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Celebrating two years in the cloud: Stadia Founders Spotlight

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It’s our two-year anniversary here at Stadia, and as much as we love confetti and cake, there’s no better way to celebrate than by highlighting our Founders – Stadians who have been with the platform from day one.

We sat down with a few of our Founders to learn more about their favorite games, moments, and memories made during their journey with Stadia:

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First things first, tell us your Stadia username.
codesplice

What’s the first game you ever purchased on Stadia?
I redeemed Destiny 2 and started playing that right away, but also purchased GRID on day one.

Which game on Stadia have you played the most? If possible, tell us the number of hours you’ve spent on the game.
Destiny 2 – 192 hours.

Tell us about your favorite Stadia memory. Was it a particular event? Was it a specific gaming moment with your fellow Stadians? It can be anything!
Prior to Stadia, I hadn’t played anything other than mobile games for many years. I didn’t want to have to maintain a gaming PC nor be tethered to a console. 

And then Stadia showed up and I got to enjoy gaming again without all the overhead and hassle. Diving into Destiny 2 for the first time on my Chromebook blew me away – and then I effortlessly moved the game onto the big TV in my living room and I knew that I was living in the future. Being able to quickly jump into a game on basically any device in my house has been incredible.

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First things first, tell us your Stadia username.
Chiram

What’s the first game you ever purchased on Stadia?
Destiny 2.

Which game on Stadia have you played the most? If possible, tell us the number of hours you’ve spent on the game.
CyberPunk 2077, Final Fantasy XV, Destiny 2 and Dead By Daylight. Collectively 1400+ hours.

Tell us about your favorite Stadia memory.
My favorite Stadia moment – discovering the ability to switch seamlessly from my phone to my bathroom television without losing game state.

Yes, I said bathroom television. It was glorious.

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First things first, tell us your Stadia username.
Pedder

What’s the first game you ever purchased on Stadia?
Final Fantasy XV.

Which game on Stadia have you played the most? If possible, tell us the number of hours you’ve spent on the game.
Fifa 21. Played for 74 hours.

Tell us about your favorite Stadia memory.

My favourite game memory is when me and my girlfriend spent the night on Destiny 2 together. We brought a TV down from upstairs and had it side by side with the living room TV.

We had a load of fun. A great night that would have been expensive and difficult without Stadia.

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First things first, tell us your Stadia username.
0mi

What’s the first game you ever purchased on Stadia?
The first game I purchased was Assassin’s Creed Odyssey - Stadia Ultimate Edition and the first redeemed game would have to be Destiny 2.

Which game on Stadia have you played the most? If possible, tell us the number of hours you’ve spent on the game.
Most of my time on Stadia has been primarily on Destiny 2 (323 hours).

Tell us about your favorite Stadia memory.
Many thoughts come to mind when I think of my favorite moment, so I’ll just share a few :slightly_smiling_face:

One memory was of my initial impression of what I’ll call “Stadia’s Magic” during my first play through of Cyberpunk 2077 on my TV. The game looked stunning, running flawlessly at 4K, and it just worked! All without my console or PC gaming rig!

Another favorite was when I participated in a community-driven event that took place in GRID. A Stadian on Stadia’s Discord Server managed to rally up more than 70 people in what was just chaos in a custom lobby that essentially became bumper cars but tons of fun!

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First things first, tell us your Stadia username.
Kings

What’s the first game you ever purchased on Stadia?
Final Fantasy XV.

Which game on Stadia have you played the most? If possible, tell us the number of hours you’ve spent on the game.
Immortals Fenyx Rising.


Tell us about your favorite Stadia memory.
Mine would be the Cyberpunk 2077 launch. Would be the first time seeing a game launch on Stadia the same time as other platforms. Seeing people in the subreddit community logging into the game for the very first time and enjoying the game on Stadia was a wonder. Stadia members experienced very few issues that night when the game first launched.

It was Stadia’s first showing of what the platform is capable of. Seeing other people in the gaming community looking at Stadia as a capable platform that is able to stand on its own.

