Happy 10th Birthday, EtG community!

[mathman101]

Happy 10th Birthday Elements!!





One full decade ago on May 10th 2009 Elements the game was created by the lead developer Zanzarino! While the game may no longer have constant updates, the community here lives on and continues to thrive with amazing people that have been brought together by this awesome game! Today marks the 10 year milestone of this game and we should all share in each others company and thank all those that have helped to create, advertise, maintain, and help this game and community grow into what it currently is.


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. While speaking of the community a short shameless promotion that the forum needs donations if we want to keep it running and out of debt to the admins who have started paying out of their own pockets to keep this place up and running.


The classic question that is always asked on this day is, "Why do you love elements?".
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.

[Xinef]

Why do I love elements?

Hmm... it's a classic example of a small, indie game that managed to achieve an awesome community. That's always inspiring.
Other than that, I used to play M:tG (well, a single cheap Slivers deck, I made for fun rather than competitive - it was designed to be unpredictable, which is a big no-no for most competitive decks) and a few other collectible and non-collectible card games.
So, Elements was right up my alley in terms of being a well designed, reasonably complex CCG where I didn't have to spend real money

As for why I picked Time as my favorite element?
For one, I'm more into control and combo decks rather than rush. In terms of M:tG I'd be leaning towards blue/white.
Secondly, I think at the time I joined, I recently binge watched a season of Dr. Who.

As for sharing a memory...
Is this enough?

Spoiler for Hidden:

And since you're asking why I came back to this place...
Well, the answer is simple. I got an e-mail with an invitation.
Coming here is an awesome opportunity for escapists like myself to run away from the stress of daily life, responsibilities and such... now I can at least think to myself, that I'm doing something productive rather than wasting time doing my day job etc. xD

[InsignificantWeeaboo]

I love Elements because it's a simple way to kill time while also being fun to play, especially in tournaments. As a kid, I've always been fascinated by the idea of elemental manipulation and the versatility of one such power. This game goes perfectly well with the theme by making each of the elements versatile both by itself and in combination with other elements (to an extent).

Gravity's my favorite element because it was my starter element when I finally became active in the community. I also grew to like the way you play a Gravity deck (which isn't too different than any other deck...), as well as how sturdy the creatures were.

[MasterWalks]

I found elemets quite a while ago. I had beaten Doodle God and wanted to find something similar so i googled "Elements Game" and voila here i am. When i first joined i didnt touch the forums. Just played the game, granted it was much more active and i could find a match in PvP. Computer broke while i was on a trip and forgot about it.

Fast forward about 5 years. I get a job working retail and its dead slow so i start playing on the computer. I remembered this game so I came back to it. Now that i was more mature i decided to hop in the chat room. Vindiloshelped me get better at PvP and i just kinda stuck around. Now I hold several staff positions as well as Council. The game its self is very nostalgic to me and the people ive met in forums are great. This game has a culture unlike any other ive seen.

[asdw152]

I guess I'm still here because you guys are. Another year has passed and not much as changed. Not sure if that is innately bad, but the community is how it is. Happy birthday Elements, and to another year.

[dawn to dusk]

Hear, hear!

Happy Birthday EtG, War was a blast, and I look forward to other upcoming events
Why do I like this game so? The community is honestly one of the larger reasons I've stayed, I've made such good friends here.

Thank you all!

[shockcannon]

I'm here to crush noobs like Manual, IanLameFace, FakeBeef, and serpthesupernoob. Also to battle my arch nemesis kaempf. I joined because I knew I was the greatest elements player ever and thought I would gift this community my presence.

Also, how to grab cake?

[Mr Muffin]

Happy Birthday EtG.

The classic question that is always asked on this day is, "Why do you love elements?".
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.

That's a loaded question. Welp, here goes a shortish version of the life story of my activity here. Yes, it's another one of my long rants about my times here.

          I have lots of random memories. Here's one. Way back when I was starting playing the game my brother (who at the time was still pretty new to the game) and I both thought that dimensional shield was a pretty mediocre card that was annoying but didn't do much. We thought this because we were still just fighting AI 1 and 2 and their damage output is low enough that three turns of waiting didn't matter much. This changed when we met the mono aether elder.

          The game is good. For the first half or maybe a little more of my time coming around here I had great fun trying all the decks I could think of or grinding to get cards to try out decks. Not to mention all the digging through the forums I've done. I was learning all I could about this game I really liked. The discovering and implementing of deckbuilding rules and creating decks and optimizing decks was super fun. I love discussing things that interest me and I know stuff about but I rarely get to do it. I used to be involved on long entertaining discussions about decks and refining decks. Also discussing various topics related to forum stuff. I like to think I got to the point where I sort of "mastered" deck building concepts. At that point I had fun teaching new players deckbuilding or general game knowledge or looking up some forum info for them that I had seen before in my digging. That and, in my opinion, being a main provider of deckbuilding knowledge for new players with questions. I of course had fun with strategizing in various pvp events also.

          Nowadays chat discussions I care about rarely happen. My passion for the game has mostly fizzled because new players don't show up much anymore looking for help with their deck and I've done pretty much everything you can do with that game outside of competitive pvp. Level 80+, False God farming, all types of arena farming, TE, #1 platinum decks ect. I could get the 60 pillar/pendulum version of TE but nah. As far as competitive pvp goes I've done my share of that too. I haven't been in as many pvp events as many people but I'm happy with my pvp achievements. My interest has shifted to chess now and school took up a lot of time.

          I still come around to varying degrees because people need to stay and keep this place alive. I didn't want to give up being master of without a fight and I attempted to play another war which is basically all I've done recently besides popping in chat to maybe talk about random stuff. I've been here long enough to be comfortable talking about random stuff here so I sometimes ask random questions in the chat.   

Cake please?

[Aves]

Happy birthday, EtG!

Over the years we've gathered quite the collection of amazing people doing amazing people things here. Whether it's ScaredGirl's prank banning of [you], OldTrees's consistent help and feedback in CI&A and Philosophy, Kuroaitou's lively Forum Games or Physsion and the whole dang W9 Darkness Team, there's always someone somewhere doing or plotting something incredible. Let's keep it going! There, is that enough for cake : p

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Happy birthday elements!

As a stubborn completionist, I could never accept the fact that I never won a war. As long as there are achievements to be gotten, my gamer spirit wants them all! Guess there's only one left on my list...

[Zyardran]

Still alive! The big 10. Happy birthday and congratulations, this community has never stopped being amazing

[Kuroaitou]

<sub>*pokes head in*

Happy Birthday Elements.

*slowly poofs away*</sub>