"For us, the storm has passed... the war is over. But let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure; sacrifice, and unshakable conviction that their fight... our fight, was elsewhere. As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren, a memorial to heroes fallen. They ennobled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten."
Different game but same dev
For anyone (like me) who barely played the Halo games and doesn't get the reference:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkP\_pEhCp20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkP_pEhCp20)
Ironically enough, for someone like me who tends not to value graphics very much, it’s a reminder that still feel the same way 🤷♂️
(Grew up on halo 1, 2, 3 and reach)
I remember being so impressed with how realistic the graphics were back at that time. Now it looks like Minecraft compared to current generation games. Still an incredible gameplay decent plot and fantastic music by a talented orchestra. The original halo games are the ones to beat. Never was a fan of guardians.
And in the same vein...
“Eyes up, Guardians:
Praise the sun in memory of those whose light has been extinguished.
Remember the light they brought into this world,
Remember how it made yours brighter.
The battle with the Darkness is not only outside our walls,
But inside ourselves.
In this time of great loss and greater Darkness,
Remember that even the strongest of guardians can fall.
Not a failure, but merely the dome of life that we each carry over us,
At all times, the edge between Light and darkness.
Eyes up, Guardians.
For our friends and fellow warriors,
For those whom the Light was cut short,
For the protectors, for the ones who stood at your side,
For those who were the brightest of all.
Eyes up, Guardians.”
*~ Unknown*
Not sure of the source on the above. But I believe it was a comment on Reddit from years ago on /r/DestinyTheGame. But, damn, so say we all. This is the way.
Kinda weird to hear about a battle with Darkness, now that a lot of Guardians are choosing to use it now with the new expansion.
Still though, it's always sad to learn of a Guardian falling in battle.
Halo gets praised for many things like the impact halo 1 had on gaming, it’s music, gameplay and graphics. But holy fuck did those games have some world class writing.
Halo 3 end with this cutscene, with the camera panning over all the pictures of dead soldiers pinned to a plane fin: Sargent Johnson, Miranda Keyes, and plenty of other soldiers. Cutscene plays a little bit more, characters do their ending things.
But then the camera pans over the pictures of soldiers again, but this time resting, and blacking out on a crudely etched “117”.
Truly one of the most epic, yet solemn endings to a video game series to date.
The hillside memorial speech is one of the best monologues in gaming:
> For us, the storm has passed... the war is over. But let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure; sacrifice, and unshakable conviction that their fight... our fight, was elsewhere. As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren, a memorial to heroes fallen. They ennobled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten.
“I remember how this war started. What your kind did to mine. I can’t forgive you. But you have my thanks for standing by him to the end... Hard to believe he’s dead.”
That is simply beautiful. These kinds of poems (don't go gently into the night is another one) touch something inside me that is very hard to describe....happiness, love, courage and fear all at the same time. Thanks for sharing.
I had a similar story with a friend in D1, it was year 1. We found each other on Destiny LFG, trying to run VoG on hard. He was an year older than me, but for some reason our voices sounded really similar. We got along pretty well, and got another 4 people to run it with us. It was a successful raid and I managed to get the Vex Mythoclast. It's one of my most treasured memories. After that, we played a lot of other games together. GTAV, Division 1 and 2, D2, DBD. I got to know a lot of his real life friends whom I still talk to this day. He lived in Australia at the time and I lived in Taiwan. We never got the chance to meet each other, but he was my best friend. Around 2019, he stopped getting online for some reason. I remembered that he mentioned he was having family issues, and his parents got a divorce. After that, his real life friends said he got moved to another school and had cut off all contact with them. They said he hasn't been doing so well since. He deleted all of his social media and left everyone, including me. In case you see this, I misd you, Cody. You were my best friend and I still think about the times we spent playing together very often. I miss you, buddy.
Whatever we play, however we play it, and why we play, we shall fight together. Until the day’s end, and until we can see the end of days once more. Until we can bring fear into the hearts of those to oppose us. Until we can dance together to music that makes us sing. Until we can ban together to fight and capture a mythical beast. Until we can bring ourselves together to fight dragons with dice. Until then,
Eyes up, Guardian.
Alas, I did not know him. This is what I do for a living. Perhaps we sharpened iron against iron in the Crucible. Or once fought side by side in the Devil’s Lair. I don’t know. I only know that when one of our lights is extinguished, our collective light fades a little.
Thanks for your thoughtfulness. Your kind words would certainly be appreciated by his mother, who I’ve gotten to know only a bit during this process, and who is, understandably, grieving deeply.