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First things first, tell us your Stadia username.
Chufu

What’s the first game you ever purchased on Stadia?
Mortal Kombat 11.

Which game on Stadia have you played the most? If possible, tell us the number of hours you’ve spent on the game.
Assassins Creed: Odyssey (99 hours).

Tell us about your favorite Stadia memory.
My favorite memory was together with my boyfriend in the game "Get Packed". There was a specific level where we needed to find a turkey and it was hilarious trying to get it. We almost had it, and then lost it again due to car accidents (we should have been more careful when traffic was involved!)

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These are just a few of the many Founders and Stadians who make Stadia a great place to play the games you love! Follow us on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for more game updates and Stadian features.

Catch us in the cloud – we’ll see you on Stadia!  

 

 

60 Comments
Kolma
Founder
Founder

Happy Anniversary Stadia!

JosPlays
Founder
Founder

We could have been on this page @Kolma 

Coke
Founder
Founder

Happy Stadia day :red_heart:

WireSpy
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Is that it?

nana
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Great Celebrate

JosPlays
Founder
Founder

Congrats on the 2 year Stadia! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Z3M0G
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

This is nice, very cool :slightly_smiling_face:

 

Izen
Founder
Founder

Happy Anniversary! :red_triangle_pointed_up: Stadia is the best gaming platform in the whole world!

4ScarrsGaming
Founder
Founder

Happy second anniversary Stadia! We have such a diverse and wonderful community! Thanks for all the fun these past 2 years! Here's to many more!

jdeslip
Founder
Founder

Ooooh. It's Pedder. Great coverage of Stadians!

TheNerfReport
Founder
Founder

Love this so much! Great to see other players!

HatDroid
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

It's great to see people involved since the start! I love this community and can't wait to see what stadia will bring in the future!!

Chiram
Founder
Founder

This was awesome. Thank you for contacting me Grace and Google team. This is why Stadia is so unique.

ravenanime
Founder
Founder

Happy stadia birthday pika pika 

Simba
Founder
Founder

It's nice to see founders going strong!

ElementalLeech
Founder
Founder

Happy 2nd birthday stadia!

MrVacca
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

I'm so proud of this community!  This has to be my favorite blog post throughout the 2 years of Stadia's existence.  Amazing work to everyone involved!!!

TheeMM2K
Founder
Founder

Great stuff - friending all I haven't already! #Stadiaversary

DragonMan76
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

thank you for everything and for your excellent work. keep it up!!!!!

JetLee
Founder
Founder

Interesting. Would've been neat to know if they were part of Project Stream as well.

SQUiDzzz
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Happy 2 year Anniversary @StadiaTeam can't wait for more! Thank you for all the unique features and breaking that mold of gaming! Keep on pioneering out there! 

Warpanox
Founder
Founder

Happy birthday Stadia, see you next year with a lot of new games :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

xGonza84
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Happy Anniversary Stadia

RagingJacob
Founder
Founder

Happy Stadiaversary Stadians 🥳

What a fun way to spotlight people from the Stadia Community 🧡

PlantainChip
Founder
Founder

Happy Stadianniversary everyone!

Whito
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Happy Anniversary Stadia!

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LovecraftTapes
Founder
Founder

Happy Stadiaversary to everyone!

lallo1138
Founder
Founder

This was even better than I thought... thanks for being with us in this *silly* celebration!

Zandramas75
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I really wanna thank Stadia because it reminded me how much I love videogames. For this reason, after almost 2 years, I bought an Xbox series X!!! Thank you Stadia!!!

Falcon
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Happy Anniversary ! Keep up the good work. 

Polidoro
Founder
Founder

I'm also one of the June 2019 first buyers and been a founder since day 1.

 

My most played games are Dead by daylight (1000h)

Destiny 2 (340h)

AC Odyssey (190h)

FFXV (140h)

CP2077 (125h)

My favorite memory is my first bought game - Gylt. Such an amazing game. So beautiful, good story, good pace. It was my come back after 16 years without videogames.

 

Happy 2nd anniversary! We'll be there in the next to come!

