In the MMO shooter Destiny, the dedication of fans sometimes takes on strange forms.
From time to time, we report on how Destiny sneaks into the “real life” of the players. Amid all the commotion surrounding “House of Wolves”, the last patch, and the next patch, we want to take a moment today to address a current episode.
On one hand, we found these extraordinarily good pictures of a cosplayer from the Calgary EXPO 2015, who appears strangely cozy as a Titan.
On the other hand, the US magazine Polygon reports on a drama that took place in a McDonald’s and a Taco Bueno. Last Friday, Xur, as you all probably know, had the hand cannon “The Last Word” on offer. The (quote from Bungie) “snake-faced bastard” wanted 23 strange coins for it.
The player “Lan Fiesta” only had 16. So he grinded like mad to level up a Titan to level 25. On the way there, he earned 6 coins, so he only needed one more. But then there was a power outage at his home. The culprit was one of those April storms in the USA.
“Lan Fiesta” packed his stuff (that is, console, controller, flatscreen, accessories) and headed straight to where one goes in such a case: No, not to a friend or relative. To McDonald’s. After ordering a cheeseburger and a cola, he logged into the Wi-Fi and set out to complete a Roc strike. Brilliant plan, but it had a catch. He was expelled from the field even before he could finish the strike. The McDonald’s closed at 10:00 PM.
With all his gear and a friend in tow, he then went into a Taco Bueno. That’s the name of a Tex-Mex fast-food chain in the USA. There, the two employees even treated him to a plate of nachos, and he got started. After 7 Roc strikes, he finally got the strange coin and just managed to buy “The Last Word” from Xur. By then, it was already 1:00 AM in the place and, hopefully with a slightly guilty conscience, he thanked the two employees.
But they simply said: “It’s Destiny, we understand.” Note the universally understood hand signal that can be seen in the photo. And no, we don’t mean the thumb.