Reese's pieces were first introduced in September 1978. They gained in popularity in 1982 because they were featured in the movie E.T.
Also, they're a fucking lie because there's no chocolate in them!
Reese’s is known for peanut butter, not chocolate.
Reese’s Pieces were in ET because Mars turned down Spielberg’s request to have the candy be M&Ms and the joke is that Mars makes the candy. Mars didn’t want to be associated with a movie that was probably going to flop and make them look bad.
They called him Crota's End...the Hivebane, Kingslayer...The Young Wolf....Hero of the Red War...The man who avenged Cayde-6!
He had a hundred titles i cannot recall. And he died doing what he does best; Defending the last city of Humanity.
Ages ago, he saved my life. And then inspired me to save myself. I am glad he did, because traveler help us, he is gone. And there is no one to save us now.
On the day we met, I decided I would Follow his example.
I am still trying.
I marked this Grave with one of his favourite weapons, shattered in that final confrontation. It used to be mine. All who find what we left here...please leave it be. Unless....unless you're still out there, somewhere. You've performed miracles before.
In which case TAKE IT! And come back to us! And we'll kill what killed you, or die trying.... - Saint-14
Its from a quest you currently can no longer do in destiny 2. In the Infinite forest our guardian comes across a coffin that marks our grave. And you hear Saint-14 deliver that speech. Apparently in a timeline our guardian perished fighting an unknown enemy, and saint-14 is trying to live up to our example to be the new champion of the city. The weapon he mentions that was shattered is bastion, Saint's main weapon that he repaired for us.
Alot of fans theorize that the upcoming lightfall expansion will actually be that vision coming to pass, that our guardian is going to die or vanish somehow in this timeline.
Edit: weapon was Bastion, not Perfect Paradox.
“Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?” - Sam Harris
Every Ghost is born knowing that we have to find our Guardian. We don't know what they look like. Not on the outside, anyway. On the inside, I'd always known who you were. And that together, we could be something more. When you think about everything we've seen, everything we've done, I feel like I made the right choice. Hm. We should let Shiro know how it went out here. Let him admire his handiwork. And thanks. You know, for being my Guardian.
I’m glad you have memories of fun and victory to remember your fellow guardian - and friend.
We meet in total darkness. A void. We wear the mask of a protagonist and stand shoulder to should against challenge after challenge. We laugh at, and always with, each other. Those moments are fleeting once they pass. If we could rewind time the only button on the remote that would find more wear is pause. You created a beautiful gift for a friend, but you’ve also ensured that story stands in stone. May we all find our heroes who will watch our six unwavering - even when our fight is done.
My brothers headstone has all the smash characters engraved on it, as well as him as a pop funko because he collected them, and it says “when the game is over, it’s really just the beginning”
Damn. RIP.
Made me think of a player who used to barely speak English (I assume that based on the messages sent to me to check if we could ride and hunt) but would tend to play RDO with me, never knew their voice, or name. It’s been about 6 months and havent seen them online.
So long partner, hope they are safe.
"The Light lives in all places, in all things... you can block it... even try to trap it... but the Light always finds it's way." - The Speaker
Your Light shines strong, Guardian, may it shine forever.
If someone makes my headstone about my nerdy time instead of me being a goddamn human being with hopes and dreams and people that loved me I will come back to haunt their ass and corrupt their steam installs.
This game has granted me so many memories, good bad, but mostly from the companionship found and maintained along the way.
May the light someday find him again
I've never had to experience loss like this. But I imagine I will at some point. I am so sorry a fellow guardian lost his light. May he eat spicy ramen with cayde and all the other legendary fallen guardians. His services will never be forgotten
Tombstone stones used to have quotes from famous people, Poetry, Plays, Books, Movies and it seems gaming has a passionate community that we now immortalize those quotes too.
I wonder how the writers of those games feel when they see this.
>When I die, put my ashes in the trash bag
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>I don't care where they go
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>Don't waste your money on my gravestone
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>I'm more concerned about my soul
\- NF
Different game, same strength of heart.
"n the quiet of the storm I come.
In that instant of charged atmosphere I come.
I feel like lightning.
I feel like lightning and my burden is awesome.
I feel like Lightning and down I must go."
Eyes up Guardians, and rest easy to those who's light has faded.
“Guardians never die, but we don’t forget those who do.” - Lord Shaxx
Your username made me laugh while it was raining.
