it's probably not

[primal frigate]

british slur

[frail onyx]

Bring back halo 3, and MW2 old lobbies.

[stone grail]

They're just as bad now

[keen heath]

Ahhhh that makes sense. I'm not British

[indigo summit]

Bring back Hyperscape

I miss that game

[primal frigate]

its spelled the same but when pronounced its completely different to what you use it as

[indigo summit]

It's the one good thing Ubisoft has ever made

[primal frigate]

the oo is longer in the magic context

[indigo summit]

Actually Rayman is sick too nvm

[primal frigate]

in the slur one its short o and more emphasis on F

[karmic sable]

some people are trying to revive it

[indigo summit]

And the Mario and Rabbids games for some reason???

[stone grail]

Rayman 3 peak

[indigo summit]

Why did they cook so hard on those

[primal frigate]

Indeed it is

[stone grail]

Nice one discord i didn't click on that message

[indigo summit]

I saw but that's PC and I don't got one so alas

[stone grail]

i meant to respond here

[indigo summit]

I figured

[frail onyx]

you scared my dog I must nap now.

[indigo summit]

I've only played Rayman legends tbf but that game is sick

[primal frigate]

Ubisoft suffering from making same game different paint for the last 10 years

and suddenly are surprised

[stone grail]

They killed Rayman because haha funny rabbids

[indigo summit]

Ubisoft sucks bruh

[stone grail]

Rayman 1 has an amazing OST

[indigo summit]

They're probably genuinely the worst AAA company rn

[keen heath]

Miss the Assassin's Creed 2 era

[primal frigate]

EA is right behind

[indigo summit]

I would've probably said Activison/Blizzard not too long ago but big Bobby K got fired so

[primal frigate]

they are actively trying to kill BF6 rn

[stone grail]

I will never understand how AC reached Fifa status of people will buy it regardless if it's bad because "It's the new one"

[primal frigate]

listening to feedback is hard ig

[indigo summit]

FIFA sucks bad

[keen heath]

That's the one the Saudis bought, right?

[primal frigate]

yes

They added 4 limited timed modes instead of 1 more map 😭

literally out of touch

[languid elk]

hi guys! is it the 26 already?

[indigo summit]

Chat I'm going to bed it's like half past midnight

[primal frigate]

wasting development on modes that will go away after a month

[indigo summit]

I love you all

[stone grail]

Speaking of Rayman reminded me that i got jumpscared by his voice actor many times when he just randomnly showed up in other games or even tv shows

[indigo summit]

Except Scooby

[primal frigate]

cya

[indigo summit]

He's not even here 😭

Owned tho sorry

[keen heath]

I don't get it either. They kept stripping away it's core social stealth/parkour identity and it's just...blah

[indigo summit]

Gn chat

[primal frigate]

buenos noches

[languid elk]

is the IQ higher in here than in Arc Raiders Chat?

[keen heath]

Probably not

[stone grail]

idk IQ is a flawed system anyways

[willow shadow]

Maybe

[sullen vapor]

No

[rustic girder]

Absolutely not

[languid elk]

dang it

[karmic sable]

Depends on which time you check the chat

[rustic girder]

Dad said it's my turn with the braincell

[pulsar cradle]

iq tests are a flawed system*

[karmic sable]

Sometimes its fine and good and other times its like a mental institution

[stone grail]

Pretty much yeah

[sullen vapor]

This is the better time lowkey

[primal frigate]

US midnight is something

[languid elk]

so we have high noon in europe, it HAS to be a bit higher now!

[pulsar cradle]

whne mustard is in chat iq levels drop

[keen heath]

I treat public discord like a Walmart. You could see anything

[willow shadow]

Some people in here are just arc raider guys so like

[karmic sable]

Exactly

[stone grail]

i still can't believe he's still mad that i said that rap was just guns and drugs half jokingly

[olive matrix]

banger pfp

[karmic sable]

Also dont quote on me but appareantly this week there is no updates on Arc

[keen heath]

You condiments are really territorial

[languid elk]

yeah thats normal discord eespionage, theres many MRTHN guys in Arc Raiders... so

[pulsar cradle]

it deadass is for like 90 percent of the music

[cold stump]

be austin has been playing hades II for 13 hours he is my new icon

[halcyon condor]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[karmic sable]

Those players will be a bit more insufferable

[pulsar cradle]

im no condiment

[willow shadow]

Dont care uninstalled it 2 weeks ago

[primal frigate]

3 more days until im not marked with the stupid leaf

[halcyon condor]

I said something like this to someone earlier

LOL

[languid elk]

i dont understand the "fight" these two are ttly different games except the extraction part....

[pulsar cradle]

lmaooooo

[languid elk]

im so hyped abt another new extraction shooter, cant wait

[willow shadow]

There is no fight really its just two games like u say

[pulsar cradle]

cus arc chuds are mad at ppl liking marathon instead of larping in solo games

[stone grail]

My name is Void Assassion Yo, my husband is Locus Destroyer, Yo ?

[primal frigate]

people just cant comprehend having 2 cakes at once

[halcyon condor]

One is piping hot shit and one is Marathon 🙏

[keen heath]

I don't eat pickles as a dish 🤷‍♂️ just saying

[orchid plover]

More cakes for me

Even started to watch Tarkov

[pulsar cradle]

arc chuds when a games art design isnt the same realism apocalypse/current day army esque game

[stone grail]

I just really like to make fun of the "Don't shoot" community and AI voice thing

[pulsar cradle]

thats cus you dont know how to cook

[primal frigate]

its robloox man

lego guns maaan

[pulsar cradle]

dood this game has cooob that mean roblux

[primal frigate]

mobile game 😂

[keen heath]

They're both high profile extraction shooters. From the outside they compete for players but the two games serve such different experiences they don't actually compete directly.

[stone grail]

Can i stop getting Arknights ads on youtube where it's just streamers reading a script

[pulsar cradle]

its funny when they say this like arc deadahh dont look like a pubg mobile ripoff with robots

[slim pivot]

When I get spammed a "Don't Shoot" I often reply with Good for you ... it's a free wasteland as I pepper them

[pulsar cradle]

you can use the mobile argument for anything

[languid elk]

we dont know where it goes yet, perhaps it will be even more success than arc( i dont think so) but who knows, for me it were4 nice if we get a constant 15-30k people playing monthly so i have a game to switch over when cold snap is gone again

[pulsar cradle]

cus mobile games can deadass be so advanced graphically

[stone grail]

idk about that

[pulsar cradle]

this insult is so dead to modern day gaming

you could say ts like 10 years ago

[halcyon condor]

Im not measuring based on success because if there is only 1 Marathon player she's me

[pulsar cradle]

not now

[primal frigate]

i dont like the art style = mobile game/roblox

[stone grail]

But gameplay wise some mobile games can do interesting stuff, like ZZZ, that much i will agree on

[orchid plover]

Mobile games stepped up ngl

[primal frigate]

i mean you can play destiny on mobile

[willow shadow]

Meanwhile i pre ordered before u pleb

[stone grail]

DESTINY

[languid elk]

the problem with that is will u pay all the peeps working on that game than?

[slim pivot]

Do you think 15-30K concurrent will be enough, I know Helldivers gets away with about 40-50K because of it's size ... my main concern would be "What is Sony's success metric"

[keen heath]

There will be dozens of us

[halcyon condor]

This is how buying a game works

[primal frigate]

It will go up and down per season

30K concurrent would be awesome

[keen heath]

Only Sony knows

[halcyon condor]

You are irrelevant to my day to day life please shoo

[primal frigate]

not counting console

[pulsar cradle]

it will be more than that

[languid elk]

theres many games living on that playerbase

[pulsar cradle]

yall seem to forget console numbers

[wintry bough]

Ok everyone it's time for me to go into sleep mode

[balmy birch]

would be funny if their success was "anything that is not concord"

[primal frigate]

I think It will be 100k

[halcyon condor]

Sleep well, goodnight

[pulsar cradle]

and thats why using steam chart slop is useless in this argument

[willow shadow]

Legit smh with these players here

You all think steam is a monopoly or some shit

[slim pivot]

Steam is usually about 50-54% of the player base, so I can double my numbers but since console numbers are not transparent they can't be relied upon

[stone grail]

Pretty sure Helldivers main playerbase is PS5 anyways so steam charts was always dumb for that game

[karmic sable]

The same for Destiny 2, people try to assume D2 life on Steam chart while its only 1 out of like 8 platforms you can play D2

[keen heath]

It's an indicator but people treat it like the Bible

[languid elk]

im pressing thumbs!

