Happy 7th Birthday, EtG community!

[Higurashi]

Happy 7th Birthday Elements!

On this day Elements the Game has been open to the public for 7 years! 7 is a bit of a special number for me. My little sibling is 7 years younger, but more importantly I was 7 when I got my first video game console, a Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis for you Americans). It's been a long road from Sonic & Knuckles, James Pond III and Shining in the Darkness to Elements the Game, and yet the connection is pretty much instant. Back then I was mostly alone in my gaming world, apart from the occasional visit to my bestie's SNES and the likes of Secret of Mana, Mario Kart and Clay Fighters. Now? Nowadays gaming has become so much of a social thing that it's almost unheard of to play anything on your own. Even during a single-player romp you'll often have friends watching or playing their own game in the same room or house. However, there's a difference between that and this community. This community is held up by having something in common, and that's a love for a well designed game that fills an otherwise empty space. It's clear to many of us that Elements is something quite irreplaceable despite and partially thanks to all its little flaws. As usual I'll do a shameless promotion of the option to donate to both the game and the forums, but we all know the real reason I post this is because I love to. and for the cake This year we have a lot of active new members, so I'll repeat my request from last year. Plus it seems like it could be a classic. Why do YOU love Elements the Game? A reply for cake seems like a good trade to me.

[Captain Scibra]

Woo to 7!

[Sera]

I like EtG because of the yearly cake. And also the great community, but mostly the cake. Happy birthday!

[Basman-1453]

I like EtG because of the yearly cake. And also the great community, but mostly the cake. Happy birthday!

Oh, you. You sure you get your order straight?

At any rate, though, here's to another great year for the EtG community!
*raises a mug of tea (sorry, I don't drink alcoholic drinks for religious reasons XP)*

[Zyardran]

Happy birthday EtG! I hope to see this place thrive on the friendships and relations made here as well as for what this wonderful community really is! and teh cake~
I brought last year's dancers! as well as a nice song!
And once again, I don't think I could've found another way spending this day. The cake is pritty, everyone is happy, and EtG is another year older

Happy birthday! <3♥

[willng3]

Congrats! Have a happy corgi:

Spoiler for Hidden:

and for the cake

[Manuel]

Why do YOU love Elements the Game?

best ccg everrrrrr


happy bday!

[HookedOnFonics]

Happy Birthday EtG. I love this game the most cause it's so balanced as well as complex. I've been playing Elements for 4 and a half years and I still don't know everything about the game. Also the community is one of the best I have ever been part of. Here's to 7 more 

[rob77dp]

*COPIED BY rob77dp from other B-day therad*

This place and all the people here have really made my life exponentially better these past few years. And it's all thanks to the marvelous Elements the Game! Let us take this moment to be thankful for all this game has given us!

Here's to another 7 great years for the game! (and maybe 32 more updates!)

Bring out the cake!

Happy b-day favorite game of mine!  Here's to another happy 7+ years of fun (and maybe maybe maybe MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE some additional development).


Bring out your cake! *gong*


Why I love it?  The game and community satisfy so many of my desires and personal aspirations -- not that a "game is my life" but in the sense that I desire competition, improvement, strategy, fun, banter, camaraderie, worldwide contact or 'influence' from worldwide sources, contact and exposure to viewpoints that may be similar or dissimilar to my own where ideas and opinions interact most freely, etc etc.

Thanks for being here Elements - and this great Elements community.

[Afdarenty]

I wonder how long it will be until Elements is the same age as me...

Seriously, though. Happy birthday.

Still haven't figured it out yet.

[andretimpa]

I heard there would be cake

[godisnowonline]

I did hear about cake too