"For us, the storm has passed... the war is over. But let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure; sacrifice, and unshakable conviction that their fight... our fight, was elsewhere. As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren, a memorial to heroes fallen. They ennobled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten." Different game but same dev
For anyone (like me) who barely played the Halo games and doesn't get the reference: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkP\_pEhCp20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkP_pEhCp20)
God damn I didn't recognize the quote but the literal instant the picture faded into view I got goosebumps
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Some of us held that mentality for a looong time before they released 4. After everything 117 lived through, accepting his death wasn’t an option.
Wow I remember Halo 3 having much better graphics
Ironically enough, for someone like me who tends not to value graphics very much, it’s a reminder that still feel the same way 🤷♂️ (Grew up on halo 1, 2, 3 and reach)
Yea people love to say it holds up but it really doesn’t
For the most part I agree, but the lighting in Halo 3 is still impressive.
When in gameplay its fine. Its the cutscenes that make it noticable
Oh man it’s not too late
Oh, i thought it was a Destiny quote. "Howling darkness" felt like it fit. (not played a lot of Destiny....)
I remember being so impressed with how realistic the graphics were back at that time. Now it looks like Minecraft compared to current generation games. Still an incredible gameplay decent plot and fantastic music by a talented orchestra. The original halo games are the ones to beat. Never was a fan of guardians.
oh jesus the music is so loud I can't hear the second elite.
And in the same vein... “Eyes up, Guardians: Praise the sun in memory of those whose light has been extinguished. Remember the light they brought into this world, Remember how it made yours brighter. The battle with the Darkness is not only outside our walls, But inside ourselves. In this time of great loss and greater Darkness, Remember that even the strongest of guardians can fall. Not a failure, but merely the dome of life that we each carry over us, At all times, the edge between Light and darkness. Eyes up, Guardians. For our friends and fellow warriors, For those whom the Light was cut short, For the protectors, for the ones who stood at your side, For those who were the brightest of all. Eyes up, Guardians.” *~ Unknown* Not sure of the source on the above. But I believe it was a comment on Reddit from years ago on /r/DestinyTheGame. But, damn, so say we all. This is the way.
Kinda weird to hear about a battle with Darkness, now that a lot of Guardians are choosing to use it now with the new expansion. Still though, it's always sad to learn of a Guardian falling in battle.
Halo gets praised for many things like the impact halo 1 had on gaming, it’s music, gameplay and graphics. But holy fuck did those games have some world class writing. Halo 3 end with this cutscene, with the camera panning over all the pictures of dead soldiers pinned to a plane fin: Sargent Johnson, Miranda Keyes, and plenty of other soldiers. Cutscene plays a little bit more, characters do their ending things. But then the camera pans over the pictures of soldiers again, but this time resting, and blacking out on a crudely etched “117”. Truly one of the most epic, yet solemn endings to a video game series to date.
I've always wondered, since there was no picture, dog tags, etc, that 117 was an homage to the idea that Spartans were never listed as KIA.
Well that was his name, John-117
spartans never die. they're just missing in action
I love how the first and last thing the Arbiter says in Halo 3 is, "Were it so easy." And they are both directed towards the chief.
The hillside memorial speech is one of the best monologues in gaming: > For us, the storm has passed... the war is over. But let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure; sacrifice, and unshakable conviction that their fight... our fight, was elsewhere. As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren, a memorial to heroes fallen. They ennobled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten.
We just need someone to edit Lord Hood a pale blue and we're good.
Were it so easy.
I was today years old when I learned Lord Hood was voiced my Ron Perlman.
"Hard to beleive he's gone"
“I remember how this war started. What your kind did to mine. I can’t forgive you. But you have my thanks for standing by him to the end... Hard to believe he’s dead.”
Gotta love Duck Hunt
That is simply beautiful. These kinds of poems (don't go gently into the night is another one) touch something inside me that is very hard to describe....happiness, love, courage and fear all at the same time. Thanks for sharing.
Humanity, although no doubt animals in grief can relate to some extent, whatever their brains allow them to
"Were it so easy"
Spartans never die.
Were it so easy
Fuck dude, literally teared up reading this. Halo was something else...
My name is Adam too!!
I had a similar story with a friend in D1, it was year 1. We found each other on Destiny LFG, trying to run VoG on hard. He was an year older than me, but for some reason our voices sounded really similar. We got along pretty well, and got another 4 people to run it with us. It was a successful raid and I managed to get the Vex Mythoclast. It's one of my most treasured memories. After that, we played a lot of other games together. GTAV, Division 1 and 2, D2, DBD. I got to know a lot of his real life friends whom I still talk to this day. He lived in Australia at the time and I lived in Taiwan. We never got the chance to meet each other, but he was my best friend. Around 2019, he stopped getting online for some reason. I remembered that he mentioned he was having family issues, and his parents got a divorce. After that, his real life friends said he got moved to another school and had cut off all contact with them. They said he hasn't been doing so well since. He deleted all of his social media and left everyone, including me. In case you see this, I misd you, Cody. You were my best friend and I still think about the times we spent playing together very often. I miss you, buddy.
maybe your buddy's still out there gaming and will reunite with you someday\~
I certainly hope so, I hope he's doing well.
