#dsc raid

[songs-of-future-past]

He sighed, hesitating a moment before taking his gloves off and setting them aside. He shifted Ellis to a more comfortable position before picking up the fabric the other had been trying to fix before passing out. After finding where he'd left off, he picked it back up, his stitches surprisingly tight and neat.

(( @ellis-the-lightguide reblogs got turned off, new thread time))

[songs-of-future-past]

He hums, inspecting the bullet. Similar to ball lightning, but... Not quite. Interesting.

🌘 - Depends on when you catch her, I suppose.

Nocturne drops by briefly to deliver a box of chocolates and a pair of metal flowers before making himself scarce. After he was a safe distance away, he sent a message to Ellis.

🌘 - You're not the only one able to find things they shouldn't be able to. Go look outside.

( @songs-of-future-past)

-He runs outside, accidentally hitting himself with the door before it fully opens. The moment he notices the box and flowers on the snow he grabs them, and opens comms with Nocturne-

Nocturne? Nocturne where are you?!

-He screams, his voice full of fear-

Please answer...

-He begs, his voice breaking as he drops to the floor about to cry, hugging the gifts he just received-

[ahamkara-apologist]

Two DSC questions I have now that I've actually done the raid:

1.) How the fuck did Taniks get up to the Morning Star. Did he just squash himself into the elevators? Did he eject himself into space to get there?? Atraks at least feels like she had the fancy tech to move about the station, but Taniks is literally all scrap metal. Tf did he do??

2.) If he kills someone during Descent, he doesn't celebrate like other Eliksni do or anything, he just turns and walks off. Is this because he's desensitized to the thrill of killing guardians, or is it because he's just too damn pissed at the current circumstances to find any joy in doing so? Does he enjoy this hunt, or is it fueled entirely by rage? Bc man if I woke up after death to see the guy who killed me twice standing in front of me with 5 other chucklefucks then I would be fuckin pissed too

[thefirstknife]

It's fascinating just how quickly Atraks adapted to being an Exo. She was an Exo for maybe a few days before the DSC raid, and she's somehow managed to adapt to both being a mechanical lifeform and to operating multiple bodies simultaneously, or at least rapidly transferring her consciousness between them. Either Eliksni have neuroplastocity like we've never seen, or Atraks is just built different.

It's super interesting! I think a lot of it is about the Eliksni being really close to technology and definitely a little bit of Atraks being built different.

But consider also the lore on Mask of Bakris. Warning for gore, but basically it seems like during the process of her transformation into an Exo, she did have some struggle until someone (very likely Bakris, given the name of the item, but it's possible it's someone else the mask was simply given to Bakris) instructed her to cut off the face from her organic body to see that her organic body is not her real body anymore: instead, it's a mask and her organic body is an impostor.

There… you have it now. You have removed the mask��� Does that look like your body now? No. It is an empty thing. I will take this mask and clean it. When others wear it, you will not see your face in it. You will know it is a mask.

This is very reminiscent of early Exo experiments under Clovis and his first Exos experiencing a variety of mental and physical distress over being "stuck" inside the Exo body and viewing it as foreign. It seems Atraks went through this as well. The act of mutilating her organic self appears to have helped, to "prove" to her that she is no longer organic.

But given the very small amount of time between her transformation and us seeing her as an Exo, she was definitely faster at adapting, even if she did go through some problems doing so.

[leon-stupid-kennedy]

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles ➣Twitter Marketing Campaign ➣ Claire Redfield & Steve Burnside

One of the many amazing things about DSC was the twitter marketing Capcom did, which was 4 accounts that tweeted about the game from the perspectives of characters. Naturally my Darkside Chronicles lore quest does involve copy/pasting the tweets, in a way that is much easier to digest than just going to each individual twitter account. I'm formatting them in chronological order, with tweets from multiple characters together. This post is the CV focused tweets from the @Claire_Darkside and @Steve_Darkside accounts.

@Claire_Darkside

After I failed to locate Chris in Raccoon City I went to Europe to pursue both Chris and the rest of what was left of Umbrella.

5:40 PM · Sep 4, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Europe was a failure. No Chris, and Umbrella is still out there.