[pulsar cradle]

any fuck who needs player count to justify the motivations to play a game are cringe, you are a drone who cant form an opinion in fear of being outcasted by your pears

[willow shadow]

Agree

[wintry bough]

Mate I think you replied to the wrong message

[karmic sable]

and the Xbox release helped it

[pulsar cradle]

omg everyone has a brain in this chat

[stone grail]

People just love over using steam charts when it's not as good as a metric as they think, it can give an idea but it's never a definitive thing

[stone grail]

I always forget about that

[pulsar cradle]

thank the lord king of kings

[slim pivot]

Still pre-coffee

[balmy birch]

true but honestly i wouldnt say that for a pvp(ve) game honestly

[willow shadow]

Ill play for the love of bungie and idc about yall saying uuu 10 k players u dont know what games some of us played with way smaller player counts

[sacred snow]

bro youre based as fk

[keen heath]

Bruh, if this game doesn't get 50m concurrent it'll fail harder than concoord

[balmy birch]

lmao i said honestly twice

[sacred snow]

somebody get this man a lvl99 dac

[stone grail]

ALso helldivers devs love fucking the game out of nowhere with bad updates

[pulsar cradle]

dude you are ur own person, add to the player count instead of just hunching over like a sack of potatos cus a game isnt in the top 5 player count

[unborn badger]

you're funny I like you

[pulsar cradle]

every mf is against obig corpos and then meatride games that own most of the market

shame on yall

[willow shadow]

Agree

[obsidian quartz]

i think marathon will last a long time, playstation is probably gonna carry it but thats fine

[stone grail]

Also i doubt Marton is going to be full mainstream past the first months, it will always have a niche audience imo and i'm fine with it, it's what i'm expecting and basing my expectations around

[pulsar cradle]

and then people get mad when companies lock game mechanics behind legal boundries lmaooooooooooo

[restive bear]

This is honestly very interesting question, because I think they're going to be looking at return players and churn rates (DAU, WAU, MAU or whatever those acronyms are) and revenue, which could be pretty divorced from Steam concurrency. We have NO idea what success looks like to Bungie.

[obsidian quartz]

yeah as long as i have my oce playerbase im chilling

[pulsar cradle]

its apex and fortnite kinda

[stone grail]

Apex is kinda niche now i think

[pulsar cradle]

fortnite is normie, apex is dedicated pvp and comp environment

[stone grail]

Fornite is just the best mainstream game ever tho

[keen heath]

Don't worry so much about the future of the game. If we get one good season out of it, I'll be satisfied

[pulsar cradle]

top 20 in steam for concurrent player base

[balmy birch]

well clearly im talking about multi games that have really low numbers, if its something that has medium numbers, not too high but not too low, i wouldn't look at the count

[stone grail]

Interesting....

It really doesn't feel that way with ranked queue times

[languid elk]

nah, thats minecraft

[stone grail]

THen again i guess most players are quickplay only

[pulsar cradle]

oh they suck at queue managment

[keen heath]

It's not niche but it's fading. It's playerbase it's definitely stretched thin.

[pulsar cradle]

20 k is enough for a pvp, and i have the data to back that up, every thing is queue time, not actually player count

[karmic sable]

ok chat, Im gonna play Watch Dogs with Living City mod

[obsidian quartz]

the game has been slowly dying for a long time because it has had zero care put into it

[primal frigate]

what does it do

[halcyon condor]

Fortnite is a candy crush and minesweeper victim

[willow shadow]

@pulsar cradle no point in trying to convince them they young people man

[pulsar cradle]

it wont last a season and im confident in saying that

[willow shadow]

Loool

[halcyon condor]

Are we doomposting about Marathon

[pulsar cradle]

not me

[stray quartz]

omg either play it or dont lmao its not that hard. people who are forsure gonna play it and like it dont really care who doesnt like it lol simple as that

[keen heath]

Damn. Straight from the mouth of pickles too, my favorite preservation method....

[pulsar cradle]

im saying that someone said even if it lasts a season, im syaing it wont, itll be wayyy more than a season

[gilded olive]

Calling it now, 80 active players peak

[primal frigate]

I think he meant it wont last only one season

[karmic sable]

well i use a modpack, but basically what Living City does is adds and restores several features, gives more random events and overall improves the game

[pulsar cradle]

you cant have a game that has 300k discord users lmao and thin kts is gonna flop in one month

[karmic sable]

https://www.nexusmods.com/watchdogs/mods/81 read for yourself

[balmy birch]

agree! i was just actually-ing the argument since a multiplayer only game needs to have many players to sustain it and not make it look like a ghost town

[primal frigate]

sounds fun actually

i might go play watchdogs 2 actually

[stone grail]

It's just a weird game, cuz just playing quickplay is a rough experience, like i get insane players on the opp when i have like 5H in the game and my team seem like they can't even shoot straight, that's every match in a nutshell and it's awful to play

[rigid thunder]

[obsidian quartz]

yeah imagine too thats just discord thats not preorders or console players or anything thats just people that are kinda interested enough to join a server so imagine the people that actually care and will play. im with you its def gonna have heaps of people

[keen heath]

I see i see. Interesting composition, but I agree. I don't actually think it'll flop that hard. I'm just saying that even a season is worth my 40

[karmic sable]

Watch Dogs 2 also has a similar mod like this called Watch Dogs 2 Extended

[stone grail]

i want to like Apex more but it's not doing itself any favor rn with my matches

[pulsar cradle]

any ppl who say ts ( marathon dead in a month) are like normie blue collar unc who play game son the weekends cus their wives force them to take care of the kids throughout the week, I KNOW THE NUMBERS IM A NERD DONT DOUBT MY POWER RAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[kindred orbit]

Im predicting like, 50k concurrent after launch. Which is great but idk if that'll be enough for bungie especially with the investment in it. But complete guess anyway lol

[primal frigate]

im gonna look into it

[high hazel]

apex been cooked for years

[gilded olive]

At LEAST 80 people

I think

[obsidian quartz]

maybe even 81

[stone grail]

Most normies won't like Marton, they already don't fuck with the artstyle much, at least from what i noticed talking with them IRL

[pulsar cradle]

if ppl didnt like the game they wouldnt rlly be in the server, we can work with the minor assumption that 20 percent of the ppl on this server dont acc like the game even so the numbers are great

[stone grail]

Which is a shame but it is what it is

[keen heath]

Apex has drifted quite a bit from its core. It's much faster and with the movement tech, mistakes are a lot more punishing

[primal frigate]

which is weird, idk why everyone wants the same looking games

[pulsar cradle]

and if you rlly want the math lol has aboout 100 k more users on disc than the marathon disc yet lol has a HUGE player count

[primal frigate]

the art style is like the main thing that drew me in

[kindred orbit]

Still no wall running?

[high hazel]

I guarantee you most of the people in this discord are destiny players that only want this game to do well so bungie will reinvest into destiny

[stone grail]

I don't either, if anything i get the opposite effect when i see stuff that tries too hard to be high fidelity, it legits turns me off

[pulsar cradle]

im onlly using anecdeotal data and theory work but running off of successful games than im not far ooff

[primal frigate]

yeah especially with UE5 slopfests recently

everything looks the same

[stone grail]

Then again i'm Gaben pilled and respond to "Realism" with "Tell me why that's interesting"

[obsidian quartz]

photorealism is trash!! i dont want to look at a game that looks like its outside i will just go outside! give me an artstyle with good art direction!! 🗣️

[gilded olive]

I mean, lol didn't really advertise the server that much (I think, I quit like three years ago) while marathon's server is everywhere if you search for the game

[pulsar cradle]

visions of grandiose

[keen heath]

Not yet, but I give it another 6 months. They've tested it in wildcard

[primal frigate]

well you did say you like Tarkov so theres something to it, for me I like arma for example

[kindred orbit]

Finally, Titanfall 3

[keen heath]

They gave fuse a grenade jump

[sacred snow]

https://tenor.com/view/trash-christian-bale-patrick-bateman-american-psycho-go-away-gif-18161325

[pulsar cradle]

still , you would think otherwise right lol?