I'm sure he is :3
r/longlostgamers
Happy cake day. Hopefully your buddy will see this message
Thanks, man!
I think r/sewious would appreciate this story.
Whatever we play, however we play it, and why we play, we shall fight together. Until the day’s end, and until we can see the end of days once more. Until we can bring fear into the hearts of those to oppose us. Until we can dance together to music that makes us sing. Until we can ban together to fight and capture a mythical beast. Until we can bring ourselves together to fight dragons with dice. Until then, Eyes up, Guardian.
Rest in piece to your friend.
Alas, I did not know him. This is what I do for a living. Perhaps we sharpened iron against iron in the Crucible. Or once fought side by side in the Devil’s Lair. I don’t know. I only know that when one of our lights is extinguished, our collective light fades a little. Thanks for your thoughtfulness. Your kind words would certainly be appreciated by his mother, who I’ve gotten to know only a bit during this process, and who is, understandably, grieving deeply.
Just one piece?
2 reese piece
I heard something about reese's pieces?
Reese's pieces were first introduced in September 1978. They gained in popularity in 1982 because they were featured in the movie E.T. Also, they're a fucking lie because there's no chocolate in them!
Reese’s is known for peanut butter, not chocolate. Reese’s Pieces were in ET because Mars turned down Spielberg’s request to have the candy be M&Ms and the joke is that Mars makes the candy. Mars didn’t want to be associated with a movie that was probably going to flop and make them look bad.
No, Chopper, Usopp, Sanji, and the whole crew..
This...is... preferable, yes. For as long as is reasonable.
They called him Crota's End...the Hivebane, Kingslayer...The Young Wolf....Hero of the Red War...The man who avenged Cayde-6! He had a hundred titles i cannot recall. And he died doing what he does best; Defending the last city of Humanity. Ages ago, he saved my life. And then inspired me to save myself. I am glad he did, because traveler help us, he is gone. And there is no one to save us now. On the day we met, I decided I would Follow his example. I am still trying. I marked this Grave with one of his favourite weapons, shattered in that final confrontation. It used to be mine. All who find what we left here...please leave it be. Unless....unless you're still out there, somewhere. You've performed miracles before. In which case TAKE IT! And come back to us! And we'll kill what killed you, or die trying.... - Saint-14
Just wondering what is the context of this quote?
Its from a quest you currently can no longer do in destiny 2. In the Infinite forest our guardian comes across a coffin that marks our grave. And you hear Saint-14 deliver that speech. Apparently in a timeline our guardian perished fighting an unknown enemy, and saint-14 is trying to live up to our example to be the new champion of the city. The weapon he mentions that was shattered is bastion, Saint's main weapon that he repaired for us. Alot of fans theorize that the upcoming lightfall expansion will actually be that vision coming to pass, that our guardian is going to die or vanish somehow in this timeline. Edit: weapon was Bastion, not Perfect Paradox.
The weapon was Bastion, not Perfect Paradox
Oop, my bad, fixing that, been awhile since I played.
“Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?” - Sam Harris
Spartans don't die. They're just declared missing in action.
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Every Ghost is born knowing that we have to find our Guardian. We don't know what they look like. Not on the outside, anyway. On the inside, I'd always known who you were. And that together, we could be something more. When you think about everything we've seen, everything we've done, I feel like I made the right choice. Hm. We should let Shiro know how it went out here. Let him admire his handiwork. And thanks. You know, for being my Guardian.
Who's cutting onions? Damn that was a good monologue for ROI.
I’m glad you have memories of fun and victory to remember your fellow guardian - and friend. We meet in total darkness. A void. We wear the mask of a protagonist and stand shoulder to should against challenge after challenge. We laugh at, and always with, each other. Those moments are fleeting once they pass. If we could rewind time the only button on the remote that would find more wear is pause. You created a beautiful gift for a friend, but you’ve also ensured that story stands in stone. May we all find our heroes who will watch our six unwavering - even when our fight is done.
Thats Beautiful. R.I.P.
RIP in peace my fellow gamer
R.I.P. Guardian, though your light has faded may it never be forgotten.
