Today marks 1 year since I discovered DBD

Well, I have officially hit the 1-year mark of my time playing Dead by Daylight. Honestly, when I first started playing this game I never expected to have played it as much as I have and for it to be my main game for this long. Before June 1, 2020, I never even knew this game existed. At around evening on that day, I was just browsing Steam through the horror genre seeing which new games I can pick up. I looked at Dead by Daylight and it seemed popular with decent reviews so I decided to buy it having no idea what to expect from the game.

I would now like to share what my experience was like my first time playing. I first logged into the game and saw the main menu for the first time. It is a fairly simple main menu as there’s an option to play as survivor or killer. First thing I did was go into help and tutorials obviously. I knew the game was online so I wanted to make sure I understood the basics of the game more before I went into an actual game and get humiliated by 4 random humans that I didn't know. I read the tutorial manuals as I didn’t understand what a perk, offering, add on, or anything else was. I didn’t read that much to be honest. I played the survivor tutorial first. It seemed like a pretty violent game at first but I've watched plenty of horror movies and played horror games so it wasn't anything that I couldn't handle. I will say that it was a little more violent than I expected it to be as I was never expecting for the survivors to be impaled on a hook after already being beaten to death. It still didn't bother me that much though. So, I then decided to play survivor first. I thought the tutorial helped me out enough to where I understood how to play the game properly. That was a mistake. I died super fast in the match as it all happened so fast. I'm trying to specifically remember my first match as I do vaguely remember it being on a MacMillan map. I can also vaguely remember being in a building with boxes so I want to say it was Groaning Storehouse against a Wraith. That was honestly one of the most embarrassing matches I've had because of how fast I died and how little awareness I had. I'm not going to go too in-depth of every possible game I had but during my first two months of DBD, I played about 95% survivor. I probably would've played killer more but the que times for killers in low ranks seemed to be super long, at least back when I was new.

During this whole past year, I’ve gotten super close to 1000 hours of playtime becoming a pretty good killer and average to above average survivor. Spirit has definitely been the killer I’ve played as the most, which I know a lot of people will shame me for but yes, I have and still do love Spirit. I think a lot of people on the forums remember those days when I defended the hell out of her and had a Spirit pfp instead of a Yui pfp I have now. I’ll admit I still love her to death but I understand that she’s unhealthy for the game. I don't play her as much as I used to but when I do, I like running meme perks like Mad Grit on her. Survivors I have mained have been Meg and Yui as I have been able to get both maxed out at P3 with every single perk. Still waiting for that Claire Redfield legendary skin so I can get her there as well.

I would now like to talk about how much of an impact DBD has made in my life. I wouldn’t consider it my favorite game of all time because both Super Mario Galaxy games and Resident Evil 2 remake all happily compete for that spot. However, I can’t think of any other game ever that has made as much of an impact on my life as DBD has. I won't go into full detail but let's just say that 2020 was a huge struggle, and I would assume that a lot of people would agree. DBD then came into my life in June and after more time of playing DBD, I found something I’m passionate for, something for me to do if I feel lonely. It’s been the game that has helped me meet all kinds of people on the internet. I met a lot of great people in game as I even play in a SWF group from time to time with people I randomly met after a killer game as Legion. I joined the forums in October of 2020 and a lot of people on here are amazing, wholesome people that I love talking to. Just to name a few, @GeneralV, @GoodBoyKaru, @MadLordJack, and @Pulsar. Obviously, those are just a few examples as there are many many other great people on here. I absolutely love this community and I disagree with the common belief that the community is toxic. You guys are awesome and it’s such a pleasure I got to meet y’all! Also BHVR, I may have criticized y’all before but I just want to say how amazing y’all are. I understand that a game can't be perfect. All of those criticisms I have put out only come from a place in my heart that cares for DBD's success. I just want to say, thank you guys so much for making this game as it has really made a huge impact in my life. Thanks for 1 year of DBD as I won’t be going anywhere any time soon!

So yeah, I apologize for the long post but I really wanted to let this out and express my gratitude towards DBD and the community for this past year.