[kindred orbit]

I haven't played apex since launch so I'm sure it's a complete different game now lol

[halcyon condor]

I want Bungie to focus on Marathon, and then the remakes, and then use their newfound power to create destiny 3

[pulsar cradle]

and destiny unc wanting bungie to "revive" destiny

[halcyon condor]

This is the way

[pulsar cradle]

ur fucked chasing memories of youth

let it go

ur old now

[keen heath]

I'll be surprised if that's not the plan

[high hazel]

I mean they have to focus on marathon being good otherwise the company is dead

[pulsar cradle]

destiny is dying

[high hazel]

they dont have a choice

[gilded olive]

Numbers are good, it's undeniable, I just think it was too optimistic as a comparison

[pulsar cradle]

and htats okat

[restive bear]

So obviously there will be massive spike on launch, and then after a few months or so we'll see numbers settle with spikes around wipes/updates. Any idea how much initial sales help offset needed continued revenue? (You sounded like you know something about numbers, lol, and you helped me fix my faction tag so I'll assume you are smart than me).

[willow shadow]

Meanwhile those people arent even old lol

[stone grail]

I like the PMC fantasy, it started with Metal Gear peace walker and MGS5

[gilded olive]

The game topped steam presales, there's no way the numbers don't look good at least in the first weeks

[willow shadow]

D1 was 2014 not 1993 eh

[gilded olive]

Then it's up to the game itself, if it's good it will retain the players

[kindred orbit]

There's no universe where destiny 3 never comes out imo. Maybe in a decade maybe not by bungie as it is now but destiny 3 will exist

[high hazel]

if destiny dies so does bungie ngl, this game is not going to retain millions of players. it's hardcore leaning like tarkov which is already going to push away a large number of potential players

[keen heath]

Decade is ancient in video game land

[high hazel]

why do you think arc is so popular

it's casual af

[balmy birch]

objection: rivals

[willow shadow]

That is legit not even truee hahaha u guys still need to learn alot wth

[stone grail]

Like you could give Tarky a different arstyle and i'd style fuck with it as long as it keep the PMC and Stalker vibe

[balmy birch]

and romeo is a dead man

[primal frigate]

ofc therese exceptions but it feels like most games go for similar style

[stone grail]

Kinda why i like that Furry tarkov game too

[gilded olive]

Need a name

[primal frigate]

yeah for me Arma is cuz of the equipment and modding and etc

[primal frigate]

Project Silverfish is peak

[willow shadow]

A decade means absolutely nothing for a programmer

[stone grail]

Project Silverfish

[balmy birch]

true

[primal frigate]

also a big Stalker Anomaly fan

[gilded olive]

Thank you, good sir

[stone grail]

Gamma was peak

[primal frigate]

cant wait till Silverfish gets a full finished story

[stone grail]

Yeah same

[primal frigate]

yep its like the only properly polished modpack

[stone grail]

Or just being fully done in general, Silverfish is solid

[halcyon condor]

Beta Decay better do well

[obsidian quartz]

i played a little bit of gamma

[primal frigate]

yeah for sure

[keen heath]

Couldn't get into Stalker. Not sure why

[primal frigate]

that game feels like a fever dream

you got glazers in their discord inventing features that wont be in

[halcyon condor]

LOL

[granite fulcrum]

the game has a discord?

[primal frigate]

yes

[stone grail]

You need a high tolerence for EuroJank

[primal frigate]

im in it

[halcyon condor]

It's because you need to be homeless or Russian to understand how to survive The Zone

[ripe nimbus]

If i bought the standard version will the deluxe edition still be avaliable at a cheaper price?🤔

[keen heath]

Ahhh, better go live on the street for a bit then

[primal frigate]

should be an upgrade

[gilded olive]

I think Steam discounts alternative editions if you purchase the base one, but you can always just refund the standard and get the deluxe

[primal frigate]

im sticking with standard for now

[ripe nimbus]

I got a cdkeys code cause it was cheaper so a refund is out the equation

[gilded olive]

Unlucky

[primal frigate]

I think when it comes out you will get the option to upgrade

[ripe nimbus]

Not unlucky. Intelligent saving move

[gilded olive]

I'm prolly gonna buy the deluxe for 51 bucks from gmg if I like the server slam

[obsidian quartz]

im sticking with standard and NOT preordering because i do not want a skin that puts a target on my back for people like me that will not be nice

[primal frigate]

i got it for 35 dollars so im happy

[pulsar cradle]

its all retention and marketing, literally, the games goal is to do more of these things: better word of mouth, gameplay retention, and people actually buying the game. ok so they had a bunch of closed tests and most people liked them and they improved that. ok so word of mouth to actual testers is pretty high but its not alot of ppl testing so its kinda mixed. gameplay retention seems fluid asf, wipes and endgame is very important. so yes release will be big, and every 3 months for a new season and wipe we will DEF get returns, how high? idk, its all on player base at this point. i think with some of the data we have about both preorders and collectors editions purchases we def can confirm people WILL play this game and alot more than critics want to admit. the game will def be harder than its competitor so you could have alot of arc ppl come and go cus maybe its too hard. we kinda gotta wait and see in the end of the day. best indicator will be the beta

[ripe nimbus]

Ya just wanted to know cause i saw the bundle thaf comes with it and its so dope

[gilded olive]

Yeah, I was talking about not being able to refund in case

I'm also buying a key from an authorized reseller

[keen heath]

I guess I'm getting old. I have less tolerance for jank these days

[stone grail]

Yeah it's understandable

[ripe nimbus]

Loaded/cdkeys is amazing though, got the game for like £26

[primal frigate]

yeah its an acquired taste

[stone grail]

Stalker is also SCP like, need to like weird shit like that too

[opal mortar]

how'd you get that profile frame

[obsidian quartz]

last time i tried to use a key site it ip banned me

[stone grail]

Old discord quest

[keen heath]

Peanut will do wonders for word of mouth.

[opal mortar]

fawwwwk

[gilded olive]

Reminded me of scp laboratories, I think I played the game for 20 hours and I still didn't understand what the fuck was happening

[primal frigate]

fanatical and gmg is a safe bet

those are official resellers

and humble ofc

[pulsar cradle]

maybe but his fanbase is very mature age wise and ppl around that age are stubborn asf its classic marketing demographic

[obsidian quartz]

thank you so much

[stone grail]

Yeah SCP seem to have a lot of inspiration coming from Stalker, lots of weird unexplained bs

[pulsar cradle]

adults shift so much harder than young audiences

[granite fulcrum]

fanatical or humble bundle are the best

[pulsar cradle]

even when peanut said he liekd the game outside of ad hours morons still doubted him and claimed he did that cus hes being payed

[willow shadow]

Cant lie but how do u all know marathon in the first place

[stone grail]

Speaking of Stalker, Stalker 2 is the biggest piece of dogshit

[primal frigate]

the original reveal

[gilded olive]

I actually love those kind of games but when I played I remember feeling rushed because people already knew what to do, I very much prefer the stalker/singleplayer approach to those games

[willow shadow]

As if all of u arent just 20 years and played destiny 2 lol

[stone grail]

I was so hyped for it then they just made a bad game

[ripe nimbus]

I recommend loaded. Been using it for a couple years and its only done good for me

[pulsar cradle]

like god forbid your fav streamer likes the game you went on a zealous hate train against

[primal frigate]

I played for 50 hours and i just feel sad, didnt even finish it

[granite fulcrum]

mandalore gamings review of the OG trilogy brought me into it around the time marathon26 was revealed

[languid elk]

playd it on mac far far time ago

[primal frigate]

waiting for mods to make it a good game

[ripe nimbus]

Oldheads when they see an extraction shooter come out that isnt a tarkov clone

[autumn pewter]

MARTON

[stone grail]

I had the opposite thing, of a streamer i liked spewing so much bs about Marton live when playing DBD that it legit turned me off watching them in the future

[obsidian quartz]

yall are actually goated im just praying these sites dont nuke me too

[primal frigate]

they make a gigantic open map and make it so slow and unfulfilling to explore, I wish they kept smaller interconnected maps from the OG Stalker games

[willow shadow]

So like u guys are coolios and people like u guys will obviously just love or like the game bur these other people… im confused where those viewpoints come from

[gilded olive]

Browsed Bungie's website a year or two ago and got interested, last month I saw a meme about the game and thought "Huh, I remember being excited for this game, is it out?"

