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I'm Danl. My twitter is @DanlHaas. I'm not planning on using this here blog for too terribly much (post-con picture dumps, primarily), since I write for DualShockers, but I hang around here a lot for the forums, Dtoid Midwest (which I run with the very sexy Jon Bloodspray), and The Alcoholocast, the community podcast Allen Park and I run.

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The Long Way Home, or How I Discovered Destructoid Dot Com
Danl Haas | 2:41 AM on 07.24.2008 22 comments


Hi Destructoid Community. Nice to meet you.

This is my first blog here, so I thought I'd do something sort of introductory. I'm going to tell you the story of how I met Destructoid, tracing as far back as my gaming memory will take me. It might be a bumpy ride, and you'll probably think to yourself 'where is this asshole going with all this?' but just trust me, it all links together and the end result is Destructoid. Buckle up.


The story starts with Dance Dance Revolution. I started playing, oh, about six or so years ago, and I got pretty good. So good, in fact, that I started thinking maybe DDR wasn't challenging enough. That's when infamous DDR knock-off In The Groove took off. It offered the same addictive gameplay of DDR, but prettier, louder, and most importantly, harder. The difficulty of the uppermost level of songs went far beyond any DDR player's wildest dreams. I was hooked of course, and it just so happened that two of the songs on ITG's songlist were from an artist named MC Frontalot. While simplistic, I found his two entries on the game completely addicting. Laughing along with the lyrics as I danced like an idiot, I started to wonder if this guy did anything else I could listen to. I ravaged his website for any and all of his free MP3's, and before long his first CD was in my mailbox. Browsing around his site for more hilarious tidbits, I came across recommendations for various webcomics. No stranger to the world of internet hilarity, I was already familiar with most of the comics he mentioned.

One stuck out though, with a particularly glowing recommendation and a name I was only vaguely familiar with. Penny Arcade. "Ah!" I thought to myself. "Could this be the mysterious namesake behind Frontalot's PA Theme? I could never turn away the Front's advice, so I took to reading PA immediately. I know, right? Being introduced to PA by Front? I can guarantee that almost 95% of the time that process runs in reverse. But I digress. In the following months I went through the painstaking process of learning to appreciate Tycho's writing. It worked, eventually, and now I can't put the stuff down, but it took some doing. During that time, I noticed that he would frequently link me to videos on Gametrailers.com when he had a specific game to talk about. After watching a few of these videos, I decided to see what else this mysterious new website had to offer, and before long it became a favorite bookmark. I started watching videos on GT almost daily, including their original programs like the Bonus Round.

Now think back to about... One year ago. Okay, it might have been closer to about one year and two days, but try not to be so nitpicky. Do you remember if Destructoid and the Bonus Round had some sort of interaction? I'll give you a hint. The Bonus Round ran an episode focused on the gaming blogosphere, and one of their guests for the episode was none other than Ron Workman. His flippant manner, vulgar vocabulary and frequently hilarious one-liners really made an impression on me. (Missed that episode? Don't worry, I got you covered.)

"Jesus God!" I thought to myself, "This is exactly what I've been looking for in someone to report hardcore gaming news to me! Whilikers!"
Immediately thereafter I was here. If you've been keeping track, that would place my first visit to Dtoid somewhere in the vicinity of July 23, 2007. Ever since then I've been relying on Destructoid as my very first source of hardcore gaming news. After a full year of lurking, I've taken the plunge to become a real live C-Blogger.

It feels good, Destructoid. Feels real good.



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MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 04:19
MrSadistic
Welcome to Destructoid, I love you.
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 04:52
ZServ
You lurk, yet you have no funny pictures to ease our wall of text pain.


you have much to learn yet, young padawan.

But welcome.
Steel Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 05:55
Steel Squirrel
O HAI, we've been looking at this place for around the same amount of time, I just took my plunge a wee bit earlier in Sept. 07. It's rough on the balls at first when you jump in, but then everyone starts urinating in it and it becomes comfortable.

Also, ZSERV is right. Pictures ease the pain of tired, impatient, or illiterate brains.
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 06:27
Takeshi
my first visit to Dtoid somewhere in the vicinity of July 23, 2007.

THAT'S A YEAR AGO!!!

You lurkers scare me, I feel being watched...

A warm late welcome to Dtoid.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 08:06
Y0j1mb0
my first visit to Dtoid somewhere in the vicinity of July 23, 2007.

STALKER!
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 08:13
randombullseye
Welcome to Destructoid, I feel no emotion.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 08:37
blehman
Welcome to destructoid. Don't suck.
Vlambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 09:05
Vlambo
Funny, that is the same way I found Dtoid. Ron made me come to this site simply becuase it is the Drunk Uncle of Vidja game sites
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 10:31
Kryptinite
Suck and be prepared to cry yourself to sleep.

...other than that, WELCOME!!!
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 10:32
king3vbo
We are the drunk uncle of vidjya games, what else does anyone need?
Jesse Cortez's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 10:42
Jesse Cortez
Welcome to the c-blogs, and as stated before, don't suck! :D
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 10:52
Cowzilla3
Nice, glad you found it and welcomes.



don't suck.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 11:36
TrailerParkJesus
Welcome to Destructoid... you're alright.
KyleGamgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 11:44
KyleGamgee
Pics, dude. BBCode man, c'mon.

Welcome home.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 12:16
Brian Szabelski
Welcome to Destructoid. Add a few more pics to break up the wall of words, and I'd say that's a good introduction.
Danmartigan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 12:25
Danmartigan
The more Dans the merrier! DANS WILL RULE ALL LIFE.
Aurvant's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/24/2008 12:54
Aurvant
I, for one, liked the essay style sans the pictures writing on this c-blog. With so many picture posts and the increasinsly dangerous decline in actual sentences I felt it good practice to actually, ya know, READ every once in a while.

Also, Welcome and all that shit.
Matthew Blake's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 19:13
Matthew Blake
Welcome to Destructoid! Don't open up the trunk; don't worry, it's nobody you knew.
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