Deej,
I'd like to take this moment to apologize to the Bungie Exec who was victimized in the SWATting incident. It was a cruel, selfish, stupid thing to do and whoever did it deserves much more punishment than they will likely receive. I absolutely hope you ban the perpetrator from your games for life.
It seems like Bungie has been the target of a great deal of flak and hate on the forums since Destiny dropped, and as community liaison you've definitely been at the center of a lot of it. That's unfortunate, and doubly unfair. We as a community of gamers tend to become so passionate about our experience that we allow ourselves to turn into entitled brats who abuse developers at every turn, forgetting how excited we were to play the game and how much fun we have doing so. It's a sad consequence of our instant gratification based culture. We forget that a game, much like movies or books, won't please everyone all the time. We also tend to discard the fact that we didn't do the years of work it took to make the game, and that we weren't there for the struggle of creating something new from nothing at all.
Once again, I apologize, Bungie. I'm sorry we've been so rough on you. I'm sorry we keep giving Deej a hard time. To the Exec this happened to, I apologize both to you and to your family for the distress this obviously must have caused.
And to whoever did it, f*** you, a**hole.
Edit: removed "on behalf of the community". Didn't realize that phrase would be a hot button issue for some people. I was just trying to do something nice on the forums, and I don't have much experience on here so I'm not sure what's taboo and what isn't. My bad.
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i'm so sorry this happened i really am, don't wish this for anyone. i hope you and your family are okay and at your best, may god protect you.
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Was it actually Deej this happened to? Regardless it's just plain wrong and I hope they go for the maximum sentencing they can. It's only a matter of time before these horrendous "pranks" get an innocent person killed. Many of the replies to this thread remind me why I avoid the forum and make me wish there was much stricter control over what's removed. While I love how transparent Bungie is as a company and how they allow freedom of expression, there's a limit that's pushed way past on an hourly basis on these forums. The toxic and vocal minority can very quickly overwhelm any semblance of a positive environment unfortunately.
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I am not part of this community he is speaking on behalf of.
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I thought he was going to say something like I'm not on the pill
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Edited by Precursor Steel: 11/9/2014 4:38:53 AMI'm black, so if police raid my house, I make sure I have on my Chatterwhite! I'm horrible :p
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Can we say only in America
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He's not getting caught cause he obviously knows what he's doing and is a professional. Pretty -blam!-ed up but what a prank. Shit got real son.
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It was wrong, but we'll see soon what bungies retaliation toward gamers will be.
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"Forces moved to raid the house" Hopefully they didn't get Chatterwhite for the 5th time this go round. ^^^^ THIS
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"Forces moved to raid the house" Hopefully they didn't get Chatterwhite for the 5th time this go round.
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Edited by Din: 11/8/2014 11:31:32 PM[quote]. I absolutely hope you ban the perpetrator from your games for life..[/quote] I agree this was an absolutely retarded thing to do. If you think banning someone from a video game is actually a punishment then maybe we need to think about this a little more. Peoples lives were put at risk because of some stupid kid over 60$. This person or people deserve prison, not a ban from a video game.
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Don't worry mate, you could have just said on behalf of everyone who hasn't lost all perspective or concept of rational behavior. You spoke very well on behalf of me, and I hope whoever did this does get the one year in jail that is a possibility. Worst case scenario for whatever problems you have with Bungie, you wasted a bit of money and had bad game playing time. Worst case for what this psycho did, people die through resulting mishap, young family members are traumatised, and people who really needed those swat guys are left without help. Don't apologize to people who have a problem with that. Your post was the right thing to do.
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Swatting is a messed up thing to do and it isn't going to do anyone any favours. So if you are highly disappointed in Destiny: Just trade it in then purchase another game
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Wow. The guy who did this deserves to wake up to the sound of a shotgun trained on his face being loaded. I would then drag his panicking arse on the front yard. Wearing nothing but his undies, in front of a gathered crowd of neighbors and journalists, I'd have him apologize to the victim and his family right then and there. Then I'd just abandon him there in his soiled boxers. Yup.
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i would like to say one thing house of wolves
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Lizard squad they have made yet another move in this game of chess
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I won't lie, after reading this I pretty much had to writte a forum post JUST to vent my frustration and voice my thoughts after reading this... Some people are just terrible.
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I'd love to this. I'll be Swatting stupid little kids on GTA V like a boss.
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the cops are OP , a nerf is needed
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Not making light of the actual topic... ...but you don't even want to know what I was thinking when I saw the topic in the list...
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Woah, woah, woah. Stop the mafacking presses! Did I give you my consent to speak on my behalf? You better start editing pronto! ヽ( ´¬`)ノ
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looks like someone tried to trade-in destiny at gamestop, then found out Destiny trade-in value is $10.
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My neighbor got swatted it was nuts
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Bump bump bump
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You piss enough people off you're bound for real world consequences. Good job bungie execs.
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And not cut content to re-sell us later. Proof is on youtube, search Kings watch glitch, clearly that whole are has been built, hell enemies even spawn when you go in there, AND theres a sub boss there as well. THE ULTRA CAPTAIN. Nobody likes to be charged twice for something they already paid for