5:42 PM · Sep 4, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

The continual search for my brother just got me into deeper trouble that I ever imagined.

5:44 PM · Sep 4, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Locked up in a secret detention facility in on an isolated island in the Southern Seas.

11:27 AM · Sep 5, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

It could have easily been the end, but it was just the beginning.

4:59 PM · Sep 5, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

...Loud thuds and the floor shook. Massive explosion.

12:37 PM · Sep 6, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Trapped, in a cell. All because of my father's failings.

12:39 PM · Sep 6, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

I can't see a thing through the dust and smoke.

12:42 PM · Sep 6, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I'm only 17. I can't die here in this hole.

12:43 PM · Sep 6, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

It was bombs. Sounded like an air raid.

12:44 PM · Sep 6, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

The Government? Independent contractors? I don't know, but I'm happy to walk out of my cell by my own. Uninfected.

12:45 PM · Sep 6, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Explosions! I got knocked to the ground.

12:45 PM · Sep 6, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Explosions again. Loud ones. The ringing in my ears is deafening.

12:46 PM · Sep 6, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

If it weren't for my father's meddling, my mother would still be alive. He'd still be alive and I wouldn't be in this prison.

12:34 PM · Sep 8, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

The walls have collapsed. Close call but I'm free. At least from my cell. Still have to get off the island.

11:36 AM · Sep 9, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I gotta be careful. I've seen what the virus can do.

4:10 PM · Sep 9, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Are the bombs from some sort of military operation?

4:11 PM · Sep 9, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Another explosion.. that one was further away.

4:11 PM · Sep 9, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Why couldn't my dad have been a librarian instead of an Umbrella researcher?

12:00 PM · Sep 10, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Some rescue mission I've gotten myself into.

12:01 PM · Sep 10, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I don't want to have anything to do with this.

1:35 PM · Sep 11, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Now, I hope Chris can save ME. This place is not a place I'd want to die in.

1:37 PM · Sep 11, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I just want to live a normal life of a teenager. Get into trouble and such. Not this kind of trouble.

5:08 PM · Sep 12, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Cold and windswept. Eerily so. I gotta get off this island.

5:09 PM · Sep 12, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

A weapon would come in handy right about now.

4:34 PM · Sep 13, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Found a dead guard with a gun and some ammo.

4:35 PM · Sep 13, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Turns out there is another escaped prisoner. Claire. And she's HOT!

12:16 PM · Sep 14, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

I encountered another prisoner. Someone with a pulse. He too used the explosions to get the hell out of his cell.

12:18 PM · Sep 14, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

A bit of a cold fish, but she'll warm up to my charm. Give her time.

1:14 PM · Sep 15, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Steve Burnside is his name. A young punk, a bit full of himself. But he's still charming somehow.

1:15 PM · Sep 15, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I told you she's hot.

8:11 PM · Sep 16, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Steve Burnside

8:13 PM · Sep 16, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

She was very impressed by my intimate knowledge of the Ashford's and the Island operations.

11:52 AM · Sep 17, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Steve says the island is run by the Ashfords. Some brilliant, and brilliantly insane family.

11:54 AM · Sep 17, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

The patriarch of the family, Alexander Ashford, worked for Umbrella. As a researcher. Not a good sign.

2:35 PM · Sep 18, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

If it wasn't for the Ashford's the virus could have been eradicated by now.

2:36 PM · Sep 18, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I can't believe my dad bowed to their whims. Arrogant bastards, think they are better than us. Than ME?

1:22 PM · Sep 19, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Apparently the only prodigy of the family Alexia was the brains behind the bioresearch.

1:23 PM · Sep 19, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

At least his daughter Alexia died. Put an end to the Veronica Virus research.

9:42 PM · Sep 20, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Alexia ended up dying. What a loss... ? Maybe for the family, but humanity is better off.

9:43 PM · Sep 20, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

The girl, Claire, has a brother she's looking for. Sounds like a tough guy. I gotta show her I'm tough too.

12:59 PM · Sep 21, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

I told Steve about Chris, and the bio threat I'd seen in Europe and in Raccoon City. He didn't seem surprised.

