I'm Derek

LFG, I am 38 year old gamer who took a 15 year hiatus from gaming (You think you have a big backlog?😂) because it was frowned upon in my family and career. I spent the last 20 years pouring concrete (at $6.75/hr minimum wage😱), graduating college (thanks Grandma ❤️), and building my construction company into a multi-million dollar business from only a few thousand dollars at the start. 🧵👇

The Marathon opening cinematic on an old CRT TV looks so cool. Via/RaulMBison

@NotDigit4l My GOTY!

only game i played since march. This is my final playtime for s1, what is yours ?

@BlameItOnRyen That’s how you get it done right there! I can’t wait to see what our new S2 contracts are like?

@ImDerekFR I was definitely pounding the buy button on the Carri sekigichi faction credits, running non-stop Sekiguchi sponsored kits, and rerolling for optimal contracts to get there. I barely even touched the property contracts 😂

Finally VIP’d Sekiguchi last night the complete the set of all six factions being VIP! Can’t wait for Marathon Season 2 on Tuesday!

@staycationtg Team KKV-9SD.

Marathon Season 2 is bringing a couple of new weapons to help evolve the pistol category of the game, which is severely dominated by the V11 at the moment. I honestly can't wait to try them both, but are you team KKV-9SD (Left) or D54 BP (Right)?

@xMBGx Both! I hope both will have a great show this year.

Who do your think will have the better show overall this year PlayStation or XBOX?

It’s 1991 and you’ve just popped the TMNT VHS into the VCR and this comes on:

@GrittyGamingGG @NextGenNero I will take that Salt Wages off your hands 🙂

Had some good runs with the bros probably my last games until season 2. Tried my best to donate all the golds but no one wanted em I guess 😕

@Bugzvii Amazing accomplishments!!

& Thats My Season 1 Run #marathongame - 900 hours - Pinn 1 - Lvl 619 - Completed all 6 Vaults - Defeated Complier 300+ - Help 100+ people Get The Cryo Skin - Help 300+ People With Cryo Vaults This has been an amazing experince and I cant not wait for Season 2 I LOVE MARATHON

@staycationtg The amount of progress I have made since the free weekend before launch is insane. This is my first FPS/PvP game in over 20 years. I was horrible in the beginning but never gave up. I am so hyped for S2 😎

Sunday is generally the day most runners rest and this one is the last Sunday before Marathon Season 2. Think of the friends you’ve made, how much you’ve learned, and the improvement you’ve seen within yourself. I’m grateful for it all and I look forward to new beginnings in S2🫶

@giancar73012035 Before I played Marathon I was not a fan of FPS, PvP, and extraction shooters at all. I avoided them. I was invited to the beta and did not play it. When Marathon had its open weekend before launch I decided to try it then. 409 hours later I still can’t stop playing 😎

Marathon is a great game. I recommend it to everyone, even people who have never played an extraction shooter before. Marathon is one of the best shooters of this decade.

@RookieRunner315 Yeah way cooler than Traige’s skin for sure! I wanted my first Cryo skin to be Assassin but Assassin’s new shop skin is better 😂

@ImDerekFR Level 72 Vandal rocking Cryo armor is badass 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I finally took down the Compiler today!! 😎

@RookieRunner315 Thanks ❤️ 😊

@ImDerekFR Oh and congratulations on your compiler kill duhhh 😅😅🥳🥳

@Bugzvii I’m over here getting my first Compiler clear today at 409 hours in and you setting speed run records 😂

COMPILER CLEARANCE 3 SPEEDRUN WORLD RECORD 12 MINS AND 16 SECONDS #marathongame

@RookieRunner315 You got this!! I finally took down the Compiler today at 409 hours.

UPDATE: Made it to the Compiler for my 1st time today 💚💚 Long story short 2 of us died (my buddy that died has already beaten him a bunch so nbd) and my other buddy knew it was over so he dipped understandably, running Cryo all night again wish me luck runners 🫡🫡

400+ hours in @MarathonTheGame 💚💚 Had the best games I’ve ever had last night, completely cleared Cryo Archives 5 times in row, 2 DNA access cards down the drain🥲🥲 Had to exfill due to lengthy combat, Still have a couple gold keys so hopefully tonight is my night 🤞🏻🤞🏻

COMPILER CLEARANCE 5 SPEEDRUN WORLD RECORD 15 Mins and 14 Seconds #marathongame

What's everyone playing this weekend?

@Bugzvii Only 3/7

3/7 TRINKETS! IM HIM #Marathongame