I was part of Drizz's Neogaf Around the World clan, a free clan that he set up so that everyone who needed the clan trophies could get them. Back then, Drizz himself would wear the NGAW clan tag and even though he didn't know who I was, it felt great (greatness by association).
The very first time I got to play with Drizz was him taking me and a bunch of first timers through King's Fall, but how I will remember Drizz best would forever be in Trials. Every weekend I would run with Trout, and on the rare occasion that we managed to catch Drizz he would not turn us down, even though we all knew neither me nor Trout were the best players. Drizz was so passionate and such an incredibly skilled player, I was always honored to have him try to teach us some Trials (usually in vain).
"Once they have one man down, you gotta rush them! Throw your bodies at them!", Drizz would always say. Most of the time me and Trout were literally doing that, and Drizz would tried his damned best to keep us alive. I was always afraid of letting him down, a double carry was no easy task even for someone as skilled as he was, and he would always encourage us, "I know you can do better than that!".
I can't remember all the runs with him that I managed to take part in, and try as I might, I don't have a screenshot with Drizz in it even though I am very sure he succeeding in taking us to the lighthouse at least once or twice. However I do remember he did join me and Trout the first time Anomaly came up for Trials, as well as
this game on Memento.
Blow by blow recap:
1) Drizz being Drizz makes an early kill.
2) As usual, me and Trout are dicking around on some other part of the map and Drizz gets sandwiched between the dude he just killed and the person who revived him, and loses the 2v1, even though it was a trade.
3) I chase down one dude and it quickly becomes "Last Guardian Standing".
4) I am pretty damn sure Drizz pleading to me to revive him, but because I value kills over revives, I don't hear a damn thing. Also I am shitting my pants at this point.
5) I manage to kill 2 guys and I finally hear Drizz say "Come get me! Come get me! Come get....oh no no the last guy is on me!"
6) I think "Fuck me. Might as well throw out a tripmine, hope for the stick and at least a trade."
7) Some how I don't die, and I manage to revive Drizz and take the round.
I tried to look up my message history today to see what was the last thing I talked to Drizz about over PSN, or if he had sent me any screenshots from a time when he carried me to the lighthouse. PSN being PSN had wiped out the message history. The last time I played with him was in Jan this year, when the raid reset crew was missing 1 person and I was the only one around. Even then, I had let him down, I did not have enough time on my hands to complete a full raid.
I stopped posting in here a while back because I got burned out with Destiny, and it only seems fitting that I come back because of Drizz. Miss you man. You're in a better place now.
I obviously I didn't know him but the amount of posts about him that I've read show he must have been something special.