1:00 PM · Sep 21, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

We're being attacked. By guards, workers and technicians... all infected.

12:32 PM · Sep 22, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

There is an outbreak on the island. It seems like I'm condemned to relive this horrid experience all over again.

12:33 PM · Sep 22, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I got to stay strong to impress Claire. But these, things, disgusting zombies are coming at us.

4:58 PM · Sep 23, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Everyone is infected. Or everything I should say. Birds, beasts, humans.

4:59 PM · Sep 23, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

We gotta get to the mansion. Inside we'll be safe. Or safer.

12:44 PM · Sep 24, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

They're coming at us from everywhere. We can't hold out with this little ammo.

12:44 PM · Sep 24, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Alfred Ashford is here. I'd like to get my hands on him. Just for a sec. Then he'd finally get to hang with his sister again.

1:03 PM · Sep 25, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

We have seen the son of Alexander, Alfred. A skinny, deranged looking blond fellow.

1:05 PM · Sep 25, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

He seems to be the one controlling the zombies.

6:25 PM · Sep 27, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Even more deranged than he looks. Completely off his rocker.

6:26 PM · Sep 27, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

I found this picture. Who is this person? Is it him?

7:36 PM · Sep 27, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Blabbering about his sister. I've got news for you: your sister was a lunatic!

12:27 PM · Sep 28, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Seems smitten with his own blood sister. Family is obviously very important. But that relationship is... gross! He insists she's alive.

12:29 PM · Sep 28, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

One big happy deranged family. This is one time when home-wrecker sounds like a compliment.

4:48 PM · Sep 29, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Alfred wants to play a game! Play along, and we get a chance to get outta here.

6:21 PM · Sep 29, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Alfred is playing games with us. Our survival and freedom is the reward.

6:22 PM · Sep 29, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

We're not playing his game. We're taking him down.

1:05 PM · Sep 30, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

I don't believe we have a whole lot of choices here.

1:07 PM · Sep 30, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

But I like to make my own rules and not follow the ones laid down by some deranged sister loving lunatic.

1:07 PM · Sep 30, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

God I hate this island, the Ashford's and my dad for getting me into this.

1:12 PM · Oct 1, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

We're going to make our own way off this terrible place.

1:13 PM · Oct 1, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Steve knew more about the biology behind these outbreaks than me. His father was involved somehow.

12:40 PM · Oct 2, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

These zombies and monster like beings. They are bigger than what I've seen before.

6:03 PM · Oct 2, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

If I get out of here, I'll ask her for a date. One that doesn't involve shooting our way through zombies.

2:44 AM · Oct 4, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

His dad tried to blow the whistle on Umbrella corporation activities and got killed along with his wife, Steve's mom.

2:45 AM · Oct 4, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

She's lucky to have me here. Without me she'd have died. I'm sure of it.

2:14 PM · Oct 4, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

He has a grudge even deeper than mine. But it seems like his grudge is with his father.

2:15 PM · Oct 4, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Waves of zombies are attacking. I wonder if this is part of Alfred's game.

7:29 PM · Oct 5, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Aggressive bats are descending on us in waves.

8:27 PM · Oct 5, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Hitting a bat with a 9mm is a bit of a challenge. We have to get indoors. Somehow.

10:55 PM · Oct 6, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Eerie singing echoes around the island. Some kind of lullaby.

12:58 PM · Oct 7, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Alexia, the genius child, we saw her.

12:59 PM · Oct 7, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

It's Alexia.

2:56 PM · Oct 8, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

We're going to confront her if we can get to her.

2:57 PM · Oct 8, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Alfred as a cross dresser. Should have known it was one of his little games.

1:32 PM · Oct 9, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

It's not her. It's the creep, Alfred, dressed up as his deceased sister. He should see someone. Seriously.

1:33 PM · Oct 9, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Alexia? Nope, she's dead.

6:16 PM · Oct 9, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

He is lurking around every corner playing his little game with us.

12:23 AM · Oct 11, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I’m sure Claire would be terrified without me here.

12:24 AM · Oct 11, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Someone forgot to take his medication...

12:26 AM · Oct 11, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Claire is pretty cool though. I gotta stay cooler.