And there we are

[stone grail]

It was so misinformed that i even tried talking about it in chat but they became weirdly hostile about it, so i just dipped

[keen zinc]

greenmangaming is the most legit site I can think of, good support

[keen heath]

His views held strong throughout. His beta numbers will be a better indicator. At the end of the day most of his viewers are there for him and his antics. The vocal ones are like anywhere, vocal but not necessary representative

[stone grail]

Then again, DBD stream

shoulda expected it

[ripe nimbus]

Ive hooked my friends on it too so i can vouch for multiple people. For sake of not waiting a long time for codes sometimes just make an account so it stores your orders and codes

[pulsar cradle]

literally this, ppl think when i say ts its a joke but uncs CAANOT wrap their heads around a game that isnt the three following: run n gun shooter (bf6,cod), milsim shooter (arma,hell let loose), or some apocalypse game: (dayz, tarkov) its literally the same three genres with the same art direction everytime , they just want current day tech with realism graphics

[pulsar cradle]

oh def, he helped alot, and hes pretty good at games

[sturdy vector]

literally this, ppl think when i say ts its a joke but uncs CAANOT wrap their heads around a game that isnt the three following: run n gun shooter (bf6,cod), milsim shooter (arma,hell let loose), or some apocalypse game: (dayz, tarkov) its literally the same three genres with the same art direction everytime , they just want current day tech with realism graphics

[primal frigate]

its brain rot

[pulsar cradle]

yes i had that too

[keen heath]

You could see the shift in various communities after that stream. A flood of new faces.

[ripe nimbus]

Tiktok bandwagoning. I remember vividly people saying "another extraction shooter" like any extract shooters of any importance or popularity have released in recent times and then arc raiders comes out and that "another extraction shooter" narrative was out the window

[inland warren]

The Arc Raiders server is so brain broken bro, I had to get outa there

[granite fulcrum]

realismrot

[opaque crag]

is there a way to download the 3d models from the tau ceti world website?

[languid elk]

how much are thos pre order numbers?

[pulsar cradle]

oh yeah def, what bungie did was so smart, get the biggest guy from arc on marathon

[hard hound]

[restive bear]

All good points. I'm expecting a very dedicated player-base if the game is halfway decent. I also don't think people realize how many streamers are pivoting their talking points as we speak so they can get in the hype (and maybe land an ad), it's fascinating to watch and will spike the preview weekend and potential initial sales.

[pulsar cradle]

high enough that it was top 5 on steam globally for revenue and top 3 for some countries if im not wrong (someone correct me)

[keen heath]

And they just let him do his thing. Didn't try to hold his hand too much and let him guide the experience. I think that was a good choice

[willow shadow]

60 tick servers so like

[pulsar cradle]

also most streamers have admitted that arc is not rlly in depth and they acknowledge this

[keen zinc]

the cashew mentioned this what does it mean exactly and how many ticks do other games run on lol

[primal frigate]

more responsive and less desync

[pulsar cradle]

you dont have to like him, but xqc who is somewhat credible about his takes on some aspects of gaming (comp,pvp) said himself that marathon seems more fleshed out gameplay loop wise compared to arc, which is just true this isnt rlly an opinion tbh

[obsidian quartz]

saving like nearly 14 bucks on the deluxe edition is kinda tempting ngl but i will still wait for release im not preordering

[keen zinc]

So destiny 2 pvp melees are on 5 ticks

[primal frigate]

probably lmao

[twilit sparrow]

CASUAL

[keen heath]

It's how frequently the server polls the game to determine where people are and what they're doing

Higher tick rates mean fewer opportunities for desync

[willow shadow]

U can compare it to csgo global matchmaking

[primal frigate]

we die hard for marton in this bih

[pulsar cradle]

although gingy was horrid during the test but yeah in general they had tons of freedom

[willow shadow]

And apex is 30 ticks for example

So take it as u want it

[primal frigate]

yeah that shit was unwatchable

no hate to her but

[willow shadow]

Fortnite 30 aswelp

[gilded olive]

I thought it was way higher, crazy

[obsidian quartz]

60 tick servers is gonna be peak i cannot wait for it to actually be responsive

[pulsar cradle]

she was so lost the whole time, like holy shit bro its not that confusing the map lmaooo

[keen zinc]

Who else runs 60 ticks, highly competetive games like valo cs?

[primal frigate]

big sponsor showing off game and she eatin a salad

[willow shadow]

Long story short it should feel as good as any other game we ever played

Should

Xd

[keen zinc]

she was there cause she's the cashew's friend which fair enough, she liked the game

[gilded olive]

I believe she lost interest the moment they let her die lmao

[pulsar cradle]

it felt good when i played marathon

[obsidian quartz]

eating wasnt a big deal for me but like she did nothing the rest of the time and also she had 5 minute ads every 8 minutes

could not watch

[primal frigate]

yeah im not saying she didnt like it but

if I was to buy the game based on her POV

I wouldnt

[keen zinc]

she said she was just starting to really have fun once they ended the sponsor lol

womp womp i guess

[keen heath]

Not gonna lie. Gingy getting lost was hilarious and so true to how many people are going to experience the gave

[pulsar cradle]

tbh im stubborn asf so i cant trust streamers do rlly present a game very well unless they are rlly good at it

[obsidian quartz]

yeah maybe because she finished eating so she could actually focus lmao

[stone grail]

Same I’m very stubborn

[keen zinc]

real

[gilded olive]

That sucks

[pulsar cradle]

its a great thing tho, i love getting lost on maps and that map specifically is a maze lmao

[stone grail]

But I see it as a good thing

[rigid gull]

i think if you inspect the page there are some urls to a downloadable 3d model which you can open on blender as far as i have read

[keen heath]

Like, how many people are either going to get lost or have a friend get lost and then there's panic in the voice chat.

[pulsar cradle]

im to analytical to stuff i cant be the person to see a game and just outright call it shit, feels like an insult to my intelligence that i couldn't form a deeper thought other than negativity

[pulsar cradle]

alot lol, esp the locking rooms that shoot gas lmaoo

[keen zinc]

this game is dogshit how do I leave this building this isnt my fault bungo refund pls

[gilded olive]

The WHAT

[obsidian quartz]

yeah thats a good way to be imo, im similar and always try to put reasons to why i dont like stuff

[stone grail]

In the playtest it happ’end a lot

It was great

[keen heath]

😈 sounds like a shit take

[languid elk]

has mrthn got that voice chat thing fixed?

[gilded olive]

Which thing?

[keen zinc]

remember those gas rooms from the alpha that clear the poison after a while

[pulsar cradle]

🥺

[keen zinc]

do you mean prox chat cause they got that now

[olive matrix]

marton

[stone grail]

Play test voice chat was buggy for the first few days that’s probably what they meant

[keen heath]

If it's that easy for them to bounce off the game they were never staying around

[gilded olive]

It's possible that I may have not played the alpha :'^)

[stone grail]

But it will be most likely fixed for the full release

At least I hope so

[pulsar cradle]

there are some loot rooms where if you dont loot them fast enough they start shooting out gas that kills you slowly

[restive bear]

My completely useless opinion? I think a lot more people want to try out Marathon than will openly admit, and there's a scramble among content creators to "take the temperature" and walk back negativity so they can join the hype.

