In the MMO shooter Destiny, players in the USA can now get a taste of the first DLC “The Dark Below”. Activision is leveraging the creativity of the community and holding a competition on the microblogging service Twitter.
Destiny has an adventurous and show-off community. Players compose a little beat from the sound of various exotic weapons, showcase tricks on the Sparrow, and record humorous video sequences. Publisher Activision has also noticed this creativity and wants to utilize and reward it.
Make tweets, not war
Players are asked to do specific things in Destiny, capture them as a video or with a screenshot, and post them with a “hashtag” on Twitter. Players should:
- show off the coolest tricks they can do with their Sparrows in Destiny.
- post pictures with the enemies of Darkness, where their Guardian then “photo-bombs”, meaning jumps into the picture.
- find a particularly impressive viewpoint from which they can take a screenshot of the scenery in Destiny – following the motto: make tweets, not war.
Six selected participants of the campaign will be rewarded with a weekend for two in Las Vegas, where they can get a preview of the expansion “The Dark Below”. Unfortunately, to have a chance at this trip, you must be a citizen of the USA.
Mein MMO says: It is to be hoped that something like this will also take place in Europe – we Europeans often miss out on such competitions from US publishers due to legal and organizational reasons. At least Bungie (or rather publisher Activision) has recognized the signs that the Destiny community wants to present themselves on social media and showcase things in Destiny that perhaps the devs wouldn’t have thought of themselves. And surely some interesting clips will come together this way.
We have made a selection of the previous tweets for you:
Trick Triple #DestinyLegendSweeps http://t.co/ovJtcfEFys
— Titus (@StarLordTitus) November 13, 2014
Hanging out, Can’t wait until Dark Below! #DestinyLegendSweeps #PS4share pic.twitter.com/h06FgX7P5I
— Joseph Manzie (@JoeM726) November 12, 2014
#DestinyLegendSweeps We all knew warlocks were part of the vex all along pic.twitter.com/LrzK8kDWLo
— Dan Kruzel (@DanKruzel) November 15, 2014
“@xxToo_Sickxx: The Beautiful BlackGarden! #DestinyLegendSweeps #XboxOne #Challenge3 pic.twitter.com/9JnJ7sJ7Qn” @Michael5SOS
— Yesenia♡ (@Smile_Kid626) November 15, 2014
Shattered sunrise #DestinyLegendSweeps pic.twitter.com/6XdPoZA1Nk
— Kyle Elsebusch (@TheFallenALPHA) November 15, 2014
