Happy 10th Birthday, EtG community!

[jmdt]

Someone dragged me over here today 

Good to see everyone again.

[Antagon]

to be totally honest, i thought it's even more, and when i check game every year or two, not much has changed, but yes, i never played some sort of online game before, and im pretty sure i never will, with such a non-toxic, helpful and nice community as this game. ok, maybe some jokes cross the border of good taste, but also that is some kind of adorable.

[Zso_Zso]

Happy Birthday Elementalists! 

No, I'm not really here, this is just a ghost you have seen

[ddevans96]

Today if you want a piece of cake I will ask instead to please share a memory about elements and why it has kept you coming back here after these many years. Whether you have been here for the full 10 years, a new member from earlier this year, or any time frame in between, everyone has a least one story to share about why they come back to this place.[/size]

I have no idea where to start. I've spent almost nine years hovering around here, and every month I've been active has been a new adventure. This little corner of the internet is so full of charm and personality I haven't found anywhere since.

Here's to ten more years.

[Drake_XIV]

Had to think about mine, but I've unfortunately lost my interest in EtG. But I'm thankful for the years and posts spent helping inspire creativity. Even though my designs are mostly garbage when I look back at it, just having the opportunity to iterate on design and learn from those mistakes are something I can't replace.

Here's to more years to come and hopefully the rise of a popular successor.

[antiaverage]

Happy Birthday Elements!

What a ride it has been. I love Elements for this amazing community that has stuck through good and bad times. Ostensibly we're here for a card game that is both accessible and has depth. We've helped grow the game together, inspiring new cards, constructing new meta, sharing strategy and creativity. And through it all we've grown up together. I'm looking forward to where we go next.

[DANIEELA]

May you continue to bring joy and happiness to our small corner of the internet, even if the community slowly disperses else where among the ashes.

Spoiler for Hidden:

Always loved the main page music of this game.

[Pkmn31337]

Been playing on and off since 2010, but never had much strength to be able to do well. I still come back since the game is so fascinating. Happy Birthday!

[1011686]

I haven't been here in about 2 years, and i wasn't that active when I was here, but my time with Elements will always be memorable. I found it one day after searching "element card game". Elements was the 2nd result (the first was a game called Spectromancer, which i played for a few months before deciding to check the 2nd result). The game was good, I liked its aesthetic, but the main thing that interested me was the forum, when I saw that link underneath the game. I'd never seen anything like it before, at most I'd played games where you could chat with other people, but this forum had so much discussion, and history, and stuff to read. I'd often spend hours just reading through card ideas, before i even joined. It was basically the very first online community i became a part of, and I think out of the possible places i could have gotten taught the metaphorical ways of the internet, this was one of the better ones.
I had a great time playing forum games (Quantafied 4 when), and I joined Brawl 6, which was great too, i'd never done anything like that before. I think this forum definitely influenced my like of looking through old internet stuff that no one's looked at for years (I totally won the Necro Topic forum game http://elementscommunity.org/forum/forum-game-archive/the-necro-topic/).
Also I still want to finish that murder mystery inspired by Elements I wrote 5 chapters of.

[Jen-i]

It's the community of course.

I'm consistently amazed at the quality of the people in this community ... and enjoying making new friends whenever I come back ... that and the foolish hope of seeing old friends return.

[TribalTrouble]

Why do I love Elements?
I don't.

We didn't play for the game, we played for the players. For it's the community that brings us together today, just as it did ten years ago, and will continue to do many years from today.

[Tiko]

Heh, it's been 10years already, eh?

Seems so much but went by so fast.. so many memories to choose from. Probably my first War experience (War#3 I think?) if I had to choose.. all the excitement, effort and sleepless nights that went into it, and all the wonderful people to share with. An unmatched experience that'll always stay with me I think. But it was only one from many, many more.. Thank you all for being part of it and to those who still keep the spirit alive.

Would've been great to hop into chat for some nostalgia yesterday, sadly I wasn't able to.

A very happy anniversary everyone! Was great seeing you.