I have been a long time member of Destructoid, not as long as others, but still long enough to see it evolve from a smaller form into a community giant. A lot of my good friends don't frequent the site anymore and broke away for their own reasons but this is still one gaming website that I cant compare to any other. What other website has year round No Apparent Reason Parties, Anniversary Parties, and ungodly PAX meet ups, which I have yet to attend (PAX BOSTON HERE I COME WOO!).

What is it that makes this site great to me? Well really its one major thing for me.. its community. I have never seen a video game blogging website turn into such a massive force like Destructoid has. From its simple forums, to its continuously evolving community blogs, to the Cblog Mafia, and the IRC Cartel, and to the madness that is Ventrilo. No other site banded gamers in such a way to where they were determined by any means necessary to meet up with each other and spend days of drinking and performing ridiculous shenanigans.

Even if some older members are no longer here, I'm still great friends with them and talk to them on a daily basis. The politics behind bullshit do not concern me, what I'm more concerned about is whether or not this community will evolve and expand beyond what it is currently. My hope is that it does, I hope more and more come to Destructoid, especially more people from NC so we can get some damn NC NARPS going. And see that's the very thing that makes this website so unique, the community has a larger voice than most other websites. Our voices are heard in this community, while sometimes some will feel ignored, we still get more of a voice than we would on any other website... Blog promotions for example, I wrote up a very extensive guide for new players to get into EVE Online, and it made the front page of EVE Online's website. I never thought in a million years that would happen, but it was all due to Destructoid putting my voice on the front page of its site. Where else can you get that? Where else can you get a community that bonds together in such a way that people become good friends, close enough to want to meet up with them on a yearly basis?

Destructoid is my home away from home, there are so many funny, kind, and troll worthy people on this website that it gives me peace of mind lol. And I'm constantly meeting new people as well, nothing is ever the same here. New faces come and go, but those that stick with this community usually become recognized and are put into the ranks of our 'Dtoid Army'. Those 'Destructoid Army Badges' talked about ages ago are really already implemented by the community itself, we have our jokers, our trolls, our artists, our boobies (sorry ladies), and our freedom to be heard and complain. We can post a blog about something we hate with Dtoid, or someone we are annoyed with, and it will either get praised or burned to the ground and buried in the desert like E.T. for the Atari. We can also over throw competitions and cheat the system and not be scolded or banned for it, as long as we make it public and don't try to [really] cheat the system :P (LOLHACKEDFLASHGAMES).

Lets not forget the man behind the curtain as well, Niero, a man that wears a giant ass robot helmet to every convention Destructoid attends. An owner who actually interacts with his community and loves to hang out, drink, and play games with them. A man who also comes onto stickam and puts pillows on his head while wearing his robot helmet <3. Community is purpose with Destructoid, so much that the staff is the community as well. There really is nothing else like it. So with this you know why I love Destructiod, and while it may have 'changed' in some ways, it still is a community that is ever growing and shaping to be an army big enough to over throw EA (ONOES CONSPIRACY GUYS?!?). <3 to all of you robots, go forth and conquer.

- also Niero, WHERE THE HELL IS OUR 'DIGG' BLOG VOTING SYSTEM?! :D