Ericstreameru
Founder
Founder

Skååål  this fine Friday! Stadia will be my favorite place to enjoy games. The future is in the clouds :slightly_smiling_face: @NIIIPON 

 

NinjaGuyX
Silver Stadia Guide
Silver Stadia Guide

Happy 2nd anniversary Stadia! Very cool to see the community implemented in the blogs :slightly_smiling_face:

PurpleSquisher
Founder
Founder

Happy 2 year anniversary, Stadia and Stadians!  Feels like just yesterday I was diving in on launch day, time flies!

0mi
Founder
Founder

Happy Anniversary! ^_^ (/ ' ')/

waspharderfast
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Happy birthday and anniversary @StadiaTeam  and Stadia. 

Ivan
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

@WireSpy there's also this going on right now https://t.co/vDACWm19IL

Dice_for_Death_
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Great job on all you've done these past two years, #teamstadia! Hope to see more of cloud gaming enriched by your contributions! In the end, the community wins. #stadians

Varian
Founder
Founder

Happy Anniversary, great to see & read about other Founders!

Daystiny
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I'm not a founder, only 1 year with Stadia, but I got interested in my hours and just took my stats from goggle takeout for running Crayta within Stadia:

"name": "Hours Spent Creating",
"value": "1,738"
"name": "Hours Spent Playing",
"value": "379"
 
Happy anniversary, Stadia, I had good times with you :slightly_smiling_face:
SteamedHaams
Founder
Founder

Happy Anniversary Stadia!

 

Let's bring the big guns in Year 3

VishrutShenoy
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Happy Birthday :party_popper:

lordkensal
Founder
Founder

Great to see this focus on Founders - been here from day one,baby!

Hostile
Founder
Founder

Stadia has never disappointed. Time and again I find that it exceeds my gaming expectations in all kinds of environments and devices that I would not expect it to. We've used it as an entertainment amenity for our business customers, who love it. The family plan allows our kids to enjoy all my games without completely breaking the bank. We can play on older machines, and our more powerful machines don't need to turn on their fans to run 4k graphics- which extends the life of their graphics cards. I can play my game ANYWHERE with Google Fi data or with decent wifi, a decent phone and a Bluetooth controller (optional).

A favorite memory for me was waiting in the VA Detroit lobby for my wife to finish a lengthy doctor appointment, using their public wifi, playing Division 2. No lag. No problems at all. Another was when a friend said there was no way his 6-year-old notebook could play 4k games these days. So I showed him! I've even played on an airplane with their in-flight wifi before! Stadia is truly awesome!

I'll never buy a $600 console again! They're not only more expensive, but they're not even remotely as portable.

Furthermore, when people see Stadia... they think of games. It's the fact that my cell phone can play a monstrous game like Cyberpunk 2077 and then immediately log into Elder Scrolls Online that has me believing the tech implications go WAY beyond games. For example, robots will no longer need to store software physically on themselves in order to perform their function, as long as they can receive instruction. At least, nowhere near as much. Stadia is a demonstration of a potential revolution in robotics, and a reason why I believe that in spite of its shortcomings, it's not going ANYWHERE.

Samas
Silver Stadia Guide
Silver Stadia Guide

2nd time around the sun, Stadia. Cheers:party_popper:

ChariotMan
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

This is really what's up. Happy 2nd Stadia Anniversary!

Drakon9x
Founder
Founder

Happy 2nd Anniversary! :party_popper:

ExtraRen
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I got Stadia day one when it became available in my country and im not a founder. Im still mad about it. 

Street_Killaz
Founder
Founder

Happy anniversary stadia...and for the love of God include Canada in all these promotions...makes no sense were not included :thinking_face:

FondateurPapoui
Founder
Founder

Happy 2 years Stadia! I'm happy and proud to be a member and founder since day 1 of Stadia. I've got so much fun and i'm optimist for the future. I'm hoping that the vibe will bring more members and games genre to hte actual library. I wish to have an hockey game soon and i also wish that Canadians players will be considered in this 2 years promotion of Stadia Premiere. Thanks Sadia! Long live to you.