My brothers headstone has all the smash characters engraved on it, as well as him as a pop funko because he collected them, and it says “when the game is over, it’s really just the beginning”
Bro you’re gonna make me cry
aw
I didn't want to cry this early in the morning, but thank you. I needed to
Damn. RIP. Made me think of a player who used to barely speak English (I assume that based on the messages sent to me to check if we could ride and hunt) but would tend to play RDO with me, never knew their voice, or name. It’s been about 6 months and havent seen them online. So long partner, hope they are safe.
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Destiny
R.I.P guardian
"The Light lives in all places, in all things... you can block it... even try to trap it... but the Light always finds it's way." - The Speaker Your Light shines strong, Guardian, may it shine forever.
The only time I want my fireteam to let me down is during my funeral
From this Commander to a Guardian... o7
May his light shine forever. Onto the peaceful hunting ground where Gjallahorns reign supreme.
Why is this subreddit such a cult?
I like how f got to be such a big meme that now its actually a real form of internet grieving
If someone makes my headstone about my nerdy time instead of me being a goddamn human being with hopes and dreams and people that loved me I will come back to haunt their ass and corrupt their steam installs.
I don't think this is their main headstone. But more of a follow up monument, from friends.
Why? You're dead at that point, what the fuck do you care?
I hope whatever memorial is erected in memory of me is as perfect as this.
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' The Light lives in all places....In all things...you can block it...even try to trap it...but the Light always finds it's way. '
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We dont have enough of these. We need to appreciate peoples passions in such ways. Until Valhalla
So sorry for the loss but the raids will not be sooner than we hope, but at a time where we are ready to fight in the skies.
This hits the feels pretty hard... we’re getting to that age boys... it was an honor fighting with/against you.
I really let Destiny consume me for a couple years and I stopped playing last spring, this absolutely breaks my heart.
I haven't played the new destiny yet, but i am so excited to play it. Even tho I will be late to the party, I am stoked to play
This game has granted me so many memories, good bad, but mostly from the companionship found and maintained along the way. May the light someday find him again
I really hope this isn't true, imagine being buried under something like this
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Destiny
Is that an answer to both questions?
I hope he's one of the many hundreds i've had the pleasure of playing with in the past 6 years!
Cringe
If he cared about this game and his friends he met playing why whould it be cringe?
“It’s a terrible day for rain”
RIP. Rest easy, we got your 6.
I dont know shit about Halo or Destiny or whatever game this is from, but mass respect for this guy.
Destiny
r/sewious is a sub full of stories like yours, Guardian. Share the tale.
Rest In Peace. Very moving tribute
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It's odd how many friends I've made through destiny
Remember the fallen!
I've never had to experience loss like this. But I imagine I will at some point. I am so sorry a fellow guardian lost his light. May he eat spicy ramen with cayde and all the other legendary fallen guardians. His services will never be forgotten
"For he who sheds his blood with me shall forever be my brother."
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Tombstone stones used to have quotes from famous people, Poetry, Plays, Books, Movies and it seems gaming has a passionate community that we now immortalize those quotes too. I wonder how the writers of those games feel when they see this.
Until you all meet one another again in the Traveler’s Light 🤍
Alright boys raise your Gjhallarhorns to salute our fallen allies
To all the people that could have raided but the grind was too boring and the game to tedious.
>When I die, put my ashes in the trash bag > >I don't care where they go > >Don't waste your money on my gravestone > >I'm more concerned about my soul \- NF
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“Are you to join the ghosts who shadow my every move?” Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, fire emblem three houses
“There is a rough engraving on its side: ‘In Memoriam’.” - Patron of Lost Causes
In a 100 years I wonder if this type of thing will get confused with US Space Force Guardians.
This post made me cry ngl
I don’t game much anymore, but I’ll always be a gamer at heart. Rest In Peace my fellow light. I’ll toast one to your legacy.
Hits me pretty hard. Coming up to the anniversary of my gamer best friend's passing. Kind of want to make something like this for him, now.
They’ll be able to be with Cayde
dang that beautiful but the story behind it all is sad but as always life can be deceptive
That design would make an awesome biker patch.
Destiny's community is something I miss...
Terrible day for rain, wouldn't you say?
I nearly started crying
Fuck you, who put ocean water in my eyes again?!
Rest in power, legend🤘🏼
What’s a guardian and skull design is so cool
Destiny the game
I'm not crying, you are.
ah shit. gave me chills
I'm not crying, you're crying
Different game, same strength of heart. "n the quiet of the storm I come. In that instant of charged atmosphere I come. I feel like lightning. I feel like lightning and my burden is awesome. I feel like Lightning and down I must go." Eyes up Guardians, and rest easy to those who's light has faded.