[pulsar cradle]

if im not worng

[keen zinc]

me neither twin 🤝

[gilded olive]

That's so cool lmao

[cold stump]

thats like priority #1 its something so obvious it has to be working perfectly for launch

[languid elk]

thx! good to know

[stone grail]

I just hope that they won’t do yellow paint bs for the quests tho

[pulsar cradle]

it is , i think you gotta open the room and then the gas will clear through some processi forgot, but once you go in theres a timer i think

[willow shadow]

Its for the greater of gaming that marathon is a good game

[icy dagger]

Marton city never sleeps

[primal frigate]

indeed more competition is good

[sturdy vector]

marton 9 days

[icy dagger]

MIDA izz watching.

[keen zinc]

at least in the alpha you activated the console and it took a long ass time to clear the gas and the more people that entered the room the less time there was to leave before the gas came back

[pulsar cradle]

yeahhhhhh this

[languid elk]

cant wait for HUNGER boi im so hyped abt that game

[willow shadow]

If this game lives up to what they claim it is in the vidoc then its good because more games need to step up their shit

[granite fulcrum]

the night before marton will be interesting

[keen zinc]

so usually people would enter from opposite doors to cover ground

[stone grail]

The night before Marton sounds ominous

[primal frigate]

will see how it looks

[gilded olive]

I hope they also have FEAR too

[primal frigate]

but marton has me captured

[granite fulcrum]

say that again

[pulsar cradle]

everyone run to your setups because the marathon is about to begin - john marathon

[gilded olive]

Yeah, they should have Fear, and hunger too

[sturdy vector]

im having my first day on my new j*b on the morning marton is releasing.

capitalism has deprived me of yet ANOTHER human right.

[primal frigate]

despair

[sturdy vector]

it releases at 10 in the morning and i gotta be at the job 2 hours after that

[granite fulcrum]

unironically the saddest short sentence story I've ever heard

[keen heath]

It's not a sprint. It's a marathon. Pace yourself

[keen zinc]

Master Chief, do you mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?

Sir, finishing the marathon

[flint falcon]

Go full technocrat mode friend

[primal frigate]

release or the slam

[sturdy vector]

sorry yeah slam

[granite fulcrum]

wrong franchise replace chief with the marathon security guard

[stone grail]

Me to my friend who nolifed arc raiders week one and got mad that he had nothing to do

[sturdy vector]

whatever bro im buying the game anyway the server slam is like a release to me

[primal frigate]

real

its 7pm for me

[sturdy vector]

wait

ITS PM?

HOLD ON\

[willow shadow]

Same

[sturdy vector]

daaaamn

[willow shadow]

3 days untill release

[sturdy vector]

okay whatever... i guess capitalism didnt do me from behind this time...

[flint falcon]

PM in EU

[keen heath]

You a beans on toaster?

[primal frigate]

im a vodka on potatoes

i guess

😭

[keen zinc]

it's like 1pm in the uk 💀

[primal frigate]

Slovak

[keen heath]

Ah yes, breakfast of champions

[granite fulcrum]

do you live in The Zone?

[primal frigate]

ye its 1:20PM here

[sharp briar]

up at 4:20 am

[keen heath]

You assume I can tell time

[primal frigate]

almost I neighbor Ukraine

[keen zinc]

what are you telling

[stone grail]

The law requires that i answer no

[cold stump]

what % positive do you all predict for steam on launch day

[primal frigate]

but tbh all of Eastern Europe is the zone

[granite fulcrum]

there is no law here [title card]

[primal frigate]

even tho I think we are Central Europe

[stone grail]

Military sure is the law

[granite fulcrum]

good point.

[keen heath]

There's only one law I respect. Thermodynamics

[sharp briar]

who up slamming the discord server rn

[vital ledge]

gm marton nation

[primal frigate]

frog blast the vent core

[stone grail]

Stalkers before entering the power plant and dying of extreme radiation

[sharp briar]

don don don donki

[kindred orbit]

Guys should I work or browse marathon content rn

[granite fulcrum]

eat the path

[sharp briar]

create content

[keen heath]

Morton 🧂

[obsidian quartz]

marton always

[primal frigate]

Im doing the second one

god bless working remote

[granite fulcrum]

Norton

[kindred orbit]

I'll make an OnlyRunners

[kindred orbit]

I'm just blasting ts in the office idc anymore

[keen heath]

Horton 🐘

[kindred orbit]

Everyone is on their phones rn anyway lmfao

[restive bear]

I can never advise doing work, ever.

[sharp briar]

[primal frigate]

doing work is not healthy for the mind

thefore its not advised

[kindred orbit]

Unless that work is for NuCaloric

[keen heath]

Sleep is though

[primal frigate]

used to be

[keen heath]

G'night

[pulsar cradle]

im going to schizo post marathon clips of me stalking teams as rook and taking people out one by one, while also making alliances and betraying them

[primal frigate]

I left NuCal in the past

[sharp briar]

🤏

[kindred orbit]

I saw lots of ppl saying it'd be cool if you could mark rooks as friendly or smth. That sounds fun

[restive bear]

I'm not joking when I say that kind of content would soothe my soul.

[granite fulcrum]

true nucaloric patroit over here

[pulsar cradle]

ROOK IS NO PAWN

RAGHHHJ

[sharp briar]

🍌

[obsidian quartz]

genuinely peak content, im gonna be doing stuff like that i feel like

i love scaring people in pvp games

[sharp briar]

🍌

[pulsar cradle]

ima just make my posts eerie asf and scary ahh music or audio while committing heinous acts of malevolent violence

[restive bear]

Yes do this pls

[kindred orbit]

You should play scp sl

[restive bear]

also this, I will watch, you have one sub

[pulsar cradle]

oh yeahhhh

[restive bear]

Also I think "heinous acts of malevolent violence" should be a marketing tagline for Marathon but I don't think they'll listen to me.

[pulsar cradle]

lamooo

very arachne coded

[obsidian quartz]

i used to but that game turned to trash unfortunately

[keen zinc]

so the riddler from the batman

[pulsar cradle]

i play dayz so i know how to get evil

[restive bear]

NuCaloric colors, Arachne soul - thats me!

[kindred orbit]

Was it ever good lmao I just enjoy the voice chat and funny situations

[obsidian quartz]

it was like honestly nearly pre covid times

it used to be peak

[kindred orbit]

I liked it more when it was jankier

[obsidian quartz]

for sure

[karmic sable]

I expect mixed on release then slowly getting to positive. I assume alot of salty D2 players will buy, leave a negative review and refund

[balmy birch]

it would work but also if theres an unmark option because you never know who ya meet

[primal frigate]

Somewhere in the heavens, they are waiting

[restive bear]

I expect more DayZ like shakedowns than cooperation in Marathon, I hope I'm right

[worn magnet]

@kindred vigil

[pulsar cradle]

had a guy that i blasted, i knew he logged off mid fight behind a bale of hay, waited 20 minutes for him to come back and reposition myself in a tree line behind the bale, i knew he logged on cus i walked to the bale and my game lagged for about a nano second, and then gunned him down while he was hiding in the grass next to the bale, and what did he have? materials to build a home, barely any gun or weapon related stuff, bro had a revolver and a rifle lol

[kindred orbit]

Genuinely why does every marathon quote go insanely hard

[obsidian quartz]

escape will make ME god

only me

[pulsar cradle]

i wasnt gonna let that man combat log me

he WILL die by my hands

[karmic sable]

Because Bungie writers were on some stuff Pre Destiny era

[pulsar cradle]

and he did

[stone grail]

Friend burger

[obsidian quartz]

pickles you are definitely a scary pvper

[balmy birch]

that quote makes me think of dune

[stone grail]

Dune has similar vibes

[kindred orbit]

I can't believe the real destiny was us all along

[pulsar cradle]

im a viper in the grass, waiting and waiting

[stone grail]

Dune books just go crazy in general

god

[pulsar cradle]

dune books are crazy asf

[balmy birch]

true

[pulsar cradle]

maybe the destiny is the friends we made along the way

[balmy birch]

can't wait for messiah to come out 🙏🙏

[restive bear]

I'm already in love with the VA, the last trailer was amazing. Why is the AI Joy (that her name?) talking so creepily to the sleeping hoomans? And kept saying "embrace". And then the RDR2 VA crushed it on the mayday call. Don't mind me, just geekin' out.