1:02 AM · Oct 12, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

I must say, Steve isn’t that bad. If he’d just learn a little humility.

1:03 AM · Oct 12, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

An announcement is echoing across the island on loudspeakers: “Code Veronica in effect”

12:25 AM · Oct 13, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

If he'd just get over himself, he'd actually be a very sweet guy.

12:28 AM · Oct 13, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

What is Code Veronica? It's a new more potent virus.

1:32 PM · Oct 13, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

What is Code Veronica?

1:33 PM · Oct 13, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

There is a plane. We're saved!!!

12:41 PM · Oct 14, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

A water plane just landed close to the island. A ticket out of here?

12:42 PM · Oct 14, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Got to fight our way there. What is Claire waiting for? Get a move on woman.

12:52 PM · Oct 15, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

The zombies here are not just attacking randomly. They're controlled.

12:53 PM · Oct 15, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Why is she hesitating?

4:57 PM · Oct 16, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

It's just too suspicious. A plane landing this conveniently for us? It could be part of the game Alfred so excitedly plays with us.

4:58 PM · Oct 16, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Ok, we're in the plane. Let me see how these controls work.

11:03 AM · Oct 18, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Got to the plane.

11:03 AM · Oct 18, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Autopilot. Or remote control. Something is taking this plane somewhere and it ain't me.

11:50 AM · Oct 19, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

The plane takes off by itself. Damn, a trap. Remind me to listen to my gut feeling and not a 17 year old brat.

11:51 AM · Oct 19, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Who's piloting the plane? We seem to have lost control of all instruments and steering.

12:33 PM · Oct 19, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

Alfred is following us.

5:52 PM · Oct 19, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

The blond creep, Alfred Ashford, is right behind in a jet. He could easily take us out. But that wouldn't be as "fun".

5:53 PM · Oct 19, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I don't think this is going to end well. The autopilot is taking us down...

1:19 PM · Oct 20, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Instruments tell us we're close to the South Pole.

1:20 PM · Oct 20, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

We are close to some sort of base.

3:06 PM · Oct 21, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Going down!!! We're going down!!!

3:07 PM · Oct 21, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

We are heading towards the lights and hopefully it'll be a bit warmer where we're going.

10:18 PM · Oct 22, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Shaken, but intact. We're alive but have to get out of the cold.

10:19 PM · Oct 22, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

Anyone know how to start a snowmobile?

5:19 PM · Oct 23, 2009

@Steve_Darkside

I have to get out of here and tell Claire what I think of her...

5:19 PM · Oct 23, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

There is a facility nearby. Umbrella most likely, but it's our only chance...

8:43 PM · Oct 25, 2009

@Claire_Darkside

The story continues… Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles available now.

2:21 PM · Nov 18, 2009

[nyansequitur]

Haven’t raided in a while, do LFGs still urge everyone to be quiet during the DSC catwalk?

[just-og-north]

Going back to when I had a regular raid team and running DSC. My hunter wearing her Legacy’s Oath raid armour.

[dredgenvale]

heard of dsc? well get ready for the new destiny raid, cbt

[geddy-leesbian]

I do wish the Umbrella Chronicles retelling scenarios were better. One of the best things about Darkside is the fact that Leon and Claire stick together for the majority of RE2 doing everything together and it fucks so hard. Having Chris and Jill stay together for all of the mansion could have been so damn good, but they just dropped the ball and left out so much. One of the things I was excited about going into it was finally playing a version of RE1 with the canon ending, because

And it seemed like a no brainer that Umbrella Chronicles would be the perfect opportunity to remedy that. But no! Barry is not in the game. Barry does not exist in Umbrella Chronicles. His name isn't even mentioned. And there's just so much over stuff left out too. The Darkside RE2 retelling doesn't have everything, but it has enough to feel like a well rounded faithful telling. Chronicles RE1 felt very incomplete. On top of leaving stuff out, Chris and Jill don't really have a lot of conversations. They talk a bit, but with how long they were together they definitely could have had some longer and maybe less generic talks.

