The World’s First team made up of popular Twitch streamers Gothalion, Professor Broman, Gunny629, Rebelize_, Charionna, and TheTeawrex got an unexpected surprise today—their efforts nabbed them a Guinness World Record.
Guinness World Records made it official on their website:
The King’s Fall World First team tweeted their reactions to the news this morning:
Just so were clear. I thinks its silly that were in World Record Book for KF WF. Silly. But neat.
— Gothalion (@Gothalion) February 17, 2016
— Ben Bowman (@Professorbroman) February 17, 2016
— Charionna (@CharionnaTV) February 17, 2016
— Charionna (@CharionnaTV) February 17, 2016
When the post first went up on Guiness World Record’s site, they mistakenly listed Charionna twice and left TheTeawrex off the list, which led to a funny exchange on Twitter:
At the time of completing the raid in September, the team didn’t plan on being the first one’s to beat King’s Fall. While many competitive clans and teams in Destiny strive to be the first to beat a new raid when it is released, Gothalion’s team was merely focused on getting through the raid and having a good time doing it. First and foremost, streamers are entertainers and if the content isn’t engaging there’s no point. It just so happens that all of that time spent entertaining (and playing countless hours with each other) prepared the team for the epic showdown with Oryx
Tfw left out of the title for your contribution to the guiness book of world records…
— Sam ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@TheTeawrex) February 17, 2016
— Charionna (@CharionnaTV) February 17, 2016
What’s most interesting is that this is the first time Guinness has awarded one of their World Records for a Destiny raid or any feat for that matter. It’s especially curious since there have been two other raids, Vault of Glass and Crota’s End, that also each had World First finishers. More likely, Guinness has chosen to document this World’s First because it was supported by video evidence - a Twitch livestream - that the World Record referees could verify.
What do you think of the King’s Fall World First Team getting a Guinness World Record? Do you hope more gaming feats, whether in Destiny or not, will be awarded by Guinness in the future?