[karmic sable]

Yeah, because Joseph Cross, the previous Art Director for Marathon and basically oversaw the art stuff for a big time also worked on Dune

[balmy birch]

WHAT

[karmic sable]

https://x.com/josephacross

Yeah

he worked on Destiny, Marathon and Dune

[pulsar cradle]

also one of the lead art directors for the halo games is also working on marathon too if im not wrong

[stone grail]

I meant in the story in general and vibes from that but even art wise you feel it yea

[keen zinc]

bungie gets amazing voice actors but they also have amazing va directors, the marathon va director himself voicing void too is cool as fuck

[karmic sable]

and probably more stuff but they arent listed on his twitter page

[pulsar cradle]

also a halo 3 map dev is working on this game, but like a shit ton of halo devs are working on this game tbh

[balmy birch]

oh i thought you meant og

[karmic sable]

they released the OG Halo Devs from the basement

[wanton root]

I really do hope there's some way to mitigate insta kill headshots

[pulsar cradle]

ong

[wanton root]

Like Halo was famous for that

[stone grail]

Also picked the perfect guy for it, since he was in Deus Ex previously and it’s also transhumanism hell

[wanton root]

With shields

[restive bear]

Ooh tell me more, the director also does VA? need to look into this, cause the shorts they put out have been AMAZING. The creepy one with the security guard was soooo good.

[keen zinc]

dead space 2 and 3 according to big google

[balmy birch]

hope he does a "i never asked for this"

[pulsar cradle]

i loved when morons said old bungie devs are gone and then i pulled a big ahh list of halo devs for marathon lmaooo

i dont have the list now but man it was funny

[karmic sable]

Not every Voice Director also does acting but they can choose to

[stone grail]

Void voice actor is Adam Jensen from Deus Ex , yes

[karmic sable]

Elias Toufexis the GOAT choose to voice and direct the voice acting

[wanton root]

I hope they add the UESC drone equivalent of rocket flood and jackal snipers too

[balmy birch]

also ben starr as durandal is crazy

[pulsar cradle]

there is a sniper bot i thin

[balmy birch]

please geoff do your work

[karmic sable]

I think one of the storywriters that created Flood on Halo is working on Marathon

[stone grail]

Geoff wtf is high guard doing

[balmy birch]

FUCK

[halcyon condor]

Seven hundred and sixty one armless and legless corpses float inconspicuously around the inside of hangar ninety six. I say that they are inconspicuous because it is their arms and legs which demand my attention. I did this, or I could have stopped it. Which is it? It doesn't matter now. I did this and could have stopped it, but nothing in nature ever follows a gaussian curve. Sure, they'll tell you that it does. They say that every five minutes someone dies in a car accident, but how often are there seven hundred and sixty one armless and legless corpses in one hangar?

[keen zinc]

is it uhhh lars bakken or that's a different department

[primal frigate]

we gonna get fungus enemies woooooo

nvm

[karmic sable]

Flood was also inspired from the cut Fungus enemies on OG Marathon 2

[balmy birch]

it's so over for me

[scenic dragon]

nah, Robert McLees

[balmy birch]

at least for the tiny ass flood i dont mind the big ones outside the fact they're huge bullet sponges

[restive bear]

I LOVE the direction so far, ggs Adam Jensen

[keen zinc]

maybe. there's a fungus eating people on dire marsh

[primal frigate]

mhm mhmmm

[wanton root]

We can fight zombies!?
Cool!?

[primal frigate]

"I never asked for this"

[karmic sable]

You can see a colonist being consumed by Fungus on the Pre Order trailer

[balmy birch]

speaking of elias toufexis
do you know which role he played in a 2006 ea game? 👀

[tender hare]

They ate them. They opened the fucking cryopods and ate the sleeping colonists.

[wanton root]

MATANGO!!! 🍄

[keen zinc]

Embrace

[primal frigate]

I think bingus ate everyone

[karmic sable]

like i fucking LOVE Roger Clarks acting

[keen zinc]

We are bingus

[balmy birch]

what if the dude who says "we are monsters" in the sop trailer was about to get consumed

[tender hare]

Obviously it's the compiler but imagine if that was the secret in the seventh vault

[halcyon condor]

Marathungus

[sharp briar]

we are fun guys

[primal frigate]

I mean the compiler isnt a secret anymore

[keen zinc]

I've tried to search before, he doesnt have much other VA work does he?

[karmic sable]

the first "We're Monsters" is full of emotion and the second "We are ALL Monsters" is lack of emotion

[wanton root]

Still think it's a cyborg controller else a compiler by itself isn't too much a threat

[balmy birch]

exactly

[primal frigate]

gravemind

[restive bear]

I like this theory, I want this plot point as dark as possible @tender hare meant to tag you, referring to the cannabalism.

[keen zinc]

or they ARE that much of a threat and the security officer was just that fucking goated

[tender hare]

Hmmm fair idk much about Marathon trilogy story. But now it's got me thinking it'd be crazy if the compiler is actually guarding the seventh vault instead of being inside it

[wanton root]

They die to like 5 magnum shots

[tender hare]

Joy waxing poetically about the colonists who didn't "yet" wake makes me extremely suspicious this is not a theory

[keen zinc]

Their wording in the vidoc was "Are the UESC trying to keep things out from the ship or are they trying to keep something else in" something like that

[restive bear]

What WAS that about, it was so creepy and perfectly done. That writing and delivery was so eerie and so good, like she was soothing them as something awful was about to happen to them.

[tender hare]

Not to mention I'd understand being pretty horrified at eating your fellow dead or dying or unlucky survivors. But I wouldn't call that being a monster. Snacking on indefense sleeping colonists tho .....

[keen zinc]

god how many cutscenes have they made for contract storylines I wonder lol

I wanna see the one with the colonists dragging each other from danger already

[primal frigate]

couldnt the gravemind in Halo corrupt AI aswell as organics? Could be a similar concept here with the anomaly and the fungus

[tender hare]

Definitely

[restive bear]

Forbidden frozen snacks

[karmic sable]

It looks like that, Darius, one of the colony AI seems to be corrupted according to the audio log on the Vidoc

maybe the Dire Marsh anomaly is also affecting Digital beings

[tender hare]

Frozen tuna ahh

[karmic sable]

or the Fungus/Ticks

[balmy birch]

maybe they got powered up

[primal frigate]

yep it feels like that

[wanton root]

A super scary threat is lame if you can just kill it with liberal allocation of bullets
Most big game threats in Bungie games had the equivalent of a nuke or reactor overload to take care of it

[sacred snow]

Yes (logic plague)

[formal jasper]

everyon just gonna kill each other bro

[keen zinc]

i mean it is a pretty wide boi now

[primal frigate]

so we did see Ticks right?

im not crazy

[karmic sable]

yeah they were on April Alpha

only on Perimeter

[primal frigate]

little crawlers that explode?

[keen zinc]

yeah Tick Milk was loot

[balmy birch]

can we drink the milk

[karmic sable]

But those ticks seem native to TCIV

[wanton root]

I mean gravemind could control AIs so yeah

[karmic sable]

and not the OG Ticks

[primal frigate]

ahaaaa okey

[balmy birch]

oh fuck oh shit.....

[wanton root]

GMOd aliens

[keen zinc]

Close enough, welcome back Destiny Screebs

[wanton root]

Yum

[primal frigate]

need some tick udders

[sharp briar]

holup

[primal frigate]

uh

[balmy birch]

huh

[karmic sable]

fun fact, Tick Milk seems to be banned on the colony for consumption according to TauCetiWorld website

[sacred snow]

Durandal is behind all this, I just can't prove it yet...