I kinda wish they just didn't make the fourth Umbrella's End scenario. It was actually really fun and I enjoyed it, but it doesn't feel all that necessary. Like compare to the Darkside Chronicles structure, which was 3 scenarios. 2 retellings, RE2 and CV, and then a new scenario with previously unknown events, Operation Javier. Unfortunately Umbrella Chronicles has 4 scenarios, 3 of them being retellings, in addition to each retelling scenario having at least a couple bonus missions with new previously unseen events! I feel like they bit off more than they could chew.

With the bonus missions we get to see some extra Rebecca mansion stuff, Wesker fighting Lisa Trevor and escaping the mansion right before it blows up, Ada being able to make it out of Raccoon City alive because Wesker told her the plan to blow it up and that there would be a helicopter she could escape on, etc. That was stuff we didn't really know before. We really didn't need to see Chris and Jill raid the last remaining Umbrella facility to declare that Umbrella was officially over, we knew Umbrella was gone after the trials. The most significant thing about the Umbrella's End scenario is Wesker finally fighting Sergei, a Russian Umbrella dude who was in a lot of the other Wesker bonus missions, and downloading all of Umbrella's data before blowing up the facility they were in. But like, I don't think we really needed Chris and Jill to storm into Russia in order for Wesker to fight his nemesis. (The game makes it seem necessary by Wesker using Chris as a pawn to fuck the facility up before going in himself so he doesn't have as much to do, but idk, there's definitely other ways it could have gone down)

I think the game would have been a lot better if they put a little more into the retelling scenarios instead of making Umbrella's End. Again, the DSC retellings are very good and felt complete because they're longer and therefore cover more ground. And I'd say they're more than just good retellings, they bring new things to the table. Not a ton, but the extra screen time together and dialogue between the protagonists and both characters experiencing events only one did originally definitely deserves to be mentioned as a pro.

The Umbrella Chronicles bonus missions are enough to serve as the Operation Javier aka new lore role, it didn't need a shoehorned Umbrella is over plot because, again, WE ALREADY KNEW HOW UMBRELLA FELL. They really did not need to pull a "oh well akshully their stocks crashing wasn't the end of Umbrella, after the trials they had one huge facility left with BRAND NEW BOWs and Chris and Jill stormed in and it blew the fuck up dramatically" retcon.

The bonus missions felt more significant plot wise because they filled in gaps. This might sound goofy, but I do feel like I have a more comprehensive understanding of RE overall after some of the bonus missions, especially the one with Wesker escaping the mansion and the one with Ada.

But maybe I'm just biased because I think Umbrella's end happening offscreen because of capitalism was a frustrating but perfect way to end it, and a Chris and Jill and a shit load of soldiers dramatically storming and destroying one facility and then declaring the global company Umbrella was gone for good climax was a lot less compelling. Like I've seen a shit load of facilities get blown up in RE and a lot of the time it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. I mean in this game alone I watched the training facility blow up, the mansion blow up, and Raccoon City blow up, and none of that was the EnD oF uMbReLlA, so seeing yet another Umbrella thing blow up does absolutely nothing for me at this point. A simple statement that the trials caused Umbrella's stock to plummet which eventually destroyed the company actually feels a hell of a lot more satisfying/dramatic/definitive/etc. to me than yet another "place with Umbrella monsters go boom boom" ending because it's not something I've seen happen so many times that it loses the punch yknow

And I know that Darkside Chronicles came after Umbrella Chronicles so it being better is likely a case of them learning from their mistakes, but I'm still just sad about how much better it could have been. An actual canon RE1 ending where everyone who is supposed to live does, lots of Chris and Jill banter, we were robbed.

[tvrundownusa]

tvrundown USA 2025.06.18

Wednesday, June 18th:

(exclusive): We Were Liars (APrime, YA mystery thriller series premiere, all 8 eps), Somebody Feed Phil (netflix, season 8 available, all 8 eps), Rosario Tijeras (netflix, telenovela revival, season 4 premiere), Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: America's Sweethearts (netflix, season 2 available, all 7 eps)

(streaming weekly): The Buccaneers (apple+, season 2 opener), Stick (apple+), Nine Perfect Strangers (hulu), Mr. Loverman (BritBox, next 2 eps)

(also new): Walking With Dinosaurs (PBS, night 3/3, 2hrs, series finale), AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: "A Tribute to Francis Ford Coppola" (TNT, 90mins)

(hour 1): Sullivan's Crossing (theCW), MasterChef (FOX)

(hour 2): House of Payne (BET) / . / Assisted Living (BET), Adults (FX, ~67mins, season 1 finale), Children Ruin Everything (theCW, season 4B opener, new night, 60mins), Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service (FOX), Raid the Cage (CBS), Expedition Unknown (DSC, season 15 opener)

(hour 3): Ms. Pat Settles It (BET) / . / The Ms. Pat Show (BET, season 4 finale), Twisted Metal (SyFy, 45mins)

[pigeon-ponders]

i'm gonna try and lock the fuck in for destiny bc how have i been playing this game for 9 years and have only completed 3 raids (levi, dsc, vog) and 3 dungeons (shattered throne, pits of heresy, prophecy)

[sunshinehunter]

Just did some raids with my Try Hard friend

We did Crota with me, Try Hard friend and his Try Hard buddy and 3 blueberries who had done the raid before but I guess not in a while? Or didn't really understand what was going on?

We did that raid with only issues in the Abyss bc the blueberries just could not stay out of the holes and kept dying. But we 1-2 tried all the other encounters

Then someone comes into the call and wants to do DSC quickly. Its a 12 year old boy. I've done enough DSC. I don't really enjoy it??? I have everything, its the title I wear. Usually because I'm with people who don't know what they're doing. But apparently everyone has done DSC before enough times that that we should one bang all these encounters. So I agree to do DSC bc I tell my friend I like him. They wanna do a 40 min DSC. So, great!

we spend 40 minutes just doing the first encounter with the fuses. Because NO ONE! WILL SHOOT! THE FUSES!!! Except me. Me and my Try Hard friend are the only people shooting the fuses when there's a call out. The boy who wanted to do DSC so bad isn't even shooting the fuses! He's just killing adds.

Second encounter we do fine.

Third encounter its me and the Try Hards juggling the mods because the two blueberries aren't really sure what's happening and the child only kinda knows what's happening. We wipe a few times because no one just... picks up the nukes. I am scanner through most of our wipes.

This is a good time to mention, through all these raids; I'm no comms. So I'm doing mechanics and making call outs in chat at the same time. Did crota no comms, now DSC no comms. And I can do it because I'm a competent raider who doesn't wander into places I shouldn't be, or fall off the map/into holes, etc.

We get through the nukes. And then its Taniks and fucking... 3 bozos in orange and 2 at spawn. I'm the only person in blue for 3 wipes until my Try Hard friend goes '... someone go over to blue and help Xazz' (which, I didn't need the help but it was nice). Like I'm here to shoot Fallen and be Div Bitch. No think head empty: Only Div. The wipes are incredibly stupid. We're in there 90 mins. Which isn't that much longer but yes it is when you spent 40 mins just doing the fucking fuses

All through this my friend's friend needs to get up in 4 hours because he has work. And he's gradually getting more frustrated. He wants to go to bed, I wanna eat dinner bc we started raiding at like 8? and its 11pm now.

We finally get it and this child doesn't even say thanks for the raid. He's just very quiet and moody and says he has to go.

This is why I don't play with children. Like maybe your 12 yr old friend is fine. But fuck squeakers man. I fucking hate playing with kids.

[celestial-sentry]

The reason I started doing raids (and stopped being a d2 player solely for fishing) was due to a person in our clan dropping out and them needing a sixth

It was DSC, I had never raided, I was a blueberry and I remember these words to this day:

Ashen: what element is best against Taniks?

Tank: gun. Gun is the best element.

Fucking love my clan and raiding with em

[xavathun]

if i don’t do a dsc run soon i’ll Die. no more salvation’s edge i want to see my wife tails (the whole raid is my wife)

[ask-taniks-the-final-shape]

On that similar note. If anyone ever wants to run DSC and doesn’t mind having a (totally not crazy or insane) gremlin along for the ride. You can always hit me up, DSC is literally my favorite raid in D2.

"fly your freak flag. it's taniks, i don't care" -nikki during dsc after i said i'm using xenophage for taniks