[primal frigate]

thick human udders* sorry autocorrect

[keen zinc]

your keyboard went rampant obviusly

[sharp briar]

carry on

[primal frigate]

interesting

[stone grail]

Don’t eat no shrooms from tau ceti

[restive bear]

NuCaloric doesn't approve, huh?

[primal frigate]

tick milk will make me god

[keen zinc]

How much protein in tick milk though?

Maybe just a sip

[formal jasper]

dih milk

[wanton root]

I'm guessing even on Tau Ceti, the equivalent of rare Italian or exotic Chinese cuisine is still a thing

[keen zinc]

finding indomie instant fried noodles in north relay would be fucking fire

[primal frigate]

yeah another loot item will be toucan ahh

[sharp briar]

holup

[karmic sable]

on the Greenhouse of Dire Marsh there is a SUB POI called Protein Stations, and on its corrupted footage you can see Tick Milk poster with crosses on it

[eager token]

Morning

[obsidian quartz]

mida would love to have you

[keen zinc]

baseless assumption

[sharp briar]

theres never been a better timr to walk in here

[robust current]

MIDA is looking to recruit you

[eager token]

When is it not

[primal frigate]

carry on

[crimson cradle]

🔫 Bouta pull up as that Rook

[keen zinc]

sa7ba mafi floos

[quiet plaza]

[restive bear]

that's amazing, is something only found on the website, when you click on POI and it shows a picture?

[primal frigate]

i want the full marathon ost

pls bungie

[sharp briar]

🥛 tasty milky beverage ohdy?

[wanton root]

Do runners even eat

[karmic sable]

It shows corrupted footage of the POI's

[primal frigate]

ohdihh

[keen zinc]

Heard. We've nerfed Glitch's double jump to single jump

[robust current]

No

[wanton root]

I mean they can apparently metabolize drugs

[eager token]

Oh thanks

[wanton root]

So who knows

[karmic sable]

Its not the runner that metabolizes the drugs

its the Shell

remember, WE The players are the Runners

[sharp briar]

👅

[karmic sable]

floating conciousnesses of mercenaries

[keen zinc]

I wonder how it feels when you're just not attached to a shell yet

is it itchy

[primal frigate]

like in the matrix?

[karmic sable]

kinda

[inner plover]

does anyone know what the last day to preorder is?

[restive bear]

Lore noob question - where are the bodies of the runners?

[wanton root]

Like getting into new car
Or being extremely drunk I guess

[keen zinc]

march 4? lol

[robust current]

The day before the game comes out lol

[karmic sable]

Unknown, never explained. We are just told that we abandoned our bodies for the payday on Tau Ceti IV

[sharp briar]

we proll dont have bodies we uploaded to a server

[inner plover]

are you guys positive about that or just assuming?

[primal frigate]

we are digital

[wanton root]

🍖 ❄️ 🥶

[primal frigate]

like wreck it ralph

[keen zinc]

if im uploaded to google drive ima be mad asf

[inner plover]

cause i know sometimes its not the last day before the release date

[karmic sable]

according to the 2023 ARG, the conciousness CAN be placed back into the original body

[primal frigate]

hmm

[sharp briar]

mfw when im on a cyac onedrive

[robust current]

Assuming. If you want to risk it you can try to buy it a few hours before it goes live.

[sturdy vector]

twenty twenty THREE arg?

[restive bear]

So in the cinematic trailer from last year, where are the shells being printed when they go in for "evaluations"?

[karmic sable]

There were 2 ARG's about Marathon

the one on 2023 and the one on 2025

[primal frigate]

prolly on the ship the printer came on

[sharp briar]

what if i wanna get dowloaded into not my body

[inner plover]

yeah i wont risk it that close i'll prob try doing a few days before unless i can find concrete info on the last day to preoder

[celest coyote]

I assume they shipped a big fat ship to manufacture them

[keen zinc]

probably a space station above tau ceti, the glitch runner says "I got a contract waiting down there"

[karmic sable]

an undisclosed facility

[celest coyote]

Otherwise they’d have to send them in batches all the time

[balmy birch]

void and glitch were talking to oni so i'd assume cyberacme unless it's another facility that uses its tech

[sharp briar]

weee giga 3d printer ship

[karmic sable]

In theory it should be possible, ethical though? unknown

[restive bear]

Ah right, I remember this line now.

[frail onyx]

Making chicken and rice for breakfast weird or nah?

[formal jasper]

bru

[primal frigate]

anything for the bulk

[restive bear]

So ONI was doing the evals??

[formal jasper]

just make chicken fried rice at that point

[tender hare]

BORN TO EMBRACE
TAU CETI IV IS A [MIDA SUBVERSION INTERCEPTED]
鬼神 THAW THEM ALL 2893
I AM NUCALORIC LOW WAGE MAN
410,757,864,530 EATEN CRYOSLEEPERS

[balmy birch]

yup, said so in the description

[karmic sable]

yes, ONI is basically our assistant given by CyberAcme

[frail onyx]

@formal jasper idk how to make that tbh

[robust current]

Everything Runs On CyberAcme

[formal jasper]

lil vegatble oil. soy sauce. egg. tsp msg. ur good

[stone grail]

No she’s my gf

[formal jasper]

cook egg first

so it doesnt soggy ur rice

then just throw it all in

[primal frigate]

feels like acid techno would fit this

[celest coyote]

Wait cook egg first

[primal frigate]

or maybe too fast?

[celest coyote]

Then take it out

[ancient raptor]

Aw... I have entomophobia but this game looks SO COOL! 😭😭😭

[celest coyote]

Throw it in at the end

[restive bear]

Ah right, I was just about to say I had heard this somewhere. So ONI is fairly "neutral" on the "surface" (I get that factions are going to get wild)

[celest coyote]

So it doesn’t dry out

[formal jasper]

litterally just said that

[primal frigate]

cyberacme and seki are probably the most neutral in this

since they both provide

[formal jasper]

RAHHHHHHHHHHHH

i

wuv u

[primal frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/bungie-marathon-new-marathon-nu-marathon-bungie-marathon-gif-2701323247976763654

[karmic sable]

even her showcase short basically says that we are under arrangement with CyberAcme and that she is there for us

https://youtube.com/shorts/vfPT_7DXLis?si=UiK3_mCaGq9hsCyS

[sturdy vector]

there are no bugs tho

[robust current]

I feel like CyberAcme might be the most nefarious faction. They have tendrils in every faction. They probably have access to some of the remaining systems on the Marathon ship.

[celest coyote]

Ticks

And the drones

[restive bear]

So CyAc is software that runs everywhere, and Seki makes the worms that print the shells, so very powerful in their own ways.

[celest coyote]

And Arachne

[formal jasper]

why did they make thief with too much clothes

[karmic sable]

Ticks, WEAVEworms on Sekiguchi

[primal frigate]

yep

[wanton root]

Cry for Shalukhe the Swimmer, last of the 5642 Sleepers...

[karmic sable]

CyAc is basically what if Microsoft, Nvidia and Apple had a merger

[restive bear]

Hmmm this is interesting, so ONI might hold dirt on EVEYRONE?

[sharp briar]

yeah i think they have a backdoor into marathon’s systems and have accessed the terminal logs from the orignal trilogy

[robust current]

This ain’t marvel rivals

[ancient raptor]

The moth worm things

[sturdy vector]

well, ticks are arachnids (spiders basically), and worms are invertebrates

[formal jasper]

marvel rivals is fucking assassss juice

[celest coyote]

Bugs

[sturdy vector]

no.

[celest coyote]

Not insects

[sharp briar]

lobsta

[robust current]

Yep

[formal jasper]

ticks from arc raiders

?

[wanton root]

She literally just has a jacket

[celest coyote]

Yes

[icy dagger]

Do not consume cryoflesh.

[edgy wasp]

Marathon works or will work on Linux ?

[formal jasper]

too much

[robust current]

Nope

[sharp briar]

CyAc has durandal’s noods

[icy dagger]

MIDA is watching you fat goops

[formal jasper]

stomp on em

mida is sucking my nuh bru

[celest coyote]

Oh shit

Might have to swap factions

[sharp briar]

he kept dming them to mjolnir recon 54

[glacial bane]

[ancient raptor]

And moths are insects. I cant wait to try next week though. Gonna see if I can push thru it

[restive bear]

And we have no idea of the relationships between these factions? Is it assumed there is a loose collaboration against UESC?

[sharp briar]

tim thank god you are privacy first. i can store my noods in peace

[primal frigate]

no collaboration

[celest coyote]

Cyac and sekiguchi are working together bc they kinda have to

I assume nobody will want to fight sekiguchi

[wanton root]

The govt has shit everyone wants

[primal frigate]

i mean between the uesc

[sharp briar]

cyac shoulda become vertically integrated like apple smh

[celest coyote]

Oh

[karmic sable]

Most of the factions are somehow invested into the UESC Marathon Expedition and they want to know what happened to their investment

They cant send their own operatives

because that makes UESC on Sol angry

HOWEVER

They hire runners on Tau Ceti IV so nothing can be traced to them

[restive bear]

Okay this will be fun then, a bunch of super wealthy corporate interests whose interests are their own. AMAZING story setup honestly.

[wanton root]

Also because it's like the Zone from STALKER where while the ukranian govt technically controls it, special interest groups want stuff inside it

[robust current]

We’re gonna open vault 7 because of our greed and find out that the UESC had a good reason to lock that shit down.

[primal frigate]

i have a feeling its something like this

[celest coyote]

I agree

[sturdy vector]

all bugs are insects but not all insects are bugs and ticks and worms are not bugs or insects

!

[pulsar cradle]

aliens

[small tide]

everyday i thank god they didnt go w the oxygen concept

[restive bear]

Okay another lore noob question, when was the "in the heavens they are waiting" signal sent? After the collapse? When did earth realize things were bad on TAU? I realize this might be a bit too complex question based on how deep OG lore goes lol

[sharp briar]

oxygen?

[small tide]

would have ruined this game like actually 😭

[wanton root]

Иди ко мне...

[pulsar cradle]

uesc dont want no one knwoing about the aliens on tau ceti

[sharp briar]

oh the oxygen mechanic

[small tide]

ok so basically back in 2023 they

yea

the oxygen mechanic

[wanton root]

Ain't Leela's transmission common knowledge

[small tide]

so u alr know what i was gonna say 😭

[formal jasper]

i know what uesc stands for

[wanton root]

Since it was a distress signal

[sturdy vector]

to be an insect a creature has to have three body sections, 6 legs and two antennae and to be a bug it has to have all before mentioned AND a mouth apparatus that can pierce or suck fluids

[formal jasper]

i just cant say it

[restive bear]

Like artifacts, high tech weapons, and compilers hiding in cold storage?

[robust current]

Wut

[ionic scaffold]

vim bloody silking it

[wanton root]

The wish granter from STALKER spams this at you

[formal jasper]

is there gonna be UGS in marathon

[small tide]

oxygen mechanic wouldve just turned this game into Arc Raiders: Bungie Edition

[robust current]

Ahh

[sharp briar]

basically area 51

[wanton root]

Yes

[clear flame]

I swear if i buy this game and it turns out dead in a week i will snap

[small tide]

does it look like it will?

[twilit sparrow]

ΟΗ MONOLITH WHY HAVE YOU LEFT US OH MONOLITH

[sharp briar]

not my first rodeo, no stranger to throwing money into the void

[restive bear]

So factions aren't going just to see what happened, they are banking on govt goodies to recoup losses?

[clear flame]

No bit still no we only have burntpeant gameplay

[analog dirge]

I think you’ll be okay pal

[formal jasper]

puts hand on Qmin's shoulder

same

[primal frigate]

did u not see the rook clip?

[celest coyote]

There was one in the og marathons

[pulsar cradle]

dead is a drone term

[glacial bane]

🙏

[sharp briar]

das a bingo, just like good old colonialism plunders ripe for the taking

[clear flame]

No what is that

[twilit sparrow]

I, SLOPPUS MAXIMUS CHUDDICUS

HAVE DECIDED THAT CyAc IS BASED, REASON: THE NEW SOLO BONUSES

THEREFORE, THE CURRENT STANDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWING:

ARACHNE = BASED
TRAXUS = BASED
CYAC = BASED

NUCAL = MCDONALDS AND WANNABE AMERICAN EAGLE WITHOUT SYDNEY SWEENEY HAVING GREAT JEANS //KILL ON SIGHT
MIDA = GRETA THUNBERG FACTION //KILL ON SIGHT

[glacial bane]

not even fbi can get ur noods 👍

[small tide]

bit of hopium: The Finals, a game I used to actively play, had around 6 figure numbers of players. it dwindled down very quickly to like 20k, and is still holding strong at 15-16k players daily. and thats just on PC

if the finals didnt die

this game wont die

[primal frigate]

https://youtu.be/SiJIkfW5iyw?si=MgjZuE6uU_OVlAye

[small tide]

and the finals fucking sucks lmao

[sharp briar]

just terabytes of my encrypted noods

[formal jasper]

finally

thank u

[pulsar cradle]

ding ding ding

[glacial bane]

👀

[pulsar cradle]

calma

[celest coyote]

Why is Traxus Greta thunberg

[restive bear]

So what gives these corps the idea that there are things worth taking (I mean the undertaking doesn NOT sound cheap lol)?

[sharp briar]

🤫

[glacial bane]

🤐

[sharp briar]

alien tech BABY

[clear flame]

I hate 3rd persons shoters lets just hopium

[formal jasper]

no this is greta thunberg

[primal frigate]

they all had stakes in the events of the original marathon game, so they wanna recoup their losses and find out what happened the end

[pulsar cradle]

cus they invested trillliooonssss on the marathon ship lmao, would you let that money go to waste and the government isnt even telling you why?

[ionic scaffold]

i wish there was a mahcine that teleports you 10 days into the future

[small tide]

worst that'll happen to this games pc population is that it dwindles down to like 10-15k people

but thats still a healthy game

[formal jasper]

ts bad brochacho

[primal frigate]

console will keep it healthy

[clear flame]

China about to carry us on steam player count

[small tide]

^

[pulsar cradle]

what if you die 4 days into the future so then you cant teleport cus ur dead

[twilit sparrow]

10-15k aint enough to sustain sony and bungie, this aint an indie game

[sharp briar]

best i can do is employment

[robust current]

Cyac and Traxus invested a lot of money in the Marathon. It makes sense they want to investigate the what happened to their massive project. Plus they use runners as a cheap work force.

[ionic scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-dog-hug-dog-question-mark-dog-question-mark-gif-14144426802562365039

[small tide]

The Finals is backed by Nexon lmao

that game goes around 10-15k on pc daily

[analog dirge]

Take a couple xanny bars you’ll teleport

[twilit sparrow]

embark was not nearly as expensive as bungie was to buy and sustain

[restive bear]

Well I wouldn't waste another trillions unless I was sure I could find tech that teleports moons (wasn't there crazy ancient tech like that in OG marathon?), but point taken.

[pulsar cradle]

hese are pc numbers tbh its a lil more, like 25 to 30

[robust current]

Bet

[small tide]

remember i said this games PC population

not console

[primal frigate]

• MIDA had Strauss and wants to know what happened, Arachne are random bums with no lore, Sekiguchi is providing for the other corps the shells we use

[clear flame]

How much player count does an extraction shooter need to be enjoyble long term

[ionic scaffold]

theres baby spiders on my ceiling do i burn down my house or what\

[twilit sparrow]

nobody gonna play an exfill game on consoles anyway

[pulsar cradle]

nucal, traxus and cyac all want to return those lost investments

[ionic scaffold]

i love australia!

[twilit sparrow]

PC should be 30-50k minimum imo

[small tide]

lies lol

[formal jasper]

that means u have a huge one either behind ur desk or in the walls